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WEEKLY DISPATCH.
Fix this textSATURDAY*
Fix this textJULY §l, 1847.
Fix this textNo. 5.
Fix this textPUBLISHED AT NO. 133, KING-STREET EAST, SYDNEY*
Fix this textPRICE 6d.
Fix this textEUROPEAN MARCH NEWS.
Fix this textIRELAND.
Fix this text(From the Times Correspondent.)
Fix this textDublin, March 31.
Fix this textCOST OF THE NEW RELIEF SYSTEM.
Fix this textAccording to the Evening Mail , the lists
Fix this textof the destitute who are to receive relief in
Fix this textthe unions of the city of Dublin have been
Fix this textperfected, and it is said that a rate of from
Fix this text£40,000 to £50,000 will be laid upon the
Fix this textNorth Union alone. This will amount to
Fix this textabout ss. in the pound upon solvent pro-
Fix this textperty within the union.
Fix this textTHE WEATHER.
Fix this textA second winter has suddenly and most
Fix this textinopportunely come upon us. Since Mon-
Fix this textday the air has been piercingly cold, and
Fix this textyesterday morning a sharp frost set in,
Fix this textwhich was this day succeeded by occa-
Fix this textsional snow and hail showers, the hail-
Fix this textstones being nearly the size of full-grown
Fix this textpeas. Should there be a continuance of
Fix this textthis inclement weather very bad conse-
Fix this textquences might be expected to ensue. The
Fix this textCork, Limerick, Kilkenny, and Waterford
Fix this textmails, due in Dublin at 4, a.m., did not ar-
Fix this textrive until nearly twelve o’clock this day.
Fix this textIt may be, therefore, inferred that the un-
Fix this textfavourable change has been general through-
Fix this textout the country.
Fix this textTHE DISMISSALS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS.
Fix this textNotwithstanding the gloomy predictions
Fix this textto the contrary, there has been no disturb-
Fix this textance or outrage since the injunctions of the
Fix this textTreasury minute for the reduction of la-
Fix this textbourers were carried into effect, although
Fix this textthere is no doubt that in some localities
Fix this textmuch distress and confusion resulted from
Fix this textthe want of more timely notice prior to the
Fix this textcommencement of this salutary “ clearance
Fix this textsystem.” A letter from Borrisoleigh, dated
Fix this textMarch 29, and published in the Tippevavy
Fix this textVindicator, says—
Fix this text“ I regret to say matters are assuming
Fix this textan awful aspect here, in consequence of the
Fix this textsuspension of most of our public works,
Fix this textmany of the roads being left in a disgrace-
Fix this textful and impassable state. Out of a popula-
Fix this texttion of about 3500 totally dependent on
Fix this textlabour in this town and the district attached
Fix this textto it, there are not more than 200 at pre-
Fix this textsent employed ; the remainder are reduced
Fix this textto a state of the most utter hopelessness,
Fix this textthere being no resident magistrate or man
Fix this textof property in this locality to throw the
Fix this textshield of his protection over them. The
Fix this textrelief committee here refused to carry out
Fix this textthe Government order to dismiss 20 per
Fix this textcent, of the people from the public works,
Fix this textbelieving the order to have been made in
Fix this textcomplete recklessness of the actual state of
Fix this textthings in this locality, as the striking off a
Fix this textper centage of the men here would be like
Fix this textthe casting of lots to determine who shall
Fix this textbe the first victims of starvation. The poor
Fix this textpeople are acting with great patience and
Fix this textresignation—they crowd to the houses of
Fix this textthe committee, looking for employment,
Fix this textbut have none to get. The Government
Fix this texthave resolved on not convening any more
Fix this textextraordinary Presentment Sessions until
Fix this textthe temporary Relief Act gets into opera-
Fix this texttion, which I fear will be a delusion.
Fix this textThe Mayo Constitution , in an article
Fix this textupon the same topic, says that the matter
Fix this texthas been made the groundwork of several
Fix this textmischievous and dangerous reports, and then
Fix this textproceeds to point out the following as an
Fix this textinstance :—-
Fix this text“We have heard that members of the
Fix this textcommittee, for the purpose of conciliating
Fix this textthe minds of the distracted labourers, have
Fix this textpointed out neighbouring gentlemen as the
Fix this textcauses of their misfortune. In one instance
Fix this textthe advice given to slay the bullocks and
Fix this textsheep of the surrounding gentry rather than
Fix this textstarve, has been followed, by which Mr.
Fix this textBrowne, of Rahins, has lost two bullocks.
