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lTiBh' , 1)wtijB88.-?eUef,.Fund.
On Tuesday last,;in;: accordance with
bebojtpf;% ,a]bw.e : fuftd" waijlield, in
the (jddfellowB' HalJv;i; ;:Thdrc ..was a
fairly numerous attendance.
Bis'WortMp the Mayor "occupied the
**?ir, 0
that be felt at a'lpss -, ; to ,proporly: mtro
duceirthe $utgeot to ;;the meeting/ inas
much as the requisition' had; been sent,
to'(fie r fa&
ever, he had been requested tb take the
chair* Ando.be thought; he conld ? not:
better open,ihe Iprpoee'dings: than by
readln t'
eonyen|ng, ; the,,peetinigVTitM'oh he did, :
and then called upop > tho.i;,., ..-',.
Rev;-iDn White, ? who,;* moved ??>'? tho
fire resolotibri/whifehwasas fbllbws :—
That f we,'-"theinqaident? ;of Singleton iand
Patrick's Plains,, uia.nnison wifh our
r,-,fpllow ,colopi?W|i?eeply sympathize with
the their: present
.dii^.dirties?,., : :?-„: ;:,o-:-?--.:_::.; ? .;?-?-.
The rev. .gentleman remarked?: I need
noV'Sayj'lflrV&£ypi£ tjia£ fbr?sbme time
doubts wero entertained as to the fact
and extent of the miseryin'lroland; ? I
thir?fc?lW!9Bbterare,rhoweYer,:reraoved,
and we are now met to dp something tp
.Cbmgassipn.is? ;
a
entlyi evbn"of lovb itself. In Beoking tb
relipte'-'tbib distress; 'wb^xe'-'abiing;iri
ohjj'dMcY 3^
thg:'p>iGaJor??naE! "rendered j independent,
ofaanyirotheiieniotion:'-(Wore ,'this not
so. 3 iffboJf> u £b6d ,, Wbuld< rethaih :uridbpp.
\VtfWi?^WB';bf,.'wli : a't : wb. 'possess.'
It B js- suppose-, that
olLnrteuppsseas.ia Simply ,fbt bur 'own'
tlie;GHvcr of.all CJbod lias
gifm \hx\f for bur':,
dislwas.otfthosoiiWho iirbless favourably,
sitiSMfcd; wbaire'
bouia to thp .necessities of;
tliQ^s.afld'
dispensationii anlplo.prbvision wob alway?i
mauW-'by -yl?faelifccs;' for, the :?' poor.
ThW'pwfgiit|pp, ! tipOn ps,,'os.'Christians .is?
'TiipiSayiour arid;
hisctli?oipies: onb of iitheir small, store did
Again,'it : is tobur
intti;c?i;;.tp ) IJ Sssfst?.tb"p 'pbbr'j'. it, is bur,
du^'§,.m}j>sJB,^'r : prppbpt, qiisb to?
tbttineeid-.ibfnou'r. ,p'opr brethren,';, Our
-'and-'horoofter depoiids.
updn witfy'pur fellow mon ?
in ?|^ei{v,cUstrpsp,? i' Syra'patby.is 'sweet..
Tha;poor|maii>isvtho friendless monarch
of'the world;'- Life becomes an intoler
able burden .to who feels'that
he '. I li'a^? l i lbst'.?ili l e'?flympai% of all 'iis?
fellow. n>env..) IIo,! wonder,, tben ; that ho
t<\~? '"''-, -> : "'?''"' ""-"X '''''' ,'''"'"
,1 bil-iiiiladfromlife's history,,' '"'"*'
.!:?'-. ii. oiid fo deathVmystory -v--
i?"!-:'?' ? '?'? Swift to be hrirl'd, '"
:????"??'? i ' Anywhere! anywbercl ;,
I ??: ????:?[? Out.of ;th6 world I"
Tbere i6i hb^Wan'-moro? deeply sympa
thi?ed;witU than*bo Who. deeply sympa
thise*'Witft'his fellow'men; ? There Jjarp
many and precious promises 'associated
to our
fellow jj/Jyejencl 7 gentlemen
here gave bevbral instances of theso from
Holy.W.rit;;flttd'edMtinued : Wb cannot
our'means-fco ft bettor uso than to
invest; itj? iri-'.'the of'charity,. Wo
sot up {pr", ourselves several'models,
mare <?ro perfect, but iho. Great
MbdcF is> the Giver bf all, who causes
the?rain *}o des&nti alike upon tho evil.
an| t|ie!goo'd, *iprjn {\to urijustnnd Iho
jnst. bLet ns seekinot. to -imitoto the
pu?lidins'-bf old) but hither be like Him
wh? fterjfc nbotit jclojng good.*?"',;
Wojild, j ye,jln.W ncar ; tp tho immortal Gods ?
nearib'em Jbert in being roerciful, ,
Swget jnojcy jls nobility's trap badge....
