The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-20 00:00:00

-.1i13{5•E; OF COm AroNss.

Orothe avirt,i;) of \jr. S'itawc„ir Dublio),i-ccunnts
vf the proddce of the ‘Vind“w and. tiearth Taxes Iruland
>,-.lere.r ti, he ha nefdii!-the house.
AC.*_,llai of the net amount of the Revenues of Great Bri-
tahr and Ireland, and of tier number of Ektents in Aid
issued in The. last year, were troughttip, and ordered to lie
On the table.
The .secolol reading of the :Surgery Regulation Bill was
l!i lEr4l iv, site 27th lust, •
hies 7.!::\:NE'r up the 'Report of the Chintney.
;;111, which was agreed to, and the 1311
'ordered to i., read a Viir,l time tii-taarrow.
- Oa the pi.,ti.‘ll of Mr. alist of the vesseis captured
by orlv.ite shirrs o;" war, from 17•1 to th'e close of the war.
:inifl the arimuht of. the proceeds of the sarne, Was ordered tr
be laid before ihe
Lt a Committee on the Agrieulti?ral lliilse Mat's, Nil%
Itshitigton moved that a Mil should lie brought in td con-
tinne tin firovisioris of, a former Act, for reducing the duties
'charted till Ilmses used in agricultural labouri.---'file motion
was 1,1:1rt.i.)4i to, the Utilise resumed, the frport of the Com-
taittee'.was 'cc-civet], itild a Bill. articled'. - •
TITHES.
. Mr. Ctihkvp.l4, in rising to .move for leave to
I,ring in a Bill to amend the -laws respecting
Tithes, set forth at great length 'the inconve-
niences'of the present system. He declared that
he had no wish ti) infringe on any vested rig-,!its
by the measure Which he wisheil to intrivlnce.
He then described the Various provisions which
the Bill was intended to contain., and descanted on
the impostance of 'supplying a, ectuethr to evils like
thoF•e which this measure was to meet: The noise
which prevailed in the Ilnuse -while the Hon.
Gentleman was. speaking made it impossible to
bear distinctly his statements in the Gallery.. [le
cimclnded by- moving for leave to. bring in a Bill
to amend the laws relating to Tithes.
Sir WILLIAM SCOTT reminded the House of
some petitions which had been presented. on the
subject of 'l'ithes 11l a former Session, and. which
had been referred to., a Cononittee. He was of
opinion, it fortunately it had happened that. the
prayer. of those petitions had been more purlieu-
laily considered by the House, that they scould
have hesitated.to-ndopt so grave a proceeding on
such grounds. Those. petitions had beet) present-
ed by an Honorable Member troin Devonshire,
acrd tt ha,l Subsequently appeared they had been
prepared Alnio:,t' all by t lie'Same band. 'They were
stmt round 'the country. •and in the spice ut four
days they had received the signatures of 'marks-
men, ten:new, and; persons of the lowest' class,
I.vto, without considering the merits of the case,
bad been prevailed A117.0i1 10 anti-titims-
men. They stated the whole system to !-ac most
injurious to agriculture, and...to- be one that of-.
f.codett against morality and against the Christian
and- to be; relieved. from
Tithes, so that they Might be enabled to effect
;hose kmpt(!vernents w!tiell were called for by the
situation of the Empire. Other petii;o.is
of a sitnilar character, were received front

enure!), from II di-Imi, and trom tiloo

cester. Haii•the changes contemplated by those
petitioners been consithired by the -noose in the
first" ifiseance, the proem-14)0 which followed
rni;:ht.havelieen 'spared. Bit did not now rise to
inppose. the 13:11 which the' lion. Gentlethatr
t bring. in, but to request the lion.•ticAt-
tleman to he cantions how i interfered with-One
of.the Mott ancient of our establishinents, which
bait been approved for *centorilf.s.;- atil which had
received the sanction of many of the purest and
most able men theconntry. liad ever• produced... 4k
set forth the importance of pt otecting the chtoeh
itgainst.spch inrloval ions as had heeneonte in pi ted
by the petitiemeis to witt,m Ice c ccl referred, and
reentrimentied the Clergy to the special protection
of ths- !louse.

Sir S. I1o:v.11,1,y ily.mght the Bill which it %vas
proposed to bring in was one that %monk! be like-
ly to etlect a grelter improvement in `the law_ of
the country than had been made for many years.
This 13111 was so tar front going to put -an end to
iithe-s-was so far from being in spirit .at all sinti-
iar to flie,petitions which had been refeired to,
that the Right 1-13 n. Gentleman might as well
have ni,litioned the Lin;oti and Hampden Clubs

in his speech as. them, in7couneldor: with the mea-
sure of his-Wm. The Islli, h.e Qouteli4,d,

