The Arrears Bill was road a third time in the
House of Com- mons early last Satruday morning, by a majority of 108 (285 against 177), and sent up to the House of Lords, the Emigra- tion clauses, which empower Boards of Guardians to borrow for purposes of emigration, and appropriate a grant in aid of .emigration of 2100,000, having passed by a much larger majority,—the Conservatives on that question voting with the Liberals. Mr. Trevelyan estimated that for every 23 of the 'Government grant, 21 would be given from outside, and that in this way the sum available would roach 2133,000, and would 'be quite sufficient to send out in all 17,000 souls, or fifteen per cent, of the population in the poorest unions. If, in addition to this, these unions do their own duty in borrowing for the pur- pose of emigration, a great relief may be obtained. But Mr. Tuke 'has shown conclusively that, without spending something like 2500,000 in all on emigration,—or sending away some 80,000 people,—the West Coast of Ireland cannot be restored to even -decent prosperity.
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