Distress in Ireland.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 80, 10 March 1883, Page 2

Distress in Ireland.

TERRIBLE SCENES. THE FEQPLE STARVING. (Per Mail Steamer.) ■ A meeting was held in London on the 30fch January, to»; devise means ,foi the relief of the- distress in jreland, Mr Justin McCarthy ■■> said-, he .anticipated the pinch of famine would be felt in February or March. Mr O'Donnell, M.P., made a rviolent .-attack on the Government, who, he said; had millions to spare for bayonetting Egyptians, but none for the relief of want. TheSjord Mayor has been asked to open a relief fund, and the Government is directly appealed to. The whole of the north of Ireland is in a most wretched condition, owing to the complete .destruction of the grain crops in. September ,by a tornado, and the rotting 6t the entire potato crop, caused by the constant ■ rains. In one place, sucti getieral deßtttjdtion prevails that tweatystwo tons of Indian meal per week is required to keep the people aliv<?. Deßpair is' titaririg everybody in the face. ,'.', ■,[ . , Reports reached SHgo oil the 23rd of deaths' by starvation Jin the Island ot InniBmurray. A. man Was found starved to deatji on the sth .at Loughrea, County Gal way, and af an enquiry the poor, law guardians/ found tjie/ sad case was only one of many. A "crowd ol hungry people ' in front of the residence of the Re<r* Patrick Dugfginj Roman Catholic ; Bishop of Clonferb, on Sunday, thejUh, and the Bishop had to inform them that he and the priests had distributed every shilling available. The opening of relirf workfij : in the Bishop's opinion, >vas the only resource left to relieve their BufferingBi