THE ARREARS BILL.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.")
Sra,—I wish to call your attention to a great and indefensible anomaly in the Arrears Bill. That Bill is a proposal to make it compulsory on the landlord, in certain cases, to accept a com- position for arrears of rent. This is, no doubt, necessary. But the Bill, as now before Parliament, has the effect that while the landlord will have to accept a composition and give a receipt in full, other creditors—shopkeepers, usurers, and friends who have advanced money to purchase tenant-right—will have their rights unimpaired. This is a wrong both to the tenant and the land- lord. If the landlord is compelled to accept a composition, other creditors ought to be compelled also.—I am, Sir, &c., Josxru Join; Munrny.
Old Forge, Dunnvarry, County Antrim, July 9th.
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