, 1880-05-10

nrtnr ni,,l navy, nnd some Chinese tltnt,crn avo
been a,tachod 10 pFussIan regiment With this
obIoot. -.-'I |
IRISH MISERY AND WANT.
Lecture by James Itcdpath-Causos Of
tAe Dlstress-Evtis or tlp Lund sys.
te,n-ob.crvatlons In phe Various
Provinces. :!
Nt4c rorA Tribune, Nays
James Ncdpath, tho correspondent whose let
tcrs to tho Irt,uae on the Irish famine wcro
rcad with great !ntcrcst, 1eoturrd last night In
CuOpor Institute to n large audience.
Str. 1tcdpntb. who wns grootei with hearty
cheers, suil: Ono dny, about throo months axa,
I WIS riding tn an Irish Jaunttng.car In tho Par
jsh Of 1sgindaddy, In tho County Mayo. My
| companion was tho Rov. Father O'A{Alley, who
had hccn parish priest Of that placo for moro
thnr twenty years. Hero md thore, on both
Sides OF tho roud. anw-as yo1 SEQ everywhere
in tho Wcst Of 1rclAnd-thc ruins Of little
cabins that hMl onco been the hnppy homes
OF n harsly, end harlworktis. and hospttablo
pcasnntry. l turned to Fathor UMaaoY and
nskcd him: "IInyo there been snuny ovIc-
tions in your paslshT' "Ycs," satd tho
old mau; "whon l WIS q young priest there
were 1,SoJ families In this parssh, but ibis faco
grew suit md his vOico qnlvcrod With emotion
ns hu added" thnro nrc only 800 families now
| "Well" euid. wl1cro nre tho missing zoo
answered, "by iulntuo nttt tho landlords"
"Fnmlno and tho lnndlorlsi'' II this auawer
had been mulo by ono Ut tho Irish nglt,.tors-
5tr. parnoll, for example, or Michael Dnvttt
[chcors]-I should hnvc rugatrlod tho phr7ase as
nn uxcellant Bit Of rhetorical art, as q Bkillful
coupling OF two OWLS not necessarily mated. mud
Ishoutd have Bmlcd ut tho forced verbal mar.
rtnKu, and then huvo thought no more about It.
But tho words Impressed i,ie profoundly byeoH-
Ing from tho lips of this old priest. tho caot OF an
| old Irish family, and nlht Of tho most con-
| servative temperament. For tho Catholic
Church !s probably tho most potent conservative
Casars, unl never llcvlesly .arn'ys itself
fSc!a'd %horeyer W. @ tcs was fains tho Gat''.
nilu priests did not hesitnte to shy, buth III pr'
&C. IL PeS W. a e e1scsas ns o so sd
lorls. Tho priests. who live n1tlpllK tho people,
say 80; the land-rcforlnetr. who spring fron! Tho
without bids tho hIstory and Statistics OF tho
shall talk to you Tonight of tho twin curses
OF Ireland: flltnine md tho landlords. Every.
Do SSy 't saSf sa re ihore i siao % pcis5 II II tn.s
denco who knows how seyero md huw Wide.
spEad r. hayS SrMay M ys!tHa y'; soye5al a u
with ny. own eyes tic destitnton of tho pcasnt,:
Try, and With my own tstrs hsarl thy h. sEhs of
| tho BndtleBt days over spent, fGr never before
hnl scen hanlh., misery 10 hopcless and uni
versal, md W profound
CONDITION or TIE PEOPLE IN LE1sarEr-
Lot us bcgfn with tho lenst dlstr:ssful Province
OF Ieinstcr. Thnre IL no Aner country In tho
| tounpurIto xono.. Thorn Is 10 nuturnl restsan
why poverty should over Gust Its hight
iiig shadows athwart tho Erecn and fGrsilD
tlUlla OF LeInBter, but oven here ov,c1ons hnru
| dnne their perfect work. Instead OF stalwnft
poa8ants you find hersla tt fat hu!ltcks: a1 In
sna OF @ w. 5.y'n yo na ~ 'axs 1Ris ,bo ~
~. Ihe Etl1!lsn toyefiHnett Mvoseu t t9S pt,a
ioy. Tt ,r,sU ~ og1nr 1nI am
There ~ loss distress III tho rnrn! dstf1Sts Of
LoIstcr because tnolo arc io"or pSopI9 a!n, tMass,
vet tho fer1nod f1ttirl@ 'Alaue 70 tho a!nnelon
House ahow mvnSy SSoAt.,persoas III a'otfess III
III tWoivr coMhtIea' -. ,,
| Or. John hlHKte. noted par1Bn prleat dt