The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-15

| odCk tneFo hIter 30 years IN cnglanu anu u
more extraordinary case of similar nature,
in the same union, Liverpool. is that OF
Mary Coffey, 80 years old, 81 of which
were spent in England, and who has been
sent back to Ardee, the town in which ste
was borD. Where there are no means of
ascertainipg the union to which the person
| is supposed to be cbargesble in Ireland, a
| very summary mode of decision occasion
| ally is come to. For instance, q woman
named COurtenay, who said she was born
| in parish portion of which is in Lisburn
and the other in Lurgan, was sent to Bel.
last workhouse, for the reason that it was
| the port nearest her destination. In few
| cases, "Removed at his own request"
figures in thereturD, but these are very
few and to counterbalsnce them the re-
cords of escapes on the journey are large,
and show the antipathy of persona to return
to their birthplace as paupers after
heightened term of years at this side ofthe
Channel. There is long line of such re-
suits from Liverpool, which reaps 80 many
advantages from Irish labor, and where
deportation to Ireland seems q favorite
mode of reducing the rates. Michael
Doolan, aged 81, who lived ii years in
England, can scarcely be blamed for evad
back to Baltipgass; and Thomas Clarke,
who worked in England 25 years out of his
As, did not care much for bis removal to
Newport, for he escaped at Manila juno
tion. John Neild, who had spent 40 years
in England, was heartlessly deported from
Liverpool to Nswry. If Liverpool. how.
ever. bears off the palm in point of
numbers, the London unions present
some of the most exaggerated feat
ures of injustice. James Mccormack,
aged 72, was an inmate of the
Chelsea union, and it ia recorded that be
spent so years in various parts of Eng
land and Wales," but he was packed off to |
O. al hacanao tGna hoH on6
was likely to remain pauper" Seventy |
two years of age and likely to remain a |
pauper! Marv Smith was sent to South |
Dublin after 81 years. residence in Pulham;
and George Binks after AZ years in West
minister, has been forwarded to the same
Of between 20 and 40 years. residence ia
the other metropolitan unions; and the
Strand sent Mary Develin to Waterford at
the end of her half century of work beze.
Fermy had the pleasure of receiving a
man and his six children, of whom it is
stated that it is not known how long they
resided in England before coming into the
district of the union. Michael O'Brien,
who left Ireland 80 years ago, was SOL
lier, and ia now of defective sight, was,
With his wife permanently disabled) and
! child of six, removed from Chepstow to
'kibbereen. So much for graft tude to our
,allant defenders. Cut of the nine cases
# deportation from Birmingham three
we're residents for 80 years, and fourth
or 40. So much for the centre of English
cadcalism The return contains q long J
with regard to the reno
ais in Nottingham union, which have met
7ith good deal of energetic protest. In
be return for Scotland the same features {
resent themselves, with the exception I
hat most of the paupers are from the north G
f Ireland, aud that some of the cases are e
hard. Michael Green, aged t
S. is set down as having left Ireland in
BE ~ and having since resided in Eng
ahd or Scotland. In Edinburgh, where
here has been a wholesale clearance for !
ome years past, one man had lived Fifty b
ears IN the Scotch capital, and among 8
xteen consecutive entries there appear II
,e following terms of vesrs' residence b
D. 3G: IL, 81, 1G. 90. 40, %, 81, 10, 16, and
3 Edward Hannah was brought from 7
isburn to Scotland when he was three
ears of age. At the age of So, after SO
ears residence, he was sent back with the
)mment, "Not able to support himself r
o settlement in Scotland" Enough is
lven in the extracts l have made above
ON this important retarn to snow that r
10 reaorseless brutality with which the =
'ish pGor are treated mCst be 7emeGied at
hatever cost. No Irishman is worth his
llt who will calmly acCuiesce in the pres y
nt state of affairs.