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iri seven different Railway Companies, praying that
the most minute inquiry should be made into the merits
01: the several ilnillikations .for Railway Bills, and that the
Hotise would afford to thy' petitioners full protection in the
picOpertiy in' *hith they had CYtYoted their capital and energy.
He should in i#4 merely that it be referred to the Select
Committee appoiritefi‘si night on raitwayg.
..DUNDgb HARBOUR.
Sir fing.RY PARNELL bahi#lo.rttp the Report 0,:), the
Bill for enlarging tht4=. flarbour of Dundee,
B MON G'; CORN.
PGWER rose to call the attention of the floct§e to the
circumstanda VOer,Which.a sale of earn for tithes and foOt
took place in the Coffritr. of Wexford, with the assistance of
pie air and and police, and wideit tO'ro. was afterwards ptiblicly
burnett hij the purchasers. The fltiti. Member thought the
circumstances tiacilo which the sale had taken place should be
inquired into. He wisiitl therefore to know whether the
Aifolnents that had gone- forth Went trite, and whether Govern-
ment wele pfornti to take any further Niers?
Lord MORPI4;PIi Paid that the infortnation that bad
been received, relative t 6 the subject alluded to by the
Honourable Member, was, that My Sub-Sheriffs of the
county of Wexford had ordered the attendance of a large
body of police and some of the 75th Regiment to attend A ole
by auction of the property of the tenants of Mr. Rowe, in the
county of Wexford. - No sale took place ; the tenants ten-
dered their rent, but they refused, to pay the tithes ; the agent
of the gentleman was on the spot, and a stack of wheat was
burnt in his presence. As to the other question of the Hon.
Member, whether Government were prepared to take any fur-
ther steps, he begged to say that -Government were demand-
ing further representations upon the subject.
,Mr. O'CONNELL wished to ask the Noble Lord whether
gr. Roe MI6 a Deputy Lieutenant and also a Magistrate ?
Lord MORPE'TIi said that he was Deputy Lieutenant.
An HON. MEMBER—And he is also a Magistrate.
CARLOW ELECTION.

Colonel MILT EN rose to present the petition of which he
had given notice relative to the Carlow election. He trusted
that the same courtesy Would be shown to him as was
tteually given to Members of that House. No man, he
beileigki, had had more foul charges brought against him
than he hat... Wear, hear.) If the matter was merely
personal to himself, Should feel that the present was not
exactly the time to bring the suhjeet forward, but when he con-
sidered the reason for making the charges, he thought he should
not be doing a duty to himself or the electors of Carlow, if he
did not put the House in possession of some of the
leading and most important facts of the case.—( Hear. )
He was sure there was no Honourable Member would sup-
pose him capable of assertions which was untrue.--(Hear.)
Indeed common sense would prevent him from doing so,
in presence of such an enemy.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The
Hon. and Gallant Member went on to say, conceiving, from
former misrepresentations, that it might be possible that an at-
tempt might be made to divert the attention of the House and
of the public by an attack on myself and other landlords, I
wrote to Ireland for an account of all tenants that had been
ejected on my estate for the last five years, thinking that pe-
riod sufficiently extensive to embrace all the cases that could
be brought forward. I have accordingly received that ac-
count. I find several of the same town lands mentioned in
both I therefore, take it for granted that the cases arc identical
hi my return and Mr. Vigors' petitioners', although neither
names nor yet dates are mentioned in his. Having premised
so far, the first name that occurs is that of Ballyteglea. This
cute has been dwelt upon (by an individual mentioned with
high eulogy by Mr. Vigors) at every election at Carlow for
these four yearns notwithstanding the most absolute and un-
qualified contradictio6 was constantly given. The correct-
ness of his statements is soon likely to be put to a satisfac-
tory proof, for I have at length succeeded in serving the ne-
cessary law process on Mrs. Nowlan's partner in the lease.
If the House please I will state shortly the facts. Her rent
amounted to 861. Bs. 6.kd. An arrear accrued of 3101 3d.,
any part of which she was unable to pay ; neither could she
properly cultivate the land. I sent for her, and represented
this, stating the impossibility of allowing the land to
continue longer in her possession, not benefiting her nor me.
I offered to forgive the arrears—(Cheers)—and to make
her a present of her cattle, stock, crop, and every thing upon
the land, and a sum of money to enable her to look out for
and take another farm.—(Loud cheering.) She returned
home to consider, was badly advised, and behaved with the
utmost violence afterwards.—(Loud cheers.) A person
named James Corcoran was ejected from the lands of Bober-
more; he abused his land, and allowed the buildings to fall to
ruin ; his rent was 581. Os. 2fd., arrears due 1041, 16s. Id.,
and this was the lowest arrear of any. Two persons named
Terence and James Carty were ejected from the same place ;
they likewise seriously injured the lands, and the house, an old
mansion-house, was so completely destroyed, that it was found
necessary to take it down ; the rent was 501. 3s. 3d., the
arrears 2261. Is. 10d. One of these men, being a well-
behaved person, is allowed still to reside on the land, though
no part of the arrears were ever paid.—( Cheers.) The
widow Harold, who, by-the-bye, like many of the others, has
been married for years, though she still retains, according to
the custom of the country, the title of widow, was, with her
husband, John Brennan, ejected from Kildrinagh, owing, at
the rent of 741. as. 6d., an arrear of 3691 135., her husband
having previously sold the crops, and run away with the money.
—(Cheers.) A man named Murphy, holding seven acres,
owing an arrear of nearly four years' rent, agreed to leave
the land on receiving a sum of money, and being forgiven
the arrears. I afterwards made him a present of his crops.
