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elections, and II will h. folly for tllo Eeru}-
LEANS to scstter their forces,


lenns to acatter their forces,
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THE DEFEAT Of TIIE IRISH CoMpBH-
aAT10F BILL.
III his first serious effort, 10 establish TO-
form, Mr.. Gladstone has met with a nignff- |
cnNt cheek hy tic unprecedented n,nioitty Of |
:sss to II, with which tho House of Lnrt1s |
has rejected tho Irish Compensation bllI,- |
maturity which shows TINT tic Peers sank
everything clso ont uf sight, humanity rs
wnil M pnlttfcs, and voted AZ a House OF
landlords for their own selfish, personal In
forests. 'rlifs unfortunate result will oMtatl :
great responsibility upon tho Government
az to fts future. course, aid INTERIOR tor,-
sequences which may be very grnvc In char.
nc,er. WhiIo the action Of tin House Of
Lords cnnnot he construed an \ lrhcctson In
any scnse upon the L!bernl Government,
ant, while It will not at nil disturb Mr. Glad
stones power In The Lower ueusc, it may
nono the less prcclptatc grave rcsponsi-
hliltes, for, rs tic London lFdrtd saya:
"Howoyer satisfactory may be tho harvest
In Ireland, tl,ora Is certain to bo wnnt and
suffering tn the winter. ThH antt.rent aglta.
tion Is not dead yet; lts promoters VII have
borrowed alcrtncA and autIaclty from wiint
has passed at Westminster this session;
disturbance thoro will certainly be, blood"
shcd perhaps" Already tic signs nt agraEtan
agitation and discomfort, II r,st Of violence,
may be sren in tho Dispatch OF large bodies
| Of troups to various parts OF Ircla,h and the
decision Ut tho Goyurnmcn, that the officers
and Courts must be protected in thu execution
Of, tho laws, however much It may tecrct the
defeat OF tic Compensation BILL. Tlat notll-
Ing more will be done at present is evident
from tho statement Of Mr.. Forster, tho Clitcf
Secretary for ireland, who has had GliaTFc
Of the bill, that no at1ler bill can be brought
in this session, and TINT all that can be DUNG
new Is to preserve order In ireland. Notil-
Ing Is settled except tho probability If moro
suffering for tho Irish tenantry and the pos
Bibility ut violence.
Tho bflt itself Was not q harsh ono III Any
PARTICULAR, md before the 1nal vote 1t lad
been amended over and over 10 slit the land-
lord class. 1t provided that until DEC. 81.
1851, in those paris OF Ireland where there
has been serious distress, eviction for failure
to pay rent should be considered disturb
ance under tho law Of 1870, md entltlo tho
tenant 80 eyfcted to compensation, to DO fixed
by tho County Court Tho tenant was re-
quired to prove l1fs inability to pay the rental
and tf1at thu landlord had refused to allow
him Ia re,nai, after ho tad offered to make
reasonable arrangements to my Ills rent and
arrears. Tho onsration Of tho bill wns 70
strlcted to holdings whose rental did not
excecd 60 mar annum. Not only was
the bill itself n lentent ono. drawn in tho In.
terests Of Temporary relief. but tho Govern.
.. mcut yielded III several important conces
sfons 10 as to commend It II possible to Tia
opponents. Under tho Land acts u landlord
who otccts a tenant owing more than three
: years' rent mikes himself lfable to damages
! far disturbance. The Goyernuent consentad
that nrrcara ,ccru,nr by thu oneratfon Of The
J Compenaation bll1 should not bc rGckoncd
, nna,nst the landlord. Aratn. m act OF 1851
etyes nm elected tenant the right Of rc1utr,
, m nnvtnent o5 arrears within six months. Il
, was nossfhle. therefore. under The Co,npensa
t{on bi,1. far 4 tenant who Ind hcau elected
( and rcccived damages under the bill to re
| tIeom and rcnnter unon the possession Of hi,
aacs ] eailcctc, m ~ fron, III n,m 'rhf. IN tho Gov