text:  If death pursue the man who undertakes to rent unoccupied ground as in most instances it does how much more certain would it be to overtake him whose conduct was the means of driving from his home a solvent and industrious person? If a landlord distrain for rent he can find no bidders for the crops or cattle; how much more difficult will it be for him to obtain bidders for land? We have frequently heard the bad cultivation of the land in Ireland attributed to the constant shifting of the tenantry: we are quite convinced the result of the enquiry now instituted will show how unfounded this supposition is and that the shifting or removal of the tenants will be found to be a matter of much more rare occurrence in Ireland than in England