The Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland: Socially Considered, with Reference to Proprieters and People : Being a Series of Contributions to the Periodical PressJ. Menzies, 1850 - 262 strán (strany) |
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... matter . Let the sheriffs shew - let the commissioner of Lord Macdonald shew , what legal right they had to coerce the poor people of Sollas into any such agreement . And can that agreement be enforced by law ? I maintain that it cannot ...
... matter . Let the sheriffs shew - let the commissioner of Lord Macdonald shew , what legal right they had to coerce the poor people of Sollas into any such agreement . And can that agreement be enforced by law ? I maintain that it cannot ...
Strana 5
... of the unfor- tunate and unprotected peasantry . Thus , your Lordship ( per com- missioner ) , having resolved upon converting Sollas into a sheep- walk , it follows , as a matter of course LORD MACDONALD'S EVICTIONS . 5.
... of the unfor- tunate and unprotected peasantry . Thus , your Lordship ( per com- missioner ) , having resolved upon converting Sollas into a sheep- walk , it follows , as a matter of course LORD MACDONALD'S EVICTIONS . 5.
Strana 6
... matter of course , that the people must be idle , ungrateful , and insubordinate ; and yet , upon investigation , their idleness turns out to be a reluctance to work in wintry wea- ther , at least six miles from their own homes - their ...
... matter of course , that the people must be idle , ungrateful , and insubordinate ; and yet , upon investigation , their idleness turns out to be a reluctance to work in wintry wea- ther , at least six miles from their own homes - their ...
Strana 7
... matter for serious and saddening con- templation . Is there no hope for landlords but in the expatriation of their humble and attached tenants ? Is it a crime that the poor Highland peasantry should still cherish that instinctive ...
... matter for serious and saddening con- templation . Is there no hope for landlords but in the expatriation of their humble and attached tenants ? Is it a crime that the poor Highland peasantry should still cherish that instinctive ...
Strana 8
... matter of emigration , which , however , is an error in judgment not likely to occur again . Adhering im- mutably to my former views upon this point , justice impels me to add that , apart from his mistaken course at Sollas , the ...
... matter of emigration , which , however , is an error in judgment not likely to occur again . Adhering im- mutably to my former views upon this point , justice impels me to add that , apart from his mistaken course at Sollas , the ...
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The Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland: Socially Considered, with ... Thomas Mulock Úplné zobrazenie - 1850 |
The Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland: Socially Considered, with ... Thomas Mulock Úplné zobrazenie - 1850 |
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agricultural alleged benefit bounty Caird capital Captain Carlyle Christian confidence corn laws course crofters cultivation D'Israeli distressed districts Duke of Sutherland Duke's Dundonell Dunrobin Edinburgh enforced fact families farmers favour funds Glenelg Golspie gospel Government high farming high rents Highland Relief Board honour House impartial improvement industry interests Inverness Advertiser Ireland Irish justice labour land landlord and tenant leases letter liberal Lillingston Loch Lochalsh London Lord Advocate Lord Clarendon Lord Macdonald Lordship Mackintosh means ment mind never North Uist obedient servant oppression parties pauperism peasantry Peel's penal persons plain poor population possessions Post-office potato present principles promote proper protection protectionist railway readers roads Ross-shire scheme Scotland Scottish sheep Sheriff Sir George Grey Sir Robert Peel soil Sollas South Uist straths subsistence succour tenantry things THOMAS MULOCK tion true trust truth Ullapool utterly whole