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'ese cases being mutual, and the profit mutual likewise. It was also his Intention to propose such provisions e• would enable the corporation so formed in each diocese t make purchases of lands out of such sums as might le paid for the redemption of tithes, facilities being create for such redemption in the manner in which the redemp tion of the land goes forward in England. It would 4 ,4 course he obvious, that for particular parishes it might nee always be practicable to fins portions of land precisely o' the value which those parishes might require to meet t' f amount of their tithes; but with a view to an arr age nient of that nature, the proceeds of the redeemed tithes o several parishes might be united ; and for the use of th, clerey of those parishes, an estate might be purchased, which would supply the place of the redeemed tithes; ar carilinedy the Bill will afford increased facilities to landlord to relieve themselves from a burden which they new reall bear, and which it is the intention of the Bill to Ie brought forward to impose on them, nominally as well a. really. The Bill, as he had already said, would ge upon the same principle as the .redemption of land tax proceeded in Eriglind, and as the redemption oh the quit and Crown rents proreeded in Ireland In order to afford increased facilities to landlord. for effectine these redemptions, he proposed that, where there were settled or encumbered properties, the SUMP raised for the purpose of redemption should tike priority of all existing circumstances. From the evidence Ware the Committee nothing could be dearer, that the creditor. upon any given estate could have no reason whatever te complain of an arrangement of that nature, because. though apparently it did really give priority any new in eutnbranre, the estates were already liable for the tithe ; and even if they were not, it would he a vast advantage ti, all parties concerned that they should be placed on a per manent and satisfactory footing, for thus would increased security be given to their debts. He proposed also to in troduce provision to en.ble landlords to sell or exchange a portion of their entailed estates for that purpose, 'as well as to create new incumhrances, for the pur pose of freeing the whole from the burden of tithes now affecting them. In making an arrangement of that nature, it was thought expedient that the income. of .the ti. rey should be calculated at 15 per cent. below their actual value ; and it was also intended that the landlords should he enabled to purchase ne the tithes of their respective estates at the price of sixteen Year.' purchase, which would, in off et, operate as a de unction of firteen per cent. upon the income of the clergy. Pe mod!, take the annn .1 income of the clergy of the esta blished church at about 600.0001 per annum, for the pur poses of his areument—it was not important that he was odour. ly correct ; whether accurat ly stated or otherwise. the numbers i e used would equally well explain his argu ment. This 600 0001. a year, taken at sixteen years' purchase. gave a total of 9 600.0001. taking fifteen per rent. from that o ould reduce it to 9,300,000/. With that sum land could be purchased at eights- n years' pur cheep for the use of the Clergy, and then they would have a safe and complete rental of 510.000/. ; and in lieu of the fifteen per cent. they would have increased security and diminished trouble. He now came to a point which he de- toed a ell worthy of the attentive. In a matter of that imp- rtanre , anh where so great an object was to be at tained, it might he expedient to advance money to land lords, for the purposes of redemption, at a less rate of in. tereet teen-five per cent. It might be that sonic landlords ould abstain from availing them-elves of theatre advantages o-hich the Bill offered—it might be that some landlorde.— blind t the pecuniary advantage to themselves—insensible •to the I enetits accruing from the removal of a fertile source of discern, indifferent to the sources of inereas , if income. which the agricultural improvements con.e quent upon a restoration of tranquillity must produce. might still he flow to assume, not a pecuniary burden, but a peenniery advantage. To such 1 ndtords he pent osed to hold nit the additional ieducement to rid themselves of the burden of tithes , , by supplying them with funds fir that purpose at a lower rate of interest than five per cent. Not only was it intended, then. to leave it open to lendloids to purchase up the tithes affecting their property, and to eive eve' y practicable facility and convenience for doing sin, but it was blrewiee intended to put it in the power of the State to purchase any amount of tithes in any part of the country w here it might lie found expedient. of course leaving the Ecclesiastical Corporation firmed in the Diocese to dispose of the sum• so invested, as in every other case, for the benefit of the parochial clergy. Having now stated the several prepesitione which he in tended to submit to the House, he had only to add, that be was sure the House would agree with him in thinkine that ti e several conveyances to be made up under these B 11. ought to he freed born stamp duties, auction duties. sod fees for searches in the Registry Office. Such immu nity wee, no doubt, a great indielg• nee, but the object was so important, that he was sore Hon. Members would agree ith him that such a sacrifice was well worth while ma king. These were the whole of the measures which he intended to submit to Parliament fer the purpose of sna king a final adjustment of the Irish tithe system ; and the House would perceive that the whsle three Bills, when introduced, would hear upon each other at the same time ; that the House could not fail to gee that the fir.t and second might be adopted and carried into beneficial effect without eny aid whatever from the third Bill. Though three Bills were all but parts of the same measure, yet they were not so far neceseari'y connected as that ore might not produce beneficial effects without the others. A‘ to any further measures with respect to the Church, as to any other appropriation of its funds, he certainly did entertain. ,opinions individually which be should be very slow to abandon. There was no man more anxious to be instru mental in bringing about Reforms of the acknowledged abuses existing in the Church. He should be most anxious to see a greater equ ility established than at present was to be found amongst the members of that body ; he desired t, see a closer approximation between the incomes of the la borious and the dignified clergy. He wished far an ar rangement which would confer a reasonable competence upnn the humble curate, which would inererve the number of benefices, and diminish the number of unions. which would spread throughout Ireland a resident Protestant gentry, useful not only as clergy, but as gentry spending their incomes—engaged in works in which they were never bickward, of kindness and of Christian charity. They would he, he observed, in such circumstances, not only a body of clergy. but a set of individual* supplying the place of the absentee proprietors. He was aware, that