[177] Some time ago, an English gentleman, who is an Irish landlord, and
one in no bad repute either, was told that, for reasons detailed to him,
he ought not to continue a certain agent in his employment: he
answered--"I do not care for all that--he gets me my rent."
[178] See Inquest on Jeremiah Hegarty, p. 263.
[179] This view differs considerably from that put forward in the
Memorial of the 25th of the previous month, in which the Society tells
his Excellency, "that, from their experience as the Royal Agricultural
Improvement Society of Ireland, they are confident that every part of
this country affords the opportunity of at once employing the rural
population in the improvement of the soil, and of returning to the
ratepayers a large interest for the capital expended, and thus providing
an increased quantity of food and certain employment for the working
classes in future years."
[180] Letter to Edward Bullen, Esq., Secretary to the Royal Agricultural
Society.
[181] A _weight_ of potatoes in the South of Ireland varied from 21 to
23lbs.
[182] _Times_ of 13th November.
[183] See pp. 214 and 215.
[184] A driver or bailiff is a man employed by Irish landlords to warn
tenants of the rent day, serve notices upon them, watch their movements,
see how they manage their farms, play the detective in a general way,
and supply useful information to the landlord and his agent.
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