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Unattached, to be Captain, repaying the difference, vice
Tritton, Alio exchangeq. _ _

29th Foot— Brevei-Colonel E. Lugard, C. 8., to be
Alrajor, without purchase, vice Power, deceased ; Lieuten-
Ant Frederick lineebone to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Lugard ; Ensign G. W. F. D. &pith to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Kneebone.
31st Foo*,.—Ensign F. H. Suckling, from the 95th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Assistant-Surgeon
William Grantt, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-
Surgeon.
_ _

3Y.d Foot—Lieutenant H.D. O'Callaghan to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Jeffrey, who retires; Ensign Henry
Cooke, from the 38th Foot, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Foster, promoted.
34th Foot—Ensign T. S. Holroyd to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Lawrence, killed in action.

35th foot—Ensign Gordon S. Hughes to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Craster, who re•
tired 15th we.

38th Foot—Brevet-Major J. S. H. Farrer to be Major,
without purchase, vice Adamson, who retires upon full-
pay ; Lieut. C. A. S. Dickins to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Ferrer ; Ensign R. J. Stansfield to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Dickins; Lieut. James
Hughes Pope, from the Kilkenny Fusilier Regiment of
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Stansfield.
41st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Richard Hungerford, from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lamont, deceased;
Assistant. Surgeon Alexander Dudgeon Gulland, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice King, promoted on
the Staff.

44th Foot -Assistant-Surgeon John Johnson, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomson, deceased.
49th Foot—Lieutenant George Rochfort to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brevet-Major O'Connell, who retires ;
Assistant-Surgeon William Menzies Calder, from the Staff,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Beckwith, deceased.
50th Foot—Lieutenant A. J. Lane to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Mangles, who retires ; Ensign C. Hud-
son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lane ; Assistant-
Surgeon Williatu Bradshaw from the Staff, to ba Assist-
ant-Surgeon, vice Martel, deceased.

, 51st Foot—Sergeant-Major Thomas Lawrence to be Quar-
termaster, vice Shean, who retires upon half-pay.
55th Foot—Ensign T. Fitzwilliam T. Hobbs to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Stone, killed in action •
Assistant-Surgeon William Jasper Rendell, from the Staff,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Norris, deceased.
56th Foot—Ensign A. W. Massy to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Whitmore, who retires ; Lieutenant Arthur
Nassau Bolton, from the Royal Longford Militia, to be
Ensign, without purchase.
60th Foot—Lieutenant H. J. Robertson to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Darell, who retires; Lieu-
tenant John Steel, from the let West India Regiment, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase • Assistant-Surgeon
Arthur Stretton, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
62d Foot—Major L. B. Tyler to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, vice Shearman, killed in action ; Capt.
W. L. Ingall to be Major, without purchase, vice Tyler;
Capt. J. Danbeny to be Major, without purchase, vice
Dickson, killed in action. To be Captains, without pur-
chase—Lieutenant E. H. Hunter, vice Ingall ; Lieutenant
B. T. Gilpin, vice Danbeny ; Lieutenant H. W. Clerke,
vice Forster, killed in action. To be Lieutenants, without
purchase—Ensign L. G. Dundas, vice Hunter ; Ensign H.
Hume, vice Gilpin ; Ensign C. Sawyer, vice Clerke.
66th Foot—Lieut.-Col. C. E. Law, from the 3d West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir W.
Gordon, Bart., who exchanges ; Frederick James Rogers,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shortt, promoted.
68th Foot—Ensign W. H. T. Duesbery to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice James Marshall, killed in action ;
A,-sistant-Surgeon George Evans, from the Staff, to be
Assistant-Surgeon ; Assistant-Surgeon Edward Young
Kellett, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Sniell, appointed to the Staff; Assistant-Surgeon Augus-
tus Patrick M. Corbett, M.D., from the Staff, to beAs-
sistant-Surgeon, vice O'Leary, killed in action.
72d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Theodore William Rutter,
M.P., from the Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon.
76th Foot—Lieutenant W. Brett, to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Ferns, who retires upon full-pay ; En-
sign John Vincent to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Brett ; John Bland Sawyer, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
88th Foot—Captain E. H. Maxwell to be Major with-
out purchase, vice Bayley killed in action ; Lieutenant E.
D. Radcliffe to be Captain without purchase, vice Max-
well ; Ensign J. H. F. Blyth to be Lieutenant without
purchase, vice Radcliffe; Ensign H. Waring to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Webb, killed in action.
89th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon Henry Titterton, M.D., from
the Staff, to bo Assist.-Surgeon.
96th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon John Joseph Mulock, from
the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Haverty, promoted
on the Staff.

