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London, England, 1835-03-24 00:00:00

concurrence, ea the part of the surveyors of the
and others acqu tinted with the actual burden of the
a.; respected tie rents and the tithe, it is impossiMe to ref,..,
'to that evidenee, without finding that the tithe paid, or thy
sums paid in lieu of tithes,- was lesi firm equivalent to tl-!0
value of the tithe, and without finding that the clergyman
the minister of the Church of England had nand with
greater forbearanee than the lay appropriator.—(Cheers.)
Without adverting to the principles which had been
proposed by others. He should only refer to the cornpo-
sitiens which had been the most recently submitted.—
' ( Hear, hear, hear ) These two principles were I.,rouglit
for - successively in the years 1833 and 1834.
by a Noble Lord who then held the ofile,e of Chancellor
of the Exchequer, who had paid the greatest attention
to the subject, was intimately acquainted 16th the interest
involved,. and was deeply impressed with the necessity
of its final adjustment.—( Hear.) In fulfillment of ;the '
pledges he had given, two measures were brought forward
to settle this question as it was my duty, I have given every
consideration ,to the principles of those Bills, and I need
not say, that if the elements of those measures
had appeared to me better than the one I shall have
the honour to submit. I should have had no hesi-
tation in adopting them, and I am sure if the
Noble Lord had been a Member of this House, I should
had his support.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The 011 of 18.33
attempted :to have encouraged in the first instance
a voluntary arrangement, it gave the period of a year within
which the parties were at liberty to make an amicable
compromise, but on the expiration of that year, the Bid gave
either the power to appoint a valuer for the purpose of valuing
the tithes.

(LEFT SFEAKING.)

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

['OUSE OF COMMONS, iffeßcu 23.
CITY OF DUBLIN ELECTION.

Lord J. R U SSE L L presented three petitions of consider-
able importance as affecting the election for the City of Dublin,
and which might also materially affect the Committee which
was to be appointed on Thursday. He did not think it proper
at this moment to deliver any opinion on the subject, but should
canter': himself with stating the prayer of the petitioners.
The petitioners bad sought the opinion of a very high
legal authority (Sir T. Esdnille) on the nature of their re-
quest, and in accordance with that, they had requested him ( Lord
John Russell) to lay before the House the three petitions he 110V7
•had the honour to present. One was signed by 1,400 elec-
tors of the City of Dublin ; another by 13.000 householders
and inhabitants of the county ; whilst the third had received
signatures of 4,000, living in the parish of St. James, in that city.
The statements of the three petitions agreed in substance.
They state that they do not wish to intesfeee with any election
petition as disposed cf by this House, but as they under stand
it is the intention of this House to inquire into the validity of •
the registration of electors at the late election for Dublin, as
well as to call in question the right of certain persons to vote,
in not having paid their ceases, they are anxious to lay
before this honourable House their sentiments on this oc-
casion. They state that in order to ascertain the validity
of these parties, and to go into this scrutiny, the Com-
mittee as now established would render it necessary to bring
over not lets than one thousand witnesses, and that the ex-
pense would average five pound each individual—an amount
which would involve the City Representatives in a ruinous
expense. They therefore pray that the scrutiny may be
conducted by a Commissioner in that city, appointed by
this House, instead of by a Committee, as now constituted.
The Noble Lord then continued—That though he had con-
sented to bring these statements under the consideration of
this House, as he had before observed, he did not feel it his
duty to offer an opinion on the subject. \Vhether they were
founded in justice, or not, he did not pretend to say, or if
there were any legal remedy; now was not the time for enter-
ing on the subject. _

—Oa the petitions being brought up,
Mr. SHAW said it was not in the power of this Roust to
interfere with a petition affecting its representation, and as he
thought, it was only a Committee of the House could enquire
into it. So far as the expense of which they complained,
eight would be sufficient to prove the case on the part of the
petitioners.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that certainly eight witnesses
might be possible to establish the case as far as the petitioners
were concerned, yet it mijht in all probability be absolutely
necessary to subpcena them all on the part of the parties more
immediately implicated.