The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-02
IRISH AID.
National Associated Press to the Star.

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DUCHESS OF MARLBoR UGH ON PARNELL.
TIE Pail Mall Gazette saws that the
Duchess Of Marlborough. presiding at a
meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Relief Fund, said: 1t appears that even
charity, inspired by the purest motives,
can not escape Mr.. Parne|rs misrepresenta-
tions But one can not be surprised that
he who slandered our most gracious Queen
and dared to say that Her Majesty's purse
was'closed while her people were starving,
should give utterance to any unjust asser-
tions about me to the effect that the Gov
ernment suggested my effort. meaning, I
suppose, that His Grace and the Chief Sec
retary sheltered themselves behind the
ladies' Of Ireland. He also stated that, our
relief was only given to rent.paying ten
ants, whereas no distinction of any sort has
been attempted. We strove to relieve oil
alike. should not allude to this but fear,
as Mr. Burke remarked, it has somewhat
affected our receipts, though not, hope,
to any great extent Nothing strikes me
with more admiration than the generosity
OF the British Nation.
'e PARNxLL AND QUEEN VICTORIA.
New York. Feb 2-Parnell and Dillxr,
in an address to the people of America.
printed to-day, state that il the Lord Mayor
of Dublin will remove from the Mansion
House Committee the following names:
Attorney General Gibson, Sir Arthur
Guinnes, Mr.. Owens. Lord Meath, Ex.
Solicitor David Plunkett Diggs Latanch,
Chancellor Callona, Taylor Lane. Joint
Treasury Solicitor. and abont dozen other
equally notorious abettors of the
Government, aud replace them by
names commanding the confidence
and respect of tie Irish people, they,
Parnell and Dillon, will withdraw all op-
position to the Committee. With the ad-
dress Parnell sends to the newspapers the
following letter: s. e.4
diction of my statement that Queen Victo-
ria gave nothing to relieve the famine In
l847, find that might have gone still
not only did she give nothing but that she
which the Sultan Of Turkey desired to con-
tribute to the famine fund IN 1847.
.'lhe Sultan had offered a donation of
10000, but the English Ambassador at
Constan tinOple was directed by the Queen
to inform him that the contribution was
limited to $1,000, and that the Sultan
sImuld not, in good taste, give any more
than Her Majesty. Hence the net result
70 the Famine Fund by the Queens action
was loss of f6,00Q Ali this is perfectly
we'll known to students of Irish history
and would have Deep known to Lord
Churchill were our history not prescribed
in English schools. - y
"lhe following massage in Dorsey McGei's
Histor, Of Irish Settlers in British Ameri-
ca, throws additional light upon the sub
jeci: .,vs e.3 Fla ai.r r
".The Car, the Sultan and the Pope sent
their roubles and their praise The Pasha
of sEgypt, the Shah Of Persia, the Emperor
Of lGhina, the Rjahs OF Indin, combined to
do for Ireland what her so-styled rulers re-
fused 10 do to keep her young and old
people living in the land. America did
more IN this work of mercy than all the
rest of the world" '' w sf'A ..'-'@
4 COLLECTIONS IN CHURCH.
Collections were taken up in all the Catli-
olic Churches III this city yesterday in be-
half III suffering Ireland. The amount
raised Is not ascertained. but, judging from
returns received. the aggregate will be not
less than $25 0O0.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians, which
have a membership of about 80, 900, have
decided to. raise relief fund for Erin by
voluntary contributions, and expect to col
lect $40, 900 or s5O, 900.
BROOKLYN TEN THOUSAND.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 2-BrookIyn has sent
nearly tlO. 000to Ireland for the relief OF
the distress there.