The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-04-06

TIE ASrI.RESr TRousLEs-we have received
sundry documents from Albany, and among them
the report Of Mr. Tlden, OF the select committee on
much OF the Governors message AZ relates to the
difficulties existing between the proprietors Of GER
tain leasehold estates and their tenants, &c.
This report commences with giving general view
OF the extent and location Of the principal leasehold
estates Of the nature OF the various tenures under
which the tenants hold Of the evils complained of;
and lastly, OF the remedies desired and proposed
The details Of the nature Of the tenures and the ex-
tent Of these tracts of land in several counties are
interesting The report then goes on to discuss the
expediency and legality of the three remedies pro.
posed. tcwt: "1st Taxation OF the landlords int
rests I'd, abolition OF distress for rent; Sd, law
enabling the tenant to dispute the title OF the land
lord.
The committee conclude their report by offering
the bills to effect these objects which have Already
been reported in the columns Of the Herald. The
report is from the committee Of which Mr..
Tlden is chairman, and is accompanied by the dis
sent Of Ira Harris, member of the committee.
The following is list OF the acts recommended
by the committee -
lst An act to amend the statute Of dsvises, and to
extnguish certain enures This act provides that
leases Of real estate reservng rent shall be
rents, &c oflonger leases, existing, shall pass by
descent to the heirs of the original granto but that the
mortgage according to . fair estimate Of the value
and may have time allowed to pay OF the mortgage.
"a An act to equslize taxation BY this act tax is
to be LAID on rents received by landlords
Sd. An act TO abolish distress for rent
4th. An act concerning costs in courts of law. This
provides that landlord sueing his tenant does not
recover damages to the amount of hundred dollars
or upwards, he shall not recover costs.
appears highly probable that these bills, if pass
ed, would soon assuage all the difficulties existing
on this question. The committee have bestowed
great labor and research in their investigation Of
the whole matter, and in the legal enquiry upon
all the points before them
Very few questions are moro important than this,
in Its bearing and effect on the politics of this
State.
COMPLEXION OF THE STATE CONFERENCE.-The
complexion Of the convention to revise the consti-
tunon, will be the most varied Of any assemblage
that ever was convoked in the country Every
party, fragment, faction, and clique into which all
the political parties of the day are divided are de-
voting their energies for the purpose Of being repre-
sent.d The old whg and democratic parties, the
natives national reformers aboltioniss, anti-capi-
tai punishment men, anti-renters, old hunkers, and
Landowners, are all In the field, eager to secure
representation. If each of the cqxes and factions
succeed, what motley and diversified group will
be thereI! Blue spirits and white, red spirits and
grey, all jostng together in the most admirable
confusion, and each DESTROYS of having hand in
tinkering the constitution, and healing the wounds
of the State
The TRAVELLING SHAsoN-CHEAP FARRs.-The
favonte steamers Rhode Island and Massachusetts,
30 long and favorably known to the community, by
a recent arrangement with the Postmaster General,
carry the great Eastern mails, direct between this
city and Providence. No delay in their immediate
transmission from Providence, on arrival, can take
place, as we apprehended on Saturday-,he Boston
and Providence Railroad being Obliged, by con-
tract, to run the mail trains from Providence ON ar
rival Of mails from New York. These noble steam.
ers, especially built for the navigation Of Long
island Sound, will be seen by their advertisement,
leave pier No. Battery Place, daily, excepting Sum
day. This line has reduced the fare to SO to Bos.
ton, and 50 to Providence.
The competition between this city and Boston,
and between New York and Albany, is reducing
the price Of passage to those points to a very low
point. The day line to Boston, on the Long Island
road, on the express plan, and at the reduced rates.
goes into operation to-day. There are now five
routes open to Boston.
SPEED OF THE STEAMER TRAvELLEK TO NEW
HAvEN-THE EFFECT OF THE MAGNETIC TELE-
eRAPH.-The famous steamer Traveller, Capt. Joel
Stone, with his gentlemanly clerk, Mr.. Edwin J.
Bliss, has just made remarkably short run to New
he loff m cCifv of ~ Eyid &C
ternoon, and reached New Haven at 10 minutes
past 7, thus making the trip from city to city, dis
lance Of eghty-five miles, in hours and 10 mi
nutes, the quickest run on record.
This Traveller is splendid steamer, and she has
become quite celebrated for her speed. II will be
recollected that she once crossed the Sound from
Allyn's Point to Greenport, under adverse circum-
stances, in one hour and thirty-one minutes. She is
owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Esq, a master
spirit in steamboat enterprise.
1t is q remarkable fact in the progress of steam
and electricity, that since the organization Of the
ocean steamship lines, the average length OF the
passages Of our canvassback packet ships has be
come considerably lessened, and we can now calcu
late almost to day or two upon the arrival of one
Of them, we did in the case Of the Yorkshire It
is also fact, equally remarkable, that since the in
vention OF the lightning nes the speed Of the steam
vessels has increased; and we now have instances
like the above, and OF other steamers, making quick
trips from place to place. accomplishing twenty to
twenty-five miles within the hour with perfect ease
and safety.
1t thus appears, that in speed there are two points
to gain. Owners Of wind vessels endeavor to reach
the speed ohe steamers Of the present day, and the
enterprising proprietors Of the steamers keep ther
eyes upon the magnetic telegraphs.