NEWS OF THE WEEK.
IN Committee on the Irish Land Bill on Monday, the Government proposed to alter the direction to the Court to "settle" the value of the tenant-right, into one to "ascertain its true value,"—the word " true " being suggested by Mr. Gibson, the junior Member for the University of Dublin, and accepted by the Government,—whereupon Mr. Chaplin imme- diately proposed to limit the true value to the value of all the tenant's improvements, when increased by that which he had himself paid for the right of occupation. This was, of course, flagrantly inconsistent with what had already been agreed, namely, that the Court should ascertain the true value of the tenancy ; since it is quite clear that the tenant might have paid 'either considerably more or considerably less than what solvent tenants in general would be willing to pay for the right of occupancy. And, after a • warm discussion, Mr. Chaplin's amendment was negatived, by a majority of 99 (244 against 145).
