§ On the Order for going into Committee on this Bill being read,
§ MR. R. PHILLIMOREsaid, he found himself compelled, though most reluctantly, to abandon the hope of proceeding with this measure any further during the present Session. He called the attention of the House to the fact, that in the second week of May he had carried the second reading of this Bill with the unanimous consent of the House, upon the ground that he had demonstrated that a particular class of Her Majesty's subjects, namely, the lay and clerical tithe-owners, were suffering 812 from great injustice caused by the unintended operation of certain Acts of Parliament; that the Bill had been referred to a Select Committee, which had patiently and carefully examined the whole question, and had materially altered the provisions of the Bill; proceeding, nevertheless, upon the principle that redress was due to the tithe-owners, but varying the mode of conferring it. The Bill had been sent back to the House early in June, ever since which time he (Mr. R. Phillimore) had in vain endeavoured to advance it another stage. Having regard to the lateness of the Session, and the rule of another place not to take Bills after the 20th of July, he was obliged to withdraw the measure for this Session; but he hoped that, as the injustice had been admitted, that the House would assist him in obtaining a remedy at an early period of the next Session.
§ The Order for going into Committee was then discharged.
§ The House adjourned at Two o'clock.