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. Hymn to St. Patrick.
Uno ‘Tite FORTHCOMING “ HISTORY AND MUSIC OF
LAND,” BY T. MOONEY.]
F article gy
i previony
rare
con
he fal, Patrick, s0 glotions ! so wise and laborious !
travelled throngh Frin a Christian Yetorious;
ht,
sce to i the pare Hight of the cross in
e prince and Druids assembled
ane reached the ont i trath
Fett ed an
(ts, gThat gotheral around you so-humble and couth,
And hea:
at, 2a) JNor tiered a sel of rude opposition ;
wt quickly discarded the old superstition,
dway, ‘And believed most profoundly in Chriet’s divine mission,
ioe That of Many and Gon e was bora
(a
Patricius! omnes precious;
ind and endearing ;
mild as the voice of a child—
“Fit apontle 0 of Jesus =anpeuring ——
nas
igh- minded, oral, jnteligent race
rad te gave to the lace,
An d set on their for rehends the seal of devotion,
fnlOWhich shone in bright lustre all over the oean,
____—__Tilll the nations, attracted in pious emotion,
Came thither, religion receiving.
Ul.
eitita, island of sages! that shone out for
iTED, Where the boo: ie saint, the feeble ani
fRillessle—Gushed forward, i in harmony streaming;
but St Ch Whi
ve i
friends
AF business a,
ia here the pious and brave
5, Geontie Sank in the one grave,
emigrartv'ind the cries of the dying few over the wave!
Bio say Ahile the agets of Sotan did wickedly rave,
a nin ,hiWith fury committing uncheck’d desolation,
PP, White Gop, on the nulfrers, smiled approbation,
- And lifted them up to eternal ealvati
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ion,
For they fell: while i in Jesus Velieving
Hail, Patrick, 60 glorious; €0 wise and Jatorious!.
ok down on that race from your sanetilied pla
Aad pray for their troubles
eir prayers ‘whieh aecen
“To the Fat iend;
DGET MCheir petition with piety, temperance blend;
a nat
nb
veo their terrible sufl’rings, O pray for an end;
fer devotion,—
Wor they eulfer in peace, and they hold by
ve and die on their Saviour depend
~ Waste Land « of of Incland.
ands ti in each count in Ireland furnished by R.
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CLASSIFICATION.
ft Fis that which is considered by him to be eusceptible
f remunerative improvement, so as to © produce both corm
“ind green cropa..
im. Second, that
_Catharive raining alon
Mrs D i i,
‘yunent, at a cost which would reimburse the farmer.
nee PROVINCE OF LEINSTER.
ti hood
te ving i Ong Coux
ast the land capable of improvement, whicl
already been cultivated,
be
% 7 com ne spots which may be improved. | On the wholes this
unty contains about 19, 00 acres of coi boggy or
Fea ps
will HE this quantity, out 1,500 eres may be
‘ ty, yultivated with aivantage, 50
Mi
Peon
“ oresent 3s pas
I 500 a
ture land for sheep and young cate:
es of high or rocky mountain, w
my. sa "evo not repay the farmer the cost of draining,
eon County oF he Bo s
tal “tabi by an active and industrious people
tej og Swvsmall portion of the Jan
wach ee has been Teft untlled.
prone
Sure land, no part of which, at a fair rent is worth 5
er productive. Of this extent, 3,000 acres may be
‘eoand tilled; 5,000 may be drained for | asture; and
2 Veres, 0 of the elevated ground
jnountains,
A Couxry oF Lascroen.—This
19,000 acres of land, consistin;
pet Wonsisting of
ie it vom three
cou! )bundantly, near the edges of inost of the bo
ri
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your wise counsels with faith and submission,
of brave martyra, and Christians courage us;
d fai
inh bo travelled with blessings through Erin victorious!
ean;
vow, the grace—
¢ The following return of the probable extent of waste
eneral Valuation Commissioner, js
‘siven in an appendix to the Report of the Land Commis-
w hich may le improved for pasture by
‘Third, that ‘hich he considers as j incapable of improve-
sty oF Dusiix.—In this county nearly the whole
not ex-
2: ‘he eeed an elevation of 1,000 feet above the level of the sea,
In the interior of the high~ mountain glens, there aro
ure land, no part of which has ever er been tiled.
