The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-21 00:00:00

where thit one of the-objects of the Bill at present before
Parliament is to do away with Easter offerings, arid to
raise a stipend for the Clergy in lieu thereof by a rate
upon the inhabitants. Should the Bill in question reach
the Upper House, we shall be curious to know what the
Bench of Bishops will say to such a proposal, which ap-
pears to us to embrace, under a semblance of what may be
called " Equitable adjustment," one of the most formida-
ble inroads upon Church property we have ever heard of.
If Easter offerings can be commuted for by a rate, there
can be no-reason-why tithes should not be dealt with in
the same manner : and thus, by a small beginning, a more
formidable encroachment may be made upon the revenues
of the Church Establishment than the so-much-dreaded
advances of Popery are ever likely to inflict. But our
alarms at the project on this head neither are, nor need
be very intense; for if they. have any foundation, the
never-sleeping watchfulness of those whose duty it is to
guard the -rights of the Church will, we have no
doubt, be sufficiently awake without our interference.—
Our objections to it are, we are free to confess, of a very
different nature, and are grounded upon that being con-
verted into a Parliamentary tax which has hitherto been a
mere personal payment, recoverable (if recoverable at all)
in the Ecclesiastical Courts. The demand—which is it-
self, by the bye, a'relic of Popery—amounts, we believe,
to twopence a-bead upon all persons in a.family above 16
years of age, or of an age to communicate. The strict
and legal amount, therefore, must vary almost every year
in every house; so that a law to make it a certain annual
payment must, in its very nature, be unjust. We should
like to know what sort of rate can be made upon a house
from which one, or at most two, twopences are payable.
—Or is it meant, as we suspect to be the case, that the
amount is to' be doubled or perhaps quadrupled upon the
inhabitants ? But, without dwelling longer upon the de-
tails, our main 'objection to such a measure in theahape
of a local Bill is this, that if it be right in, principle it
-oughtt6 he a general and not a partial measure; and if
wrong, then that it should not take place -at all. The
abolition of Easter offerings altogether would be, perhaps,
a wise and prudent step, well becoming the Reformed
Church; but if such a measure would be such an inroad
upon ecclesiastical rights as we have hinted at, they ought,
if they remain at all, to remain .untouched, and: the ren-
dering theme Parliamentary iMpost in, one particular jo.,
rish, while they retain their ancient character elsewhere,
would be an anomaly which we should imagine that Par-
liament will be slow to institute.—Morning Herald.

We are not prone to join in, the vague clamour of those
who inveigh, by wholesale, against the jurisdiction of our
Courts of Equity : nor are we apt.to conclude that every
hardship felt by individual suitors necessarily establishes a
case of abuse in the system by which these Courts are rer
gulated. We cannot, however, shut our eyes to glaring
defects; ind, surely, if ever there existed one, it is to be
found in a case which came before the Master of the Rolls
yesterday. Twenty-five yearS ago a bill was filed, pray-
ing an account ; an order was made in the cause by some
former Master of the Rolls;, and yesterday it came before
-the Court for further directiinis ! What a tale is told in these
few words ! •Mr: Sugden ObServed; that the case.was well
worth the attention of persons in authority elsewhere—end
he pronounced it a disgrace to ,the Court itself. In conse-
quenee-of the litigation which has been so ruinously pro-
traded, the' tenant for life was obliged to come before the
Court everyday for his daily bread, asking a. pittance out:of
his own estate; aid the trifle he was able toprocure out of
his own property, " was obtained at a more enormous
expence than. it would ever have entered into the head of
the most extortionate usurer to charge." The-Master of
the Rolls said, the " expences in :the-case had been most
`horrible: If the faCts connected with it were to go forth
to the world, they would certainly create a poiverful sen-
sation in the public mind, with regard to the administra-,
don of justice in Courts of Equity." Now we do not
stop to inquire where the true cause of this monstrous
evil- liel-%-i.whether in the-forrns of- the Court—the obsti-
nacy of the parties—or the chicanery of the profession.
We only contend, that there must be, somewhere, a most
pernicious power of doing Wrong, when the decision of a
Court of Justice 'can be delayed for five-and-twenty years.
—New Times.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

FROM LLOYD'S.

"'DEAL, MARCH 19.—Arrived the Lycurgus, Crawehaw, from
Charleston, with loss of mizen-mast, and other damage. Sailed
for London the Lord • Lowther, Stewart, ftom China ; and the
Lyra, for the South Seas.
Pontsstourn, MAactu I 9.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrived from
London the Governor Ready, Young, for New South Wales; and
the Miranda, for Grenada.
PLystourii, MAncn 18.—Sailed, the David, Rogers, for To-
bago ; the Waterloo, Manning, for Madras and China; the Clyde,
Thompson, for Malta; the Olive Branch, Enderson, for the Cape;
the Jane, Hawksworth, for Malta ; General Kyd, Nairne, for
Calcutta; Janette, Chambers, for St. Vincent's ; the Farquhar-
son, Cruikshanks° for Madras and China; the Canada, Sinclair,
for. Rio; and the Premium, Young, for Cadiz.

