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Pass without opposition it was not from. approbation
of its enactments, but that he hailed it as a first step
towards ameliorating the condition of.the people of
that unfortunate country.
Lord CLIFDEN, alluding to the difficulty of col-
lecting tithe, and the outrages that originated in the
present system, referred to the late transaction at
Skibbereen, in Ire county of Cork, and to a similat
outrage committed in the county of Armagh,-in each
of which a number of lives had been lost, thus prov-
ing that similar evils grew out of the system in the
opposite extremities of that country. Nothing could,
in his opinion, produce tranquillity in Ireland, unless
the seven millions of its inhabitants at present suffer-
ing under disabilities were restored to their rights.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN said he would not
press the clause to a division.
The Bishop of DOWN and Lord CLIFDEN explained.
The Bill was then ordered to be read a third to-morrow.
IRISH MUMMA DILL.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the third read-
ing of the Churches (Ireland) Bill, which he contended
would have one desirable effect at least, that of re
diming the rate from six to four per cent.
Lord HOLLAND opposed the Bill, which he con-'
sidered a very extraordinary one, contending that it
was pot calculated to be a measure of relief; and re-
marked upon the extraordinary circumstance of there
being no less than eight preambles to it. The Noble
Lord then proceeded to state variety of circum-
stances, under which the Bill would be a measure of
oppression, particularly upon the Catholic portion of
the parishioners, who would be called upon to build
church, which not only they, but no other inhabi-
tant of the parish would ever eater. It was notori-
ous, that there were many parishes in Ireland which
did not contain a single Protestant. There was an in-
stance mentioned to him by a Noble Friend of a Rec-
tor receiving on a Sunday morning a note from the
Parish Clerk to the following purport—" She is un-
well—therefore you need not come to-day."—Who
was " she ?" Was it the Church ? No. It was the con-
gregation—the sexton's mother (loud lan fhter)--she
being the sole Protestant in the parish. Tile Bill was
artfully constructed ; ittontained a clause of appa•
rent wisdom and justice, empowering those who
should pay the rate to vote at vestries; but a little
farther on there was another clause, which excluded
persons, who were declared to be at present incompe-
tent by the general law of Ireland. By this hypocri-
tical clause was Catholics disabled to vcte, although
the preceding one affected to render them eligible.
He would now ask, was Ireland at the present mo-
ment in a situation which rendered new measures of
penalty or insult either politic or just?—(Hear, hear.)
Was it even decent, he would ask, for that House at
the close of a Session, anti when so few of its Mem-
bers were present, to press the third reading of such
a Bill? Had that Bill come before the House at an
earlier period of the Session, he would at that stage
have moved its recommittal : at present, however,
he should only move such an amendment as would
produce a little delay, and thereby enable Noble Lords
to attend to its enactments, and come fully prepared
to discuss it. The Noble Lord moved, as an amend-
ment, That the Bill be read that day three weeks.
The Bishop of DOWN supported the Bill.
Lord CLIFDEN opposed the Bill, and entreated
of their Lordships not to pass it in the then state of
the House, and at that advanced period of the Ses-
sion. He considered as absurd one argument used
in favour of the Bill, namely, that building churches
would tiling flocks; and he again pressed upon their
Lordships the necessity for their proving the quo
aniato by which they meant to act towards Ireland,
by emancipating the Catholics of that country.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL denied that the Bill, as
asserted by the Noble Lord (Holland), went to entail
a new obligation upon the Catholics of Ireland. He
was not then discussing whether or not it was just
that the Catholics should at all contribute towards
the building of churches ; but so long as the law re-
mained in force as applying to parishioners in general,
it was proper that it should be enforced, and must not be
considered as a hardship upon any particular class.
Lord HOLLAND and the Bishop of Down explained.
Lord DARNLEY protested against the doctrine
laid down by the Right Rev. Prelate (Down), and
supported the proposition of his Noble Friend/
The Bill was then read a third time, and passed
without a division. The House then adjourned.

The apprehension that the Silk Manufacturers' Bill,
to repeal the " Spitalfields Regulations," would be
read a third time yesterday, again drew considerable
numbers of the weavers about the entrances to the
House of Lords. They again conducted themselves
in the most orderly manner, carefully avoiding any
obstruction about the entrances to their Lordships'
House. Soon after five o'clock they began to disperse,
having ascertained that the third reading would not
be moved till a subsequent day.—The evidence was
not generally delivered till yesterday ; and as the lat-
ter portions of it are deemed of great importance,
being mainly occupied with demonstrating the dis-
advantages of the existing "Regulations," controlling
the trade, it was considered advisable not to press
the third reading till the whole of the evidence, filling
nearly 900 folio pages, might have been duly ex-
amined by their Lordships. To afford such oppor-
tanity-, the third reading is made an Order of the
Day for to-morrow. In the event of the Bill re-
ceiving the sanction of the Lords on Wednesday, of
which no doubts are entertained, the Bill, it is at pre-
sent expected, will not receive the Royal Assent bl
Commission, but it will be given to it by his Majesty
in person, on the prorogation of Parliament, on Fri-
day or Saturday next.
Fonantr Eoca.—The following is an account of
the number of Foreign Eggs imported into Great
Britain in the year ending .sth January, 1823 (at a
duty of 1041.-per 120), distinguishing the countries
from which the same were imported, with the
amount of duty received thereon;
Denmark
- - -
Holland
Flanders
France
Guernsey and Jersey -
- Total quantity imported 50,644,025
Amount of Duty received £17,167 16s.
STRAW Hars.—lt appears, by a Return made to
Parliament, that in the year ending the sth of April,
1823, there were 176,045 straw bats or bonnets im-
ported from America into Britain, and 3512 pounds
of straw platting.

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