The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-03 00:00:00

TENANT RIGHT.

DINNER TO WM. S. CRAWFORD, ESQ., M.P.
A dinner was given to William Sharman Craw-
ford, Esq., M.P., on Wednesday evening, in Corpo-
ration Hall, Londonderry, by the members of the
Tenant Right Association, and other admirers of that
gentleman, for his advocacy of the principle of
tenant right. Alexander Lindsay, Esq., the Mayor,
presided.
The PRESIDENT, after the usual loyal toasts, pro-
posed, " William Sharman Crawford, Esq."
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, M.P., rose to respond,
and was greeted with loud acclamation. He pro-
ceeded to say that he thought he could not do better,
in commencing his address to them on that occasion,
than to take as his text the answer recently delivered
by his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant to an address
which had been forwarded to him from the General
Assembly, and, in doing so, he could not refrain
from saying that the General Assembly had
placed them under a debt, by bringing for-
ward the subject of tenant right so prominently
in the address which they had sent forward to the
Lord Lieutenant, and being the means of drawing
from his Excellency the sentiments to which, in his
reply, he had given utterance.—(Hear, and cheers )
In analysing the answer of the Lord-Lieutenant,
to which he had referred, it would be found that
his Lordship first acknowledged that many of
the evils of Ireland are to be traced to the rela-
tions at present existing between landlord and
tenant; that, by the insecurity thereby occasioned, the
investment of capital and the progress of industry was
checked; that this state of things endangers the tran-
quillity and prevents the advancement of the country ;
that a remedy should be applied; that the subject is
under the consideration of Government; he added
that the subject is one of difficulty, and should be
treated with caution ; and his Excellency at last states
that the sacred rights of property must be strictly
guarded.—(Hear, hear.) Now, in every word of
this answer, in every sentiment here put forth, he
(Mr. Crawford) most cordially concurred ; and he did
say, that coming from a party so high in authority,
such an admission, as that " many of the evils of Ire-
land arose from the state of the existing relations
between landlord ant tenant" was one which could not
be regarded as other than one of the very highest im-
portance. If they stood in need of any justification
for bringing this great question before the public, that
admission of his Excellency, in the answer to which
he referred, was ample apology-Hear..) His Ex-
cellency says, in the conclusion replyLthat
the sacred rights of property' must be strictly
guarded. It would almost seem ttliat he bad :some
apprehension that by the questleas of tenant.:right
rights of property would be in some way endangered.
—(Hear.) His (Mr. Crawford's) object was to show,
by what he was about to say, that tenant-right would
not endanger the rights of property ; on the contrary,
that it was the only means by which the rights of
property could be effectually and substantially se
cured. The sacred rights of property ! He would
put it to them whether the rights of property could
be regarded as sacred, if the rights of labour were not
looked upon as sacred to ? What bad been the origin
of all property except labour? What, except labour,
created property of every description ? And bow, he
would ask, could they talk of the sacred rights of pro-
perty, if they refused to secure what were the foun-
dation of all property, namely, the rights of labour ?
He would put it to them whether the trust under
which the land had been originally conferred had not
been violated—whether it had not been grossly
violated throughout the whole of Ireland, with some
few exceptions ? There was not, in the first place,
sufficient food throughout a great portion of the
country for the people, there was, moreover, no em-
ployment for the people, and in the south of Ireland in
many places they were in immediate danger of star-
vation. The lands in these very places were lying
waste and uncultivated, and in other places it could
only be called partially productive. He would now
draw their attention briefly to a short statement of the
capabilities of Ireland. Ireland contained 14,000,000
of arable acres, and 4,000,000 of acres of waste lands;
supposing a five years rotation of cropping, two-fifths
of the 14,000,000 of arable acres should be annu-
ally in corn, which would be an area of 5,600,000
acres ; it would be a reasonable calculation to say
that the produce of this would be 17 cwt. te every
statute acre, which would amount to 4,700,000 tons,
and taking the population at 8,000,000, it would
