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CITY rn firs. A rely numerous and respectable ratting of the loisseholders of t he pariah of St. llorolph, Aldgate, took place yesterday. The requisition for convening the merlin:• was signed by two hundred inhabitants, to take into conaiderotion the oppresaive claim of in the pound, by the lay Improprianar, Hotter Kyriaston, f a lq. This gen:Koran succeeded his lather aa lay Impropriator of r espectable and exteasive parish, during which period he has increased his demand I r tithe from la. to la. lid. and finally to 111. in the pouud, on the rick-rent of the parishioners. At a few minutes after twelve o'clock, 3lr. Hoppe, senior church. w odcm was caled to the chair. 31r. llorric desired the vestry clerk to read the object of the re. qunitior ista, which was to the following effect:—••'4 the under signid houseke:pers of the pariah of 51.11 • olph, request you will tall a Feeersl rWry as earl as ;a'aaible, fur the purpose of providing and a doring tome lIICIOII CI to mak the pre te oppressive rate of' tithes oracied from the parishioners." The eltri: alto read the; uN uiracettet of the churchwardens to the request of the parishiorors, s l ue which the churchwanien stated. that al•tiough there wine • many is habiunts of the pariah frost; whom 2, 9.1. in the pout 41 um tot csaineil, yet that they were tea !y , and willing to ennui. Lute their sy.nparity and 'misname to those parishioners who were su!rjected to the penalty, to aid diem in the struggle to free them. k ivr•s Tom 40 unjust and oppresive an tomcat. Ile himself was arc of the mantis r nut tided at 2.. MI.. but he moved that those who were not so cplocssively rated would roam forward and join t w r stud had w ith their tellusr.raristitoriers in devising mime aay be remedying an evil which of the icterests of the pariah. 4.11,0111 , e.) following report of the Prov.stonal Committee vas then rim! : "ST. BOTOLPII. At MATE. LW/110N. " In thetnatter of the Plains of Rages livnaatoa, Esq. the fay !moratoria or of this Parish, to the Sum of 2s. %I. in the Pound, tor and in rtspert of Tithes, under the Statuu: and &liege,' De. tut of :i7th litn:y VIII. " Ti the Parishioners of the Parish of :It. notolph Without, Aid. gate, is the City of Lyndon, in Westminster assembled : `• Report of the Provisional Committee acting on behalf of the In. habitants and Occupiers, and other persons benetiaally Interested in Domes and Premises, in the Itsndott Division of this I'arish, against the lay lenpropriator's said Clain:— `• Your Provisional Con .... int" having (and some of them for nary yews), in common with their tellow.parishintiers, labourcl unda a gr..dual ineetase of tithes by the lay Impropristor, until at L•ngth the mu:plaints in the pariah upon this import. ant subject have bee site laid and general, felt themselves in duty bound to adopt measures whereby the fella of the parish generally from an oppressive bunhen might be effected ; and the lay latpropriator In.ving recently instituted procvedings in the Court of Cheacery for the recovery of his demand, anti having threatead utuitur prat edings to a gems er extent, your Committee could no longer withhold laying before their brot her-p arishietera such i.fonnation as they have been enabled to obtain upon the subject, io ort.er that they might have a lair and just opportunity of availing themselves art such means of relief as the nature of the (MSC imperatively demands ; and ft • that purpose this General Vestry has been construed by the Churchwardens, upon a requisi. tiso signed by oilman!, of NO inhabitant householders. Your Carrnattee t! viese itrt.rced primarily to state, that the Statute of 17 Henry VIII., and the alleged Decree under the saute (even it • have for along series of years been a continued source of disunion and litigatioa, destructive of the best interests of the Church Establishment, and of the peace and happiness of parishes. "That the raid Decree, independently of being formed prior to the establishment of the Reformed Religion in this country, and its validity net appearing to have been eunfimted and completed by enrolment, provides for payments which cannot he considered as reclusively applicable to the Clergy, but in lieu of obligations and other dues which were previously appropriated also fin the relict of the poor and the repairs of the churches, bath of which essential purposes are now otherwise remitted for by the pa rishioners. That by the Schedule annexes! to the Act of 22 and 25 of Charles IL cap. 15 (commonly call xi the Fire Act), even as in. creased by Parliament in the year 1304, it appears that is each of those panshts which suffered in the dreadful fire of London, in 1665, Parliament made a provision in lieu of tithes, which in no ere one exceeds 3714 per annum, beyond glebe and perquisites ; whilst in this parish thin is annually levied, under the deito.M. ration of tith s, partially, and as is considered illegally and uncurl_ intationally, the immentie sum of bets ern 4,001 P. and 5,00 J. ; and that Parliament, baring relieved the sundry parishes not consumed by the tire of lawulon, from the enormous cfrect Intended by the btatute and alleged Decree, 37 Henry ►'III., your Committee con. 'Wendy auburn: that this pe.isb is entitled to similar justice and relxt. •• - Twat th• great amotint nos received by the Lay Impropriamrs frit: the limoon Division or this parish, bits been land within the last 20 years mow rapidly) increased from ancient customary pay nients, protecting; the fonue► inhabitants of this as well as the Aliddlate division. under solemn pledge from time to time, that no farther claims gLoold be niggle; but in d fiance of good faith, the said Statute and allet;sl Decree have been and are now held In terroren over the inhibiants to enforce the demand of 2s. ;11. in the pound. _ _ •• That such claims ire made only in that part of the parish 'hien is situate wiihin the Liberties of London, und.•r colour of the said Statute and Decre, 37th Henry VIII., whilst the Middle sex division of the parish Is protected by ancient established sums cf small amount. •• That it appears t 6 pint Committee, that the inhabitants Fate the Mph. at reason to et nclude that they hate been wrongfully khouring un lot this oppressive bunhen, in consequence at the lung considered obsolete Act and IKTIce, under at hich it it pre tended to be exacted not being valid iu law, for want of due en roltuer.t. ••• That your Committee, upon historical reference, find that after time rentrinati.tn in religion in this county, and for avery con. siderable permit after tie date of the said Stat ute and De cree, their provisions were never generally. if at all, acted upon. •• That the former hay Impropriators of this parish (When their receipts far (ions did not 811)0U3l to oae-fifth part of the *um paid a• the prteent time) contribitted toward* the maintenanc e of the Mid sting Minister; but it ix understood that such Is not now the tag!, or to a very trilling amount. •• Your l'imitnittee, under the circumstances aforesaid. and the 64reined stare of the Petitioners in relation to Tithes, feel it as. canary. in aceotdance with the general tending, And in order to pro. thote the peace of the inhabitatits and the protection of proper t y, that the demands of the l.av Impropristor should, if poasible, by 1.g.51 and justifiable means, be restrained, and a Lir and tea: seta I: compensation given him in lieu thereof. •• That, therefore, it Is highly expedient, on the part of the Freeholders and ash me persona beneficially interested in premises es well as the imtnediat: occupier s of p ro p erty i n this Parish, that they ahouhl unitedly and firmly realm the inordinate demands of the Lay Imprat riatur, by availing themselves of the first ground of e. , •estauning his legal rigit, as well as by respectfdly laying their eficsma mCe4 before Pala:: e it for redress, ansl your