, 1880-08-22
How the Correspondents We're Received-
How Americas Gift Of $6,000,000
Was Distributed.

happy condition Of the tenantry OH the es
tates Of aIoble Lord, who had been selecte
by the organs OF the aristocracy as a worth,
representative of the virtues Of the class the
delight to honor.
Lord Lansdowne had just withdrawn from
the Administration OF MT. Gladstone, becaus
that wild and reckless agrarian, aided AM
abetted by those Colnmunistic and revolu
tionary Quakers, John Bright and Secretar:
Forster, had introduced into Parliament
bill-aytly described by Kerry man as q:
little lllorscl OF justice to us "--elnbodylnl
the principle that property had duties Il
well as rights, and suspendIng, within :
limited alua and for short time only, the
West Of Ireland, Of flillglns out his tenant:
into the roadside il they failed to pay theil
rents for IL single year. sin Lord Lans
downe." said the; London Telegraph, "the
Ministry have lost q statesman Of promise
for generations the Lansdowne estates
have had a high fame as models ot
management, the liberality and justice
producing what may be called English con.
tent OF Irish soil. The retirement Of MIN
who has inherited and sustained such tradi-
tions is not due to any want OF sympathy
with the tenants but to BELIEF efo tat she5s
ance' caused BY the startling bill proposed
during the past month";" Truth, on the other
hund, attributed his resignation to tlie Wing
| belief that there would soon be radistrlbu-
ton Of parties, and that as q matter of fact
",tiiis young, gentleman, t.painstaklns but
not endowed with marked talent" resigned
office on the ground that " the Liberal party
! is becoming too radical" merely "as Il Dltl
for q higher post IN an adnlnlstr'1tlon ); that
this may be, it is certain that every Irish
landlord organ agreed that the MARQUIS, Of
La,sdowne was not only noble Lord, but
a noble landlord
| THE NUN OF KESMARE."
Just as was deliberating whether I
| should 60 to Kerry <a1ld visit the estates Of
| this noble lord and landlord, received FROM
the most famous 1visiwo1nan OF our day,
Sister Mary Francis Clare" cordial lmyl- M
tation to visit the Convent OF kennare; The
|<1lold word in every Catholic home III Christ
cntlon,. The nun inclosed with her letter
one or two printed statements regarding the
distress in Kerry. One Of them was letter
published ii | ts Dublin Feem9''s n;t SoN,;at
i'll which lie says that the " distress i'll its
very worst for1n is gradually sapping the
lives Of our ablest-bodied peasants and max.
ing them in appearance animated skeletons"
in Kenmare! Now, Kennare is the prop
erty Of Lord Lanstluwne, the scene and CEN
t;e of the estates i'll Kerry where the London
Telegraph had assured lis the noble Lord
oaii'1 1a EHei;s o,.,fort > "AA" A''' w
ca4leu Ens.lsn co'nloll. z.o..aaa
,.t ILhlsinhE rlC1CEE - w ols'hEss' ar
Sullivan, there were assembled some 500 to
600 men and women, whose fNces denoted
want and misery, starvation being too plainly
imprinted on yisages which IL more prosper
Gus times would have bloomcd with the
fnddy line of health. This class of starving
humanity rushed in evident frenzy to the
several provision stores to get the dole neted
out to each Individual ey the gentlemen Who
and wobeeone, indeed, was the expression
Of the face Of him, or her, who was too long
Kept waiting for what seemed to be long
expected meal: Such scene the writer
never witnessed before although he .l!ls has
was being distributed Distress seemed to
have reached its eliminating point here; and
harH. lndeed; lnuSt nave oeen Lle neaitS OF
l,iuaoaas ntn n s @ ",J , cen sts @ ~ il;M1l
% ito os s"ea a tSa' I u's
eaS!eu ~ ,glf t pS;n SCI a;r as e{ XII te ;h teIe FIna
81, my, & u'' llI4Is n.9 .ne aunu
Wneh purchases Loon l9f til,s 81 ,stnrVing popn-
st lato ns oge rha 9ptlEu @ sTf7s oy ema. n9se a
is1,nI"r,te ~, ,rta M, s,na ~ w.
t,nms haze 81 nnf In,,,, "nrtinr r. r. MI nitt har n
i'er nohIn etF"rts rhn ;nnr starvin,1 nen,,Ia @, m
fnnIs % aitainei H by thntiat]y for % rnIir} VIA tAe
- tnnro n.ns ~ tM~n ~ Y Knn,ner ,,,o,;-
cniI tsrava w.. ,ynid 10 fiftnd t,rm,nf etn,a.ay y
tion Il g ere st tlis,' ''A '1 ' ''''o47A s'*|' va
tlt:At ~ tha ' "iSe, I, w. ap a11s
t'oi.i o., t11e - .le d1ouoi @ 1ctcy.!nm,
resnnnIcnt M ~ of n,hin 'au ,aiiw W iony'ni nol
repprte1i that there vas M distress a,1,mnd .,
Kenmare, and that tl,is statement had Induced
sn;,tn,rostpr,, oor,,t;as ~ Tra1.a vn ~ il
fet Nr rnvc ta 20 oea,t ~ IA leGa,ea
lad de Ind fhat here OF a hef ds