Thcnj-are- thosbwhb will sny that this dis
trcjsiji bought'abbut'byignorance, folly,
anrjj.^jco,'btit thaji &k& not alter pur
duty j, tbo 'obligation lies upon.ns as
much'atf'if, it-were''otherwise. If we
onW assisted thosb \yliose distress was
not brought' about! by their own folly,
ignprancp, apd?:"yicb, wo sbonld be. liko
thai pttbltcans of'blden time, who only
did? 1 to .those from whom they
recfeivijd The,; true; charity was
fnlyi set fcrtji in the parable of tho Good
Samaritan. ? The tau?O of this distre??
fihb|il(J; niyer enter;into our thoughts as
to to givo relief. In tho
prejerijli insfaneb, they are. our co'rintry
mpgj- r .jofcerpsts, are purs; and, we
are in us lies;to
relieve this diatfdss;! -The very exercise
di oar Jib?r?li.t7 wUI do more tp remove
miicli of the misunderstandiug that lias
hitherto 'oxi?tbd;thaii nil the'pi-bfes'sionp
South, Wale's? has?'never;.bpen. appealed,
to?'in' > yai'n. ,J ?'o.n'behiilf of,China-aud ;
India'she was never behindhiand in;
helping the distressed, nor jhasSinglotpn
ev-er in,such I
bdicve'tliat'bur-mbttu ,in, ..this,
18__? Australia "expects every? to
db '*his ?dnty/.', to!, felfoiro tno?disti7es?
rerefrod to in the resolution which I
iiavo subraitted-to ybu. '(Applauso.)- ?; A
'?? Mr. ?'?'A.-"J.'- Qbiild,' in' seconding thb
resolution, said.:-.lt.ia,.with mingled
feelings of ..ppiri Vnd pleasure that I rise
to second the ttbtibnjuBt-moved by the
ttev, Dr. White rwi.li feelings of pain
at' thb * necessity whielr has arisen for
such a mceting r ?and .with foelings of
pleasure: that 1 ami called lipori to raise
my .voice' in f an appeal for the poor and
hcedy-—in' ati appeal. ti. the' sympathy*;
and'generpsit/iof my follow re?idonts in
the ''district 'of' 'Patrick's '- Plains.?
.(Cheers.) It has ..been well said?tbat
Austrblia.' hab ( always stepped , forward,
boldly' and assisted in.' times. past tb?
relieve the hecessitieB of those in distres?,?
Whether of her own kindred or of other
nations.. Thi3 evidenced :
response .ininany cases, such as those of
Lancashire, China, and more; recently,
India. (Cheers.) I feel' sure that,
Australia, will.never turn her, back upon
the path' sho has'already., laid but.'.for.
herself, but will ?.nhyays readily and
cheerfully como forward .to assist; where
needs, bo., ?.:[(Cheers.) ' It is diflicult to
.picture.'to ourselves.in prosperous
suhr.y'Austraiift the 'misery,that, exists
in many parts, of. imagine,
wbat famine many .thou-,
sands of men, Women, and' children,
gaunt, emapiatsdj:and starving,unfoctur
iiato 'creatures, ~who?; mny„,, not,' liaye
tastedi fbo3;, for. .many' hburSj.perchancb.,
days;? who? k rib w. not, whereto look, for ; .
another? bite \ 'who,know not but what
thoy may have to'perish miserably of,
hunger .and starvation, hud died, together
in rage, and dirt.-? In our, times .of, flood
wo have seen' persons j suffering /rora
want and distress.; biit theso sufferings
of days, cannot:.bo.compared with the
Bufferings of manymionths endured by
thoasajids in'rnapy, parts
a cbuntjy where'the wintprs:aTe marked,
Viy-severp rain and intense, cold. It has
been said in pur' papers ? that,, the -Lord
Mayor of Dublin telegraphed -. that, but
for,.the. contributions of. A.ustralia,,tho
relief for thb starving, stricken poople
would: have ,|0.,b0 abandoned, and that
many? thousapds whom, the contributions
of Australia had 'relieved wpuld,have,
:bben:,left to perish in their, distress.