andonly a
whieh i is susceptible of improve-
t it containe atout 15,000 acres of coarse pass
were, statute measure, but the greater portion is nearly un-
rained
ear the summits of the
must be considered incapable of improvement,
is county contains altogether
The atter may amount
Mii ich about 18,000 acres are
neat of inpremen for cultivation, by a syste!
ect draining, followed by a coating of
wee to four inches of clayey gravel, which occurs,
It is true,
fo vind the Sa that the whole may be considered capable
eit
IRE-
‘Ath,
and,
may
ds an
7,000
3
e} ing 9,000 ac
wisidered as incapable of improvement, inasmuch as it
Truth ts powerful
of gravel trom thi 2 edge, even by the assistance of rail-
ways, the surface cannot be coated with clay at a remu-
nerative price, ata greater dietance than hall a statute
mile from the bog edge. ‘This circumstance naturally
limits the remunerative reclamation to a
the extent of the large bogs; but the whole may be drain
vantag. geouly, by which means coarse pasture will be
produced ears. Including the mountain pas-
ture, and the portion of the bogs just mentioned, the county
ot Longford contains 13,000 acres which may be reclaim-
ed for cuhivation, so as to produce corn and green crops;
000 acres may be improved for pasture; and 3,000
acres are incapable of improvemert.
WESTMEATH. Tie county containg about
6,000 acres of land which ever been tilled, the
greater portion of which ‘is onaly circumstanced with
unimproved lands of Longford, though perhaps more
inprovatle, On the whole, about 18,000 acres, consist-
ing chiefly of bog, with some rough pasture, might be
advantageous! improved for cultivation ; 37,090 acres
y be drained and 1,000 acres are incapable of improve-
ecsuNTY oF , Meara. —This county contains about 15,-
000 acres of bog and coarse pasture land; it is probable
that 6,000 acres are capable of improvement for cuitiva-
tion; 8,000 may be improved by draining; and 2,000
acres may be considered as. isinpora able.
Kmparg.—With the exception of a small
fa of hilly Jand, situated between Nass and Biessington,
n the eastern
This county
contains alton ether about 52,000. acres of “uncultivated
Jand,of w! 000 acres consiet of extensive flow bogs,
being a rt of the great bog of Allen. It hi
ascend that bogs of this descripti ‘on are susceptible
cultivation, both for corn and green crops, when orfeeth
drained, and covered with clay and limestone grave
which oceurs abunea fantly along. the bog edges; but; as
already mentioned, it is impossible without. great exertion,
and the expenditure of considerable capital, to coat the
surface of the bog with gravel at a rater distance from
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the edge than half an English mile, It appeats probable
that not more than those bogs are capable o}
being improved for cu tion, but that the whole may
be drained at a moderate sapenses 3 and thereby rendered, to
a certain desree, profitable not oply for pasture, but for
fuel Incluiling the bogs and hilly pasture, this county
contains Shout Si 6, 000. Bere ca able of im rovgment for
cultivation; 31,000 a e drained tor coarse pas-
ture; and 5,000 acres wi which ould not vps the expense
o! ran nin:
ANG’S: —This county is in many respects si-
milar? cumetanced with that of Kildare, as, with the.
exception oft the high Faod situated on the western declivis
ties of the Y mountains, itis chiefly
low; the Se elevation being less that 300 ‘het Shove
the level of the ng’s county contains alto-
gether 146,000 acre consisting either of low bogs or
coarse pasture Jan The extent of the bogs may amount
to about 120,000 ares, of which about one-third is capa-
ble of imp rovement for cultivation, according to the sys-
tem already me-tioned in speaking of Kildare and Long-
Hie and the remaider may be drained. Oa thew hole,
ing the elevated pastures, 45,000 acres are sus cep
t
tible of improvement for cultivation ; 940,000 acres migh:
e drained ;~“and 7,000 acres are not improvsble so as to
reay the outlay.
