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London, England, 1846-11-21 00:00:00

SALES BY AUCTION.

SALE DELAYED UNTIL MONDAY, NOV. 23.
TELE VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT ESTATES OF THE
LATE WM. CROWDY, ESQ., OF limitwoßni,
COMPRISING THE MUCH ADMIRED RESIDENCE, WEST-
ROP lIJUSE, AND LANDS AROUND FILE TOWN ; ALSO
FARMS AND LANDS AT STRATTON, CLOSE TO THE
SWINDON STATION, SOUTH M.ARSTON, SIIRIVENHAM,
LETCOMBE, LECIZLADE, HAMPTON AND HANNINGTON ;
ALL MOST ELIGIBLE FOR INVESTMENT.
MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed by the
Executors to announce for SALE by AUCTION, at the
GODDARD ARMS, SWINDON, on MONDAY next, Nov. 23, at
Twelve for One o'clock, in Thirty-five Lots,
The Important Freehold Property of the late William Crowdy,
Egg, of Illghworth, Wilts.
COMPRISING NEARLY 400 ACRES OF THE BEST LAND IN
THE VICINITY OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY,
OFFERING MANY TEMPTING INVESTMENTS,
Including Westrop House, the family Residence,
hbuasilt of stoneared , of
handsome exterior, and upon which no expense be.n sp
as to
to
secure every comfort ; the internal arrangement sac omplete
Rooms are of good pro-
leave nothing to be desired. The principal
portions, and the Reception Rooms and Saloon opening one with
another and,
LOOKING UPON THE LAWN AND PLEASURE GARDEN,
WHICH EXTEND TO FIVE ACRES,
form a most agreeable scene. A shrubbery walk, of singular beauty,
winds a considerable distance through the grounds, which present a
charming specimen of landscape gardening ; the °tees are quite
perfect, and, as four packs ol hounds hunt the immediate neigh-
bourhood,
A MOST DELIGHTFUL HUNTING SEAT
may be secured, which from its many advantages only requires to he
known to be appreciated by a sporting gentleman. Also immediately
opposite are
26 ACRES OF ORNAMENTAL LAND, _

with extensive frontages to two roads, forming a most valuable ap-
pendage to the residence, and in the town, two Freehold Houses,
facing the High-street, occupied by Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Howse,
with gardens, and several cottages. Also,

