, 1865-11-17

Fenian furnishes the San Francisco Alta
with the following facts and figures relating to
ireland and her connection with England, which
will be found interesting at the present time:
The surface of Ireland contains about twenty
millions of acres. Six million acres Of this
area are bog and mountain, worth an annual
rent of FIVE British shiliugs per acre. Fourteen
million acres are arabic and pasture land worth
annually one pound sterling per acre Total
annual value Of land OF ireland, fifteen and a
half million pounds, equal to seventy and
a half millions Of dollars.
OF this vast rental more than one-half is
drawn over TO England annually by Bnglishmen
who claim ownership over the land of Ire
land 10y fraudulent grant pretcXt or 'act -
OF Parliament, that have their roots in the direst
hlooiiest crimes that the world ever heard Of
The rent of Lhis vast area must be paid by the
Irish farmers in agricultural produce, for be
manufactures nothing else whether the farmer
or bis children starye or go half naked or 60
uueducated, is not the business of the English
geutleman;' ~ he must have his rent, or the far
mrr must go to the poor house, toqsAmerica, or
20 the ID The above gives YOU an idea of
the Irish landlord question.
Next comes the English Government. Through
their revenue and custom officers they draw
from the impoverished people the enormous rev.
enue OF seven million pounds sterling, equal to
tbirty-iye million dollars year-seyen dollars
head every year from every human being in
ireland! Spirits, ale, wines, teas, tobacco, tim
Der, leather, iron, malt, paper, brick, in short
everything that the poor lrishman uses, has to
pay ten, twenty or thirty per cent to the British
Government ere he can touch, taste, or con-
sumo. Then next comes the Protestant EpS-
copal Church. which costs the Irish nation one
million pounds year, or five millions of dol
lars. And then the manufactured goods, most
of which come from England amount to eight
millions sterling year, whereby England fixes
further drain on ireland Of full three million
pounds a year as profits on the manufactured
goods. TAen the English banks and English
insurance companies-some thirty Of them
are so many syphons sucking the hearts blood
out Of the poor people.
TO sum up the drain from Ireland into Eng
land, submit the following statement:
Rents paid to English landlords, G745OO;OOO
sterling, equal to S37 500, 900 taxes paid to the
English Government, E7,00O, ,OOO-$35, 900, 900 ;
interest to banks on money, and insurance paid
10 English companies, G2 900, ,OOO-SlO, 900 0GO
paid to the Established Church, 81 600, 900
$4,000, GOO. Total, Gl7 800, ,0O0--$87 $50 900.
i will appear from these figures that Ireland
contributes to English opulence the enormous
sum Of eghty-seven millions of dollars every
year.
Suppose, then, that the Fenians, acting in the
name and on behalf of Independent Ireland
shall issue six per cent. per anuum bonds,
charged upon the aforesaid revenues, it is worth
inquring how much of debt could liberated
Ireland sustain. answer, and say she can bor-
row and sustain fourteen hundred millions of
dollars, and pay her way-a debt equal. to one
third the debt of the United States, and nearly
one third that of Great Britain.
The population Of Ireland is five and a half
milions-sx hundred thousand of which are
EDiscopRl Protestauts FIVE hundred thousand
are Presbyterians the remainder, or about four
millions are RomaD Catholics. Of the afore-
said number about fifty thousand Protestant
! " Ofangemen " will take sides with England in
the coming fight, but the rest of the population
will furnish FIVE hundred thousand 500, 900
| fighting men,) every man of.whom, if well led
will risk his life for his country