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abandon his intentions, as altogether impracticable.
-He —shell to look at it as a measure likely to calm
the disquietude, that existed ; rod now he leit
himself bound to object to the measure proposed.
as see i likely to excite an exiseetalsou of some-
thisig moos to fullers on the back of it, and Vets
effectin the very mischief intended to he allayed
'by it. 'file lest airgliaieut used by the .llon. Gen-
theme' was, that tenths of thelieople or Ire-
land were not Protestasets : this stewed that some
great diversion of tithes from the present system
was intended, and therefore lie emieeived they were
calledon to pause before they proceeded, without
accurately kieowine how far they might be culled
uu isl ereeveil. They ehould h 4: guarded in their
expression of the:existence of evil ; the Ilon. Gen-
tleutaa hail said the people of Ireland *ere anxious
for a e mutation of tithes ;is there any plan for
fleet purpose? had the Han. Gentleman digested
any such; bad he formed soy s) stein of substitu-
tioa ? Fur his part, he beliled that in the event
of ulty such being adopted, and if the consequence
was reefed to be that they paid more than they do
at pre.eut, the people of= Ireland would not be very
much in love with the alteration ; and yet such he
firmly believed would be the probable mse in such
an event, inasmuch as he was satisfied, that on
the whole the tithe. did not, necoidiug to their
present mode of collection, produce 50 per cent. of
their reed value. Besides what must they do in pro-
eeeding to carry the proposed measure iuto effect?
They must in the first instance institute a COlllll3ih
diet& tier the purpose: of ascertaiuiug what was the real
velar of tithes, in order to knew what was the com-
mutation at which it wits to be fixed ; and did Gen-
tlemen suppose, that any plan, founded Oil such
principles, could afford ease to the people? lie
thought the very reverse would tarn out to be the
ruse, mud tend rather to produce than 'allay the die.
coutent so much complUillill of. How then could
it be Mid that the ',tilde were in larour of on
übolition tithes? It might er trtie they were so nuw ;
but world they be so Ade:). found they were to pry so
much More than they do at Oresesit, spot et commu-
tation founded upon a lair and fall estimate of the
tattle of their tithe*? The buidlords might indeed
be enourulde to the measure, as the surplus be-
yond the present rate ?mild probebly Iliad its way
into their pockets. But, sifter ell, where was the
hardship to lie Cruml in the payment of tithes?—
What owner of lend could say lie was entitled to
lands, either by purchase or descent, which he did
not urnong other terms subject. to the pay-
ment oftithesi 4, then, he hid no right to compluits,
still less had the teourst who took them, knowing
they were subject to the inc .vibrance ? He par-
ticularly felt himself hound to oppose the present
motion, as the Honourable Gentleman had cx.
premly stated that the present was to be considered
us a step merely leading to other ionovatiens,
which he could not approve. Her had watched
the Honourable Gentleman through the whole
of his speech, and he could uot find out ally spe-
cific plan which he meant to proeme. Was it in-
tended by his Bill to eitahle the Clergy to make
leases of then tithes, or was it, intended to go fur-
ther, an l compel them to du see? If the former
of these sail intended. the act might become
mere deal letter. By the taw, as it now stood, the
Clergyitem multi
.greot a It aeie of hi. tithes daring
his ono tureumbeney ; amid if lee did not feel any
ineltuataiii to adopt stet a mtaenre as things now
stood, it was not to he eveceted he would be more
likely tem do so after pa—ing the act. Will, respect
to the passer pro;.-seet of binding the successor,
the evil was obvious iii the dtmger of the incumbent
being induced by the temptation of a present line to
m.ike a lease, which would be higlily prejudicial to
the interests eel those who were to come alter Into.
or else to submit such lea=ns to the upprobation of
the Bisbee. This would be found to be a duty
impossible to be discharged conscientiously, ba-
wds-a being attended with considerable expense to
poor telltales for the 'linking out their buses; and
even if they were witlhig to be at the expense,
emits! be enamel tee be a mere mutter of form, from
the impossibility of the Bishop, Jo:nig acquainted
with the merits of each marticulur cane. 'Flwse
were among the difficultieti which, iu his attempt to
frame a measure likely to be efficient, he had found
so strong as to induce him to $11)111111°9 all hope of
beingaible to remove them. There were, besides
thieve, other difficulties in the way. To whom were
the leases to be made—to the tenant or tothe land-
lord ? If to the latter, the tomtit would surely
not lie benefited by the measure, but rather the
cmitrary, as is that case, the landleird would put in
his pocket that which now, by the lax mode of
levying tythes, fell 'u the shire of the tenant.—
Best& s, he coundereil, that if the system were pro-
per to lie adopted at all, it should not be partial or
confined to one past of the empire, hut nether die
nuiversal in its operation, and me such he had in-
tended it in case he heel found et practicable. lie
trusted lie had, *hews, to the satisfactions of the
House, that it wen ill sufficient rumens, and
not caprice, he had altered his upiniein 1111 the
flellifet; mid he einught it belt !r at nine to
negative the preposition, than to hold out a false
hope, where sin possible belie& could he expected
to follow loom it. In re and to the pledge stated
to haver been made* relative to the routinutei
of tithes, as an event to take place consequeiiiiiil
to the Act of Chem, he coedit only my he had
nerer heard of such a thilig before ; but be that as
it way, who ever beer's, a pledge it+ binding
leeteeen ton countries, instead rather of looking
to the articles themselves of that Untrue in order
to judge of their infraction or preservntion ?
Mr. Tiente lamented the disappointment that
Ireland would feel, when she should hear that this
measure was abamloned, and that the Chancellor
of the Exehequer &elan d he was obliged to give
it up as being impracticable. With re-ivect to the
pledge meutioised by his Honourable Friend,. lie
must say * few words. fie did think it bindings
bemuse the (iovernment of that :ley had indus-
triously circulated it into every part of the sister
kingdom, thereby taking it upon themselves. It
even contained terms 'stronger still than those
stated by his Honouruble Friend, us adverting to
the claims of the Catholic's of Irehinel, struPit pro-
vision far their elerey ; and Mr. Pitt was mails, to
say that these were the grounds upon the rule
Shama of which he ventured to propose ire
Union between the two countries. Would it be
said he meant te perform his promise. or that lie
menet to delude the people of Ireland' I)id the