tonintittee re. tau re rd pe nuns to both Houses of the Legislature, to be pre pared for tint purr se. •• Your :11.iree also recommend, that the the legitimate rue ries ;.f seal . ..defence. a subecription be entered into by Freeholders, ' Lardno!Jers. and all persona bwelicially interested in houses and przniscs, wietir this parish. in metier to defray the expenies which nay In: instrrnl in resisting the itojusiiliable demands of the I.ay lamer ' iat it, and that nn person who li e s not emitr ib ute d to site Fund fn the protection and benefit of himself and the rest of his fellow parishio !eluded in any measures adored :or the pedal de enee. or have a voice in tbe . deliberations of the parties waiting to ileterd. •• Tic an etfi -lal communication be made of the proecedi - gs lintel et beliatf of the parish, to the Honourable Court of 1,, ec ens of the East India Co:npany, requesting their co.operz. Urn in a measure, in which, as a publiz body, they are so se. riau‘if and itnioc liately concerned. •• 'lbat a pt.iti in be presented to the Honourable Corporation of the City of Lend ist., woo have already, upon various occutione so btnobetally iuterelted th e m se l ves f ur t h e protection of the carers in ivgani to Tithes, praying their assistance and ea-opera. rim. par indaly as the said Csirpuration arc eate ns i ec Propnetars d lin t. vs and premises within this parish. You- Provironal Caeintittee also recommend, that an open Ommatte be appointed to take such legal and other mraitum heti* purpose aforesaid, and also foe application to the I.egis. Ivan as they shall dm:emit most expedient ; and that Resolutions be Tsai 1 at rite Vestry, to be held on Thursday next, embrac lwe the vest roaterial and important points relating to the des how of %be parish, and be afterwards printed and circulated and w wwil'l the nitabitants, and advertised in the usual Mornirg Ltelli le Pairs." With our hearty wishes fur the success of thy first cause in **di the /mash is engaged, and for the welfare of the inhabitairs, le Bar rw usrn e respectfully submit their foregoing Report, tbas sf Sepenher, 1821." COLDBATCH said, that as he happened to be the . 11 04 bh4hittra of the parish, the duty devolved upon him to moved. ti-st resolution, against the most oppressive tithes that '°' Perhaps ever ea meted in the ci•y Of LOollion. The Income opprs alive as it was, could not be held in mitre just ab. s ~motoce a-al he trastoti the parishioners would make a corns sa od sention to rid th e ms e l ves f rom so ill ega l an d oppress i ve esunion. TTAIS E.= d al the resolution, which was at follows : That the repeated attempts es the part of the lay impropriatora W 4 clergy in Inc eity d London sad its liberties, to erdtmree the 'mute at Henryr VIII. . and the decree thereat; referred to, by yodacing disunion and litigation, are alike destructive of the best isw tgtttats DC the church establishment, id of the peace and happi. of tim e p a - i s h . " dir t:, R. STA N nu t so rose to propose tho next resolution. lie wlirt to cal! time attention of the Meeting to an historical state., sett of the satiation in which the several parasites of t me s w. Icased Providence in If l$ to afflict this metropolis with acute g e; VII which eceasion a number of churches wew ' 3 letit On that occasion eon streets were destroyed, consisting hones ; besides th lie Rai stree•s, of 93 churches within L .ndo3, were if:strayed by the tire of Hirai. 0.4 - .remaining of tha• part of the. City whieh had hen desrayed by 14 . 10 1 churches only were rebuilt, under the 2 - 2 d of Charles IL, It'Sweely called the Fire-act. Ply the 2-21 anal able Charka ;6," s 's"n of parishes was tifected, and a sui able coal ma. vat mule to those who hail been deprived of their pr. ;* 1 4 :: by the fire which linfortlinat ly broke out ard destroy. d, es„, l l:l'"tion of the city. By the new regalations a new P 3 YrilTilt was introduced. and 3101. a year was the ii-r allowed to any oh the new inrunthehts. It world HITS c h ugh i, .ruCtinate tiling for that ;lariats (St. twirl) if their aaep ,1 been among the number burnt (hear, hear,) r r payal g LoTtatrn four and thousan I, 'ranch they 40. 4 7- they world may have to pay three or four bun. aq tie hear.) Other pari s h es , t ae instance, St. Dunstmn's 11 tst, ut3l t. Andrew's Holborn, which had been 'titularly circuit:Mane:ell, had resortid to means to abate the claim of tithe, and had succeeded. By similar exertions they iniglo meet with Ind expect similar success. (hear, hear.) St. Andrew's had re duced their rate from 2s 9.1. by mak:lige subscription, and now paid an annual sum or 730/. instead or .10010. or 5,01104 and thin regtdation was enforced by an Act of Parliament. which would pre vent any of the successors of the present inc aaaaa bent from renewing their claim of 2a. thl. This had been done at an expense of 2,500/. to the parish, %Melt a • s ever after exempted loon so grievous a • charge. This parish was now only doing what other's had done he tbre i:, and which it s h ou ld h ave d one 20 year . ago. Since that period the claim has advanced f am is. to Is. 6J., and thence to '*.)id. By renewed and repeated exactions of this kind, Mr. K. bad angst up forty thousand pounds. Let any man consider how. front such a sum, he might have stored up means to comfort his old age, t portion off his daughter, or to provide for his family in various ways. Another mantels titian of the heavy rate was, the number of houses in the parish, particularly in the 31ino. rtes, to let. Homes and pronisos were there to be seen wi h large placanls In their front, with this inticriptim-- These large and extensiee wends" to let." (Hear, hest.) He had I I itself known instances in which the value of houses wan reduced from 1210. to 199. in consequence of the clorbitant exaction or tithe by the lay inipropriatdr, 31r. Kynasion. (Loud cries of „ hear, hear.") The whale rental of the parish am. 37,001 U., out of which 22.01101. 1 was paid in teem.; of doe stun 4,1/1101, was paid in tithes ; and the l'Onr-rate• amounted to 7.111.e9. The Assessed Taxes had Ewen re duced ; the 1 hancellur vi the Exchequer hail relieved the country trout scveral burdens, and, whilst other taxes weer daily diminish. ing, it was unreasonable to continue this !infant at its present cunt_ sous, and, as he would contend, illegal height. (Wear.) Now that the quartem loaf' was reduced front :NA tin war time) to ilk!. and every other thing in proportion, why should not the lay im. proprietor note down in the same manner? (deer.) The weak part of the parish was the want of money ; but, unlessthey now joined, they w ou ld b e like the bundle of sticks, contending with this powerful man, rendered powerful y their means—by the *nue. MOUS autos which he dna annually from their pockets. (Hear.); The worthy gentleman concluded by proposing a resolution to doe' effeet--that a general subscription for the pureoac of attaining the object with they had in view—the reduction of the tithe exacted by the lay impropriator should be entered inta. lie would himself subscribe thirty guineas. (Applause.) Mr. N'lOALttt secandcd this rcsolutidn, which was carried unanimously. Mr. STAN ImitteM begged to remind the Meeting that this day was the anniversary or the fire of London, in 1666, to which he had alluded, and lie hoped that their meeting on this day might be auspicious and a good omen to the success of the cause in which ' they were engagtd. (land applause.) !Ir. Curet:lt proposed the next resolution. lie denied that the parish tithes were the freehold pmperty or the lay impropriator. Tite tithes were for the maintenance of the minister, and relief of the poor; but the poor received none of it, and the lay impropria. tor claimed thls enormous charge, tinder an act of Parliament, which, upon the most diligent investigation, could not be fitund to have been enrolled in any of the repositories for such documents. This resolution was seconded by Mr. T, Pattaxa, and carried unanimously. 