The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-05 00:00:00

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S BILL.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL.brought up the Report
on this Bill, abd moved that it should be read it third time,
Mr; HUME said he Was sorrythiS Bill had been intto-
&iced as a private Bill ; it gait the Arelibiillop of Canter-
bury the polder appointing
.tb a sinechre (Ace, With
large emoluments. The late Archbishop had appointed
thre persons, one of whOm had lately died, and the present
Bill was introduced to enable the Archbishop to grant the
office in reversion to a party who was to receive none of
the etholutonta. until after the, death of the other persons.
It wits, an ihridio4 btAk tot him to iiippoO.i the Bill at thin
stage, but hi hoped that the Hon. Gent. (the Attorney-Ge-
neral) would not proceed with it until some returns which
he (Mi. Hume) should be produced. These returns would
show whether the office to which he alluded was a sinecure
or not: If, the Hon, and Learned Gentleman consented to
postpone the thifd reading Of the bill for a short time,
he (Mr. Hume) would not say another word on it,
but if he' persisted in pressing it on, he (Mr. Hume)
should move.by way of amendment, that the Bill should be
teed time this day weelc, when he hoped thy returns he
moved for would be laid on the table.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the returns which
the Hon. Gentleman moved for, could have nothing to do
with this, which was a private, Bill. There had been
a eointnistion of inquiry into the office of Registrar to the
Arghilitip of eanterbury, and the Commissioners re-
ported most favourably of thr thantier iti which the office
was conducted and the business discharged, There could
be no doubt but that according to all former precedent, the
Archbishop had a right to. grant the office in reversion to
ilemonb, anti tliie being the Case, he eoitld not see any
object whatever in postponing the
.third reading of the Bill,

-Mr. D. W. DAitVEY was favourable to the postpone-
ment of the Bill, it might turn out that the office wag not
a sinecure, though some thought it was, but it was much
bettor to wait until the Retutns were laid on the table.

Mr. WYNN expressed his surprise that the Bill should
be brought in as a rrivate Bill when in fact it was a pub.
lie one., and one iu'which the House was materially inte-
rested. He thought that the third reading should be laid
before the Clouse: •

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the Dill and
said he did not think any delay necessary; for he was sa-
tisfied that the ernoltinienta 01 the officLwere considerably
Obviate Ll.
Sir E. KNATCHBULL could not vote for the hill in.
the absence of returns, upon the contents of which would
depend his support or opposition to the Bill altogether.--
The third reading of the Bill was then postponed to
Thursday next. •
Mr. BROWNL)W said, he had petition to present,
and he was sorry and 'shrift-Isec] that nd Minister for Ireland,
was present at that hour (past five o'clock) the more er.pe=
cially av he had given notice of his intention to present this
petition, which related •to a subject of the greatest
importance. The petition, which was from an Association
entered into for the improvement of Ireland, and was signed
by IStoblemen, Members of Parliament, merchants, traders,
and others, after slating the distressed Blatt of the popula-
tion of Ireland, owing to absenteeism and the state of the
laws, suggested as s emedies a repeal of the Regulations
affecting the Butter Trade, and the draining and improve-
ment of Bog and Mountein Land in that country, to the
ekttnt of between four and five millions of acres.

Mr. H. GRATTAN said he thought the Non. Member
for Armagh deserved the thanks of Ireland for the part
taken by him upon this question. He also expressed his
regret at the absence of Ministers, when a petition of so
much importance was presented. He was willing to ad-
mit that English gentlemen and Scotch gentlemen took
up this question with a view to prevent their respective
countries from being overrun by Irish paupers but as it could
not be expected by zhe Irish that those Gentlemen would do
more than effect this object if possible it was the duty of Irish
Members to press the matter upon the consideration of
Ministers, with a view to permaneut relicE He was not
one of those who were disposed to quarrel with absenteeism,
because it was not unnatural to expect that persons of
large landed property would prefer witnessing ;he ease and
comfort of the people of England, rather than the discern-
tent and wretchedness of Ireland. He thought if the
suggestions lb the petition were acted upon, it would
do much towards rescuing the increa6ing population
of Ireland from extreme misery and wretchedness,—
As his Majesty's Government had thought it advisable to
reclaim the waste lands in the colonies, he thought Ire-
land Was equally well entitled to a similar experiment.
Mr. DAWSON, who had entered the House a few mi-
nutes before, said that he had heard the statements of his
Hon. Friend, and he was sorry to say, that he considered
both statements very much exaggerated, and the peti-
tioneis asked the House to do that which was utterly
impracticable, namely, to pass a General Drainage and
a General Inclosure Act.—(Hear.)—With respect to
what had been said relative to the state of trade and com-
merce in Ireland, and the influx of Irish labourers into this
country, he should say that from returns which he held in
his hand it appeared that that trade was unnecessary,
and that more Irishmen returned annually from
the port of Liverpool to Ireland than came to that
port from Ireland. From those returns it appeared that
the exports of Ireland in 1800 amounted to 5,3412,0001. ;
and in 1820 to 10,307,0001. ; and that upon an average
of the lot three years the annual importation of Irishmen
from Ireland to the port of Liverpool was 25,000, whilst
the Numbers of Irishmen who sailed annually from that
port to Ireland were 30,000,
(Left Sitting.)