The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-01 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.

FURTHER PAItTICULARS OF MR. HILL'S
CASE-PRACTICE OF THE ECCLESIASTI
CAL COURT.
T 3 THE EDITCM OF TUE SIORNING CHR

Sta—Mr. Hill has been the victim of two tithe snits i
the Exeter Ecclesiastical Court, in bath of which may b,.
seen the rorst features of this inEtpsitous tribunal. The
first suit arose from his vicar claiming agistment tithes,
which Mr. Hill alleged were exempt uuder his composi,.
tien. The vicar demanded a certain sum fixed on by his
surveyor, and would never give the particulars of the
amount I

Mr. Hill, refusing to pay unless he know what the de-
mand was for, was cited on the 24th of September, 1639.
On the 11th of Oniober the libel was filed; but this de
daring generally (like a bill in Chancery), and not ape
cifying the particulars of tithe due, of course it could not
be seen what were the items in dispute, and rather than
wait fir the issuing a commission to take evidence, when
the expenses would be 301. or 40/., Mr. Hill
to the vicar`s demand, and pt id 11l costs, although on!y
the second step in the suit had been taken, and the amount
sued for did not cxc2ed 14/. The libel fills ten shes to of
paper, and commences, " la the name of God, amen, &C "
Need I condemn this blasphemous prostitution of the name
of the Almighty Giver of all goodness to saLction st
wicked an extortion? The eglith and last uticie is a
specimen of the document
" Alto, the party proponent cloth sty and allege that
the said Joseph Hill, in the years 1.1 e:: Ilcd, was a paiishioner
and Inhabitant within the parish of Lbelicd, and
did there Lear divine servic', and receive the Sacrament,
together with his wife, yearly, or at least ought so to have
done, for whi;zh there is rut:and payable to the vicar li-
belled at Bisect-, yearly, or near thereabouts, four im-inci
a piece for every coulatunicant, f.): and in lieu of their ge-
neral olThitions."

The. Vicar, flushed with the success of his fiat suit, in
Janimry followiog issurd the citation in question fir Ow
Tinters Coon due ; bet the dern..nd hAcg tinder 101,
the su.t was disrai:;sel, as I Issue
The following is Dr. Addae,s's :
" I thiuk th4t the doEndant must appear ablolutcly,lt
the libel does not Izet forth that the ;early value of tithe
aiu'itretcti czet-e,:ilCl , the d. fenthint nut oi,j_et, to its
admissipo, nod tl:en the Court (nr.lcss, in..kcd, it dir.::et
the to he reformed that rLsp'ect) sh,uld the
defeo‘2.l.l, •Aith so, if w co the pleintiii having
Ifaivz to rairrn the I;'se', 11,-; can't cr eo.2s nut ptsad the
ant..:ll e bte of the tithe suhts,txted to be ~lyive 101

N If it pl.!Acd that till, annual value of tile ttlt_ sub-
tracted is above la., but that Let is not pr.-,vcd in or Cis-
proved by the eickr.ce at the I:eat-lug of cause, the
cY.u'A, 1 an lr r,-nd, should at even
cves be, that the t!c-
Aant i= c ntil,d to biz though the plilitritr
tithe sul,:ri:et:.d and recov;:red
(e.firrtd) " J. ADDAMS.

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" C;;ntrno-:R

E' b. 4, 1310."

119wevvr the re.ult, was,, that All-. 11111 oit.:11 net

Lave

costs ; and the idea ef ttiC daehdant ILbalitting to a s.uit,
until tile evidence is tz.ken the :.,BCC,
t) i&gal

