January 9 1847
From the intelligence received today it appears that
the list of districts suffering under extreme destitution must be
now added the Queen's County, Carlow Sentinel,
a journal, it should be borne in mind, but little inclined to
cast undeserved blame upon the landed proprietors:
"With feelings of deep regret for the welfare of
the extensive district of Ballickmoyler, comprising the large
Barony of Slievemarigue, we learn that all hopes have vanished
of actual provision for the wants of the population, unless the
Government come forward and that speedily, with liberal measures
of relief. In these times for they are times of peril -- men must
speak out; and we shall do our duty fearlessly in calling on the
non-residential proprietors to come forward and to lend their
cooperation or they will, when too late, regret the consequences
of their neglect. In the Ballickmoyler district, Queen's County,
a few have, it is true, contributed; but where are the names of
the Earl Kenmore, or of the Earl of Portarlington, upon whose
estates a vast mass of hideous poverty exists? We have not heard
that 1s of their money has yet been contributed, although their
agents draw large sums from the extensive estates of these two
noblemen in the awfully distressed district to which we refer.
We
have heard, but cannot say the rumour is true, that Sir Charles
Coote, M.P., has only forwarded the relief fund the paltry sum of
10l. Can this be true? We really cannot credit the assertion that
a wealthy baronet, of large estate in a barony of the country
which he represents, with a vast means of pauperism in the
district, and a great number of starving people on his estate,
would only contribute a sum of 10l! If he has been so fortunate
as to send 1s. more we shall apologize for our error in the cause
of humanity and the poor of our country. Our readers should fully
comprehend the causes why we dwell on a subject of so much
importance in this district of the Queen's County.
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