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1849. with the leading members of the practical party in Ir oland
Hr. 45. in certain contingencies * + introduce & Bill which they Were
preparing for assuring‘ the tensut the value of his improve”
ments. This is > den’n reply fem ,
“ London, Oct. (T> Mr. Bright. )—1 was glad to recolve
your letter, and much interested in the details of your visih
bo Ireland. Be assured you have done the right thing
going there, It is a duty that ought to be similarly fulfil od
by all of us,
“1 was staying for a day or two after the receipt of ¥ a
lotter, with a friend in Sussex (Mr. Sharpe), whose son 1%
the nominal proprietor through his mother of the late Sf
Wm. Brabazon’s estate in Mayo. Both father and 80%
were strong in praise of the Encumbered Estates Act, a
which the Brabazon property, hopelessly encumbered 8%
in Chancery, is to be disposed of.
“The father, who is a Sussex proprietor, a liberal fat
and a somewhat enragé political economist, hopes this Trish
measure will be a stepping-stone for getting resl estate
at greater liberty in England. For myself I can’t help
thinking that everything has got to be dome for Treland
Hitherto the sole reliance has been on bayonets and patching ’
The feudal system presses mpon that country in & W8Y
which, as a rule, only foreigners can snderstand, for we ha"
an ingrained feudal spirit in our English character, I1neve’
spoke to a French or Italian economist who did not at on
put his finger on the fact, tha great masses of Janded
property were held by the descendants of a conquering reco
who were living shroad, and thug in a double manne’
perpetuating the remembrance of conquest and oppressio®
whilst the natives were at the same time precluded from
possessing themselves of landed property and thas becoming
interested in the peace of the country. This was alway?
pointed out to me as the prime obstacle to improvements