The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

TITHES OF THE CITY OF LONDON.
31,ucarox-Moues.--The day after that on which the Lord
Mayor decided u p on the aPplieution made b Air.onkhouse
upon the pirt of the lay Improp:iator or St. u elen't4, fur a war-
ranty to enforce the payment of tithes at the race of 2c,93. in
the pound, on the rental of Mr. John Ilarimtve, , that semi,.
man applied in a more formal manner, namely, by petition, for
it second Rut/Mums against the same Party. :mt.. Jlonklruuse
.observed, that he took this course, because' his first appfication
was not strictly formal, and he wished to ad9pt the Most
-unob-
jectionable Plan, in order to t;.ake a. foundation for proec;edingA
m
elsewhere (bp a rider in as: a zs stippose) in the event or a refulial
upon.the part of the Lorci Mayor.
The Loan 11Aroa Wiiti he vial Illte ready ,to reconsider the
question; and after some consultation with the City Solicitor
upon the subject, granted a second summons to the I.ay Im-
propriator.
esterelay being the day appointrd for the lieurinO, the
Justice-Room was crowded by parties interested in the ques-
tion. Mr. Hurcombe, the Chairman to the 'city Tithe corn_
mittec, attended with the other 3lerabers of the Committee;
Mr. Itlonkhouse attended upon :he part of Mr. M`Dougal, the
Lay Trnpropriator, and the City tioricitor was present as the le-
gal adviser-of the Lord Mayor
After sonic difficulty had been started, for tvant.of evidence
to prove the service of the summons, 'Mr. T. `,saanders, the. So-
licitor, admitted that Mr. Hargrave had been summoned, and
observed that he was too ill to appear.
Mr. Ytokrotouss then said, the claim in question was
grotir.ded, as his Lordship must be aware, upon the statute of
the 37th of Henry VIII. which statute, he contentletl, made it

imperative upon the Lord Mayor for the time being to enforc:
the claim.

Air. SAD troxns denied that any construction of this
could be put upon the statute, which gave the parties the alter.
native of a suit in Chancery, if the Lord Mayor did cot Mink
proper to compel 1410 payment.
The LORD 413140 ft again relurteti that the nature orthe
demar.tl might be fally statc:4 to him, and in what manlier it
was fornied.
Mr. Alotitiftinic said, Elio kiln claimed was li. set fartli in
the summons; for eight qucrtcretithe.

The 1.0413 MAYDri asked whether the prflerit.ejiim was
not made at the rate of 2s. 9d. in'the pound upon the rests!.,
A gentleman who etecompanied Mr..Monkhouse, and' whein
we understood to be the Lay Improprietor, here said that the
present demand was certainly not at the rate of 2s. 9d. iri.the
pound. Had it been Made according to that rate, the de-
mand would doubtless have been for ten times the amount tle.„
mantled.
The LORD MAYOR Sa;(1, he must require that thy, nature of
the rate, according to which the deMand was made, should be
'hewn to him, with the statute on' which it was
founded. At present it WAR not shown to him' what was the
rental of the house, for which tithe was claimed.
Mr. .Molvxtrousr. said, if this proof was .dernanded,.the
should require that the defendant should be brought before his
Lordship, to state the nature °flits rental. "-
The Loan MAVcift std, that proof must be given iu the
usual manner of the amount of the rental. Such prool., he.un-
derstood, had been required in former cases.
eiotne further observations were made by parties in attend.
ance, when
111 r. MONUTOUTE requested that the case might be post-
poned, that he might prepare the evidence which his liordhiP
The Loan MAvoit said ha should dismiss .the rest!, • It
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'l'he 1.4()Itl) MAYOR sata, because it had not been trade {Out
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fipt.oecrl proved tvi e
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whole
under
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sof :ts,:.);ll::tit,e-t.
in the pound, mentioned in that deeree..'Havmg stated thus
much, he hoped the party would coin better prepared on the
next occasion, for if he (the Lord Mayor) had hitherto acted
erroneously in this matter, God forbid that he should not rectify
his error. _ _

Mr. SAUNDERS said the fact was, the whole parish had been
hitherto paying a small customary sum, and that upon the
erection of the new buildings, it was for the.first time attnnitcd
to impose upon the inhabitants of that parish the enormous
demand of th 9d. in the pound, which the parishes had united
to resist, and he was sure sOceessfully.
Mr. Mommouss said, that whatever might be the suceeas
of those who resisted the demand here, be was sire that it must
be successful elsewhere, for a higher Court would certainly be
appealed to.