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out the words disturbed in his holding by the Act," and
to insert instead the following :—" Evicted by or conse-
quent upon notice to quit, from landlord." .He thought
the original words .`disturbed in his holding" were too
vague intlicir meaning, and. therefore he thought it would
be well for the House to accept his proposal. The clause
was altogether very badly drawn.
Colonel BARTTELOTT said the present was a most-impor-
tant amendment, and he should like to have it clearly
stated whether a tenant who had a lease for 31 years, and
who might receive a notice to quit, prior to the comple-
tion of the last year of his term, for bad farming, had a
right to go in and claim compensation. He thought that
a man ought to have recouped himself for all improve-
ments he had made during the thirty years of occupancy,
and therefore he ought to have no claim on the landlord.
Mr. SYNAN thought the effect of the amendment, if
agreed to, would be to deprive a great part of the
tenantry of Ireland of compensation.
Mr. HEADLAM said he had raised the same question
further on in the clause.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he could not agree to the meta.'
ment, because it was verbally quite ambiguous; but that
was not all. The amendment made a most important
proposition. It was that a person who took a farm from'
year to year shouid be protected, and have damages for'
eviction, but that a person who took a lease for two years
or even a year and a day, should be deprived of all pro-
tection. The adoption of the amendment would be simply
the destruction of the bill, and therefore he should give
the proposal his strongest opposition. He regretted that
the proposition should have received the approval of the
right hon. gentleman the member for Newcastle.
A short discussion followed, during which Mr. Hunt
said he thought it was most important that the meaning
`et the term " disturbed" should be more clearly defined
than it was at present in the bill, an opinion in which Dr.
Ball agreed, the learned gentleman stating that in the
event of the Government not taking the subject in hand
he.should feel it, his duty to submit a proposition to the
.
House, with a view of making the meaning of the term

clearer.
The amendment was withdrawn in favour of that which
stood in the name of the member for Newcastle.
Mr. SHAW moved an amendment as follows :—Clause
3, page 3, line 1, leave out from "landlord" to "land" in
line 35, and insert " such notice of disturbance shall be
signed by the landlord, and state fully the reason why
possession of such holding is sought, and if such
reason shall appear to the judge sufficient and
just, he shall decree possession, .- and the tenant •
shall be entitled to such compensation, to he paid by the
landlord, as the judge may think fair and reasonable. On
granting such compensation the: judge shall estimate the
injury sustained by the tenant by reason of disturbance in
his occupation. He shall estimate the value of reclama-
tion and drainages and of buildings and im-
provements made by the tenant or his predecessor in
title, and suitable to the farm, and also of unexhausted
lanure and tillages.
Mr. FORTESCUE objected to the amendment. He
thought the county courts with which the Irish people
were most familiar were the proper tribunals to appeal to.
After some discussion, the amendment was with.::
drawn.
Mr. FORTES= then moved an amendment, the object
of which was to effect entirely, that which had only been I
effected partially, by the bill as it was originally framed,l
namely, the separation of the question of improvements
from the scale for damages for eviction.
Dr. BALL said -this was the commencement of a coma.
plete scheme on the part of the right hon. gentleman to
alter the original plan as regarded compensation. It also
indicated some intention to interfere with the provisions
and take out of that clause altogether certain conditions.,
of tenure. He hoped the House, would not consent to the
altered proposition now submitted to it, but that it would
compel the Government to retain the original wording of
the clause, if it did not accept the amendment of his right
hon. friend the member for Buckinghamshire.
Mr. GLADSTONE denied that it was attempted, by the
proposed amendment to introduce a new principle in
bill, and and he did not see there was any ground for
the warm declamation of Lthe hon. gentleman opposite.
He (Mr. Gladstone) distinctly referred to the promised
amendment in moving the second reading, as it was most
important that the compensation for improvement and
the damages for eviction should be clearly set out. What
he advised was, that the present amendment should be
received as a verbal one, which, if passed, would
enable them to start fair on Monday with the
consideration of the proposals of the right honourable,
member for Buckingham and his right hon. friend near

