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By John Bellamy.
SPECIMEN OF EMENDATION.
Authorised Version, Deuteronomy, chap. 14, v. 22 :—'
shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed."
tyerrvueiritYed enjoyment of a civil
" It is a well-known maxim of English law, suggested by n
eo principle of justice, o
thatinfer,
righs u ssetlh'staelv;econlrd recognisedoingnaßtiti,ddiunnainbregular grant from the original
owner, although no express evidence can be produced of ex-
istence of such conveyance." On Tithes.---Quarterly Review,
No. 53.
New Translation:—
" A tenth thou shalt tenth, of all the
increase of thy seed." • Notc-I-Olikelos, time most eminent of
all the learned Rabbis, who lived before the dispersion of the
omHebrews,
lue and consequently Made the-translation of the Sacred
Volume Chaldee at the period whoa the Hebrew ism a
national language, thus translates the clause—Cnasaara
tignsarah, " a tenth thou shalt tenth," which is the same as the
Hebrew. The Septuagint 6a:c2
Le Clerc, and other great authorities on
70*/ C 47: GE7:CC-r wc'El (both
Alexandrine and Vatican) "a tenth thou shalt tenth." The
l
nt
not likely that the Levites should have had
whole produce of the land, because the number
at
tatierz
ennstebd
ofaSy —etlhd, f
ee,
Of the tribe of Levi, compared with the numbers of the other
tribes, was so trifling. Neither could it be of all the produce
of the land, but of the increase of the seed ; as it is truly said
in the common version : for the increase must necessarily have
been that part of the produce after the seed employed to give
the increase, had been returned to the grower out of the grog;
produce ; otherwise it could not have been said it was the " in-
crease of the Seed." •
" When the harvest had been ended, and all gathered, then
the husbandman laid aside his great themma, otherwise called
the first fruits of his threshing Rome?, of which it bath beene
spoken in chapter on first fruits; which, though it were one
this they termed Magnasher min-hame
of ten, in respect of that portion which the Levites received,
yet it was but one of a hundred in respect 01 the husbandman's
stocke, who payed the
atehheiet;tniietg:hlatles've tithes of all that they possessed, Luke
;oit.Lathe
i ts2h,
3eN;Le
le
and.v ixt e. pad
ay
ee di t ai s ttehnatth
tptotery;
T
The Pharisees
fithi
wouldo,onangsnit
ands
pth, oae
yrt
12."—Civil and Ecclesiastical Rites, used by the ancient
Hebrews. Dedicated to the Earl of Pembroke, Chancellor of
in 787, on acconnt of ereeting Lichfield into
the University of Oxford. By Thomas Godwyn, B. D. 1634,
The Council of Calcuithi or Calchtte, held in 7,84. op, ac-
ratified the Canons of a Synod that had been
scl:efore in Northumberland. Gregory and
lecToot:lhrnd4e„aierriine)ghileititi.coi
c,lotlut!spiterri
who presided as the Pope's Legates, acknow-
ledged, in their letter to the Pope, that they were the first that
bad been sent into Enelend that charaeter. The 'follow,
ing are some of the Canons of the Synod of Northumberland,
ratified by the Council of Calcuith:-Bth. The ancient
privileges of the Church are carefully to be preserved, The

." Thou

17th urges the payment of Tithes from the authority of the
Law of Moses.'

" Ethelwulph's reign furnishes us with a subject, which,
though mentioned elsewhere, it will not b amiss to repeat a
little more largely of in this place; I mean the grant of Tithes.
The Charter runs thus :

" I, Ethelwulph, by the grace of God, have, for the
health of my soul, and good of my people, taken the prudent
resolution of granting the tenth partof ail the lands throughout
my whole kingdom to the Church and Ministers of Religion,
&c. &c.—Dated the Palace at Wilton, in the year 854, ludic-
tion the second, at the Feast of Easter."

The terms, date, and subscription of the Charter, have in-
duced several learned men to believe it spurious. But without
entering into the controversy, I shall content myself with ob-
serving, that long before this Charter the Clergy of England
claimed a right to the Tithes, if they were not already in actual
possession of them. This is evident from the 17th Canon of
the Council of Calcuith, held in 785, where we find they urged
the payment of Tithes from the Law of Moses. If this Choa-
te'.' therefore,lis not to be considered:a forgery, it seems at least
to be of very doubtful -authority. Add to this, that by the
tenth part of the lands must necessarily be meant the tenth
part of the profits ; Which must be owned to be a very forced
interpretation, especially in a primordial Act such as this."—
Page 111, Rapin's History of England.
" The plan which I have to unfold may at first appear start-
ling, . . . . to introduce within the Christian Church.
It may appear to encroach by those who have strenuously ad-
vocated the sacredness of the clergy's income, and entered
their decided protest agailist any reform being necessary, as re-
lating to ecclesiastical affairs."—Espiloa Theta.
"The King,.Henry the Fourth. representing to the Parlia-
ment his great want of an extraordinary aid, the Commons
went in a body and addressed him, ' That without burdening
his people he might iupply his occasions by seizing the revenue
of the clergy.' The Archbishop of Canterbury resisted—the
Commons brought in a Bill to seize the clergy's revenues—
the solicitations of the Archbishop were so prevalent with the
Lords, that they threw out the Bill,' so the Commons were
forced to find other means to supply the King's occasions ; the
clergy granted a tenth and a-half. —Page 495.
" The Commons, willing to comply with the King's
( Henry V.) demand of a subsidy, presented an address, praying
him to seize the clergy's revenues. The clergy perceiving
their ruin inevitable, came to the resolution to resign a part of
their riches to the King in order t 4 save`the rest."--l'a,ge 509,
Rapin's History of England. (I.)—See the Sun, Nos. 14,628,
14,662.

