The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-18 00:00:00

LAW OF COMPENSATION TO TENANTS.

The first clause in Part I. legalises the custom of
Ulster, providing that when the landlord has
purchased • the tenant-right from the tenant, the
custom can have no legal force in that holding. Land sub-
ject to the Ulster custom cannot be made the foundation
of a claim under any other provision of the Act. The
second clause deals with places not within the province of
Ulster where a usage prevails of allowing compensation
to the outgoing tenant. In these cases the court—to
be described presently—will be empowered to award
a sum according to the usage to which the holding is sub-
ject. But arrears of rent are to be deducted, and so is any
damage that may have been done to the property ; if a
tenant sublets his holding without the consent of the land-
lord, neither he nor the person to whom he sublets a por-
tion can get anything, except in the case of garden ground
..11otted to agricultural labourers; and, thirdly, the holder
3f a lease for thirty-one years—granted after the passing
of the Act—can claim no compensation, except
for permanent buildings, and unexhausted tillage improve-
3:onts. As in the case of the Ulster usage, the landlord
may buy up the tenant right, or whatever claim the cus-
tom may sanction in any other part of the country ; and
the land will then cease to be subject to any
usage. The following proviso is also added :
" Any contract made by a tenant by virtue of
which he is deprived of his right to make any
claim which he would otherwise be entitled to make under
this section shall, so far as the same relates to such claim,
be void." Then in the third clause come provisions for
compensation where no custom prevails. -Even a tenant-
at-will may claim something if disturbed in his holding.
If his farm is not worth more than £lO a year, he may be
awarded a sum not exceeding seven years' rent ; from £lO
to £5O a year five years' rent is the maximum ;
from £5O to 2100, three years' ; above a hundred, two
years'. If lie have made any improvements on the land
he may be allowed reasonable compensation, in addition
to the award for being disturbed in his holding. But to
this clause there are certain exceptions the same
as those under Clause 11. Arrears of rent and
damage are a set off ; subdivision is a bar ; and a lease
of thirty-one years removes all claim to compensation.
The fourth clause deals with improvements. Payment
for these, it is important to note, is quite distinct from
compensation for ejectment. All improvements are to be
paid for, with five exceptions : those made twenty years
before the passing of the Act, unless in the shape of per-
manent buildings or reclamations of land ; those forbidden
by the landlord in writing—made two years after the pas-
sing of the Act, or during the unexpired residue of a
lease granted before the Act. Those which the tenant
makes by written contract for a valuable consideration ;
those in violation of a contract ; and those which the
landlord has agreed to make himself, unless he do .not
fulfil his pledge within a reasonable time. There are some
exceptions, too, to the general claim for improvements of
any kind. Thus no tenant under a contract made
before the Act, can claim for improvements, if his title be
owluded by the contract. No tenant under a lease for
n)t fewer than thirty-one years can claim, except for
p :rmanent buildings, reclamation of land, or unexhausted
tillage, or manures. These leases, however, must be such
a--; are concluded after the passing of the Act. No tenant,
likewise, who gives up his holding•voluntarily can receive
anything, if his landlord have given him permission to
sell his improvements to the new-comer, and
he has not done so. Arrears of rent and
damage are to be deducted from all improvements. "Any
contract between a landlord and a tenant whereby the
tenant is prohibited from making such improvements as
may be required for the suitable occupation of his holding
and its cultivation in a due course of husbandry, shall be
void both at law and in equity, but no improvement shall
be deemed to be required for the suitable occupation of . a
tenant's holding and its cultivation in a due course of hus-
bandry, which appears to the court to diminish the general
value of the estate of the landlord." All improvements on any
holding to which these stipulations apply are presumed to be
made by the tenant, unless the contrary can be shewn. The
sixth clause deals with payments made by in coming to
out-going tenants ' • and the seventh provides for compen-
sation in respect of crops. Non-payment of rent
is made by the eighth clause a legitimate cause for
ejectment, and no tenant can claim any payment
for being disturbed j. his holding for such a cause, except
in certain special cats. Certain lands are exempted from
the provisions of the Act. These are : any demesne land,
any holding the tenant of which is a hired labourer
or hired servant of the landlord, any letting in
conacre or for the purposes of agistment or for
temporary depasturage : or any holding let and ex-
pressed in the document by which it is let to be so let for
the temporary convenience or to meet a temporary neces-
sity either of the landlord or tenant, and the letting of
which has been determined by reason of the cause having
eased which gave rise to the letting.

Then comes a description of the proceedings necessary to
obtain compensation. The tenant is to make a claim,
which the landlord will be deemed to have admitted, un-
less he serves a notice within a certain period disputing
the claim. If he does dispute it, then there will be a case
for legal decision. Should it be decided against the land-
lord, the tenant cannot be turned out of his holding until
the whole sum awarded has been paid. The courts
which are to award compensation are described
in the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st clauses. They are two
in number—the Civil Bill Court of the county where the
matter requiring the cognizance of the court arises ; or the
Court of Arbitration constituted by this measure. There
is to be an appeal from the Civil Bill Court to the Court
for Land Cases reserved at Dublin . but there is no appeal
from the Court of Arbitration. The powers of " limited
owners " are defined and set forth in the next six clauses.