98th Foot—Quartermaster-Serjeant William Walsh to
be Quartermaster, vice Gillespie ; Assist.-Surgeon Arthur
Croker, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Ridg-
way, promoted on the Staff.

lliffe Brigade—The commissions of the undermentioned
officers to bear date 2 Ith December, 1854, and to stand
immediately following Lieut. Ryder :—Lieut. J. S. Knox,
Lieut. J. Ashton. To be Assistant-Surgeons—Acting As-
sistant-Surgeon Christopher Thompson, M. 8., vice Scot,
promoted in the 41st Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Francis
Stephen Bennett Francois de Chaumont.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign H C. Gould to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice John Steel, appointed
to the 60th Foot.

3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant-Colonel Sir W.
Gordon, Bart., from the 66th Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Law, who exchanges; Serjeant-Major John
Tucker, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Armstrong,
promoted.

IMPERIAL PA EMI Alitt ENT.

HOUSE OF COA:.,IoNS—(YESTERDAY.)

The following bills were real a thir 1 time and passed:
_Royal Conical Flour Mill Com )any ; Westminster
Lend Company ; Westminster Terminus Rail way (Clap-
ham to Norwood) ; Airdrie Rural District Feline (No.
2) ; Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Trust Property
of Birkenhead Dock Trustees, &c.) ; Bradford Corpora-
tion Water ; Connaught Mining Company ; East Kent
Railway (Extension to Dover) ; Liverpool Docks ; New
River Company and Trustees of the River Lee (No. 2) ;
Westminster Improvements.
ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS TO PRISONS.
In answer to a question from Mr. SPOONER,
Sir G. GREY said that no Roman Catholic priest
was in the receipt of pay from the Government for his
attendance as chaplain at any of the Government
prisons.
Mr. T. CHAMBERS asked the First Lord of the Trea-
sury whether any steps had been taken, in consequence
of the report of a select committee of that house, appointed
last session to investigate the claims of Yuille, Shortbridge,
and Company against the Portuguese Government for breach
of treaty ; and whether he would have any objection to lay
upon the table of the house the communications which
have passed between the two Governments upon this sub-
ject?
Lord PALMERSTON said the communications were
still going on between the two Governments on this sub-
ject. He would let the hon. and learned gentleman know
when the correspondence was concluded, and he should
have great pleasure in delivering it up to him.
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.
Mr. CAY LEY , adverting to the probability of the office
of Governor-General of India becoming vacant, said he should
to-morrow (this) eveuiqg ask the noble lord at the head of
the Government if it was his intention, in selecting the
individual to fill that important and responsible office, to
abide strictly by the spirit of the resolution lately come to
by that house, and only to sanction the appointment of a
person whose antecedents and whose experience and sue-
cosi, in the public service entitled him to the public confi-
dence. (Hear.)
TENANTS' IMPROVEMENT COMPENSATION
(IRELAND) BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.
Lord SEYMOUR deprecated further time being spent
on a bill like this, which, from the number of amendments
of it of which notice had been given, them was no chance
of passing during the present session. Ho moved that
Mr. Fitzroy report progress in order that he might after-
wards move that the order for the committee on the bill
be forthwith discharged.
Mr. NAPIER. said a bill had that morning been sent
down from the House of Lords, relative to leases and sales
of settled estates. That bill was introduced by the Lord
Chancellor on the part of the Government, and theoperation
of the bill was extended to Ungland and Ireland. That bill
and the one before the house were irreconcilable, and if
the Government intended to support certain parts of that
bill, giving a jurisdiction to the Court of Chancery which
the bill now before the house did not recognise, the house
would only waste time in proceeding with the bill.
Lord PALMERSTON said he hoped, if the present bill
should pass in a shape that it could be supported by the
Government, there was a fair prospect of its passing the
other house, and becoming law in the present session
With regard to the bill referred to by the right hon. gentle.
man (Mr. Napier), its extension to Ireland was inserted
quite in the last stage of its progress through the Hume of
Lords, and if the passing of the present bill should appear
to render its extension to Ireland unnecessary, there would be
ample time to omit the provision for such extension. With
regard to the motion of his noble friend (Lord Seymour),
if he felt that there was in the present bill matter requir-
ing a good deal of discussion, he had better let the house
discuss it at once—(a laugh)—rather than interpose a
