The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-14 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF COMMONB.—SiachasT, JOLT 12'
The 111.11•1111 took the chair at 12 o'clock.
MILITIA BALLOTS SUSPENSION BILL.
This bill was nod a third time and pored. 1
TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL.
The amendments on this bill were considered and agreed
le. To he mad a thied time on Monday.
oryzaia, BOARD OF HEALTH (No. 2) BILL
This bill wee read a emend timer.
WOODS, FORMS, Is., BILL.
Os the orderer for elf far the third reading at this bill.
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dear. He had greatig=e Nice that eerie die
last year no less than bed lame paid has the
chequer by the improved mmunimea• of the menees. Re ,
teered hie thanks else tr the Is
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department for the able saner Is which be bad draws up
the bill.
The bill was then read • third time and pared.
CIVIL BILLS (IRELAND) BILL.
Oa the order of the day for the third reading of this ball,
Mr. S. CRAWFORD said he could not allow the third
reading of this bill to pew without renewing his protest
against certain words in the 73rd clause, which placed the
tenant from year to year under the additional power that
this clause would possess against him. And he renewed
his protest now because the noble lord at the head of the
government was not present at the discussion of the amend-
ment of the honourable and learned member for Dundalk.
He protested against this clause ; they had not legislated on
the whole matter. There was another obaervation he would
make—that additional power was given to landlords, with
regard to those tenants whose holdings were under SOL a
year. The law ought to apply to all alike. lie hoped the
noble lord would at least say what steps the government
would take on this subject nest wasiost.
Mr. SCULLY joined in the hope that the noble lord
would give them some swamies that he would bring in a
bill on the whole eabjeet next year ; it ought net to be
treated in this one-handed sraartr.
After a few words from Mr. F. O'Connor, Mr. G. A. Ha-
milton, and Mr. Goeid,
Lord J. ItUSSELL said he was wry kr the absence of
bar right hon. the Chief neentary for Ireland, hut
be was too unwell to attend. With regard to the question
now before the house. he should say it had been frequently
considered by the government, god It always appeared to
th' in that an amendment of tie law in this respect was
moth regrind. It was apparently a privilege for the
tenant that he should not be ejected without a considerable
time elapsing, some ern months or more, before
the notice took (fleet. In fact, it was a hard-
ship upon him that the landlord should be compelled to
Rise a notice every six months. This was the view which
appeared to have been taken by the house in the lint in-
stance by a majority of 33, and subsequently, an a division
im the clause drill, by a majority of 23 to 18. The hon.
',mauler fur Rochdale had asked him two questions—why
h. hail not intnelaced a Landlord and Tenant Bill this sea.
mon, and what hr intended to 4,0 in this respect neat ses-
sion. With regard to the first of these quelitions he need
not enter into any ezplanation. It must be obvious to the
Ivo, gentleman and to other hon. members why it
we. that they were not able to bring in more
bill.. but with regard to the second question, he
must remind the house that no agreement had been
arrived at as to any plan for improving the law of landlord
and tenant in Ireland. Thome who had extreme views—ex-
inane eh sirs which amounted to this, that the property of
the landlords should be transferred to them—hail been so
persevering in their attempts that they had prevented any
such agreement, and there was nothing that the government
would he able to propose which would go much beyond
giving facilities by which the landlord and the tenant might
agree as to giving security to the tenant as to any improve-
ment that might be made. He mast say that what-
ever might be said with regard to Irish landlords, he
did not think that any general observations against
them were just. There were severe expressions applied
to certain lantllonls which were not more than adequate,
hut to apply tie., espies...4mis to other landlords would ore
doing them a great injustice. Ile was convinced that
instead of hem-lilting the landlord and tenant, by intro-
during a law which would lead them to insist upon certain
rights, the landlord having certain property which no par-
k:agent could take away, such a law instead of improving
the present state of things, would make' it worse. Ile was
induced to ably thus much, because, after all that had
jetseil, he thought it would be doing wrong to hold out the
expectation that government was going to bring in a bill
which would entirely settle this question with regard to a
mettleinent of which they must, after all, look to an im-
provement in the state of society in Ireland rather than to
any legislation.
Sir C. BURRELL protested against the attacks which
bail been made upon Irish landlords, and csipccially for
their being alravt. es. The fact wax, that they were driven
from the country by threats of being murdered. Ile attri-
buted the gnat emigration from Ireland and the depressed
state of the tenantry and millers there to free trade.
After u hew word. from Mr. I'. BVTLEI4, deprecating the
harsh language which had been used against tho Isiah
landlords,
The bill wan read a third time.
On the question that the bill do pats,
Mr. *CULLUM moved to omit in clause 100 the
words " other than in ejectment and replevin " Ile said
they had struck off outs protection of the Irish tenant by
depriving him of the right of notice to quit. What he
now asked was that in the county court the tenant should
have, as in Kiialand, the right of having a jury if he chose.
Mr. !LATCH ELL opposed the motion. If they were to
have a jury in all these canes instead of the county court
being a court for obtaining spevaly decision great delay and
expense would be occasioned.
After a few words from Mr. Reynolds, Lord Naas, and
Mr. W. S. Crawford,

The house
For the &amendment 6
Against it 6l-0
The hill then !lard.
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