, 1880-01-24
AN APPEAL FROM DUBLIN,

AN APPEAL FROM DUBLIN.
DUnl.lS, Jan. :o.-Tte following Is III a,,-
peal to tlle puope of tllo United Statps of
America from tho Dublln Mansion linuse
Committee for tho Relief of tho Distressed
III ireland:
10 the Editor of tho Nc.p Fork Herald:
We beg you will perlnit III 10 mike this ul,-
peal through tho medium Of your news-
paper. 1t Is now admitted that the distress
IL Of M acute and exceptional character,
certain to involve actllal starvation IL cx-
tranc0us MD be not promptly mid literally
fortlle0lnins. 1t Exists over wide districts of
Ireland. This distress .laity increases Iii
area and III lis iHtenssty,-so much 80 that 1t
seems almost impossible to avert, until the
next harvest, Nh absolute fnnlEnc In very
nany places. Every effort IL being lltsslo III
Ireland itself, rs well by local as by central
relief committees, to mitigate tic calamity;
hut, owing 10 tho general commercial ind
agricultural depression, alltl to tho wt.le-
Bprcad character vt the distress, tl,osa efforts
l,anto proved totally Inadequate to meet tho
crisis. Wo therefore apreal wltl! confidence
nltl III our efforts TO snyo the people from
destruction. Already m.niliceHt donations
Or nrolllses Ut assistance l,Rye rrace, ,ls
from snycInl l.arts of tho United States, from,
AMstrillfa, nH0 elsewhere.
:, We feel ttlat we have only to make known
tic sna position Ut thu Irish people t., il,s.tre
everywhere Eetlnrous RESPONSE. We wt,ntl
point t0 tic constitution Of Dnr Committee,
highest character and position Il, tllu cnslltry,
a''d Of all eyents a1N! l!l!tl h0th ns at Us
s.lralHe tllnt this apprnl IN Justified utd llat
my funds intrustetl 10 III sall be .listrIblltcl
n t,o la1l'ier ,s ,1Sst t. calculated to ,nect tho
lutlotls sya append, THAT this Ccntrai Commit
tgt. distributes ftH relief through lucul ti,l-
'aittees of Flle!! t!u Clergy 8f all tetntttiita-
t1ois III tho district n,Nl tho Poor Law inr,l-
! !enl ollicers l must % by menbors, md requires
not TT HtUHGy.
WI aru yours, faithfully,
T1tEAsuHEns.
Tho Most Reverend G. French.
+. DWyer Gray, III. T..
sho ss fyGs Tayo4 SS! ss nssI1SgtSn: :.s1e EneHt eHrt
ltigI; s!!erln Al:lgrlhal, Hugh Tarpey.
William L'no J0ynt.
HONORARY sECIlErA1l1Ea.
2; W. Dagot, Canon, Ii. d.
rhs Il sitSsGs teyfss1S' Fay. James D'nie'' p.r'
7. MAXWELL Hutton.
Charles Kennedy,
Georgt u. Owens, Knight.
c0sMlrrEE.
The Rt.-llol; +. Dwypr Gray n. T.,
Lord Mny1r 1T dublin, chairman.
{:'Hs fsf Ei5SSSs' 5'!sS' e. Il IT, +, s[s Maso e:S eSSunty.
Ga'sgs H'%; i.sssy z SGlSii'e, GSSSs"Hei ). i.
J, Alye Currau.
Vaisntina i3, Diiion', jr. Ijrt''.''1'ea'e'''"''
DAyi1 llrlm,nle,
Dnyid Drlnl.n0ltl.
1he Hight Hun. tic Lord Emily.
William Flnaluter.
JN,nrs Ffoste.
Th9 niEht tE4iI Hon. Edward Gibson, n. p.
slr Arthur Guinness, Daronct, IL. T., Dub
Edward Cecil Guinness, peputy-L!eutc,,-
G9l;; Klng.llarrna', Al. T., Sligo County.
All. 1lnrlis.
William Lana Joynt.
Jalnes !. L0nlbarsI, ,Illstlce Of tho Pence,
William ulgges LII Tonchc, Dcputy-LIeut-
Mlslara, . ,Slt!1,l Martin, pspaty-LIeuseaant.
Ghar!ss II. hlcltlon. II. T., Kiltlnre County.
Tlle Right lion. thu EnFl Ut Mcath.
Ali. 3icDsrnlott.
The Must llpy. Edward McCabe, Catholic
MiiliaSs i. MURPHY.
The O'CoMor Doli. n. r., Roscomlnon
County.
TIN Ill., Hon. Lord O'IIagan.
Alexander lurker.
IlIUMlns Fin, Sr.
Thu llon. u. Il .plunkot, II. r., Dubli,
University.
Ambrose liunkGt.
.!lt0 Ylscolilt PuWolBcourt.
JA,lIes IAllpt Power. e,
lleilry llye.
william! ehaw, n. r.
George 8lergcfs0ll, III. d,
Patr!ck J.. 6lnytll, u. r., Westmeath Cour-
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