The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-31 00:00:00

TITHES.

To ',THE' EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—There having been some misconception on the sub-
ject of the petition forwarded to the House of Commons from
the parish of llawkhurst, through the Member for West Kent
—which has probably arisen from the report of the Hon.
Member's speech not having been properly given to the pub-
lic—l think it as well merely to state to .you what, from the
knowledge I possess of the parish, is the real state of the case.
The living belongs to the College of Christ Church, in Oxford,
who properly receive the tithes, as the rectors of it. They,
however, a few years ago, thought it better to nut the tithes
up to public competition, and the person who bid the most
(and who, in consequence, is at present the renter of the tithes)
was their own attorney. The way in which they are let is by
the payment of a fine at each term of seven years—and the
present renter of the tithes takes them in kind. Thus, in con-
sequence of the badness of the system, and of certain quarrels
which had arisen between the parish and the lessor, the bur-
den falls very heavily upon the former ; and it can be, in my
opinion, no defence of the College to say that they do not
receive the tithes. They, are, at all events, the body who
receive the equivalent, and they are answerable for the re-
sult of their letting.
The clergyman who does the whole duty in this large and
populous parish is only perpetual curate, and is most mise-
rably and inadequately paid for his services. ' From personal
observation, I can aver that he is a most exemplary young
man ; that the duty is very efficiently performed ; and that
he has hardly ever (and even that only for a few days) been
absent, during the three years he has had charge of the
parish.

The parish of Ilawkhurst is decidedly a most glaring prbof
of the badness of the present system, which requires most
thorough reform. Tho stipend of the clergyman ought to
be such as to allow him to pay a curate, if necessary—con-
sidering the large amount of tithes annually drawn from the
parish. As it is at present, uo clergyman could by any pos-
sibility exist there, without possessing a good independent for-
tune of his own—the expenses of keeping up the house, 0-
taxes, &c. &c., more than absorbing the mite dol.-' -,:.e
the service of the parish by those who arc out ior
to 4 make a
more adequate provision for their substi.-

.~tiE.

VICE CHANCERY.-( THIS DAY,

GREEN V. FRANKS.—INJUNCTION.
In this case the plaintiff is Mr. Green, the eminent, sur-
geon of St. Thomas's Hospital, and the defendant a stuveon
residing in the Blackfriars.road, and the object of the appli-
cation was to rP4tmin the defendant from publishing in his
advertisement in the Observer Newspaper, and on the wrap-
per of his medioiny, a testimonial given him by the plaintiff.
It appeared that Mr. Franks had invented a medicine which
he called Franks' Solution of Capaiva, which he had requested
Mr. Green to try the eflbot of in the hospital. Mr. Green
having done so, gave Mr. Franks a testimonial as to its effi-
cacy, which Mr. Franks had added to his advertisement,
leaving out the important word Capaiva, to restrain the publi-
cation of which was the object of the present application.
Mr. KNIGHT and Mr. litcaanns appeared for the plaintiff,
and eontended that the testimonial was only given . to recom-
mend the medicine to the profession, and not for publication.
Mr. KINDERSLEY and Mr. SANDYS opposed the application,
on behalf of the defendant, submitting that he had the right
to publish what he had done.
His HONOR did not feel himself at liberty to grant the in-
junction in the extended form it was asked, but would grant
the injunction restraining the defendant from publishing any
garbled statement of the testimonial. If the plaintiff thought
he was entitled to the extended injunction, he must seek the
remedy in another place.
Mr. KNIGHT said that the injunction, on the terms the Court
had proposed it, would answer all purposes; for all that Mr.
Green was anxious for was that his name should not appear in
connection with the vending of quack medicines.