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London, England, 1832-02-17 00:00:00

ROUSE OF COMMONS, Ppm Air 16.

At Four o'clock the SPEAKER took his seat.
A new writ was ordered to be issued for a Member to
serve in Parliament for the borough of Tregony, in the
room of Colonel Charles Arbuthnot, who had accepted
the Chiltern Hundreds.

Sir H. WILLIANISON presented petitions from the
inhabitants of Monkw•earmouth and Sunderland against
the Sunderland and Shields Railway.
Mr. J. GRATTAN presented a petition from parishes
in the county of Wicklow and Carlow, praying for the
abolition of the tithe system in Ireland.
Mr. BLACKNEY supported the prayer of the peti-
tion, which after a few observations from Sir H. PAK-
NELL was ordered to be printed.

Mr. J. GRATTAN also presented a petition from Gal-
way, praying an extension of their elective franchise.
The Hon. Member also moved for a return of the number
of attornies admitted to practice in the Court of Exche-
quer, having previously been admitted in some or one of
the other Courts of Westminster Hall, with the aggregate
aceount of fees paid by those individuals, and the authority
for taking the same.

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against the tithe system, took this opportunity to state,
that the Reverend Dr. Butler, to whose refusal to ac-
cept the composition offered by his parishioners the
great disturbances in that part of the country were at-
tributable, enjoyed the tithes of no less than fourteen
parishes, extending a distance of more than thirty miles.
There was only one church in those 14 parishes, and no
congregation for any of them, though the income of the
Reverend Divine exceeded 3000/. yearly. He (Mr. L.)
considered the tithe system, as it at present stood, a dis-
grace to the country, and trusted the day was nut far dis-
tant when it would be put an end to.
Mr. 81, ACKNEY supported the player of the peti-
tion at some length, and with great energy.
Mr. SHAW would only say, in allusion to the ebargte

nine or ten months," and said that as the Rev. Clergyman
of that parish had refused to take one-balf of his tithes, he
should have none at all. It was for him (Mr. Blackney) to
explain to the House in what way such conduct was con.
sistent with the charact r and object of a Magistrate of a
county. The statement was made upon oath, and Mr.
Blackney was described as being followed by a mob, car-
rying placards, having this inscription, " N. Mats, and
no Union !"

Mr. BLACKNF:Y, in reply, declared that the state-
ment of the Honourable Member (Mr. Shaw) had been
contradicted by six respectable individrals, besi:ies him-
self, upon oath. It was a foul stigma which had beers
attempted to be cast upon him in the county of Catlow,
and in his own parish, where he had only done his duty
in attending a public meeting. The Hon. Member was
proceeding when he was interrupted by general cries of
" question, question," "spoke, spoke," and in consequence
he sat down.

Mr. WYSE said the Hon. Member opposite (Mr.
Shaw) was the last man in that House who should have
accused his Honourable Friend (Mr. Blackney) of exc:•..
ing the people—( Hear, hear)—particularly as he hail n t
given that Hon. Gentleman any previous notice. The
Hon. Member himself hail used exclamations to the people
which were more remarkable than any that had Leen
used by his Hon. Friend, for he had quoted those sentences
of Scripture which alluded to the separation of the
tribes of Israel. That House had but little time, he re-
gretted to say, to discuss Irish subjects. Ireland laboured
under a great many grievances which did not exist in this
country ; and sure he was that many English Members,
so far from deprecating those discussions, were anxious
to have every information that could be given them, and if
they (the Irish Members) did uecaaionagy trespass on the
House in consequence of their grievances, they would
willingly be silent if those prievanc, a were removed, but
till they were removed they were determined to use every
effort in their power.—(Hear.)
Mi. SHAW said if the Hon. Member opposite wished
to he furnished with the name of the policeman—(" Oh
oh !")—who was still in his office, and the name
of the Magistrate before whom the deposition was taken,
he should have them, but with respect to the statement
of the Hon. Member for Tipperary, he gave it the strongest
contradiction that Parliamentary 1 inguage would admit of.
He denied that he had ever excited the feelings of his
countrymen,and with respect to the Scriptural pessages al-
luded to, he used them in a far different sense from that
which the Hon. Member opposite wished to apply to them.
After a few further observations from Mr. BLACENEV,
Mr. WYSE, and Sir JOHN M. DOYLE,

Mr. LEADER moved that the petitions be print-d, and
in so doing, t4aid he had selected them from about 40 or
50 of the same class

Sir 11. INGLIS addressed a few observations, which
were wholly inaudible in the gallery, but his concluding
sentence was understood to be opposed to the printing of
the petitions.

The SPEAKER then put the question that the petitions
he printed, when several voices called out " No, no," and
in answer to a question from the Right Hon. Gentleman,
Sir R. Inglis expres•ed his intention to divide the House.

Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the gal •
lery was cleared for a division.
After nearly an hour's diieussion with closed doors, the
House divided, when there appeared—

For the printing of the petition
Against it
Majority against the printing 79
SMUGGLING OF LEAF AND CO

Mr. G. BANKES asked whether the Government in-
tended to lay any further information before the House re.
specting the case of smuggling of Messrs. Leaf and Co. ?
Lord ALT HORP was understood to say the Govern-
ment had no such intention.

Mr. G. BANKES then gave notice that he would on
Tuesday next move for further information. He would
also on the same day move for a Committee to inquire
into the state of the law relating to such cages as that of
Leaf and Co., with a view to its amendment.