The Irish Catholic Bishops have drawn up a series of
Resolu- tions on the subject of the Laud Bill which must have the effect of greatly strengthening the hands of the Government, though some of them appear to us to press unduly upon the landlords.. They are very plain and straightforward, and with one of these- resolutions,—though it is a strong one,—we feel a great deal of sympathy It is this ;—" That the protection granted by the Bill should not be withheld from tenants now owing arrears of rent,. but that the Court should be empowered to adjudicate on all such cases of arrears, in accordance with the principles of the Bill ; and further, to stay proceedings in evictions for the non-. payment of rent." The last sentence does not, we suppose, mean that evictions should be stayed by the Government before the Bill passes,—which is impossible—but only that when the Bill passes, the Court should have power to look into the case of pending evictions, and stay proceedings, and oven reduce arrears, where it thinks tit. The acceptance of such a provision would certainly damp the existing zeal for hasty and unjust evictions.
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