The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-10 00:00:00

CITY TITHES UNDER THE 37th OF HENRY VU

Among the representations that hare been made
to the Special Committee of the Common Council of London,
appointed to consider! the Tithe Question, we understand that
the fact of the non-enrolment of the decree in Chancery, which
is now clearly ascertained, is, as it ought to be, chiefly
dwelt upon as the ground of resisting the exhorbitant claims
under tile invalid statute. But independently of the non-
enrolment of the decree, the sums therein provided to be paid
cannot be fairly deemed exclusively applicable to the Clergy,
and Impropriators are now claiming to receive them, inasmuch
us they were, in lit of ancient oblations, payable for the joint
porposFsof supporting the poor, repairing the churches, and
maintaining the Clergy the introduction of church and poor-
rates being of a subsequent date.—Twenty-two parishes not in.
eluded In the Fire Acts, are protected by Local Acts, or their
' own impropriators are subject to the claim of 2s. lid. in the pound,
As now asserted by the Clergy and lay impropriators; and what.
ever urns be the instances in which less than that amount It
at present paid, there is no guarantee against it increase in
future years, without fresh enactments by the Legislature....
All the fire-act parishes, having fixed stipends, are protected,
and likewise the under-mentioned impropriate ones t--Saint
Bride's (by the fire: act and local act); St. biary, Alderman.
bury (their own impropriators); St. Stephen," Coleman-street
(ditto); St. Sepulchre, (by the fire acts); Saint Laurence,
Jewry (by ditto, and arrangement with Ballol College, Ox.
ford); St. Lawrence, Pountney (their own itnpropriators).—
Other parishes arc also protected, but not in the fire act, are St.
Catherine Cree (by local act)r St. Bartholomew the Great
(always exempt); St. Dunstan in the East (by local act) ;
St. 'Andrew, Holborn (by local act). lt is clear, that the
remaining parislicv not protected viz. St. Olive, Ran.
street ; Sr. Botolph, Aldgate ; St. Botolph, Aldersgate ;
St. Botolph, Bishopsgate ; -St. Gregory by St. Paul's; St.
bales Cripplegate ; All Hallows, Barking; and All Hal-
lows, London.wall, should be also allowed to form equit-
able arrangements on reasonable •provisions, calculated to
uphold the dignity and respect of die Faitablished church,
and the peace and good-will of all parties. It .is scarcely
necessary to advert to the passing of a bill in the last
session of Parliament, for the Commutation of Tithes in the
parish and township of Leeds, by which these important results
were secured; and to numerous other instances, particularly in
regard to the new churches erected in the reign of Queen Anne,
and at subsequent periods in and about the metropolis, as well
as those of very late years, which have secured the like advan.
tages to the parishes of St. Dunstan in the West, and St. An-
drew, Holborn.

Dert.—At an early hour on the morning of
Saturday, a meeting was appointed to take place
within a short distance of Guildford, in Surrey,
between J. 11. M—, Esq. and Mr. 13—, of
South Moltou-street, attended by their respec.
Live friends ;
but in consequence of the active
interference of one of the Gentlemen in the Com-
mission of the Peace (who had nearly secured
Mr. M. at the house of a friend on the previous
evening) the time and place of meeting were
changed by mutual consent, and the parties met
on Monday morning, nearly midway between
13rentford and Haramerstnith. Two shots each
were fired without effect, and the difference was
then amicably adjusted.
Mu. GRAHAM'S ASCENT titO2d CANTERBURY,.
—Monday, two o'clock, being the time appointed for the as-
cension of 'Mr. Graham in his balloon from the Gas Virorks,
Canterbury, at an early hour the folks thronged from all
quarters to be present at the grand ceremony ; the num-
bers exceeded those on the two former days. In come-
quonce of the riotous disposition previously evinced towards
Graham and his balloon, the populace was excluded,
and, (with the exception of the Bubble Committee), no-
body was admitted to view the inflation ; the surrounding
bills, however, were covered with people ; in particular we
noticed the Mount of the Dane John, which seemed to those
beneath a solid mass of human beings. At the appointed hour
every thing was in readiness, and about half-past two o'clock.
the aeronauts, Mr. Graham and a Mr. Charles Beer, a re-
spectable tradesman, stepped into the car when she rose in
majestic style, though somewhat rapidly, till having reached a
considerable height, the aeronauts, for the gratification of the
numerous spectators on the tops of the houses, continued for a
few minutes to hover over the town, waving their flags t then
bending her course to the south she passed at a rapid rate, till
entering a cloud, she was entirely lost to human eyes, after
remaining in sight about ten minutes. She alighted at Ililbo.
rough, near lieculver' being only half a mile from the sea, and
about sixteen miles distant front Canterbury. On their first
reaching the ground, the balloon rebounded about six feet from
the earth; when, by the assistance of several countrymen, it
was held down by force, and the aeronauts joyfully stepped
on terra firma, after an absence of only fifteen minutes. Hav-
ing secured the balloon and car, they stepped into two chaises,
and reached Canterbury about six o'clock, where they were
drawn in triumph through the town, with innutnerable torch-
lights, At. amidst the acclamations of the populace. Thus was
the man who but a short time previous they had hooted, hissed,
and hustled, honoured, and by the same people.
A few winters since the noble residence of the
Governor-Generul of Moscow was destroyed by
fire. It happened on the occasion of a grand
ball, and the tables were already laid for supper,
when the fire was discovered. It had long been
seen by the watchman, but who could not think
of giving the alarm, or disturbing the quadrilles
and waltzes. When at length it became known,
the company had barely
time to escape before
the drawing-room fell in, carrying With it the
supper-tables, &c.