allow 12 cwt. to every man, woman, and child in
Ireland, which, allowing five to each family, would
be three tons to every family in the kingdom. This
calculation showed that of corn alone there could he
nearly double the quantity required for the support
of the people raised from the land ; and when they
came to consider that this was exclusive of the re-
maining three-fifths, which would be employed in
raising other productions, either for the support of
man or of cattle, they would see that the capabilities
of the country were very great, and they could com-
pare the state of things which might be with the
state of things which actually exists—starvation for
want of food, from stinted production.—(llear, hear.)
There was another point of view, however,—namely,
that of the employment of the people, which might
be given, provided a proper stimulus were given for
the increased productions of food. Such a stimulus,
they contended, this measure of tenant-right would
prove. Suppose that, by any stimulus, they could
induce every occupier of land in Ireland to spend IL
on each acre of his farm, there would be 14,000,000/
at once put into circulation for the employment of
the people; and this sum would afford wages, at the
rate of thirteen-penes a day, to 772,000 persons, each
of whom representing a family of si, would make it
the furnishing means of support to upwards of four
millions of persons.—(Hear.) This statement might
give the company sonic idea how the country were
suffering from the absence of such security for the
investment of capital as tenant-right would afford.
It was his opinion that if, through the means of a fair
and proper measure of tenant-right, the security of
the rights of labour were recognised, an impetus
would be given to improvement, such as would meet
all the requirements of the country, and there seemed
to be no other way to do it. It did appear to him to
lay the foundation for a fair and final definition of the
tenant-right.—(llear, hear). It prayed for " a law
to secure en equitable tenant-right in the convertible
value created in, and superadded to, the soil, by the
industry, skill, and labour of the tenant, and which
shall give a legal right to full compensation for the
whole value, and all improvements made by the
tenant, whose landlord will not, on reasonable terms,
renew his tenure ; and which will enable every
tenant, who may wish to relinquish his occupancy, to
sell the same to the highest and most eligible pur-
chaser." In all and every part of this definition of
the tenant-right he most cordially concurred.—
(Hear, hear). He contended that the return of the
money laid out as expenditure on land was not com-
pensation to the tenant obliged to relinquish his
holding. In any ordinary mercantile speculation, it
would be regarded as very hard indeed, unless the
speculator was able to increase his stock by a trans-
action—(Hear, hear)—and he thought it right
to be the same in land, and that the te-
nant should not he deprived of the benefit of it.
Instead, however, of the full amount of profit arising
out of his expenditure, the tenant is denied any por-
tion of it, and he maintained that this. was not honest.
The amount of increased value of the land should be
taken, since the tenant came into possession, and that
be should be allowed his share of the profit in the
shape of a number of years' purchase of the land, for
the increase of its permanent value. These were his
genfral views of the subject. It was not for him now
to gb into particulars; he was not dealing with de-
tails, but with; general principles. He did not mean
to contend that this system of tenant-right alone
would bring about such a change as they could desire
to see. The people would require to be instructed in
proper methods and systems of agriculture, model
schools would have to be established, and other means
taken to enlighten the people ; but properly regulated
'tenant-right would give a stimulus to improvement
kitherto unknown. There were other means wanting
to push forward the prosperity of the country. The
lanai
rds of Ireland had been always too much fa-
Ifeured by the Parliament ; this had the effect of in-
'creating their extravagance, and the fact was, that
the7ll°Ns were incapable of doing what they ought,
even if theme
for Go eymwere so inclined. It would be necessary
and facilitate etre t°
take a bold step in this matter,
land.—(llear
hear.) of encumbered estates in Ire-
save in the proprieri)orsh' had no dependence in life
strange thing if he woalof land, and it would be a
that he thought would have the
to promote a measure
tithe effect of' deteriorating
the value of his own pro or allow him but a
...r remnant of it to leave
. Crawford sat down amid loudtreerys. after him.

