The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-02 00:00:00

THE IRISH TENANT RIGHT DEPUTATION

TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

Yesterday the Irish tenant right deputation had
ea interview with Lord John Runkit, at Cheats':-place.
The deputation were accompanied by the foliciwing mem-
bers of the House of Commons : Wm. Seaman Crawford,
MCJohn Bright, Esq.; O. Powlett &rope, Req. ; W. T.
allagh, Req. ; W. Fagan, Req. (Cork); Dr. Power;
Hoe. C. Lawless; Pram= Scully, Req.; Wm. Keogh,
/1- etc. itc.
qThe reception took place at 12 o'clock precisely, and in
reply to an observation made by Mr. Bright with reference
to the auspicious erect which bad occurred that morning
In the royal family, Lord John Rassell stated that he had
requested another member of the government to move
a congratulatory address in the House of Commons, as he
was anxious to keep his appointment with the deputation.
Mr. Crawford having introduced the deputation,
Dr. M'KNIOHT, of Belfast, stated the claims of the
tenant farmers of Ulster, with reference to tenant right, and
entered We seem general objections to the bill introduced
bygiiir Wiliam fiemerville to provide compensation for int
proemial' in Sena& cases in Ireland ; he concluded by
handing to Lord John Hassell a detailed sta'ement of the
objections of the deputation, and of the claims of Ulster to its
prescriptive rights.
Mr. GRAY and Mr. MAGUIRE, deputies from the
South of Ireland, entered into a general stateliest of their
objections to Sir William Somerville's bill, and were re-
quested by his lordship to put them is writing
The R.v. JOHN ROGERS, M Comber, having drawn
the attends, of his lordship to the state of Ulster at the pre-
sent time, expressed his regret that agrarian outrages were
as the Warne, and hoped that the legislature would soon
devise some means to secure the tenants from the arbitrary
infringement of their rights which had mused the present
nebeeMy state of the public morals in that prelims. He
drew his lordship's attention to the emigration which is In
, stating that the farmers who were Industriouslyrefirelelli, and who had some little capital to preserve, were
flying from the country to America and other parts of the
world, and wets Wag succeeded by a elms of
weepier' vastly inferior, and who would, in all
probability, soon become a public burden. Mr.
Rogers with reference to a part of the bill of Sir William
Sommerville, which relates to tenants holding from
year to year, stated that it would be wholly inoperative, ja-
mmed' as no Unmet could take advantage of it who had a
ashes to eeitpeadieg swine him, and It was the customs of
leadbwds is Ulster gni akar per of Wand, particularly
al the agates of rho Leaden Csopeeise, to keep seen
aidssa linglm ewe *sir Issaany from year to year that
they ( have the temente wholly la their
pewee. Is Asa relined to the system which landlords at
sus doe peened. for the peepers et shisialag political ba-
et=by mating Ns. freeholders, sad said that now
salted a &Snot pewee they 'winced their
ealletamate tenantry by the weeder presseated, especially la
Ineher, of coasolidatiag leas sail eesting forth the email
Milers ea the mercy et the weld, mast of whim seegregate
I. die towns and vlisess is the first instance, and, elfi-
n/sly, And the only relive left than is the anion work.
Mese.

The Res. DAVID BELL stated that his sposiel
bad reference to the rark•restlng and evlaties power
enjoyed by the landlords. Is coesexion with the evils of
that ayelea, togetissr with the offsets of the des. freeholds
sew, whim esonatidatlos was the order at the day, bo
seamed as Mate which bad wprevailedas under his wan 'lawsuit's
w
where the things had . it stated Sat u
of 1,000 hums Wags lad bees ejHected wills the =II
swaths, and the weesiseses is that 13 mudliary workhouses
are la full opematies s Wl' mks is whisk this wile is situate,
sad two additlesal sees ban bees adverting W.

Lard JOHN BUBlllol;:havlafeliZssi aTi seaman]]
to Ow stataaane pet forward by
sem of the aglooltla of losigaba oathstotest, and N.
karat to tie amides it magi be likely to meta la the
House of Oneasoo, eat also aposialy ht the lbws of
Lad& Rio laid* pried to Ala the eithlat of avant-
rake oval salaam, sod Meal thee ski mead radios of
the 6W alb W. flossenfile add set take pin nail after
Wkileeallth

Mr. SCULLY stated that hie eemillassie is Tipperary
I wished for the Meer twarst eft* in MI enfissey, sad that
le thought ttheey wsaid le gabled with male, less.
Dr. JIL P he Cork, said he ma quite sehellsti
that the people of the math would be soatent to remain se
they were, mimeaMe as It might be eonsidered, rather than
have Big W. imateallie's bill in its present form, sad that
they wail ass ha satisfied unless Ulster was aseared in its
temat *M. which wee the only aseablases of a good
thing amiesing with leadle Irelead. He usderstood that
Moat stbeveperty In Ulster was wee* la the aggregate,
feu to. to Mesa millions, which would be too much to be
Imaged, sad he hoped It would soon be legally mewed.
After an Intending discussion, In which is Wdship, Mr.
Crawford, Yr. Bright, Mr. Strom, Mr. M'Callegli, and
the other snemben of parliament t took part, the
fee
&poabout an hoar and drew, he
half.rb* his lordship's dote
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