him.
Mr. DISRAELI said he quite agreed with the hon. ana,
learned gentleman, the member for the University of;i
Dublin, that the proposed amendment would be a com-,i
plete revolution in the proposals of the bill. It was, in,
his opinion, a new scheme involving altogether a new bill.
Sir R. PALMER said it appeared to him the words were
mere surplusage, and there would be no danger in agreeing
to the proposal of his right hon. friend.
Mr. HARDY said if the amendment was agreed to as a
verbal one, it should be clearlyunderstoodthaf the amend,
ment of his right hon. friend (Mr. Disraeli) should have
precedence on Monday.
Mr. GLADsToNE said that proposal was a fair one.
The amendment of Mr. C. Fortescue was then agreed
to, and the sitting of the House was suspended untilninq
o'clock.

The House resumed at nine o'clock.
SUPPLY.—TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.
On the motion to go into committee of supply,
Mr. FAWCETT rose and moved " That this House regards
with satisfaction the memorial lately presented to the
Prime Minister by the Provost, professors, tutors, and
other authorities of Trinity College, Dublin, in favour of
united or undenominational academical education in Ire-
land ; and this House is of opinion that it is highly expe-
dient that the Government should, with the least delay
possible, give effect to the prayer of this memorial by in-
troducing a measure which would not only free the fellow-
ships, scholarships, and other emoluments and honours of
Trinity College, Dublin, from all religious disabilities, but
which would further provide that those who are not mem-
bers of the Established Church might, within a reasonable
time, obtain an adequate influence in the government of the
College."
The motion was seconded by Mr. PLUNKETT, one of the
members for the University of Dublin, who said that he did
so with the full concurrence of his right hon. colleague, Dr.
Ball.
Sir H. HoAu moved the adjournment of the debate.
The motion, after some slight opposition, was agreed to,
and the House adjourned at 20 minutes past one.

MI abstract of an account of every increase and
diminution which has taken place, in the year 1869, in
the number of persons employed, or in the salaries, emo-
luments, allowances, and expenses of all public offices or
lepartnients, published to:day, flews an increase of
L,057 persons.. with a charge of £260,835, and a diminution
if 278, viiin a charge of £92,700. The increase is mainly
tile to the Post Office, where 780 have been added and in
the prisons department, where 151 have been added, whiki
the chief decrease is in the navy and victualling yards.?
The Canadian Dominion House of Commons has
' ad under discussion a resolution for an address to the
Otown praying that an Imperial Act should be passed de-
Aaring the mutual financial arrangements between
%e several provinces of the Domi
final and unalterable. as settled by,
she Confederation Act., o be
An amendment was carried asserting that the Dominion.
Parliament possesses absolute control over the public funds,
ut that no subsidy be voted in future to the Governmentjf
any province except those which have been provide&
oy existing Acts. The additional subsidy granted to thei
Xora Scotian Government last year, gave rise to the "mq,'
don referred to.
CAPTURE OF A FRAUDULENT BANRiek:."-:-A -clever
capture of a fraudulent bankrupt, under the clauses
of the new Debtors' Act, has just been effected
by Detective Spibey, of the Derby Borough Police.
It appears that on the 22nd
.of I?ebruary? Daniel
O'Connor, an extensive elastic web manufacturer.
decamped from Derby, taking with him a large sum of
money believed to belong to his creditors. A warrant
was immediately applied for by Mr. Allen, solicitor,
Derby, on behalf of the petitioning creditor, and on the
3rd of March Detective Spibey was despatched
by the Head Constable to arrest O'Connor if
possible. He traced him to Paris, and succeeded in
apprehending him at Havre, where he had booked
to leave for America in the Cimbria. He was arrested,
and, on being searched by the French police, neatly
£2,600 in English arid American notes and gold were
found upon him, Spibey returned to Derby for necessary
documents, obtained tiA necessary auOiorisation to fecelvb
the prisoner 4oln the irrthich police- and Ul6 13104 wsvi
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