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London, England, 1847-03-13 00:00:00

would now come to the Irish parry, which presented an ap-
pearance very similar to that of the happy family which used to
assemble before the National Gallery. There the y saw num-
bers of the most ferocious animals crouching together most
harmoniously ; and in the Irish party they saw a number of
gentlemen meeting together, possessing very differen
opinions, and they said that they were unwilling
to give any support to a permanent measure adopting the Priv
ciple of outd,or relief. Lord Alonteagle said that if the rit!t:
sure were adopted it would ruin the landed proprietors. u"
being asked what he would have instead, he answers that they
should rely upon private charity, but he cannot bold out that
that charity would be greater than it at present tor
e 1
He confessed that he was not disposed to r
upon that charity for the relief of the Irish Per;
He had already shown what it o.29.—(llear' hear.l-
- then came to the priests of Fermoy, and they would pre,",.
that these gentlemen confined themselves exclusively towt.l7,
object of the meeting. Their whole object was to see
they could do best for the relief of the poor, and they had !an
solved to have out-door relief, and then send up a &Wally
to the Noble Lord. As soon as that meting is Pubibico.
known, a strung break-up occurs in the Irish party; hei
are no where to be found ; the Noble Lord when
goes to Palace-yard, only meets the Hon. Gentle,
opposite, and it is a meeting of " dearly beloved brother:
They then came to the main question—who was to inT ion
the poor of Ireland? and out of wi,at fund ? In his °Piri
coalcl
there was only one source from which that maintenance
come, and that was this land. As soon, however, as th!tijr.l
position was made, they were met bv the assertions that tsschs
embers knew nothing at all about. Ireland, and that by it
plan all property would be confiscated, and ti%ort
was utterly impossible for the land tO u.Ver•
any more than it did at present. Now, these were mere
tions, and he would (rove them such. They had thlrle
millions and a half revenue, and they only paid fivepenee in
le of
pound, and when they chose to rate themselves as the Pe°Pioht
,„
England had done, and to the same extent, then thei 7611
make such an assertion with some degree of truth, but nnozo,
then. He had been speaking to a landlord, and took the
re.
sion to remark to him, " You are complaining of the Gore tell
ment forcing this poor-law upon you, but you would not 1
your estate under 26 years' purchase ?" " No," be Sl' no
warrant you I would not." That showed the private °lob
existing in Ireland. But it was said that the propeetY,n`,,,,sl
landlords would be confiscated. Now, he did not believe taeloo
any true hin the assertion. Why, there was very little
to fear that so long as gentlemen were possessed of theirresit
deeds. But if they meant, by confiscation, that the PoPertised
Ireland might change hands, where, through prodigality
imprudence, the means of living and of discharging the dt
of property had been diminished, that, he thought, Inigh,rthe
very probable result, to meet which the Noble Lord an "sod
Secretary for Ireland had prepared and brought in 1 Bill'
he hoped earnestly that they would make the maple
sions of that Bill most ample; for the more rel4--' r
these were, the greater the advantage would be that the
classes would derive from it. Again, it had been said diet s
population of Ireland was too dense. That was eident,ileil
great mistake. He found that in England there issi
31,770,615 acres, and that the population was 14,994'.0a
which gave one person for every acre and a
sixth' to
the other hand, in Ireland the result was, one Persesile
two and a quarter acres. He would go further' bat
would point them not merely to their valuable acres, eat
also to their waste lands, and he begged to ask, is
why they did not bring them into cultivation, He wao to,
,el 4
answer, that they wanted the means and the capital sizo,. ly
for that purpose. That was an answer from which he vc"eto
differed, and in con( rmation of his own opinion he beegeto,
refer the House to a work on the industriapl resources of o,
land, frequently alluded to by the Noble Lord, the Igel"blrish
Lynn, when he introduced his measure 00 resi
Railways. The Honourable Member preceded tO;tics
extracts from the work in question. Now, he wasp °s,,e of
in affirming that the Irish landlords posse:seri estates itl:-told
the finest countries in Europe. To be sure, he might be
that in Ireland they had the finest peasantry in the world' deb
would not stop to dispute that on this occasion. If, however', s est
was the character of their peasantry, in one point of view it Iced
be admitted that they were also the most gay and light•hesd in
people in the world ; the one moment they were depee'tsot
misery and sadness, the next they were given up to enjrtbel
and display. He must say to the Irish landlords " rose
teach that people better, if they would endeavour tO in*cios,
their condition, if they would enlighten their undentanholof
if they would teach them that herding with swine 'vlsfors
their position and dignity—that God had made theta pl
blessings
in position, the effects would be that they should hP
in seeing about them a happy people, and in hearing
instead of discontented murmurs. ed.
On the motion ot Si W. CLAY, the debate was adjourn'

DRAINAGE OF LAND BILL.
Sir
TheGE reporOßGEt of thGREYis Bill wasstatPdu, t broghthat p
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said, when the subject was last before the House, the oof
ment had agreed to reduce the maximum sum granted to
one landed proprietor from 15,000/. to 10,000/. GOO'
Captain GORDON regretted the decision the
ment had
Sime to on the matter.
ir JAMES GRAHAM complimented the Goveroinetoutlr.
the ready manner in which they had agreed to his sugg,.
The Bill was intended more for the benefit of the yeomeractisti
the large proprietors, and hence he had proposed the re"
of the price to 10,0001. Di°
The report with the amendments was agreed to, &a the
ordered to be read a third time on Monday. and th.
The other orders of the day were then disposed 0.,
House adjourned at a Quarter after One o'clock.