Star.
London, England, 1824-12-09 00:00:00

ALDaATE TITHES.

A Special General Vestry of this Parish was held
in the Parish Church, yesterday, to take into considera-
tion an important communication received from the
Town-Clerk of London, by desire of the Special Com-
mittee of the Corporation, inviting a deputation to
confer with the said Special Committee, at Guildhall,
on Friday next, the 10th instant, as to the necessity and
propriety of an united application to Parliament by the
several parishes subject to the claim of 2s. 9d. in the
pound, for an alteration or amendment of the Statute
37th Henry VIII. under which such claim is made.
Mr. Honig, one of the Churchwardens, under whose
sanction the meeting was convened, took the Chair, and
proceeded to inform the meeting that he had a most
important document to communicate, which had been
transmitted to him by the Tithe Committee of the City',
of London. Before the paper was read, he thought it
his duty to state, that compromise was impracticable :
he therefore trusted that those who had not contributed
to the law expenses, would, when the parish appealed (as
it in all probability would) to Parliament, give a help-
hand. The document, of which he we notice to

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the Vestry, was from the Town-Clerk of the City of
London, asking for a Conference with the Parish, on
Friday, at Guildhall, recommending an application to
Parliament for the alteration or amendment of the 37thl
of Henry VIII. under which the claim of 2s. 9.1. in the
pound was set up.
Mr. J. SAuNDRIts read the Report of the. General
Tithe Committee to the parish. It stated the general
feelings of the parish on the subject, and noticed the
able and judicious remark% of the public press. It re-
commended the suit already commenced against Mr..l.
Blenkarn to be defended, for the general benefit of the
parish. Funds were recommended to be raised ; and
amongst the subscribers were, :Sir 3. Shaw, Bart. Al-
derman of the Ward, Sir. C. Flower, Bart and Alderman,
and J. Watts Russell,Esq. M.P. The Directors of the East
India Company weie prevented from contributing by an
arrangement entered into with the impropriator,but they
were ready tolioncur in any general arrangement made
for the protection of the united, parishes. The original
grant was given by James I. The grant was conveyed
for £4OO. The ancestor of the present impropriator pur.
chased the advowson for £11,401; the annual amount of
the tithes was then £6OQ. In 1804 the tithe was £lOOO,
and the present impropriaair has increased it to £4,000
or £5,000 in the London division alone. The impro-
priator mortgaged the tithes in the year 1817 for the
sum of £23,000, and in the year 1818 for the sum of
£10,000; there was also a third mortgage for a sum
not known. These large sums shewed what the im.
propriater calculated on receiving from the pat ishioners.
--A Committee was formed which endeavoured to
comprcimise matters with the agents of Mr. Kynaston,
but without success. The Report concludes with re-
turning thanks to the Honourable Corporation of Lon-
don, and to John Vincent Purvis, Esq. of St. Helen's
parish, and to Mr. Nodin, of St. Olave's, Hart-street.
Mr. CARTER was anxious to have it in his power to
communicate to the Meeting the success of their efforts,
but as this was not in his power at present, he moved
the Report of the General Tithe Committee, now read,
be approved. Seconded and car: ied unanimously.
Mr. PRATT and Mr. BLACKBURN, in moving Re-
solutions on the subject matter of the proceedings,
spoke briefly.
Mr. STANDRING said there was but one opinion in
the Corporation of London, about the support which
should be given to the Parish under the grievances
which it suffered. He could not help making a remark
upon tke conduct of Mr. Kynaston's legal advisers; they
merely required to support him on the footing and rank
,of his ancestors. The parishioners required also to be
placed on the same rank with their ancestors. Was it
to be endured that the tithe which had been. for 200
years sixpence or ninepence in the pound, should be
raised in the space of '2O years to 2s. 93. and when the
poor-rates, the repairs of the churches, and the support
of the officiating clergy were thrown upon the parish ?
The manner in which the Ministers were paid was dis-
'graceful. He was sure the parishioners would be de-
lighted to allow them a stipend suitable to their rank as
Gentlemen, and men of educaCon. It was too often
said, that proceedings like the present were attacks upon
the Church. He denied such a charge in the present
instance—it would be favourable to the Church. The
poor Clergyman should not be left to depend on a gui-
nea from one person, and a half-guinea from a second,
and seven shillings from a third, when such a sum as
5,0001. was annually taken from the parish.
Mr. Deputy COLEBATCH moved that the Resolutions
be advertised, under the direction of the Committee,
and that thanks be given to the Churchwardens who
had convened the meeting.
Mr. HoPPE one of _the Churchwardens, returned
thanks for his colleague and himself, for the honour
done them, and declared he would call as many meet-
ings AS they thought proper. The meeting they, adjourned

A melancholy and fatal occurrence took place last
week, in a private asylnm for lunatics, situate to the
west of Edinburgh. One of the unfortunate inmates
had exhibited symptoms of becoming outrageous, in
the presence of two of the keepers, one of whom left
the room for the purpose of adopting precautionary
measures, while the other, a person of twenty-two years
of age, remained with the patient, in the expectation of
being able to command him till his assistant's return
the maniac, however, in a moment of fury, seizing a
knife, plunged it into the side of his attendant, and im•
mediately stood motionless before his victim, gazing as
if nothing of the kind had happened. Surgical aid was
soon procured, and one medical gentleman remained
wish the poor man the whole night, who, notwithstand-
ing, died the following day.
CHARLES BANNISTER, father of Joan', went one
night into a coffee-house, where three surgeons were
present; as he entered the room, he said, with apparent
concern and feeling, " There has been a dreadful acci •
dent at the end of the street r .. Accident, what is it r
said each of the surgeons, reaching their hats and
canes. " Why, a Gentleman in crossing that terrible
place at the end of the street has put mat his leg."
This was quite enough ; a steeple chase ensued, and in
ten minutes they all returned breathless. " There is no
accident r aWe can't find any one !" " The man
has been removed r burst at once from the disappointed
Doctors. " Why, probably," said CHARLES, " the
man removed himself." " Oh, that's impossible where
a leg was broken." " A leg broken;' returned BAN-
Poirrsi, " who heard buk yourselves anything of a
broken lei; ?—I said, a Gennernan in crossing thekennel
had put AK kg ad, and how the 'Devil can a man cross
a kennel without r