New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-18
IRELAND.
Government Measures for the Improvement
OF the Condition OF the People NJ
Of Irish 4Tiserr. ard the True Remedy.

--feFl JAS 4+- ---.lE A4i4A--.s--- go
pose o. improving tie condition ci the people o.
Ireland. s1i Is these rs are bro1zhi 10 oy me
/ Government 3; IS Worth while - examine them
far tie purpose Of seeing VIA. prospect there Is
ola cha--c or the better IL the siA-rs Of that IN
fortunate county We shall moreover, 10 the
Course q n exzniaaiIoa. Be enabled % discover
tie rs1ses Of the existing STATE Of things
lis laivi say conceded mat the state OF and
t,ss ID Ireland IS ve-y unsatisfactory. snf, accord
in-.v. most OF The remea.s. measures are designed
chiefly fr tie purpose of rsmedyias ihs' evil
TIE solicitor General, on me 1-ih Inst on moving
/ 10 me Hluss ot Commons t0r leave = bring II
. b.. 3 ,ita;e tee sale o. encountered estates
10 lrrlg,d. exp sined that the object Of The BAL
wa . apqo.n; Commissioners TO exercise ali the
powers q the Courts II ChaDcery summa-uy, s.
A. o. ST. euc rmbereG estates upon The Application
o. parties interested The Commissioners are %
SCI i- such proportions ana easntllss as they
plesss ih-ir conveyance IS 20 be ~ shorr rrn
and IS - be a. absolute bar . a.. persons whomso-
ever, they are 10 7atthe purchaser ia possession
they are 70 determine al claims of Z rent parties
- ;h- purchase money and rhe only appeal a.
/ Owed rom the decision ~ the Commissioners ls
70 another extraordinary tnoulai, and tbs only
! when tie Commissioners are OF opinion that tie
case Is proper one for a. a.peal. Sewers. prece-
dents ere referred O. Tor ius hisn-handed meas
| ure and among the others the Commits .on Tor the
com mutation q rIthss ard the Commission for d o.
tribufinz the sum Of 30 900 900 smo'g the owners
mortgages Sc. OF : sves In the IVES. Indies
The d.. was .el received by the House and 10
d.uot ..l be carried.
Another bail respecting .easehod property IS
| Ifoposed by the Government. TIE Lord Chance
] a. Ia. r-. 80. - B. 4 Q rIrs
the g-ea'cr part o., the land 81 ireland was held by
leases for ives renewable fer ever, and that great
| mlschieis mad aslsen from LIS mode Oi tenure -
| Nany cases bad arisen ia which tenautswere com
peel. led O. apply 90 Courts OF Chaucery againsttheir
landlords Jr the rene va of their leases tor % Of
tea happened that some covenant hal no; been
| perJrrned by the tenant OF where be had not ap-
Piled ior the renew al Cf his lease thin due tim
! the renewal had been refused. To remedy this
evil an act hal been passed 10 the reign Of George
| III which provided that the tenant at al times
! should have i1e rsit 10 apply for the renewal 81
his ease. unless he neglected % pay the fine due
on renewal within reasonable time alter 10
should be demanded by the original landlord But
10 was difficult 90 determine what was reasoua-
bic time and litigation arose ia consequence. The
uncertainty of the tenure led 20 bad cultivation o.
the land The remedy which he proposed to sp-
ply this state Of things was 10 give the tenant,
by compulsory process on the landlord, power 20
CNAFtIL Althr lGdsftNits itAfN dpif lpitFtf INTO
fee simple by securing TO the landlord fee farm
reut.
