Mark what one of their own mimber tmys, in his speech as reported in the Bruce Herald. He asks, " what were agricultural le.-ises taken up for? He would ask any leaseholder whether ho had taken up his ground for the sake of agriculture? and he know that the reply of ono and all would bo that the lease was simply for a homestead, and cattle w«s the object in view." Now, I believe that that speaker apoko the truth ; and I would leave it to tell its own tale, and teach its own lesson, only pointing out what the result will be. All wish (grieving at the good of their neighbor) to become ran holders on a small scale, and only under standing what would bo profitable to themselves, care not for the rights of others. There is nothing to bind them to the soil. Their cattle increased, their holding a leasehold, I venture to affirm, without fear of contradiction, that the first really good rush would leave tha plnco nearly depopulated. 13 this a kind of settlement for which to destroy rights and claims which were in existence before ever there was a digger on the ground { But 1 must not mistake: these are not diggers ; they aro princi - pall}' those who live upon diggors. AS to cattle haying been driven to the Pound, ■&c the case, aa stated, 13 a tissue of un truthasi For1 .years—three, at least, by Ids own admission to mo—Fitzgerald has depastured his cattle on my run, from

fifty to one hundred head, without let "or hindrance, until becoming m numerous that tlus looking after the «atno became a serious disturbance to my flocks, my manager 'spoke to him (Fit jgerald) regard ing them, and was met with defiance ; was told ha had (is much right to the ground as I had, and was dared to inter fere with them. Aa a lesson to him, I drove uome twenty head, with a few calves at foot, to tho Pound. I first kept them i twenty-four hours at tho home station, to-! give him an opportunity of coming to take them away, clear of expense. This is the only instance of the kind that has taken place to my knowledge; and for this, ho had only to thank himself. 