The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-26 00:00:00

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NEWCASTLE MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

BIENNIAL STAKES.
Taraban
Romping Girl ... .
Iloneatiah
_ TYRO STARK. T.Y.P.

Stella, Haymaker, Froßosoms, Affection, Shibboleth,
Skcdwldler, Russian Bear, Albatrow, and Hermosa are
here.
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. Two mile..
Dalby, Moldavia, War, Lady Vane, Fitzroy, Hawks-
well, Honestieb, Vixen e, Deceit, Mandrake, Fervacquen,
Fair Wind, Harrogate, and Mica Boswell f are here.

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS DAY.)

The SPEAKIR took the chair about ten minutes past 12
o'clock.

Several petitions were presented against the Sale of
Liquors on Sundays Bill.
LAND TENURE (IRELAND) BILL.
Sir C. O'LOGHLIC4 moved the second reading of this
bill, the object of which was, he said, to improve the rela-
tions of landlord and tenant in Ireland. That question lay
at the root of all the evils of the country, and until it was
settled there could be no hope of • satisfactory state of
things. This bill would, he believed, do more to produce
contentment in Irish homesteads than any other
measure which had yet been proposed. It was
first introduced at the end of last session, and it
was again introduced in February last. Many attempts
had been made to prejudice the public mind against it.
There had been • great deal of literature published
by noble lords against it, and amongst the authors
were Lord Dufferin, Lord Roam, and Lord Lifford,
while an anonymous pen had published a pamphlet enti-
tled, "The Irish Difficulty," in which the strongest lan-
guage was used. It was asked by objectors, first, why
there should be any legislation at all on this subject, and,
next, why there should be special legislation for Ireland.
On the first point he would observe that there had always
been legislation relating to the position of landlords and
tenants ; and as to special legislation, the present Prime
Minister in 1845 admitted the expediency of it in the case
of Ireland. Every government that had assumed office
during the last ten years had introduced bill
on this subject, and they were all declarations
that there ought to be exceptional legislation.
The bill under consideration dealt solely with the tenure
of land, and did not, with a small exception, deal with the
question of compensation. Those questions were distinct,
and ought therefore to be dealt with separately. The first
evil connected with land in Ireland was insecurity of
tenure. He then cited the report of Lord Devon's commission
on this point. The main object of this bill was to discourage
as much as possible tenancies from year to year, and to
substitute for them leases. For a country situated like Ire-
land yearly tenancies could not but produce great evils,
and there was a universal desire on the part of tenants for
• better kind of holding. Archbishop WHale said there was
a systematic refusal on the part of Irish landlords to grant
leases, and such was the feeling of the great mass of the
Irish people. Lord Reese distinctly said in his pamphlet
that his policy and that of his order was not to grant leases.
The question was, whether Lord posse's policy ought to be
sanctioned by that house. lie thought, on the contrary,
that the object of the house should be to substitute leases
for yearly tenancies. One means by which leases were
encouraged in the bill was that landlords were prevented
from distraining in a case of tenancy from year to year •
another means was that, if a tenant from year to year hart
to quit, he should be entitled to compensation for groww'
crops and for manure. The length of lease contemplated
by the bill was twenty-one years ; and he proposed
that grazing stock should not be liable to distress
for rent. In conclusion he said that in asking the house
to read the bill a second time he did not ask it to pledge
itself to its principle, all he wished it to do was to declare
that tenancies from year to year ought to be discounte-
nanced and leases encouraged ; adding that he offered the
bill only as a contribution to the settlement of the land
question.
' Sir H. BRUCE moved that the bill be read a second
time that day six months. He disclaimed any feudal views
I with respect to land, and said he was convinced that no
concession would make any difference in the results.
(Left sitting.]