Another bill 20 amend the Irish Poor Law has
been introduced by Lord John Russell. the object
Of which 5 10 limit the poor rate T. 5 in the pound
Each district when rated 70 the amount OF $ Ia
pound will, II more money Is required. call upon
the other districts IN the Poor Law Union for ss
slstauce % the extent OF - IN the pound
a portion OF the rate is 70 be deducted from ont
ures and rent charges, and there Is to be a fixed
ratcabe value for years, 50 that agricultural i'm
provemeuts may not be discouraged by additional
taxation lie did not propose the sale Of lanis tor
nOu-psymcnt Of poor rats, but minated that
measure OF that sort might be resorled 10 at some
future period He said that he was surprised TO
find tina; the number Of Gble-bo1ied laborers who
th their families sought relief from the poor ~
Ia une and Jaly asst, Ia Ireland was not greater
than 10000 whereas the number IN England
amounted 10 10000. / do not think that much re-
lance can be placed IN these statistics "a great
numbers are set down as Intrm v no were only So
on account of their poverty
SIR X. Peel observed, Ia reference 10 his own |
project for the relief o. Ire and that he did not de-
sire to expel the Catholic proyrirtors aud substi-
tute Protestants NJ principal object said hel |
was to secure to tie Roman Catholic laborer, q
possible, 81 or perhaps i n day for that be |
the foundation ior all improvement IN Ireland -
He denied that there Is any inability or indlspo. |
stion % work the part of the Irish ablrer and
be asked whether . was possible o. see men more
ohedcnt % tie laW than tie Irish In ENGLAND |
more patient aud iorbl arins under much prov Ca.
tion-more iniustrous-more DESTROYS 10 remit |
small sums TO their friends out OF the proceeds of
their severe labor, for the purpose OF paying their
rents or keeping their families out Of the poor |
house
/ have detailed these various measures Tor the
relei Of Ireland at the risk Of being tedious b..
they will very frequently be referred to here
a4r.. effafrs
they constitute the Only remedy proposed By the
present Government some parties are DESTROYS
i1r Government TO undertake series of public
works la lreland-to make railroads. Or advance
the money necessary for the purpose harbon
"a the coast And the landlords Ia general de
maud grants from the Imperial Exchequer 10 re-
icve the poor al OF having the lGlds for that
purpose raised by pOOf-rstes Ny own opinion is
thata thorough political revolution Is necessary o.
e FEC. that s0cisl revolution which 10 80 Ilnpera
lively demanded by the dreadful slate Of she soc,sl
system az the present time and cannot help
thinking that the popular Irish Leaders have com
nif-rd capital mistake n not joining the party
o.. Parliamentary HeiOrners u Englan There
no hope for Ireland except Ia the adoption o.
Demo attic institutions and these cannot be- Oh
FAMED by Ireland alone There must be a reform
of the system OF government aud legislation for tie
whole Empire. 0r Ireland VII. continue % be the
victim o. AristOcra;ic mlsrue.
When the Democratic party shall have tn
um phed Ia Eng and ID not be leve the day
for That triumph 10 be far dIstsut-the great landed
states wall be broken up efectaaLy By the abo-
ton OF entails. &c. aud the ald Will be cultivated
by mass Of ireeholders. education will b. pro
vided Tor all; the odious Protestant Church Estsb
lishment viii be abolished, and Us revenues ap-
piled q state purposes and the People, being la
the eni0S meut OF self government viii be filled
with energy. lode pendence anu dignity. Any one
acquainted with the sctual state Of Anstocratc
legislation in Ireland vii feel TO surprise al the
condition OF the people. They have been governed
ike slaves By q race alien ~ blood, language and
religion. ultl very recently the Catholics have
lot been allowed 70 purchase land no education
has been provided tor the people TO relief pro.
vided for the poor the Church OF small fracti0l
s supported 10 luxury aud plend0r By the Nation
A large the Judges and Justices o. the Pesce
have been appointed by hostile Government.
the Jaries have been packed from the Protestant
party; the land is m0noPolized by a set OF Arsto-
Gratis " no draw the rents from the country and
spend them abroad. and these AristOcrats are era.
b!ed % preserve their monopoly Of the land Oy
system Of entais 5. aud by quarterng their younger
children and relatives on the public who have o.
provide places iorthem with extraysgaai salsr.es.
Ireland e not overPoPolated on the contrary
bat a small portion OF the and IS caltiy Ated AID
nesriy all the produce OF that portion Is exported
10 England, where the price Of Il 8 expended by
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