Mr. Greensaid, he rose to bring in a bill "to enable clergymen and their parishioners to commute for Corn-Rents the Tithes within their respective parishes." The hon. member dwelt upon the beneficial effects which would flow from such a measure. The principle upon which the bill was founded was not a novel one. It had frequently been applied in the instances of private bills; and he wished to extend 96 it to parishes. At present, no parish could adopt this useful system of commutation without making a special application to parliament; and the enormous expense attendant upon such application rendered it, in many instances, impracticable. By the intended bill commissioners would be appointed; and to prevent fraud or collusion, one of those commissioners would be the clergyman of the parish: all their proceedings would be public, and every party interested would have an opportunity of informing himself of the acts done by the commissioners and the tithe valuators
§ Leave was given to bring in the bill.