New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-04

100000 gentleman Of wici low points out property
the hafyeary Of which, Il exported in kind would
freight eight ships Of 1000 tuns each but all this taken
estates by companies for In stance those the North
OF Ireland owned by the LondOn Corporation, illustrate
another form OF absenteetSm
sPECTMES OF AN IRISH ERASE
ade h08whg Is d ~ VI sae rTu b t s
them The lease is from to year, determnsble by
ak months notice. ending ethsPrent day and not
in common yearly tcnancles on tha day from which the
letting began It all timber b0gs, mines, game,
hares, rabbits wild fowl nd hsh, with the right OF
shooting &C. to Lord LetriI his heirs and assigns his
and their nominees servant and followers ana gives
ing for minerals and maxim roads and drains
Inc tenant Is restrainea from making new roans;
altering any house thereon and from allowing any house
thereon to he used dwelling house except that in
stringent conditions as TO tage. He IS to keep In re-
pain and to yield up in repair all buildings DC lie Is
weeds before they go to seed any time when de-
sired TO do 50 by the SAID Earl OF Leitrm The tenant
cutting trespassers7
II he breaks any of the conditions to be subject
TO further rent IN tho nature OF lqudated damaResi
which, for the benefit OF unpresssonal readers it
be as well TO observe mi ans that the whole penal sum
and not merely much Of 1t would be fair cOmpen-
sation for damage otuay inflicted Finally, nothing
in the lease contained ente the tenant any pay
nen or compensation 10 any farm or other building for
agriculture or otherwis or for any fixture or improve
nent of any descrptC H. unless the making such work
Improvement shall have been previously stipulated
MR. BRIGI IT'S PLAN OF REFORM.
This is my plan" aid Mr Bright in a recent speech:
"There are many lar &c in Ireland which belong
to rich families in England II Parliament were to APP
point Commission and give IL, say, at hrs up TO the
amount OF $4,000, OOO the power to negotiate
treat with those gr eat families England who have
grea. estates IN Ireland tits probable that some OF those
great estates might be bought no very unreasonable
price will assume that this Commission has got
siderable estate IN its possession bought from some
present owner Of It, will take one farm which WIZ
assume 70 be worth 81 900, for which the present
tenant is 70 pay rent Of a "a yes s,s H a @ss
permanent Improvements OF any kind add he Is not
quito sure whether when he has saved y little mcHe
money, he Will not tke his falsly on tO' me united
States. Now will assume ourselves If y9u like, TO be
that commission and that we have before as the farmer
who the tenant that particular farm, FOR whchhe
pays $50 year, withont ease on security and which
assume 70 be worth El,O0o Tho Government believe
lends money TO the Irish landowners for drainage pur
poses at about 81 per cent por alnum suppose the Soy
not have any objection tObeeoae possessed OF this m
No. nos the slightest, be mghB say, but how Is that TO
a yesr that IT, 5. per cent on el,Ole; the Govern
ment can afford % do these transactions Cor 81
Of years which any Of the aetuares Of the Insurance
offices, any good anthmeIelan may soon calculAtef
you will pay SEQ for yoar rent instead o. $50 II may be rs
or 20 years moreht the end OF tha5tme the farm Will
be- yours wthoutg any further payment want you to
more toward Buying his fa1 the fet Is that the 9lOoo
the Government would paJ for the farm would not cost
ence between SIS ana SEQ being s25, would
be the sum which that feEmsr. in his rent.
Government for the redemption 4 his farm. Thus, az
the end OF very few years the faFner would possess his
own farm having a perfect segerty. III tie time
nobody could turn him cut II he paid bis rent anf no
body could euch him fer any lmlf0Yement he made on
ment ho would speak 10 his wife aud 70 his Big 6oy ana
there would not be sione on the land nol De
removed. not weed that he Hould not pull up, not
particle ofmauure that he would not says"
BRTIsa, INDIANS letter TREATED TIAN IRSHAsS.