in effect ing the changes which under these Bills it was intended to bring about, the promoters of such measures should pro ceed with boldness, though at the same time not without caution ; but respecting this there could not he a semi. , opinion, namely—that whatever changes might be required in Church government, must he brought about by the in strumentality of the Church itself; but he should, never. the less, be the foremost to effirin that it was the right andh duty of the Legislature, and in the highest degree ineunn e bent upon it, to take the Pad, if the Church itself did_ not. in rectifying abuses—in correcting the distribution ofpro perty—in confining it to ecclesiastical purposes...;-in re moving a well known cause of discontent, arising out of the payment of church cess and rates by . Catholics (Hear, hear.) He was sure that ti , e, clergy of the Est delished Church would rejoice in, be ng relieved from that responsibili'y to their succ-eeors which arose from their possessing their present powers, and hence he bail no doubt they would gratefully hail a measure which wouhri strip them of those powers. The charges to which he alluded were certainly of tr tl,ng amount, but they were a s'-urce of continual irritatien—of endless opposi tion—of petty jobbing, disgrace-till alike to all the parties concerned, and lie was sure univereally offensive to the tier- y themselves. As a meane of removing this grie vance, he looked to a fund arising from the First Fruits. It was necessary be should observe, that the First Fruit Fund in Ireland was upon a footing altogether different from what it was in England : here it was used for the purpose of augmenting snail livings—there for the pur pese of repairing and rebuilding religious edifices in place. , where the church cess was inadequate to such a purpose. Steps he thought might be adopted for rendering the First Fruits Fund more productive ti an heretofore, and better fi't.d to supply the place of the church cess, so fertile a 'puree of heartburning and discontent. He hoped that, in laying these plans before the House, he had succeeded in at,st ining from any violent or angry expression, in thus treading trpon ground most delicate, and, he might add. most. dangerous. Viesving it in that light, he en. tee ted the H use, in the discussion tnat might• ensue,' lo proceed with all calmness and temperance, for the measure w t., which they were engaged was one which deeply affected ti e peace and tranquillity of behind, a measure by which it was hoped that a good understanding might be establish ed between the Protestant clergyman and the Roman Catholic clergyman, for it would be r fleeted to all clasper of Protestants and Catholics, and thus might they at length leek forward to the time • hen religious disseneien nr ohs tie firelight to a close.—(Hear, hear.) Ile concluded by moving for leave to brine. in a Bill to amend the provisions of the Tithe Composition ext-nd those provisions —and to render them permanent and compulsory; also a Bill to establish Ecclesiastical Corporations in the several Dioceses in Ireland. Mr. JAMES GRATTAN should be extremely sorry to t' row any difficulties in the way of the measure plat Right Hen. Gentleman, or in the way of any measure re his Majesty's Governan nt. He denied that the Composi tion Act was founded in justice, or that tithes could he converted in . .) a fair land tax. The tithe composition act was a measure that had exactly filed. The firsti-p position to tithes arose ina compounded parish. His fa- tiler, he observed, bad introduced into the Irish Parlia ment a measure similar to the present, and one which it, -hose times, might have sufficed ; hut for these times vould never do. The most competent witnesses had de •lared before the C mmittee that composition would never to, that a transfer of the burden 'mom the small farmer to .he Greater, would never aff ird the people satisfaction. the Police Afalistrate, the military Officer, the Dissent_ ;no Minister, and the Catholic Priest, were unanimous in the opinion that composition could not he enforced. A• o the power of periodical revision, it was, in his opinion. , old f r nothing. He was anxious to see something like he Scotch system established fir the present. Certaio, the incomes of the prescnt incumbents ought to be as sessed to them, but with respcct to tithes in future. t•hey ()wilt to be regarded Es the property of the state, disposable at the discretion of that House. The slovenly manner in which the averages were taken in Ile 'and would render it exceedingly difficult to pot in execu tioa the Right Hon. Gentleman's plan of taking the ave rages from 18'23 to 1830. So miny objections also 'ay to the composition of tithes in Ireland, that it would be im possible to render it compulsory. As to the church cess, he wished to hear that it was entirely extinguished. The Hon. Member concluded by moving an amendment to the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman's resolution to the (ollnwing effect : " That it is essential to the peace of Ireland that the pre sent system of tithes in that country should cease and determine. " That in coming to this resolution, the House recognises the right of persons holding vested interests, and the duty of the Legislature to provide compensation. " That it also recognises the liability of landed property in Ireland to contribute to a fund for religion and charity ; but that fund ought to be differently collected from what it is at present, and should be lighter in amount. " That the mode of levying and of distributing the said fund ought to be left to the decision of a Reformed Parliament.' Mr. BEAUMONT seconded the amendment. Mr. SHEIL said that the Secretary for Ireland bad recently olij,2cted to a motion relative to poor law-, be cause Parliament was on the eve of dissolution. He then felt that a Reforming Parliament was in a great measure diveired of its Legislative functions, and that when it had only a few weeks to five, it should not in articulo mortis engage in any great enarment.—(Hear, hear.) Where fore does he not apply that sentiment to the present proceedings? Wherefore, at the close of this self-con demned House of Commons, did he bring forward a measure by which the permanent interests of Ireland might be affected—and which, according to the evi dence of the Archbishop of Dublin, was to be ulti mately extended to this country ? Nothing but absolute necessity could justify this course. But would this measure give food to the clergy or arrest that spirit of insubordina tion which was traversing Ireland with such gigantic strides ? When the clergyman stretches out his hands for bread, would they give him this hard, this barren, this petrified piece of legislation ?