AT EASTROF, IN HIGH WORTH,
a house occapied by Mr. Lavington, with two cloies of extremely
rich land, with frontage to the high road ; two other Closes, known
as Fennell's Closes, and another as
THE TRINITY CLOSE, WITH FISH-POND AND PLANTATION,
a romantic spot of extreme beauty, and its proximity to the town
offers a tempting purchase. Two acres of meadow land, at Hampton,
let to ►lr. Robert Litten ; three acres at Hannington, let to Mr.
Ilichard Herbert ; thirty acres, known as the Goslakes, with
frontage to the Lechlade road ;
37 ACRES OF RICH MEADOW AND ARABLE LAND
AT STRATTON,
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ESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS (for
the application of certain Rates towards the improve-
ments authorised by the Westminster Improvement Act, 1845,
and to extend the improvements). Notice is hereby given, that
APPLICATION is intended to be made to Parliament in the
ensuing Session for an Act or Acts to alter, amend, and enlarge
the powers and provisions of an Act passed in the 9th year of
her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for Improving p is of the
city of Westminster." And it is proposed in or by the said Act or
Acts to confer further and additional powers on the Commissioners
appointed cr hereafter to be appointed, under the authority of the
said Act, for the purpose of enabling them more effectually to
carry out the improvements thereby authorised, and for extending
the same ; and it 13 further proposed to authorise and empower
the said Commissioners to take down and remove a certain
house and buildings situate in the Broad Sanctuary, between West-
minster Abbey and Flood-street, and at present occupied by Mr.
Dean, and also that part of the north side of Tothill-street, from the
east end thereof to, and inclusive of number 58 in that street, with
the gateway adjoining thereon westward, and the lands, stabling, and
tenements, in the rear of Tothill-street aforesaid ; and also to take
down, remove, and temporarily or permanently shut up Flood-street,
Great Smith-street, Princes-street, Princes-place,Dean-street,Orchard
street, St. Ann-street, Old Pye-srreet, New rye street, Pear-street,
Cottage-court, Union-court, New square, George-court, and James-
court, and all houses, yards, lauds, courts, buildings, and premises
which are bounded on the north by Orchard-street, on the south by
Great Peter-street, on the east by Groat Smith-street, and on the west
by Strutton Ground, all in the several parishes of Saint Margaret and
Saint John the Evangelist, in the City and Liberties of West-
minster, in the county of Middlesex, or one of them; and also to
divert, alter, stop up, or enclose, or widen and improve such parts
of the present streets, courts, alleys, ways, or passages, and
void ground as will form entrances to or will communicate with
the intended new street or streets authorised to be made by
the Westminster Improvement Act, 1845, or as shall be necessary
to be stopped up and enclosed or widened and improved for
the purposes of the said Act or Acts ; and also to raise or lower
the ground of any streets or ways or subways which shall
communicate with the said intended street or streets, or as shall
be necessary to be raised or lowered fur the purposes of the
said Act or Acts, and to make such alterations in the levels,
drains, and sewerage, subways, roads, footways, and pavements
of such streets as may require such alterations ; and also to
empower the said Commissioners to treat, contract, and agree
with the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the Governors
of the Grey Coat Hospital, in 'I othill-fields, of the royal founds
tion of Queen Anne, the governors or trustees of the hospital
of Saint Margaret's, in the city of Westminster, in the county of
Middlesex, of the foundation of King Charles, the master and fel-
lows of Corpus Christi or Bennett's College, Cambridge, and the
governors or trustees of Emanuel Hospital, or Lord and Lady
Deere's charity estate, the governor or trustees of Emery Hill's
almshouses, the trustees of PalmeekCharity, the governors or trims
tees of the Blue Coat School, or other governors or trustees of any
charity estate or other incapacitated persons, whose lands or pro-
perty may be required for the said intended street or streets, or other
improvements connected therewith, or contemplated by the said Act
or Acts for the sale to or the settlement upon them of new houses or
buildings upon the proposed line of the said streets or either of them,
in lieu of all or any of tho lands, houses, or property intended to be
taken from them by the said Commissioners for the purposes of the
said Act or Acts,
And it is further intended by the said Act or Acts to obtain powers
for the purchase of lands and houses, either by compulsion or agree-
ment, through or into which the said proposed improvements will
be made or carried. And also such lands and houses within the said
parishes aforesaid, and to such extent as may be necessary for carry-
ing out the before-mentioned improvements and all other improve •
ments contemplated by the said Act or Acts.
And it is also intended to vary or extinguish all existing rights
and privileges in any manner connected with or incident to such
lands and houses which would in any manner impede or interfere
with the objects aforesaid, and to confer other rights and privileges.
And it is further proposed, in or by the said Act or Acts, to take
powers to authorise the levying, collecting, and appropriation or
application of any rates or increased rates, or of any annual or
other sum or sums of money out of, or in addition to, the
rates levied and collected, or hereafter to be levied and collected,
under and by virtue of the powers and provisions of an Act nitride and
passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty King
George IL, intituled "An Act for the better Relief and Employment
of the Poor in the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evan-
gelist, in the city of Westminster, and for cleansing the streets and
repairing the highways within the said parishes," or otherwise, and
to apply the same towards the Improvements authorised by the said
Westminster Improvement Act, 1845. And also, so far as may be
necessary for the purposes aforesaid, to repeal, alter, amend, or
extend the powers and prouisions of the last recited Act of 25
George 11., and to confer, vary, or extinguish other rights and pri-
vileges.
Dated this tenth day of November, 1846.
BRIDGES, MASON, and BRIDGES, Red Lion-square,
Solicitors for the Bill.
_ _ .

