The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF .COMMONS.-TUESDAY.

A net the presentation of many petitions, Sir STRATFOR D
CANNING deferred his motion regarding the Vixen till Juoe 12.
On the motion that the house resolve into committee on the
Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill,
Sir B. PEEL brought forward his promised views of the
measures regarding Ireland generally, giving utterance to them
in the hope ofadjusting the questions respecting the poor, tithes,
and the church, and the municipal corporation -(lreland), and
thus securing tranquillity to the country. He thought, first,
that there must be some legal provision for the destitute poor of
Ireland. On the second point he was prepared to proceed to
the adjustment of the tithe question, by making tithes a "rent
charge," but leaving the church as it now is, except to equalise
livings, to limit pluralities, and to correct abuses. The princi-
ple of "appropriation" to make no part of the arrangement, as
he considered that the sense of the country was with him, and
decidedly against that principle. On the third measure, though
he still retained his opinion on the subject of the corporations,
he admitted that there was no hope of satisfactorily adjusting it,
without proceeding on the basis of the English and Scotch cor-
porations, an elective constituency, and a £lO qualification.
The right hon. baronet abstained from details, limiting himself
to general and temperate observations, but declaring that, if the
propositions now made were not acquiesced in during the present,
session, he should feel warranted in acting as if he had not made
them.

Lord J. RUSSELL expressed the satisfaction with which he
had heard the conciliatory propositions and observations ; he
considered that they could not tail to be useful and tranquillis-
ing to Ireland, and beneficial to the country generally. He was
anxious to make every concession for the sake of peace, and
the adjustment of these important Irish questions, that would
not compromise the utility and efficiency of the measures. He
afterwards remarked that he did not propose the "appropriation"
clause only because he thought he could not carry it.
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Mr. 0' i3oNsaLi. feared that the proposed arrangement had
more reference to the strength and views of parties than any
reference to the feelings and wishes of the people of Ireland.

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Mr. WARE. said that, notwithstanding the diplomatically
managed proceeding between the opposition and the govern-
ment, he did not abandon the "appropriation" clause, and he
should afford those who thought with him the opportunity of re-
cording their opinion by moving an instruction to the corn-
mittee on the Tithes ( eland) Bill to insert an appropriation
clause, and would take the sense of the house on it.
After remarks from Mr. SHAW, Lord CLEMENTS, &c., the
bill was committed pro forma ; no part of it was proceeded with,
but deferred till Friday.

The other orders ot the day were then disposed of.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY,

The SPEAKER entered the house at the usual hour, but there
being only 27 members present at four o'clock, the right hon.
gentleman adjourned the house.