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the .4.f12
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aniralty), has been presented b
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mar.ealso had
of an excursion he took with thatTho;ffiisicuoeffir through the
Western Highlands last summer.
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*ember last.
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF

TUESDAY.

At the Court at Windsor, the 30th day of October,
1847, present the Queen's most excellent Majesty in
Council; this day the Right Honourable James Stephen
was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's
most honourable Privy Council, and :took his place at
the Board accordingly..
[The following Order is substituted for the Order pub

lished in. the Gazette of the 2Gth instant.] -
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the
28th day of September, 1847; present, the Queen's Most
EXcellent Majesty in Council. Wheareas her Majesty
doth deem it expedient to appoint the town and port
of Portland, in the district of Port Phillip, New
South Wales, to be a free warehousing port for the
purposes of an Act, passed in the session of Parliament
holden in the eighth and ninth years of her reign, in-
tituled " An Act to regulate the trade of the British
possessions abroad:" now, therefore, her Majesty,
by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and
in pursuance of the authority committed to her
by the said Act, doth order, and it is hereby ordered,
that the said town and port of Portland shall, from and
after the first day of January one thousand eight hun-
dred and forty-eight, be a free warehousing port for the
purposes of the said Act : and the Right Honourable
the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury,
and the Right Honourable Earl Grey, one of her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of state, aro to give the
necessary directions herein as to them respectively may
appertain. WM. L. BATHURST.

- - Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Forfarshire.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia—William
Cruikshank, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lyell, resigned,
Oct. 11.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Joseph Clarkson, retailer of beer, Woolwich.
BANKRUPTS.

George Sandeman, ironmonger, York-street, South-
wark, to surrender Nov. 11, at two, and Dec. 17, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W hitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street; Fitch, Union-street, South-
wark.

William Chappelow, jun., wholesale saddler, Jermyn.
street, St. James's, Nov. 10, at half-past one, and Dee,
18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, offi-
cial assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Lawrence and
Flews, Old Jewry-chambers, Old Jewry.
Thomas Lands, boot maker, Edgeware-road, Nov. 9,
at half-past twelve, and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Turquand;official assignee, Old Jewry
Chambers ; Lambert, Gray's Inn.
Arthur Joseph Head, attorney, Hammersmith, Nov. 8,
at two, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street,
London •, Long, Old Broad-street, City.
Joseph Henry Page, auctioneer, Pancras-lane, Lon-
don, Nov. 12, at twelve, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man. street; Holt, Chatham-place, Blackfriars.
James Adams, surgeon, Finsbury-square, Nov. 12, at
half-past twelve, and Dec. 10, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street,
City; Mackrell. Lincoln's Inn-fields.
William Wilkins and John Everett Erans, woollen
drapers, Trowbridge, Wilts, Nov. 19, at eleven, and Dec.
15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offi-
cial assignee, Basinghall street ; Teague, Crown-court,
City.
George Bennett, wine-merchant, Southampton, Nov.
12, at one, and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings,
London; Wheelock, Chancery-lane, London.
_ .

. .
Rowland Turner, tailor, Old Cavendish-street, Mary-
lebone, Nov. 12, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 15, at one,
at the ;Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall•street; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho.
Morgan Lewis, linen-draper, Oxford-street, Nov. 10
and Dec. 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street.
William Newton, merchant, St. Mary Axe, Nov. 10,
at eleven, and Dec. 17, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury;
Lawrence and Co., Old Jewry-chambers.
George Heath and George Dunn, drapers, Canterbury,
Nov. 10, at two, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, 'official assignee, Aldermanbury;
Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside.
John Henry Spicer, paper maker, Wandsworth, Nov.
10, at one, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Tucker and Co., Sun chambers, Threadneedle-street.
John Terry, ironmonger, Bath, Nov. 19, at half-past
eleven, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Bristol District
Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Physick,
Bath ; Frankham and Co., Basinghall-street, London.
Edward Cowcher, apothecary, Bath, Nov. 12 and
Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol ; Neate, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Joseph William Gardener, teazle-merchant, Wotton-
under-Edge, Nov. 15 and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Bris-
tol District Court. llutton, official assignee, Bristol ;
Jones and Co., Crosby-square, London ; Timbrill and
Merrick, Wilts.