—(Hear, hear.) Ace rding to the statement of the Right Gentleman, it would take a year to bring the Bill into operation. In the interval, the clergy were to perish, and the hundreds of thousands were to continue to assemble. Did the Right Hon. Gen • tlernan think that gathering the people in churches to ap point commissioners would tend to produce a v-'ry con ciliatory disposition ? On the contrary, by collecting the people in enormous masses of inflatnniahle emotion, the Right Hon. Gentleman would but exasperate them, and increa-e the dangers of the country. But who were the witnesses that recommend the extension of the tithe cotnpasition ? The Secretary for Ireland has not appealed to the evWenc- of one. He begged the Home to examine the testimony given before the Committee. The fist person that objected to this measure was the Protestant Arclibish ,, p of Dublin. He says, in his evidence before the Dirtbi— ,4 The account general!) , given is in the first pl.ce, as I have already said, that univer sally the pposi , ion is quite as strong to composition-rent as to tithe, and, generally, the clergy have given as their opinion, that if had been introduced perhaps earlier, and had been made compulsory and universal, it might have produced gods effects ; hut I have met with very few, if any, who think that it cap he of any benefit now the sys tem of opposition to it is as fully organized as against tales. TI en your Grace is not of opinion that the reg. dering it compulsory now would be a sufficient remedy for the present evil? I am inclined to think that it i• too late.—Dies not your Grace believe that the mere circum -tatters of a composition would b- so great a relief to the majority of small farmers, that it would tend considerahly to allay the present excitement? I rather doubt that; because I have found +he opposition now prevail ing to he as strong against composition as against tithe. I • formerly stated that I had inquired particularly upon that point." The next witness is Mr. Dunn —,• Are you also acquainted with the tithe Computaiti, , n Act? Very well. —How do you consider it to have worked ? The tithe Composition Act has every where disappointed the expec tations raised when it was first introduced. There can be no question that it has afforded great relief to the small farmers, while it has thrown increased burdens upon those t rmers holding large tracts; and it had t' e complete effect of bringing under payment for tiOes a great port on of the country that lieretwore wls exempt under the cus- torn and the law of agistment in Ireland." Mr. James , ys--‘• I consider that the Composition Act is another cause of the opposition of tithes, for that has raised cry wainst tithes from parties who did nor object before. D you object to the principle or to the details of that Act ? —To both, paricularly to the principle." How does the Hon. Gentleman get over the difficulties of the tithe com position ? 11.- says that he will require the landlord on 11 new leases to pay the tithe. How is.he to manage in the inte r val? A generation must he in the grave before his Act comes into operation If so, why precipitate the measure. when its application must be so slow ? And wb .t will be do if the landlord 'foes not pay? ble says lie will put a receiver on his estate. What, if the landlord does not himself get his rents ? No matter ;—a receiver still ;—( Hear, hear, hear)—a receiver with all the costs and ruin that accompany thst incubus on property. He says, too, he will allow tenants for life to mortgage, to cut off remainder men, and to give security to the mortgagee over all rrediiors. Thu 4 be 'hakes and disturbs the whole frame of property in Ire land, and overthrows ad the fixed rules and canons of the kw, to consummate his favourite project. He slys professional men have given their opi n ions in favour of , his scheme. 'Who are they? He has not mentioned one. _ _ What barrister of eminence was examined ? What tnan of great talent at the bar, who enjoys the confidence of the country, has approved of this sttange speculation ? (Hear,: hear, hear.) Is he aware that, by taking him course, be is likely to put all the gentry of Ireland at the Istad of the population, and to array and marshal them against tithes ? Look to the evidence of the Archbiahop of Dublin. He says in answer to the questi•tn :—' Have you ever considered any advantage that might arise from substituting a corn rent, charged upon the proprietor, in stead of the investment in land ? I have considered that vlan, and I think it would be an improvement upon the present system. Do not you think it would he an im drovement even upon the plan of investment of land ? I think it would be acceptable for a few years, and then I have not the least doubt that the next generation, at 'he latest, will raise a complaint saying, 'lt is very hard that the landlords are alone to pay the cleigy ; they ought, if they are allowed to hear this burden, to be al lowed such and such privileges and advantages, in the shape of corn laws or bounties; or the burden ought to he in part taken from them and laid u 1 on other classes fso iety.' It would lie quite forgotten in the course of one or two generations, that they had in fact rec,ived an equivalent; that their lands had been disburdened of the onus of tithe; and it would be represented, perhaps, before the middle of this century, hut certainly betnre the end of it, that the I %milord. were unjustly burdened by ,done paying the clergy, who were of equal b-refit to all classes; and I think the Church revenues would, in con sequence, be in ereat danger." So much for the tithe composition. Let us next come to the dionesan Cor porations. The Archbishop of Dublin says that he denied the plan with a view to England, n..t having Ireland in contemplation, arid di ew it from the model afforded him hy the management of the funds of the Cntver•i'.y. I t i s easier to transfer a professor of an Irish Archbishopric than to apt)) , the fiscal system of a College to a turbulent and distracted country.—(Hear.) Good Gal! have not tt.e Government enough to do—have they not sufficient difficulties to contend with, without craning these sacer doti-s in Corporations in every district of the county. English metaphysicians and political economists might in dulge in these reveries ; hut who was there that had •e•m Ireland—not with a hasty and rapid glance of mere mi gratory curiosity—but with the eyes of close and intim ire observation? Wh o was there that had read those events which supply the best commentary on the moral condition of the people ?—w ho was there that was acquainted w th the feelings of Ireland, and in unison with them, who would not concur in denouncing this wild and monstrous scheme? It is next proposed to expend 9.500,0001., the pr o d uce of the sale of tidies, for the benefit of toe chu co. This is the recommendatio❑ of the Committee, adopted by the Secretary tut Ireland, 9,500,000/. ! The Church have now a million of statute acres. Was not this sutli cient? But what say the witnesses to this plan? Listen to Mr. Delaconi, the treasurer of the county of Cork ; he says, " I conceive it would be a eery impracticable 111,1- sure. I shou d think, in the first place, it would be a very d,fficult thing to procure land ; I think it must be a necessary- consequence of tlnit arrangement that land would be procured in very distant and remote places, and I think would interfere with the duties of a Chrigtian elergynta :o be at a remote distance from hi■ parish. Hag it eve curred to you, that by a'lnwina the principal tithe-nay , ro appropi fate small portions of I ur - I, an then bringin •hose portions together, that difficulty miLtht he so, mounted ? I have bestowed some attention to it, and I •-annot view it but as a very confused plan. Have you cmt idered it all to come to any filial conclusion ?