The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-26 00:00:00

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amble Mud, whe was always werbeag to demise.
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of raw madam whisk had pool Me prime d lb*
Royal Agrialharal Satiety, sad wen edified to the stiffen,
lands ea sebleb he Ind- His asiglimers had never ern
them, woes predsdiresd spinet them. and at first did met
nee them at all, but new they son always is 'panties--
always Int est to ems or soother—snd the dinners said
, they &sold sot ham w urged withered them. At their
I modes kit year he hadpm seise the en
vodka Milan, sad inn dist dr It bad the atten-
dee airway pastke. eipwisky that of dm ex- iliestiM
telislmil had a geed dad of talk about it at mink
Memer. Oa that oterdea Mr. Browne, of Salperties, wee
Edollsod very landly explained his opinions. He saw
anipmech that he advocated the hot-water system.
lleold that though there was no machine invented
Moat to beat out the dal, or scutch it, yet tie she
woad wet deteriorate, but would keep six or sonny
is the rich. He was told the same thing exactly •
manufacturer in Belfast, and talking about it, he • try
him what he thought was characteristic—" Cultivate k
by all means, and be assured there's money in it." (Haar.)
Mr. J. U. H. Four, M.P., in speaking to the same teen,
expressed an opinion that the farmers attached too mesh
Importance to the price of core end to its being kept tap to
a certain standard, and did not think sufficiently of the east,
quantity, and quality of other sorts of produce. There was
at an time a greater desire for improvement than at the
present, yet the newer implements were almost unknown is
many parts of the country. M'Cormack's reaping mania' •
and Fowler's draining plough were, he thought, destined to
be two very efficient means of carrying on agriculture in a
cheap meatier. lie had been farming a few acres of poor
land for six or seven years, and had found the production of
the farm constantly increasing ; to Pat he had now dr
what had been unprofitable heath land a capital crop of
wheat—thirty bushels to the acre—and other things in per
portion. He attributed this first of all to digging, to keep-
ing sheep, and to pressing the toil with Croeskill's roller.
He had been able greatly to increase the number of hk
sheep by adopting some hurdles which he had sees
for the first time on Mr. Randelrs farm. Ile hoped
that when the railway (the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton) was opened they would get plenty of
implements sent to their yard ; and he thought the sugges-
tion alluded t. by his gallant colleague a very admirable
one, and that landlords could not do better they by hay-
ing expensive machines and lending them out to thin
tenants on terms that would be to the advantage of
both parties—especially a steam engine, which might be
used for threshing and other purposes. Ile admitted
that these were times of distress, but as long as the
landlord, tenant, and labourer, continued united and true
to themselves, he hail no fear for the interests of agricele
tore. (Cheers.)
Mr. RAN Dem. trusted he might be excused for suggesting
that the relation of landlord and tenant would be a pro-
fitable subject for discuesion. Mr. Holland, as they were
most of the aware, had adopted the principle of a sera
rent as to all his farms in the parishes of Dustbin= sad
Norton, and this certainly seemed the fairest—its ernabi-
lity for the teasel in the present state of prices need not be
mentioned; and with regard to the landlords, if it prevent
the tenants from leaving their Gums, it would save the Is-
ceifice of capital which would result from their land being
any length of time unoccupied. Mr. Holland had taken Gs.
to 7s. a bushel as the price of corn at which the ordinary
rental should be paid ; when it got below Gs., A per emit
was taken off the rent for every shilling per quarter that
wheat tell, so that when it reached 6s. a bushel the rest
was reduced 20 per cent., and there it stopped. Fur him-
self he wished that Mr. Holland's plan might be generally
adopted.
The CHAIRMAN (C. U. Handfeed, Esq.) bad hoped illr.
James Taylor would have been with them that day, as he
bed promised him he would, for he understood that he bad
a plan for the reduction of rents, and he biped be woad
have been with them to explain it. There must be seer
print* upon which a rental might be settled fairly, sad
it would be most desirable to get at it. He regretted that
the Duke of Richmond should have told the tenant-farmers
that under free trade it was Repeatable they could pay any
rest at all. lie thought such a statement jest the very
thing to create panic and alarm. Tenant-farmers, like
ether men, were alive to their own interests; and if they
mate IleM that they could not afford to pay any rent they
WM be likely enough to inquire why it was that they
'me mina any ? He thought the landlords would be
minableitter consulting their own interests by adopting
.tees each plan of reduction as Mr. Hollaad's than by
such statements that be had referred to.
Mr. as
F. WOODWARD must say that tenant farmers could
nen better afford to pay their former rents with former
genes than they could now to pay any rent at all.
Mr. FIJIAN said the subject was one of very considerable
didkulty. Ile had himself, finding his tenants dispirited,
painted their rests 10 per cent. as a temporary measure,
wad thresh the Lest seem a small matter yet, consider-
▪ tbairradmilw to good markets, it was at least equal
be • aelwedea of per cent in some other places. Ile did
autism la lay that It was equally just to all parties, bat he
hr shot soy one who thought he had reason fur complaint
▪ epporbouty of having his farm re-valued by two re-
spectable men. lie did not think they could arrive at any
Ind principle until they saw what the price of corn would
settle at.
Mr. Poez said that some 30 years ago he was concerned
with a large estate where a gentleman adopted the principle
of corn rents, determined upon the averages of the two
nearest market towns. It did well for a time, and just so
long as prices were low, but when they got up the tenants
grumbled exceeding) —moreover it was found that the
avenges were often fictitious, and at last the idea of coral
rents was given up, at the express wish and desire ado
tenants themselves.
Mr. RANDILL said there should or course be • dud
point on either side, beyond which the rents abeshil am
fluctuate. The appointment of corn inspectors prevent
esirodetake in the averages now.
NM ADCOCK gave his views as to the amount of reduc-
lin reepaired by farmers, which he thought ought not to be
has than 16 per cent. ; he would say on stiff clay soils 25
per cent.
Mr. Gounn thought that landlords ought to say to the
taunts, " Farm well, take the interest on your capital, live
well, aid give me the net." (Hear, hear.)