This issue was lifted in The Illustrated London News on 13 February 1847: "There was no legislation it would not move at their request, and no abuse it would not defend for them." On 24 March, The Times documented that Britain experienced permitted in Ireland "a mass of poverty, disaffection, and degradation with out a parallel in the globe. It permitted proprietors to suck the incredibly existence-blood of that wretched race". Stewart, Emily.