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flow ne.ooola .one, anti 180,000 in rthe other, at the resew moment remitting. iostrection. Mr. HUME expressed 'the' pleasure be • had - felt at, bearing the observations of the Noble Lord. It would be, indeed, a most important matter to open the doors of public offices to the natives of India. By this means they would be encouraged to become good and • useful 'subjects. inasmuch as the only way to make men ho nourable was to teak in them. He could, however, give histestimony that the charges of dishonesty so .often advanced against the natives oflndia were grossly libellous. and altogether without foundation. Mr. FERGUSSON knew many of the individuals whose nen:ea were attached to the petition, and knew that they were, adequate to the discharge of any function. It was with great reason they uttered their complaints to the House ot Commons, by whom the matter ought tb be duly considered. He could see no reason why the natives should not be permitted to serve on Grand Juries, for they were often eminently qualified. He egreei with the Hon. Gentleman that it was above all, oeces-ary to secure the due administration of justice in ladle, and to elevate instead of lower the people of that country in the scale of humanity. He had had great 'experience in India, and was far from considering them inferior in the scale of morals to those of comparative classes in Great Britain. Sir C. FORBES coincide.' in the view taken by the Honourable Member who had spoken last, and hoped the prayer of the petition would be speedily granted. While in India he had frequently served on Petty Juries with natives, and had often been as well, nay more, satisfied with them than with the people of his own country. It had fequently fallen to his lot to be foreman of a Grand Jury, and when placed in that situ ation he had always regretted that the natives were not eligible to serve on Grand Juries, capable as they were of efficiently dischaiging the dutie. of the office. Sir JAMES MACINTOSH begged leave to express his satinfactnin at the manner in which this petition had been received by the House. He entirely concurred in the observations which had been made by Hon. Mem bers from every part of it. He admired, indeed, the 'spirit which had breathed thrbughout the whole of the discussion. It gave him much pleasure to re sect that there never was an absolute Government so far removed from the mother country which was so well administered as that of the English Government, in India.. Of the fact of its being so well adminis tered he was well convinced from what his own ex perience had taught him, as well as from what he bad beard from others, who were, perhaps, better able to judge than himself. He agreed with the Hon. Member who spoke last, that there could not be a more sacred duty for a Member ot that House than to en deavour at all times to rivet the attention of the Legis lature to the affairs of India ; for although the govern ment of that immense empire was well conductee, there was, notwithstanding, sufficient room for considerable improvement. The principal difficulties which it had now to contend against were an excessive tat ation, and the ezclusion of the native inhabitants from all office. It gave him much pleasure when he considered the im portant improvements which had already resulted from *the system of general education which had been estab lished in India. lie was enabled to say, from his own experience, that the most important benefits had already been cleaved from that system; and I.e did not hesitate to say s that in that part of the Empite with which he was more pat ticulai ly acquainted, the system would be curried on with inceased vigour under the GQMOllletel of his esteemed and enlightened friend S r 'Job. Makolm. He was rejoiced to hear that that ex perienced individual had already bore testimony to the excellence of the character of the native inhabitants under his Government. Fur his own part he (Sir James Macintosh) had only to say, that in all the ;nitrate re lations of life he never found the natives of India interior to ate other nation. • Dr. PHILLT MORE felt hitnself bound to give his testimooy to the admirable manner in which his Hon. Friend opposite had cosdected hiasselt when be was called to the arduous duty of ad. • ministrating to so many millions of oar subjects in the East. • Mr. W A KIiURTON confessed that, from the various accounts which be had read, be was disposed to doubt the morality of natives of India. He therefore thought that the House should be cautious hi admitting them to the privileges prayed for in the Pe:ition. Sir C. FORtIES said. that while he existed he would maintain that the natives of India were at least as good and as mural as any of we own countrymen. He spoke this from an experience of twenty three years. Air. STEWART said that an intelligent nes more upright race of people did not exist in any country, and this he begged leave to say was not only his own opinion, but the opinion of every body who bad had a fair opponuaity of judging by being among them. Mr. WYNN replied. Tha Petition was then read and ordered to be printed. FERGUSSON presented a Petition from the Yisfkrmen of blacduff, Banff, and several other towns in Scotland, praying for a continuance of the Bowies upon Nisheries.