This level was elevated in The Illustrated London News on thirteen February 1847: "There was no law it would not pass at their request, and no abuse it would not defend for them." On 24 March, The Times reported that Britain had permitted in Ireland "a mass of poverty, disaffection, and degradation without having a parallel in the world. It authorized proprietors to suck the very daily life-blood of that wretched race". Stewart, Emily.