Private Bill legislation for Ireland.

The necessity for a reform of Private Bill procedure is so universally\nacknowledged, and the English, Scotch, and Irish press have, within\nthe last few weeks, so emphatically reiterated the demand frequently\nput forward for such reform, that it is unnecessary to occupy\ntime in again repeating the reasons upon which this demand is\nbased, in again detailing instances of the extravagant and profitless\nexpenditure which the present method compels, and in reciting once\nmore the story of the worry, risk, haste, and oppression of the system\nthat has so long depleted the capital and retarded and blighted\nthe energies and efforts of industrial life in Ireland.\nIt will be a more profitable task to try and arrive at a practical\nconclusion. To see what best can now be done to effect a sound\nreform, and to endeavour to put forward such suggestions as may\nassist, through consideration and discussion of past efforts and recent\nproposals, to attain an effective result in the near future.