Irish Private Bill Legislation: a tribunal

The demands which the Irish Local Government Bill made upon\nthe time of Parliament last session rendered it impossible to expect\nthat the Government could introduce the bill for the reform\nof Irish Private Bill Legislation, which was mentioned in the\nQueen's Speech for the year 1897. This reform has been advocated\nby the Irish Press of all politics, and has been constantly\nand urgently demanded for now nearly half a century by the\nIrish public. It is one of the most crying of our needs. The\nindustrial progress of Ireland has been blasted by the present\nsystem. Municipal improvement has been retarded and prevented.\nThousands and thousands of pounds that might have\nbeen expended on sanitation, or the beautifying and improving\nof cities and towns, have been wasted by this deplorable and\npreventible expenditure.