, 1881-07-24


at hand. The alleged famine, by tht
way, was grossly exaggerated, but the relief
from America and elsewhere was clleertnll>
accepted. Mr.. Russell. member ot laIll;l
nent for Dundalk, the eminent Quccn's
Counsel who made such I'LL example OF
Miss Mabel Wirberforce, Of San Francisco
and indianapolis, tells of j Mayo friend
who, during the hardest period of that
famine, was laying iii his usual stock of
poteell. IL hope, pat," said he to the man
u1acturcr, that this is better stuff than the
tast-'' ''The last" cried Pat, ''sure that was
only potcen in name, but this, your honor,
Is made from the very pick OF the relief
male"
TIE CALENDARS At THE ASS1zES
now going OH throughout Ireland are en-
ceedin.ly heavy, but, owing to the facilities
afforded by the O'llasau jury act, the prls-
uller III all aerarian case is able to secure Il
"fricnd il1 the box" without any trouble,
and the administration of justice is Il farce.
At Cor! the jurirs have conducted
themselves III All outrageous MANNER. They
plainly told Alr. Justice Barry. who pre-
sided i'll the Criminal Court, that they
would attach lo weight to the evidence of
the police. and, as in nine agrarlan cases
out of tel the police are the only witnesses
il was manilestly impossible to secure
!, conviction, and the Crown threw tic docket
uyer until the next asslZcs. LIT Tipperary
the jurors, III several cases where the prison-
crs' guilt was established beyond tile shadow
Ut Il doubt, found verdict Ut ac4uitta1
wit'lous leaving the box, anu, when MI
Justice Fitzgerald threatened to fire them,
and ordered them into Lie jury-ro0m f0rcon-
sllltatiull, they annoyed lin by sending
out requests. not for an explanation Of ul-
struse points Ut law. but for whisky ilrlu
cards, which, Of course, were refused. The
jury act cannot be amended this Session, and.
by this TIME next year, tie iails will be full
Of untricd prisoners.
THE 1.Oi:ls.
The clief attempts to amend the Land bill
III the House ut Lords will concentrate upon
an effort to insert a clause giving conlpensa-
ton to the landlords for the loss
Of property inflicted upon tl1elu by,
the general operation Of the 1lltasuru- lit
many eases the landlord has paid for
llalf ur more than half of the improvements
on his estate for farm buildings and uther
works. Is tie hill now stands. the tenant
will be able to sell ttlc whole outright To tie
llig hest bidder, ;I1d puckct the pru-
crt.ls, the landlords getting nothing.
This, it will be contentleu, is
cont;>catiou, and Ill entcavor viii he made
IN inser: some provision FOR compensatlng
the owner in cases of actual deprivation Ut
the value Of his improvements.
LORD AEDlLAIN
(Sir Arthur GuiHness) is Il case in point.
i)urinE the last ten years te has Spent over
ElOO,DOo in the improvement OF his estate,
these improvements giving employment
tu ntany tenants and tenants sDns. Under
the act the tenants who have reapcd the bell-
ciit Of the money spent i'll the Improvements
will be ll!:lde absolute owners oI them. They
may sell them with their teiiant right, or, in
ease Lord .ArliIaun. Should eject them,
claim and obtain from him So many Years
or purchase Of the works III
which he las irrctritvabiy sunk his money.
There is no denying that hitherto the tenant
,yen though he :rubbcd the soil with
lie utmost industry, could not hope
% obtain Il stake in it or to
DC guaranteed against rapaeity aud arbitrary
eviction, but if the estate belongs to the
a,dIord-and ntbuty outside Of the League
Mill deny that Il lnan Wlu has inherited or
,aid for property is enti,led to unqualified
landlords rights ought
lot tu be swept away in the nlall-
,er indicated without COMPENSATION. Ii
railway company pushes its line
Trough an estate, equity culnpcls it hot
,siy to pay for tie right of way, but to give
lie owner compensation for tile loss inflicted
luon his property by the division, regardless |
# any prospective benefits which may IT. |
rue to the estate frum the construction |
# the line. Under the Land bill, however, |
he landlord is not only deprived of the free |
[pnl Of the tenant right, but the money lie |
It's sunk in improving it is lla1ldcd over to |
lie tenant.
WHETHER THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY
It the House OF Lords Will take the lead in /
oruing this amendment upoll the Govern
Rent is yet uncertain. Ii Lord Salisbury |
tolis back, lor.I Dunravcn {whose knowI-
lgc vi the question is not excvllc1 in The
upper I{ouse) will move I'LL an,cnd-
lent OF the subject. III will be
upported by the Marluis Ut Lallsttowne,
he luke .of Argyll, anu the representatives
+ the Wing party generally. 1t will be re-
that I'LL amendment of similar
ind, moved i'll tic Commons by
fr. James Howard, the Liberal meu-
Il THE great agricultural machine
FORKS there, WAS only rejected BY IL very
arrow majority III Il full house. Should
.ord DMnrayen's amendment be carried,
IL. Gladstunc would probably refuse to ac-
c?t it, ami the two HOUSES might be brought
ito conflict.
M1:, FoI:srEE's CLAUSE
for the agricultural laborers gives
reat satisfaction to that class. Their Lepu-
.tiun. which waited OH the Chief Secretary,
as c.lrlously REPRESENTED. Mr.. +. j. John
III, Of kantaurk. County Cork, the chief
is a hoteikccper it, that
'obegone town. lie was 4 railway
nployer before lc took to hote-
ecplng, and never did days
ork OIL Il bayfield, aid potato patch i'll Ills
Il. For some years p:,st hc has been the
cad ef the Irish Agricultural L:lborers'
niun, Il mythical b"ly, aud belongs to
lc class of poiiticai :tiventurcrs- Nr. Peter
'Lcary, who followed Mr.. johnson, is
stune-imtson by trade, hut of late has been
with the weekly press il, London.
e has visited the United States AMI Canada
,yeral times, and is Il man of intelligence
1d probity, but no more al agricultural
borer than the late Lord Leityini.
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