—Otd. to be rioted. Dlr. G. DAWSON brought up the Repent of the Commissioners of his. hlaiesty's Woods and FOrests.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. or NEILL presented a Petition from the inha bitants ot a certain portion of the county of Galway, praying its* House to direct inquiries to be made as to the nature and extent of the works carried. on in the a ild, extensive, and uncuitivated di-trict oft the western coast of the county lit Galway.. The lion.• Member oh served. that the petitioners complained that the slims ot money which had been granted by this House for the enipinymesit id the prior. and for theirs'? ovement of the toads in that part of the. runty mentionei. in the Petition had been 'lnisapplied l Thopetitiorters ssa ed, that in consecrience of the negligence nr nosccindoc , •of the engineer who had. been appointed to cootiutt the wilt., needy Ese Whole ref tine money which had be-n grimiest had beery swallowed up.in 'unneces,urtexpeti.es arid in tees to clerks. _He (Mt. 011A11) understood that the sum of 5(X10001. was about to.he granted for the purpose of draining some pasts of , Itel.nd. lit had only to °hie/ ye: that it wooly he vain and usele-s -for the H ti.e to pour fold) its money into that country it the. instances of 'misapplication which* were' brought before-it•wme doffed over vanhoot notice.. He trusted thetefore that it mould comply with - the prayer Of the petition. by instituting an transediate inquiry into the abuses.complaineci of. lbs• petition was read sad °Hand to lie on the table. Mr. A. DAWSON presented a Petitioo.from tbe inhabitants of the borough of Athlone, praying that a revision might be made in the constituency of that borough.—Ordered to be printed. lb. HUSJCISSON presented a Petition from the Mayor and Eurgemeeot Liverpool,- praying that • the trade-to India might 'be throws open.—Ordetred to be printed. Upon the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the CECHE. QUER the order of the day for the second reading of the °wee Meaty BW'waa gone into.--The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed this evening in the Speaker's chamber. Tiet-Eare India Mem fill was read a third time and passed, INWHIVNIIII. MOIST Upon the motion for the third reading of the Charities legal Mr. D. W. HARTETrensarked upon the great daisy vrbiolt.had taken phice in this investigatioo. • TbeConso mission which had been:appoi ß ead• had. already eon the eanoutrupwaock of 91111X000(1 and'on looking over the nineteen reports which had tete laid.befaitoahilloose; it,vetta foetid that,.of the eighteeniebonsaed , cases which bad bees repotted, ham three to five thousaat regeired to be edisittedefrirshi Duni - comatiiionetrahneirditoetee anailN/44. antkof . thaw to be►ex' r ibis- moment remained undecided, and in the office of one of the Masters in Chancery. Llelregged to ask the Right Honourable Gentleman what way ftom three •to five thousand cases were to . be determined, when the average progress for the last eleven years had been tvio fates a . year, since in the last eleven years . twenty ' . cases only had been determined ? Again, considerable difficulties arose in many cases in conse quence of the decision of the Lord Chancellor, that the evidence of persons who might be interested in a charity was inadmissible in any inquiry concerning that Charity. Now, there was an instance of a charity of 1,0301. which existei in a village some distance from town, but which bad got into the hands of the parson, who was also a Magistrate; and as nearly, it not the whole, of the in habitants of the village were interested in the charity, it was impossible, after the Lord Chancellor's decision, to deprive this Reverend person of it. It was not his (Mr. D. W. Harvey's) intention to oppose the Bill; but he had thought it rigbt to call the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to it, by mentioning:the circumstances which he h.d just detailed. Mr. BROUGHAM said, the Honourable Gentleman had completely misrepresented the facts of the case. The Bill continued the labours of the Commissioners for one year, because it was not expedient at present to make alterations which it would be proper to do in the next Session. He did not intend to defend all parts of the commission, which was much altered from the form in which he had brought it before the House. The Commissioners had finished sixteen counties, and partly finished ten counties. True it was there were twenty six counties'not yet looked into, but these come priced the twelve counties of Wales, which had a po pulation of but about 500,000, and but one fortieth of the charities of England. It was therefore fallacious t o say that the Commissioners had not done half their business. Yorkshire was one of the counties they had finishes, and that alone was about three times as much XS the twelve counties of Wales. • The Commissioners had examined 18,000 charities, which was half of the chanties of England; and rf those many required ' a longer time for examination than could be supposed of