The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-24 00:00:00

AGRARIAN OUTRAGES.

In a former part of this report, when we expressed our
favourable opinion of the general state of the country, we felt
it necessary to allude to some lamentable exceptions. We re-
gret to find that these exceptions appear to be on the increase.
We made inquiry, throughout the whole of our tour, respect-
ing the existence of agrarian outrages.
In Tipperary for a long tuna past, and in some other coun-
ties more recently, there has prevailed a system of lawless
violence, which has led in numerous instances to the perpe-
tration of cold-blooded murders.
These are generally acts of revenge for some supposed in-
jury inflicted upon the party who commits or instigates the
commission of the outrage.
But the notions entertained of injury in such cases are re-
gulated by a standard fixed by the will of
.the most lawless and
unprincipled members of the community.
If a tenant is removed, even after repeated warnings,
from land which he has neglected or misused, he is looked
upon in the districts to which we are now referring as an in-
jured man, and the decree too often goes out for vengeance
upon the landlord, or the agent, and upon the man who suc-
ceeds to the farm"; and at times a large numerical propor-
tion of the neighbourhood look with indifference upon the
most atrocious acts of violence, and, by screening the criminal,
abet and encourage the crime. Murders are perpetrated at
noonday, on a public highway, and, whilst the assassin coolly
retires, the people look on, and evince no horror at the bloody
deed.

The whole nature of Christian men appears, in such cases,
to be changed, and the one absorb:ng feeling as to the posses-
sion of land stifles all others, and extinguishes the plainest
principles of humanity.
We cannot but feel that this state of things calls loudly for
correction, although it does not come within our province to
discuss what measures should be adopted under such circum-
stances fpr the detection and repression of crime.
It must be obvious that none of the suggestions which we
have offered, nor any measures founded upon them, which Par-
liament or Government could devise, can be applicable to a
state of things so appalling and disorganised as that which we
have described. M'e have given our best and most anxious
consideration to the means of ameliorating the condition of the
well-disposed Irish peasant, and we feel that the greatest allow-
ance is to be made for his sufferings,his poverty, his ignorance;
but we can make no allowance for the deliberate cold-blooded
assassin, or for those who abet assassination.
We wish it were possible to make the peasantry in these un-
happy districts aware, that all measures for improvement pre-
suppose the security of life and property ; that the districts in
which both are systematically rendered insecure must be re-
garded as beyond the reach of such plans of amelioration as we
can suggest; and that while crimes of so fearful a character
prevail, it is hopeless to expect, in reference to those districts,
much practical improvement in the relation of landlord and te-
nant, or any security for the permanent happiness of the people.

" We have thus endeavoured to lay before your Majesty
the conclusion at which we have arrived, after the extensive
inquiry in which we have been engaged. We are well aware
of the difficulties that surround the whole subject of that
inquiry.
" One class of persons have been accustomed to look ex-
clusively to legislative interference for a removal of the
evils to which Ireland is exposed; whilst others despair en-
tirely of any beneficial effect upon her social condition from
such interference.
" We do not agree with either of these classes. We know
that the best directed measures of Parliament cannot pro-
duce the desired effect, unless aided and enforced by the
steady, as well as active exertions of the people of all ranks
and cond►tions in their respective spheres ; but we are at the
same time satisfied that a very beneficial change may be
effected by the united and vigorous efforts of the Legislature
and of individuals.

" We cannot despair when we find a country enjoying such
natural advantages as Ireland possesses, with a large extent
of uncultivated or unimproved land, and a numerous popula-
tion, able and willing to labour if opportunities are afforded
to them. On the contrary, we confidently believe, that by
an examination of the facts as they actually exist, and by
a close attention to details, means may be. found for re-
moving many or most of those partial and particular
obstacles, which have hitherto so greatly impeded the bene-
ficial employment of labour, and obstructed the enjoyment
of those advantages which a country such as Irciand is calcu-
lated to afford.

" But this desirable result cannot be looked for, unless the
united and vigorous efforts of all classes in Ireland are directed
towards it.

"Instances are to be seen in every part of the country of
estates upon which the liberal conduct and active super-
intendence of a resident landlord, or of a resident and
judicious agent, have estabhshed a system of progressive
improvement as to the land, and of increasing comfort to
the people, which are, unfortunately, wanting in many other
districts.