Fix this textHe was particularised as one of the enemies
Fix this textof the ‘ people,’ who caused them to be
Fix this textthrown off the works, by sending reports to
Fix this textDublin Castle. This ridiculous and vile
Fix this textcalumny was believed by the ignorant
Fix this textstarving wretches, and accordingly, in the
Fix this textwild spirit of revenge for an imaginary in-
Fix this textjury, they resorted to plunder.
Fix this textA correspondent of the Evening Wail
Fix this textwrites in the following alarming strain :
Fix this text“ Clonmel, March 30.—A1l the public
Fix this textofficers, and those who have attended the
Fix this textlelief committees, are quite satisfied that
Fix this textthe food system cannot be worked out.
Fix this textGovernment have been duly informed that
Fix this textthe population (armed) will rise and plun-
Fix this textder everything—they are resolved to do so,
Fix this textand tell us openly, that the dragoons may
Fix this textas well, and better, shoot them at once.
Fix this text1 his is a fact. In ten days, when the
Fix this textwork stops, you will see dreadful scenes.
Fix this textRemember that the county taxes cannot
Fix this textnow be levied by the officers of Clonmel ;
Fix this textthey stated so to the grand jury ; therefore
Fix this textwhat chance have the poor-rate collectors?
Fix this textThe banks declare they never had such
Fix this textlodgments, from the farmers, who, of course
Fix this textdo not pay one farthing of rent ; and yet,
Fix this textwithout a guinea, the landlords are to sub-
Fix this textscribe, advance seed, and employ hundreds
Fix this textof labourers. The thing is an absurdity.”
Fix this textFiom amass of communications pub-
Fix this textlished in the Cork Reporter I take the
Fix this textsubjoined extract of a letter from the Rev
Fix this textMr. Townsend, rector of Ashada. He
Fix this textsays,—
Fix this text“ I rea d with unmixed grief the Trea-
Fix this textsury Minute announcing the speedy dis-
Fix this textmissal of the labourers from the public
Fix this textworks. There was no man more hostile
Fix this textto that system than I was. I foresaw all
Fix this textits demoralising and ruinous results, and I
Fix this textwrote strongly against it ; but the dismis-
Fix this textsal of the men would now be tenfold more
Fix this textdestructive. Ido think that if done as it
Fix this textis intended, it will be a death blow—the
Fix this textcrowning ruin of Ireland. They are to
Fix this textbe sent on the land! All mighty fine !
Fix this textWhoever drew that Treasury Minute will
Fix this textbe able to say with Samson, * I have killed
Fix this textmy thousands, and with the same weapon,
Fix this texttoo. The men are to be sent on the land !
Fix this textand who is to pay them ? I assert that
Fix this textthe faimer cannot —that the gentlemen will
Fix this textnot, and that very few could, and that it is
Fix this textimpossible if this sentence is passed, for it’s
Fix this texta sentence of death, but that we shall have
Fix this textthe whole country so disorganised that we
Fix this textshall look back on our present state as a
Fix this textpaiadise. The farmers now grudgingly,
Fix this textand very grudgingly, pay their men Bd.
Fix this textper day. Some gentlemen pay lOd. per
Fix this textday, but not all. Three near me pay but
Fix this textBd., and the labourers of all the gentry
Fix this textare aided from the Relief Committee, and
Fix this textfrom this, in some cases, the rent of the
Fix this texthouses is stopped weekly. Many of those
Fix this textlabourerrs have some 2s. a-week to pay
Fix this textto the Loan Fund; and will this hire or
Fix this textcan it support life, while the cheapest and
Fix this textonly food is 2s. 6d. a stone ? These men
Fix this texthave often in family eight, some nine, some
Fix this textten ; for their boys and women there is no
Fix this textemployment—all depending on one man.
Fix this textThey have nn resource ; the last pawnable
Fix this textarticle is long since gone, and there is no-
Fix this textthing for them but death from starvation,
Fix this textor, what will be as certainly the conse-
Fix this textquence of this Treasury Minute, fearful
Fix this textoutrages, destruction of life and property,
Fix this textevery man against his fellow, and, I say it
Fix this textwithout hyperbole, the siege of Jerusalem
Fix this textre-enacted in real-life. In my district there
Fix this textare as many respectable farmers both Pro-
Fix this texttestants and Roman Catholics as in any
Fix this textpart of Ireland, paying no more than fair
Fix this textrents, very industrious, and their mode of
Fix this textagriculture much improved ; but I know
Fix this textthey find great difficulty in keeping on
Fix this texttheir present labourers and I know that not
Fix this textone of them will, or what is more, can take
Fix this texton an additional labourer, or raise the pay
Fix this textof those they have to their present require-
Fix this textments.”