—No no• all ; nor do I think myself competent to give an answer that eliould he thought satis'actory. Would not the objection tnak - ng the der •yman a farmer be obviated by having ai ecclesiastical coil et the fund , ism' pay them over to the clergyman ?—lt might be -n. hu it strikes mess a system of complication which would n a t be productive of good. lam afraid •hat the same re li ne which now prevails with respect to tithes would grade ally become operative, even upon tenants to such proper firs." He should only advert to two more topics intro duced by the Irish Secretary. The Hon. Gentleman. the ronclueion of his speed!, had said, that hereafter Ca tholics might be ralieved from Church cuss. flerea'ter ' Was it not a melancholy policy to delay what was just, and to press and precipitate what was mo=t inexpedient, and at the same time most wrongful ? Was not this a most strange mode of proceeding. It was admitted that the Church rate levied on Cathelies for the purchase t:f the sacramental bread and wine, was most obnoxious and grievous —the abolition of this tax was left to some vague futurity, and at this mom nt the Government strain every nerve to tarty a series of measures which would he repudiated and spurned by the Fish people. The last observation of the Secretary for Ireland was, that his opinions on church property were unchanged — it never could be diverted from its present channel of ap propriation. This announcement was m ide to Irel and by the Minister to whom her fortunes and ride are confided As the Hen. G intletnan had introduced the subject, it became imperative to tell him that Ire! .nd stool I sue him and the Gavernment to abandon this position. Here was the gist, and essence, and hinge of the entire case. They must strip the Established Church of its su perfluities. He should not expatiate on this subject, hut again appeal to evidence. His first witness should be Mr. D lacourt, a Protestant (for he should only appeal to Pro testant evidence on Catholic feeling)—a man closely liked with the Church, the tenant of a Bishop, the son of a clergyman, and married to a clergyman's d aighter. What did he say ? Here was th, evidence :—" Are the Coln • mittee to un 'erstand you to state, that it is the general opinion of Protestants, as well as Cathelics, in Irel moil, that after plying the incomes of the present incumbents, tie amount of tithes should he under a different approprie tion?—l have scarcely heard any difference of opinion upon that subject even among the Protestant clergy. D.) you mean there should be an appropriation to any other purpose ?—That is a question upon which I have con versed very little with any beady ; my private opinion is, that there :nay be such a revenue as would amply provide for the Protestant Estahlishment, and also a residue that would be fait lv and justly applicable to other purposes. Upon the whole area of Ireland a revenue of 3s. an acre would produce 2,000,000/. of money ; I think that would be more than would he necessary to cover the Ec clesiastical revenues and the local taxation of the country." Tse next witness was Mr. Wright, a Protestant, and em ploye:l as a Cammissioner under the Tithe Composition Act —" You mentioued that you thoueht it impossible to collect the tit, es, or tithe composition, under the present system, and that you would recommend some other way ; will you be so good as to state what that is ?—I certainly would abolish the. tithes, I think, altogether, both those that are under the Con position Act, and those that have been under the clergyman's valuation, that have not been compounded ; I would sweep them all away, and I would then legislate in the matter of tithes, and I would give the clergyman what I thought was a wholesome provision; and I would make them come into terms. What occurred to me is this—there ate a great many church lands and see lands, that I think might be appropriated to the use of the payment of tithes; I would from this form a fund ; I would lessen the number of Bishops ; I would then, when this was done, levy a tax —suppose a property tax, and let every man on the esta e hear lie portion of it; for I think anything else coming forward will be. still considered and deemed as a tithe, and will be viewed in that way ; and I would hold that out to the people, and say, Here is a law for your benefit;' and if they do not accede to it, let them abide the consequences." The next witness was Sir W. Carnal, a gentleman of large fortune and high considera tion. "If the landlords, its fact. were to take the tax upon themselves and share the burden with the people, is it your opinion that that would he a substantial redress of the evil ?—lt is not my opinion now ; I think the time has gone by, and I think we have lost the tide in the affairs of tubes There has been a tide in the affairs of tithes, which, if it had been taken its time, wool I have fed to tranquillity ; but, like all other legialatien in Ireland, we have precrastintteds What remedy would you suggest for the evil now ? I would give the people an educa tom founded especially on general religious and moral principles, and I would assimilate the proportion ot labourers in the vineyard of the Iris. , Protestant Church tc that in England, considering their relative Protestant population. The labourer ie, however, worthy of his hire ; and I would have those who are now employed receive their present income during their lives; but as I think the vineyard is overstocked in pre portion to E gland, as the incumbents shall die off, 'hey should not he replaced until the establishment is soffie ciently reduced tat allelel a surplus fund, by whice church lands in general might be purchased up, and consequently the renewal fines he done away with. Thus a fund would be left in the hands& Government, sufficienttopay a cum petent estaleishinent of Protestant clergy, to increase the salaries of the juniors, who I eonsider are greatly under paid at present, and also to eff•ct (a consummation tie-- stoutly to he wished) the affirding a certain annual in cotne, or a cernfertahle habitation, with land to ti,e clergy of the other persuasion; thus giving them a stake in tie county, toil doing away with a total dependence for sup port on the contribution's from their flacks. In fact, the shade of religious difference between the latter and the Protestant Church, is not very great, and would be still less if exempted from the feelings and prejudices of party, which fan anti keep alive antipathies as unnatuitil between Christians, as detrimental to the prosperity of Irel Intl." Now he beeged the House to hear a Protestant Dean, Dean Blakeley—" Your idea is, that the church is to give up all security whatever, and to depend upon the Go vernment for the payment of its income, and that that security is not to be based upon but laid upon the seceri y of the Government?