" We trust that one effect, at least, of our labours will be
to rouse the attention of many who have as yet thought little
upon the subject, and to encourage them to follow the
examples thus held out to them.
" Above all, we would call upon all such persons not to
rest satisfied with any vague or general notion of the state
of the population with which they are connected, but care-
fully to examine all circumstances, in order that they may
apply those remedies which shall be appropriate to the case,
as well as efficient for the purpose of relief.
" The voluminous evidence collected by us, in all parts of
Ireland, with the numerous returns and other documents
transmitted to us, present a mass of information upon the
social condition of that country which mast serve as a useful

guide to all who desire to employ their efforts for imPra„"-d'
meat in the right direction, and upon sound principles apt
we feel satisfied that great advantage may be derived ova
placing in their true light many facts and ciresmstancel
hitherto little known, or greatly misunderateod.
" Whilst we have, in various parts of this report, Mite
observations in the nature of advice to some of those Who
are landlords in Ireland, we trust, at the same time, to b
permitted to remark shortly upon the conduct too often pare
sued by some of the class of tenants. There is frequently 3
readiness amongst these to attribute their own wretched con-
dition exclusively to the conduct of their landlords, some:
times with an utter disregard of truth, and almost alw8):-:
without admitting, perhaps without seeing, how much of 1'
arises from their own indolence or want of skill.
"The truth is, to use a familiar expression, that faults are
in many cases to be found on both sides; and, consideri
how uninformed a large portion of the Irish population 15,
heavy responsibility rests upon all those to whom the poorer
classes have a right to look for information and advice. ..1
The foundation of almost all the evils by which the socti,
condition of Ireland is disturbed is to be traced to those feel
ings of mutual distrust which too often separate the elas'.,;
of landlord mid tenant, and prevent all united exertion
the common benefit. slot
"It has been truly said, that confidence is a plant of is
growth. It is, however, a plant which will flourish Well
Irish soil, if cultivated with patience and with care.
" We say particularly with patience, because we beu.e.s
that many excellent persons, having the best intentat
towards improving the cultivation of the soil and the CO,:d
dition of the people in Ireland, have been too easily divert
from their course by feelings of disappointment at the sruAs,
progress which is made towards the attainment of those ea," t
and little result which is perceived from their 111'
anxious endeavours. s
"We would earnestly impress upon such persons, and to
to
all who have the interest of Ireland at heart, not hastilibio
relax from those exertions which circumstances may en eat
them to make, in forwarding the march of improveni"

amongs t their poorer neighbosiirs. usess
" Without touching upon the political or other cs t,
which may have contributed to create a feeling of distrig
we cannot disguise from ourselves that the Irish peasan'4,
inclined to look with suspicion upon all attempts of 187 y
lord to inculcate new habits or to introduce new plans f°l

management of his lands. ake
" Every considerate and benevolent landlord will 01,y
much allowance for this feeling. He will not suffeM.
exhibition of it to turn him aside from any scheme 01' cd
provement upon which, after deliberation, he has deterow
to enter.

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itmen.

"He must be prepared for frequent disappoin bud
-
will ocasionally meet with ingratitude and injustice
if he perseveres in a spirit of kindness, united with firnw7ad,
of purpose, he may confidently look to a well-merited r tot,
probably in the advancement of his personal ill stich
but certainly in the improvement of the district in
he lives, and the increasing comfort ofihe people around

" All which we humbly—certify- to your Majesty.
" DEVON.
" R. A. FERGUSON.•
" GEORGE A. HAMILTO,',
" THOMAS N. REDINGV
" JOHN WYNNE.
J. P. KENNEDY, Secret
" February 14, 1845."