Charles Lowe Swainson and John Birchwood, manu-
facturers, Manchester, Nov. 12, and Dec. 10, at eleven,
at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee, Manchester ; Worthington, Erle. and Berry,
Manchester ; Fox, Finsbury -circus, London.
John Wright, dyer, Pendleton, Lancashire, Nov. 15
and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Walker. Southamp-
ton-street, Bloomsbury; Whitworths, Manchester.
William Walker Cooke' hat manufacturer, Denton,
Lancashire, Nov. 12 and Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Man-
chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man-
chester; Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincolns' Inn-
fields, London; Brooks, Ashton-under Lyne.
John Iti,binson, worsted spinner, Bradford, Nov. 25
and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Nethersole, New Inn,
London; Forster, Bradford; Messrs. llarle and Clarke,
Leeds.

Henry Wilders, brewers, Uttoxeter, Nov. 13, al
twelve, and Dec. 14, at half-past twelve, at the firming.
ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir-
mingham; Welby, Uttoxeter; James, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
_ _

G. Wood, New Compton- street, Soho, musical instru-
ment maker, Nov. 25, at half-past eleven—W. Westrup
and T. M. Cocksedge, New Crane, Shadwell, and
Northfleet, millers and ship biscuit bakers, Nov. 25, at
half-past two—F. H. Christin, J. C. Clarke, and C.
Bowen, College-hill, merchants, Nov. 25, at one—R.
Wills, Tottenham-court New-road, statuary and mason,
Nov. 18, at half-past one—W. Pearce, Southborough,
Kent, Nov. 23, at one—R. Cogan, Leicester-square,
glass, lead, and colour merchant, Nov. 27, at halt-past
eleven—B. Wade, Strand, tailor and draper, Nov. 27, at
half-past twelve.

In the Country.
E. Brown, Birmingham, merchant, Nov. 30, at eleven,
at the Court, Birmingham—A. G. Robinson, Rothley,
Leicestershire, woolstapler, Dec. 3, at eleven, at the
Court, Nottingham—R. W. Gardiner, Hereford, horse
dealer, Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—
W. Langmead, Teignmouth, banker, Dec. 1, at one, at
the Court, Exeter—J. Jones, Birkenhead, Cheshire,
chemist and druggist, Nov. 26, at eleven, at the Court.
Liverpool—P. Leicester, Longsight, Lancashire, slate
merchant, Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—
J. M. Stark, Gaiasborongh, Lincolnshire, bookseller,
stock and share broker, Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court,
Kingston-upon-Bull.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
J. Massey, Etruria, Staffordshire, gas fitter and
engineer, first dividend, 35.; second dividend, lid., any
Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Valpy.

if:Dunington, Nottingham, glove manufacturer, first
dividend, ls. 9d.; second dividend, 6*d.; any Thursday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Valpy,
Birmingham.
J. Tyler, Worcester, hop merchant, 45., any Thursday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Valpy,
Birmingham.
J. B. Morris, Kingston-upon-Hall, boot and shoe
maker, 2s. Gd., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, or any subsequent
Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Stansfeld, Hull.
_ _ _