SovNTY.—This county contains upwards of
NS
894 000 1 neres: in an unimproved state, of which 18,000
artly of pasture Jand on the eastern de-
clivity of the Slieve Bloom mountains, Fut chiefly of bog
eing drained and cul
and bogey pasture, are capable o
fixated alvatag, eously : 26, 000 actes may be improved by
draining for pastures ani re not improvable,
Jol county conta about
21 “000 acres of f pasture land; ‘h about
7 Sane ores may ‘be Simproved by cultivation, 000 for
by draining, and 7,500 acres may be eonsivered
veanim iproveable
ye This small county contains about
32,000 acres of Tan Ww hich has never been tilled; the
best portion ef which ata full rent does not excedd 5s. a
statute acres, but the greater portion consists of very poor
moory and™bcgey mountain pasture. the entire it is
probable i that 17,000 acres are cupable of improvement
ation, so a8 to bear crops of corn and meadow,
In aliition to which there may be about 6, 00 acres im-
provement by draining for pasture, chiefly in
rearing mountain sheep or young cattle; and the remi
res may be tonsidered as wholly unimpri
ble, owing partly to great elevation, being’ consd:rably
above 1,000 feet, and partly to the prevalence of the
rock near the surface.
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County or Wexeoxp.—Contains upwards of 45,000
acres of rough pasture land, situated chiefly on
declivities of the counties adjoining the county of Wi ie
low. Of this uantity, about 16,000 acres are capable of
being drained and cultivated advantageously ; 18,000
acres may be drained for mountain pasture; and 11,000
acres, consisting chefly of the xoky and heathy tops of
mountaine, may be considered as incapable of improve-
mel
Couxrt or Wicxnow.—The central part of this county
caonsists of a range of elevated moustains, which con-
tains 201,000 acres of anim improved coarse pasture land,
130,000 acres of which are pituated in positions exceeding
1,000 feet in clevation. is probate that about 20,-
000 acres may be drained ant cultivated advantageously ; |
70,000 acres may. be drained and thereby much imp
as pasture for sheep and young cattle; andabcut 111,000
Pthe Province of Ulster differ materially om those of
and will prevall,
_ NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, MARCI 29, 1845,
of cultivation; bat owing to the expense of the transport
counties of the province of Leinster contains 731,000 acres
ot Tand in a of natore, upwards of 300,000 of whieh
‘onrist of flow hog, this extent, it is probable, by
judicious arrangement, that ahount 186,000 acres may be
drained and cultivnted to adval
fuce
dered avaiiable az pasture for sheep or young. ca fe; and
200, 090 acres, Situated chiefly i in n elevated a dis-
triets, considered as wholly unimprovene at
Jeast ‘uch as would not remunerate the underte
PROVINCE OF ULSTER.
he coarse pasture, or comparatively waste lands of
ester, Jn the latter, the greater part consists of
flow bog, usually on a very low w level; whie in tL
ster these pasture Jands are situated on the tops and de-
clivities of mountain ridges. We shall commence our te-
view with the s
County oF Astin This county contains about
177,000 acress of coarse pasture or boggy lund; of thie
extent, 108,500 sees are situated in elevations exceeding
800 feet above the sea. From the data afforded by the
gencral valuation, about 40,000 acres might be improved
and cultivated, ¢o as to produce abundance of corn
and green crops ; 70,000 acres might be drained for (Pas:
ture; and about 67,000 acres may be considered as inca:
pable of {improvement
County or Loxpoxperey.—The uncultivated pasture
lands oft this. county amount toabout 181,000 acres, which
are singularly circumstanced as those of Antrim. Of this
quantity itis probable that about 50,000 acres may be
improved for cultivation 5 ,f acres may be
for pastute; and-71,000 may be considered dinyaovable
consisting of the tops of the highest ridges of mountains
and the sands of Magiligan.