those that remained. Seventy-one of those cases had been brought into Chancery, of which sixteen had been finally decided. He wished the other suitors in Chan 'eery were in as good a case respecting their causes. Besides these decisions by the Court, in twelve cases the parties had prevented proceedings by giving in, and complying with the opinion of the Commissioners. But one excellent effect of the Commission was to prevent the necessity ot legal proceedings, by causing men who were before negligent, to set their house in order, from an apprehension of a visit from the Com missioners. He saw, is his travels through the coun try, a great number of quite new. charitable build ings, with a stone in the wall bearing a vety old ' date, and he always suspected that the erection of the buildings was hastened by the apprehension of a visit (lona the Commissioners. another benefit from the Commission was the completest registration of charities ever known. The Commissioners had already examined into and secured to charitable purposes a revenue amounting to very near 600,0001. In the year 1785 the Ministeis and Churchwardens returned the revenue of the charities of England at 100,0001. It was his opinion that the whole charitable revenue of England Amounted to between a million and a half and two millions of real value. The Secretary for the Home Department had suggested that one Commis sioner should be enabled to act as two now did, which recommendation he hoped would be carried into effect by a Bill next year, and which would enable the inquiry to be completed in hall the time, and in three or four years he hoped the whole would be completed; and it would certainly be one of the must useful works the Legislature had ever effected. The want ot a tribunal for decision on charitable funds had long appeared to him a serious want ; and he brought in a lilt some )ears ago to supply that want, as far A• le; arcied charities for the purposes of educa tion. That Bill was connected ith• another for the education of .he people, and on that account was lost. He had het n lately asked whether lie had abandoned the Education Bill? That Bill, ever since 1820. had occupied much of his attentio.i. He then thought the education of the people shnuld be connected with the Established Church ; but it never was intended to give the Church any advantoge over sects; but unfortunately for the measure and the country, the body . of Dissenters differed from him; sod out of his great respect for them he then withdrew the measure. There was eves y indication then and since of a favourable dis position towaids the measure on the part of the Esta blished Church. The reason of opposition on the part of the Dissenters was, that they we,e excluded by Law, and they were jealous of a measure which a l :peare.l to them to recognise that exclusion. The re,'eal of the Test Act passed in March, and that removed the whole objection. In the course of April he took the liberty of addressing a circular letter to one thousand Ministers of parishes on the subject ; the answers he teemed west• most gratifying. The re ult was that in five hundred parishes. containing about one twentieth of the pupul neon E tgland, in which there were, in the year 1818,1.400 unendoo ed day schools—there were in 1828, 3.200 ; and the scholars hail increased in still " t reater prop •ition—the number in 1818 being 49,000,i0 1828,130,000. It appeared that in 1818 the scholais at unen toe ed day schools in all the pareshesof England were 478,000. and in the year 1.1:128 they had ii.creased to 1,100,0J0. Thi..greot increase made him pr use iesi:ec sing the necessity of a Para.!) School Bai— lor if the progress of education amongst the people was .0 steady and rapid, it became a serious question whether it won:d not be better to lease it whereat is than encum- Ler it by an attempt at assistance—(Hear). The House he was sure would give him credit whets he said that Ire had no desire of the gratification of having a Bill called by his name, if the work could be so much better done without any such interference—(Hear, heat, hear). It did not, however, follow Irons the progress the good work was making, that no legislative measure could be necessary. In the whole of the parishes of England, amounting to between 11.000 and 12,000', there were 2,000 without any school. These, however, were very small parishes, with an average population of no more . than 270 persons; whereas, in the parishes with schools the average population was lull 1,100. In those small parishes private persons could • scarcely be expected to establish schools, the quarter's pence paid by the few children that would attend them, would certainly be insufficient for their support; and he had not quite made up his mind whether any legislative measure would be necessary for the establishment of icbools in these parishes ; bus was rather inclined to think that none would be necessary, as the children would probably findeducation in the adjoining parishes. Another fact that was mostgratifying.,wat the increase of a feeliiig : in fivour of the education of the people; fUr thoug* to 1818-tbe returns were in general favours (slis, yet sospe.resares