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scawely foe * The ommictee have equal coflfide'tfce » tn Hfhe ¦ 'Bfeticess * of this ptea , when orgfcfl &V # * £ ministers of reHgiou of wh&tetettdeik&mlti a&Gn ; afcd they rely , with confidfettGe , ^ $ he repetition of that generosity Wtffoh ^ heretofore rescued a cotisWefrabte piu « t *> f the German population from the rtifnctus effects of desolating wafr . to
In this -view they ^ present the . public some extracts of letters , addressed to the Conmitree frotn persons of respectability , and Which are l « it specimens of a multitude whteh ti «? Cottnnittee ai < e datly receiving . -From Bantm .
Thfere "are % y the test Tettu < ns Over seven thousand ^ perso ns total ly dependant on afiitld of 553 / . including the 300 / . We ftate received frtfm your benevolent society ; and tfhf £ e months must elapse
before atiy df * the $ e wi ! 4 be enabled effectu&ftyto pfovr&efor tfhemselves . In a population of 16 , 250 , ( comprehending'the town and baretty , ) this is a fearful number of fainishltlg paupers .
It being totally impossible to minister to the wants of all , scenes of the most agorrizifrg distress are every day taking pfoce , which we have not the means to remedy .
The unfortunate pride of the peopfe , tdo , adds not * a Ik tie to the caJamity : one * woman , ^ vkh three cHrl d re n , died of actuxil starvation ; they were nearly a week without sustenance , and the woman ashamed to make her case known before
assistance could be ftdnMaistered- ^ -they were all found lifeless together . Many are ( seten * tt > faint through mere exhaustion inuring the necessary delay that--occurs in a ' dlmnistering food , and
it is the opinion < o £ many of the Committee , that were it not for the benevolent aid of the British public , * he local subscriptions \ wo aid 'be hardly sufficient to p \ trchase coffins for those who would die op mere want .
The Typirrtts fever and Dysentery are ^ so pre vailing jrapidly , -and , as far-as ( this world -is ccmoeriied , the victims / of either ^ nust be pronounced comparativ ^ ly-happy . From his Orate the Vtfthbishop of Tuam . / fclVtfry aM ? cle \ if ptovi ^ ioiis is Vdffy » gene-! V ^ e ^ itly Visltt fe ; btit CWre ^ feia veVy
co ^ tfdy * fable '^ H ; > of 'Otir ^{ j ^ l ^ twn that Have rio iht ^ &ft % ^ Wteir (! ri 3 e 6 r ^ H ? » fcfe-^«« e in # fatef ' -tkefe l ihttvln 1 g % o '» emj ) loy-^ efht / t hey ^ H ^ e ^^ o irte ^ ils Hb ^ rchafee at atiy ' rtfte'ttul&fttfcnfce « f 6 r -Wtelr famfltefc ; and I " rrfdch « W « r thftt 'even ito > ttur > fc&it traiis ihxtty # f 'dtt * ^ p 0 orip £ k < i 4 h < ( If « ndt ^ % d | rect stai-vation ) by the&tfec « s' « df ^« ttan-
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ty , < wmvhoi € &on * e > aild u « autyi * kia » is < d £ et . ^ Moreover , in t ^ ese timers of groat <* le--pre $ » ion , the - gen try of fche co unt ^ y who Inside upon 4 * beir e ^ t at e ^ , a « d aa » e fcbe natural guflfrdians and ' supporters of their people , not 4 uly receiviqg their re » ts , many wUh the best xiigpe&ition have < it not in their zpo » wer to &ff 0 itii Hht relief which their duty atid their feelings would ^ dictate ;—in &hof $ , if thfc goveiiw » eHt coilM prove diat iprdvtsio ^ s of ali vkinds were in plenty , and at veiry redhead ^ prices ( neither erf which is nowtk ^ oase , ) still we should beta wanj | .
From VlatKkedfe . I went yesterday to Limerick with Mr . Hardi » g , to l ** y before the Committee the result of omi * visitation through the town lands of our parish . On our-commencing our task , Mr . H . took ^ book in h 4 s pocket to enforce a faithful return ; but indeed we but too soon found the
melancholy truth in each countenance ; many for a long time had but one meal for their famiKEs , ' and -srjfne tiafl been eating some little remnants of Seed left in their quarter ground ° since last iye&t > and many had not in ^ any Way a single naorsel to eat . Just at-the * foot of Knoofcnaboula , a bog , five in fatniiy liad for sortie > time been
living on the oatirreal , 'brought by a boy of e ^ ht years * of -age in return for two cleaves of tfupf / whieh- 'hedaily carried to Ltmghill , and > sold tfor ? th » ee- » halfpeace ; the quantity ^© f » atMaealat » fwe *^ wMire the pottle you'know ^ uaijWt be * veryfsi » ail , and
for that dtiiiy to I go -a distance of six -miles the two trips . fFhe ii « e » iilt of oiir visit was 18 & 27 pers © ns , » & 83 ^^ f « whom were totally itoeaiitmteofrQniyitnearls i&f ofaflakiing food . Tk ^ re a ^ irere . 234 men able ian d billing in wiiy x \ wtyAto-w ^ rk ^ and provide foTM&eroselves . € hae hundred > anil > thirteen
acres and a quarter remained \ u « 4 * Med short of their t «« ual q « aiVtity . Want of food has brought the fever among us ; fifteen houses had its symptoms , and twelve had sickness . 4 tFrom . histomel . I hope you' will-allow « n > 'htnnb ! e / ittdividtml to taketthis wbpotttHtoitfy onibebdlf
of his UBfbnutmte [ ioor ^ Comltryiiictv , to retttrn'most hfcartfalt thariks ^ to « you , Sir , and the other gefctlemen in London , Mr ho have < htts < so humanely averted ithe > tonptritil tig'titid ^ th-er&ise' inevitable vahtm ^ y l of a fatMne , ' Wliich « hr ^ al 0 u « ii « Dttrx po *> r / 4 iiwrkh 4 \
ttiadi ^ tr « it 5 ted t ^ fttttry A \ tH > app < tl '> tkigwn&qpwnees . It WoiUtiibeimvaln J toitttltetoptiaAiy eatprdsSMttiofeottr fe ^ UKgs < 6 h'ifre occasion . > Su
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IrMtiiigence ° ~ -i £ kftre $ * Hh Jfc&hmH . 383
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1822, page 383, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2513/page/63/
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