SPORTINC*

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LIVERPOOL SPRING.MEETING.--MAncll 8.
ACCEPTANCES FOR THE LIVERPOOL SPRING
CUP.

The highest w. fight aceeping being?et 71b, it has been
raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion.
Age st lb Age at lb
Romping Girl ... 6 8 121Realite 6 7 3
Vagabond ... 4 8 5 Fir,ets ... 4 7 3
Silenus G 8 5; QTte.,,n of Hearts 3 613
Robespierre ... 1 8 1 s Ell:3ron 3 6 7
Honestish G 8 1 ;Free Trade 3 6 1
Van Aniburgli ... 6 7 11 !Enterprise 3 6 1
Amster ... 4 7 9; Mano!o ... 3 6 0
Eearte ... 5 7 5 i Mortlake 3 5 13
Lily ... 5 7 s!..larnao 3 5 12
Cirio 6 7 3; NP6soti ... 3 5 12
Brambridgo 4 7 3' Winifre 1 ... 4 (pd)

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-
MENTS.

Feb. 11, at 3.25 p.m., David Copporfield, out of Lincoln
and Derby engagements.

Feb. 11, at .3.25 p.m., New Zoalanthr, nut of Linco!a.
engagements.

Feb. 11, at 3.25 p.m., Wild Blood, out of Derby engage-
ments.

Feb. 11, at 4.45 p.m.; Warlike,- out of the Hurdle flaw,

Derby.

Feb. 11, at 4.45 p.m., Saturnalia, out of Derby engage-

ments.

Feb. 12, at. 9 a.m.,,Newland, out of all engagements,

Feb. 12, at 9 a.m., The Nun and Colours, out of both
Hurdle races at Derby, where the weights have appeared.
Feb. 12, at. 9 a.m., WairDruminoud, out of Mersey (-up
and Sefton Handicap, at Liverpool.
Feb. 14, at 9 a.m., Miss Edie, out of Derby Plate and
Hurdle Race, Derby,
Feb. 14, at 9 Rosobery and Duet, out of Derby and
Nottingham Hurdle Races.
Feb.l4,-at 9 a.ua., Cardinal York, out of the Nottingham
Handicap.

Feb. 14, at 9 a.m., Parma, out. of the Derby Plate,
Darby.

Fub. 14, at 4 p.m., The Guide, out of all engagements
to date.

Feb. 14, at 4.30 p.m., Nun, out of Derby, Nottingbam,
and Croydon engagements.

Feb. 15, at fl a.m., Durkin and Plenipotentiary, out of
Lincoln engagements.

Feb. 15, at 9 a.m., Whirlwind, out of Hurdle race at
Lincoln, and Derby engagements.

Feb. 15, at 9 a.m., all Mr. Dean's two yrs old, out of all
engagements named by him.

Feb. 15, at 9 a.m., Maesderwen and Finesse, out of
Derby Hurdle race (Ist day).
Feb. 15, at 9 a.m., Eyesore, out of Nottingltam Spring
Handicap.
Feb. 15, at 9 a.m., Slow Train and Cambronue, out of
engagements in England.

Feb.ls, at 11.45 a.m., Brick and Xi, out of the Hurdle
Race at l)erby.

Feb. 15, at 0.34 p.m., Winifred, out of the Liverpool
Spring Cup.

Feb. 14, at 3 p.m., LaTlylike, out of the household Bri-
gade Cup, Witrdsor.

l'eb. 16, at 9 a.m., Good Wine, out of Nottingham han-
dicap.

Feb. 17, at 9 a.m., Emeralder, out of the Household
Brigade Cup, Windsor.

CITY BETTING-YESTERDAY

WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP.
3to 1 agst Lord Lt. rg,au's nomination (taken f.)
LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP.
4 to l agst Royal I:ake(uffered)
6 to 1 agst Van Amburgit (t.tkon)
7to 1 agst Queon of Hearts (takeu aud offered)
ti to 1 agst Grasshopper f (taken)
100 to 8 agst Vagabond (offered)
100 to 8 agst King Victor (wanted)
20 to 1 agst Fleets (offered)
20 to 1 agst (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sycee (off, red)
25 to 1 agit Lady Zetland (taken f)
2i to 1 agst Spier, (taken and offered)
2.5 to 1 agst lientiow (offered)
2.5 to 1 &twit Historian (taken)

LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL.
sto 1 agst Doctor (offered—take 6 to 1)
7 to 1 agst Colonel (offered)
100 to 8 agst Honolulu (taken f.)
15 to 1 agst Surney (offered)
20 to 1 agst Lymington (offered)
20 to 1 agst Cristal (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Guy of Warwick (offered)
40 to 1 agst Gardener (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Alcibiade (offered)
50 to 1 agst Searrington (offered)
50 to 1 agst Little Rogue (offered)
500 to 40 agst Little Rogue 1,2, 3, (taken)

CHESTER CUP.
2000 to 50 agst Formosa (takou)

CITY AND EUBURBAN.
15 to 1 ngst AsWield (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Rosier ucian (taken)
40 to 1 agst Gertrude (uffere,l)
500 to 5 agst Revenge (wanted)

TWO THOUSAND.
4to 1 agst liingeraft (taken to .C 300,1)
400 to 24 agst Normanby (Nicol and offert d)
500 to 10 agst Bay Bolan 1 (taken and offered)

RAC ING FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.