contained-resuarke of a different ithara,cres, such as we base education enough-.we doll Want any ftirtpee Irdneatirmi but. it war highly gratify ing 'bat the proportion of such remarks was greatly he rF n d e 1 tl Z. ive• :no tbik diminished, and in the returns of last year there were not more than half a dozen that di.paraged the ques tion ; and a far greeter proportion than on t he former occasion expressed >i desire to see education extended— (Hear, hear). If the two Bilk he had formerly brought in were disconnected he could see no reason why the Education Charitable Fund Bill should not be brought in next Session. One object of the Bill would be to enable trustees to apple charitable bequests to the most useful purposes. In some cases, in populous towns, where bequests were made for grammar schools, it was decided that it should be applieJ to schools for teaching the learned languages, though reading,writing, and accounts, would be more useful; some power should be given to trustees to apply such funds to really useful purposes, and he did not despair to see such a Bill favourably received next Session. He was pre vented by the state of his health from making this statement last Session, but he hoped he had now sail,- fied the House that tie had not been idle on the subject. The Bill was read a third time and passed. ECCIASIASTICAL COURTS. On the third reading of this NU being moved, Mr. HUME rose to object to it. He really thought it no more than patching up an acknowledged bad con cern. The effect of the Bill would he to fix a number of fees which were now hardly legally demanclaielt., and thus perpetuating a heavy tax upon the suitors of that Court. He could not but com i dain of the haste with which the Bill had been forwarded through the Hogsep and he must oppose it unless clauses were intro duced into it for redressing those grievances in rheCourts with which, he conceived. the public had so much res. son to be dissatisfied. The Hon. Member proceeded to explain three clauses lot regulating the fees and du ties of officers in rite Ecclesiastical Courts, which be had framed lot the poipose of incorporwing them with the Bill. He thought that Government would have better discharged its duty to the country try giving redress to the public instead of supporting this measure. It ap peared to him monstrous to continue certain fees, in stead of affording relief from them. He elnsidered it not unreasonable that there should be a regular scale of fees framed, and that a law should be passed to prohibit the Deputy Registrars from acting as Proctor,, and thus giving assistance to those officers in exacting es orbitantlees. As an instance of the abuse of ch srges he would refer to a case in which a bill of 1,8001. had been reduced by taxation to 6001. Under all the cirp: cum s tances attendant on the Bill, he professed bis' readiness to agree to it provided the clauses which he had specified were admitted to form a part of it; otherwise he would be wider the necessity of moving that the Bill be read a third rime that day three months. All he asked was that the suitor should be made acquainted with the charges te which he was liable. It was too bad that such a heavy item as a sum of 3931. for ex atnple,should be levied off suitors, without any explana tion of the manlier in which it was incurred being given either by the Proctor or the Judge. The Hon.lientle• man concluded by moving his amendments The SPEAKER baying put the question, Dr.PHILLIMORE, alter stating that the Bill before the House had no necessary connexion with the Bill brought in by him last year, said that he would support the measure on account of three or four clauses embo died in it, which he considered extremely useful. Mr. J. %V OW) thought that the Bill had not re crtived-the attention which it merited from Honourable Members, and declared that would trot have per sisted in opposing it had it been fairly discussed during a meeting of the House commensurate in fulness t i, its importance. It, however, the clauses 'proposed by lis HotiourAhle Friend, the Memher for Ab,rcieen, were defeated lie wool) forbear f om farther opposition. He objected to the 0111 h _ecaus • it not only orni.ted the crying evil, which was the monopoly 4 , 1 ti.e pract•ce of the Coons by the proctors, a d the demand of ex orbitant fees, but actiodly protected He would support the a , I endnient of Los Hon. Friend. 'the tries of " Question" became general, and, the gArry being cleated for a diviaion. the House divided, who' dine appeared Fur the third reading of the ........ For the amendment Xi..jority for the original motion... 