,wonld go to po.t•an end to vhat had been long
complained of as ft gfeat inconvenience, and
vt,as in it st If a• perfeet anOrioly• 't hei aw qt E. 4 g-
land. Part of the-Bill ethich had been slit:a nto
)inn), he thought but the
Hight Hon. Gen:le:n:ln a very wrong hop; cs-
siOn on his mind, if he suppo3ed its tendency was
flt 'all 'similar to that of the peritiol:s,whietv bac:

bp(n mentioned.
LhckitAnT did not think it necessary that
the sohjeet should be ,Oproach,ed with all, tha:t
superstitions awe whieii-the Right /lon. (i ntle-
drtan bad seemed disposed to.intriress on.the.k-louSe.
Though most atoci94•4' to protect the inierests
of the church, he did' not 'object to the present

•
Mr. PEEL denied that his 'Right llon. Friend
Irad treated 'this Bill as, it were a measure for
he••abolition Of tithes. llis concnrrence with
the present motion. Wit! '•tiifilCicilt" to prrive-thiS.:
But his Right Hon. Friend had called upon the
lionse to view with Proper caution a measure
'which went t-c) 'tit)vert. part of a system that-had
been establiShed for centuries, "any! recommended
It to Omni-not to sanction it but neon the luilest
consideration. .The Bill which it -was props sed
to britg. in was intended to repress litigation ;
but he was of, opinion it wonld, have a contrary
„effect, unless 1-he Clertzy should consent to aliatt
Cion;sothe of their ancient rights,
;:,411r. Sarrn (of:Cambridge) thought the mca-
ture in some respects objecTionable, and one that
:ought to hei'ietred with great caution. •
CASTLEREAGUI concurred with his Hight
FrieEd ("Air. Peel) in thbiking nothing had
been said by an,ther
.Right Hon. Diem! (Sir
Wat: Scott) that had a teudtncy to restrain the
'house- how exercisingThs juilgittent on the Bill
_yvhich. it
.was 'imposed to bying in. nc !Jail but
'coo/ended that tithes should be approuclied
cawionsly as 'any_ other private -property; and he'
:was Perfectly juitificd in doing this. Ills Right
Bon-. Friend not meant to oppose the biing-
ing in of the Bill:
Mr..P.nononAM had unde-rstoort as his Learned
:Friend (Sir S; itontilly) 1,1,td done, that though the-
Ait444l Gentitunan (Sir W. Scott)-lo
Con-
sertte►) thiAt Jean shot/14,1re given to' bring in the
P4,,it was itis:inti,..ution to. Crtst. a stigina On it in-
the•!fikikinArance,. tuid tu' let It go tu;th :0 the

anuc'e srul to the.tobutry that it w.•ts infenled
.to trench on the livoperly. of the Ch'urelt. Ile
wonld show in what way aCt.
It this, he would Jake' line just anes res.pect
to the right
.tf cOniposition. The House knew
thitt...a composition might legally be made pie-
vious ro the Act passed iii the time of Queen
zabeth•-•.-248 Years ago. Sopposiag 2t couiposi-
'iton to have been effected before that law was
• made,. And laic!, or an annual soni.-given tti redettm
a certain place Or parish fromth hes. Now, 111
such a case,if •the parson chose to make his claim,
the composition so effected 150 1111 .be of-no
unless the original instrument. made 248 vear
ago were produced, not Mifili-eaten,.but Perfectly
iee ibie, ttl oppost: the demand... It the Ohl parch-
- went were not prnduced, in such, a case the tithes
mist be paid.. 1t had so be:tt tiecitktl. The tor--
Wel: might say -this' seas itor‘l., but the
%vi,bld be, '° You'must pay the tithe for ail that."
Well, butt give we my land hack," he nii,ht say.
-To this the answer would be, " No ; 'it has been
so long alienated froth you, that nobody can fell
_to wllO4 it belongs, noW..' The parson- worthd
thus keels the land and take his ,tithe. Such a
,grievance•would.be prevented by tine of the
Linn. Gentleman. lie wished the property of the
`church to. beheld sacred, :hut tiot noire sacred
•ihan other property-r—nut niece sacred than. that
of the crown itself.
Sir W. StoTr wished to knoW in what case. the
dec'isimi Mentioned. by the Hon—and Learned'
Gentleman h•ad occurred ? •
Mr. ISttott-Oniad could not recollect it at that
moment. 11e., however, kniw it well it had
occurred. in.the,coti::ty of Oxf,!rd. •He thought
he should re'cal it more distinctly. is the course Of
the evening.
Mr. ,CultWgri complained-of Right Hon.
Gentleman for tiniting Itisl3 li with the petitions
which he had mentioned, 'This was eddeavonr-
ing to creme a prejudice 'against the measure in.
the House and nut of it, which he had .not ex-
pected he shotild have to encounter.
Sir W. SCOTT explained.
. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. - •
6it. S. It OMILLY•gave notice, that on Wednes-
day he would most for leave to hriug in-a pill to
alter an Act passed in the reign of King William; I
relating to ste.alitig hi shops. • • I