No mention, Bishop Barlow observes, is made of tithes
in the grand codes of canons, ending in the year of our Lord
' 457, ( which, next to the Bible,she considers as the most au,
theutie book in the world). Daring all that period, there-
fore, both the clergy and the Church appear to have been sup-
ported by the free gifts and other oblations of the pious."—See
Selden on Tithes,,an4 Barb. Rem. 169.
" Tithes, from the Saxon word Teoda, which signifies the
tenth part of a thing, may be defined to be the tenth part of
the increase yearly, arising and renewing from the profits of
land, the stock upon lands, and the personal industry of the in-
habitants."-2 Black. Corn. 21.
From the above readings the following scale is deducible :
Allowing agrimiltural produce to realise thirty per cent., which
is absolute—tithe impost to be included—and increase being
considered synonymous with produce—a tenth is 131. per cent.
Here we must observe we think the imposition of three half-
pence in every shilling quarte-n loaf a severe infliction for our
spiritual edification. Albeit it would almost pass without a
murmur, but that our hallowed Faith enjoins us " To feed the
nunary"—and its denunciations arc upon those who arc unmind-
ful 1/47f " the child of misery bai.tised in tears."
Ethelwulph's Charter.—A tenth of the proit, 3/. per cent.
Hebrew. New Translatior —A tenth of a tenth taken on
produce, `?6s. per cent.
• Hebrew —A tenth of a tenth, on the increase or profit, 6s.
per cent.— An Insight to " Forced Interpretation."
We cull from the " blaze of eloquence" of immortal Milton
the epitaph for the patron of this work—" Revolutions of ages
do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of
which whole nations fare the worse."

" In the House of Lords, the debate being on. he state of
Ireland, the Earl of Liverpool sail, "f he Noble Lord had in-
sisted on tithes, a property to which the Church had a right.
He could not go quite the length of his Noble Friend, and be-
lieved that ultimately the question must come under the con-
sideration of Parliament."—(Hear, hear. )—See Morning
Herald, June 20, 1823.
There is the recorded vote of the House of Commons to 10
per cer.t. property or, income tax ! being oppressive.
Under the operation of the property tax an esquire whose
principal of 10,000/, netted him 500/. per annum, paid to the
state 501., under the operation of the tithe composition, an
outlay of 500/. subjects the cultivator to the sameso/. ; this, in-
deed, is " th' oppressors wrongS."
" The alarm excited by announcing a proposed continuance
of the income tal was now beginning to operate ; and the city
of London commenced an opposition by presenting to Parlia-
ment, on Feb. 8, two petitions against the tax, one frnm the
Lord Mayor, Alderman, and Common Council, the other from
the Lord Mayor and Liverymen, both expressed in strong lan-
guage, respecting tile odious and inquisitorial nature of the
tax. The Ministers and their adherents increased their efforts
to make it appear that the opposition to the tax was fastened
by popular clamour and party manoeuvres. This attempt re-
ceivod a final defeat by a petition, presented on March 18, by
Sir William Curtis, from the merchants, bankers, and traders
of the city of London. The number of signatures was 22,000.
March the 18th the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed the
continuance of the obnoxious tax several other speakers fol-
lowed on each side. At length every voice was drowned in the,
cry of question, and the House divided, when the numbers were,
for the contintence of the tax; 201, against it 238, majority 37.
When the result was announced, a long and loud cheering arose
in the House, which was re-echoed by the crowd that filled the
lobby and avenues, and the event was felt throughout the na-
tion rs a relief from an oppressive burden."--Annual Register
far fat 6; ~.

" It has been presumptuous," so we read in the pithy
Examiner, No. 780, " to dabble in chemistry ; to look through
a telescope; to inoculate for the small-pox ; to abate the viru-
lence of a pestilential disorder by the salutary assistance of a
cow; lastly, and we trust the argument will be deemed con-
clusive—to read the Bible. And in what has all this pre-
sumption generally consisted? In the anxiety of some men to
kn ,w more than it was convenient for other men they should
know. The moment the daring inquirer discovered a truth--
a trill' !—which threatened to militate against a profitable
system of error, then the' awful secrets' were invaded—the
' ark of the sanctuary' disturbed. Any Barabbas of the day
was milk-white compared with the daring offender : in a word,
away with him.' • Could great men thunder,' says Shaks-
peare, ' there would be nothing but thunder.' Could they
make a thirst for knowledge• sinful and presumptuous, there
would be a most inconvenient multiplicity of awful secrets.' "
Having now emerged from the honourable estimation in the
community, we take leave to mention a few whose great names
gave permanency to the system.
" Protest." "In our opinion, therefore, the land is sub-
jected to a direct taxation, amounting on the rent, tithe, and
poor-rate, to 33 per cent !"
On the amondreent of the Duke of Wellington upon the Corn
Bill. Signed Duke of Newcastle, Earls Ilosslyn and Lauder-
dale.—Journal of the House of Lords.—The Times, June 5,
1827.