or Doxreat.——The waste lands of this county
are more e extensive than any other in Ireland, with 1
exception of Mayo; and owing to the wetness of climate fe
and nature of the subsoil, they are probably the Teast
iprova able. There can be no doubt, however, that ies
tracts may be easily reclined d by the expenditure of a
moderate capital, and the introduction of additional lator
From a careful examination, it would appeai
al contains about 769,000 acres, of unimprov ed
uncultivated land, 253,000 acres of which are situated at
elevations s which exceed $00 feet above the level o: the
sea; and in a climate, uuless in favored.and shelter-
I spots, cultivation should not be attempted at elevations
exceeding eight hundred feet. But in additi more
ievated portions there is a yey es ctensive tract o!
country, resting on abasis of ¢] eystaline fants wheh
is rarely decomposed near the surfa lay or
gravel rarely occurs beneath the bogs andin consequence
permanent reclamation wou st impessible.
Tistiet alluded to is situated in, the: barony of Poylagh,
and extends northward from ,the Gweebaira river, to the
north coast weetwand of the diillage of Cross-roads.—
‘These ol servations are confined to the bogs onl Fo 88 there
are several small tracts of net Xe Gre to fertisit
above, limits where industry and successful cultivation
prevail ; but such examples are confined merely to the
veacoast which afford an abundant supply of nianure, con-
of sea-weed and shell. ni to at is probable that
hin the limits of the county egal there are about
150, 000 acres which might be* Ingo re for cultivation ;
250,000 acres might be droined & rentered gvail,
able for the rearing of young c: ttle; and 369,000 acres
of mountain ‘hol, hich itis probable would not pay the
expens o%
and
¥ TyRoXe.—The vnimproved pasture Jand
of this county 1s, for the most part, situated in an eleva-
wed jountain district, the subs consisting, for the
st part, of mica slate or red sandstone, The county
county contains upwards of 312,000 acres by drainage }
alone; and 112,000 acres must be considered as improva-
‘Some successful improvements of waste lands have
been made in this county by Sir Nobert Ferguson, Bart.,
IP.» neat Castleberg, and by J. P. Kennedy, Esq.,
at ash, near Strabane, the result of which must
tend to prove the benefit which the country would derive
aim more extended operations of a similar character.
oF FexmManaGH.—This county contains 115,00
acres of waste lind, the greater part of which, thovgh not
very elevated, presents a mountainous character, Ttis
probable that 40,000 acres might be reclamed and culti-
vated ; 50.000 acres ma rained, and 25,000 acres
may be considered a8 imaprova
Coun unty contains about
55,000 acresaf unimproved land, the greater tpart of which
is sinated at elevations which exceed 800 feet above the
sea, the above extent, about 12,000 acres may
improved for cultivation ; 13,000 acres might be drained ;
and 10,000 acres situated on the tops of the hills, is the
n jonly portion of this county to be consilered incapable of
improvement, "It is to be otseived, that the climate near
the east court is no better than on the wets * and hence: in
the counties of Armagh, Down, Wicklow, &e. »coTn crops
may be raised at elevations exceeding 1,000 feet, and will
ed much better than at clevs ns of 800 feet in the
counties of Donegal, Sligo, Mayo. &e.
County or Dowy,—This county may he considered as
the garden of Ireland” It contains about 78,00Q
uncultwated pasture land, more than half of which i is on
uated at elevations which exceed 300 feet above the lev
‘athe mountains of Mourne, Of the
robable about 20,000 acres may be
Me ed and cultivate 30,000 acres
ailvantageoue iy ‘imp
ved | might be drained for pasture ¥ and 29 ,000 acres must re-
acres of | his
OFFICE No. 70 BAYARD.
STREET, IN ‘THE REAR.
NO. 13,
are situated at elevations exceeding 800 feet, and the re-
mainder consists of smail detached bogs ai ory
on the margin of lakes. Of the entire, shout 0b acres
are incapable of ii {improvement for cultivation; about 8,000
acres might be impro' i and. 6,000 acres
may be considered 3 snimproval je.
Cocnty or Cavay.—This county contains altogether
about 72,000 acres of unimproved which, on the
whole, is similarly circumstanced with thal of Monaghan
Tels pro ‘obuble that 20,000 acres are capable of i improvement
for cultivation ; 28,000might be drained for past
24,000 acres situated on the summita of lofty bills exceed
ing 1,000 feet in elevation, may be considered as incapa-
ble ef amprovement.
lau Thus the province of Ulster contains of unimproved
, Which’ may te cultivated bet statute acres,
Which may b
Incapable of improvement 712) S00 ao
Total, 10,000
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«(To be continued in ovr next.)