debate as to whether it should be discussed or not, be-
cause that would only be wasting the time of the house
under the pretext of saving its time. A similar measures
had passed its first stage in the other house.
Colonel DUNNE opposed the bill on the ground that it
was another indication of the rule which prevailed, of pas-
sing one law for Ireland and another for England.
After a few words from Mr. FRENCH,
Mr. E. ELLICE supported the motion that the chair-
man report progress, considering it was a very proper pro-
test on the part of his noble friend (Lord Seymour) against
the way in which much of the business of the house was
transacted, and in which their time was wasted by iniiiat-
ing and discussing measures which there was no possibility
of carrying. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. VANCE objected to the bill as an agrarian measure,
and as tending to the confiscation of property.
Sir J. WALSH wished to know what the feeling was of
the hon. gentlemen who introduced the bill as to its pre-
sent shape • for he suspected they had now become utterly
indifferent to its Passing.
Lord SEYMOUR consented to withdraw his motion
after the appeal which the noble lord (Lord Palmerston)
had made to him.
Sergeant S HEE said the bill was not now worth having
after the amendments which the Government bad made
to it. (A laugh.) It was not only useless, but it was
worse, for it would be positively mischievous.
The committee refused to allow the noble lord the mem-
ber for Totnes (Lord Seymour) to withdraw his motion,
and they divided upon it, when the numbers were--
For the motion, that the Chairman report
progress. 75
Against
Majority —22
The committee then resumed the discussion of the bill.
On clause 4 being proposed,
Sir J. WALSH moved the addition of a proviso to the
end of the clause, which would provide that no such notice
as that required in the clause should be valid, nor should
any tenant referred to in the clause be entitled to any
compensation for improvement in any case wherein such
tenant should owe an arrear of rent for his holding at the
time of serving the notice.
Mr. HORSMAN objected to the proviso, as by a clause
which he was about to propose the landlord would be pro-
vided with ample remedy against any tenant in arrear of
rent, and would be provided with power to evict any tenant
in arrear, and such tenant so evicted would not be per-
mitted to make any claim fur compensation.
After some discussion, in which Mr. Maguire, Mr.
French, Mr. V. Scully, Colonel Dunne, and Sergeant Shoe
took part, the proviso was amended by the addition of the
words " exceeding one year," the effect of which was to
limit the operation of the proviso to tenants who were in
arrears for more than one year's rent-
On the motion that the proviso thus amended be added
to the clause, the committee divided, when there appeared,
For the proviso 6O
Against it
Majority against the proviso —29
The clause as originally framed was then agreed to.
Clause 6 was next agreed to after some verbal amend-
ments.
Clause 7 was agreed to with the addition of the words
" that during such improvement the landlord, or his agent,
will have power to enter on the premises and ascertain the
value of such improvement."
On clause 8, which enacts that tenants who have exe-
cuted alterations shall make a declaration thereof.
Col. DUNNE proposed an amendment, requiring the ap-
proval and consent to such works or amendments and to the
execution thereof, signified by the landlord in handwriting
as preliminary to the registration of such declaration.
Mr. HORSMAN opposed the amendment. If he under-
stood its operation it would be that the tenant would lose
his money in case the landlord should think proper to
withhold his approbation. The declaration was to be de-
posited with the clerk of the peace, and should the land-
lord refuse his approbation the declaration could not be
deposited at all.
The amendment was withdrawn, and clause 8 was or-
dered to stand part of the bill.
On clause 9,
Colonel DUNNE moved to leave out from the words
"notice" to "requiring," for the purpose of inserting the
words, " and every tenant who has executed any improve-
ments as aforesaid shall, if he intend to register them, serve
on his landlord or his known agent a notice to that eff •ct,
and a detailed specification of the work and cost of such im-
provements, at least three months before he registers them,
and requiring the landlord to give his certificate that such,
improvements have been suitable to the farm, and have
been properly executed, and at a fair price, and in a man-
ner satisfactory ; and, should the landlord give such a cer-
tificate, signed under his hand, then the tenant may regis-
ter such declaration as aforesaid, on obtaining the signa-
ture of a justice of the peace; but should the landlord re-
fuse to give such a certificate, it shall be lawful for the."
Mr. KEOGH opposed the amendment, which was part
of the former amendment on clause 8, and was not appli-
cable without it.