3lr. J. BATH° proposed the fourth resolution. The inhabitants had made attempts in 1I:01. iima, and 111106 to stem the oppressive demand of the lay impropriator, but they had not seen the matter in the same light Sher this enlightened vestry now saw it. There was a great and very important difference between the amount at which the lordship part of this parish was rated, which was only 3001. while the freedom part paid 4,01.10 f. It should be borne in mind, that the tither of the present Impropriatot received only Is. in the pound. Die eon, however, came to him as he had to others, and said. that in consequence of having a nume •ous family, and other considerations, lie was obliged to raise the tithe from In. to Is, fal., but at the same time assured him, he 'could not ask any more during his life. This San his promise,— but Le did not keep his Word. Our immortal Bard had described bail faith to be •• the keeping the word of promise to the ear, and betaking it to the hope;" and Mr. Kyinistim fulfilled and verified 'he accuracy of his definition, Me, from that period to the present he had progressively, at intervals, increased his demand from Is. 1k!. to 2s. 9d. Such was the rate at which he and others of the parishioners had been charged on his rack-rent. The burden was too oppressive to he longer endured, and he hoped their cum. Mined exerttim would be available to defeat so exorbitant a claim. The worthy Oentleman concluded by moving a declaratory rem. !titian, that the deinand was and contrary to what it was for. utterly customary to demand from the parishioners, and to be paid by them, and that it om.:111 thetefine to be resisted. Mr. II aaaa AA ta seconded this resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. PA eisows rose to propose the next resolution. Ile begged to ()tome upon the Act of Parliament, .td the comparative value of the opinions of those Council who had been consulted upon it. For his own part, he had generally no very exalted idea of the yid- Mans of lawyers, as it was well-known that if it served the in. wrest of his client, a lawyer would rut a hundred constructions upon an Act of Parliament but the right one. (A laugh). Such was the character of the opinions which hail been given egainet them ; but when he yaw persouti ~s high legal stations who could have no interest in giving an interested opinion, lie was dispoicil to pay more respect and attention to their opinions. For instance, there was the Recorder and Common Sergeant of London, who could have no interest in giving any other titan an unbiassed opinion ; and when It found that tit on fierintrable, as it was, to the claims which they preferred, WI pronounced a similar cane, he felt midi. dent as to the result of their cause. (Bear). After adverting to the speech of Mr. Law, who appeared on behalf of Dr. ()wen's applicstinn, fo r a watrant against 31r. teeorge Abbot, a parish. loner of St. (Rave's, Ilartoitreet. for tithes. he adverted to the opinions which on that occasion fell from the Recorder Com mon Sergeant, as to the necessity of having the decree, on I which the Art of the 37th, Henry I 111. was grounded, enrolled ; and amongst other pottage', from their speeches, read the following. In that occasion the Recorder said : " The very case which is set up by Or. Owen gives yen the jaris. diction, but for one circumstance. very ease depends upon the question of the enrolment of the decree. Now the condition of that decree is, that it shall become and enure as a part of the law ttl the I out, provided it be enrolled within six months after the date thereof. One would naturally suppose, that there could be no such difficulty in (-Lacs like the prew..t, if this decree had ever been en. rolled. It has never SO been pleaded, nor can 1 find that the ques tion has ever been put on that issue In any case that has ever been decided by the courts themselves." The opinion of the Common Sergeant was in conformity with that of the Recorder li;e;:i:iii;lia7ii against Adams and another, that has been referred to, proves. as to the case, this i that if the decree has not been enroll:el in Chancery, then your Lordship has no jurisdiction. That was a case in which a party was sent to prison, tinder a war rant from the Lord alayor, fur nor.payntent of this rate of 2s. 9d. in the ported. That party brought an action of trespass and false imprisoanient for such sending, against the Lord Mayor. And the question that ultimately arose in that matter was—the question of fact—namely, • Ilas this decree been enrolled or has it nut?' 11, then, in point of fact, it bad not been enrolled—it was admitted by the able lawyers, who, no doubt advised upon the records of those days, that thi Act of Parliament, in taint of law, did not come into operation. In the great variety of eases which have been gone through by Mr. lAII, it aeons to have been always assumed, as a fact, that the decree has been enro:led. Rut the fact of its enrol. meat or non-enrolment, is constantly a question, which it is visibly for the parties interested to assert or to deity, as the ease may be. And than it is said the fact of the enrolment has been found for, by a jury. The decision of one jury. however, as the Recorder has ob served, is no rule to guide another." Insleal it was not seriously contended that the decree was en. rol'ed, and its nuri-enrolment was attributable to an omission. It it were an omission, it was an omission most disgraceful to the ' clergy ; fur the increase was granted by Act of Parliament in the possidage on the rental. aids the understanding and intention by the legislature that be this increase they would be enabled to pro , side for the poor. The clergy, however, after having made the application, ware nut *whaled with the proybion, and to their din s:m.la( • with it was attributable the nuti.sion of the enrolment l of the deer:e. l)r. Owen took relit to, himself for baying brought I the subject on fur discussion, under circumstances the least inettn. yebient to the party engaged with him in it. For his (Mr. Parton's) part, he had great distrust in those prtfessions of the clergy ; he had always found them a hotly of eten, who, whilst their fellow.ereatures were in distress around them, lived themselves in the boom of affluence and in the possession of every enjoyment. Such practice was at variance with the doctrine they were bound to inculcate; and such a thsproport Winne provision was never intended for the fair and hobo:Jr:o.de support of a church establishment.— altar, hoar.) /11r. PRESTOS accanded the resolution. Mr. BI.ACENCRIS, in proposing the next resolution. stated. that at the historical part of the subject had been autliciently dwelt upon, he tentld not occupy the attention of the meeting in further expatiating upon it. It was his, as it was the general opinion of the meeting, that the exactions of the Lay! itipropriatur were as illegal as they all telt them to be exorbitant and oppressive. lie could corm , bout. the statement of 31 r. Bath° as to the pri 111 l Ise mol e by AIL Ks. 'mutton. lie airfoils d in his owh pinto' a Ening instance of the great fit rcase which the present lay I mpropriator made in the demand of tithe. II is predecessor in the Minorite paid only eighteen Millings' on his a hole rental. After the promise which had been made by Ur. Fy nasion, cf not increasio.g the demand over Is. lid., it had, neverdst levy, been swollen into the rate of Ys. 9d. in the pound. At length he earnestly resisted such a demand. lie refused to pay. lie demurred ; but, as an individual, he could not resist the demand,' illegal and oppressive as he felt it. lie was served with an excite quer process, and oblig.d to pay ; but on paying it, he conveyed to the person to whom he gave it, his sense of the injustice of the' exec:ion. Ile said to hint, '• There's your nitmey for you, and may it perish with you. (A laugh.) I protest failure God you are 1 1 all robbers. Yon have robbed me; you —you hare niched my chip leen." (Laughter and applause.) Site did he l.Mr. Blackburn) speak this without effect. The applicant felt the justice of the ob. serrations ; lie literally trembled in his shoes, and said, .