The Queen's Speech,
um MAJESFY'S OWN VERS VERSION OF HER SPEECH.
e following, « most important if tru
tion veashel us in the ordinary course oF Fost, £0 that we
have no overdriving of « jades” in the Welsh
mountains to answer for in foro fonsrientia.
is “a professing Catholic,” who b
weeks in London besieging the Home Office for a commis-
sionership—of any kind whatever so that there be a eng
salary attached :—
London, Tuesday Eveuing.
You will receive through the. ‘niaary ‘channels the
Queen's speech as spoken to-day in the House of Lords.
From my peculiar sources ofinformation however I have
reagon to know, and can assure you on the best authority,
that it was by the merest accident in the world the enclos-
ed version was not the one actually delivered.
Gracious Majesty when the
Samo we and. q ig
pee ere secret of ir fladstone's resi nation. Uitimate-
ly the Premier wa: sharp e Sovereign. He
managed dexterously’ to eabetiote is own edition at the
very moment she ascended the throne, otherwise
speech (of which I have the orginal int the auto raph a
on illustrious personage) would bave el ed the pe
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Iregret extremly that stale U uisave compels me ‘to quit,
ven for a few hours, the domestic privacy most conge-
ta to my habits and my tastes. regret it the more
ause Tam desired to congratalate you on the improved
condition of the country, and my feelings asa sovereign,
a gentlewoman, and a woman, revolt against the consti-
Is me vice a-year to be
the Parsiv e rau ee of & Elsehoo
y e bread is cheap, overtrading
and wild speculation rampant. Chartism is 2 abeyance,
but the rick and homestead fires of Sutlolk, Essex, Kent,
and other counties, prove that large classes of my people
recognine Re other law than—the law of na stare
o receive from foreign qowe
Tal hiti_-and 8 State—except the United Stateeancurance
of their frienly dicpositions. e election of Mr. Pali
sa pleasant frolic of my broth ch Ts
er Jonathan, to whi
to not feel it prudent more particularly to allude.
T have sited bored sf ore a during the recess by
arranged the eco! ursery, my drawing-toomhe, _
and my stables, that y and liberal estimate will
be required for repairs and furniture. T have been relue- °
tantly compelled to quarter on my subjects of Tate whilst
the process of cleansing was going forward at Windsor,
but the experience of my entertainment at ‘Sithiehies
has sonvinced me that this resource is but an eccape from
Scylla to Charybdis.
rhe Is cuperod of Russia came here when nobody could
have expected him, elieve in my conscience that
to annoy me he inconvenienced himself—a stretch of ma;
nanimity characteristic of him who mangled Polish pale
women. I was civil to the monster. How could I he!
it? But, if you be men and gentlemen, we will take /
measures to protect a young wife and mother from a six
milar unwelcome intrusion in future. o.
‘The King of Saxony armived about the same time, an
passed off in my dominions a cousiderable quantity af
paste jewellery for real diamond de, Re ssas found 0
an lis not likely to trouble us a, :
The visit of the conscientious Ring of the Barricades
could not be well avoided, being a retumn visit. He
as you recollect, immediately aiter t
son ofa fortress belonging to ny fait > the
Emperor of Morocco, and brought that son along with
in, is was as Sour ueen, | was com-
pelled to endure it, fer fear of worse,
regard peace between the two countries as of oe last
importance—to England. — Cnerserre.and th fe steam .
navy are dangerous s neighbours, .The narrow majority
main uni improv
acres must be considered as whol!y unimproveable.
From the foregoing it would appear § that the twelve
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County oF Moxio" taN.—This county contains upwards
of 31,009 acres of Nninprovel land, of whic bh 14,500
of eight in the French Chamber on aquestion immediate.
Jy affecting our Flo, relations is another enificane
circumstance. [ did what Teould. [ ordered mobs to