The amendment was negatived without a division, and
clause 9 was agreed to.

In clause 10.—
Mr. HORSMA.N proposed to insert the words, "except
for non-payment of rent."
Mr. CAIRNS likewise proposed to insert the words,
"breach of covenant."
Mr. I. BUTT thought the question shOuld be kept
separate. The exception for non-payment of rent was a
very important one, and should be discussed separately.
Mr. CAIRNS agreed to the suggestion, and withdrew
his amendment till the first was disposed of.
Mr. DEASY objected to the insertion of the words pro-
posed by the Secretary of Ireland, which he thought would
be productive of injustice to the tenant, and were not ne-
cessary for the security of the ,andlord. He should feel it
his duty to take the sense of the committee on this amend-
ment.

Mr. HORSMAN said his amendment only restored the
bill to its original shape on tMs point.
Captain MAGAN did not believe the bill would be of

use to the solvent tenant, and ifit would do anything it
would create dissensions between the cantankerous land-
lord and the insolvent tenant. Should the Government
persist in making the proposed amendment he would have
nothing more to do with the bill.
Colonel GREVILLE said it would be better to give no
compensation at all than to limit it in the way it
.was
proposed.

fir. COGAN opposed the amendment on the ground
that if it were adopted it would make the bill illusory, and
of little practical effect. He hoped, therefore, the Govern-
ment would reconsider the matter.
Mr. P. O'BRIEN said these amendments would render
the measure totally unworthy the attention of Irish mem-
bers, because they would have the effect rather of advancing
the landlord interest than giving the tenant some prospect
that he would obtain compensation for his improvements.
Mr. L. DAVIES said there was a general desire to
as•imilate the laws of England and Ireland, and believing
that this amendment was a step in that direction ho should
support it.
Mr. M`MA.FION argued against the amendment, as being
unjust and oppressive upon the tenant. In Ireland it was
not an uncommon practice to allow tenants to run in arrear
of rent while they were making improvements upon their
farms, and when the landlord found that they bad ex-
pended all their capital in that way he came down upon
them for his rent, in order to reap the advantage of the
improvements without paying anything for them.
Mr. Sergeant O'BRIEN insisted that a distinction ought
to be drawn between the tenant who wilfully and designedly
neglected to pay his rent and the tenant who was prevented
from doing so from some unavoidable cause, over which
he had no control whatever. Now, this amendment re-
cognised no such distinction, while as for the evil which it
proposed to remedy it was already sufficiently guarded
against by the existing law. If an amendment of this sort
were allowed to pass as an act of justice the committee
ought to insert another to prevent the unjust landlord from
taking advantage of his honest but necessitous tenant.

