Star.
London, England, 1817-05-06 00:00:00

Lob!lrott TITHES BILL.

Sir W. c u la is moved the Order of the Day for
the second reading of the London T.thes Boil. The !'
HoneittraWe Baronet stated the subject to which he
now called the attention of the House, to be one chi !I
great importance. The present Bill originated with
the Corporation of London, and its object was to re,
lieie.the inhabitants ot certain Parishes in London
which were not destroyed by the great fire in 1666.
fro** the oppressive proceedings complained tat in
somata them. as having been experienced of late!
yeaskinder the Act of Henry We Eigh;h, relative
so "I`Me3/4 in Landers. If two diilliags And trinepence
in the pound on the rack rent, which it was pretend( d
the incumbents had a i h r.g...t to claim, were cullecttd,
an enormous burn would thus be raised; the C 42- I
quent pressure On the inhabitants must be great, and'
the evil, he thought. it must be felt, was one whiz!. I
loudly called fur some redress. Wilde he contended
that it this princip!e were acted upon, a greater bur-
den would tall upon the inhabitants than they ought
to bear, he was ready SO' Adam that at present suite
of the Clergy received less than they ought to re-
ceive. It was the wish of the Corporation of Lon
don that the question should be f tirly met, and i equ.ta.
' bly set at rest. They wish the ?Aston of the Contd.
'to be adequately provided (or, and proposed to till:ct i
this by settling on them specific annual stipetid:,l
given on the most liberal principles, in lieu of tithes,.
'to be raised by rates, iu the manner adopted in the
time of King Charles the Second. in respect to the 1
parishes destroyed by the great fire. Such being the
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views ot those with whom this Bill oligitiated, he!
hoped it would not meet with opposition, and that
the union of all the parishes interested in the measure
`would secure the Clergy a comfortable pr,iv.sion,
i while the people were nut ovelburthciied. Ile mufti:
Itbat the Bill should now be read a second tithe.
Mr. PHILIMOItE considered the Enceinte to be
/so repugnant to sound pt,.i 1 cy and justice, that the
House ought not to suffer it tube read a secirud time.'
Vne Act 6t Henry the Eighth, which ' it WAS now
proposed to put aside, was passed, to set at rest for
ever the contrition' Which bad till then agitated those
'interested in the question. By that Act, artritiatorii
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were appointed, brwkons the di( ffertmes then exia-
ling were adjusted. Li rump now 'proposed to repeal •
'that Act, which had been'the estaldiiliea Lao of the
!country for nearly three centuries. No ground was
stlevan for doing so, bin merely this, that qii.account .
iiit the geoeral distress some perstan were lit' present
iat:tablet() pay their fines. It had been set fottli, that
i.ci order on this subject, under the Act he had men.
;tioned, bad been triode in the High Court of Chat.-
,cery I but the fact was not sd, and the law had bees'
!constantly acted upon in all the Cl"ftS of Justice,
;from the time at Which it was made dawn to theine:.
i sent period. The Act of the-23d of Charles the
iSicond, be contended, was a particular Act, only
!applicable tea particular case, that 01 the parishes '
;destroyed by the dreadful tire in 1666, and was never
;intended to become the general law. It originated it: '
'th'e neceisity of the case, and to prove it applicable
to other pailsbet a case Of calamity must be made '
;out equally great. Vie Wing the Bill, as he did, to
:be.directlycippbtrd to. every principle of sound policy '
land justice, she felt iv his duty to move as an anten4-
'mos, that die Bill should be read a second time ou t
rhat day sir months. • '
Sir JAMES SHAW said, though the Act ot 1
Henry VIII: hid been jotended to set all disputes on
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chi; subject at Mitt* ever, there bad been nothing
nadiiptiteriver-since. lie showed the sums raised
inleieriiii of :the parishes Us hive been enormously '
ocreaiedietheit amount of late years ; described the
st& twerlitica Which at present existed, and con-
`s),u#d by skesiing hishearty•orscurience in the Bill.
i SR WaL/AM• SCOTT contended; that tt e :pct l
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Mr. Alti:rin ATK.IN6 shcsserl th it the ll•use
was not c upon to adopt a sie4,, principle of leg:.
)lotion on Ole present oc . ,as he pr.•ved it fad •
gibe idy interfered t vice in str:ll sort:ers, under tie.
civitstrnces witn,isehat similar. To sslieir the injuatki
of the isrcvm: system, i.e stitud one haft of th.• sr pts.
lit on 01 a p411;011.1r rAtiSh to pay 4WD erl gelsri It)
the Lty lininnistiatc.r, while the ntliev halt or ine its!
ha:Jets:lL; were compelitil to p.iy UVIC4I% C)1 41£&O90
:ler Annum. Un.ler these ciicurnstasces be should
v,ite to•r r•al!ing the Bill to a Comirantee.

Sir JAMESGRA HAN! the Clergy *a
as J,ond A rigi,t to their 2s. 9J. as the 0,4n4r of 4
house ha,i to the remaining 17e. Si. in the poitiol.—.
Every incumheot, censiJering his own right, nil
looking to his own family, would be jstudied in ie.
forcing his demand to the last farthing.. At poser*,
brheved, on the average, not mom than 10J. iH
tits, pound was denstided, hit he would advise them
to insist on the whole 24. 91.; to wirch they were
legally entitled, being.plid: and be should be very
041 it such a rate could be est:abashed• ail over the,
country. He hoped the all would be %mediae Ably
rej•cieJ.
Mr. BUT FERWORTH rec-untei to the linitse
the e. ormoui increase which nal been matte in the
It a:es. Jo one Parish they had beeo raised a
I very small sum to four or £5041). He hail purchased
A property, esoecti ig to pay on it only the long esta-
blished rate, instead of winch he had since 114.1 :o
pay 2s. 91. in tile pound.
Mr. W. sNuTH thought it a groat liariship
those who had purchased property loihe contempla-
tion of the tithes commiting to be valued at ;be Iran.*
rate as they had been almost from time invo:niteial,
•to rind so much more demanded than they had reaton
to expect th-y would be called upitn t 3 pg. He
contended this was a case in wh.eia Pashasitent
a right to interfere, and should tistrOatk vu tut
sending the Bill to a Committee.
Mr. GORDON said, if a Local Bill Eke this welt
rparaed for the City ut Idnithan, it might be sh_awlll
I lac,/ a dangerous precedent. Oars el two ,erwisitm,
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h;. begged to observe. were ortAti-ti in the
which belonged to the C apor..tion of London. 'l'Le
question respecting the registration. iii Chancery,
with other topics touched upon in the deli.ite, lie ws
of opinion ought to lie diva.. C of in a C.,,,rt sit L a
Sir WILLitiM CUR FIS said; of 0.0 two Pa.
risk's ennui d the Sent Jule, one belonged to Saint
fiirtholoinew's Hosp•t.al, and in the otti‘r but 21,.1.
was paid in the pound, *tole the .44j :Ming pari.i.es
paid 2.. 9J. Tii.s he oft night a autii,:telit esculp.a:o2
cf the City of London.
The House dt%i,ld, when the numbers were—.
For the second teas! 1:1 For the amenk!metif 111;
—Majority 125.