Fix this textTHE GRAIN MARKETS .
Fix this textThe reports from the country to day con-
Fix this texttinue to be as favourable as those previous-
Fix this textly received. Indian meal was sold iu Bel-
Fix this textfast on Saturday at the low rate of £ll
Fix this text15s. per ton, and a corresponding reduc-
Fix this texttion in the price of this grain has taken
Fix this textplace in nearly all the provincial markets.
Fix this textThe supplies of grain are almost over-
Fix this textwhelming, and the want of storage at the
Fix this textseaport towns is now the only desideratum.
Fix this textIt is stated here today that not one pound
Fix this textof the year’s prodigious crop of Indian
Fix this textcorn in North America has yet reached
Fix this textany part in the United Kingdom, and that
Fix this textwe are now only using the remainder of the
Fix this textproduce of the harvest of 1846. The fol-
Fix this textlowing is from the Mayo Constitution
Fix this textThe market of this town on Saturday
Fix this textlast was largely supplied with oats, at 11s.
Fix this textand seed oats 12s. 6d, per cwt., and a very
Fix this textextraordinary feature in the market on
Fix this textthat day was, that several cart loads of seed
Fix this textoats were left unpurchased; as there was
Fix this textno demand for this article adequate to the
Fix this textsupply. This fact is either a very bad
Fix this textomen as to the intentions of the people and
Fix this textthe tillage of their lands, or it is indicative
Fix this textof the poverty of the farmers, who in some
Fix this textinstances are unable to purchase seed.”
Fix this textINCREASE OF EMIGRATION.
Fix this textThe Cork Reporter says,
Fix this text“A subject for very serious considera-
Fix this texttion at this momentous crisis is the increase
Fix this textof emigration tais season over that of for-
Fix this textmer years: Numbers are each day pouring
Fix this textinto our city, preparatory to starting for the
Fix this textland of the ‘Far West,’ and those parties
Fix this textgenerally are respectable farmers with their
Fix this textfamilies. Some few emigrant ships are al*.
Fix this textready on their way for Boston and New
Fix this textYork. For the former port, the Globe with
Fix this text177 passengers,, and the Ovando with 121,
Fix this textwill immediately start; and the St. Law-
Fix this textrence, with 101 passengers, the Mary
Fix this textRundlett with 115, the Conde Potoski 74,
Fix this textthe H. Patteson, 52, and Isabella, 47, are
Fix this textalso realy to start for New York. Those
Fix this textadventurous emigrants, who clearly are the
Fix this textparties most wanted here at home at pre-
Fix this textsent, as they possess a certain share of cap.
Fix this textital, the carrying off which cannot tend to
Fix this textserve this already impoverished country,
Fix this textare causing a brisk business to be done
Fix this textamong the provision shops in the neigh-
Fix this textbourhood of the quays. We have also
Fix this textbeen informed that, strange as it may ap-
Fix this textpear, very many of those parties are taking
Fix this textout large quantities of potatoes with them.
Fix this textThere are as many as 333 weights in four
Fix this textof the vessels destined for America—this is,
Fix this textof course, in depend ant of the breadstuffs
Fix this textsupplied by the passenger brokers. This
Fix this textis an extraordinary circumstance, and
Fix this textcuriously exemplifies the prediliction of
Fix this textthose people for their old favourite root;
Fix this textfor we know that at the present moment as
Fix this textmuch as 2s. a weight can be got in the
Fix this textmarket for good sound seed potatoes—so
Fix this textthat if these parties sold these potatoes, they
Fix this textwould be able to substitute a good and much
Fix this textmore portable and commodious article of
Fix this textbreadstuff in tbeir place, besides having a
Fix this textsaving of some 30 per cent.
Fix this textPROGRESS OF MORTALITY,
Fix this textThe number of deaths in the Cork work*
Fix this texthouse for the past week has been 170,
Fix this textbeing just the same return as that of the
Fix this textweek previous. Fever continues its rav-
Fix this textages in the fated district of Skibbereen.
Fix this textCaptain Budgeon, Inspecting Officer of
Fix this textthe Board of Works, who had been sent
Fix this textthere in succession to the late Major Par-
Fix this textker, has prudently resigned nis appoint-
Fix this textment, and quitted the neighbourhood. The
Fix this textperson who has lately been appointed, pro.
