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no carriages, it was hardly poisible for a man to ven-
ture through the dirt from his own town house to the
palace, all bedecked in his court suit, and hope to
reach it in a fit state for-the eye of Royalty to rest
upon. The King's Barber is also entitled to a fee for
shaving a Knight of the Bath at his creation, as Well
as 40 shillings from a Baron, 100 froM an Earl, and
-101. from a Duke, when these dignities-are newly con-
ferred--a ceremony, we hope, for the credit of the
fraternity, the King's Barber, whosoever he is, did not
fail to see duly observed, on occasion of the late crea-
tion of Peers._

The antiquity of the profession is beyond dispute, as
they date its introduction back many hundred years
before the Christian era. Thus Polydor Virgil says,
that Medea was the first who stained his hair, but the
Abrantes fi were the first who used to shave them-
selves ; And moreover it was a custom with this na-
tion to dedicate the first fruits of the chin to the
Delphic god, for it seems they entertained a notion
that a man could fight better hand to hand without his
hair than with it. P. Ticinius Mena was the first
who brought the barbers from Sicily into Italy, 454
years after the building of Rome ; but it was Afri-
canus who first introduced the practice of daily
shaving himself.

t The Abantes were a nation of Greece, and first inhabited that
part of it which we call the Morea, but subsequently migrated to
an island now known by the name of Negropont.

ST. OLAVE'S HART-STREET.

On Thursday a General Meeting of the inhabitants of the
parish of St Olave, Hart-street, was held in the Vestry. •
A little before the time of meeting, Dr. Owen attended, and
took possession of the chair, by virtue of his right as rector.
The report was read by the Chairman. It detailed the pro-
ceedings which had taken place on the subject since the former
report, and represented that the enormous grievance under which
this and other parishes suffered, in respect of tithes, was now
begining to he appreciated by all classes.
The CHAIRMAN stated, that they had proposed to give the
Doctor qmot. instead of 8,0001. provided that the Bishop of
London would consent that the stipend of the future incumbents
should not exceed 800/. instead of the exorbitant sum of 1,8001.
per annum, and provided that a bill was carried through Parlia-
,ment to this effect. They wrote to the Bishop, and expressed
their hopes that he would consider the proposed stipend for the
present and future incumbents liberal, when he recollected that
the living was vested in the elders of the parish for the inhabit-
ants. His Lordship acknowledged the receipt of their letter, but
seemed to think that their proposal could not be entertained.—
What was their astonishment'on hearing him express his surprise
in the House of Lords, that it had gone to the extent mentioned,
and•declare that there was but one course left for him to pursue
with respect to it—namely, "to stigmatize it with his most de-
cided reprobation." The public were led by these observations
to suppose that they had entered into sonic surreptitious or im-
proper bargain with the Doctor. As the proposal originated
with the Doctor, they had sent a respectful letter to his Lord-
ship, reminding him of his knowledge of the transaction; that he
had not previously thought it one deserving of reprobation ; and
expressing a hope that he would do them the justice of vindicat-
ing them from the aspersions to which they were subject in con-
sequence of his erroneous statement. To this letter they received
no answer.—(Hear, hear !)
It was moved that the report should be received and adopted.

The CIIAIIiAtAN then stated that.Alr. T. Saunders, the solici-
tor to the tithe committee, would address them on some impor-
tant legal matters, which would elucidate the report.

Mr. SAUNDNRS, in the course of his observations, said, he
would particularly advert to the case of " Macdougall against
Young," which had been lately tried before the Lord Chief Jus-
tice in the Court of Common Pleas. This case was of the greatest
public importance, u the question of the enrolment of the decree
of the :17th of Henry VIII., on which Dr. Owen founded his
claim to the 2s. thi. in the pound, was brought to issue before a
jury, and would ever stand on record against the Rev. Chairman,
and those who claimed with him.

