Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-07-22
BY CABLE.

Of the land bill in regard to arrears Of
rent,which passed a second reading in
the House of Commons last night pro-
vides that where it appears to the
court, on joint application of landlord
and tenant, of any holding valued at
not more than ESQ yearly, that the
tenant had paid the whole of such
sum as the landlord was willing to ac-
cept as an equivalent Of the whole
rent, payable in respect of the year of
tenancy previous to the passage of the
act, and that antecedent arrears of
rent were due, commissioners might
make. in respect OF such arrears, an
advance not exceeding one years rent,
or one half of the antecedent arrears,
whereupon the court should declare
the holding to be charged with repay
ment of the advance by rent charge,
payable half yearly during fifteen
years from date specified, and calcu-
lated at e8 los yearly for every e10O
advanced, this charge to have priority,
and all arrears of rent due in respect
of the holding to be released abso-
lutely.
The vote of censure which Sir Mi
chael Hicks Beach will move Monday
next in the House of Commons is as
fellows: That in the opinion of the
House the course pursued by the gov
ernment in regard to the rising in the
Transvaal, which, so far as yet ex
planned to Parliament, has resulted in
the loss Of valuable lives without vim
dicating the authority of the crown,
is fraught with danger to the future
peace and safety of her majesty's do
minions in South Africa, and fails to
provide for the fulfllment Of the ob. .
legations contracted by England to-
ward European settlers and natives of
the Transvaal.
Nlr. Rathbone (Liberal) will move
an amendment as follows: That the
House believing that a continuance OF
the war in the Transvaal would not
have advanced the honor or interests
Of England, approves the steps taken
by the government to effecta peaceful
settlement, and feels confident that
every care will be taken to guard the
interests of the natives, to provide full
liberty and equal treatment for the
entire population, and to promote
harmony and good will among the
various races of South Africa.
The Standard reprints from the
United Irishman, Sunday Democrat
Irish World and Irish American q
column and half of extracts in praise
and recommendation of outrages
against England. The article is head,
en-: Science Of dynamite. The
Standard prefaces its article as follows;
Whatever the government of the
United States may think on the sub
ject, the leaders of the Irish agitation
in America regard themselves as in a
state of declared war with England"
A Berlin dispatch says there is to
be a complete revision of the Amer
lean diplomatic and consular service
in Germany.
Bradlaugh has summoned meeting
of his supporters in Trafalgar Square
on the evening of the second Of Au-
gust to make an orderly protest against
his expulsion from the House Of Com.
mons.
lroquois will not meet any Good
wood engagements, but will be re
served for the St. Leger stakes.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July %. - All
the present and former ministers of
the Government have been summoned
to meet in council to consider the best
means of settling the pending Ques-
tions.
PARIS, July 22.-In the Chamber
of Deputies a motion of Raispail, Re
publican, that the members Of the
Chamber allowing their names to ap-
pear as directors of new financial un-
dertakings, shall ipso facto pacate
their seats, was decl lared urgent by a
vote of 304 to 23 Raispail referred
to the Verdu railway as an instance of
scandalous jobbiug there promoted
and said such practices we're common
under the reign of Louis PHILIPPE and
the empire, but republics ought not to
cOuntenance them.
The weather is moderate and the
scarcity of water continues. There is
also short supply of water at Bar
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