The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-23
IRISH LANDLORDISM.

A CHARACTERISTIC TRIAL IN IRELAND-AN Ex-
FEN1AN PRISONER PROSECUTED BY RACK
RENTING LAND AGENT-REvELATIoNs OF
IRISH PEASANT MIsERY-A POPULAR
TRIUMPH.
DUBLIN, Dec. Q, 1877.
Last evening a trial terminated which has occupied
the Court Of Queens Bench seven days, and has
cited interest throughout the length breadth
OF Ireland only equaed by tho greatest political trials
II is likely torn departure Tor that agitation
tor OF the irish land laws that Mr. Gladstone
limited to tho Dublin Corporation will have his sup
port me facts Of this important very simple
aud admitted all sides IL rs only in the apprecia-
lion OF these facts that differ AMI that hopeless
emergency OF judgment springs up which Is ono of
the greatest mis- ortunes OF Ireland.
Right in he ., Munster between the counties
Cork and Tppcrary, stretches the cnaln Of tho
Galtccs rising points to 3 900 feet Toe
scopes Of these mountains were inhabited by some
people who were iaborousy AID patiently in
dustrious as Chinese, but Who had to deal with
very different SOIL from that OF the Flowery Land. In
TRUTH ut the Gatees iherc soil at all except
what The poor people toisomey carried up IRON the
plains Planners on their backs. The fury OF tho
wintry and torrents was SO great tnai, unless
carefully embaukcd, the little patch Of hand-mado
ground put together win pains in the long days
0l summer, was almost certain 10 be washed away
before spring round OF course, the
crops raised under these circumstances were OF the
poorest kind-wretchcd potatoes, miserable oats.
Some small haii starved cattle cleaned subsistence
by browsing The mountain heather.
ExIsrEAcE GAlTEEs.
At the trial ~ SHOWN that most these poor
people lived al the year round on potatoes and Indian
meal porriase Moai, eggs butter, they never tasedi
mnK rarely. In some cases even tho very young
children had to 90 without muk. They were pool
tina: lhcy Always heavily III uebt 10 deaers
| tne ne gnborlng small towGs III the plans Yet they
we're so honest that whenever they got any money,
either wages or tor produce their first
pay or those liabilities Had tncy Ueen living Eng
and tney would nave been simply rural aoorcrs, de.
| peuding great measure on parochal ralc5
or the bounty OF the squire. wahous an idea
| OF there being any drsradation IN this or
| in failing buck on the Workhouse us the shelter OF
their old age But those lrishmcu IN this state OF
| extreme poverty aud Indebtedness never asked,
received iarthing or iarthings worth IN the
| way OF assistance, snrank from The WOrkhouse
| from iueflaceble disgrace. AS Tor their dwellings,.
| the, lived in nuts which the much compassionaled
| Bulgarian peasant would probably scorn. Here Is
| what Que independent witness says
| s.In one cottage there was wretchcd carthen
floor; the water was dropping down from wretched
th.tcn. There were couple OF beds IN dlngy room,
but there were no blankets. "he mousse oI another
tenant was about six iect hign and had no window.
In another cottage tho iatner, suffering from
| ten cniidren scattered ahout. In one DWELL
ing a had been made across the floor,
to prevent the that flooded in from putting out
| tue ire All tho dwellings, either mere mud
wallis. or novels constructed rudeiy out OF bushes.
10 complete the picture, u may be added that all the
| hoiuings were either unrccialmed mounla waste
patches reclaimed ana brought INTO cultivation cx-
clusively ny the exeitions the tenants The only
help from The lanaiord Consisted IN letting the poor
De oplc alone allowing them to exc out existence
lney could, ike the BIRDS OF the air or tne wild
| ANIMALS that sheltered themselves the heather.
Iuueed tho landlord might win almost equal justice
| claim rent from snlpc aud the hares from
human DEMONS Vi those mouuLsin wiius.
| LORDS OF THE MANOR
Tue whole oil tract Of country formerly the
possession the King iamily, Ea.l OF Kingston the
sstt
| owners during the seventeenth century. rhey were
an improvldcnl lot, with certiin DrinceIy dcr.
ence 10 money, boundicss IN expenditure proiuso IN
hospitality never paying their debts. 1t deserves.
however. 10 DO mere recorucd that one OF them
Vscount Kihgsborough--at the end OF the last
| fury spent considerable sums IN meJh,ng better
tnan mere irivoty. He got together from ali quar-
| ters the materials winch cnaoiei MIN TO publish
great anu famous work the antiquities oil Mexico.
consisting oil several ioo volumes, proiusely Illus
| trated.
rhe Kings were easy going In their dealings with
| their ,enantry, never exacling when the wrctched
| peopio were really unable 10 pay Deep and wIde-
| spread was tho grief when their csaics-vaiucd IT.
100000 ycar-were sold to pay debts of nearly halt
u million. The famous-or infamous y-Jonn Saucr
formed company 70 buy them, and this company
managed to obtain them at ABOUT eigut years. puI-
chase Sadller mad the charge Of the arrangements.
subsequently the owner OF Manchester calico store
named Nathaniel Buckley. purchased portion Of the
| Kingston estates, comprsln. some Of that Galtca
| tract, where dweit the miserable tenants above
bornood named patten Bridge. Win Buckiey's con-
| sent Bridge bad the property "vaucd,' avowediy In
order increase the rcnts.
/ RAISED.
| This valuation was 50 wen Performed that In some
cases tho rents raiscu 900 per cent; several
doubled most increased forty 10 MY per cont. The
tenants were told by Bridge they must pay this M
creased rent Tor holdings which they had literally
created themselves without u particle OF assistance
IRON the landlord They were agnasL He told them
| that whoever declined 10 pay must So Where were
| they to 90? What 10 dor One man named Ryan
incenscd Al this savage mi usce, thar alleged
he nred at Bridge, missed him, and lied the cnun-
try. HIS wife anu children were turned out beg.
CARS. Bridge procured constables to reside III,
he never drove about without tncn. In March, 1876,
he was again nred NJ by man named Grove. He
escaped; but tue man who Was driving his ''outside
car" was snot dead Grove was hanged the following
| August.
| cAsEY's LETTERS.
| Soon after this second shooting young man named
Jonn Sars1eld Cascy, an OK tenIan prisoner, wrole
two letters the Cork Examiner the Dublin Free.
mans Journal, describing the man facts about tho
| Galtee tenants and how they wore dealt with by
| Bridge. Ho asked II wonderful IN
| their transportation tho outraged tenants would
| fly TO desperate rcmedIcs especially a Bridge had
boosted he would "stand another snop' rather than
not carry out his intentions. For this Casey was
prosecuted on charge OF criminal libel Isaac Butt
defended and spared no pains TO have tho
| In It's true light public subscription raised funds
Justice May, Of tue Queens Bench, presided aud IN
his charge TO the Jury showed strong bias against
the accused. He insisted that the management OF
estate was private concern, and Casey
was not Justified IN commenting upon IL
publicly no forgot TO say that every
newspaper III London commented upon II, and that t
was even brought under the notice oil Parliament He
also insisted mat Bridge could not be questioned
making Of his loyal rights and having the properly
valued aud the rents raised.
THE VERDICT.
Thejury acquitted Casey oil TO murder Bridge
ono OF the charges alleged against him. they disa-
greed as 10 the other points. So discharg cd
II Is regarded as triumph oy tho nationalist party
Casey was borne in triumph through the streets,
thousands Cheering him. Mr. Butt Is not likely let
slip sucn capital opening Tor pressing the question
OF land law reform.
A HORSE WITH GOLD SHOES