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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6051, 9 April 1881, Page 4

The Government Bill for the amendment of the Irish land laws was introduced into the House of Commons on Thursday. It has all along been a promise of the Gladstone Ministry that they would make an effort to pass a Bill for the amendment of the law in the direction sought by the Irish tenants, and the Land League has clamoured that this ought to have been done before measures of coercion were introduced. . The Land Leaguers, however, do not seem to have been very eager or hopeful about the Bill, fearing probably that in many quarters it would be accepted as the proverbialhalf loaf," and so materially diminish the strength of the agitation. It is not easy to speak of the measure from the brief telegraphic summary sent, or to say what would please the Land League; but we think it quite certain that this Bill will not satisfy the leaders of the party. Courts of law are to be created to fix rents, which shall thereafter remain unaltered for fifteen years;. Courts are to regulate land tenure and land sales; a commission is to be appointed to make grants to facilitate emigration, and to assist tenants to purchase. The Bill will have a stormy time 111 the House of Commons, and if it passes that ordeal, will meet with strong opposition in the House of Lords.