[29] Ireland--The Landlord and Tenant Question--Lord Normanby's Speech--Mr Wiggins's Book, "A Cry from Ireland." [30] One would think there were no poor-houses. [31] Scotland has been more favoured in this respect. Ample details on the point mentioned, and on every other relating to its physical, moral, and economical state, may be found in the New Statistical Account--a work which places the country under great obligations to the clergy of the Established Church, who have furnished the accounts of their parishes, and which display, in general, a range of intelligence in the highest degree creditable to their order. [32] Taken from the last census. Average rent of land per acre[32] in each county of Ireland. _Ulster._ Antrim L0 16 0 Armagh 0 11 8 Cavan 0 13 7-1/2 Donegal 0 6 0 Down 0 16 0 Fermanagh 0 13 7 Londonderry 0 12 2-1/2 Monaghan 0 13 3-1/2 Tyrone 0 14 6 _Leinster._ Carlow L0 15 0 Dublin 0 18 0 Kildare 0 13 0 Kilkenny 0 17 0 King's County 0 12 0 Longford 0 12 3 Louth 0 16 0 Meath 0 18 0 Queen's County 0 14 0 Westmeath 0 13 7 Wexford 0 14 0 Wicklow 0 12 0 _Munster._ Clare L0 11 0 Cork 0 13 7 Kerry 0 6 1 Limerick 0 18 8 Tipperary 0 17 8-1/2 Waterford 0 12 0 _Connaught._ Galway L0 12 1 Leitrim 0 10 7-1/2 Mayo 0 8 6 Roscommon 0 13 0 Sligo 0 10 8 [33] The plantation acre, containing more than 1:3:0 statute. [34] In a letter, signed "an Irishman," published by the _Times_, the writer adduces as a proof of the _extortion_ of Irish landlords, that he has known a tenant in the north, whose lease was about to expire, receive L270 for his interest in fourteen acres of land. [35] We read in the _Times_ a few days since, that the men employed in opening the navigation of the Shannon at Rooskey had struck for an advance in wages--they had 1s. a-day, and demanded 2s. Those who were willing to continue were forced by armed men to abandon their work, and threatening notices were served on the contractors; yet in this very neighbourhood it is stated in the poor-law report that able-bodied men were willing to work for 6d. a-day, but could not procure employment. It is always thus:--when there is no employment, it is an excuse for their idleness, when there is, they won't work but at the most extravagant wages. To show that 1s. a-day was fair wages, we shall give an account of the quantity of provisions which can be purchased at Rooskey for one shilling. 14 lbs. of potatoes, 0 1-1/2 2 do. oatmeal, 0 2 2 do. bacon, 0 7-1/2 3 quarts of milk, 0 1 ------- Total, 1 0 [36] _Irish Landlords, Rents, and Tenures, &c._ Published by Murray, Albemarle Street.