"It would shake the foundation of all property in the king-
dom."—Mr. Peel.—The News, Sunday, May, 23, 1825.
" Because ho had an apprehension and timidity." ?Ir.
O'Connell, Herald, Dec. 2, 1836. _ .

It is now more than thirty years since the eminent linguist
Bellamy divulged his biblical emendations, through a periodical
of the highest literary character in the country, the " Classical
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the Examiner, and the Chester Chronicle, are the only Papers
amongst the range, who have promoted the matter held to be
" of the utmost importance to the interest of mankind," and " a
life beyond life."
This enables us to repel the imputation to the " Continental
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and faithless bigot," and it may go to assuage the acerbity of
vituperations against them, when one whose purport was and is
" of the utmost importance to the interest of mankind," and
" a life beyond life," has received such an act of unexampled
injustice from the press of England.—We hope this will not be
overlooked by the Germanic Diet on the regulations of the
Press.
" What complaint does the bulk of the people make of the
Legislature ? 'lt is charged, in the case of the Corn-laws--
openly and diitinctly charged, with inflicting hunger, disease,
and death on large portions of the community to enrich its
members. It cuts down the population, as Lord Ashburton
affirms. It curtails the supply of food, it limits the demand
fur and the wages of labour. It plunders the working-cla.,ses
to put wealth in the pockets of the Aristocracy. All these
things are the very reverse of its duties. It holds power to
cherish and urotect the people, and is highly criminal if it
shorten a life unnecessarily one day, or misappropriate one stick
of the property of the obedient people."—The Sun, No.
\lay 6, 1840.
The Anti-Corn-law League yesterday closed its sittings,
and the members declared that they did not despair. Neither
do we. Our conviction that the Corn-law is a most iniquitons
impost is strengthened by what has occurred in the House of
,Commons. We believe that to preserve such an impost fur

any length of time is tievond the power of the House of Com-
mons. The debate and: the division of Tuesday may help the
degradation and destruction of the Parliament, but they can
neither alter the public opinion of the nature of the law, nor
maintain it in opposition to the public conviction."--The Sun,
May 28, 1840.

It being.spokcn by him, " who spake as never man spoke."
Mathew, c. iv., v. 4. " But he (Jesus) answered and said, It
is 'written, Man shall not live by bread along, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God," it being our furport
to carry' out, and the majority of a house of Commons to abro-
gate the mandate of the Deity himself, (2) though what .Nve
submit " may at first appear startling,"'emboldens us. •'
This•train of thought leads us to entertain the idea tint it
a natisnal degradation ; that those in the receipt of from 3,0001.
to 30,000!. per annum should " writhe'from the hands of pea-
sants their hard-earned pittance" of three-halfpence in a loaf,
and this, too, for the support of an Establishment of high in-
tellectual character. The country's dignity demands the
abolition.
Therefore we hope that her Majesty will be pleased to pro-
mote an assessment of one-half per cent. on all houses at a rent
01'501. per annum, 11. per cent. on all houses at 1001., per an-
num ; two per cent. on all at 2001. per annum ; three per cent.
on all at 2001. upwards at the annual rent-charge. This paid
into her Majesty"sExchequer, the Clergy to be paid by a gra-
duated scale.
We pray her Most Gracious Majesty " hear us for our
cause," that it may disarm every depraved mind again:el her
" sacred person," and that no—
" Peasant shall have cause to say,
Heaven shorten Victoria's happy life one day'"
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of Wales,the History of England, written in Frenr;ti hv M. Rapi n
de Thoyras, translated into English with adtraionai Notaa, by
N. Tindal, M.A., Vicar of Great Waltham., Essex, 1732.
Richard Bentley,. New Burlir:gton-street.
(Publisher in Ordinary to ter Majesty. )
By Appointment : Budd and Catkin, Booksellers to her Ma-
esty, Pail-mall; Longman, Rees, Orme, and Brown, St.
Paul's, London.
By Appointment : W. Wright, Bookseller to their Majesties
the Queen, the Queen Dowager, and all the Royal Family,
(2.) Letter to . . . . on the Rev. W. L. I3owle9'
" Stric-tures on the Life and Writings of Pope,"•By the Right
Hon .Cord Byron, and that Noble Lord's works complete
in one volume.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Amsterdam :
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Arthur Bertrand. Venice: J. B. Missiaglia. Petersburph :
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the Right Hon. Lord Viscount 3lelbourne, and the Right Hon.
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