A FAMINE IN IRELAND.
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That most dreadful of all calamities to Ireland, aS veil aS to England's Career of coaqnest-a failure oi the lfish polatoe crop -is now too paiuiuIly cetala. From the counties oi Duolln, ine two tieaths, Cork, Tyrone, Kilkenny, a.Iow, Down, Roscoln- mon, Waterford, Armagh. aad Kerry, en- bracing portions oi tne luur pfoviaces, we hear oi the lavages ol the rot, the plague, the muqain, or as the lrlsil people deslgnate Il. s'the ctolera" m the poiatoes. The great staff of lie" To eighl or nae millions oi peo- pie Is turned lnlo poison, while those articles oi food that other countries could rely upon Tor mitigation of the calamity are beng ex- ported to England, to meet the eXorbrant rents eXacteI from Irish farmers by lofeign arlstocracy. 4 famine Ill Iceland, N ho can contemplate Il without horror! Her people cannot now command those mines ol wealth which an absentee nobIllty have carried from her ieitile soil, nor can they be expected to throw of those cIalns d tanailctsln preJu- dice, and ticilon, that have mtd5 them ehe- mics to each other for centuries, aud bound them to the unprlnclpled and selfish monopo- llzers of thelr resources. l. they could, we might expect to see them rise III the sacred majesly oi their united power, as baad oi brethren, preferrngto dle by the sword rather than perish ill the dilches ald lanes for the want of food.

 Ireland resembles giant deprived ot his club and his eyesight: she has the physical power to command independence, but toreign influence and domestic ieuds have robbed ] her of the wealth and union necessary to a successful effort

 l u IS impossible to loresee the results oi this great calamity; and it will be some months before It's extent Is fully known. The open ing of Irish ports for the admission oi bod free oi duty, an order-in-council prohibiting the exporlalon oi potatoes from Ireland, aud other expedlents calculated to lessen the h"r- TOTS of amlne, will naturally occupy public attention in the United Kingdom, ai,d henevo- ence will everywhere respond to the cry ol lreland's furnishing children. The landed aristocracy oppose the free admission oi food, and reletrom England will naturally assume the form of '.ams," rather than that of per lnanent legislation, for improving the condl- ton of the country. Parliament answered the cry for civil liberty by appropriations to the Irish church, and the same policy will nc doubt be adhered to in case of iamine-some thousand pounds to purchase bread for the poor, without touching the corn laws.