Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-02

LONDON, July lin the House of Com
mons, In committee on the land bill last
night, by an amendment moved by the
Attorney General for Ireland, the definition
Of "fair rent" was omitted from clause z.
An amendment offered by Lord Russell
(LiberaD, requiring the court to have re-
gard in fixing statutory rents to the inter-
ests of both landlords and tenants, was
accepted by the government and carried.
The Times says Lord Russell's amendment
disposes of the most disputable point in the
seventh clause.
Gladstone yesterday somewhat modified
his previous declaration concerning the in
volatility of leases by the statement that
some relief should be given to lease holders
who are subjected to undue pressure. How
this is TO be done is reserved for future con-
sideration. Mr.. Gladstone favored quashing
unjust leases while maintaining that they
could not be revised. This concession saved
an obstructive debate, which the Irish mem.
bers seemed inclined to raise.
The Daily Nelgs in regard to the sugges-
ton for the Introduction Of American saloon
carriages on English railways, which sub
iect has come forward again in connection
with the murder of Mr.. Gold. makes the
following statement: "We are informed
that a few years ago the directors of the
Brighton Railway Company discussed the
matter, but the evidence of the preference
on the part of the public for the ordinary
English carriages was so strongly marked
that the proposal was abandoned" The
extraordinary excitement continues relative
to the murder of Gold.
In the House of Lords to day the Duke of
Argyle, Lord Privy Seal, called attention to
the bessborough commission, and de-
nouneed It as a biased commission. He said
il entered upon its task with fOregone con-
clusion upon the three F's. aud its report
creates a wholly erroneous impression In re-
gard to the relations of landlords and ten
ants. The commissioners never really
sifted the facts, which would dispel many
of the assertions of the witnesses.
The Earl of Bessborough defended the
commission, and condemned the Duke of
Argyle's attack ON 1t.
The Marquis of Laudsdown Llberal) said
that as an Irish landlord he concurred with
the Duke of Argyle in thinking that the
report OF the Bessborough commission was
founded on hastily taken evidence.
Lord Salisbury, Conservative, said he
trusted that the doctrines laid down by the
commission would not be indorsed by the
Legislature.
Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary, pointed
out that the Duke of Argyle had carefully
refarined from referring to thesland bill but
that Lord Salisbury could not restrain him
self from having fling at the measure. He
said he regretted the tone Lord Salisbury
had adopted, because 1t was not encOur-
aging to the House when it considered the
spirit in which he Is likely to approach the
bill. The subject was then dropped.
In the House of Commons to-day, Mr..
McCoan, the founder of the Levant Herald
and for several years practitioner IN the
Supreme Consular Court of the Levant at
COnstantinople, In inquiring as to whether
the government would intercede for Midhat
Pasha, said he was personally acquainted
with the several persons who formed the
court before which Midhat Pasha was tried,
and he had no hesitation in publicly stating
that they were not entitled to respect as
Judges.
The eviction of tenants at Mitchellstown,
county Cork, continued to day. No dis
turbances occurred.
Iu the House of Commons to day Sir
Charles Dixie, Under Foreign Secretary,
replying to the question whether the gov
ernmenI would fntercede for Midhat Pasha,
who was sentenced to death at CONSTANT
nople for the murder of Abdul AZ'z, said
that Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary, and
Lord Dufferin, Ambassador at CONSTANT
nople, are communicating in regard to the
trial, and that it would be premature to
make any announcement.
At a meeting of the Home Rulers last
night a resolution moved by Mr.. A. NJ.
Sullivan, seconded by Mr.. Commins, was
passed protesting against the mischievous
changes made in the land bill and accepted
by the government.
The Manchester GaGdrdida's London cor
respondent says: "It is stated, on what
seems reliable Conservative authority, that
It is not at present the intention of the
Conservatives in the House OF Commons to
divide on the third reading of the land bill,
as, IL they did so, the House of Lords could
not consistently avoid taking a division on
the second reading of the bill. At present
it is by no means the Intention of the Tory
leaders in the House of Lords to take that
occasion to reject the bill, but rather to
endeavor to amend 1t in committee" The
correspondent believes that this attitude is
taken in view of Mr.. Gladstone's modiica-
tion OF clause of the bill.