The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-23 00:00:00

THE VICE-ROYALTY.

" RidiculuTn acri
Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res.

SIR ROBERT PEEL'S LESSON•

Arthur Young, some seventy years ago, said. «the ctet4
‘ory of Ireland was a history of jobs." It is so still.
are so many parties or factionr, few for the common; o,
but most for themselves—Whigs, Tories and Ultra:xi° ,1111
The first combines a very few of the great families,
the bulk of the Roman Catholic gentry and profesEi:(o
teen that hold " brew berths," and will per fas 014$
stick to the loaves and fishes. The second include* the:
of the aristocracy, landed gentry, and a large number 0'
more respectable of the middle class, While the last t4l‘?Ly
the hierarchy and priesthood, wit h a fair share of the 0
class and the whole of the people professing the 1/°,Ol
Catholic faith, There are few Radicals in Ireland' pot
none of the Manchester school, but we have Oral:000f
determined to keep up British connection, Fenian, eq
determined to overthrow it, and Ribbon-men chicflllBl!gy
for shooting landlords, agents, bailiffs, and their own net I
bours found guilty of taking land. The queens,/
dispute in the Irish Church, national education, oat*?
relief, the agrarian laws, or those of landlord,"
tenant, and the fair execution of the laws irr
and South. As to reform or any change il/A,
Legislature, the people don't care three straws or 0:
rows of pins. I will therefore take the questions
Ist, The Irish Church, as this is a branch of the Olio)
Church of Great Britain and Ireland, so interwoverloo
the Church and Crown of England, it would be eulel..to4
touch it; besides, nineteen-twentieths of the land* °rig),
to Protestant proprietors, who would reap any belie
the change, and not their tenants.
Next, National Education. This is a vexata q
the ultras of both aides opposing the system, while 1130014
rate men of all politics approve of it. No change tjoi
be allowed from tb.e plan laid out by •' Scorpion'. S'Ajto
and the originators
,of it. Tros Tyritss os ougbt to b°
practice of the board.

The third question is that of out door relief. 01
should not be allowed, as it would swamp the teeild
farmers, but the poor should be more liberally treitit,
door. If landlords and upper class farmers or graziwl,
formed their duties they would give much more el33,1:110
went in drainage and other works that would 0117,n104
people (who are willing to labour if they only get it)
out of the poor houses, You must impress on 00;0
necessity of self reliance, and that all have their daft
well as their rights.
fatter;
The law of landlord and tenant is a troublesome Thiel
Here the landlord does not build or make permalleV
provemenis as in England and Scotland, and Pelltere
gives no lease. Consequently the tenant having no
in their holdings will not do anything. Owners eV
lands should give 99 years' leases at the g°
ment valuation—of good lands— re
where they t4:001°
provements, 21 years—and of farms, where the ` 0171
build houses and improve, 61 years' leases. Wit;ilo,"
certainty of reaping the fruits of their labours the 'V
would exert themselves and equal those of the tei;
country. Agitation would cease, supplanted by c 1,001"
meat, and people fairly treated by the landowuer°,
look with respect and affection to them. Ab 41
who lay out no money in the country might be'
jects for extra taxation, but such landlords se
rdPg
Derby and Palmerston and other proprietors PeriA°-#041"
the duties should be exempted. In the North of ir;) r
system of tenant right commanding the confide Br's
tenants and the public prevails, which makes '0;1
oasis in the desert. In France, where propriet°l,l
unable or unwilling to reclaim the waste lands, the up°
went compulsorily bought them, It is to be lot,/
Irish landowners will offer 99 years' leases at the 011 a<
went valuation, which would prevent the nece°l-
- interference.
005
The water power in Ireland is equal to enYi toe%
of manufactories which in the flax, linen, ell'„Doe's
woollen business may be brought to profitable 0-00.
Landlords can forward this by granting long 38$
nominal rents.
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The coast fisheries will demand your attention. 411:
thing should be done to protect the spawn and Pl/.1; file`
shipment of small oysters to foreign countries, wiles
could be more profitably laid down on our own sliclie;ol7
Lastly, the fair execution of the laws is the only 106's
that will make the people observe and reverence tic> ',".11
If that can be done in Dublin with impunity vii 44,;(
Belfast will be punished, then the aggrieved par/',,ter„t
take the law into their own hands, and what tile 0'
O'Connell called " wild justice" will be carried °if°
motto should be " Fiat juttitia collum mat." ;an '
As your tenure will be very short I have g'' ',e
vil!'
is BS
short sketch, hoping before the Viceroyalty
libhed that you will be able to effect the icoproveLuell
merated. llle hicis
Lord Wodehouso thanked Sir Robert for the /5,, alvd
formation, and *night require home more particlll6r,4otoll'oos
the Secretary promised to give him. Lord I'3l°3e-010
the other members of the Cabinet approved of the e
so ably made,--Cork ReporUr.

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THE ORDEAL FOR WIVES. B the 1111-°ll
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seasonounc this novel one of the best that the presept lit e►
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l to get ' The Ordeal fur Wives,'
riot all readers who are on the qui vivo far soreetw-0010(
peasant task in perusing the three volumes' Ime boil j'A
this story has invested it with Quilt °f Pg't OP.-0
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favourite,"—
mucha
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Observer.
evinces great knowledgee 0
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