Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

as agent

"the operations for. draining and buildings on Lord
Derby's estates have been carried on for several years,
and it will' be some time yet before all is com-
pleted. During 'the famine years,', ingeed, his lordship
did not receive a farthing out of his property, as all the
rents received during that period, together witla additional
remittances sent by him from England, were all ex-
pOnded on the estate in permanent improi-ements,;ivhich
were 'undertaken to- give employment to the people as
well asio benefit the property. Ejectments have been
very rarely resorted to, and for the last twenty-five or
thirty years, during which time the estates have been in
charge—first, of the -late Mr. Bolton, and latterly of
Mr. Grey,—an ejectment simply for the purpose of getting
possession of the land, without some very good cause,
has never been known. Even when there were numbers
of pauper holders on different parts of the estate, cottiers
and sub-tenants, this held good;, and instead of resorting
to extreme measures in such cases Lord Derby paid
all their claims, real or fancied, besides forgiving all
arrears of rent, arid those who wished to emigrate were
provided with a free passage, with abundance of provi-
smug, and, a sum of money was-given to each individual,
so that they might not be without resources on. their
arrival in a new country. Some idea maybe formed of
Lord Derby's expenditure in this respect when we state,
that on one part of his property there was a single lot,
or farm, if we may call it so, of three-quarters of an
acre in extent, which cost-£B7, in the shape of passage
money alone 'to Ainerica for the squatters upon it—
squatters, we say,i because in reality none of those indi-
viduals were recognized in' ,the -rent-roll as .tenants.
The, management of Lord Derby's estates has thus been
exempt from all coercive measures, and we have reason
to believe that the, tenantry of all classes very ardently.
appreciate the benepts which they derive by their con-
nexion with a landlord who is so fully alive to what are
their true interests:

" The Coogey estate belonging to Lord Derby, is
situated in the county of Limerick, immediately adjoin-
,ing the village of DOon; part of which, indeed, is built
Upon his lordship's property, and we -learned that the
sites of the very handsome parish church and Roman
Catholic chapel,-had been given free by him-:-that he
had built the National School-houses at Doon, and
maintained them at his own expense,' as he does also the
Solloghed schools near Ballykisteen, and that he is now
furnishing them with abundance of illustrations of
natural history, &c., such as are supplied by the
Nitional Board."

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NAVAL AND MILITARY EXPENDITITRE.—Whether the
sums voted for particular services are extravagant or not,
is a matter for which members of parliament are alone
responsible., The control of every penny of the annual
expenditure is in the hands of the House of Commons.
The House of Lords cannot interfere in the matter. Nor
are members asked to vote money in the dark. The
estimates are put fully before them. If any vote is
exceeded, as is sometimes the case, the remedy is in the
hands of the House. If the details of any estimate are
not sufficient, any member can ask for fuller ones. It
does not need a majority 'of the- house, either to insist
on fuller details or to.stop an impnper vote. It simply
requires that on -or two members shall have the patience
to investigate the matter, and the courage and sense of
duty to insist on bringing the results plainly and per-
sistently before the house. The house and the public
will then be unable to avoid understanding the matter;
and its maintenance will thus become impossible. Vague
declamation, or the mere asking for what is called
"reform of parliament," though of course a much easier
task than this, will never remove a single mischief.—
Parliamentary Remembrancer, conducted by Toulmin
Smith.