New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-02

c,~yt ha,l for wh0ss uu1ssse Dement, b-s Sesn b1A
for the ressahuy, rather for tbs iandhsd aoa o.
,v,srf And bow long VII tnerc b. any ssitors 70 .,
,h.,e, Ard ifwepls B, these ediSsss OF very i,uA.
40, u,i,i.y snd uDdoubted show, What DO We con, a
.,,... but bsnpk and p son coercion, nhi.,,
,,d civil. hid behind buildings Of more histsoasi.
inc m ne and Of more srtEtic pretens'"ns
The country aroupd Galway is OF the most stosys.l
u;.e,ab,s kind We sslled out on the road 70 Coz.
r,u.ya. the Atlantic portion Of the County G,l.,y
IN one Of those open Irish stage cars which form u
cb,.f CONVEYANCE all over the remote parts u As
Islatd. Even in the immediate Deishborhood Of As
town the tiled land forms but small portion Of ,As
,opno and is covered with large stones. in spa. d
tho bi1h loose walls thrown up in eyesy direction ss
m other purpose than 10 get nd OF the larger bIokI
An around these few helds is ssrt OF half bes,A
half nasture land, utterly neglected santiy peoped
he miserable cattle, and only made available by the
.sne proctss of hespiDg up fhe stones OF ths<ir-
face into walls intersecting the ground at every fev
,.,ds Az We get little further on among the has
,be land oe,s worse and worse The soI Is 20. oay
s,on,-.o stony that beside the walls, pyramids ad
raves Of stone are built up in the mi Idle OF The hs;
but huge blocks of rock, often not less than eo@
eeeer 90 tho acre. rse out OF the very fdrrows potg
III lorcb s.l,ure out Of the question Spsde cature
"a rn;versal the womtn working along with the neu
:, ,ho .sme kind of labor. The people hive in s.oss
bov.ls tha,ched with straw, oontainns, some tS,
CONFERENCE.-The but mostly only the booF CONSISTS
c'av and the fire burns on the grOund without aly
hearth or fencing.
Rut the real sight seeing-and sight not 80 eas1y
so,cotte u-begins about four miles from Galway. To
the right ia the unouatrg country descondiog toward
ob Co,,;h the mos, Ill romantic of all the lstes Of
the universe; to the right brown, rregaiar Dat nn-
range o. hills The tiled land IS no longer
10 bo seen; even the few bal starved cattle browsts
about Galway have Disappeared and N THE compete
desert of heather bog snd stone, We see ms. ose,
then two or three, then half dozen, then WhSs
village of broken-down and deserted houses, the fSo
.h,o ala the only portion Of the building where
ap,thitc like mortar hao been used, standiog "
,ne the side walls being dapidated, and the roof I.
I'll a. all traces of what had formed the INTERIOR
having completely disappeared coai'ss never
.ar .ucb snectacle of desoaton aud ruin IN my ESe
=. along these eighteen miles Of road from Galway 10
Ou,h,e,s,d. the chain of deserted dwellings was
nowhere scarcely Interrupted. Here and there some
souater had taken possession of one OF these ruiOs
ard fixed thatcbcd roof against one OF the gab.s
wells. forming hole just big enough Tor am>n 10
sIeep and fire to burn IN; and indeed were il not
for the smoke issuing at the top nobody would take
such miserable affair for human dwelling.
To make this desert look even more deserted, the
road passes every three or four mile through beau
tifu parks stretching down the hisdee hiding Their
bosom lawn Of an a'most beaming green, with
small but comfortable mansion. Toe luxu1Gnce Of
vegetation in thei parss is incredible. They contain
but few plots planted through with fine, high stemmed
wood most of the ground is covered by i'll regulated
end high grown underwood, but 80 hckly SET so im-
peuerabe, to the eye, as to remind one OF op-
icol climates and above it tower splendid oaks hrs,
laches, maple trees, beeches, plantains, and syca-
moies The variety Of trees OF which these groups
are composed is truly marvellous and the effect OF the
muarous inns and shades 4 foil igs pie asiag in the
highest degree. Yet mere ditch and hedge, or stone
wall sepsi ates these charming spots from desert than
which othing more barren and desOlate can b. imag
med II you inquire to whom these country seats be-
long the al invariably is Mr. 30 and 50, solici-
tor attorney or baTister," but always lawyer. YOs
begin to divine the exceptional position and
nous Influence Of the lawyer in Ireland; you begin 20
fl out why court houses there are bullt in such
spendld ard expensive sye, and how t 10 that these
psI ks ard country seats can be kept up without
rcIe poductive field or meadow for niles aronnd
ibem 1t Is Just because the peasantry reduced
TO the mpossibity Of cuva:ing any longer their
little farms that the lawyers were enabled 70 plast
their big parks.
Indeed, the lawyers OF Irelsnd are peculiar race,
and the part they play in Irish society is far mere i'm
portun than that Of their learned brothers in sn1
other country. Tne Irish lawyer reds AMI fatens
upon the process of dissolution which the social ee-
ments Of his county unde rgoing Re a;teDs upon
the inprovidence and dissipation Of the Landlords,
upon the encumbering OF the estates the raining VI
them while encumbered, and fnally upon Their dsen.
cnnberment by the Encountered E<ta'es' Cont; he
fattens upon the everlasting family qaarres Of the
sires, on their disputed title deeds, their eItors
TORS practicsd on the pessnty, aud on the disputes
arising theretrom. The formalities of the English
lsws--neyer more costly and more troublesome than
when lsnded property is in queston--applied 10 Q
country where the soil subdivided for the purpose
of cultivation az much as in France and yet owned BY
few autocrats and country squres-where contracts
and conflicts are multiplied 10 an infinite jsgres-~hat
on colorado for the lawyer What prominent social
position every species Of that race have taned
And resting upon this position they secured by the
Catholic Emancipation and Reform Acts, the almost
exclusive political influence and the entire Govern
ment patronage in the country; and how they used it
let history ted, from Daniel CooneIl down 10 John
Ssdleir. Wherever you go 10 Ireland you stumble
over one these well'o-do fat, round portIy gentry
with small, sly, but j'ly eyes, and good deal more
good nature in their smile than in their practice They
aspesk broad Irsb and are very polite to straoger,
but woe to him who comes within reach Of their vel
vet paw!
The complete ruin Of the County Of Galway is duo
to two causes TO the famine of sij and to the clear
ires Of estates by landlords. The former cause has
been by far the mos eicacious in this neghborhood;
the soil too ubDvtiDg to attract large farmers bat