Mr: I. BUTT said the arguments of the learned sergeant
were so forcible that they would induce him to oppose the
amendment. The principle of compensation to the tenant
had been over and over again admitted, and in that spirit
they ought to approach the details of this bill. As for this
amendment be was convinced that for every dishonest
tenant it would punish there would be twenty cases where
it would be unjustly enforced by oppressive landlords

against deserving tenants who had fallen into temporary
difficulties.
Mr. FORTESCUE said the amendment was not' consis-
tent with the main principle of the bill, viz., compensation
to the tenant. Supposing a tenant fell into arrear with
his rent, he was still entitled to have credit for his im-
provements.
Mr. G. BUTT said this bill was not intended merely for
the tenant ; it dealt also with the rights and duties of the
landlord. ell, then, it was not only fair that when a
tenant neglected to keep hie contract he should be ex-
cluded from reaping the benefit of this measure ? For his
part, he thought the amendment was founded upon equity
and justice, and if it were rejected the bill might be well
denounced as a species of one-sided legislation.
Mr. BOW YER insisted that the only real and sound way
of dealing with arrears of rent was to allow them to set off
against the tenant's claim for corn pensation. The 13th dance
recognised that principle, and although an arrear of rent
might raise a question of account it ought not to deprive the
tenant of his right to compensation for improvements. It
was useless to talk about assimilating the law of England and
Ireland, because the facts in the two cases were widely
different. He should have no objection as an English land-
lord to see the bill extended to England, but if it were so
extended it would be inoperative, because the facts in Eng
land were quite different to those in Ireland. What the
bill proposed to do for Ireland was done in England by
contract.
Mr. NAPIEF: supported the amendment, which he said
was fully considered and approved of in the select commit-
tee up stairs.
Mr. T. KENNEDY opposed the amendment, and begged
of the right hon. gentleman to abandon the bill rather than
maintain this proposition. He would desire to hear the law
officers of Ireland express their opinions on the subject.
He wished they would let the right hon. gentleman know
how this clause was likely to be received in Ireland.
Mr. GEORGE most seriously called upon the Govern-
ment to abide by the fair and most righteous amendment
which they proposed to introduce into the clause. (Divide.)
If an extraordinary right was to beconfei red on the tenant
they should not deprive the landlord of the ordinary
remedies for the recovery of his rent. This extraordinary
power should only be given to the tenant so long as he per-
formed the conditions of his lease, and the payment of his
rent was one of those conditions. (Hear )
Mr. MAGUIRE said it was the general opinion of the
Irish members who spoke on the popular side that the bill
would be emasculated if this amendment were adopted; but
what was the use of the 'expression of their opinion if it
were to have no effect on those who sat on the Treasury
benches ? He conceived that the Attorney and Solicitor
Generals for Ireland were responsible for this amendment,
and called upon them to stand up at the table and state
their reasons for advising the Chief Secretaryfor Ireland to
propose it. The Solicitor-General for Ireland had declared
in a vast assemblage in Ireland that he never would support
a G svernment that did not consent to make a Cabinet ques-
tion of a measure embodying provisions for the real and per-
manent relief of the landed tenantry of Ireland. The At-
torney-General for Ireland had made a stronger statement;
he had bound himself by the most solemn obligations to
see justice done to the tenantry of Ireland, and, he (Mr.
Maguire) asked them to redeem the pledge, or to state the
reasons that induced them to support this amendment.
Mr. KEOGH was not disposed to shrink from any re-
sponsibility that might attach to him in reference to this
amendment. When the bill was sent from that to the other
house on a former occasion, this particular section was not
confined to the exception on account of non-payment of
rent, but was much more extensive and prejudicial to the
tenant, and yet did the hon. gentleman or any other gen-
tleman divide the house to strike out these words ? Cer-
tainly not. (Hear, hear.) It was quite true that the
hon. member for Longford proposed that the word " wilful "
should be inserted, not before the words " non-payment
of rent," but before the word " default." The other bill
was rejected by the other House of Parliament, and did
any man believe that the other House of Parliament would
agree to leave out all exception whatever when they
-had already rejected a bill with a more extended excep-
tion ? He thought the Government were justified inseek-
ing as they did loyally to carry the bill this session
through the other House of Parliament, by proposing an
exception not going so far as that contained in the former
bill, but going sufficiently far to justify a sincere hope on
