Star.
London, England, 1816-05-23 00:00:00

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• R. BUT DOI 3.. Mr. Leinteilint;son rithir:riameureide members
participattd, afser whiett the .j4intairdreidtd, • *boa the nemben
were--
• Per the Amendment, 40—.10tetnst h, 111-ipAlajorliy sedn't
tbe Nin, itt
Mr. MEtLISH presented a Petition from, the
'Pro...icemen and Housekeepers of Westmiaster, and
certain Shopkeepers west nt. Temple bar, signed by
.1,500 persons, against the Vassar Establie ments
,ffaying the House to take this sutiestioto its most
.;serious consideration.—Orkleted to he on the table.
Mr M. A. TAYLOR presented a Petition front,
certain persons confined in the Fleet Prison fir eon-
tempt, who had been detained these for t"o, five,
seven, and from serest to thirty years. praying relief.
He begged to say, no blame was imputed to any of
the Courts under whose process these persons were
confined ; but he thought the House would be rt
opinion thecae' of these unfortunate individuals, who:
.could not take the benefit of any Insokeent Act.

served its most serious attention. .
Sir S ROMILLY ohtsetved, his Honourable
must be aware he had brought in a Bill which.
prosicfed that debtors in confinement, on giving up'
plLthey possesoad, might claim the benefit of the Act;
fame particular cases only excepted..
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR wars sensible of the humane
intentions with which that Dill bad been brought is,
.but he conceived it slid not meet the case the per.
sons whose Petition' he bad presented. The cases of
et.me of the individuals be ligd had it in comemplo-
tion to submit to the consideration of his Uonourable
mid Leotard Friend.
the Petition was ordered to lie an the table. ••
A Patition vris presented from the §hoemabers
so others concerned* in the Leather Trade, of
141iresysbuty, praying the repeal ot.the Leather Tas
Ordered to he referred to the Committee. •
Mr. HALFORD brought in a Bills for regulating
the Penitentiary ft,r the reception of convicts on Mill
llaink: The Bill was read a first* pod Ordered to be.
feid a second time on Monday.
Mr.COUR:rNEY moved tor leave to bring in a
or erecting a Court or Courts for the better ae-
s_ommbdation of the Court of.Chaocery.--Leaie was
'alien to bring in the Bill.
„ Mr. KINGSTON, from the Directors of the E Ist
radio Company, presented accounts of the amount
and produce ot, the sales of the Company. and copies
Eif certain Resolutions of the Court of Directors re.
Ltive to rho; granting of pensions.—Ordered to lie
on the table.

MUM
Mr. NEWMAN presented Petitions from the Pa.
rirbhes of South Ockendon, Bulpitaii, and Upminster,
in Essex, complaining of the rievances arising from
the present Tithe Syitenn. the Petition from South
Ozkendon complained in particular of the hardship
Of setting cut the whole of. the tenth day's milk of a
herd of cows, as h'giily injurious to the pullic, as ihe
e..lves thereby wantoi nourishment for 36 hours, and
Many died in consequence, while the very hay upon
which the cows were ted, had been tithed' for five or
six months of the year previous. The Petition also
at ited, that where an agistment tithe was paid at
Michaelmas on b4rren' cows, the tenth calf was de.
minded on such as unexpectedly produced calves,
whit' b the. Petitioners contended was paying a double
Tithe. The Petitions, after enumerating sr variety
of other gelavances, concluded by stating that in
&loth Ockendon and various other adjoining parishes,
the poor cottager: who were esempted from parish
rates, were required to render the tenth of their pota-
tees, the tenth pig, and the tenth gosling. (Thar, hear.)
The Hon. Member then briefly set forth the ineonve-
nia'nene of the present system of etillectipg Tithes in
kind f and concluded by moving for the appoint.
stem of a Select Committee to take into considera-
tion the Petitions on the table relative to Tithew, to
consider of the expediency of substituting:payment of
Tithes in money, for payments in kind, for a period.
dia*be limited. . . •

Mr. CU RWEN seconded the motion. Hevensi-
dkred the commutation of Tithes soggesiett. is the
motion would be productive of most important bents-
its to the country. Lie had never met with any per-
gola in the least acquainted with the state of akricid-
ture who bad not considered the present system one
which it would be most desirable to rsfotm. Were the
change recommended to take place, he did not think
less would be paid for Tithes than was paid at'pee+
sent; but the feelings of the parties interested in this
qoestion world be spared that irritation to which they
were now exposed ; and this of itself would be no
knell advantage to the country. Viers never was a
time when it was more necessary to encourage the
cultivator of the soil, and the impoitance of adopting
aseasures that would have such a tendency mint be
obvious to every one who considered the enormous'
debt the country had to sustain, and the state of kV
;agreeing population. Feeling that every possible
encouragement ought to be given, under existing cir.
ensestances, to the cultivation of the soil, he gave the
motion of his Honourable Friend his warmest sup-
port. and should be happy to see it lead to the adv.
11011 of some general CetAtitie to correct the evil which
11146 at present the subject of complaint.
Mr. SMITH (of Cambridge) held the right of the
. Clergy to the Tithes set apart tor their rhaintenance
to be as sacred as that of any Gentleman to his free-
hold. He was of opinion, that instead of referrieg
deconsideration of this subject to any Committee, it
would be bitter to submit it to the collected wisdom
of the House, and to adopt the Usual mode of moving
dot leave to bring in a Bel, to make those altzations
*filch might be thought expedient. -
Mr. ROSE waswas of opinion nothing would be more
likely to excite a general alarm in the country, than
the appointment of a Committee to inquire into this
subject, if their deliberations were not directed to
some particular point or object. He was against,
giving a Committee those general powers which were
called for by the present motion.
Mr. ,BRAND, when he considered the admitted,
impeetanee of this question, than which one dt grafter
magnitude could hardly be brought before the House,
end when he looked at the unhappy differences which
disturbed many parishes under cite present 'System,
though; it would be infinitely to be regretted, it the
present motion should be negatived without some in-
tirailtiOS being given by the House, of an intention
to taire op. the subject ill *lusher way, at-no distant
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Menthe. '.
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