: flhall wo then,. ns . Australians,., allow,
jfjiis' appeal 'to our.'.gbnbropty,,to. bo?
mado in vain? ('Qheors.) blmllwo
allow our follow, .country mon—for
although, many of those to whom tho
appeal'j's. mVdp.ar,e ; ncither.:lrishfl .nor
thejdesc?iidciilt's'? of ? Iribh'm'eii,: yet. as
English,?'Scbtch/ /or;??l,rish,,..ior ; tljo,
.dpscendnnts of ? these natipps r I clajn*
'them?!as?'feHowcbui>trymenv,-uombo"rs,!of
trie "ttpited kingdomi of Great,-Britain
apd Iceland-?and of?iyi)ich.A.ustraHa i ig ;
an bff-shobtj all desirous of; pmulnting,
.tte.gr and old country in nil .great deeds
of generosity .and-kindues?f-rto, die : ,pf.
hfanger,'onti,'istnrY(itipji.?.,; (Cheers.); ,It
may be said what? will ou? srapll cpntrj-,
butipnp.amount;'to?; how'much distress
wiii they relievo ? " I hopo you will not;
Ibbk^at:it, in, that maimer,, but;each,.give
: according' to your means, whether it lie
much/or little.; The. riiighty ocean is ;
fdd .by lior .many -triibul,ary.rivers,?.and
these, iii ;their . turn .-.pro ; fpd by.; the
many strpamsand rivulets,,thb?tiniest
of which helps to swell the mighty,
ciirrent, and so fill the vast ocean,; So
tho-.smallest contributions,
be ,they but.a siiilling >:
swej,!,tho gjroat.fund now being rdisp'd : to
rblieve Ireland ; in ? lior,' .djro, /distrpss.'
.(tioiid ch.bera;). ~'. ?'.". ?- :'-.?;
j .carried.' ,-. ' ,-
J tettefa .were :'read; rlrbm Itoy.; W. J.
JJavisj fnp'o'lbgising. lor non 7 atto.ndance,
and l briclo?ing.?.:cbequ'e -for-- £1; from
Mrs.. McCosker, enclosing £5 ; from
,l|r? Thos. , MeMahori, ;also -enclosing
'£p l '; -'and,', from ,Mr; : J. E,. Davys,,pf
? Rayensworth,.;" who, though unable to
attend,? heartily .sympathised with tho
object;"- and' enclosed a cheque, for £5
5e.,, The* Mayor,then called upon.tho
] IloiT. .-8.,.E.,-Shaw, who inoT.ed; the
sdcpnd ros'olutibn :—
? I .'?'?'?'.'.'-. ' .-?
Thtit, in order to givo prpclioal pffebtto our
[ ? sympathy,-; n~snbscription list bo now
. ; opened, and that funds bo collected and
'sent, as,spohns.possible to the Central
'-ltclie'f Comin'.ttce in Sydney,
In.supporting this resolution, Mr, Shaw,
said'that after the prBotical character of.
the'letters, jnst read the way was con
sillerably, smoothed fpr tho. resolution
erjtrustod to him, Ho wished that ho
l4d/some Hibernian fire in order that
h6 might reoch their hearts, Wo havo
for accounts of the oxtont
of this but,up to the prcsont
havp iiacl no, clear account, and ho
belieyed, this was the only reason wiry
SJrigleton had.not risen before in |ihiB
?matter. It .was at first 4'fficnlt to
understand Jww it was that such a
bountifully supplied land was yisjted by
suoh diro distress.' Ono cause was that
the; very moisturo, which renders it so
beautiful also rendered it unfit for the
growth of wheat and barley. Then
again, thero ia tho treachery of the
potato crop, It might bo asked again
hpw is it that tboro' is all this distress
;,whon there, ore 2,000,000 Jess inhabi
tants than,, n few years ago | but the
backbone und. sinew of tho country had
emigrated to . Australia aud America,
and this- must necessarily depress the
country. Then again, there had boon
too little attention paid to tbe Fishgrios,
Formerly; ? 100,000' woro employed, but
' at 'pre'soh't bhty 80,600; end thus a largo
: number 'of 'tlio 'people 'are partially'
' dopri.Wbf?* class qf_;fobd.-j'
It;is : necessary 'that wb 'should*'take*
Borne 'prabtical* stops 1 *tb alleviate "this'
distres?;" *Aye/'oiigh't'tbtake'thisbppor-
turiity because it was an opportunity*
afforded (is for drawing more closel*/
bonds of iinio'u bctweeii 'Gteaf Britain ;
and Ireland. (Cheers.) The present
union between these? two countries* wob
yory much like that of ?a beautiful lady
who had been : wooed and wedded but
not won. - (Cheers.) This- most riot
be. In the past'*lfelatid has assistell
Great Britain in thb ? battle"'field,;in
literature, and in tbe Senate. i-This
piay still be the case.- At present this
Union is endangered-- by----tho l action .'of.
certain mischief' makers, factious orators,
hud pamphleteers; who wefo ?seeking -tbi
sow seods of- dissension. (Cheers.)
