27 MARCH 1886, Page 2

Mr. Shaw-Lefevre has also written some interesting letters on the

subject, the general drift of his view being that the poorest of the peasant-holdings should be bought out altogether, and that the others should be partly bought out, SO as to reduce the rental,—an operation which he calculates could be effected for something like £70,000,000, instead of £120,000,000 or more. But then, his fixed idea is that an Irish Parliament might be trusted to enforce rents thus reduced,—which is just the question at issue. Would an Irish Parliament composed of Parnellites be likely to do anything of the kind ?