New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-17
IRISH LAND TENURE.
MR. FoRsTERs BILL GROUNDED UPoN The LAND
ACT OF 1870.
Letter from Charles RUSSELL " j.. 10 The london times.

ACT OF 1870.
Letter from Charles RUSSELL " j.. 10 The london Times
SIR: | ask your permission to endeaVOr to
alay the wild fcdr Oh correspondents which have found
ut erancr IN your columns upon thr subject OF this BILL
and at tue same ma to attempt TO remove what seems
to the gross i>cunc ptons when exis as 10 us o
erau0n These, ihnk, arse mainly from want Of ac-
curd;e kLow'dae OF tnc existing law and careful
F1st-Iiy the Act OF 1870 two classes of compensa-
hausted imprOv ments aud (2) compensation for dis
nrhancr other words. !Or the deprivation the
landlord OF the tenants goodwill or tenant-rIgDt In MS
holding 1hls, oy whatever name called had long been
rrCOgn I'd IN Ulster and formerly las the Devon COn
MISSION shOws IN c0untlcs outside Ulster, by allowing
the gong tenant even when IN arrear Tor rent 10
sell his crest To lncUmn tenant. The Act OF 1870
orty but deals differently WIN IT in cases in and ont OF
Ulster. The former II leaves 10 the local which
compensation be paid BY ihe landlord to his tenant
Experience las shown hat such statutory scale 81
pensaton Is much less liberal than that secured by the
Second-Tne act OF 1870 however excludes eiectment
for uOu-p ymeut OF from the category of disturb
non payment of rent in IA much less aGyanrqgrons uosi
uOl than those in Ulster But there Is important
ccptiOn generally overlooked, TO TINS rOysiOn-uaney
tAat where the rem for nrnt OF when eectnr1i
IS brought is eXorUnant >ect0n 81, the ease may
treated by the Court Of disturbance, H. viewing
an circumstances Of Inc case It Dug Justly to be So
regarded (Scction 49, Now, all that Mr. FOrster's bill
really does Is 10 extend the principle OF sec ION by
substituting the criterion of tho possible right to com
pens "exorDt rent" reasonable rent land
that too, subject TO certain strict conditions presently
menu"nr and to make 1t applicable to all tcnancies
h. iisire -sed districts.
Third-Bu more. l wish to point out what seems to
be forgotten II an IRISH landlord desires eject
his tenant. and resorts to the Winch in like
cases, the only IN available landlord IN
Overwhelmingly, notice TO quii-he will, under the
Act OF 1870 be iaolr 10 make compensation Tor dis
tulDInce. Tus IL VIII be seen that Mr.. FOrsttr's bill
applies only to where TIE Iush landlord pursues
au exc prOnal remedy unknown To English law, and
that. too, only WITHIN mited during a limited
time, and undrr the stringent conditions % that the
tenant snail be unable 10 pay his GU that that
inability IS attributable the prevailing distress; (3)
that such tenant Is willing To remain just aud
sonable terms TO rent arrears, etc ara C hat the
landlord uHreason aOy refuses sucn Terms
FOUru-When IL is borne in mind that every other
Legal remedy for the recovery or his left un.
touched to the landord-fOT example civil process and
dstress-lt viii be uulOunded the
ton that this bill gives immunity from rent I'll The end
of 1881 where tine tenant has the meaus If the
ten has not the means 10 pay II Is obvious That eject
ment cannot secure payment ReGollpct The Obcc Of
the act of 1870 was 10 prevent the undue Raising Of
by compelling improvisation where the tenant refused
10 comply with the eXactiOn demanded and tue land ord
resOrtrd To eJectment Oh notice 10 quit. ask not
protection needed where the landlord In
sting Clrcums ances, maiDtalns his without
ducOui IL not snch maintenance Of the rent In the
period Of distress IN principle The sane raising II,
which he act Of 1870 was directed to discourage The
landlord who is Wiling fairly to recognize the difficult
ties the lime need not fear the operation OF MI. For
sters bill.
FVdt-Sir, the ejectmeuts which this bil may have
tc IN restraining eiecmeus not brought for
the purpose OF recovering rent but eedtmens brought
by nard men awaiting themselves OF the hard times 10
consolidate their arns and who do NOT scruple TO avail
Ireland. as distinguished from the law England, gives
tnen. although ia pursuing that remedy they may
fiscae AL snch interest In The tenant years OF his
labor AMI the expenditure OF such capital as no DOS
sessed may have created
cannot hlnk that nuch proceedings, particularly In
existing circumstances. are cOnsOnant with English
nouons OF common Justice am, sir, your obrdent
servant CHARLES RUSSELL