` Then. I'd not take the looney." lie threw it down, and went off; and he (Mr. Blackburn) did not see the fellow's faze for hive month!, afterwards. (Loud laughter and cheers). lie could not have been more discomfited if he were detected ins daft, or if he had been taken before the police office for picking a pocket. This was strong language, but a man was naturally exasperated who felt himself to be swindled out of his money ; sod instead of the long list of resolutions which were prepared for the Meeting that d ty, he could lure wished they were fewer in number, but stronger, anti more energetic in expression. The parish had been asleep hither. to, but he hoped that now they were awakened, they would not re pose until they had awned their rights. (Hear). lie begged to call the attention of the meeting to the provision fur the poor which the lay iniproprianic wa s obliged to make. The predecessor of the present inipcipri.ttor had given two houses to the parish, in lieu of pour rates, for hi, tithe. When the present tropropriator came into! possession, why not comment: a new arrangement a nth him, which I would %Mtge him to give a CUrsidcr:At:ua more propuiitivnate t what We ought to contribute from the Urge tithes he aceiv. ed. Ile wished to impress this earnestly on the attenti on o f t h e meeting. Ile did not mean to imp to blame to the present churchwarden (Mr. Hoppe); but this he would promise, that if he ever became Churchwarden. he would make Its earnest atten tion to this subject the first blow of his administration. (lean) Again it should be remembered that Mr. Kynaston's tared • ass allowed Mr. Ilatt 41.11. a- ear; whereas the present Impropriator l allowed him nothing. IA voice in the crowd here intimated that an allowance was made by him to the Rector.) Ile (Mr. /1.) was not sufficiently conversion in the secrets of the church to answer Upon . that point, hut he could answ e r f o r th e withdrawal of 401. a.year, • hich the present impmpriator's predecessor allowed. Ile onjureil the meeting not to let their weakness induce them to forego their just rights ; by united exertions, and a combined tahrt, they would be able to surmount the difficulties I and concluded by moving the following resolution. [Fur which see Advertisement.) Mr. KEG us (Churchwarden) seconded the iesolution, which was carried unanimously. The neat tihe flth) was proposed by Mt. Bonnows, and seconded 1) 4 - Mr. Gimes. Mr. II A LL: in proposing the next resolution, spoke to the fol_ lowing ettiet :—" In rising to submi. to your consideration and ultimate adoption. the revolution you have just heard read, it may I be desirable that I shoula state to you, that having myself taken outsider:able trouble, and been at wine individual expense, to in form myself uplift the t portant subject r. e are this day met upon, I am fully warranted in sayieg, that the molt I have arrived at is, that the parish has the strongest grounds to anticipate a successful result to the struggle we are about to engage in. That the sub. j ct itself is one of the most Erelong importance, it would be as useless for me to Insist on, as it would be to Unnecessarily take ep I your time in defending the pusttion wherewith the resolution, now I under our consideration, sets out (fur which see Advettisentent), the self-evident truth of which is too clear to admit of controversy, or to require the aid of argument in its support- We have all. Gentlemen, been sailing too seriously and too I:ing under the grievous harden and the oppressive exaction, which has now, at length, tilled the measure of our forbearance. That we sl hi continue to consent to the annual payment of near 3,0001. which this parish has been improperly, and. as I contend, illegally, and therefore unconstitutionally, subjected to for a series Of years, is an evil which cannot any longer be tolerated, and which it is absolutely requisite should be matrained. The glaring inconsistency of this abominable exaction will be more clearly apparent, upon its being placed in comparison with the 1111114111 l which Parliament twit . ] awarded to the tlergy of sack parishes of London as suffered in the fire or INN, and you sill then find, that the highest sun, which Parliament thought it proper to adjudge to the clergy of such pa. I riches as were by that calamity reitdool incapable of paying tithe, was 3701.. whilst this unfortunate parish—unfortunate because not burnt down—is annually taxed under the denomination of tithe, to the unheard-of amount of nearly 5.11161/. Gentlemen, I ask you whether this is a state of things which it is possib!e should be suf fered to continue ? whether it is not in open defiance of common sense? whether it is reasonable—whether it is suffemble—that the Lay Impmpriator shall be raising a revenue out of this parish. ex• ceeding that of half the Itc:cli of Ilishops--execeding the salary of his Majesty's i'rincival Secretary of State--exceeding that paid to Judges of the land ? And shall this parish, deficient hither in the respectability of its inhabitants, nor in the ffirtility of its re-' 111.111TeS, be the last to come forward and resist: he degrading thraldom it has so long been 'offering under ? No: let it rather act as a stimulus to us in the present instance. that we have not been the' first to emancipate ourselves, our chiltha 1, and our successot's, from I the degradation we have so long and so tamely submitted to. There are several objections which have been started, by very well inten. tinned individuals, to the course of procte.fings which it this day submitted for your adoption, and which it will be only lust and proper that 1 should advert to, and in so doing I will endeavour to meet them in the order in which they have been brought forward. The firm objectitm which has been urged against the probability of a favourable result awaitieg our proposed operattena that Mr. I K. having a vented right in the tithes of this parish, it will be a 1 difficult natter tat induce Parliament to lend a favourable ear to our application fur relict; for it must nut be concealed front you, Gen. I drown, that _ . • !imposed on. Gentlemen, it liar also beer. urged, that we may fail In • our endeavours to see out Ares eightrd. Now, whilst I admit freely the possibility of failure, I must stre-tiously contend for the pro. bability of success, and whilst I confess to you, that I am the last man who would engage in a contest of this nature, unless I saw a probable peomect of success, I do not envy that wait his feeling, Iwho would recommedd to us, to sit down quietly under our wrongs, and tamely offer our backs to the boll, for want of sufficient spirit to rid ourselves of an onto:salve and adieus burthen. Gentle men, let us only be true to our- elves, firm, united, and acuatcd by a proper spirit; let us only, in the w or d s o f taffy ftMacbeth, , • Screw our courage to the sticking place, "And well not fail." Gentlemen, one word more, and I have done. IVe are told that wine of the inhabitants of this parish do not pay to the extent of ! 2s vq. in the pound upon their rents, and that these persons do not fedtnemselves aggrieved, and feel apprehensive that in the event of their joining in the measure of resistance, that they also may be' carried up to the 2a. lid. rate ; to such persons, I would just beg to' say, that if they consider that they owe their present rate of tythe to any merciful feeling on the part of die Lay Impropriatur, I am Pony for their mistaken notions. The Lay Impropriator takes just as much as he thinks he can get, and if he considered them' I able to pay him at the rate of 2s. 9d.