--What I men to say is simply thin, that the present incumbents of benefices, and the present owners of bishoprics, are not in any way to be interered with, save and except with their own voluntary stahmiseion, but I do ceneeive• that the Legislature have a right tit devise a prospective pin whereby all men in the country shall be amenable to it. If my Deanery became vacant to. mor row, the Crown has the diet:meal of it ; who can sty lie is injured by it if the Legislature were to impose a new mode ot maintaining them, and a new division of their labours." This was the language of a Protestant Dean. Now be requested the House to listen to the head of the presbytery of li eland. It woi common for men to talk of the "Pro testants of Ireland," as all united in defending the revenues of the Establishment, and the House was often told that the millions of Irish Presbyterians were devoted to it. The committee have examined but ore Presbyte rian, a person of the highest intelligence and worth, who was once moderator of the beady of which he was the or nament. Let the House hear him—" Are you a Presby terian Minister in the Church of Ireland?--I am. Can you state to the Coitimittee what are the feelings of the Presbyterians in general with respect to the payment of tithe, considered first as a tax affecting land, and next in the light of a religious payment to a Church from which they dissent? So far as I knew the views of the Piesby trrians upon that eulaject—and I think Lknew them pretty extensively—they are all, or ne trly al , opposed to the pay ment of tithes. Do they object to it as a tax affecting the advance of agriculture, or as Dissenters from the Established Church ?—They obj.ct to it on a great many grounds —Will you have the goodness to state them They object to the tax b cause they conceive, in the first in stance, that its amount is greatly dieproportioned even wLere there are 'episcopal protestants, te the service rendered by the clergy of the Established Church. In many cases, they object to the positive amount, considering that it is a heavy tax upon their capital and upon their industry. What are the views they entert.in of tithe as a contribution to a Church from which they dissent ? They consider it, as in itse:f, an unjust imposition ; Ispeak as to my concep tion of their general feelings and views. 1 think the great body of Dissenters of all denominations, Catholics and others, squally look upon it as unjust in it s own na ture. They consider, th at the very idea of pay ment i s connec t e d with servic• performed, and they therefore think, that where there is no service rendered they have no right to pay." Such was the language of a man holding a most emi nent pl ice in his body, and commandi ng t h e respec t of Irelan t, and with the evidence before hi m , t h e I r i s h Se cretary told the House that the Church property was to remain untouched. Vain and preposterous hope ! The Irish millions—Catholic , Presbyterian, aed Protestant— would disabuse him of his error when that error may be lamented, but cannot be repaired. And what did he a few days ago utter in that House? In speaking of the evils ot delaying Reform, he asked whe•her, if the To lalon by this o b servat i on . The adopted measures to correct the would be in such a b e u e, ae W s !t o e f n ithepcohwueir; h,h. producedal, Ireai condi tion. Surprise was Right Hon. Member for Talnwortli, in a Parliament ,- hisper, said I envoi the table, `• Do you remember your ‘eeeh in 1823 ?" Who was there that did not remember t? But with what consistency did the Right Hon. Gen lem .n t ilk of Reform in the Church one day, and pro loce such a mock.-ry as this on another ? These measure ere mere importune. They would hut aggravate the evil. You will but (a new word might he fahricat-d for socl, proceedings), you will hut " East Retfordise" the Church.—(Cheers.) • Mr. GALLEY KNIGHT had heard no arguments rom the Rilht Hon. G ntleman whieh ought to indure the Howe not to consider the plan of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He approved of the Wan or commuting the -ithes for a redeemable land tax Titles did nit belong to e people, and t"nse wlm took them were robbers. If •he payment were divested of its religious aharacter, it vouid not be unpopular. He would support the first Bid , roonsed by the Right Hon. Gentleman, though he could n , t commit hims,lf to any ultet int. measure. Mr. RUTH VEN referred to the late declaration of Mi nisters Chit tithes were to be extinguished, and to which th e y h4i now affixed a meaning never before known or heard t.f. The erwporation4 proposed were formed in the spirit of the darkest ages, and only reeemhi"d the monas teries of the old tim , .s. This system would require a new army and a new notice force to sustain it. H. regretted that this measure had been brought forward, and hoped that .he Right Hon. Secretary would not pt., ss it to a conclu sion. Mr. GOULRURN said the Resolutions pledged the [Luse to an unequivocal destruction of the whole system of tithes.—(No, no, from the Ministerial Benches.) The plan of the Right Hon Gentleman pressed MOW: severely on the clergy, and he boned that, at all events, they would be provided with a c ,, mfortable subsistence. He saw no thing in the objections of the II n. Member for Louth (Shell) to induce him to change his opinion, or abssain from supporting the measure of the Government, for giv ing the clergy of the Established Church a proper support, through the means of an equivalent for tithes on land, or otherwise ; and convinced that the Government were thus pledged to afford the clergy an adequate support, he cordi thy assented to the measure now produced. Mr D. BROWNE thought the Clergy of the Esta blished Church were generally a most exemplary body ; but that did not prevent him from feeling that the exist ence of tl'e Protestan , . Establishment was an intolerable grievance in Ireland. He bad known Clergymen with 1,2001 a year, performing: Divine Service to eight or ten persons, while the Catholic Chapel was so much crowded, that the congregation were compelled to kneel outside in the mud. He thought that the money should he placed in the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, in wrier that arrangements of a different description might be made, as the Deans and Dignitaries died off. Sir WILLIAM HORT coneurre ! in all the sentiments expressed by the Resolutions, and gave them his cordial support. Mr. O'CONNELL (who had just entered the House) then proposed that the debate he adjourned, as there were many Members who wished to deliver their opinions on this subject. Lord ALTHORP saw no reason for the adjournment of the debate. He could not but think the proposal for adjournment came with a bad grace from the Member for Kerry. who had absented himself during the greater part of the debate. Mr. O'CONNELL thought he might have been spared that sneer.