Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-20
LANDLORD TYRANNY.
one or James Redpssh's Pictures or
Ireland A. lt IL.

We clip the following from q recent
letter of James R.dpath. dated at Bal
linrobe. County Mayo. Ireland. October
10. Mr.. Redpath was travelling through
Ireland, and communicated his obser.
~yations to several American journals
After we leave Glare Norris, on the
road to Baiinrobe. the first estate We
pass belongs to Mr.. A. q. Lambert. .
resident. who has the reputation Of be.
ing a fair landlord. He owns l400 acres
in Mayo aud 1l20 in Galway. The
united estates are valued at fl320 rental
q year. He has very few tenants. Most
of his estate 10 in pasturage. He bought
part Of his estate from Lord Oranmore's
father. The estates in this nsighbor-
hood were oncs denssly peoplsd. and
now they are almost dspopulated. Mr..
Lambert himself 10 Q tenant Of Sir Rob
ert Bloss. hear conflicting statements
about Sir Robert. but most OF them are
uncomplimsntry. 1t is certain that he
Ia hated where he Is best known-at
Bslla-and that he does not dare to live
there.
.'sir Robert" said one friendly gen
tleman, sis q fair landlord. but be has q
number OF feudal rules and penal exact
men,s that are very CALLING to the peo-
pie. For example, the son Of . tenant
killed O hare, and be fined the father FL
a year increase Of rent, which no still
levied"
The next estate, two miles from Glare
Morris. belongs to the infamous Mar.
quis of Sligo, who svictsd thousands OF
families from this county during the ter
rible famine Of 1847. He banished
them literally by thousands. and turned
their little homssteads into sheep.wslks,
without giving them Q shilling for CON.
pensation. although most Of them had
reclaimed their lands from absolute
st-rility at their own expense and after
long years OF incesssnt toll. Sligo has
about lit. 900 acres in Mayo. with Q
valuation OF ZIG. l57 per aunum. Sligo's
land on this road 10 OF middling quality.
There are one or two big farms, but .
good deal OF bog. There are quite .
number Of tenants on the poor land.
The next sstates-the road intersect.
ing tbem-bslong to Anthony Knox
Gildea. q barrister. aud to Colonel Rob.
ert Ruttledss. Ruttledge has the rspu.
tation OF being q kind and indulRsnt
landlord. He Is beloved by bis teuantry
aud respected by all who know him.
No c~onstables.
For the next two miles we pass
through one OF the large estates Of the
bad Lord Lucan. whose career has had
even q more disastrous influence than
the ten ismines OF this century on the
records OF Mayo. He 10 reported to
have shown himself Q coward In the
| Crimea when armed Russians confronted
| him, but no victorious General ever
swept so many human beings from the
country in 80 short Q time, and 30 utterly
annihilated them. a. Lucsn In Mayo.
The Earl OF Lucan swns GO, 6O2 acres in
Irsls nd-thirty-two In Dublin and the
rest in Mayo. The annual valuation Of
rental Ia El3, 900. But the government
valuation gives no exact report OF Q
great landlords income, ~ the poor
tenants are charged almost always fifty
per cent, and sometimes 200 and 3OO
per cent. over Grifith's valuation. Lu-
can boosted OF his determination exploits
in ls47-52, and said that II the other
landlords bad acted as he did then. they
would have NO trouble now with their
tenants. But Luean's Nemesis seemsto
have come. As loon as You reach this
property there are seen the rains Of cot.
tages. He cleared Of all his old tenants
on this large estate. which stretches for
two miles on either side OF the road. and
let 1000 acres to q Mr.. Simpson. q Scotch
Rrazer. Simpson came here . shepherd
some thirty years ago.. married the widow
OF another Scotchman ''got money with
her," and then rented this estate on .
lease that expired this month. Out Of
these 1000 acres the tenants were ruth
lessly evioted by Luean In the famine
year and Immediately after. There were
q number OF persons thus evicted,
homeless and helpless, thrown on the
county rates. This farm before these
evictions was. a. IL ought to DO, part OF
the Ballinrobe electoral division. All
the persons evicted. a. they had no
where else to 60. OF course ran into the
town OF Ballinrobs and huddled together
In its back streets, and thereby i'm.
mensely increased the rates. Lucsn.
by his influence. got his farm OF 1000
acres transferred to the county division,
in order to escape his share Of the In
creased rates thrown on the town, 30
that. although his own acts had forced
II to pay two shillings on the pound. hs
MANAGED To sscape himaelf With ons