Lincoln lB I Derby .. 29, 23
Harrow 17, 18 I Nswton ... . '75, 26
MAW) fi.
• _

Nottingham l, 2 I
Liverpool B, 9, 10 I
Pontefract ..14, 15 1
Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 1

West Somerset ..... 17
Warwick '22, 23, 24
Epsom 29, 30
Bromley 31 and April 1

APRIL.
Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22
West Drayton 7, 8 1 Abergavenny 91, 22
T hirsk 7, 8 i Lewes
Kingsbury 18,19 1 Croydon. 28, 2P
Durham lB, 19 I

MAY.

Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5
Chester. lO, to 13
Winchester lO, 11
Salibbury l2, 13
York 17, 18
Doncaster 19, 20

Harpenden 2O, 21
Bath 24, 25
Stamford .26, 27
Croydon 2t, 2?
Epsom 31 to June 3

Croydon 8, 9
Manchester 8 9, 10
Ascot 14 to 17
Windsor 2l, 22

NE.

Newton 22, 23
Hampton 23, 24
Bibury Club 25
Stockbridge...3o, and JPlv 1
ULY.

Newmarkot 5 to 8 I Nest Drayton 14, t 5
Nottingham 12, 13 I Huntingdon.... l9; 20
Chelmsford l2, 13 1 Kingsbury 2l, 22
Reading 1?, 13 I Goodwood 26, 29
AUGUST.
Brighton 2, 3 I Stockte_ l7 to 19
Brighton Club 4 Oxford lB, la
Lewes .5 6 1 York 23 to 25
Egham 9, 10 Plymouth
Windsor ll, 12 I Derby 3O, 31
Bromley l6, 17 i Weymouth 30, 31

SEPTEMBER.
Warwick 6, 7 I Richmond
Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ayr) 21 to 23
Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon 22, 23
Hampton 20, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 30

OCTOBER.
Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 00..10 to 14
Leicester
Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket H0t'n...24 to 29
NOVEMBER.

Liverpool Bto 11 Shrewsbury ll to 12

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.

irmingham 8, 9 I Harrow l7, 1
Derby ...10, 11 Newton "5, 26

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIMRSDAY.

The LORD CIIANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
five o'clock.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the standing
orders committee, and the select committee for the conside-
ration of opposed private bills was appointed.
Lord CAIRNS moved for copies of returns from poor-
law, and other officials in Ireland, as to the tenure of land,
&c., in that country, and also for copies of reports received
as to the tenure and occupation of land in foreign countries.
The papers were ordered.
Lord ROSSE moved for papers and returns relative it.
the Royal Mint.
These papers having also been ordered their lordships ad•
journed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TnrnsDAY.

Tho Smucru took the chair at four clock,

-GLASGOW MUNICIPAL EXTENSION AND '3l-

PROVESIENT BILL.

The second reading of this bill was opposed by Sir E,

COLEBROOKE•

Major HAMILTON seconded the motion of Sir E. Cole-
brooko for the rejection of the bill.
Mr. GRAHAM trusted the municipal authorities of Glas-
go A'
would have an opportunity of being heard before
committee.

Mr. ANDERSON opposed the bill, on the ground that
the pcople of Glasgow looked upon it as a great in-
justice.
mr. BRUCE opposed the bill on public ground; arguing
at some length that much injustice would be done to the in.
habitants of Glasgow if it were passed.
Mr. DAGLISH supported the second reading.
Mr. 0. EWING also supported the bill.
Mr. MACFIE was fully satisfied that the case was one for
inquiry before a committee.
A division was taken, when there appeared—
For the bill
Against
Majority against —4l
The bill was therefore thrown out.
NEW MEMBERS.

Colonel BERESFORD took the oaths and his seat for the
borough of Southwark in the midst of cheers.

Mr. PLUNKETT took the oaths and his seat for the Univer-
pity of Dublin.

NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Mr. NOEL, a new writ was ordered to
issue for the borough of Nottingham iu the room of Colonel
Wright.

NAVY ESTIMATES.
Mr. CHILDERS laid upon the table of tho House the
navy estimate•.

PAUPERISM 1N LONDON.

Mr. W. H. SMITH gave notice that on the 15th of
March ho would call the attention of the House to the in-
crease of pauperism in London, and to the operation of the
Pour-law in providing charitable relief. (Hear, hear.)