India in Ireland for when tho British Govern
ment placed the Indian Zemlraars IN post analogous
Zeninlars IN the midst OF prosperity and active labor
. fofn ID
nor Bayed, nor invested capital 10 help She gen
eral improvements. but they derived tho whole
bensat Of it. They raised rents they imposed al
manner cesses they res9Fted 20 all manner NJ devices
10 AXE "A much as possible for themselves and leave Is
little as possible to the CnltiyatCrs who introduced new
"a their and means permitted"
apply the OF Ireland; Tor only when learn
nat "It ryOt huilt a house II was regarded
India, and not Of Ireland forced full upon
what necessary, aud having mo- selfish reason to
withhold IT, gave 10 cas3of ryGeS, whose senures
were OF ancient date their holdings At fixed rates for
hbting eviction a. long as thAy pa1 their reat THIS
ole conditions aud the right OF occupancy Includes ben
eft improvements, aud is inhsritabe IN direct de-
cent, ana readily transferable by sale or otherwise
T4E PRUssIAS LAND REFORM.
What the Prssian Minister'S stain and HarienberS did
supplcmcutein $780, was simply 10 make fair division
OF property hetween the mobiles and the peasants accord
ing their respective legal rsghs: 50 FAR from the
mobiles surrGBderng portion OF their lands 1t was the
up-tIg hereditary class ue-thlrd OF
their lands, the nonheredaJ Or the tenure was not
always the same one-han OF their land and there
by became free from the fcgdai obligations
The mobiles. on the other hand. were freed from
the responsibility Of maintaining the peasant and were
enabled 10 employ labor. IL also arranged that
the peasant might purchase the portion OF land he
thus bound 10 give up to his master III exchange FOR free
dom or might compensate hlm In other ways BY agree
menu this operation being assisted by the establishments
Of land or rent banks by the Government. by special
law II the peasant wished TO Duy ana Tue selgheur was
willing sell 70 him. the remaining third or half OF his
farm, whichever Il might be, the Government inter
yencd aud assisted the peasant TO become e purchaser
hy means OF banks established for the purpose The
seigneur's ownership OF the third or haf being
made over 10 the bank, IL gave Nun In return
bonds with Government security bearing per eoAt in
terest for the purchase money which was IN no case TO
exceed 20 years purchase OF Government valuation OF
the annual value The difference between this 20 years
purchase and the actual price agreed on between me
segneur aud peasant the latter OF course p2d from MS
private and the owner thus received the fu price
OF MS land as ARRANGED o{ mutual nstSton tho
land thus hxed by Government Valnatlce Tor 81 years,
nine-tenhs OF the amount for Sc at he eud Of which
period II became his own free from any future charge.
IRELAND AND ENGLAND COMPARED.
But often it has been said says recent English
writer il cannot DC too often repeated that, unlike
England Ireland is almost exclusively an agricultural
country In Great Britain there are about 510eO0 acres
Of land, with population Ot aear 23NWUn IN ireland
there are 2OO0OOO acres Wnh population OF scarcely
more than 100000 But while the number Of agrcuitu-
raj occupiers IN Great Brian Was IN leo ohy 4o2VV
the number In Ireland for the same year was In round
numbers 100000
Not only are the Irish an agricultural people by habit
and practice but they have little else to fall back upon
IN the way OF employment. Before inc htFoNtiOn OF
$685. manufactures taking firm root IN the country,
aud the suppression OF Irish industry by the lmpO-
sitiOn OF ruluOus duties Is eternal blot on the adj
ministratOn of William Ill, and on the English traders
whose jealousy he suDseryed In the year 1861 tho fac
tory hands OF all kinds In Ireland formed less
than oue.twentieth Part OF those employed IN
the United Kingdom. Even now they DO not
uuch exceed OOO-a number less than oneXth OF the
population Manchester. Aud the Lord MdyOrelect
remarked In Dublin the other day Ireland, that was
once an exporting, is now an importing country While
the imports for 1867 reached moro than 81 millions ster
ling, the exports Tor the same year fell short OF tSgGO
In looking these figures 10 must be borne In mind that
speaking Of general prosperity but Of tho
state OF manufacturing industry In particular,
WHAT IRISH TENANTS DESIRE.
The main objects or the Irish Tenants League are to