In England, it is sufficient for the qualification of the burgess that he be rated, no matter for what amount; and, as in Ireland, the new poor's-rate is not likely to affect any one who has not tenements of the annual value of five pounds, Lord John Russell's proposal would approach more nearly to that identification of the English and Irish institutions, which Sir Robert Peel contemplates as the terminus of his progress, than Sir Robert's own proposal. There was no evidence immediately before the Committee, nor were any statements made of the facts which induce Sir Robert Peel to make this case an exception from his general plan of identification, but they probably will be brought forward on Thursday night, the 7th of June, before the recommitment of the bill. LONDON: PRINTED BY J. MOYES, CASTLE STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE. THE PREAMBLE. NO III. MONDAY, 2 JULY, 1838. CONTENTS. I. THE SURPLUS OF ECCLESIASTICAL REVENUE IN IRELAND. P. 69. II. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. P. 79. III. MUNICIPALITIES IN IRELAND. P. 92. IV. LEGISLATION IN INDIA. P. 97. "A mighty maze, but not without a plan." No. IV. will be published on the First Monday in August. LONDON: PRINTED BY J. MOYES, CASTLE STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE: SOLD BY JEFFERY AND SON, 4 PALL MALL; JAMES BIGG AND SON, 53 PARLIAMENT STREET; AND JAMES RIDGWAY AND SONS, 169 PICCADILLY. III. The question of the Boundary between New Bruns wick and the State of Maine IV. The West Indies V. Legislation in India VI. Irish Affairs 28 37 42 47 53 57 62 THE PREAMBLE. No III. Monday, 2 July, 1838. I. THE SURPLUS OF ECCLESIASTICAL REVENUE IN IRELAND.* AFTER all that has been said, as to a surplus of ecclesiastical revenue in Ireland, and before it is attempted to lay down any law on the subject, it is desirable that some perception of the facts of the case should be obtained. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland, who were constituted a body corporate by the act of the 3d and 4th William IV. 37, have made four reports to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, which are dated respectively the 9th August, 1834, 1st August, 1835, 8th August, 1836, 14th August, 1837, * See No. II. page 62, and No. I. page 8. |