The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-26 00:00:00

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON
MEETING.

BY EXPRESS-(THIS DAY.)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.

The Widow
War Eagle
Thirty-seven ran.

TENANT RIGHT MEETING AT
KILMACTHOMAS.

We have received, by express, a report of the pro-
ceedings of the monster " Tenant Right Meeting "
held at Kilmacthomas on the afternoon of the 23rd
last. The resolution were proposed by Mr. M.
Pow*, MT. Mr. R. L. Keating, MP., Sir H. W.
Barron, Alderman Meagher. M.P., and Mr. John
O'Connell, M.P. We append the petition which was
adopted. Our correspondent says the numbers present
probably amounted to 7,000, but multitudes of them
were oithe labouring classes. Several persona, ap-
parently in the rank of gentlemen, were on and around
the platform, and the number of Roman Catholic
clergymen present probably amounted to 50, or up-
wards. The day was fine, only interrupted by a shower
or two; and the scene, enlivened by an occasional
banner and musical baud, was animating. A consi-
derable body of the 34th Foot, two troops of the 4th
Light Dragoons, and a large number of police were
on the ground to maintain order, but their presence
was unnecessary, as I never witnessed a more peace-
able, orderly, or apparently a more interested assem-
blage.
PETITION.

The petition, &c., S'coweth,
That the agrarian disturbances so lamentably prevalent in
Ireland can only be obviated by giving the Irish tenantry
security in their holdings and in the profits of their labour
sad capital.
That, without this most legitimate advantage, it is idle to
expect that the tenant will exert himself te improve, or that
between him and his landlord there can spring up that her
mon, and concord so necessary to the peace and prosperity
of the country.
Thst, in the Land Commissioners' report, recently pre-
sented to your honourable house, it will be seen, from the
concurrent testimony regarding the custom of tenant-right,
that the landlord is, under all cacutustances, sure of his rent,
and that peace and good order prevail wherever it exists.
That the few evils, which are rather conjectured, than to
any extent proved to be inherent therein, are unworthy of
consideration when compared with the known advantages
resulting therefrom, or when contrasted with the crying
evils prevalent in those provinces where tenant-right is aot
Mta country wholly dependent on agricultural pro-
duce, daily diminishing is value to the producer, front the
total decline of a home market consequent upon absenteeism
end the ruin of our manufactures, which rondos it necessary
to transport nearly the entire produce, at great expense and
disadvantage, to a foreign country, every securityoonsistent
with the right of property is abrdutely necessary to enable the
landholder to meet the growing burthena pressing upon land
—burtheni pressing upon his diminished means—especially
since the support of the three millions of paupers in Ireland
has been mainly thrown thereon.
That, for the sake of peace and order, of justice and hu-
manity, we humbly implore of you hon. house to take these
premises int* your consideration, and by statute to establish
such tenant right as will secure the interests of both land-
lord and tenant, and promote peace and good feeding between
them.
And your petitioners, &e.