From this morning's papers I see that the Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland are sending over & contribution. of 20,000 sheep, beef, and mutton, in answer to the Princess's appeal, but they desire that one-fifth should be donated to Scotland, one-fifth to Ireland, and three-fifths to England (not London only). Iam afraid they hardly realise the number of starving people this would cover. It so difficult for those on the other side of the world to understand the real poverty of the English poor; but all the same the donation is very welcome, where so much has to be done.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.