Ho -hoped' to Bee a 'stato:.of:
things. ETo -believed; that *a mutual
recognition* botwoen ; ' the ; two
yvas necessaryj 'and- : the : pre?ont move
ment would be' a" practical -opportunity;
to'prombtb this, ! by stretching out> the
hand: of liberal' nnd:'loving kindness.
(Applause.) '> i; ? : ,'?':''-" f: '?- -
Mr.: j. Keif heartily, i - sympathised
with the movement, and,-in the absence 1
of Br; Eea'd ; 1 hod great: pleasure in
seconding resolution, ; which was
afterwards'carried unanimously:': ????? j -;
Rev. Father Kearns moved : the third
rcsolution,-'which ! read as - ; '
Tlisit a committee 'bo- formed—to consist of
; 'thefollowing gontlemen;Svith power: to
add. to thojrvunmber : HThe, Major and;
Aldermen, all the Ministersof religion,,
and 'Mesrrs.'P. ,Waddy,' 3. G. Harris,
. ''? W^Duddihg.'firp;'Stacy, X>. Morrison;
H. Storey,-'J.''iWillis,i J. Flynn, J. W.
' ' ? W.Gampbcll,;B.g.-Booth, A. Pnlmor,:
E. B. Sawkios, I',- MijMahop, Q. Head,,
"W. Clorihew, J. W. B.Frederick, M.
. .'?'' Anderson,' j". Keif, ?\V; Blackburn; -Ji r
' ; .'Magairei arid'.'J. Elliott—to carry out
? ? the foregoing, resolutions, Ami that Mr.
: P. Wnddy act aa .treasurer, and Mr. O.
;'Popponbagoii as secretary.
Tho rev. gentleman said.that the /rc'so-?
lntibnspokb for?itself?,? While listening,.
? to the .able,addresses many, thpugbtg;
through his mind.. Distress,is?
more easily?felt than expressed, and a
subject more, easily served,by, action
than by,, words. For, the past few
a-mont|)B a glorious, event ~hns been pre
sented by. tho world.. A cry of distress,
issues,from, one of the British isles;. that
call; is Juobly respondodVto by that noble,
lady'.'wlib'.' now! sp, gracefnlly;. cicciipies
the, tbirbriq bf '(jfrqivt Britain? ' Eloquebt
speeches -"arid; glowing?, words will not,
??? facts,, and ", in, the. present,'
-'-instance.' the emptying-of our
will.be mbrp.'.to the purpose., The..
Ernest, tjjpe,o'f' charity was , to. be. found,
?in the act'of thegood- Samaritan. ~'At.
a distance bf, ,16,000 ] miles, we cannot
assist any personally, ? but, .wo, conld, do.
much. : Althbugn Singleton is late,in,
tho field, hp.,did ,i}ot ( ,beliove that/'slio
would bo the last,,to< send a largo con
tribution to : the fund.?' A friend had
, lately written'- to'" himi' 'froiiir Ireland,
i ippWeiftiliy- telli&g him bPlbb' terrible'
, distress'' 1 there ! *j , rcvaiHn'g , ';. ! ' Tho rsafe
'bf- the ship- SWatbleveri'? with : *its;
1 cargo ot' hicai had-'brbught-an' ideainto'
his .hi'ih'd; lie'suggested that ashiplbad
bf tho horned: breed'shbuld bo sent front-
Ifntriok'fl Plains'- direotly - for the dis
tressed Irish;/;"-HlJ. would give*practical
? effect to his remarks by Landing to the
-Troasurer, at.the cioso, a cheque for five
guineas,'atid, would shortly o'rder,a.'col- :
'lection' to be?', made; in ". thb.*'Catholic'
Church for this'objb'ct.'' ?' (Applause,); *
' i Mr'.?Elliott, ip'seconding the ro?pla
tion reiiinrked that it is" "an 'old maxim
''Hp' i whp i ,givos??quickly..'.givoV twice,"
Now nitlibtighthoy liad;?n'ot giyon yet,
they'werb* going? ,to give, and ;. that
quickly'.'., : (Clib.'ers.j . It wa-f not charac
teris|fp.,fbr,,Singletpn!tp bo behind?hand?
and -she'would '.'not bb: in' .tlife case.
