On Tuesday them were three great speeches. The Duke of
Devonshire insisted with great power that this was a Bill for superseding a Court of law founded on a long tradition of principle, by an arbitrary tribunal with no principles at all to guide it, and yet from whose decisions there would be no appeal. He created a great impression by substituting the word " land grabber," as it would be substituted in Ireland for the words " new tenant," in the provisions of the Bill, and making, for instance, one of these provisions read that if the " landgrabber " does not wish to be turned out, he must lodge a formal objection to being turned out, and so bring down upon himself a douche of persecution. This Bill would effect the purpose of putting both the new tenants and the land- lords on their defence before the public, solely for holding fast to their just and legal rights, which no one ought to have had the power to attack with even the smallest prospect of being listened to.
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