39 The BM was then read a third time and pleged. •DJUURNIMXT .7 Via HoUtli On the motion at the CIIANCIBLLOH of the F.KCIIEQUEIt it was resolved thst the House at its rising should adjourn omit Friday neat. Mr. I,A BOUCH ERE. in alluding to the motion of whiLn he had given notice upon O.: state of the Canada baud that he found it impossible to' enter fully into the subject at that hour of the night; and he did not wish to prejudice it by a partial discussion. He had not heart from the Minisre:ial benches any coins-ad ctioti of the stairtnents which he had made of the tremendous state of this colony ; and the accounts %loch had been trans mitted from thence to this country shooed that the ttig'.t Honourable Gcntleinan opposite (34 George Murray) was pursuing measures widely different hum those which had brought the coloi,ies into the it present unhappy consttion. He thought it to be, however, highly imp at.,nt that the Right Hon.attable Gentleman should, before the separation of PA! kiment, make some general declaration of the principles cn which the administration of these colonies was to Le in future conduc , e.i. Ile (Mr. Labouchere) was of opinion, dist it the institutions wh ch had been given by Mr. Pitt to the Cansdas were to be fairly arid liberally is.l - would flourish under the shadow of the, British Constitution, and enable us to outbid America in the affections of the people of Canada. He hoped that in any attempts at legislating for Canada the House would only decide upon gent.ral principles—would not ,:alter the fundamental institutions of the country, and especially :could leaveall questions of internal economy to the local Legislature of the colooy. The Honourable' Member concluded by moving for Copies or Exiriots from Communications between the Government of this ci unity and the Authorities of Upper and Lower Canada, pursuant to the recommenditions of the Canadn. Corn wittee. Sir J. MACINTOSH expressed his confidence in the line of conduct which his Majesty's Ministers would :pursue in reference to these Colonies. Mn. WILMOT-HORTON said, that the undefined ;rights of the people of Canada produced more dissen sipn that all other subjects connected with the Colonies. The subject required that plain and intelligible prifici- Iples should be laid down for the regulation of the points 1-wbiclr remained undecided at present. After a few words from Mr. STUART WORTLEY, Sir G. MURRAY expressed his acknowledgments for the tone of Moderation which had - been observed by the Hon. Members who had addressed the House or' the subject. It had been objected to him that he had not hitherto made any statement to the House of the course he meant to pursue, but he had abstained from doing so out of a conviction that it was the duty of him self and all other Members to confine themselves to the, business immediately in their hands. The charges' which had been brought against him upon the subject of the administration of Canada were so extremely vague and unintelligible . is to redder it almost im possible to give any answei to thein. One of the charges was, that theadminiftration of Canada had been entrusted to militarY men, whose education and -- habits had Incapacitated them from the administration )4 civil affairs. But the Honourable Gentleman who !pad addressed the House had..korne testimciity to the competency of the present Gov-tints for the adminis tration of these colonies, and if the persons who had sent home these compitints had only looked across their own frontiers they Would there 611t1 an individual whose military attainments hut led the way to his being unanimously electeJ by his c untryinen to fist the highest civil situation. With regard to hi. (S r C. Mtirray's) not having before rtis tom: come beatire the House with any exposition of his views upon the subject, he had only to allege the great difficulty and delicacy of proceeding in such - a case. Mr. Pat, in the year 1791. was fully sensible of the evils then existing in the Canadas, and of which many existed yet ; sad it was not unreasonable that be (Sir Geo. Murray) should, after two months, be unable to propose a final and satisfactory remedy for evils of so great an anent and of so long standing. When he spoke of introducing measures with regard to Canada, it was not by means his intention to alter the law in that colriiiy. but merely to adopt such measures as would tend to the improvement of the condition of its inhabitants. It had been proposed to separate Montreal 'rim the lower and give it to the upper provinces; but to this he could not consent, as he wished to deal with pert ct impartiality hetwern the two provinces. With regard to the estab lishment of the Church of England there. such a course ssould be impossible, and, though he had the highest respect and attachment for the doctrine and discipline of that Church, it would be better in his. opinion to establish religion without a prefetence to any particular sect, than by endeavouring to force on the provinces of America an Establisi•ed Church to which the people were averse, rouse a spirit of hostility which would be alrogethes fatal to such an e , tablishment. He ho'ped he had succeeded in satisfying the Hous-r that there was no wish on the part of the Government to thwart the introduction of any measure which could stens.f to the prosperity if the American Colonies. One of the first things he had done when lie received the present ft...port was to transmit a copy of it to the Governor of Canada, and to request to be aided by a co opera tion on his part; and since that nothing could be more conciliating than the conduct if the Govei nor. lie should be always ready to act upon any suggestion for the good of those provinces, which, in his opinion, Might be rai-ed to a