divided into five closes, two of them abutting upon the railroad at
Swindon, and close to the station, let to Mr. Greenaway, Mr. Law-
rence, and Mr. Bailey.
A SNUG FARM OF FIRST-RATE PASTURE LAND 4.T
SOUTII MARSTON,
comprising 58 acres, with homestead and buildings, let to Mr. Love ;
and 9 acres, let to Mr. Hughes. Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Litten.
5 ACRES OF CAPITAL MEADOW LAND AT SHRIVENHAM.
In two Closes, one with frontage to the Wilts and Berks Canal, let to
Mr. Streat, and the other on the Road to llighworth, let to Mr. Po-
cock. Three Cottages at Watchfleld, let to Mr. Addison and others.
A CAP/TAL PASTURE AND ARABLE FARM AT
LETCOMBE,
'with a comfortable Farm House and suitable Buildings, a Portion of
the Land of superior quality around the House, the remainder Down
Land about a mile distant, forming together a desirable Farm. in the
occupation of Mr. Bunce, also an allotment of three and a half acres
at Letcombe Regis, let to Thomas Goodlake. Esq., and four and a
half acres of rich Meadow Land at Letcombe Basset.
AN UNDIVIDED MOIETY OF A SMALL FARM OF EXCEL
LENT ARABLE AND MEADOW LAND AT LECHLAt,E,
46" acres being close to the Town, with Farm-yard and Buildings,
and frontage to the High-road, let to Mr. Hunter, 10 acres of Water
Meadow on the Road leading to Welford, in the same occupation, and
an undivided moiety of a small Close of three acres, being the second
from the Road leading from Farringdon to Lechiade, in the occu-
pation of Mr. Phipp.
The various Properties may he viewed, by permission of the
tenants, and full particulars will be published 21 days prior to the
Sale, to be had at the Goddard Arms, Swindon ; Barrington Arms,
Shrivenham ; Bear, Wantage; New Inn, Lechiade; White Horse,
Cricklade ; Crown, Farringdon ; of Henry C. Crowdy, Esq.,
Solicitor, Ilighworth, and at the King and Queen, Highworth ; of
Messrs. Barnes, Winter, and Bernard, Solicitors, No. 2, Great Win-
chester-street, Broad-street ; and at Mr. George Robins's Offices,
Covent-garden.

IN DOESETSHIRE, CLOSE TO THE BOROUGH. TOWN OF
WAREHAM.
A MOST ELIGIBLE PROPERTY, EITHER FOR OCCUPATION
OR INVESTMENT, CONIPRI-ING A PLEASANT MODERN
RESIDENCE, EXCELLENT FARM BUILDINGS, AND 295
ACRES OF SUPERIOR ARABLE AND DAIRY LAND, FREE
FROM LAND-TAX AND GREAT TITHE.
MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed by the
Devisees in Trust of the late Harry Hammond, Esq., to
submit to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, London,
on Tavasnay, December 3d, at Twelve, in One Lot,
A truly desirable FREEHOLD PROPERTY, presenting to the
otpitalist an investment free from the slightest doubt or risk. It is
in the parish of East Stoke, yet within the limits of

J. PARKES, Parliamentary Agent, 21, Great George-street
Westminster.

IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS.
Now ready, in 2 vols., price 21s. bound,
CANADA and the CANADIANS in 1846.
By Lieut.-Colonel Sir RICHARD BONNYCASTLE.
" There is excellent advice, as well as information of a practical
kind, which ought to be treasured up by the intending emigrant, to
whom we recommend a perusal of Sir Richard's book, as giving
graphic views of the present toil for future independence, which all
must encounter."—Morning Chronicle.
Henry colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

NEW WORK BY MRS. 110FL1ND.
Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo.,
DANIEL DENNISON
AND THE CUMBERLAND STATESMAN.