their part that the measure would pass the Legislature.
Mr. MAGUIRE begged to explain that when the quei-
tion was before the house on a former occasion, he had 'not
only protested against it, but argued against it as strongly
as he could.
Mr. Serjeant SHEE was of opinion that the Attorney-
General for Ireland had made a slight mistake in his state-
ment of what had occurred on a former occasion. When the
bill came before them on a former occasion it contained
the words " without the act or def ,ult of the tenant," and
it was quite clear that these words were intended to in-
clude the case of non-payment of rent, and every other de-
fault whatever. The effect of that part of the bill must be
to throw dust in the eyes of the Trish tenant, and they did
their best to amend it by inserting the word " wilful,"
which would have designated intentional default. How-
ever, the word was not inserted, and then unfortunately
the words now complained of crept into the bill. The
fact was that the amendment now proposed was inconsists
ent with the civil law, under which a landlord could not
eject a tenant who had made no improvements until he
owed two years' rent, nor eject a tenant who had made sub-
stantial improvements until he owed three years'rent. The
tenant did not improve when he was in arrear of rent; it was
when he entered upon his farm, or succeeded to property of
his own. In 99 cases out of 100 the tenant did not improve
with his landlord's capital, but with his own; therefore, this
reason did not apply. He contended that the clause would
be good neither for the landlord, the tenant, nor the whole
community. A tenant would know perfectly well that if he
fell into difficulties, the improvements would be of no value
to him, because he was to be evicted at the very moment
when he might reap the profit of them. Would it be wise or
prudent, therefore, for him to attempt any improvement?
would it not be better for him, if he got or saved 6001., to
place it in a bank or invest it otherwise, instead of spend-
ing it on improvements ? No tenant would do so when he
was liable to be evicted by his lanaord for arrears of rent
without compensation. The object of the bill, which vim
to promote improvement, would thus be entirely defeated.
Tenants would not improve if this amendment were ineerted
in the dense. These bills would be worth nothing at all if
they (lid not aim at something beyond the benefit of the
individual landlord and tenant, and tend _to promote the
welfare of the wbeleagriculturalclass—proprietors, tenants.
and labourers. The result would be that the same wretched
system of cultivation would be continued, and the same
miserable hovels for the population to inhabit be main-
tained, and they would be obliged to resort to potato cul-
tivation, in order to obtain the payment of rent at all. Ire-
land would then be threatened with a recurrence of the ca-
lamities which that system had brought upon her, and they
would be obliged again to approach this question under much
less favourable circumstances. At present the high prices
diffused a feeling of general contentment and satisfaction,
but there was no guarantee that this state of things 'would
continue. He thought pit greatly to be regretted that,
when there existed in all quarters a disposition favourable
to the settlement of this question, Government should have
arrived at such a decision in reference to the matter before
them. His decided conviction was that it would be better
not to pass any measure at all than to pass the bill in this
mutilated and mangled shape. (Hear.)
The committee then divided—
For the amendment
Against it
Majority in favour —63
Mr. Sergeant O'BRIEN moved to insert in the same
clause, after the words "non-payment of rent," the words
" reserved by any subsisting lease."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND did not
see how the house could accept the amendment after the
decision at which it had arrived. It would be rather de-
trimental to the tenant than otherwise, and might lead to
further reservations.
Mr. V. SCULLY supported the amendment, which
would prevent the eviction of tenants by their landlords
without compensation.
The committee divided—
For the amendment
Against it 124
Majority against it........
Mr. V. SCULLY moved to insert after the same words the
following, " where the tenant has a power of alienation."
Mr. HORSMAN could not agree to the amendment, for
which he could see no good ground, and the adoption of
which might lead to other specific exemptions.
The house then divided, when the numbers were—
For the amendment
Against it 142
Majority against the amendment -98
Mr. Sergeant SHEE then moved the insertion, after the
words " non-payment of rent," of the words " not being
less than two years' rent of such bolding," so that a tenant
might not be liable to be ejected for merely a year's rent,
or a year and a half's.
Mr.- HORSMAN could not agree to the words, and he
hoped the committee would not divide upon them, now that
they had so well expressed their opinion of the principle
of the bill.
Mr. M`MAHON thought the words were very essential
indeed.
The house then divided on the amendment, when there
appeared—
For the insertion of the words
Against
Majority

