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by a Commission was utterly impracticable. The
amount of the tithe paid was to constitute the eligi-
bility of a party so interested in the commutation of
tithe to he placed on the Vestry, to adjust the tithes
generally. He, befose sitting down, Must pay a high
' compliment to the liberality of the Irish Representa-
tives in that House, who had voluntarily consented,
to subject their lands to this species of commutation
of tithes. He deprecated entering generally into the
principle now, and hoped the House would consent at
present to take the Bill into discussion part by part.
Mr. V. FITZGERALD thought it impossible to'
cure the error of this Bill, except through the ap-
pointment of a Commission which emanated from
the Crown. Ile warned the House of the inadequacy
and danger of this measure for introducing a general
commutation of tithes. .

Mr. S. RICE said, there was a possibility of the
lay irnpropriator procuring improper persons to be
nominated on these Vestries. He thought this might
be met by taking them, not from the nomination of
clergy or lay impropriators, but from taking the qua-
lification from the payment of the larger quantity of
county rate.
Mr. W ETIIERELL, though not favourable to
Universal Suffrage in those tithe questions at. Vestries,
certainly thought that where there were only three or
four great landed proprietors, "and perhaps tw•A or
three hundred smaller ones, the latter should nut be
totally excluded.

Mr. GOULBURN believed there was now no ob-
jection in the.nlinds of any to the principles of •com-
mutation. The safest practice would be to follow
the principle of selecting on these Vestries the largest
tithe payers, as the Bill proposed.
Mr. GRATTAN thought there was little difficulty
or danger to be apprehended from the establishment
of these Vestries, which, he thought, woulJ be bailed
in Ireland with pleasure and gratitude.
Mr. V. FITZGERALD explained that he only ob.
jetted to Veitries so constituted. The Catholic tithe
payer could not sit on such Vestries. This objection
Was a very serious one.
Mr. R. SMITH objected that the Bill required, not
a tender of the tithe, but an actual payment of the
tithes so commuted. He hoped this clause would
for the present be withdrawn.
Mr. GOULBURN said he should adopt the sug-
gestion of the Hon. Gentleman.
After a few words from Mr. Gotmsoav and S 4 J.
NEWPORT, the clause was postponed for the purpose
of being amended.
The original Amendment moved by Col. BARRY
to the clause that the Commissioners should have a
power ofincreasing the value of livings one-third from
the average of the last seven years, was withdrawn.
Mr. GOULBURN proposed an Amendment of the,
same clause, that in any case whete such estimate
was not considered a fair equivalent, it might be law- •
ful for the Commissioners to raise theliyings one-third.
Col. BARRY opposed the reception of clause.
Strangers-were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided. The numbers were—
For Mr. Goulbtun's Amendtstent . - - 73
Against it - 63
Majority - - - - . —lo'
Mr. GOULBURN:—Upon the clause the force of
it was:voluntary and not compulsive. •• • •
Mr. D. BROWN moved, that the Chairman re-
port progress, as the best way of putting an end to"
the discussioq. _ .
Mr. PEEL objected to the motion.
Mr. R. MARTIN thought it was a great hardship
that Government should be forced. into this measure,
and that those who supported them should now turn
round upon them. A fair measure of compensition
should be given to the Clergy,- and he hoped, with a
view to its passing the other House, th:at such a rnea-
: sure would be agreed to. I, continued the Hon.
Member, supported the Hon. Member for Kilkenny,
and if he now turned round about me, I think it f uo_a.r.

Mr. D. BROWN.—I am unaware of the obligation.
Mr. R. M A ItTIN.—I kept the Hon. Gentleman's
relative in the Representation of the County, when he
could not have done it—( Hear, hear).
The House then resumed, and the CHAIRMAN
having reported progress, obtained leave to sit again
on Monday.

MR. SHERIFF THORPE.
On the motion of Mr. Huila', an order was made to release
Mr. Sheriff Thorpe from further attendance on the House. • ,
Adjourned at half-past One till Monday.

The Memoirs of WILLIAM HATLEY, Esq. the Friend
and Biographer of COWPILIt, will appear in a few days.
Of this important Work, which formed a principal ob-
ject of Mr.HA YLEY'S attention, during the latter part
of his life, the Author speaks thus is his Introduction:

" The life of a sequestered Student, food of books and pri-
vacy in all the periods of his existence, seems at first to offer
materials for nothing more than a short and simple history ; but
incidents, very singular in themselves, and productive •f conse-
quences no less extraordinary, befell the subject of this Memoir,
and though ever devoted to retirement himself, he bad so much
intercourse with many of the most memorable Characters of his
time, that a fair and full account of him must inevitably be a
work of considerable diversity."

LIVERPOOL, MAY 27.—1 t is a gratifying citcum-
stance, that whilst the agricultural interest of the '
country is gradually recovering from its -recent de-
pression, the manufacturing. districts are in a state of
unprecedented activity. Numerous factories are rem-
ing, and some thousands of cottages have within a
short period sprung up for the accommodation of the'
increasing number of artisans. We are happy to state,
-that the shipping interest, also, which for some time
was in a most depressed state, even worse than that
of agriculture, but which depression the ship-owners
bore with mere fortitude and much less repining, is
now comparatively flourishing. Good vessels are in
demand, and are-becoming scarce. Our dock quays
are crowded withsoods tor export ; and life and ac-
tivity pervade of the marine ' departments. In
every carpenter's yard one or more vessels are build-
ing ; and every man able and willing to work may
now readily obtain employment. The only parts
about the docks which are in danger of being moss-
grown are the timber-yards, which are comparatively
emptied of their contents, from the amazing quantity
of timber which has lately bien sent up the country,
for buildings in the manufacturing districts. The
tonnage of the port of Liverpool, for the last year,
exceeded that of the preceding year by 53,054. tons;.
and there is every probability that this.year will ex-
hibit a considerablojacreassu, Such is-the State. of
Liverpool in May, 1823.
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