The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-09 00:00:00

THE LICENSING BILL.

Mr. ALLEN asked the Secretary of State for the Home
Department whether he intended to introduce the
Licensing Bill next Tuesday, according to the notice on
the paper.

Mr. BRUCE said it was not intended to ask for leave to
introduce the bill without a reasonable prospect
of carrying it through during the present session. He
should wait to see how the business progressed after the
holidays before he took any further steps.

BEER AND WINE RETURNS.
Mr. HENRY SELWIN-IBBETSON asked the Under
Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he could
give any idea when the return relative to beer, &c.,
licenses (ordered 22nd February) would be laid upon the
table of the House.

Mr. K. HUGGESSEN said they had every desire to give
that return, but the delay arose owing to there being no
power to enforce the desired information.
THE ELECTION AT WATERFORD.
Mr. DEASE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if his
attention had been called to a paragraph in the Pall Mall
Gazette, Waterford Mail, and other newspapers, to the
effect that Mr. Goold, R.M., had been removed
from Waterford to New Ross in consequence of errors
committed by him in his capacity of stipendiary magis-
trate during the late election at Waterford ; if so, whether
there was any foundation for such a statement.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE said there was not the slightest
foundation for the report alluded to. Mr. Goold at the
time was confined to his house by illness.

THE CENSUS.
Mr. GREENE asked the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, when the Government intended to introduce
the bills for the Census of 1871.

Mr. BRUCE replied that he could not state the exact

time.

THE IRISH LAND BILL.

Mr. KAVANAGH asked the First Lord of the Treasury
upon what day after Easter he proposed to take the Com-
mittee on the Irish Land Bill.

Mr. GLADSTONE said on the Thursday after the House
re-assembied, and he proposed afterwards to go on with it
every evening the Government had an opportunity.

The House then went into committee on this bill.

Several verbal amendments having been agreed to
Mr. KAVANAGH moved to omit sub-section 4, from
Clause 3, with respect to compensation to the tenant for
loss on quitting, commencing at " £lOO, and in no case a
sum exceeding two years' rent," down to " re-dama-
tion of land," The hon. member said as far as the
bill went to give protection to the weak, against the
aggression of the strong it should have his support, but no
further, because passing that point the bill became an Act
of enmity against the landlords. He did not think that
a man with a holding above £lOO a year could be looked
upon as a helpless person, and one totally unable to pro-
tect himself against injustice.

Sir R. PALMER said the effect of the amendment was in
reality again to raise the subject that had been disposed of
by the division last night substituting, however, the sum
of £lOO for £5O.

Colonel BARTELLOT said the bill was one brought for-
ward for the protection of the poor, and it was a total
departure from its principles to make it do more than
that. A man such as the one the proposition would
affect, he thought was quite able to take care of himself,
and therefore he did not require the proferred protection.
Mr. HEADLAIL was anxious that the committee should
understand the position in which the matter stood. His
belief was that it was the intention of the Government to
make it a retrospective contract.
Lord ELcuo hoped the hon. member would persevere
with the amendment. He believed the section embraced
three monstrous propositions, and he should protest
against it. The questions of disturbance, interference
with free contracts, and the 31 years' lease were monstrous
indeed, and he hoped the amendment would be pressed to
a division. The security of property was certainly in-
fringed by the bill. The noble lord commented on the
speech of Sir Roundell Palmer delivered on the previous
night, and remarked that at present they were ignorant
of the intention•of the Government to limit the applica-
tin c the bill to =Tont tonancia. . _