—(Lord Althorp said, immediately, he meant no sneer.) His (Mr. O'Connell's) absence had been quite accidental ; and as he knew many Members around him wished to speak, he moved that the debate be adjourned. Mt. WYSE bore testimony to the fact that many of the Irish Members were still anxious to speak on the subject. Lord ALTHORP was surprised at this, from the turn the debate had alreaoy taken. At all events, however, they could go on for an hour or two longer, as it was Brill early. If the debate was adjourned, it must be till Monday. Mr. O'CONNELL moved that it be adjourned till Monday. The House divided on this question— For the adjournment .. Against it Majority for Government - 118 On our re-admission, we tOund the Sp aker putting the original question ; upon w.,ich Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the debate be adjourned. The SPEAKER intimated that he could not again move that question. Mr. O'CONNELL then would move that this Home do now adj .urn, as he was of opinion that the debate ought not to b, continued ; nay, he was strongly of opi nion, that after twelve o'clock no debate ought to be con t nued —(Oh, oh.) He expected to live to see the day when no (teter shoal continue atter nine o'clock.—(Oh, oh.) Yes, he hoped soon that that House would keep to rational hour. Mr. RUTHVEN seconded the motion. Loral ALTHORP would oe glad that the House should adjourn at an earlier hour, provided the business he pre viously got through. He had already raid, that it the H -n. Gentleman h-id determined to persevere in his mo tion for adjournment of the debate, he should not resist; hut he could not consent to adjourn the House, and if pressed in a divis on he should oppo-e it. Mr. O'CONNELL : No, no; I will not divide. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL h-ped the Noble Lord would not too easily give way to those motions for ad j turnment ; for his own par , he thought the Member for Ket ry could he at no time so well heard as at the. present ; for his own part, he would untlertak- to 1 sten to him most patiewly f-r a couple of hours;—(A laugh,) — and if the Ho Member resolved to persist in ht. motion, per haps an amendment might he put on his amendmer,t, ro the effect that the Hen. Member for Kerry be now heard. He could at no time be more advantageously heard than now, and he should therefore move that he be now heard.—(Great laught• r.) The question of adjournment of the House was then put, but negatived without a division. The original question wits again put, and Mr O'CONNELL then moved that the further debate be adjourned till Mundt) , next, and on that question be would divide, if nec scary. Mr. RUT-IVEN .ect;od,d the nintion. ALTHORP said he would not oppose it, and the add urnins-nt was carried The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the Huse adjourned at a Quiver to Three o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 5. At fi,e Wein k L •rd SHA rTESBU KY r 1t ,16 Soeaker. MESSAGE FROM THE COIINIONS. Sir A AGNEW and others from the Commons brought on the Cuquins Wharfs 88, the Additional Churches Bill, and a priv ite hill. Lord MOSTYN presented several petitions from Mont gomeryshire and otner places, compla:ning of provisions in the Boondary Bill. Several Bills were forwarded a stage. At a quarter past five the LORD CHANCELLOR. took his seat. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR had given notice, several days ago, of his intention to propose a which he should then lay on their Lordships' table. That Bill was confirmatory, and in pursuance of the recommendations contained in the report of the commissiiniers appointed to inquire into the state of the Ecclesiastical Courts; he, therefore, could not anticipate any opposition. Their Lordships w.-re aware that in all ecclesiastical matters, the appeal I It to what was called the High Court of Delegates. It could be made at any time, whether upon sentence or upon interlocutory order. There was also a right of appeal from the High Court of Delegates to the Crown for com mission of review. By the 25th of Henry VIII. the Crown was empowered to grant a commission to what ever persons it thought proper, but the invariable practice was to direct the appeal to three or four Judges of the Courts of Common Law, and three or four civilians. The Court was very inadequate to the performance of its duties, it appeared, from the evidence of the Commissioners. One ineonveniecce was, that sinless one Common Law Judge agreed in the decision, it was rendered invalid. The same was also the case where there was an equality of votes ; and the Judges of the Common Law, how learned soever toey might be, b ing called on to decide on points of civil law, were di•po ed to place too much reliance on the jude - merit of the civilians on matters of practice, and too little on their own. Neither were those civilians always the best judges on matters of practice, nor the best qualified to render assistance t the Learned Judges, nor indeed to sit as Judges themselves. The Civil Judges on those occa sions were selected from the advocates—they could not be chosen from the Judges, because the appeal was from their sentence; and without meaning to impugn the learning or honour of those gentlemen in the slightest degree, lie did not consider it proper that an appeal should be from a Judge to an advocate of his own Court, especially where the advocate might be presiding in judgment one day on a point which he might he called upon to argue before the Judge the next. They were very much limited also in the selection of the civilians who were to J on i.; noted cnnel ad i v n oca th te e s atitute these Judges of Appeal. .The bar of the Court was as the must• was not a very crowded one, and , , re as • were the junior Advocates, win sided as Judges of Appeal, of the Courts than their older and more experienced brevh onmee..esisaviiriialyn., b w e ho en r g e a a g li e; p might be presumed to be less acquainted with the praCtiee cause, w ould ren. The natural tendency of this was to discourage ap peals, as the appe.tl was from superior to inferior Judge• and was brought under the review ~f barristers of limited practice, who would feel gre+t delicacy in disturbing the sentence of the Judges. This was a grievance which h been long felt, and even as far hark as the reign of Charlie 11.. petitions were presentrd on this subject. A practice had grown no, re aopeal from the decision of the Court of Delegates to the King in Council. The King referre • the matter to the Ch mcellor ; if he reported favourably, a Commission of Review w.ts issued, and the Commi-- -inners were, in point of fact, but another, yet more extend d Court of Delegates, assisted by mere commit Law Judges. The Report of the Commissioners rreolo mend-d the cesolition of the Court of Review, which was one of the ehjects if the Bill. The Bi I also abolished tl e Jerisdietion of the First Court or Delegates, and trans ferred its jurisdiction to the Privy Council. With re g•rd to the burden that would be thus thrown on the Privy Council, it aopear•d on the average of the last 30 or 40 years, that the number of cases tried every year before the E•clesiastical delegates, amounted to three or four, but those cases were generally much heavier than the cases head in other Cins. Hi+ own impression would lead him to sta'e the present average at seven or eight, but it would lie impossible to limit their expectations to even that number, because the impediments existing at Ares-nt the tray of appeals, deterred many parties from exercis ing a right which would daub less be much more fre quently res , rted to after the passing of t e present Bill. It the Privy Council had regular