A. Wise, Woo'borough, N. Baker, Newton, Bushel,
and W. S. Bentall, Totnes, Devonshire, bankers, at
Newton Abbot, is , any Tuesday after 23d of Nov., be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hirtsel Exeter.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
F. Young, Basinghall-street, and Peter-street,
Hackney-read, woollen warehouseman, Nov. 24, at two
—W. Rawlinson, George-street, Minories, draper, Nov.
24, at twelve—J. Morgan, Southampton-row, Russoll-
square, tailor, Nov. 24, at one—S. Slater, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly, tailor, Nor. 24, at half-past one.
In the Country.
L. Normington, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spinner,
Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Court Leeds—W. Williams,
Kidvvelly, Carmarthenshire, timber merchant, Nov. 30,
at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Tiley, Dursley,
Gloucestershire, veterinary surgeon, Nov. 29, at eleven,
at the Court, Bristol—J. C. Player, Dursley, Glouces-
tershire, draper, Nov. 29, at eleven, at the Court,
Bristol—J. S. Dunn, Coventry, draper, Nov. 25, at
eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Evans, Odlington,
Worcestershire, corn dealer, Nov. 25, at eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham—B. Robinson, Huddersfield, fancy
cloth manufacturer, Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Com t,
Leeds—M. Richardson, Harrogate and Knaresborough,
attorney, Nor. 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—
W. Levett, Leicester, tailor, Dec. 3, at eleven, at the
Court, Nottingham—J. Hatfield, jun., Southwell, Not-
tinghamshire, victualler, Nov. 26, at eleven, at the
Court, Nottingham.:
At the Court of Review, Nov. 23.
R. Johnson, Pakefield, Suffolk, grocer—J. Beulton,
Ashton-under-Lyne, carrier—W. Ogden, Manchester,
flour dealer—11. Evans, Heanor, Derbyshire, builder—
W. Insall, Shipston.
on-Stour, Worcesters hire,auctioneer
—J. Hillman, Worcester, grocer— W. B. Cooke, Burton-
Upon.]:
J.
N.
BowdenPA RTaNn
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h Trent, tape manufacturer—J. Gardner, Nutting-
L.
am, baker—J. and G. Hill, Exeter, builders
Bowden,Dl S DISSOLVED.
VAEI
dDe
builders.
solicitors—C, Stanley and. T.
linen and woollen drapers—J, eG. S. Phillips, Birmingham,
and G. G. L. PattesoniVass7j. Wilkinson, A. Cobbold,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, attornea.rs as regards J. Wilkinson),
sou and J. Hampson, Dukin)fleTdad solicitors—W. Hamp-
Cattarns and G. Fry, Mark-lane' Cheshire, slaters—R,
attorneys-at-law and solicitors—'WCity' and Greenwich,
Tebay, jun., Hutton-at-Hone Kent sea:, and W.
Simmons and M. Tindall, West-Ar:eeL wri,hts—J.
builders—J. Knowles and J. Cooke, Leeds errtcliondsey, Brad..
ford, Yorkshire, share brokers—W. Barber a'nun
W. Alum Liverpool, merchants—J. W. Burden .a'ndinJd
Gray, New London street, City, nine merchants
Rowe and J. Whittakers Chester, woollen drapers—J:
Chaplin, G. Chaplin, and W. C. Castle, Ipswich, tavern
and hotel keepers—M. T.. Raymond, T. Hawes, jun.,
Bytherlutho-wall, barge builders and

lightermen—M. Sheen and T. Paul, Cotton's Wharf,
Tooley-street, potato salesmen—E. Hopton and S.
Selman, jun., Newport, Monmouthshire, linen and
woollen drapers—T, P. Badnall and 0. A. Locke,
Liverpool, commission merchants—J. Wakinshaw and
G. Burdis, Monkwearmouth, Durham, iron manufactu-
rers—W. F. Mathews and F. Askin, Townshend, Wor-
cestershire, schoolmasters—T. Harrison, J. Shaw, and
J. Shaw, Church - Gresley, Derbyshire, earthenware
manufacturers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Cox, Hawnes, Bedfordshire, wheelwright.
James Garrett, Cheltenham, retailer of beer.
George Daniels, Cheltenham, innkeeper.

Henri Popplewell, :Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, railway
time•keeper.
Benjamin Scott, Horbury, near Wakefield, stonemason.
Benjamin Sunderland, Leeds, general dealer.
William Suttle, Gyptonwood, Yorkshire, innkeeper.
Jonathan 'Wainwright Taylor, Leeds, clerk and ac-

countant.
Seth Berge, Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire, baker.
Thomas Wilson, Liverpool, grocer.
Thomas Podger, Langport, Somersetshire, master
saddler.