--( Hear, hear.) For my own security ejectments were
served. Long previous to my getting this land his sister,
a widow, had come from a neighbouring town, and taken
possession of a shed or outhouse by force. They carried on
the war for a considerable time, each threatening the life of
the other, to the scandal of the whole neighbourhood.
At last Murphy forced her out, and threw down the shed, and
I get the credit of it, although these facts are notorious to the
whole country.—( Loud cheers.) One of the orphans, a young
fellow, who had been ill, and to whom I, in consequence, paid
a weekly pension, on his recovery was employed by me to take
care of some land, and keep off the cattle of a neighbouring
farmer, which were continually trespassing on it. That farmer
very soon invited him to his house, and whilst my pasture was
found very agreeable by the cattle he made himself equally so
to the farmer's daughter; so much so, that she robbed her
father and ran away with him. Such is the history of this
widow and orphan !--(Cheers and laughter.) I have been
accused of destroying the village of Nurney. There is but
one village on my estate called Nurney, built by my father,
entirely at his own expense, and I have expended some thou-
sands on it. The houses were slated and neat gardens at-
tached to each. Originally, I believe, tbe village was filled
with Protestants. A great many Roman Catholics, however,
since come in in their place. They are asked for no rent—
( Loud cheers)—nor ever have been, except in two or three
instances, as a punishment for bad conduct. Ido not suppose
that the whole amounted to five pounds. I do not find the
' names of Ballyloughan, Knockthomas, or Knockallard, in
this list of mine. The first of these was recovered by
ejectment in 1827 from a farmer named Kelly, he owing
more than four and a half years' rent. It was let to one of
the under-tenants residing on the farm, the brother of a
priest, who afterwards rode about the country at the head
of a mob, canvassing against me. Twelve mouths ago this
tenant owed me an arrear of two years rent, and this arrear
has not decreased since. I could ruin the man if I pleased ;
but, notwithstanding my cruelty and bigotry, he remains in
his farm still.—(Cheers.) All this, however, happened nine
years ago, before any political or religious dissentious had dis-
tracted the country. In Knockthomas I know but of one
farm that has come into my hands for several years ; the tenant
was a Protestant, and could not sub-let. A Roman Catholic,
however, got possession of it, and refused to give it up at the
expiration of the lease. By way of annoying me he collected
as many vagabonds and poor families as the house could hold,
and put me to the expense and trouble of a law process before
I could get possession of my property. I did not feel myself
at all called upon to do anything for these people. The town-
laud of Schahanrane, where twenty-three families are stated
to have received notice to quit, was leased to one tenant, who
has been dead some years, at a very trifling rent. The last
life in the lease, who was transported fur forgery, before the
rebellion of 1798, has also been dead several years. These
under tenants have, as I am informed, paid each so much per
annum for the concealment of this fact, but, as might be ex-
pected, they have quarrelled, and the truth has come to light;
as a matter of course and necessity I have served notice to quit,
and if they are all turned out, no man can say but that 4cy
richly deserve it.--.(llear, hear.) On the whole, I have
ejected eight tenants in five years, being in the proportion of
one out of 227 alleged in each year—each of these tenants on
an average owing me more than four years and a quarter's
rent. Not one of those mentioned in the petition was an
elector ; but I have ejected one who was a freeholder owing
arrears to a greater amount than any I have yet mentioned.
This happened two years ago ; be has ever since resided in his
house, paying no rent—(Cheers)—with his mother, a widow,
and three brothers, desolate orphans. of the tender age of be-
tween thirty and forty, strong able fellows, as capable of doing
mischief, and as willing to do it, as the loudest clamourer for
the liberty of Ireland could desire—( Loud and continued
cheers)—so much so, indeed, that I shall be obliged to have
them removed, and very 'possibly afford an opportunity folrvahnoole-
ther petition.--( Hear.) I am accused of destroy
towns and villages. I have expended some thousandsi build-
ing and repairing one, in endeavouring to make the people
comfortable, and in
educating their children at my-own expense.
If I were resolved on obliging Roman Catholics to leave inestate merely because of their creed I have, and have had fory
many years, ample opportunity of doing so, of which, however,
I have not yet availed myself. I have at this moment a con-
siderable extent of land exclusively and for years occupied by
them—(Hear, hear)—without leases—( Hear, hear)—some
of them owing large arrears. If I had that antipathy to them
which is laid to my charge, could I not long since have grati-
fied it without any one reasonably finding fault with me, unless
it be determined that a man is to have no controul whatever
over his property, arid to this point things are fast verging in
Ireland.—(Opposition cheers.) But I rejoice to say that
some of my warmest supporters are Roman Catholics, and this
could hardly be the case if all that is stated were fact.—
(Hear.) One townland, consisting of about 1,300 English
acres, came into my possession ; three Protestants were the
tenants—they did not reside on the land. I took it from them
and gave it altogether t 3 Roman Catholics.—(Cheers.)
This does not look very like religious persecution. With re-
spect to the real character of the gentry of Carlow, perhaps
the state of the county before agitation commenced there
may afford no bad criterion ; and a more prosperous, a more
improving, happy, or contented population could not be found
in the empire.---( Hear, hear, hear.) A tolerable proof of
this was, that crime or disturbance was almost unknown,
the best understanding subsisted between all ranks and
-classes, whilst the land and all its produce bore a higher
price in the market, and the peasantry in general were better
fed, housed, and clothed, than in almost any other part
of the country. It was truly called the garden of Ireland,