days of siati g, which was int. oiled. there would, no doubt, he many more ap peals. and some arrangements might also be made which would tend to the formation of a separate bar. As for the Judges who were to preside in this Court of last resort, the increase lately tnade in the number of Judges, and the a‘sistance of retired Judges which might be depended upon, would afford great facilities in the constitution o f the Court of Privy Council for that purpose. His Lord ship then presented tie Bill, which was read a first time. IRISH EDUCATION. The Bishop of EXETER pres. nted a petition from the Archdeationry of Exeter against the Plan of Education in Ireland. His Lordship took the opportunity, in reference to a di-cussion which had taken place some time hack, of denying that he had stat.d that the letter of a Noble Duke opposi'e to his Majesty had appeared in the Newspapers. What he said was, the allusions had be.en made to it in the Newsp pers, and upon referring to the Mirror of Parliament to day, which was the first time he had had an opportunity of doing so, having been in the country, he found that publication confirmed his statement. The 31 trquess of LONDONDERRY said be had long been desirous of having the opportunity which he would now avail himself of, of bringing again before their Lordships the circumst Inas which occurred to him on the oc casion of presenting an address to his Majesty from the apprentice boys of Derry. Atter he had returned from his Majesty, on reflection he considered that it would give pain to the parties from whom he received the address, if he returned the answer to them which l►e had received from his Majesty, tirerefore he wrote to his iiajesty's private secretary, to know if it was his Majesty's pleasure or not th.t he should return the answer as be had received it to Derry. The reply he received to that letter was, that it would be referred to the Secretary of State for the Hoine Department. It was on the 29th of April that he presented the Address to his Majesty, and as soon at he had returned home from the Levee, he wrote his letter. On the Ist of May he received a communication from the Noble Viscount opposite, and on the Qd of M ,y an account of the whole of the circum stances containing the substance, both of what transpired on the present .tion of the Address, the substance of his letter, and of the Noble Viscount's reply, thr;ugh that reply he had not received till late the preceding evening, appeared in a morning paper. From the manner itt which his Majesty's Government had taken upon itself to deny all connec tion with the Times newspaper, probably some thing has taken place since this affair occurred, by which the Government could explain how this pub lication appeared. He (the Noble Marquess) had never mentioned it before it appeared in the newspapers, and as it had been on!y known to himself and his Ma jesty's Private Secretary, and the Noble Viscount oppomite, it wAs incontestably evident to him that there must he some very extraordinary connexion be tween the Times and his Aldjesty's Government. He was willing, it the House required it, to read the let ters which hail been written, if anything further was - . required to satisfy their minds, or if any one could say his statement was incorrect. Probably the Noble Secretary for the Home Department could now state how these facts became public? Lord MELBOURNE could say no more on the subject than what he had stated before, that the statement of the Noble Mirquess was correct, but be (Lord M.) was totally unaware of how the faces had been com municated to the Press. The Marquess of LONDONDERRY—The Noble Via. count h•vine felt surprised at the circumstances when I made toy form-r statement, I beg now to ask him if he has taken any means of finding out how the disclotuies took plat- ? Lord MELBOURNE (emphivically)—No, I have not. (A burst of laughter.) The Alai qu ss of LONDONDERRY then entered into a cony , rsatt;n with the Duke of Wellington, and the Earl of Aber , e n, and Lord Melbuu' ne having immediately gone to the Wools .ek to speak t•o the Lord Chancellor and the Duke of Su•sex, t.otb of whom joined in the laugh, the subject WAS dropped. BOUNDARIES BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND moved that the report of the BounilAries Bid be now received. Ameri .nme oh-ervati ns from Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Lord Roux, Lord SEAGKAVE, the Dike of RicirsioND, and Lord WYNFORD, relative to an alterdtion in the boundaries of Gl.mcester and Arundel, the ri.ort was re c and the Bill was ordered for a third reading on Mondi next. Ajourned till to-morrow at ten o'clock. C• ;URCH REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Satz,— You are render.ng essential services to the best interests of tie church by not de 'ling in generalties, but descending at once to those particulars of abuses, which have long been undermining it. The neglect of merit in this pi° ession has long been so notorious, that it is a com mon practice for parents, posse-sing no interest, to select their dullest children for clergymen. The nepotism of the Bishops has not been so much dwelt upon as the injurious disposition of the Government patronage in favour of court sycophants and the nominees of Parliamentary patrons and their connexions. The relations of Bishop Portens were, in particular, loaded by him. Another nephew, of the name of Hodgson, now holds the valuable rectories of Laindon and Basil•lon, and the vicarage of Rickmansworth. A third nephew, of the name of Leigh, possesses the rectories of St. Magnus in London, and Wick ham B shops in the country. To the list you have furnished of the Prettymans, the Sparks, the Luxmores, the Sprys, the Ilodgsons,—may be added, among many others, the Fishers, the Barringtons, the Ninths, the Moores, and the son-in-law of the late Archbishop Sutton, the present Bishop of Carlisle, who, at one time, had accumulated six or seven pieces of prefer. ment,—yielding many thousands a year. All of these lucky individuals are utter y undistinguished in the walks of literature, or theology, or general science.—l am, &c. AN OBSERVER. SOMERVILLE, the private of the Scotch Greys, whose case is now exciting the attention and sym pathy of all Britain, is a native of Berwickshire. He is one of eleven children, and his father is an honest farm labtsurer.—Berwick Advertiser. ANTI-TITHE MEETING OF TILE THREE PARISHES Or GRANGE, TEMPLIIMICHAEL, AND I GA: 1 : Li t r e l r ß o ß u O s 141 m .— eet ° in t g l T o h f u t r h sd e dy lan la d s h t :il a de h r ' s g tinning the legislature, for the total and alified abo unqu _ H ER O'KYAN, tants of the above Union was held for the purpos! _ _ t lition of tithes. at which JOHN Mladnydresopthecetrabointehpa,ht.i.: considerable length, and add. eased the vast assemblage at c l e a n: i ed the objects of the with much zeal and eloquence e dexrpesolutions were adopted Esq. of Ballycurkeen, presided. The meeting, after which spirited cheering, and the meeting amid the most enthusiastic eaceable manner.