FALMOUTH; MARCH DLNIE:.Sailed the Rosina,
Hall, for Lisbon; Troper, Brandford, for •Barbadoes ; -Blues,
Blues, for Rio; Albion,, Miles, for New York ; and sritish Mer-
chant, Stephens, for Teneriffe. '
NEWHAVEN.—Upwards 'of 20 vessels 'are reported to have cut
their cables yesterday; on the East side of Dungeness ; several lost
both anchors and cables. A vessel, supposed a brig, had sunk,
only the masts were above water. A schooner belonging to Scot-
land, and bound to Oporto, was riding without any person on
board, having drove foul of a brig, which cut and went to_ sea, it
is supposed with the crew of the former.
Dov ER, MA RCH 19.—The Eliza, Lyall, coal-laden, has been
brought in by three Smacks; having been fallen in with near
Dungeness; without, anyperson" on board.

The Lord Nelson, from Neath to Dartmouth, was driven on
:here at Padatow on Saturday, and it was feared would go to
pieces.
The Thistle, Thyrie, from Rotterdam to Hull, was driven on
shore within the Spurm, on Saturday, but expected to be got off
altar discharging.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

COUNTRY, DIA RY.—FftwArt MAJICI! 2a

- —.- --- . ---- -.
Ashcroft, H. and Co., Manchester—Hayward's Hotel, Manchester 1
Beeston, J., Mugginton=Ripg's Arms, Derby ll
Browne, T., WymandharavANorfolk Hotel Norwich 4
Burrow, T. Worcester—Sfar and Garter, Worcester l2
Cope, M., Derby—King's Arms,Derlyy ll
Davall, G., Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham ll
Davy, W., Norwich—Norfolk Hotel, Norwich 4
Dunk, D., Brighton—New inn, Brighton
Fleming, J.,Pendleton—Hayward's Hotel, Manchester 2
Gill, G., Billinghay—Bull, Tattershall ll
Glover, T., Derby—King's Arms, Derby ll
Gooch, R., Southampton—Crown, Southampton l2
Goodrich, R.., Cheltenham—George, Stroud 5
Greenland, S. Frome Sclwood—White Hart, Bath l2
Herbert, E. Leamington Priors—Royal Hotel, Birmingham ...
Hoyle and Co., _Baocup—Royal Hotel, Manchester 9
Johnson, J., Congleton—Bull's Head, Congleton ll
Mogg, W., Wincanton—ShiP, Mere lO
Mouat, 51., Weymouth—Luce's Hotel, Weymouth
Oakden and Co., Derby—King's Arms, Derby ll
Okey, J., Grantchester—Eagle, Cambridge 6
Ray, J., Isle of Man—George, Liverpool 1
Robinson, T., Birkby—Court-house, Leeds
Sharp and Co, Newcastle—Half Moon, Newcastle
Shillito,M.Featherstone—Sessions.house, Wakefield ll
Smith, J., Matlock—Angel, Chesterfield ...................................... 11
Taylor, J., Halifax—Magistrate's office, Halifax ll
Trobridge, J., Exeter—Globe, Exeter

INSOLVENTS APPLYIN(
petitions to be heard at Portug
MARCH 26,
Baddeley, J., Clerkenwell
Ball, Walworth
B aB Brown,u
rt cl
ehy, H
, J.,t.
H., Strand
ptrtan rdd Walworth
Burrows R., Southwark
Cappel, k., St. Pancras
Chiestie, A., Stepney
Collett, W., Commercial-road
Contenein, J., Lambeth
Dolbell, J., Queen-square

DISCHARGED,
1 Tt
Gordon, 8.,
.Brighton
Grove, S., Birmingham
Jaques, W.! lipxton
A-Ti r:e NINE.
Lord, J., Pimlico
Lovelace_, J.,_Chard, Somersetsh.
Miller, If., Hackney
Pierce, D., Old-street
Simmonds, J., Hounslow
Smith, T., Barnet
Stidston, J., Artillery Ground

COUNTRY.—At the Court-house
Lyon, J., Snmeraham
Martin, H., Alconbury
At Bedford, AL
Mallows, Vf

untingdon, March f 3, at Ten,
:Wilkin, R., Wiaton

mgh V, at Ten
T., Bedford.

The large turf-bog, called Grogan Moss,
in the
county Antrim, bas experienced recently an extraordinay convul-
sion. The turf hanks, comprehending fifty or sixty acres, were
forced to a considerable distance, and large fir trees which had been
buried to a considerable depth, were thrown to the surface by the
action of water,....,Oubiin Patriot.