The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-23 00:00:00

DEPA RTURES.

Mrs. Austin and the Misses Austin, from the Berners Hotel,
Berners-street, for Bath; George Claude Thornton, Esq. from
ditto, for his seat, Marden Hill, Hertford; Osgood Hanbury,
Esq. from ditto, for his seat, Oldfield Grange, Essex ; Thomas
Blaney, Esq. from ditto, for his seat, the Lodge, Evesham,
Worcestershire; the Rev. Thomas Darly, from ditto, for Hast-
ings ; Robert Blakemore, Esq. from dittb, for Monmouth ; Sir
James and Lads Jell and Mr. and Mrs. Everett, from the Re-
gency Hotel, Quadrant, Regent-street, for their seat, Heytes-
bury, Wilts; Major-Gmeral Shaw, from ditto, for Brighton;
Chevalier Barboza, from ditto, for Paris.

TITHES.

(From the Morning Herald.)

MR. EDITOR,—Lord Mountcashel has very lau-
dably turned his attention to the state of the Irish
Church, and has proposed several remedies for the
numerous evils and abuses which exist in that Esta-
blishment ; but, unless something more be done than
he proposes, there is little probability of much good
being accomplished. The great bane of the Pro-
tes•ant Church is the present mode of collecting the
tithes ; and, had the Old Enemy himself been left
to point out the most effectual method of rendering
the Church odious, he could not have devised one
more effectual than the system. Instead of the
Clergyman being an object of esteem and affection,
which he generally is where a different system is
pursued, he is looked upon by the great body of the
parishioners as their common enemy, and they con-
sequently try, in every possible way, and often to
their own injury, to rob him of his tithes, or annoy
him in such a way that he is forced to retaliate, and
thereby but too often excite the general hatred of
the parish.

I have paid some attention to this subject, in this
country as well as abroad, and have no hesitation in
saying, that the mode of paying the Clergy of the
Church of Scotland is by far the least objectionable.
With the exception of the Clergy in burghs and
towns, all the rest are paid by the landed proprietors;
and that is done on such a simple arid fair principle,
that it is only necessary to state it, in order to con-
vince every impartial person of its superior advan-
tages. During the commotions excited by John
Knox, the Nobles and great proprietors of land took
possession of the property of the Church, and al.
lotted the Clergy so much a year—not more than
one-third of their former incomes. Since that
period all the lands and teinds (tithes) have been
valued, and each land proprietor pays the Clergy-
man of the parish according to his valued rent and
the amount of the teinds. The sum is fixed by the
ennrt of Session, and application for augmentation
of stipend !,' once in

1 the t

, and consequently
the Clergyman did
aceed 70/. or 80./. till the period when
the gram was f!
•ICC, some yeatr
ago, for the increase of the smaller .stipenas.
smallest stipend is now not less than 150/., with a
manse and glebe, and the rest vary from that to
5001., according to the prices of grain. In two
pariShes the stipend amounts to between 8001. and
1,000/. raiced chiefly from ground-rents, and with these
exceptions, and one or two of the large towns,
where the stipend is between 5001. and 6001., the
Clergy of Scotland have, at an average, between
2501. and 3001. a year. This, of course, varies ac-
cording to the price of grain. Averages are struck
once a year in each county, and the Clergyman,
whose stipend is nominally fixed at a certain number
of quarters of grain, is paid for each according to
the average returns. The expense falls altogether
on the landed proprietors, as indeed it must do in
every aounty where tithes exist, tut there are no dis-
putes between the Clergyman and the farmer, or
any of his parishioners; and, even where an aug.
mentation is applied for, this is arranged generally in
such an impartial manner by the Supreme Court,
as seldom or never to give rise to any bad feelings
between the parties. Another great advantage is,
that the Clergyman has no right to claim any emolu-
ment for duties done in the parish. He receives no
fee at baptisms, marriages, or funerals, and Easter
offerings are unknown. The consequence is, that the
Clergyman, from his independent situation, and the
apparently gratwitous services which he renders his
flock, possesses much more influence and is more be-
loved thany other person in the parish. Till some
such system as this is adopted in England and Ireland,
the Catholics and Dissenters will continue, as they
have long done, to take advantage of the invidious
situation of the Parson, and thereby increase the
number of their followers, till they become too
powerful antagonists even for the church of England,
with all its weight and influence.

Cher augmer,

a many pans

PRESBYTER.

Mr. Secretary PEEL left town on Saturday
morning for his residence, Stowe Hall, Norfolk. The
Right Honourable Gentleman will entertain during the
present week a select party to partake of a few days'
shooting. The Duke of WELLINGTON, it was expected,
would arrive at Stowc Hall this morning. Other of the
Cabinet Ministers are expected to join the party.

The Neapolitan IN4inister transacted business
on Saturday at the Foreign Office, with the Earl of ABER-
DEEN.

Despatches were received at the Foreign Office
on Saturday, from Lord BLOOMFIELD, our Minister at
Stockholm.

TALES OF AN INDIAN CAMP.--A work of
singular interest, under the above title, is preparing for
publication by J. A. JONES, Esq., whose long residence
among the Indian Tribes of North America, has en .bled
him to collect most of the traditions current among all the
nations of the Red Men dispersed over three millions of
square milts in that ♦ast continent. They will exhibit, we
understand, their notions respecting the Supreme Being;
the Creation ; the origin of their Tribes, and will comprise
an account of their manners, habits, mode of life, marriage
ceremonies, &c. The bursts of natural eloquence, deep
pathos, and sublime poetry interspersed throughout th ese
Tales will appear astonishing when considered as the effu-
sions of the untutored sons of the new World.

Ireland is entirely an exporting country, and
her exports of grain are to a surprising extent. The great
seats of the exporting trade are Waterford, Limerick, Sligo,
Youghall, Cork, Dublin, and Drogheda. Waterford ships
about 250,000 quarters annually of %%heat, and of oats
nearly an equal proportion, with 10,000 of barley, Ste.,
and about 200,000 cwt. of flower ; Limerick ships about
180,000 quarters, of which oats form two-thirds ; Sligo,
Youghall, Dublin, Cork, and Drogheda, from 90,000 to
140,000 quarters each. The entire exports of Ireland in
grain and meal amount to about 1,200,000 quarters of the
former, and 300,000 cwt. of meal and flour.-