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House Of Commons.
April 14 ft . —Many petitions were presented . The House having gone mto a Committee of Supply , Mr . Rice brought forward tbe miscella neous estimates . He observed that , comparing them with the estimates of last year , the saving was 234 , 000 / . ; with 1 S 62 , the saving was 726 . 000 ; ancl with 1831 , the saying wan 1 , 322 , 000 . A considerable number of votes were agreed to without much discussion , and with very little opposition .
14 ft . —Mr . B . AV . Handley presented a petition from the ship-owners , & c , of Boston , against the sixpences required from the merchantseamen for the Greenwich chest . —Mr . M . Hill said that no one wished to see a sixpence abstracted from the funds of Greenwich Hospital ; but they ought to be provided by the public , and not drawn from tbe hard-earnings of men , who , considering their liability to impressment , ought rather to receive money from the public than be subject
to that odious impost . Ordered to Ee on the table . —Mr . Alderman Thomson presented petitions from the ship-owners of Sunderland against the reciprocity system ; and from the shipowners & c , of the same place , against the payments to Greenwich Hospital : both ordered to lie on the table . A petition was presented from Anthon y Buck , alleging the loss of his sight in the expedition to the Arctic regions , under the command of Captain Ross . It was ordered to be referred to the Select Committee on the Arctic Seas' expedition .
Lord Howe obtained leave to bring in a bill to unite under one jurisdiction the district of North Durham and the toivn of Berwick-upon-Tweed . Mr . Roebuck brought forward his motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the means of remedying the evils in the forms of the governments in U pper and Lower Canada . He described the Councils as so many oligarchies , and condemned the language spoken by the
Colonial Secretary in aU his despatches from England to the Canadas , as calculated to excite the worst feeEngs towards this country . —Mr . Hume seconded the motion . —Mr . Stanley defended the conduct of Government , and the language of his own despatches , as called for by the occasion . The conduct of Government was , in fact , a series of concession upon concession , which had only been met by increased demands . The right hon . gentleman , after alluding to the possible union of the two
provinces at some future time , concluded by moving an amendment , which , while it altered the terms of the motion , conceded the appointment of the Committee . —Mr . O'ConneE recommended his lion , friend to withdraw his motion , and leave the whole responsibility with the Government . —Mr . Hume supported the motion , and regretted that the colonies were not permitted to manage their own pecuniary affairs free and unshackled . After some further discussion , the motion , as amended ,
was agreed to . The Chancellor of the Exchequer afterwards entered into a statement of his plan for effecting the commutation of tithes . The foEowing are the propositions moved b y his Lordship . - —That aE tithes in England and AVales do cease and determine from . That , in future , all land liable to tithe shall pay an average rate in proportion to its value in the different counties . That aU land liable to tithe may have such tithe redeemed , by the payment pf twenty-five years' pur-
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House Of Commons.
April 14 ft . —Many petitions were presented . The House having gone mto a Committee of Supply , Mr . Rice brought forward tbe miscella neous estimates . He observed that , comparing them with the estimates of last year , the saving was 234 , 000 / . ; with 1 S 62 , the saving was 726 . 000 ; ancl with 1831 , the saying wan 1 , 322 , 000 . A considerable number of votes were agreed to without much discussion , and with very little opposition .
14 ft . —Mr . B . AV . Handley presented a petition from the ship-owners , & c , of Boston , against the sixpences required from the merchantseamen for the Greenwich chest . —Mr . M . Hill said that no one wished to see a sixpence abstracted from the funds of Greenwich Hospital ; but they ought to be provided by the public , and not drawn from tbe hard-earnings of men , who , considering their liability to impressment , ought rather to receive money from the public than be subject
to that odious impost . Ordered to Ee on the table . —Mr . Alderman Thomson presented petitions from the ship-owners of Sunderland against the reciprocity system ; and from the shipowners & c , of the same place , against the payments to Greenwich Hospital : both ordered to lie on the table . A petition was presented from Anthon y Buck , alleging the loss of his sight in the expedition to the Arctic regions , under the command of Captain Ross . It was ordered to be referred to the Select Committee on the Arctic Seas' expedition .
Lord Howe obtained leave to bring in a bill to unite under one jurisdiction the district of North Durham and the toivn of Berwick-upon-Tweed . Mr . Roebuck brought forward his motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the means of remedying the evils in the forms of the governments in U pper and Lower Canada . He described the Councils as so many oligarchies , and condemned the language spoken by the
Colonial Secretary in aU his despatches from England to the Canadas , as calculated to excite the worst feeEngs towards this country . —Mr . Hume seconded the motion . —Mr . Stanley defended the conduct of Government , and the language of his own despatches , as called for by the occasion . The conduct of Government was , in fact , a series of concession upon concession , which had only been met by increased demands . The right hon . gentleman , after alluding to the possible union of the two
provinces at some future time , concluded by moving an amendment , which , while it altered the terms of the motion , conceded the appointment of the Committee . —Mr . O'ConneE recommended his lion , friend to withdraw his motion , and leave the whole responsibility with the Government . —Mr . Hume supported the motion , and regretted that the colonies were not permitted to manage their own pecuniary affairs free and unshackled . After some further discussion , the motion , as amended ,
was agreed to . The Chancellor of the Exchequer afterwards entered into a statement of his plan for effecting the commutation of tithes . The foEowing are the propositions moved b y his Lordship . - —That aE tithes in England and AVales do cease and determine from . That , in future , all land liable to tithe shall pay an average rate in proportion to its value in the different counties . That aU land liable to tithe may have such tithe redeemed , by the payment pf twenty-five years' pur-