(pheer?.)' liO.bk at the.. sublime ,?con
fideiibo'uf ,thb Lord' Jinybr ?pf .Dublin.
when! hb? telegraphed the simple words
?f IrelaiitL'j.s in want." .' That.confidence
was being'o'ily justified. Only 12 months
ago'a call for assistance had come to
them from,lndia.. At the placo where
ho was. then .living a meeting was-, at?
once calle4 ; thoy met at?B o'clock at
iiiglit and before 12 o|clock the next day
£500 was in the hiinds of the Indian
authorities. So nobly liad ,that applica
tion been responded to that the Viceroy
wns.obliged tc-. telegraph 'f,Hold'!.'lt is
enough." (Cheers,) Something had been
said about.the horrors of faminb. LPic
tarc a fainjly?in, BJtriiiitr?d|stre's? .outside.
this ,tb.wn. Half thetown would rush to
alleviate their '"sufferings, an& supply
them,with 'food,.' Iv Ireland there wero
thousands of such cases. . Whatever
touches our heart will soon touch our
pockets,: (Cheers.) It has been said
that wo should give as much sb our
moans would allow, but he believed that
wo ought to give moro that we can
ordinarily spare.' (Cheers,) Ireland has
acclaim upon us, . This nation of Aiis
tralio? .was founded by some of her sons
as well as of the British nation.
(CliQers.) are wo not proud of
the Irish i j-roud too of tho
whopo names are like gems upon the
pages of history. (Cheers.) In conclu
sion ho asked them to put their hands
into tljelr pockets and gjvo qs tnucl) anij
more than they could sparo. ap
plause.)
The resolution was put and carried.
Ifr; Q. Newton said, that thoy had
been told that they were tho most
generous peoplo, and yet in the face of
that assprlion thpy *vpro asked tq qgroo
to the resolution ]>Inrod in his hand, and
whioh ho would now now read—" That
Messrs; J. W. W. Campbell, IX. Dalton,
P; ! Qoinh, nud J.-: Magairo bo re
quested to canvass tho to?fn and its
?nvirphs?.nhd consign the,sub'scripti.oris
I*o MK'Wnddyi the hon. treasurer, adn
*bo na'me? , to?Mr. : -C.' Poppehhagori, tho
lion, ,fbr. publicatiou ?hi ?the
l SingJe,tonxJL : gus"
believe thoy wcrq;?BO.generous ; it was
ithorcfore necessary that these gpntlerhen
yi)io\ wore all bb yrell qutilifiedi should be:
? requested to, canvass-, tho .district V.for
"subscriptions for 'this. great, end good
:objbbt.,(phebrB.). 7 ??,,.'.". ?| ','
j.-,' Mr.|Burnett, thp?rosolu-,
jtibn,.said that,after, all had bporisaid by
;tho'speakera wlib.Had proceeded 'hirii? lie
!did riot think: that they needed any clo-;
Iquenco to urge them to assist in ullpyiat- 1
ing, this distress.. Much had . been
already dono, and much rnoro. would bo ;
idpne. Wo must '.'remember that ' it is
;vfin.t'er'nb*v?'over. there, and that the last,
summer'" had ? lieoi)" disastrous. . Croris.
?that ought to' havebbqri gathered in 'the
iribrith ?of' A.ugust,? wore not .gathered,
?uut.il, months' ldtor. "?; Let us dp
what'"',we can and tliat'?'.'with all our,
Imight,: (Cheers.),., ??
! The "resolution, was then agreed to. ?
! Alderman Qutriri moved Mr.. Elliott
into the chair in order to giyo liim the
pleasure of moving a vote of thanks: to
the.Chairman,.who had presided ovor a
meeting called, for promoting such "an
excoUent object. ?? ..:.,?'
* Mr. Maguire seconded this voto of
thanks/., ~. . ... "'
.'Mr,'Elliott putting it to the mooting
congratulated the Mayor that: his first,
appearance in his new official capacity
Was in such a good cause.
: Tho Mayor in *'responding to tho
unanimous yoto pf , thanks, hoped thnt
all who could possibly afford it, would
assist thi? movement, - ? '?'"'?' '?" ?
I Mr, 'Waddj*^,?'at : once commenced
operations ?'and * for some
time'iri rbceivirig ; subscriptibns. Noarly
£50 were.handedp ,: ''?'*? ? ??"-?'?'"?'
' 'At thbcall of,bis "Worship the Mayor
the meeting- was closed by-three? chebr?
for tho Queen. '['"' '.??'-
$