In Committee on the Irish Land Purchase Bill on Tuesday,
Mr. Sexton moved the omission of the clause which requires the State to place one-fifth of the money advanced by it to the tenant in the hands of the Land Commissioners as a guarantee deposit, and a long discussion arose on this, Mr. Lefevre taking the side of the Irish Members, and arguing that this security was unnecessary against individual tenants, and apparently that it would be of little value as against any great movement of the tenantry. But the Chancellor of the Exchequer stood firm on this point, and Mr. Sexton's amendment was withdrawn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer giving np the secondary guarantee of the Church Surplus. An amendment of Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, limiting the sum to be advanced to any one tenant, was ac- cepted, and the Bill passed through Committee, and was re- ported to the House on the same evening. It was subsequently passed.
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