-21. 91. he would here to now. I woe I also just ask persons so situated, whether they ! would not feel the relief of having their present tytlie diminished'] ] 1 to one belles much as we should, who pay up to die full rate ? l ' Other Gentlemen, who are actually rated at 2s. 9d., are apprelten. wive, that as they are not quite rack rated, that a retributive feel.' ing on the part of the I.:is linproini nor might produce a re.survey , of the pat ish by winch means they might have even their payments', increased ! 'I would request Gentlemen to dismiss from their ' minds any such apprehension, as it is pretty well ascertained that the result of a resurvey would be, that where one house would' be raised, it would be requisite to lower at least five, and 1 that therefore, any such measure would. in point o f fact, de- feat itself. S onic Gentlemen have cast doubts upon the legality lof our subscri:ing conjointly to defray the essences attendant, ; upon the measures we are about to adopt. It may be antis. 1 factory to such Gentlemen to know, that the opinion of Counsel , has been taken upon this uoint, and 1 sill, with your permis- ; lion, read to you the opinion of Mr. Rolland upon it. (The !opinion which Ire here read through, corroborated his statement.' Nothing. I apprehend, c. n be more clear or more satisfactory. 1 There is one oilier point to which I would refer before I conclude, ! and which 1 consider to be of considerable importarre. I would' ; wish it to be understood, that in the event of the Lay Impropriator, ' or the parties representing his interests, coining forward forthwith, I and proving themselves inclined to come to a mutual understand ing in the first instance, that we should then be inclined to treat 1 1 upon terms considerately more to his advantage than if, at any fu.' i tore stage of the contemplated proceedings, and after he shall have put the parish to some considerable expense, he 'amokd then find it his interest to propose a c empramise. I should be glad to hear , whether this does or day not meet with your concurrence ? It could not with propriety be einlardied in our resolutions ; b u t as 1 I have little doubt but 31r. K., or those acting fur liitti, will be in. formed of all that take* place here this day, this circumstance will not be overlooked. Sonic Gentlemen have reeteinniended mode-1 ration in our proceedings, and temperance in our language ; and if; I should have expressed my s elf warm ly, i t i s b ecause I f ee l warm l y ! upon this matter, a...Aar it is hardly possible to speak upon with 1 any kir.d of temper. lam sure the vestry will bear MC out in say- I log, that the hay Inipropriator's conduct towards us, does not en. tide him to expeet any particular courtesy from us, or die use of measured language, when applied to his proceedings." The worthy Gentleman then sat down, eler moving a resolution, amidst the general applause of tile meeting, having been intemtpted in the course of his address by frequent bursts of loud approbation. Mr. BLEW' Ail N. in proposing the rext resolution, said that he was Induced to bead a requisition upon this subject, from a comic. don that he would inert with the unanitnotis support of the palish in Meeting the object in which they all had a common interest. Ile had in his own person resisted the applicatieh, the conse. quence of which was, that legal proceedings were commenced against him. Mr. Saunders (who, from his acquaintance with this subject, and his ability, he was sure, the parish would em ploy on the present occasion.) put in an aptearance for him, whereby he would be exempted front any further individual report sibility until November next ; but he had every confidence in the combined assi.utiice and support of the parish ere that perind. lie was glad to inform the meeting of the alacrity with which this subject heel been taken up already, as many persons had put down their names. and in a few hours not less than a thousand pounds was subscribed. A general disposition prevailed to contribute a proportionate moiety towards the attainment of an object, which, by proper and 1 , 411-directed means they should long since hare attained. l'hey had the example of similar exertions in other parishes ; they had the instance of their success, and the most satisfactory and high legal opinion to assure them of a favourable result. It was no: the least-to-be-regretted coneide-ation in this case, that this large exaction was not paid by . the parish fur the support of the church, or the dignity of religion. On the contrary, the interest of religion was oserlooked and neglected. and scarce a betoming maintenance provided for the clergy, in consequcnceof the large sum drained from it by the lay improprlator, who enjoyed this great re venue by reason tt'f some for 110.tietuf.vested by one of his progetitors. They should bear in mind the likelihood of this case coining before Parliament, on which occasion they would hare to use their utmost exertions. Ile had been himself an observer of proceedings in the house of loninions, and would assure the meeting it was no easy matter to enlist the services of 31embers of that House in such • cause as theirs. Some were cringed by promoting the local bite reins of the respective places they represented, and some were other wise engaged. There were not wanting persons ready to promote the interests of the people, but he only wished to remind them that they were with (NCI ulty got at; and they (the parishioners) haul need of every direct and circuitous exertion to procure their r t-ope ration and assistance. Ile concluded by recommending unanintons exertion, anti purposed the next (the 9M) Resolution. It was duly seconded, and carried unanimously. The vestry-clerk- here, at the request of the chur:hwardent, read two letters, one from Mr. Tomlin, of the firm of 31, MM. 'faddy, Tontlin, and l'o. It expressed regret at his unavoidable absence from the meeting, approved of the me:vomit the parishioners were about to adopt, end expressed his readiness to contribute any fur ther ptoportionate moiety that might be regaiNte fur carrying them into efli:ct. " To thin complexion must you cone at last." It must be from Parliament, and front Parliament only, that we can hope for that sure and stable terminatiera to our arduous la bouts, as shall effectually protect us f any future claim. But, Gellllolllll. whilst I am Mapes:al to allow Mr. K. every weight lie can himself wish to derive Inns his vested right, I you'd beg to ask, what regard lie has evinced, by his rapacious proceedings to wards us, for our vested rights ? for surely it must be admitted, that it lie is pit a v vi of a vested right, which, for argument's sake, tee will admit, to charge us at the rate of 7001. a year by way of tithe, we surely, on the other hand, have a vested right not to have that payment increased upon us, at the sole will and "price of Mr. K. And by way of elucidating the trader mercy with which Mr. , K. has treated our vested right, I dial! just take the liberty of stating to you, for your information, a scale of payments made to Mr. S., as for tithe, by an old and very teepee: de inhabitant of this parish. This gentleman faille to his present house In 1771 (where he has ever since resided, and where I hope he will continue irony years to reside, and to enjoy the fruits of the labours we are about to enter upon), le which tone lie paid as tithe 4:2 4 II In HAD his tithe was raised to 2 la 6 Which sum he continued to pay annually to 11107, from which year to 1809 he paid • Front 111119 to 1819 he paid a And horn ItilO and *nice he has actually been paying, incredible as it may seem, . • - - HI 18 2 This, gentlemen, I have selected as an instance of the unheard of enormity under which we are now suffering, and which is a picture dr the state of the whole parish. Now, gentlemen, shall we be herearter told. that we ought to respect the vested right of an indi vidual, who has had the shatitelesaneas to treat our rested rights in this unwarranted manner ? 