The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-08 00:00:00

THE LICENSING BILL.

Mr. ALLEN asked the Secretary of State for the Home
)epartment whether he intended to introduce the
2cenSing Bill next Tuesday, according to the notice on

he paper.

Air. BRUCE' said it was not intended to ask for leave to
ltroduce the bill without, a reasonable prospect
f carrying it through during the present session. He
hould wait to see how the business progressed after the
.olidays before he took any further steps.

• BEER AND WINE RETURNS.
Mr. HENRY SELwIN-IBBETSON asked the Under
secretary of State for the Home D3pa,:tmentl, if • he could
ive any idea when the return relative to beer, &c.,
icenses (ordered 22nd February) would be laid upon the
able of the House.

Mr. K. HUGGESSON said they had every desire to give
hat return, but the delay arose owing to there being no
sower to enforce the desired information.
THE ELECTION AT WATERFORD.
Mr. DEASE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if his
ttention had been called to a paragraph in the Pall Mall
gazette, Waterford Mail, and other newspapers, to the
ffect that Mr. Goold, R.M., had been removed
rom Waterford to New Rosa in consequence of errors
ommitted by him in his capacity of stipendiary magis-
rate during the late election at Waterford ; if so, whether
here was any foundation for such a statement.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE said there was not the slightest
oundation for the report alluded to. Mr. Goold at the
ime was confined to his house by illness.
THE CENSUS.

Mr. G REENE asked the Secretary of State for the Home
department, when the Government intended to introduce
he bills for the Census of IS7I. •

Mr. BRUCF., replied that he could not state the exact

ime.

THE IRISH LAND BILL.

Mr. KAVANAGH asked the First Lord of the Treasury
ipon what day after Easter he proposed to take the Com-
nittee on the Irish Laud Bill.

Mr. GLADSTONE said on the Thursday after the House
7e-assembied, and he proposed arterwar(Ls to go on with it
►vory evening the Government had an opportunity.

The House then went into committee on this bill.

Several verbal amendments having been ogre,
Mr. KAVANAGU moved to omit sub-section 4, from
Mouse 3, with respect to compensation to the tenant for
'oss on quitting, commencing at " £lOO, and in no case a
sum exceeding two years' rent," down to "re-clama.
;ion of rand," The hon. member said as far as the
5111 went to give protection to the weak, against the
kggression of the strong it should have his support, but no
further, because passing that point the bill became an Act
)f enmity against the landlords. He did not think that
man with a holding above £lOO a year could be looked
apon as a helpless person, and one totally unable to pro-
tect himself against injustice:
Sir R. PALsixa said the effect of the amendment was in
reality again to raise the subject that had been disposed
by the division last night substituting, however, the sum
of £lOO for £5O.

Colonel BARTFLLOT 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 lie did not require the proferred protection.

(LEFT SITTING

SPAIN.

(BY REUTER'i TELEGRAM.)
MADRID, April 7.
The Due de Montpensier has been judicially exa-
mined relative to the late duel with Don Enrique de
Bourbon. The Duke admitted the fact, and a prose-
cution will now follow in the regular course. He has
been placed under arrest at bis own residence. It is
expected that an interpellation on this subiect will be
made in the Cortes on Saturday.
The city of Barcelona and the province of Cata-
lonia generally are tranquil, the disturbances being
confined to the small villages in the neighbourhood
of Baicelona. Tranquillity prevails in all the other
parts of the• kingdom, and the drawing for the con-
scription is at an end.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening,

WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 8.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Henry
Ponsonby, one of her Majesty's Equerries in Ordinary, to
be Private Secreta►y to her Majesty, in the room of Lieut.-
General the Hon. Charles Grey, deceased.
FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 5.

Tho Queen has been pleased to apprcve of Mr. Mahlon
Chance as Consul at Nassau, New Providence, for the
United States of America ; Senor Frederic° Conrad Tobler
as Consul at Manchester for the Republic of Nicaragua
Mr. Charles Edouard Pichard as Vice Consul at Llanelly for
his Majesty the King of the Hellenes ; and Senor Howard
Fox as Vice-Consul at Falmouth for the Republic of the
Equator.