The Irish Land Bill is all but passed by the
Hotiie of Com- mons. On Monday the debate turned chiefly on the advances to tenants to enable them to purchase their holdings, with regard to which it was determined that the advances to be made were not to be more than two-thirds of the value ; and the repayment is to be by an annuity of £5 for every hundred pounds advanced, to last for 35 years, instead of £6 10a. for every such hundred pounds to last only 22 years. The change is likely to make the clause very much more operative with a people like the Irish, who too often look to the immediate burden more than to the future gain,—for those who can buy will, under the clause as it now stands, frequently have less to pay yearly for the repayment than they would otherwise have had to pay in rent. The indefatigable Sir G. Jenkinson moved the rejection of the clause as amended, but was defeated by 114 to 27 votes.