1 Mil really at a loss for words in which adequately to express my feelings upon this subject in rerun comprehensive enough, to convey to you my feelings of the ' enormity of this transaction. Gentlemen, I say, let Mr. K. *now ' to the satisfaction of a Committee of the llotoe of Commons, that he is seize., of a vested right to fleece us to the annual amount of 6,0001. and I, for ore, will cease to oppose his claims. But, If on the contrary, he can substantiate Lis right to a tythe, in tt is parish, and can only prove a consideration paid by lien ancestors for the same, amounting to some 10.0001. then 1 say, that his vested tight (being first duly cstablaslied) will be amply satiaued, by the annual payment• which the parish made at the tittle of the pot. chase, and which I should apprehend a payment of sixpence in the Pound. on our present rated t:ntal, would be found liberally to socure to him. But I beg to state distinctly, that it is neither the wish, nor the intention of any gentleman who has firm? I in this business, to deprive the Lay Impropriator of his income altogether, as the concluding words of the resolution row under your consider. anon will fully show. Still I must be ullowed to leaser!, that it we were to measure out justice in this matter, as it has been meted out to us, we should be fully ;twilled, if we substantiate our chief' ground of defence, in withholding payment of tythe altogether— not only this but we should be war r anted (if the case w e re not utterly hopeless) in tequiring in equity, at least a refund of what, I think we should not flare much difficulty in showing, we have just grounds to assert he has improper:) , been levying in this parish, and which the vestry will perhaps he surprised to hear, amounts to the astounding sum of 60,000/. So much for the objection as to the vested right of Mr. Kynaston. The next objection which the gemlemen of the Provision Com mittee 'Aye heard raised, is, that it is wholly futile to attempt to oppose the Lay Impropriroor, because, forsooth, the East India! Company failed in their opposition to his claims. Now, this is mud. easier asserted than proved. Let us examine for a moment the grounds which there may be fur despairing of success on this head. Although, Gentlemen, we shall have numerous grounds of defence to these acrid' which it would be unnecessary end indeed inim,litic to enumerate in this plate, it cannot, it need not be con cealed, that our chief point of defend will rest upon the fact (for I am warranted in so calling it) of the mm-enrolment of the decree referred to in the Act of Henry the Eighth. Now, although the nomenrolment was certainly pleaded by the East India Company in their d.lence, it was never argued, nor was it made a painkiller point of defence. The fact was simply this--that Mr. IC. insisted upon the payment of a certain sum tor tithe, upon certain ware. houses of the Company sit ua t e d in t his p ar i s h, w hi c h t h ey con- I sidereal were not or the value he set upon them, and the whole matter went oil; upon the evidence 4.1 certain surveyors, who, having fixed an annual value thereon, the verdict was taken accord ingly. Another objection with which we hare been met, and which ant free to *ay is one to which I should fur one be most happy to! listen were it possible to be entertained, is thls—that inasmuch as the question of tithes in the City of London is row before the Law Cairns, it would be prudent to await the result of these proceed.. ings, snit be guided by the judgments to be pronounced in the - CAWS now pending. Gentlemen, as I said before, this offers an I The different Protestant and Roman Catholic Clergy argument ad cai , landarn, but which cannot fora moment bear the arc activ e ly engaged examining the Oftraent schools in this test of clue domination. The tithe questions are in themselves so! di ocese, to enable them to answer the of queries of the very materially distinguished from each other, are to diderent . their general as well as in their particular features from each other, C omm issioners of Education : —/Interk k:Chroniele. as well as from our particular case ' that any decision had upon The Commissioners of Fisheries have directed the sum any such case so pending, even if the Lay Impropriator were!, of 400/. to be applied for the purchase of boats for the poor to agree to be bound by it (which lie need not be, and which of Sli go . it is not difficult to anticipate that lie would n o t be), that it is I wholly out of the question for us to exam our cause to be Cu ran Awars.—A new corps of yeomanry has tried by others; odd to a hick the very materi a l cons id erat i on been art a-going, in the room of the " deceased ; cavalry the that the tithe causes now ',ending are fast. whtich are resisted ! inemlx•rs of which have been invited to embody themselves by individuals, and which may be conitoornised to-morrow.l in the troop. The entnmanding officer is Mr. %Vedder. At any event, it is exceedingly improbahle that any result can be burn, of Islahatik. A junction is also talked of with the looked fir from them, is at ail likely to be s erv i cea bl e to Ds. Perth wi d er M a j or Be l c h es. The one is, the case of Mr. Punier, who is contesting the claim of th e troop, L a y joi/aapriator of the parish of St. Helen's, lii snopagate- street ; I So great an effect has the most trifling change of soft and the other is thatorarublic.,pi,ium individual in tam neighbour. i and herbage on the growth of wool, that on two farina, ing parish of St. ()lave's, lart.street, Mr. Newlin, wh o i s , s i ng l e- 1 a dj o i n i ng eac h ot h er on t h e S out h D owns of Sussex, there handed, opposing the mighty force which the incumbent, Dr. is annually a difference in the value of their respective Owen, is bringing to crush him; who has stool forward to tight growths of from fis. to 4s. per ton, eat n though the ewes the battle of the parish in his own person, in a manner so no bl e , that it ought to cause every individual its the pari s h, w h en t h ey from which it was shorn should have b een or i g i na ll y meet hint in the street, to hang down their heal for shame, in equally good as to breed and staple. 'llls experiment has withholding from him that assistance his public spilt so justly me- lice,. tried, for several succeeding years, by the occupants rim. It has also been urged, in oPPolition to our Proposed eowtelef the farms all u d e d t o h av i ng exc h ange d , eac h vear, fifty 'of proceeding, first, that it has bcco tried before in this parish, and ewes of the same age and quality, and the e . that asea that the result was unsuccessful . I had rather nut witch upon this taint . d, the .01 of one of the parcels of ewes invariably subject, inasmuch as it might perhaps lead to inferring mismanage. degenerating. meat somewhere or other, where perhaps it ought n o t t o rest. And, improving, the other inv ar i a bl y Nor is this secondly, that our having paid the rate of 2s. 9d. fig bailie time the only instance of the kind. Thin chalky land, covered past. must act as a bar to our present or future object . ..ins. Good with a fine-textured turf, interspersed with wild thyme, Slot! I are we to be told, that because we have been paying money small wild clover, and cyebright, ;as that which produces for wine time, in our own wrong , that we are therefore to go on „ molting such payments ad jarful/min )1 If this be the law, all I can th e fi nest wool. It is, indeed, a well-known fact, that, 'say is, that Idu nut believe Parliament would keep us low in sus. wool always become coarse, though increased in weight, I peose, if we petition for its amelioration; for Ido nut lositate to from sheep being fed on strong land. Ilenee it is that say, and I rejoice in being able to say it, that the tithe is gone by, a South Down ewe product% a fleece full a third heavier, when co iiiii ion law and common sense are to till oppo.the scales • tnougn much coarser, the year she is fattened, than in Our !taring so long aubmitted to this shameful exaction—atainetul alike to the payers and the receiver, is a very weak and bail reason I an!, one that preceded it. why we should continue tu do so ; but a very stroag and irodefut t Small blidgrs, repeatedly applied, are the only efl'ectual renew wiry we should instantly, and for ever, rerese to be forth reinetiv for Curtis. A letter frotn Sir J. Shaw, the Alderman of the Ward, was also received, containing 201. as his sobseription. The announcement of this subscription was received with an c‘pression of applause by the:meeting. Several minor subscriptions were also announced to the meeting. . . The CristRNAW intimated that many were willing to subscribe who did not wish to give io their nlines as subscribers. and sug gc,ted the propriety of admitting them to subscribe, a hich was ac ceded to. Serena resolutions were then pmposed, pennant to the mom. mendstion of the Committee. 