WHISKY AND MISERY.

Whisky and misery, whichever be cause, whichever be effect, always go together.  There has been, as is well known, a failure of the potato-crop, and consequently a famine, in the West Highlands and Hebrides.  In the island of Mull, about L.3000 of money raised in charity was spent in the year ending October 10, 1848, for the eleemosynary support of the people.  In the same space of time, the expenditure of the people on whisky was L.6009!  We do not know how much had previously been spent on whisky in that island; but we may judge from the fact ascertained regarding Skye.  In the year ending October 10, 1850, the sum paid in the latter island for whisky was L.10,855—­considerably more than double the amount expended in relief by the Destitution Fund, and more than double the consumption of the same district in 1845, the year before the distress commenced!  ‘That is,’ says the Quarterly Review, which quotes the facts from excellent authority, ’the increased consumption of whisky exactly tallies with the extraneous aid received; in other words, the whole amount of charitable assistance went in whisky!’

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