The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-01 00:00:00

r FOR LABOURING CLASSES (IRELAND) BILL.
llseit,:W• SOMERVILLE moved that the House do resolve
coiltite eommitte on this bill.
bllt CREVILLE and Mr. Ds VERE considered the
to ar° be very objectionable, but thought the proper time
i‘Creild it Would be in committee.
beet, cl.i/3RAt,Y said the principle of the bill had never
able .--sellssed, and he deemed it so highly objection-
resaea' 'l4 80 calculated to injure those whom it pro-
that "t Le benefit, that he would move as an amendment,
Olt 'tense do resolve itself into a committee that day
Mm. kr, •
Sir 4• XENNEDY seconded the amendment.
etatm " • SontmEavint,E, who had charge of the bill,
that last session he introduced a similar bill, when
tatioally explained its scope and object. He had no hesi-
hriciil in saying that the habitations of the poor of Ire-
tot,,W,sere a disgrace to a civilised nation, and he could
thisliliQerstand the opposition which had been given to
the The state of the law in Ireland, with regard to
*hetke°very of rent and ejectment, was such that no man
thin L'acl the power and the will to do so would have any-
tlas! t° do with the houses of the poor; for when a
110,°11acuses fell into decay the landlord could not get
arc 'BBion of them from the tenant without going through
PeeQ°,,s expensive process of law, and it frequently hap-
00:q.that the landlord had recourse to pulling the house
111;41 altogether. Now, the purpose of this bill was to
Ilej4 remedy to that evil, and to prevent• those horrible
lateeB Of violence, and occasional bloodshed, which, of
hej,ears, had characterised evictions in Ireland. (11Par,
449 Rost of the dwellings occupied by the poor in ;Ire-
d'thWere absolutely not fit for human habitations, and yet
tes,t"ants were paying the most exorbitant rates. The
tt4t°hieet then, of this measure, was to facilitate the cree-
:: °r a better class of houses, by enabling landlords to
),,fs3ver Possession in cases where the tenant wrongfully
%held rlcketty and delapidated dwellings. (Hear hear.)
thli °rd. BERNARD supported the bill, and observed that
to'c, surveyor of Cork, who was the architect of the
oablin exhibition, had given it as his opinion that one-
lLthefthe whole of the houses of the former city were
'IIY unfit for habitation.
s
to t},t,_l3ENßAnt NORREYS remarked that a similar law
•"8 existed in England with this single difference, that
kits bill Only extended to houses of lOs a year and
der' year Whereas the English law extended to houses of £t2o
and under.
Ore.: J. O'CONNELL objected to the extreme powers
Itote4loll Which the bill would give to landlords, and it
t0,,,f4 thereby aggravate rather than mitigate the evil
'll)laineci of.
teri4r. NAPIER believed that every man who had the in.
thieest of Ireland at heart, would assist the promoters of
ejetthill in getting rid of the present expensive system of
meat which prevailed in that country.
I‘lAcutan founded his opposition to the bill on the
1411 notice which it provided the landlord should give
°re turning the tenant out. It was only a fortn,ght. Ni.
WitatNsoN argued that the only mode of improv-
Ug
'lle Moral condition of the poor was to give them
etlt dwellings, and the promoters of this bill were
tt-ed to their very best thanks for bringing it forward.
V I•lxAsy hoped the amendment would not be perse-
-td in The opposition only went to matters of detail.
time
when they got into committee would be the proper
for debating it.
I,;:fter some remarks from Mr. Magan and Sir Robert
Vie-gtisson the amendment was withdrawn, and the House
tu, •
eiallioollto committee on the bill.
-e 1 was agreed to, and on clause 2 being put,
;TIR discussion ensued, at the end of which
il.
P; W. SOMERVILLE undertook, on the bringinz up the
e
•."()I't, to adopt a suggestion made by the Attorney-
Lel:ePal fer Treland, to the effect, that the tenure should
t. a Year or any less period.
1,
the • lORGAN drew attention to the fact, that amongst
the arrangements for these model houses the framers of
measure had forgotten to provide for a supply of
olti8"1;004.nd he moved an amendment to supply the
;1:,le amendment was negatived without a division.
1),-14.• AlactrinE then moved that the Chairman report
N1,,488, and ask leave to sit again.
" motion was opposed, and a protracted discussion
tiles°%°ed. At its termination, the committee divided, when
cambers appeared
For the motion 24
Against it 159

Majority 135
441,!ter some further debate, the hour of four o'clock
%I.l°lnearly arrived,
Pe Port w• SOMERVILLE consented that the Chairman should
,t 4 Progress.
e naotion was agreed to, and the house resumed.
1110
fugtl)
~onimittee on the Church Rate Abolition Bill was
fill.thl)ed till Friday, with a view of fixing a day for the
I,"e_r Proceeding with the bill.
kittm%•Tustices of the Peace Qualification Bill was corn-
-4/11 Pro forma, for the ;purpose of introducing certain
iZtdreents.
the'e remaining business on the paper of the day was
86- o'clock. (118Ped of, and the Rouse adjourned shortly before
- 0s

TR
eite , LATE LIEUTENANT BELLOT.—The sisters of the
kat lamented and noble-minded Lieutenant Bellot have ,
Of ttieeeiVed with gratitude the lest instalment of the sum
Of ti"°6o, collected in England as a tribute to the memory
TI; gallant deceased.
of ti:i LONG R NoE.—The Bury Post states that the report
revi firing of the mighty engines of war at the naval
in tie at Spithead, on Wednerday last, was distinctly heard
Dab, e,eighbourhood of Newmarket, causing a slight hut
tlisOule tremor of the earth, and many fancied it was
distant thunder.
clire"44RINE CABLE ACROSS THE HUMBER.—The want of
he
tele
dr, havinggrahic communication between this port and
the g long been felt as a great disadvantage to
Da4"iereantile community, the Electric Telegraph.Corn-
the 3' have determined to afford the requisite facilities by
gri extension of a wire for the purpose, by the way of
Ithonly 813.1 and Peterboroimh, crossing the !lumber 4ust
Pier at New Holland. The direct communica-
the .1 London will, in all probability, be completed by
a:piddle of May. A second cable, for the purpose of
well communication with Grimsby, is contemplated,
to,_'Ll as similar direct wires to Manchester and other
',48.---Pcotern Counties Herald._