31r. SAUNDEBS, on a vote of thanks being proposed to him, which was unanimously carried, exprmsed the gratitude he felt at the confidence which the parish tl us reposed in him. It was not front professional considerations merely that he expressed the pride and gratification which their good opinion of him inspired ; but he was in heart, and front principle. attached to the rause in which they were engaged, and neither zeal nor assiduity would be wanti:, on his part to promote the object for which they were conventsr. and which they had entrusted to his care. (Hear, hear.) IFe felt assorts!, both on principles of law and of justice, that their exer tions a ould be crowned with ultimate storm. The decree which could alone give validity to the nth of Henry VIII. was not en. rolled, and its non-enrolment rendered the Act futile and inope reise. This was a legal cpinion. supported by the highest au. thority, and gave assurance of final success to their efforts. They had the example if other parishes, w'tieh :tad succeeded in a similar struggle. for which lie (Mr. S.) had been also en gaged : he could safely promise them, that the sane exertions and devotedness which he gave to this subject before, should now be employed in their service. (Dear, hear.) He would, with the aid of their Vestry Clerk, use every diligent research, and look af. ter every ease whim could hear upon the point at issue. The only opposition that could be raise el against them was, a pre. sump tion that the decree had been enrolled ; but lie felt con. (Went that no tribunal would permit a vague presumption to overturn or weigh against a positive right. (Hear, hear.) lie begg.ed to renew his expression of thanks for the honour con. (erred upon hint, and to assure them of his zeal in promotmg their interests, and of confidence in the result. (Hear, hear.) Thanks were then voted to the Churchwardens, and to sere. ral Gentlemen of the parish, who had taken an active part in convening the present meeting. and promoting its objects ; after which it Woke up at half-past three o'clock. riTCII 11, 1.1.1 rur "• Your Cir:it.i • ries ;..f se:CA:vier Lit dao!Jen. anti • Pizilts.m. erietir I ma, b.: inairr:;l lair, )^ , iat ,r, al. Fund for the re fellow parish° In freccral tle.Cr.ce. a iranog to t.c.cr.d. " l'iat an etfi ado?teti, o I Wilt' Di re ors of the . that in a ineasur tiou•if and imuic I "'l bat a p:•i• of th: City or Le 03 h:nofictally tat ' tUtiteri in tvgartl - Um. par i:ularly . 1 It He Nei arch lira e ' You- Provis , bblennitte be al e font* purpose at e luere an they bh.l r be ernil at•lte 1 he the ou..t Nat hose of the vir "'apt the Lit t i and /"at tg l'.••• e " bl'ith our ha rr rth'eb the pi•ith i• r. rat to w h in e I it day of Stre.n I I ': D , To!, Co iidtst bh4htlr.t , awe the ti-st tem, r "re Perhaps es t i r fa; oppnasive .. " , t , cr ; a• - ,1 h D ori anion to • to erutiun. illr• TT41119 ,`" 3 .. ' That the rept loe clergy in tte ri4 lte of Herry Pbthicing theta:lto rA•nuts of tiled., I"' 4 the Pc' kb u 11r. R. •br AN n • k toiße'l to cal! t 4 act of the situ. • atoll. It t Lamed in Lmn-mire I e; It ..4 lttl- On e. a. 3 ; --. V4 IS 01 la .111 r. ',l 11, Wittii ling of I 43 +H churches 0 o lllOooly call t! ' I L b ern. .' o , •n 01 pi N un % I 'm mule ti i. 3 by the fi r . 4 2'rel Flt:10r1 I 1 " 2. 6( l' 1133. 611.,:. - N I . 1 1 g fur•unati ..,_,. 4l " g b hut been I --..... i , 0 , plytni ilL6. l 7 ( `'i tta : , they Wlst:ilide' Y 4 6 13 1 SOCIETY or iramosOF POREICNERS IN DISTRESS. Yesterday a General Con ril m trie Governors of this excellent Institution was held at the City of London Tavern, and immedi ately afterwards a Meeting of the Directoni took place, for the tam pers: of confirming tile minutes of the lAN: General Court, and adopting addition a l nteasures for the benefit of the I nst i tut i on . , li•Stur El. 'WEBS, I:sq. in the Chair, A desultory converaatien took place upon the stiggeation thrown out by one of the Governors, that it would Le advisable to appoint ten or twelve ',hectors. to visit the abodes of applicants for relief. as a nicest. of more correctly aaciataining the degree of assistance which it would be necessary to afford • and it was agreed to sub. mit the proposition to the n ex t general meeting. It was also pro posed to appoint some proper person to make inquiries with respect to those claimant, fur relief, who might have parochial claims in this country. i It was mentioned F. one of the Directors, that this latter ditty would not readily be iliaevokers by one of their body, es it would clouirdeas be attended yeah considerable sacrifice of time and trould a and a parish officer, who war probably the most coniprent i to act on such an occasion, would perhaps make such a demand foe his trouble as the Institution enuld not afford. It was reao:ved that this paint also should be submitted to tb• general meeting. The report of the Board of Ihreetors to the Annual General Court was then confirmed. It stated that, to addition to the list of Royal subscribers, his Majesty the Hite of the Netherlands had lately appeared, having transmitted a &nation 0(2001. and heconts I one of the protectors of the establishment. By meal.. of the sea. sonable supply bestowed on the institution in the past year. tie Directors had been enabled to carry on their proceedings with FORIC.- j what less emb•rrasament than was previousit experienced, and to alleviate • great mart of the most coniplicated truinan.mithry. The !sum expended in the last year in relieving the objets of the been city, amount e d t o 1,1411. 'The benefit of weekly pensions :fad been continued to forty aged and helpless persons; aasistance lac.l beets Oita casually in 1.1139 instances of other destitute foreignets and their families. and 719 of them had been helped to return to their native Our.tries. The Directors have, by strict examination at their meetings, and other imoirini,endeavoured to form r. true esti mate of the nier;ts and wants of the applicants: and though they have from thirty to forty petitions at each of their weekly meetings, !all those who aeceived assistance, with very few exceptions, were ; reduced to want by misfortune alone. The funds were, however, LP limited, that in many cases of great distress but very slight relief could be given. Mr. Milo x•r, the Secretary, in enumerating the rations easy which had been relieved, mentioned that of a Gentian, sixty-eight years of age, whom the Directives had found quite helpless, and unable to support himself, being deprived of the nse of his Intbs by paralysis, and his intellect being considerably impaired. The papers of this unfortunate 6reiamer proved hit., to have been pos sessed of.great abilities and inicomnion acquirements. At College he was lurid it the highest estimation, as r. appeared