istrou;, tili:t it txt:cr
iirling 4(1, c!1 its

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NO ON 13E L OF WIDOW YO 1.7 NC's%
herd at Muer:Meth oo the is of Decern.
her, for tal--.ieg into consideration the hest means to he
adeptcd for the liberation of the to ido: S :fah Yeueg,
nos a priselier in the courity goal of anseenouth, weer,
:the he; been detained severs months foe stleged coat rept
of the Ecciesinsticel Court of Llandeff, x oither she -ass'
illegally cited at the suit of the Rev. De. L .le, of ilia,
pliers, for e/. 10.3 seid to be due for tithe, the feliewing re-
solutions were aderted
i• Th tt the citation of a poor a idow for a senell amount
of tithe to an Ecciesiestical Court, contrary to the Ate
made to prevent such proceedings, is both enchristiau and
uneosistitutional.
"That the Ecclesiastical Court of Lint:Taff, hrs
b:ea in the habit of issuing citations for smelt arneunts of
tithe, has displayed a want of respect for the laws of our
country, and exerted a power dangerous to the lih.rt)
of the subject, which ought not to pass with impunity.
Teat this meeting pledges itself, by bringing this par •
ruler case before Parliament, by petitiohing the Legis-
lature, and by usietg every lawful means, to endeavour to
abolish the power usurped by the Ecclesiastical Courts.
" Thnt a Committee be now arpointed, with power to
add to their number, with a view to effect the liberation of
the widow Sarah Yours., who has already suffered seven
months' imprisonment for alleged contempt of the Eccle-
siastical Court of Llandaff, whither she was illegally cited
for 3/. 10a., said to be due to the Rev. Dr. Lyle for tithe.
" That a subscription for carrying out the above reso-
lutions be immediately opened. That James Bromage,
Esq., banker, Monmouth, be appointed Treasurer; and
Mr. E. Ric's:arch, Secretary, who is requested to forward
the resolutions to the public papers."
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
The year 1840, with all its wars, and rumours of
wars—with all Its political struggles and political fears
—has closed upon the nations of Europe, and gladly
would we had the 1841 which has dawned upon us,
with renewed hopes of peace, tranquillity, and increased
civilization ; but although much of the storm that
" lowered" over our beloved country has bcen dis-
pelled by the glorious achievements of the wooden
walls of Old England on the coasts of Clthta and Syria,
it would be uncandid not to confess that others arc ap-
parently rising up which may introduce tee year IS-12
in a far less bloodless manner than the year 1840 has
closed. We allude not to the quarrel between Eng!end
and Chinn, which, we doubt not, will be brought to a
successful, though tardy, conclusion—we allude not to',
the affair between the Porte and Mehemet Ali, nor to
that between Spain and Portugal, which will, in all pro-
bability, share the same fate ; but to the political vela-
forts which tulAst between the different Powers of
Europe, and the desire for war which exists in
more than one country of the great European com-
munity—a desire which we cannot characterise as
otherwise than insane, but which neverthelesS exists
to a much greater extent than is generally believed.
In the good faith of Russia in her professed desire to
insure the integrity of the OLtomaa empire, we never
had the slightest faith. Though driven kilo the quip-
. topic treaty by the diplomatic genius of Lard
Palmerston, her object was evidently to bring about a
collision between France and England, and while they
were engaged in settling it, to enlarge her overgrown
empire, at the expense of both or of any other country
upon which she could place her paws. This hope failed
her in consequence of the extraordinary and unequalled
successes of our fleets on the coast of Syria, which
gave her no time for weaving a web of mischief ; Lut,
untired of a game of reckless ambition, she is no sooner
foiled in one plot than she prepares another, the objects
and the ends of which are undefined, but, nevertheless, may
be guessed at. Her object is now, to all appearance, to
make love to France, and by pla&ng herself in a sup-,
posed position of saying " attack us if you dare," to pur
sue her own schemes of aggrandisement, and bid defi-
ance to Europe to assail her. Her intrigues with the
Court of Persia are well known—we arc credibly itiformed
that her agents arc no less active at Pekin—there is no
question that the tea days' deliberation of the Turkish
Divan respecting the dccheance of Mehemet Ali, was the
work and Manufacture of her hands, and now we find
her kissing the feet of Louis Philippe in order to engage
him in one of the most unnatural alliances that was evLr
formed between country and country, as the following
extract from a Paris paper will prove We. ere
enabled (says the Pressc) fully to confirm the receipt,
by the French Governnaeut, of a most friendly eote
from the Russian Cabinet. It is not on; y' in its written
despatches that the Russian Goveriamema, evinces a de-
sire to renew an amicable intercourse %vial France. M.
de Barante, our Atnbassidor at St. Pete+ eebtergb, loudly
proclaims the unusual kindness and parees.eler attention
with which the Emperor Nicholas has tra kited him for
some time. It is ev:Jeitt that Russia does not deceit
herself respecting, her present relations- with Great Bri-
tain,ibtr ewaokuitlidg opportunity of
and that she i 5 only soaking an
hofefa'vnith immenseber. re Jake pile;,
found OurSelvf.4 Se Lonutl,d this rupi`al
since it would leave Eng-
-3L3 in Precisely the s:ine prdicatn?.::t wilit.:ll We
sleet it now depends on the skill of the Yee; Itte:-0/ernment
r the J.eaty of L We 1-I,ink
to take in that reep..e:a and dtir &A le ..,eVen7C."l
..I;erC
From all this it is p.,;(
aopeenet that. Reesse meane,l
in the first place,- to in Y Tfor tike fur..
a tf.,01
rt a!nhee.e.
weal herpa r
to;.
is i v sj~tael:e.cee objects,
,aun,;.ll„
a. iti:,ittob et
is}
ece
tiro- I
;Feed of a deFpetic alihrece in or th-1-^4.
selves tn)oe E.Tleed ; Lot ail :t ttr
th'ef't] Frenee aed liuesia ?
::::: je .
tlav:11 rt,t.C.S; n Lich
other are
ete•en en q.::-)u could
Meet Ened trel ueoe t . e • t, .
lt
A, . the neon. Lessem st; the eern—
,-; t'et";-. 'nor the
their principles of gayer:else:it arc " •-•
8 gt as tit 3
poles—in fact,
there is no ground the ray namon bend

our ol:cdient
If. C. MILLET

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