Fix this texttem. in the place of the postmaster of the
Fix this texttown, lately dead of fever, is dangerously
Fix this textill of the same disease. The Cork Reporter
Fix this textstates, that—
Fix this text| “In the several towns through the west
Fix this textof that county fever is spreading among
Fix this textall classes as much as in the city, where
Fix this textunhappily there is yet. no mitigation of its
Fix this textravages. In Bandon several of the Poor
Fix this textLaw Commissioners are attacked; indeed,
Fix this textalready one of the most useful and respect-
Fix this texted of that bodjq Mr. Alcock, Justice of the
Fix this textPeace, has fallen a victim to it, and others
Fix this textare in a precarious state.”
Fix this textTHE KILKENNY MURDERS.
Fix this textThe Kilkenny Journal narrates the fol-
Fix this textlowing singular outrage connected with the
Fix this textlate atrocious murders of Mr. Prim and
Fix this textConstable Yates :—-
Fix this textu Our readers will remember that, in our
Fix this textlast, we gave a report of an inquest held
Fix this texton the. body of a man named Roe, who
Fix this texthad died of a wound which he acknow-
Fix this textledged he had received from Mr. Prim,
Fix this textwhen engaged with the assassins who have
Fix this textescaped from the murderous attack on that
Fix this textgentleman. Well, on the day after the in-
Fix this textquest (Ihursday last, we believe), the de-
Fix this textceased prisoner’s wife brought a hearse
Fix this textfor Roe s corpse ; but was informed by the
Fix this textpolice that she could not get it until the
Fix this textfollowing morning at 6 o’clock. At the
Fix this textappointed hour two men appeared at the
Fix this textpolice station, and claimed the body, say-
Fix this texting that they were Roe’s nearest relations.
Fix this textOn their making this statement, the cons-
Fix this texttables allowed them to take it, enclosed as
Fix this textit was in a shell, which had been ordered by
Fix this textthe coroner. The men, who, it has since
Fix this textturned out, are inhabitants of the neigh-
Fix this textbourhood in which the murders were com-
Fix this textmitted, immediately carried off the corpse
Fix this textto the spot where Mr. Prim had been
Fix this textmurdered , and there, with the assistance
Fix this textof several others of the country people,
Fix this textdug a hole, flung the corpse into it, and
Fix this textthrew a quantity of large stones and lime
Fix this texton the top of it.”
Fix this textMr. Purcell O’G-orman, the assistant
Fix this textbarrister for Kilkenny, in opening the
Fix this textCourt on Tuesday, took occasion to refer
Fix this textto the murders, and the shameful apathy,
Fix this textif not sympathy, evinced by the people to-
Fix this textwards the murderers :
Fix this text“ Those murders (said the learned gen-
Fix this texttleman) were committed at an early hour
Fix this textin the morning, in the midst of a popu-
Fix this textlous country, surrounded by the resi-
Fix this textdences of country gentlemen, and in the
Fix this textvicinity of an employed population. The
Fix this textassassinations were committed at a moment
Fix this textwhen these public functionaries—as I
Fix this textmay call them—were disharging their
Fix this textfunctions, and doing nothing else. They
Fix this textwere barbarously murdered, it is said, by
Fix this textfive men ; one of whom, in the gallant
Fix this textdefence made by the unfortunate young
Fix this textgentleman, lost his felon life. But, gen-
Fix this texttlemen, that the four men who have es-
Fix this textcaped should, at such an early hour in
Fix this textthe morning, and during the entire day,
Fix this texthave marched through a country, filled by
Fix this texta dense population, run the gauntlet of po-
Fix this textlice-stations, and escaped notice of any
Fix this textdescription, except the notice taken from
Fix this textthe mountains, attracted by the glimmer
Fix this textof their guns, is to me a thing most as-
Fix this texttonishing. The very labourers in the vi-
Fix this textcinity of the place, employed on the pub-
Fix this textlic works, and for whose support the sum
Fix this textrobbed was destined, wmuld take no part
Fix this textin the pursuit of these felons. The peo-
Fix this textple of the country took no part in the
Fix this textpursuit, and that four men, encumbered
Fix this textwith five guns and an immense quantity
Fix this textof treasure, so heavy, I understand, as six
Fix this textor seven stone, should have thus tra-
Fix this textvelled through a populous country,
Fix this textcrossed the bounds of this county, and
Fix this textgone into another, is a thing not easily
Fix this textto be accounted for. Gentlemen, the state
Fix this textof society in which such occurrences as
Fix this textthis could happen, must be much disor-
Fix this textganised indeed,”
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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