COURT CIRCULAR. we;
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gent,'":
of the Court, and the Domestic Household, attended vs
service yesterday morning in the private Chapel at 130c2;00,
ham Palace. The Bishop of London preached the st ner
and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay assisted ;
forming the service. , be
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge N' ;se
Majesty yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Egad;
in Waiting, took equestrian exercise in the Riding
near Buckingham Palace, on Saturday. cledirbi
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at'e-n Dec/
Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, arrived st,tope
ingham Palace, in a carriage and four, at halft—frog.;
o'clock, on Saturday afternoon, from her residelte",„aier,
more House, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness re ',10;1 P
to luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert: -ese,
three o'clock left the Palace for Gloucester House, I°i,
visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of GloucesteS
the afternoon the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady 'OOO
Howard, took her departure on her return to Fl 4
House. 001
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the °color,
of Mount Edgcumbe, the Marquis of Ormonde,
Buckhy, and Colonel Wylde, honoured the kW
Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. Meld
The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service
mornin; in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street•
Knesebeck was in waiting on his Royal Highness. del
His Royal Highness the Duke of 'Cambridge, attes olpto
Blron Knesebeck, honoured the Marquis of Nort,,:pce
with his company on Saturday evening, at his resit'
Piccadilly.
Mr. Bentley and Mr. George Clerk bad an intcrsle Oct'
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at D's
• Y•
residence in Downing-street VISOD
}De
The Chairman and Secretaries of Vie London
Society had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen tl
Foreign-office on Saturday. Col°
Dispatches were received on Saturday at the
Office from the Governors of the West India Colones' otftj4,
Mr. J. Strettell Brickwood, Public Works, Le3,,,,i'ith t
South Sea house, had an .interview on SaturdaY "fl
Chancellor of the Exchequer. ne
The Earl of Morpington expired on Saturday es
his residence in Grosvenor-square. 011
The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick '1
tended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel .n,11.6
1,5
James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley read the Pl'96:ive
preached the sermon. The Earl of Devon, Lords, grild
G. Paget, and Lady G. Paget,• attended the die:_scospr,
The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp. the ;o'4
service
the Rev. Mr. Hall, the communion by the !on'
Sleath. The sermon was preached by the Nebo!' °hp. Op;
The anthem was, " Ohl where shall wisdom L'",,
(Boyce). Sir George Smart presided at the organ,
Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord, hglies',ll4l,
Wharncliffe, Lords Ernest Bruce, Canterbury, 135;0:
Courtenay attended the evening service in the-Cll4-
fr°
St. James's. ,er tief
The Grand Duchess of Baden arrived at -;'°st I A 0
Ostend, on Friday evening, and slept at the Ship Ineto.i'l,v
Royal Highness travelled, on Saturday, by the r 8,1,010
far as the station at the Bricklayers' Arms, where sit
ceived by the Duke of Hamilton and her son-ini2l l!!
Marquis of Douglas, accompanied by whom her RS-,,,,0"
ness proceeded to his Grace's residence in Portman
SPORTING IN TELLIGE-NC

. .
lIUNTING APPOINTMENTS. ,
•
Linlithgow and Stirlingshire lids, Tues., Armada° Ile
Thur., Bannock Burn-gate; Sat., Bangour.
Cod
Witneshatn harrs., Thur.; Newbourn-hall ; Sal-",,detielnoo;
South Berkshire hds., Wed., Padworth ; Fri., Eur"doir
Duke of Beaufort's lids., the first hunting day at
on the second at Vete Rocks-101. Keynes',
Crawley and Horsham hds., Thurs., Horsted
Broadbridge Heath. Vr°g
Cumberland stag hds., Wed., Greyhound Inn'
Fri., Bosley Hill-11.
Ackton harts., Thurs., Car4enlees New Inn. don 'JO
, •
Haydon hds., Wed., Ellerington H 311; Sat., 13,u'weil
Hambledon hds. Wed., Basing Park; Fri. 31°0
H. 11., Tues., Hinton House; Thurs., Chilton co'
Sat., Five Lanes (Holvbourne). Green ;
Lord Southampton's has., Wed., Woodend
Whistle Wood; Sat., Salcey Lawn-11. gat .9
Vine hds., Thurs., Red Lion, Clarken Green; " ,4514
clere-11. ate/
N. F. 11., Tues., Stoney Cross; Thurs., Levetes "

Alderholt Park-10374.
Pembrokeshire lids., Thurs.; Ford Bridge-10' , 101"
Prudhoe and Derwent hds., Fri., Blaydon
t e 01'
Mr. Pim= r has let Alice Hawthorn for t.l
she has rejoined Hesseltine's stable.
Sto)3l, #ll`l