— Tipperary separated in the west p Free Press. "aGtriotic chairman T HE NEW OPERA HOUSE. —.Th e bidding' for the building of this long talked of theat re too k place the day b efore yesterday at Mr. B EAZELEY ' S (the architect) chambers, in Soho-square. The oilers for the contract Mr e Mr. Munday X22,02 • Mr. Cubitt 22,420 Mr. Baker Messrs. Peto and Grissell 20,875 There• were six other canoidates, viz., Messrs. BENNET and HUNT, Messre. HEYWARD and NIXON, Mr. CHARLES Parrrrr, Mr.-LER, Mr. WOOLCOTT, &c., who declined 'he proposed terms of the contract. Messrs. PETo and GRISSELL were accordingly declared the builders. The Wet' Steak Club Room" is to be finished by the Ist of October next. THE REVENUE. No. I. ABSTRACT of the NET PRODUCE of the RaveNtrE of GREAT BRITAIN, in the YEARS ended July 5, 1831 and 1832, &it tinguishing the Quarters. ;,. .iy. .4 cn c. n. 4 7', 0 1! .35.1 MO 'Z. 4>° :F., 4 .95 . a% . ,,,i.g,>,'§','.. 8 -•-: Eq.. ..;- - e.... 1 .. g P.; .11 il 2 .-z. g; 'Ej ...elaa';,,, ~., .2 = mc.B•6o' g Fi '2 , s t ,;-1 0 ;1 ~, .' g. Ffg ri g. .r=ln O 3 .. O 3 a' 5 ,5.2t vg E;F.x° E; . 9 .,7 - '''f'4•. 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P gV Z E. ..,, - ,:, P .;•-, ..,--,:4 ~ ,- - . .r 1,:.:.-....P .... .2' 4 p = , e - t 55 . - - - - v.. e,... !.., 2 ,4 E 2 .....1.„ ,7 v . ..,i,L ~..a tcsris t 5.6.; ____ ...e- sc. .., 2 . ... ;,_ . 44 S4B P 5 5 ... 1 e-,:- it..P.?.? -..c,5 , ... ?8 a 11 :i'' Vi llp ';;.,!!.4.74 -- . . = p 91 = = -. ": , 'P , 'g ".7J c.,* ' l4 .. 3. ' 1 .2 , P 5 , zIP Pl. .. , - 7 .0 m 0 5 , . , x t Vo ;b 1 C., tt E,'L ! - .138.0 5.1. 1 8 g g :. -.PP > NI giS 4 PW r ° .1.:. ' T ~ .- 1, -;: P "Nf,p ...., = 0 &I ti LI ilg t 1 ,, ,, gag§ §gi. 4- ..., s ., ... 5,3 ..' , 5 :A.: I , - -S 4 P ~ k E '''' 18 g l i , 9 2 '1 ... . ..... . Wg nE -4 ' --- -.. 7 . 4 t ill 1 .! : ~... gaR —.OO -P - P 4:: :4- .e' sIDPP" ' O5 EZ P 'r ' 1 6 § c., 2 4 § .., Q. , e.. 0 8 .... wwo,- ,a7:7l= ____... ABSTRACT of BRITAIN, in 1331 and 1832, thereof. NO. 11. the NET PRODUCE of the REVENUE of GREAT the YEARS and QUARTERS ended sth JOY , shewing the Increase or Decrease on each heat! _ Years ended July 5. I ....—....----.... .... 1831 1802 Increase. Decrease. -------, Customs 16,307,25 14,844,911 - 1,462,3 84 Excise - 985,8 43 Stamps Post Office 1,307,017 1,346,000 - 51,011 Taxes 4,935,709 4,905,941 - 24766 Miscellaneous 5'5,020 403,568 - 181,45 2 — ---, 45,373,813 42,711,965 I 48,616 2,710,4 61 Deduct Increase - 48,61 6 ------. Decrease on the Year - 2,661,8 4 8 _ Quarters ended July 5. „....----------....„ 1831 I 1832 Increase. Decrease. —__-...., Customs - 239,2 29 Excise 3,332,097 3,388,325 56,228 Stamps 1,650,14965 1,615,243 - 14,86 6 Post Office - 51,0 06 Taxes - 82,471 Miscellaneous 105,500 95,346 - 10,15 4 ---- ..---.-----'''''' 11,197,558 10,852,293 56,228 40 0 , 795 Deduct Increase - 56,229 mse on the Quarter ' ..----- 344,565 No. 111. INCOME and CHARGE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND in th e QUARTERS ended July 5, 1831 and 1832. 5 1 Quarters ended July • ~..--......•-°°,--------..........". INCOME. 1831 1832 . .--..—......" Customs 1 Excise Stamps 1,530,1 48 1,615,2 Z ° Post Office Taxes Miscellaneous :40,836 51,1 16 ------" d 9,926,426 9,694,4 76 Tontine Money — To Cash brought to this Account from the Ways and Means to replace the like sum issued out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund in Ireland, for Public Services 359,465 5_71,..4 . 2 .. " 6 10,285,891 I 10,265,8 6 , 6 / Quarters ended July 6 - ~..—..—......----......." CHARGE. 1831 -----",, Exchequer Annuities £1,572 £1,5 61 South Sea Company 81,365 81,5 56 Bank on their Capital 89,125 89,1,,, e ° Dividends 8,097,567 8,090 i ," National Debt Trustees for the payment of Naval and Military Pensions — Civil List 515,604 1277 56 2 Pensions Other Charges a:3 ( 118,772 2_71 2 ;„- - 9,615,956 8,65 0, 008 ~,g Surplus • 669,935 2,1315 2 '" 10,285,891 10,25, 666 Exchequer Bills issued to make good the deficiency of the Consolidated Fund, at April 5, 18z12, and'paid eft' out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund in the Quarter ended July 5, 1832 — 3,30E0 55 Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, at July 5, 1832 Issued towards the Supplies for the service of the year 1831 5,882,407 5 . nt ,- 1,16t . ,.... 0 The amount of Exchequer Bills, to be issued to make good the deficiency of the Consolidated Fund, at July 5, 1532, chargeable on the growing produce of the • aid Fund, for the „,, <4 Quarter ending Oct. 1, , 1834 •••• .... 7,5, V, v A highly respectable m ee ti ng took place ° Tuesday night, at the Horn s T avern , Kennington, 14 CANNON, Esq. in the Chair, for th e purpose of offe rirl°; their support to Mr. STANLEY for the Borough o f L l6l ' teeth ; or, if he declines, to Sir JAMES G R AHAM • l'ile meeting was numerous, and adjourned, waiting the ofl. savers of the parties invited, to meet again this evening. THE FANCY FAIR .AT THE SUR 9SI , ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS —The Fancy V Air got up bY , Committee of Ladies in aid of the fun ds already collect for the restoration of that fine specimen of gothic areli l i tecture in St. Saviour's church known under the name 0 , was Dever witnessed. The stoner'' the La rye Chapel, commenced on Wednesday at the Surf'? Zmlogical Gardens under very favourable auspices. fi : 1 1 e el s • i s hellgardens were thrown open for ', and the company were of the first ra t more :lvipea,eent ipt d pi, cir e ltie l , t i i g yree , I n i . delightful on the most moderate calculation, there could not I°* ,,, e admission of visiters l z i it th e re le e v t e h n , ,a is n a t n i if tailedthe gYo.ldtehnQ the great majority were of the fair sex• The ground s e rg admirably adapted for the . • g h a s peninsula,u o boele D an band purpose to which they cyli s yesterdayd appinpriated. A line of marquees o r' e d re n ti s t.' opposite to the like that adorns the 'cr l ' thousand persons, pe t r h s e on b s o , uorfoffohos:' . , inby which was set out the fancy articled,. Saar summer attire eclipsed the brilliant pl ug', l s 3e p f l a i i e r asa a n n t: 2t a e n u d r to stallac a ws kee a r l o je u r n s d , th w e h m o . se " t h g o e of the Coldstream Gourds were stationed 00 -of i d abl p e laY and ed I. : i u d ie t e /:o i.sn d ' ur f in ro g m th t e he day ° . Per3s 'ro; froth the objects of the fair, the attention of the cog i r ( I. was attracted to the collection of living animal, an rit e! ditional source of amusement and recreation. A minl4;iiii frig A ate was propelled on the surface of t h e lake, igo a ttricted much attention ; the p i ece of wa ter tt er contained an Indian canoe and a p u n t, the 13,,,, was appropriated for the accommodation of the Y fl6 r' gentlemen gentlemen who were disposed to form aquatic I t . .tie. Tie beadles of the parish of Saint Saviour ;e. tended with two ingenious models of the he luau' Clts, deol church, which were screwed on th e i r wands, O m ' - 00 !libited for the gratification of the company. In s b o rt, tte d melange n , ~s Si agreeable, that th e vi s itants reg e o ll when the firing of a salute from some pieces of of cannon, at seven o'clock, announced that the first d'Yor - he Fancy Fair was brought to a conelunion• Ai t oil ,veattier proncis,:s to be propitiou s , the f a ir will he rtf.i.o.o this day, an,. we hope that ".✓