Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-06
BY CABLE.

LONDON, April GA dispatch from
Paris says that the Havres agency is
sues an apparently semi-oficial letter
stating that Austria has taken the in
itiativo of drafting proposal TO Tur-
key and Greece. All the powers ac-
cepted it, and it was to be presented
at Athens en- the 9th inst. Three Of
its stipulations, namely, that Greece
shall acquire Fort Puenta, that the
foItification of Prevasa be razed, and
that navigation of the bay Of Arta
shall be free, do not form part Of the
porte's offer, and the decision Of the
powers must therefore be communi-
Gated to the porte. The note is SO de-
cided, and dwells so clearly on the i'm
possibility of further concessions that
it plainly shows the futility of Greece
objecting to it. The present Greek
ministry will probably resign, and
Delyannis, formerly minister of for
eign affairs, and the Greek plenipoten-
tiary at the Berlin congress, will form
new ministry. Delyannis will be
more disposed to agree to conciliation,
which would be impossible for Pre-
mier Cumaundouras or Tricoupis.
The amount of gold in the bank of
England, which is greater than for
many years, is Gl5,5OO,OOO.
VIENNA, April 6.-lIussia, after
having acceded to the Austrian pro-
posal for the unanimous recognition
of the kingdom of Roumania, now
makes her consent conditional upon
measures against the nihilists in Mol
davia.
DUBLIN, April 6.--The land league
receipts last week were 92597 sterling.
Fifty pounds we're voted the families
of the men killed at Clogher.
SYRIA, April 6.-Continued shocks
of earthquake at Chic are destroying
houses injured by the fhst shock. 1t
is said to be utterly impossible to
enter tn: town.
LONDON, April 6.-In the house of
commons, last night, Lord Spencer
Churchill Conservative gave notice
that he would to-day ask whether
persons contributing articles to "Frei-
heit" are liable to prosecution, and
whether two members of the govern
ment did SO contribute towards it at
the time when it would otherwise not
have been carried on, and whether
they would be included in the prose-
cution. 1t appears the two members
alluded to are Sir Charles Dixie,
under foreign secretary, and Thomas
Brassey, a junior lord Of the admiralty.
A statement has been published that
two members Of the government visit
ed the Office of the "Freiheit" alter
Most had been arrested.
LONDON, April Cit is expected
that Gladstoue's speech introducing
the land bill in the house of commons
tomorrow will occupy three hours.
The anticipated bill will provide, un-
der the head sale of tenuresS" that
every tenancy shall frat be offered to
the landlord and the landlord may pro-
hibit sale of tenancy, where reasonable
grounds exist. The question, what
are reasonable grounds" may be re-
ferred to the land court. Where land
lords propose to raise the rent OF pur-
chasing tenant, the latter may resell
and shall be entitled to demand
from the landlord capitizasion equal
to ten times the annual increase de
manded. The sale Of tenancy bars all
claim to compensation for disturbance
or improvement, and the receipt of
such compensation bars the right of
sale. Where the tenant devises inter-
est to bis children or other persons,
only one of the deviseeS shall occupy
the tenancy, the object being
to prevent subdivision con-
trary to the wishes Of the
landlords. When tenant accepts an
increased rent, proposed by the land
lord, such tenant may not be disturbed
for thirteen years, during which time
there shall be no eviction or cumpul-
sorry increase Of rent, except as a con-
sequence Of the breach Of certain
statutory conditions. But if the ten
ant declines the proposed increase and
quits he shall, if he sells his holding.
be entitled to receive from the land
lord ten times the amount of the de.
manded increase. The statutory con-
ditions which bind the tenant as above
are for the punctual payment of rent,
a guarantee against waste, submission
to the ordinary rights of inspection,
shooting, etc., and a prohibition to
sub-let or to divide without the writ
ten permission of the landlord,
The limitation in the land act Of
1870 of compensation for disturbance
10 $50 pounds will be replaced by
sliding scale. Where rent is under
thirty pounds, compensation will be