The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-03 00:00:00

THE DIVISION OP PARISHES AND CHURCH
RATES

Lord Rlandford's Act of last session has increased
the &Semitic* of the church-rats q on, by rendering it
aneertain whether the newly.? pariahs. have the seam
poster to male rates as the old parishes possess. At Morton-
on-Themes the effect hes been the practical abolition of
church-rates, for the churchwardens, 'sot knowing whether
throe districts of the pariah haws become separote parishes,
end, if so, whether they should Mal pay rates to the soother
church, presented themselves lie the ireetry se • meet wt.
lag with the ocknowlettgesest that they Inns "in • regular
IL" On this • committee was appointed to inquire into the
sesta of the law, end on Thursday low, at en adjourned meet-
ing, that committee reported that, " under all the ammo.
Menem a theca's—having in view that no legal opinion will
carry • bindine effect ; that If a church rate is made
foe the whole pariah, any one inhabitant of any one of the
distrkte stay raise the question in • court of law; that, on
the other hand, if the &simile be omitted from the mew.
meat, say rate-pa yer of All &into perish will have the MIMS
right; that, in either cam, expensive and perhaps keg-con-
tinued litigation will be the inevitable result, the committee
are of opini.n that the moot prudent counts for the vestry to
adopt would be to retrain for the present from making a
church rate." This recommendation the vestry unanimously
adopted, the vicar stating, that though he approved of church
ewe, he thought It beet, under such circumstances, to dia.
smite with them, and hoped that other means might be found
for raising the required hinds without any disturbance of
good feeling. The chinghwardena expressed their willingness
to talc the trouble of collecting ouberriptiono and expensed
great confides,* that the plan would succeed. Some of the
dimenten present exposeed their willingness to help, and
the meeting separated with mutual expressions of entisfaction
el so harmonious' a settlement of the questkw.—Likretor.

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