By Mrs. HOVLAND.
" We do not remember one of Mrs. Hotland's productions from
which we have received so much pleasure as from those posthumous
volumes. They are full of interest, anti whilst they are marked by
the same plain good sense and cheerful practical piety of her former
works, they are written with more power both of humour and chit-
racte r."—Brit anni a .
Diehard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY
SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends
and the' Public for their continued support and patronage, and
to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
[Tall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully
requested to be addressed.
All Scrip aid Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale, an I the proceeds imme-
diately- disposed of according to instructions.
Officr.s, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London.

TrIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Lavenu's new Opera, entitled LORETTA ;
A Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Harrison ; Ferdinand, Mr.
King ; Philippi), Mr. Rorrani ; I'rovost Marshal, Mr. Howell ; Don
Juanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Madame Anna Bishop ; Florinda,
3liss Poole ; Gaetana, Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
To conclude with DER FREISCHUTZ. Adolph, Mr. D. W.
King ; Caspar, Mr. Stretton ; Zamiel, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Linda,
Miss Rainforth ; Rose, Miss Poole.

TEIEATRE ROYAL. R.,AY ARK ET.
Under the 3lanagement of Mr. 11. Wubster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE
YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington. Air. W.
Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Verc, Mr. Hull ;
Mr. Brandon, :tin Howe; Mr.llardinan, Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs,
Mr. Webster ; Tern Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs.
Glover; Claribcl Oddington, Miss Fortescue; Mary Oddington, Miss
P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman,
Miss Julia Bennett.
After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord
Courtington, Mr. Doll ; Sir Arthur Love!, ^lr. Howe; Scoreup,
Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Claris.ia, Mrs. Buckingham; Mrs. Scorcup,
Miss Julia Bennett.
During the evening the Band will perform three Polkas —" Caro-
linum," " Juris," and " Marien ;" Esterhaay" (Walzer); "Les
Travestissernens" (Overture) ; and " La Sonnambula."
To conclude with the Farce of HIS LAST LEGS. Characters
by Mes,rs. Hudson, [loll, Tilbury. Mrs. Clifford, &c.
Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of
T. Archer, Box Book-keeper.

FRENCH PLAYS. - ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Less. e, 31r John 31 itchell.
On MONDAY EVENING, Nov. 23,
Will be performed Le Brun's P,tite Comedie of LES ItIVALTX
D'EI`X 31 E3IES. Derral, 31 Rhosevil ; Folleville, 31. Langeval ;
Dupont, M. Dumery ; Lisc, Mdlle. Itrohan.
After which, LE CO3IEDIEN D'ETAMPES. Dorival, 31. Per-
let ; Madeleine, Mdlle. A. Kkin.
To conclude with Regnard's admired Play of LES FOLIES
AMOUREUSES. Albert, 31. Cartigny ; Eraste, 31. Felix ; Crispin,
31. Lucien ; Agathe, Mdlle. C. Vallee ; Lisette, Mdlle. Brohan.
Boxes, Gs.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at
half-past Seven, and the performance commence at Eight.

