New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-28

Nv TIE wall Of the Duke of N"rfos- park in Sussex
sltetn miles IN crcuit-so that Mr DisraelI might
well .sy the constitution OF England IS territorial
"ore"-that is 10 say : constitution OF great terri
torisl" au.iles
One Of the migbtest OF these mighty families has
rscn within the last nine years, the historic house Of
BucLinebsm and Chsndos. In l-iS the Duke oil
Buc.jpcbsm became insolvGnt aud his eldest son.
the MARQUIS Of Chsndos consented to join In release
ofbe ensiled estates for the benefit of the creditors
All reconect the great sale ct Stowe. whereby many
rare lot of the treasures of that prin ely mans n
Las rescbed our shores Well cid The London Times
eSclaim, with mi,ea. feelings in view Of this event
I zone Of the pillars OF the State has fallen
But If We cross to Ireland where the younger
branch Of Normsnsm (the strongbowisn branch) is
settled, far more terrible havoc has taken place
among these feudsl landlords The Encountered
Estaes Act was passed in the year l5i9, and since
II at time some 800 old propnetor have been cleared
Of the soil TO make way for four times az many new
men. s,r John Power blows out his brains, sister
Of Peer i. found 10 be holding the Office of Head
Wesberwonan to the Military Hospital at kmaln-
ham, and Lord Gort appeals TO magistrate to pre-
vent him from being turned out of house and home
BY new upincumbered' proprietor, and to save
him from resortng to one of the PoOrhouse Bastes.
Such are few samples Of the Nemesis which has
oyertaken the Normans in ireland. cruel blow in
deed aud ofterrlble aEgury for the Anglo Normans'
snd so il has been felt Hence the abundant aments
of the eeeac Tory Peers of England over the fate OF
Leir Irish cousins The extremites Of the system
are already amputated how long will it be ere the
nroads Of time have reached the heart
Dut tIe nj ia 4
comes matter of interest to track out the classes
that are acquiring it First then there is the ordi,
psry action of men of the middle class who have
gained wealth in trade the professions, such as the
Meccbs. " no retire and purchase land. Considering
the great commercial and industrial tevelopme mt the
last nine years have witnessed il cannot be doubted
that operations Of this character have taken place all
over England with FAR greater frequency than ever
before. AS there Ofmeasuring the extent
Of such transactions these let the nton of
them suffice. We pas on TO certain extraordinary
land move ments such as almost peculiar to our
epoch and more readily appreciate as to their err
tent and influence.
Foremost in significance stands the great aud ever
strengthening railway nereSt-that interest which
had old Northumbra as its cradle, and George Ste.
pbeDsOn, the coery boy of the Tyne, as its first in
carDatiOn. BY Parliamentary return recently pub
,bed it appears that this interest possesses about
1000 Geo Of land in Engsnd and has body Of
Acc, eco men in its employ. And of whom does this
railroad interest consist They are, of course mid
dle.cl4ss corporations. Hence is explained the in
veerate but frutless, hostility toward them of the
men of the old school such as Colonel Sibth0rp
end the late Duke of Newcastle. Railway Directors
ard Solicitors can tell how extortoDately aud un
rghteousIy the landed interest has made them pay for
tie requisite land End for compensation for incidental
de images. This explains why the original sharchold
ers in English railroads weighed down by interest
borrowed capital, have as general thing, reaped
nothing but disaster from their enterprise.
But the Saxon people are repossessng themselves
of the Lard BY method altogether novel. The Anti
Germ Law Lesgue began the movement BY manufac-
turing voters in the West Riding of Yorkshire by
means of ;he forty shilling freehold franchise, with
view of winning the representation thereOf-an i'm
portant pout for the Earl of Carlisle dubbed it the
Empire Constituency OF England. In l-i7 this move
mtnt bore its fruits in the return Of Mr.. Golden,
Who represents it still the Hon. Charles Fitzwil-
lirm, the scion Of the Norman house of Ftzwillam,
and supported by an the traditional influence of that
house Vas brought forward Wing and Free
Trader, 20 oppose Mr.. Golden but he was simply
laughed at by the sturdy Yorkshire freehoders and
bis family had 10 withdraw him without even yentur-
ing CD a contest with the son of sussex farmer.
But this forty shilling movement did not stop here
in ISL the plaza introduced 10 the men OF Br-
mingham who took il up with characteristic vigor,
and have already almost the representation OF
their county. From this focus it radiated to the
trOpois aud TO Lancashire and Yorkshire and now the
advertisements in every local newspaper in England
will testify 10 the vitality of the Freehold Land So
cieties. Outside the borough limits of every
featuring town there may be seen groups of I'M
slightly buildings, all erected on different plans tree
LEES. bedgeless, IN the OF small square plots
of land. These the dwelling houses of the
members Of the Freehold Land Societies, who
thus at once get rid Of landlords and obtain
the advantages of & country residence aud
county vote. However foreign these Colonies
may be to the aspect Of English scenery the mpOr-
tsnce Of the movement cannot be overlooked In
the IN, tropolis and the larger towns the members
belong chiefly 10 the lower middle class, small EN-
ployers and the higher class of employees but in the
smaller villages Of Lancashire and Yorkshire where
tie movement is rapidly spreading the members
ere mostly from the working Here then we
zee the Saxon people again reganibg foohold on
the soil. forming nucleus of an independent yeo.
many, class which has long been all but extinct 10
England. These Societies have attracted the notice
Of the learned Statistical Society Of England and of
the most interesting papers among their transactions
OF tie pact year upon the number and the talent
Of the operations Of these Freehold Land Societies