46 ABSENTEEISM OF LANDLORDS. 



the calamities with which they are surrounded 

 are traced to his absenteeism as their source ; 

 and when he is resident, less perhaps than the 

 one-half of them are satisfied with his conduct. 

 Both my lord and lady are partial in their 

 dealings, and their servants, like themselves, are 

 too familiar with London and Dublin commo- 

 dities and prices to make many purchases in the 

 country village. I nstead of being obliging, these 

 subordinates in the establishment are rather 

 disposed to make other people as wise as them- 

 selves, and hence overturn the contentment and 

 prosperity of former times ; and in nine cases 

 out of ten resign their offices, leaving the 

 district in a more deplorable and discontented 

 state than when they first entered it. By 

 increasing the population without making the 

 necessary provision for consequences, landlords 

 and villagers together have increased their own 

 miseries, and entailed them upon their unfor- 

 tunate posterity. 



We have already stated, in a former para- 

 graph, that Irish landlords are generally 

 English landlords also, and more liberal towards 

 their Irish than towards their English tenantry. 

 Granting, however, that they should be 



