Such a position as this to the unhappy class we speak of, is only another name for ruin.

The bailiff, who always lives upon the property, seeing their condition, and knowing that they are not able to meet the coming gale, reports accordingly to the agent, who, now cognizant that there is only one look-up for the rent, seizes the poor man's corn and cattle, leaving himself and his family within cold walls, and at an extinguished hearth.

In this condition were a vast number in the neighborhood of the locality laid in our narrative.

The extraordinary, but natural anxiety for holding land, and the equally ardent spirit of competition which prevails in the country, are always ready arguments in the mouth of the landlord and agent, when they wish to raise the rent or eject the tenant.

"If you won't pay me such a rent, there are plenty that will.