_.... • , ,
MR. HUNT'S CURE OF STAMMERING' orjste,":: 01;0
candid opening of his natural and efficacious ~"•o'ss 5, !,1
witnessing not a few of its successful applio''' cioe Der
cfinkmonneondonl
shouldfidwtt confirmed
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ono
ssm:ov fiiptot important.
rtht
allacha onet
opinion,uti
parently desperate as well as less distressingtbe ge,,iog:
have, to the utmost of our power, prornotedral bler4
.lvra. %ieto%ts'effietshhyacaad:setseamtrirdodneetdousobf ernthatelieire,,:ittiolifipicooolagiaosOo4:oo,o
reected gentlemen who has for many a Yeal-0,"4. Pc.
The following, in addition tit, es
other distinguished testimonials, will, we op
public attention still more especially to Dix.' 14' t,
office
oedoilefslNic-sLreinronurpi di
nunlbaepltriiios°::):
se'ocirt
180:fg i:
toil CSev1:11:j:: ' i!
. 7, Pireeof
solatory practice : 7.40 • Alice
44 manSloll4lol.lSegof fog; c 0
" When holding the office of Sheriff, 11r. 110t'ie for, tlii,, pirik
made me acquainted with the principles of his eYcessfill„lB as
stammering, and unreservedly showed me their 5gC solo' 015. 0
in the case of George Pearson, who witnessed the treltoot
victioto.
on her Majesty's life, by Francis, and whose inaPe;,,v ceo,ooe. tlie
prevented him from giving an instant alarm ; au",.711 co:',,t tie
that if Mr. Hunt's instructions are attended to
~o"elut bc,ol te't/011;,'
genre, they are perfectly adapted to confer pen; r this a- Pi' . tt,
numerous class of the community who suffer tirme,NAY, i;tl
'' WM. l‘tA' /tort ' tlie
filo . din apt
NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—MESSO.
.. wernOl'ege-
Hayward, and Gurney, were sworn in thib gr, Stine
Chancellor's private room at Westminster'
Channell received a patent of precedence at
the same 0
9cl.'
BIRTHS. gilber' ,01,
On the 29th ult., the wife of George James vp
Vienna, of a daughter. 010" E.
, ofd 0,
On the 6th inst., the lady of W. A. Pi ocahintr:e
la
410,
Leicestershire, of a son.
On the 14th inst. at Galway, Ireland, 31)
Davis, Esq., R.N., of 'a
daughter. Campbell'
of tile
On the 18th inst., at Edinburgh, Mrs. C
wood, of a son. ifife
the I
Coventry,the l9 th inosft .a, f tP'
On tin 18th inst., at the East India College' ,„Se
Johnnn
Rev. Henry Melvill, 8.A., of a daughter. lady ° , ,
Oen'
asotn}:owey,
cent, the
On the 20th inst., at Grosvenor-cos
Stanley, of a daughter. ---1,5,3'
• Lie to
MARRISD. rch, Pul2linfine4o
On the 14th inst., at Monkstown Clnl,_Artis Lni, Wi
nant Archibald J. M. Boileau, Out he 1114_1 George 4
Georgiana Elizabeth, eldest dapter Of .., oi $
. d 50,' gei
Boileau, Esq., of Monkstown, Dublin.
Chapman'_ third vio 0,
Cornwall, the "lf,
On the 18th inst., William John c• 1
to ~,Ini )", -_,OOll
Benson, Esq., of Upper Woburn-place,
~,horeAi
daughter off athan Horn, Esq., the Green -1-,"
OJY
DIED-
gh, his E 2;
..eellen-
~. of
On the 30th ult., at St. Petersbur
CO_ ~. Ate' a,
then econ- ifeoratt,
On the 9th inst., at Bath, Sophia,
..iii, Wes 0 80.
John Charles Bnstow, Esq., of Eusemerear
iv ootto
te
miral Greig, Member of the Imperial nue" a dao, Po
On the 12th inst., at Tockenham, near
0 of Lien
Wilts, Isaac Stafford Brown, Esq.
ai ArtillerP Ado'
nant-General John liurton, of the Bo) ~;zabeth
1.4,
On the 16th inst. in Argyll-steet, .r,"
ht-s4l*.
aUg
daughter of Capytin'Hilliard.
On the 13th inst., at Brighton, Judith, rail 00
herd pit'
Dr ger ~f
Mr. William Lewis.
Cumberland-sire vr,'enson, "
On the 19th rust., in Cumbei:la
On the 18th inst., at Seyrnaur-
of Dlr. Step./ 40g,
On the 19th rust., Hester, wife 1 of ' dlg'
liament-street. r e $
1 the EA , age
so
n Genera f ow,
uteri,
On the 13th inst., at Brighto i‘,..
n,. of in a Lie_..
h poict.er /ersitto'';.,sll,
ham, G.C.B , Colonel fc the 3d Re,iinte
eL, ;s,
On the 22d of October on board dr •.,,tive,,
• nt Dia as .0, r
Edmund Leicester, 52d Reg ot, jam - lints
On the 15th inst., John Lett, the son •••5. ..,
1.;$1 Aga 'di Av
Esq., of Blackheath-park, aged 10. , ,
street, Conn ell,
1.-r ~,,,,us.- , .z_be,
On the 17th inst., at Hertford, i i..!
..,,, ~... vi o
On the 18th inst., at Blackheath bill i'-';',l.
bott, relict of the late 11. Abbott, Esq., age' "

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London: Printed and Published bY
No. 112, Strand, Printer. at The S V
Stra id, in be Precipet of the SavoY, 1/1
Middlesex, Monday, February 24, 1845.

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