'tIEATrIE ROYAL, ADELPHL
C.NDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
TII IS EVENINO
Will be Performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet
of LA Gr.SELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS • or, the
Wills Bride. Princlpal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford.
Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. C Rennin', Madame Celeste, diss Marian Taylor,
Miss Emma Harding', Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws.
After which, the popular Musical :!omcdy of SWEETHEARTS
AND WIVES. Admiral Franklin, Mr. Lambert; Charles Franklin,
Mr. Seiby ; B lly Lackaday, Mr. Wright ; Sandford, Mr. Worrell ;
Curtis, Mr. Cullenford ; Mrs. Bell, Mrs. F. Malt,,ews ; Eugenia,
Mrs. Tates ; L;wra, Miss Woolgar. Susan, Miss Brooks.
To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS.
R,IMI"S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principa, characters by Messrs.
Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Mies M. Taylor,
and Miss Ellen Chaplin.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
• J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
TIIIS EVENING
Will he performed an original romantic Opera, In three parts,
entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of
" Giselle." Ths principal characters personified by Miss Georgians
Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses
Marshall; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Hormel',
l'eren, &c.
After which a new farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Major
Spikespur, Mr. Granby ; Crocus, Mr. Compton ; Miss Dorothea
Demers, Mrs. Fosbroke; Tidy. Miss Laporte.
To conclude with the Musical Entertainment of THE QUAKER.
In which Messrs. Barker, Leffler, Ilonner, Compton, Miss Grant,
Mrs. Fosbroke, &c. will perform.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be produced an entirely New and Original Comedy, in five
acts, entitled LIFE. Mr. Orstan, Mr. Archer ; Frank Orstan, Mr.
Leigh Murray; Sir Thomas Menton, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Sir Jacob
Smallwit, Mr. George Bolton; Sir Robert Folair, Mr. J. Cowell ;
Cancara, Mr. Wilkinson ; Lady Bait, Mrs C. Jones ; Fanny Archer,
Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Emily Orstan, Mrs. Gordon.
To conclude with a new grand I:A LLET DIVERTISSEMENT.
In rehearsal, and shortly to he produced, Beaumont and
Fletcher's Comedy of THE WILD GOOSE CHASE.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Brilliant reception, and triumphant success. Mr. BAYNTUN
ROLT'S first appearance on TilritsDAT Evening last, in the character
of " Macbeth," having elicited the most enthusiastic cheers from an
exceedingly crowded and fashionable audience, he will repeat the
part Tins EVINING and on TUESDAY' Next.
Private Poxes, 11. ils. 6d. ; to be had at Mitchell's Royal Library,
Old Bond-street, and at the Theatre.

DAVIDGE'S LOYAL SURREY THEATILE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth,
Mr. Bayntun Rolt ; Macduff, Mr. Johnson ; Banquo, Mr. Frede-
ricks ; Hecate, Mr.-Neville; Witches, Messrs. Webb, Lewis, and
Mrs. Daly; Lady Macbeth, Miss Richardson ; Principal Singing
Witches, Miss Louisa Lyons and Miss Terrey.
After which, the popular Burletta of THE LOAN OF A LOVER.
Peter Spyk, Mr. Webb; Gertrude (with Songs), Miss Louisa Lyons
(from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.)
To conclude with a Ballet of Action, entitled DER CHAMOIS
YAGER; or, The Fiend of Earth. The characters by the Dentin
Family.

ASTLEY'SI ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
parlito.nrtise:dandbyitohyeari
tS•almositly.GralemiofiluscnsNel
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
ajatetsztayctithone. QTuhe ee It a Prince
Vaulters. Herr Amidio Neuperte, the great Dutch Bottle Equi-
librist. Second Week of the grand successful Magical Spectacle,
introducing the Syrian Cam..ls and Deer.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en-
itlt o TILE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the
Charmed Bit. In which will be introduced a Wild Stag-Hunt, by
living Deer, and numerous attractive scenic effects.
Entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE.
To conclude with a favourite AFTERPIECE.
(.ox-office open from eleven till tics o'clock.—Doors open at six
an ' ce,rnmence r.t half-past sif." o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W.
lircadfoot.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
Alteration of Plices. Boxes, 2.3.;Gallery Half-price B.; Pit, h.; Half-
,
price, 6d. ; , 3d.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the interesting Drama of the MOCK MAR-
RIAGE ; or, the Blacksmith's Daughter. In which Miss Vincent
will perform.
After which, THE BLACK DOMINO. Don Sylvio, Mr. Osbal-
diston ; Juliano, Mr. Bird ; Gil Perrey, Mr. Forman ; the Black
Domino, Miss Vincent.
To conclude with the Burletta of THE MISTAKEN STORY.