49
158
_lO9

- -
Mr. GEORGE then proposed the insertion, after the
words " non-payment of rent," of the words ," or breach
of other covenant, or the surrender or other defau't of the
tenant," in order to provide for the case where a tenant
might surrender or otherwise commit a breach of the terms
of his bolding• against the will of the landlord.
Mr. KEOGH did not see why the committee should ad-
mit these large classes of exceptions. The landlord, in
these cases, might not wish to have his land, but only to
obtain his rent. It was quite a different matter when the
landlord made use of any slight breach of the conditions to
evict a tenant.
After a few words from Mr. Grogan, Colonel Dunne,
and Mr. Cairns,
Mr. GEORGE agreed to omit the word " surrender,"
but proposed to add "or other breach of condition."
Mr. FITZGERALD said when they came to deal with
breach of condition, it stood on very different grounds. The
non-payment of rent was essentially a money question, and
the tenant could regain possession by paying the rent within
six months. It would not be fair that the tenant should
force the landlord to purchase his improvements by not
paying his rent. There were many breaches of conditions
which would occasion no loss to the landlord. It would be
hard to make them cases, and it would be extremely diffi-
cult to legislate for them.
Mr. NAPIER and Mr. S. FITZGERALD supported the
amendment.
The committee divided, when the result was—
For the amendment
Against ll7
Majority
—6
The announcement of the numbers was received with
loud cheers from the Opposition.
Mr. MOWBRAT moved that the Chairman report pro-
gress, considering thr,t it was but lost time to go on with a
bill which it was impossible to carry through Parliament
during the present session, and of which they had not dis-
posed of more than three lines during the whole night.
Mr. HORSNIAN opposed the motion, remarking that
the delay in the progress of the measure was as much at-
tributable to amendments proposed on the one side of the
house as on the other.
Lord PALMERSTON said it was not intended to pro-
ceed further than the fourteenth clause that night, and as
they were now within three clauses of the fourteenth, he
appealed to the committee to proceed, especially at that
comparatively early hour of the evening (a quarter to
twelve).

Mr. MOWBRAY, on having that assurance from the
noble lord, would withdraw his motion.
Mr. I. BUTT moved the insertion of words limiting the
time within which a tenant evicted should give notice to
his landlord of his claim for compensation for improve-
ments to one month from the time of eviction.
Mr. HORSMAN moved an amendment, that the time
should be limited to three months instead of one.

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This gave rise to some conversation, whioh ec4ntually ) IV t! A A.
led to a divi,ion, when the numbers were—
For the amendment of one month to.
Against it

i'd,j,e:ity against the amen (went—. --429

The words `` three months" were then ordered to sand
part of the clause, and sumo other verbal ainendments r en-
dered necessary by this amendment were also sgreed to.
Mr. BLAND proposed the following proviso at the end
of the clause :—" And provided that in case any tenant
shall be evicted for non-payment of rent, and shall be suej
for any rent in respect of the lands from which he has been
so evicted, he shall be at liberty to set off as against such
claim for rent the amount of the compensation to which
ho would have been entitled under this act, had his te-
nancy determined by effluxion of time."
Mr. HORSMAN and Lord PALMERSTON approved of the
proviso.

Mr. NAPIER opposed it. The committee divided—
For the amendment
Against it 9O
Majority —37
The clause, as amended, was then ordered to stand part
of the bill.

The Chairman was then directed to report progress, and
the house resumed.

Mr. GROGAN asked if it was iistended to proceed with
this bill ?

Mr. HORSMAN—Yes, after the other orders to-mor-
row (this day).
Mr. GROGAN inquired at what time it would be
brought on ?

Lo-rd PALMERSTON- replied not after half-past ten
o'clock.

•
Leave was then given for the committee to sit again to-
morrow (this day).
THE VIENNA (CONFERENCES.
Sir J. WALSH gave notice that he would to-morrow ask
the noble lord the Secretary of State for the Colonies whe-
ther it was correct, as stated in a resent deqatsh of Count
Buol, that the noble lord and the French ambassador showed
themselves decidedly in favoor of the Austrian proposition
in regard to the third point, and undertook to recommend
the same to their respective Governments.