Instr. several testimonials. At • later period he was employed in diplomatic af fairs, and held the rank of privy counsellor under some of the fire man government*, and his name had been mentioned honeurably in the public journals of that time. In Igtal he came to reside sigh a relation in London, where his property gradually diminished and his health declined. After the death of this relative, 1t 11:14, he went to France, but not succeeding he returned to England five or six years ago, to realise the p ro perty which had been left t o hint by his deceased relative. He then dos. covered that there was not enough to satisfy the creditors. Body and onto.' sunned front repeated p-valytic strokes, but, uncon arious of his forlorn condition, he was recommended to etc notice of the Directors, from whom he received as liberal an allowance sate their means permitted, and the case becoming known to the patrons, the ocher gelded by them now enabled the object of their charity he enjoy, during the rentaioder of his days, all the comforts that his infirmities allow. It was to be hoped that a Society, which pro./ reined and accomphshed so noble an object as that to which its name bore testimony, would speedily improve so mach in its recta. rainy condition a, to enable die , Directors to enlarge their sphere of anion. lvdertl, as way justly abhorred the other day by toe Lord Mayor, in tha case of a use trout Lubeck , who would compel the Society to ct:ntribute to his relief, Cie Institution exceeded the limits which the regulations' had prescribed. It appeared from hiss Lordship's observations cm the subject, that he cerotinly had • favourable disposition towards the Society. llis Lordship disap• proved of the narrow omstruction, which he contended was placed upon the rule of the majority of charities, red tools some objection to that Which required that a foreigner sliculel be in this country six months before lie could be recog. 'sea as a claimant; iut when he considered the facilities, in time of peat:: particularly, which foreigners had of chatting to this country, and the great variety of deceptions capable of being pear. tined by them, he candidly admitted the necessity of the rule. for the recreation of that legree of importation which would be likely 11 overwhelm it. In case. of taMlalty the rule was completely relaxed. Shipwrecks spoke for themselves with the Society, but with respect to candidates who were not sufferers front shipwreck or other nut. fortunes. and destitute in c,)r.sequence, it was necessary to make them abide by certain tegulations. The lard Mayor had °hearted upon the fact that there was ro parochial provision for English seta )eats born in our Coloilies. Ile (Mr. Murray) regretted that there was not ; but he did not mean to throw any imputation upon the Legislature. Ile merely stated, that if there was any fault with respect to the regulations about British l'obtoial subjects, it sat that such penes:, had no claim upon any fund for defraying their expenses home. One of the Directors said, that If the regulation alluded to in the tint instance was ran adhered to, except in cases of casualty avid unavoidable dulness, the funds would be very soon anniht• hated. A Dutchman told him the other slay, that his countrymeet insured bins that a man might almost pick up gold In the streets of London (a laugh); and the general belief on the Continent war., that an adventurer, if he failed in speculations here, need rot care about that, as there was d Society that would send him home. Now this belief must be put an end to, and the above regulation was necessary for that purpose. The (*HAW MAN said, that the regulation counteracted who had been said against the Soviets formerly, that it would encourage foreigners to conic over and depend upog our benevolence, lie had waited upon the Lord Mayor, of whose benevolent views, ant of the cleantess of whose untleistanding he had the highest opinion, and pointed out to hint that very rule as an unfailing rebutment et the report. The minutes were then agreed to, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the 31eetiog broke up. h is almost peculiar to this Institution, that when any case of great distress appears, the patrons dip thelr hands into their pockets as if there were no claim upon the funds. A few days ago, in ad. dition to the relief afforded by the Society, • few of the supear. tendenta gave M. to the family of a poor Italian. Tilt' The weather here still continues very fine. .!:•veral fanners in the neighbourhood have completed their wheat harvest, and are now busily employed in getting in their oats and barley. The wheats are of an excellent quali:y, and the other crops promise to be equally good. But there are still many fields of wheat in the weald, and under the hills, that are scarcely forward enough for the sickle; and oats in such a situation arc of course still less forward.— Brighton l'oper. The tine weather, for the last week, hers enabled the farmers of this neigheurhood to realise all their wishes in respect to the wheat harvest, which has been everywhere happily secured in the finest possible condition. Some uncommonly fine samples of this year's wheat were shows in our market on t 4 aturelav, and disposed of at scr e n shillings per bushel. The excellence of the quality, an:l the abundance of the grain this year, has occasioned a de dine in the price of wheat throughout the kingdom, and a considerably greater reduction is expected.—Taunf.s Courier. On Satnrilay some fine temples of new wheat were hi our maiket ,and a large quantity was sold. The millers speak in the highest terms of the quality of this yiar'a wheat, which we understand weighs well, and makes ex ' Mict flour.—llerqbr el Pap r. The harvest has now become gener a l. E very whey _• around the husbandman is seen cutting, sheaving, ai.l 'carrying grain, and every thing promises abundance.— Hull PaeLd. The harvest has now become general in this netgl:bour hood ; and more delightful weather we never experienced. Reapers wages continue very low. Flour has already fallen considerably ; and excellent potatoes were sold in our market on Phurralay at ',ltl per stone—some Even as low as two stones for Sid. The opening of the Ports doss not pp pear to have materially affected the price of oatmeal in ill:* neighbourhood.— Irh i 1 eho ern Gazette. The harvest has partially commenced in this nes' hood, and, should the weather continue as it has ' the last week, the pain will be housed in the e dition. The crops arc generally abundant. : quality. There was one sample of new whi !market on Saturday last, which sold at 16s. 6d. Tyne .Ift reury. Last week was most favourable for ripening down the grain, and Saturday bring brecty, a 1 wheat was stacked in the very best condition. ing there were not so many theaters hired as 1 week, the wheat being mostly cut down, and 11 generally ripe, though they are careering to the which expression we ar, , indebted to a high-Not Agricultural Report.—Gla spit Het a:d. The harvest work is going on here with gr, About three-fourths of the fields which can he seen from Arthur's Seat have already yielded theii to the sickle, and those at a greater distance, as fa eye can reach. tell by their colour that they are near) same state of forwardness. Between Edinburgh e Raton fully three-fourths of the grain is cut, at Kirkliedon and Falkirk, one half. In the carat 1 of the harvest are so far advanced, that in one 1 near Grangemouth, there were on Ft iday tv new et' ks, and in several ethers ei,:ht or tea.—c; .11:7;44r.y. is ne : ghbettr- has been Cur e finest eon- and of good brat in our 1. per boll.— s t, and cutting great deal of This tnora- during last the oats not o sickle—for own Englis4 mat activity- be distinctly heir produce is far as the nearly in the :hand Kirk- end between • the labours I! born-yard, twenty-two -Caleshmiva. • !* lli~i ; 1 a ~. ~. t h, 111 4 4 ti Ili i