The Marine Villa at Kemp Town, which has cost
so much to complete is now ready, and it seems to be
generally conceded to it, that throughout Brighton
there is nothing so perfect. Mr. Robins is disinclined to
sell his freehold, but will let it for three or five years,
or any other number of years, and at a rent considered
very moderate for a Villa so entirely recherché through-
L out. Mr. Martin has acquired great renown by the way
in which he has furnished it.--Brighton Paper.

THE StN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE,: NOVEMBER 21.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Highest. 54 ; Noon, 53.
BAROMETER, 29.72.—W1ND W., fine.

WATER AT LONDON-BM1►(-iE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 5 minutes after 3. I Evening .. 23 minutes after 3.

country. Unfortunately there are few connected with
Ireland who have at their disposal the enormous

means, the princely wealth of the Noble Marquis. Every
man, however, has something in his power, and al-
though the attempt must naturally be on a mor€
moderate scale than that proposed by Lord HEaT-

FORD something of a similar description may be
attempted which would, undoubtedly, prove beneficial
to all parties concerned. The landlord who is unable
to make the necessary advances from his own re-

sources, can obtain the national aid by availing him-
self of the provisions of the Million Act, or if he is
but the owner of an entailed estate, and thus deprived
of its benefits for the present, he can, by giving the

required undertaking, procure the necessary funds,
under the Labour•rate Act. True it is, that the
loan must be repaid within ten years in place

of 22, and that the instalments will fall more heavily
on his property ; but by inducing a sufficient
number of his brother landowners within the electoral
division to co-operate with him, and to apply for a

sum equal to the amount that would fall thereon
under the Lablur-rate, he will escape from the burden

of any contribution to the expenses of works of r.
useless and unproductive character, and have tht
money advanced by the State expended in a much
more beneficial manner.
Lord HERTFORD justly conceives that the first duty
of a landlord is to provide employment for the people

belonging to his estate. The most valuable mode o
employing that labour is on the land itself. It would
be bad policy to pauperise the inhabitants, by making
them objects of charity, the recipients of bounty for
which they are to make no return. Such a course would
destroy the manly pride, that independence of cha-
racter which is the fairest possession of the sturdy
yeoman : deprive him thereof—let him lose his self-
respect, and he must inevitably sink in the social
scale ; he would on every occasion seek for gra-
tuitous gifts in place of an opportunity of earning a
support for himself and family, by the exercise of his
honest industry, and after a short continuance in such a
course, he would become utterly demoralised, a
burden and weight on the resources of the country in
place of being the producer and creator of national
wealth.
Let it not be supposed that we are opposed to re-
ductions being made by the landlords to their tenants
under present circumstances ; far from it. The
rent payable out of any quantity of land can only
be fairly regarded as the value of the produce
thereof, after setting apart a certain portion for the
cost of cultivation, and the payment of county and
other charges that must in the first instance be paid
and satisfied, and also a reasonable support for the
farmer and his family. If that produce should wholly
fail—should It be destroyed or damaged to such an
extent as to be insufficient to pay the expense of seed
and tillage, there is a just and fair reason why the
proprietor should participate in the loss of the occu-
pier, and if the full value is paid fir the land a certain
portion should be freely forgiven, and not kept hang-
ing over, a weight that must restrain the energies,
and cripple the resources of the hard-working man,
from which it may be impossible for him ever to
extricate himself.
Lord HERTFORD offers a premium of 21. for every
acre of land, English measure, drained on his estate,
according to the Deanston system, with stones or
tiles, between this and the Ist of October next, sub-
ject to certain limitations in extent, according to the
size of the farms. And he further proposes (in ad-
dition to the premium of 21.) to advance such further
sum as may be necessary to carry out the work
wherever the small farmer may be unable to take
advantage of the offer, by reason of his not having
the means within himself; the additional sum only to
bear interest at five per cent. Proportionate encou-
ragement will also be given for sod draining in
grazing and mountainous lands, where tiles or stones
cannot easily be procured, and also for subsoiling,
where draining may not be required. Rivers and
watercourses will be cleaned out and deepened when-
ever necessary without any expense to the tenants.
The above are the principal points of the proposition
made by the Noble Marquis, and it would be difficult
to speak too highly in its, favour. The large holder
will be encouraged to improve and drain his lands
while the man of less means, who is obliged to look
to his daily labour for his daily bread, will have
ample employment afforded to him at his very
threshold, and wilt be enabled to indulge in the
pleasing thought that, while receiving fair wages for
his work, he is increasing the fertility of the soil and
ameliorating his own future condition.
It is truly stated in the report of Lord DEVON'S
Commission, in speaking of the small farmer, whose
only capital is the labour of himself and family, that—
" If you show him in what manner the application
of that labour may be rendered most conducive to his
own comfort and permanent benefit, and assist him
with money or materials, which his labour cannot
supply you will generally find the Irish peasant ready to
co-operate with you in effecting improvements, bene-
ficial alike to himself and to the country."
Lord HERTFORD has taken upon himself to do this
in the most useful manner—he is ready to provide
the money and materials. The peasant so assisted
will not be found wanting. If his Lordship's offer
was restricted to making the necessary advance it
would be extremely valuable, but, further than that,
he offers as a free gift a sum which may amount to
120,0001. sterling ; for it is said that the lands re•
quiring draining on his estate exceed 60,000 acres.
Lori HERTFORD will, however, receive an ample
equivalent for this large expenditure in the happi-
ness and prosperity of his tenantry, the increased
security for his reets, which that prosperity will
afford, and the improved value of his property.