EXCISE DUTIES BILL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the
second reading of this bill, promising to explain its details
in committee.

Mr. BOWYER thought some explanation ought to be
given now, or the second reading postponed until some
future day.

Captain KNOX moved the adjournment of the house,
and his reason for doing so was this—they had just dis-
posed of a bill for robbing the Irish landlords, and now
they were called upon to pass a bill to rob Irish distillers.
Lord NAAS said his hon. friend was under a mistake,
because he was told that this bill would greatly benefit
the distillers of Ireland. (A laugh.)
Mr. M`MAHON had been informed just the contrary
laugh.)—the bill would seriously, affect the interests
of the Irish distillers. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MURROUGH said,at that hour of the night they
ought not to proceed with a bill of so much importance to
Ireland. (Oh, oh.)
Lord J. MANNERS said the bill would as much affect
English as Irish distillers, and he hoped the bill would not
be delave I.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER only wished
to read the bill a second time so as to have it committed
pro forma Lnd then reprinted.
The motion for adjournment was then withdrawn, and
the bill was read a second time.
The Haileybury College Bill went through committee.
The Dublin Carriage Acts Amendment Bill was read a
second time.

The house then went into committee, and a resolution,
moved by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, for
the purchase of lands for the extension of public offices in
Downing-street, was agreed to.
MAYNOOTH COLLEGE—ADJOURNED DEBATE.
The order of the day for resuming this debate having
been read,

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The SPEAKER put the question that the debate be
further adjourned to the 17th July, which was agreed to.
The other orders of the day having been agreed to, the
house adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock.

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• D.F,RBY SMITHFIELD.—JaLE 26.
There wag a good supply of fat beasts to-day, and in good
requoa without any alteration in price. The number of
sheF,p was not quite so hr e, yet there was quite sufficient
to meet the wants of buyers. A largo supply
the greater part was nut half fat an of lambs, but
d several lots remained
unsold. Fat and store calves were more plentiful. Fat
pigs about the average..
The fallowing were the quotations :—Beef, to 7d;
mutton, 6d to 7d ; lamb, 8d to Od ; veal, Od tc 7d per
lb. ;p 9s
hides,9d 3 d
toilo
to
0 4
d
3 d
2iper
pers lb ; score ;
calf-skins,i-ou ghfat 343 6
per 14. i
per lb.

EDINBURGH GRAIN.—JuNg 9.7.-
w Wheat
week.
sold
There as a fair supply of grain to-:'.ay a
readily, and sales more easily effected than last
-Barley, oats, and be,ns heavy.
Wheat on the top same as last market, and the average
e 2d
is id up n.
down. Oats on the top Bd, and the average is 1.1 dow
Barley on the top Gd up, and the averag
Beans on the top 2s, and the average 7d down.
Total Supply and Sales.
Wheat 955 qrs sold 34 qrs •
Barley r,34 qrs sold 44+ qrs
Oats 734 qrs sold 424 Vs
Beans 143 qrs sold 106 qrs
AVERAGES PZR, MINIMAL QUA RT EI"
Wheat . D3 15 7 4.l2ths.
Barley
Oats - 113 6-12ths.
1302122

BOSTON—JUNE 27.
A liberal supply of wheat for the time of year, and an
inactive demand, but a fair amount of business svas (1°"
at about last
week's rates. Beans the turn lower•
grain little passing, and prices unaltered. 9t cater
Prices :—Wheat, red, 72s Od to 77s Od; white, 7-s
1
80s Od extra, 82s
Oil. Barley, 343 Od to :i6s 0( •
t0„.3
26s to 303. Beans, 46s Od to 49s Od. Peas, 43s Od s'
per qr. In other

NEWAK—JUNE 27.
A good attendance and grain, Which
iberal supplies of gra
expel ienced a heavy sale a late piices.
Wheat, white 82s to 85s, red 76s to 783; 22st,
—s to —s, grinding 37s to 4 's; oats, •24st. 31, t °as, 443
26s to 31s ; beans, 48s to 70s ; malt, 72s to 769; P
48s; tares, 58s to 60s per qr. barlooYoras,alting