The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-25 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1847.

The straightforward and manly speech of the
Noble Premier, in the discussion which took place
upon bringing up the report on the Address in an-
swer to her MAJESTY'S Speech, was worthy of his
high position and well-established reputation. It
will be received with gratitude by all interested in
the state of Ireland, as affording the strongest proof
that the Government have not been unmindful of the
wants of that unhappy land, neither have they aban-
doned the policy to which they owed their accession
to office, and which occasioned, or at least has-
tened, the overthrow of the Peel Cabinet. The
recapitulation of the measures contemplated for
that country testify that Ministers have
not had coercion solely in their minds.
"A Bill to facilitate the *ale of Encumbered Estates"
is to be speedily introduced in place of that which
was abandoned at the latter end of the last session.
It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of
such a measure. The embarrassments by which so
many of file nominal owners o 1 estates in Ireland
have been affected, and by which they are wholly
deprived of the power of improving their properties,
have led to the most serious evils. Such persons are
really nothing but agents to collect and hand over
the rentals. They are wholly unable to encourage
their tenants to proceed in an eligible manner ; the
pressing demands to which they are subjected
compel them to sacrifice every future benefit
to their immediate wants, and in the faint hope of
procuring a larger supply, they relinquish the sub-
stance in grasping at the shadow. As the Noble
Lord truly stated, " There are many cases of persons
having large estates without means who could, by
selling portions of their lands, make the remainder
far more valuable." There are none who can be
injured by such a measure; it will be equally benefi-
cial to the owners and the occupiers of the soil, and
to the nation generally. The former will be relieved
from situations of the greatest difficulty, and, although
their pride and vanity may be a little humiliated
when it is known that they no longer can call them-
selves the proprietors of such extensive domains, their
comforts and real happiness will be greatly promoted,
while the occupiers will see the fertility of their
holdings increased, and find their landlords ready to
co-operate with them in the requisite improvements ;
and the people generally must be benefited by the
additional, employmentco and the increased production
which will be the consequences of the change. Such
a law, however, would
gher
occasion
to be framed with the
greatest care, or it mi
.muennforeseen
grievances and evils.
were enter-
tained by clear-sighted and intjeleltilcins
to the
Act of last session, viMhiaehny vt°,asber:eeoneg.;lnt
Paisca MAnonv, the eminent Irish psoallince'dt by
Mr.
evidence before the Commissioners to inquire rin
his
to
the expediency of the registration of deedass
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England, given in June last. It was probably
the weight •f the arguments then urged by Mr.
ILiumsr, which led to the withdrawal of the Bill of
last session, and we trust that that which is now to
be introduced, freed from the errors of the former
measure, will be received with cordial unanimity on

every side.
We are rejoiced to find that the Noble Lord does
not participate in the feeling that Ireland can only
be ameliorated by the wholesale transportation of her
children, that he does not accede to the views of those
who

" Would make a wilderness, and call it peace."
His . Lordship says, " I hare generally held that,
though emigration may be a useful subsidiary mea-