state of great prosperity and happiness. He had only to say, in conclusion, that the motion of his Hon. Friend lead his entire concurrence. and he trusted that the production of those papers would have nu other effect than that of confirming his lion. Friend in Vie opinion which he had been kind enough t • say that he alr eady held, namely, that no. ff rt was wanting it the part of tie Government to take every step which could tend to the prosperity and happiness of these colonies. Mr. S. WORTLEY explained. Mr. STANLEY could have wished that the Right Honoutable Gentleman had expressed hims.lf in the same open and liberal manner with regard to State af fairs as he had done with regard to the introduction of an Established Church in Canada. it appeared to him that it would be totally impussiblelo govern those provinces properly as long as the measures of Govern ment continued to emanate from the Col odal Office 'lsere, supported on the one side by such a br dy as the Legislative Council, and in oppcsit;on to the feelings of the people, expressed through their repre-entattves in the House of Assembly. Not only the best, 1-ui, in his opini is, the only way of governing the Caisa3as must neceasaiily be by means cf their own repre sentatives. He repeated, he could have wished thlt the Rig . .t Honourable Gentleman had given him reA-en to exp. cc that the same liberal course should he t:illowe op in State as in Church affairs, and, although aox oils to 1 , t odtice the plan tithe Itritish Constitution,wl e foubd it could not be done, itistead of excite -sing sort) anxiety for the-estaLlishanenr i f an At iatocracy, that he had held out a pto4ieat to the people o; that country of being gavel ned by their own representatives. Wi:ii re gard to the Legislative Count it it would be r Liter un courteous to say they were passive tools of the istitish Government ;.but the opposition w bees they' made to the Acts si hich had been passed by the flouted'. Assemble from the year 1820 to 1825. and afterwardi adOpt;ng the same Art in 1829, under a new Governor, whit:ti they had rejected in 1825, were sufficient pioots.: - .ow much they were influence d by the Government. Ih his opi the whole evil arose from the existence 01 the Legisla tive Cotfncil. Mr. 6. MURRAY explained. Mr. DENISON could not admit that the complaints made by the inhabitants of Canada were so vague as die Right Honourable Gentleman was disposed to consider them. Mr. HUSKISSON saidohat ha rec•anmended a Committee of inquiry tor tise purpose or allaying jealousy ; and, in recontireoda tog the appointment or Sir James Kempt to the premier-hip or the Canada., be knew no man more competent to discharge his duty with s.ti.t.ictiou to all parties. Sir It. INGLIS said it was the bounden duty of the mother country to introduce the E.tablished Religion in it. dependencies. Illy. WAABUtrruN observed, that while it might be advisable to have tbe.Protestant Religion in the Canadas, it could nut be Ina nuclueed without the consent of that people. Alr. LA BOUCHER R replied. The motion was Then agreed to. Mr. F. BUXTON ,moved for a copy of the Order in Council relative to the nativei in South Afrlca.—Agreed to. Mr. F. BUXTON moved lot certain returns relative to ibe Suttees. Sir C RAWLS was willed that the power of the Government in India could put an end to the dreadful practice of burning Rio duo Widows. Mr. ASTIML mid that the number of victims had greatly de creased.—The returns were then ordered. The CH ANCKI,LOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the returns of the Matignon Sugar imported into Ibis euuntry, which were ordered to be printed. The House adjourned at Hatt ram Oats ()Tux& STATE OE SCOTLAND —.The sales of landed Oorierry in Scotland 4:C more numerous at this moment. thins perhaps can be quoted by the oldest man living in that part of the country, as occurring within any short give n period; and would seem to indicate that nece,•sity and distress are not c:•trfined to the " lower orders," as Vit.) , ,are called. • Beginning in the North, we observe it was only the other day that about one-third of the whole county of Sutherland was transferred by purdbase horn Lord REAT to the Marquis of STAFFORD ) for a sum of 300,0001. being •at the rate of So years' purcha-e. In almost every county, from Sutherland to ihell:mders, there ate two, three, and in some Pout different proper.. ties in the market, comprehending a vast extent of sur. lace. In the cr arse of our researches fur other forpober, we have had the curiosity to make an enumeration of all these, Stith their extent in acres, their yearly pro duce, and upset prices, so far as these are given ; but the responsibility incurred by the publication of such details at present stands in the way of our adverting more particularly to the subject than to say. that these changes involve the interests of from 65 to 70 different landowners, and a tenantry amounting, at the lowest computation; to 150,000 families. • Tile greater pal t by far of the surfate is pasture land, extending to about • 400,000 acres, which•appear to produce about 70,0001. • of annual rent ; and the purchase money is rated at about two millions sterling.