New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-10

TIRES, bv the abundance Of water power ana o''sf
circumstance, placed in striking point o. view
TIE want Of manufacturing class in ireland 20
rasiatain the proper divisions Of the population u
industrial pursuits is clearly Sc, forth and many IL
.sres,ing facts given, which we regret our Hn4'
will no, perni. az 70 quote. We 60 not, however
perccive The. be shows in their tue lght toe e'N'
~ Absen,eelsn and the tenure. by which lands are
held. presenting tie worst features OF the ie0oe'
system
TIL. in,sI;geut reader csnnct fail 70 perceive
from ii. statements we have given, how much Ire
land ,nHsr. from causes which originated with ne
English conquest BY Henry II! IN ll72' ~nen 'ns'
monarch divided the soi Of Ireland among ns io'
lowers without the slightest regard 20 TIE nsn's oi
the natives.
On another occasion we design 70 show how the
evil example Of Henry II has been followed by
other English uaonsrchs, and the repeated conhscs'
t;oDS Of the soil Of ireland which have taken pace
We have shown that over afty millions OF collars
IN amount Of Agricultural exports have been
drawn from Ireland il q single year winch Is
nearly equal 10 the gross rental OF the who'e isano
Probably that amount has been much lesseneo toe
mas, wear by the failure Of the potato crop and otaer
osuses, bat If even thirty millions Of dollars nave
bs.n drawn from the soil and expended by Engl'a
and Irish Landlords in Great Britain or On the Con
,inent bow many Of the starving population o. III
fstsd Ireland vould that amount relieve
OF the capacity Of Ireland 10 sustain moon
a,o., r,opulstion than the island st present con-
tain,. several Authorities confirm the opinion Of
bo n n
of this article. Among these winters may DC
named Alison, Kane. Blscker, and others
In late publication entitled " Ireland as II was
is. and ought to be- quoted BY Kane table IS
given Of the agreeable contents aud population o.
zach county in Ireland. From this table it sP-
nesrs tha, the county Of Armagh contains 2l27''
acres. and population lin l53l) OF 22o,oaS sous,
90, the pessaptry are better clothed lodged ana ed
than thew are in most other counties IN Ireland IL
,nnssr, that supposing the other parts OF Ireland
20 be q. well cultivated es Armagh county II
would support eboot two and bail times ihe NUM-
her Of It's present inhabitants, and be able 10 ex'
mort provisions largely beside; for Armagh not
withdrawing It's population exports pork butter
and grain in great quantities
fThere appears 10 be some discrepancy In the
different accounts Of the area Of the County Oh
Armagh. By tie returns OF the census oil 1851
uubli.hed in the Companion TO the Almanac the
area in statute acres is 32s o7e-poPulation 2329sS
In Porters Progress OF the Nation the area IS
ao9 sea scres-of which 10000 only are cult
waited According to McCullocb, the area is S27' rs
acres. Of which 42,472 are unimProved mountain
and bog. and 1885 water. Average rent OF land
l7s.(s4 oel an acre.
Under an improved system ofsgncu!ture. and
regular rotation Of crops the fame writer says 'e.
the county Of Armagh, Che standard tsken'] would
produce treble what it yields at present but
supposing it only TO yield dors'e as much, 1t would
follow. that the population Of Armagh II usI
beneficial change became general, night be doubled
also without in any degree lessening the comforts
Of the inhabitants; which increase, being taken as
the basis OF the calculation. and applied TO the
whole Of ireland, would make her adequate 10 the
support Of more than hirfyfre millions OF souls.
when. therefore Il ia considered what snerhaus'ed
n, neynIored resources remain for the maintenance OF
snv increase Of inhabitants hst can he expected IN any
De nitc period 1t must sys this suthor) 90 evident 10
every rejecting person that All fears a. 10 fap'as PIP
oo are periectly ides end hst il s its unequal dis
trbuion and not It's aggregate amount which 10 70 De
deplored."
There cxis, IN Ireland (sys Ksne) millions OF acres
oflsnd perfectly well adapted for cultivation. but which
have never yet supplied morsel OF food for msn ..
lite well established thss on the lsnds actually cult,
waited there might be- raised three times the amount Of
food that l. now produced, were suifshe improved
system of agriculture brought into genera use.
- And vet there exists ia Ireland population fsTvins
and uperployed wearing out miserable existence on
nh. charity Of ,hose emily degree less wretehed than
themselves or supported By tax levied on the industry
of the more energetic aud more Instructed clssses
Were the true conditions OF Agricultural success gene
rsllv und.rstooo such could not be the case"