On the following day Mr. Chichester Fortescue moved his. remodelled
clause declaring that a tenant disturbed in his holding by his landlord shall be entitled to compensation for the dis- turbance up to a certain scale. The debate of the previous day was, therefore, renewed, chiefly by smaller men, but Dr. Ball, who rises every day in Parliamentary influence, "objected to the principle" of payment for eviction, Mr. Chichester Fortescue openly defended the principle, and after a Parliamentary " row " between Mr. Hardy and Mr. Gladstone as to whether the latter had said something or quoted Earl Russell as saying it, the "principle" was affirmed by 293 to 182, a majority of 111, the greatest majority that "tenant-right" when nakedly put before the country ever obtained. The result is that as the Bill stands wilful " disturbance " of a tenant so poor as not to be free is in Ireland an offence punishable with damages.
