The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-02 00:00:00

TfTMES IN TME CITY OF LONDON.

Thursday morning, at twelve o'clok. a nemerous and
respeciable body of the citizens of London asseisthlea tit
the Egyptian RAI, Mansion Rouse, to take into con-
sideration the importint tprestion—', IViiether a petition
should not be forwarded to both Houses of Parliament,
to repeal an act passed in the 37th of henry the VIII.; •
relative to certain Parishes of the City of London. and •
Liberties thereof, remedial the payment of Tithes?"
On the mutton of Mr. Samuel. Dixon, Sir William
Idawlins•was unanimously called to the•drair; which he
itistandy took amidst isms applause.
' The resolutions which were declaratory of the unequal
'operation of the act of Henry VIII. respecting London
tithes, tbe doubt of its legality ihrough want of due en-
rulment in-the Court of Chancery, the parochial disu- •
Mon which the attempt to give it operation had caused,
and the desire of the parishioner* to give the clergy re
fair and just remuneration instead of the arbitrary, lit-
adequate, and inapplicable provision decreed by the act
01 Henry were put and carried without much observa-
tion.
Mr. HELL. observed, that in the prish where he re-
sided he paid gs. 3d. in the pound to the incitiriltent,
annonitinz to t2bIA. a year, for several years. The total
collection in the parish (St. Olive, Ilart.sireet) was, he
believed, 13811. Ile considered that the clergy would
our have brought forward the subject at this tone, but
thoy now Itegait to think that evidence had 'acetone idiot
thronah lapse of time. It was unlit clear. that while
the Church remained a part of the Colistruition. that
Nth:lntent had power us snake the alteration which ire
their wisdom they thought iii ;. it was therefore •folly in
talk about the Church tevenries-brinA private property.
There was no doubt that the act of Ileirry VII I. was
never enrolled in Chancery,• but lay 111 the archives of
the Bishop of London, stud therrfui it was invalid.
disclaimed all luminous to distress tile clergy ; he wished
for the abolition of 'tithes, and a fair remunetatims
grained in lieu of them.
Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting. afer
which Me petition was read , and It was 1111ilkiniao,ly
agreed that Ole Hight Wit. tile 13;shop in London pr.:-
sent it to the House of Lads , and the Iteslit lion. the
Lord Mayor to the House of Commons.

PIRACY OFF ST. DuMINGO.—..EXITaCt of a letter
from Aux Caves, dated Jan. I :—" yesterday I
arrived from Joemel : the day befine we sailed, the •
master and crew of the brig Two Brother's' of New-
berry Port, arrived in their long boat, thole vessel
having been captured the day previous, not above
le mites from the harb9ur. The mode of capture
is rather novel, and should be made known, as,
should the pirates be driven away from Cuba, this
neighbourhood offers. great shelter as well as plun-
der : "-The vessel was a schooner of 80 tons burden ;
she sent her boat with four men to the brig, stating
'they were in want of water, and' as a matter of
course ,they were sapplied, during which they re-
connoitred sufficiently to satisfy themselves that the
brig would be an way capture. The boat soon re-
timed, and the brig was again boarded by armed
men, who drove the crew below, and fastened down
the hatches ; and the poor fellows were kept in this
situation twelve hours.. The master was then or-
derel on deck, and was desired to deliver all his
money, or they would hang him. gave them
500 dollars, &tying he had no more; they were nut
satisfied; but being anxious to get off into some
bay or other, they ordered the master and crew otf
in their boat, with only the clothes they had on:'
The treading-mill about to be erected in the
county goal at Warwick, will contain thre.: distinct
barrels, on which the young, able, middle-aged,
and old offenders, will work in claws at the same
time:

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