Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-21
fact OF the large quantity of 10000 bar
.els sold annually, is sufficient TO give It
character.
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lish paper gives an interesting account
OF the vast estates OF the Duke OF Rut'
land in Lelcestershire, 1t says
The Duke OF Rutland's estate extends
TO "one-sixtecnth OF the whole country,
comprising 80 900 acres, OF which about
one.half is strong loan and clay 1.-THE
pastures ofsurpassng fertility, of which
the Vale of BelVotr on the las, forms
the chief part-about 5000 acres beyond
Leicester being composed of strong mari
and gravel, The remaining half being
about equally between white and red
creach (Soil) upon the oolte and mari
stone formations. The farms vary from
fifty acres TO seven hundred ana MY
acres the more general size Is from two
hundred 10 four hundred acres. the por
lions in grass and arabic being about
equal"
Here we have an estate producing Il
clear rental Of at least ESQ, 000-more
probably than 100000 half a million
dollars in specie)-per annum, compris
ing one-sixteenth Of the richest county
in England in the hands of single man,
And be it observed, that is only by the
laws specially provided for the artificial
aggregation of land by means OF entails
and settlements that such an unnatural
| condition Of ownership could exist for
there are numerous younger and col
lateral branches of the Rutland MAN
ners) family among whom this gigantic
mass Of property would naturally have
Al told >
| however, that the political influence and
power of the head Of the family has
been of great use to the other members
in obtaining them provisions out Of the
public purse,
OF course, all the duCal tcnanLry hold
their farms from year to year. They
| have no formal agreement, but a sort Of
| ukase or memorandum is printed on
the backs of the rental receipts given
when payments (of remit are m1de. '
| This memorandum commences a. fol-
| lows
! Cake notice. that the following are
the conditions upon which you rent or
| hold the land and premises in your oCCu-
| patton under his Grace the Duke of Rut-
land" The provisions are few, simple
and stringent-binding the tenant to
farm in husband-like manner, and to
keep the buildings, fences, gates, posts,
drains, &C., in good repair, not to IN,
| deret or break up grass land-nor TO sell
| hay or straw. Then,
"Ffb-That no trees growing on the
premises will be permitted to be Topped
or in any wise injured.
St1th-That on your quitting the pre-
misses all the manure will be considered
as belonging thereto, and will not be
suffered to be removed therefrom or
allowed Tor.
Seventt-That the game and right of
| sporting on such lands is Common Eng
lish would have been are preserved to his
grace"
1t is also said that the tenants "are
further protected by liberal schedule
of allowances as tenant-right for pur-
chased manure" &c, though how such
| schedule can cOexist with the sixth
condition, would puzzle the acumen OF
legal interpreters Of the contract should
any litigation arise thereupon The
Rutland tenants are probably held too
well in hand ever to dream Of disputing
the behest of their lord. AS showing
the amount of political influence such a
territorial magnate can WELD, by the
agency OF subseryient tenantry, We
extract the following: In 1858 there
were under a rental of IS per annum,
1859 Occupiers; above G8 pounds and IN
der GlO, 81; Ell and under El2 40
El2 and under Els, 40 G15 and under
G20, 81; 600 and under $50. us; $50,
1885, making a total Of 1875 occupiers.
rg What had been left of the Table
Rock, on the Clifton side of Niagara
Falls, fell on Friday last. 1t has moldered
away, piece by piece, since 1818-the
largest mass having fallen in 1850.