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We hope it will not be suffered to close till after the
calamity shall have been most searchingly investi-
gated in every conceivable shape. The scene of the
disaster itself should be minutely inspected, and
men of competent skill and science be called
upon to examine the locality, and report as to
whether in their judgment prudent and proper
precautions had been taken, to generate a
sufficiency of air through the several passages of the
mine, where operations were carried on. We know
that in subterranean works the expenses attendant
upon the adoption of the requirements for the preser-
vation of human life are exceedingly heavy ; and
there is reason to think, that this consideration,
slighted by the promptings of avarice, and the know-
ledge of their always being surplus labour at com-
mand, where population is so abundant as it is in this
country, have frequently spurred on speculators to
prosecute their undertakings, heedless of the en-
dangerment to life engendered by a heartless
and repulsive economy. We would not impute that
such a selfish spirit animated the proprietors of the
mine in question. From the evidence of Mr.
THOMAS HA YNES, the mine surveyor, it appears
that " one road had been driven at an ex-
pense of 3001., for the purpose of getting a greater
body of air into the present workings:'
But we desire, on public principle, that such and
other matters should be judged of by disinterested
persons of experience and suitable intelligence. It
is necessary that, in these cases, the public should be
satisfied that the lives of their fellow-creatures have
not been wantonly risked. And this is the more
imperative, because ignorant and poor men, desirous
of employment, bestow their toil on work, surrounded
by occult dangers, which can only be properly esti-
mated by persons of geological, engineering, and
chemical attainments. Humanity itself dictates that
where people are hurried into eternity in such num-
' bers as we have of late witnessed, by explosion and
other accidents in the different mines throughout the
country, their several causes should be jealously and
rigidly investigated. Since steam has been so exten-
sively applied to locomotion, by sea and land,
to stationary engines, and a variety of other
purposes, the sacrifice of life has been fear-
ful. Public attention became aroused, and it
was ascertained that many of the catastrophes
were attributable more to, ignorance than negligence.
The consequence is, that a superior order of men, with
qualifications duly examined into, has, for the most
part, been appointed to superintend the vast ma-
chinery, on the skillful management of which thou-
sands of lives are momentarily dependent. But this
improvement has been hitherto chiefly confined to
steam-boats and railways. Against pure negligence,
we have some check provided by the first law of

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