Owies,...—This is quite irrelevant; it is illegal. You have
no right to he
Mt. SA 11 N the parishioners want any legal assistance
to determine that point, they have their proper otlicers—the ves-
try-clerk; and I appeal to him to decide it.
Mr. BAKZa, the vestry-clerk.—There is ❑o doubt, Mr. Saun-
ders may attend as legal adviser or asaistant.
Dr. don't want any aesistant. Is it legal? You
certainly are a proper person to decide. •
Mr. ilwaita.—l am warranted by the established practice of
other parishes, by the general practice of public bodier, and even
by decided cases, in saying that the vestry may permit whom it
pleases to be present, and to make any statement relative to the
mutter before it. _

A Parithioner.—There cannot be a doubt upon it. Counsel,
as well as solicitors, are constantly heard us a matter of right at
all meetings.
Dr. Ow Ex (to Mr. Suundsrs.)--You may go on, but I pro-
test against it as illegal, and I wish it to be entered in the mi-
nutes.

Mr. Roten.----You stopped Mr. Saunders when you found he
was going on with matter that was not quite agreeable. Then,
with a mock humility, you appeal to the vestry clerk for his
opinion. Now, when he h.* given it against you, you perse-
vere in the interruption. Is the meeting to be. intuited in this
way?...•L(Upruar, and the doctor and three or four parishioners
speaking at once.)
Mr. BAaEIt.—I wish to Lave the very words of the protest.
Dr. 0wni......y0u may Dr. Owen here observed it
was illegal."
Mr. HAKIM —But I must be strictly correct; and I cannot
be, unless I have the words in writing.
Dr. Owen then gave in a writes protests
The CHAMMAN of the committee said, the parishioners had
been so much calumniated, and the legal as well as equitable
grounds of their proceedings so much misrepresented, that it was
absolutely necessary to secure. to their solicitor an uninterrupted
hearing. ,
Dr. OwEtt—Go on, Mr. Saunders; but mind, I protest
agisimit it. •

Mr. SAUNDIMS said it was important that they should' under-
stand that this cu of " Macdougal v. Young" was an action of
debt, upon the decree under the 37th of Henry N'III. cap. 12, fur
tithes, at the rate of 2s. 9d. in the pound in rent of the defendant's
house, in St. Helen's-place, in the parish of St. Helen's, Bishops-
gate, which would amount to 181. 11s. 3d. per ann. The evi-
dence brought to prove the enrolment of the decree completely ne-
gatived the proposition.
Mr. Carter Draper was called ; and he stated that he had
searched at the Rolls Chapel e& til
U
- which was the proper place
to find the decree if enrolled, but it was not to be found. He
searched from 1546 to 1565, and found a number of documents
enrolled about that date, but not this decree. There was no break
or discontinuation in the rolls, but all of them were in order and
perfect. So much for proof of the enrolment, which it was also
clear could not have taken place, because there was no mark, or
time least trace of its ever having been attached to the original
( Hear, hear !')
, ,
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On the motion of Mr. BACKLIK AU,
it was resolved, that an early vestry should be convened, to consider
what further means should be adopted.

Mr. ROLPII then rose with a bundle of papers. He spread
them over the table, and took up a newspaper containing the re-
port of a late trial at the quarter sessions, in which there were
animadversions upon the conduct of Dr. Owen, as a magistrate at
Highgate. Every one was in breathless expectation, and the
orator had put'himself in a preparatory attitude, when Dr'. Owen
suddenly quitted the chair.
Mt. Rot.nt (in violent surprise. )—Why, you are not. going?
Dr. OWitx.—Yes,. but I am ; hir I shall be too late fiw
the
coach.

it while pin are here.
leave uie in tliia predicament.
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after I ant gone. Nell, well !
that.
Dr. (I)t:Et.rsit.,-0013,iiitet Iwaw,ati:ltjet.,:irslaythe
door.)—Oh!
I caul,
help

Air. Rot -mt.—Then I shall bring it forward at the Hat meet

—The doctor abruptly quitted, and left the vestry to choose a
Chairman for themselves.
Mr. Jones, the late clinrchwarden,
was then unanimously
called. to the chair. A vote of thanks, on the motion Of Mr.
Jackson, seuonded by 11h., Younger, was
passed to the commit-
tee ; and they were requested to continue
their services. in behalf
of the prisli and the city at large.
elliiinks were voted to the chairman, and the vestry was ad-
jQtuveil,