Star.
London, England, 1829-10-02 00:00:00

CHURCH LIVINGS IN IRELAND.

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An Evening Paper, as a sort of answer to the state-
ments in Lord Monnteasbel's Speech, remarks that there are 14
parishes in the diocese of Cork and Ross, the best of which do not
yield more than ,esoo per annum each under the Tithe Composi-
tion Act, and some of which do not produce more even than half
that sum. There are altogether above 130 parishes in the diocese,
and of these, according to the last Return, only 39 have as yet
compounded. It is quite certain that one or two are marked down
as yielding even less than 1301. but 21 of them produce as follows :
Per Annum. Per Annum
Fanlobhus £looo Moviddy..
Kinneigh .... ...... .... 900 Rathcooney....
Skull .. B5O I)vnbullog
Kilmicbael ...........692 Ardnegeeby
lnnishannon
Kilmaloda 675 Dromdalesgue .. ...... ... 450
Caharagh ... 6.50 AgUsh 445
shaven . 650 Athnowen
Inskenny .... 400
Inchigeelagh ...... ....... ao

13allinadee
Knockavilly . 625

1 errod .. 525

Let these twenty one go against the fourteen, and let it be known
that the entire of the compounding parishes, including even the
fourteen, ge £4lB per annum.
When the Evening Paper spoke of parishes with small com-
positions, It did not take the trouble of specifying the number
that were in possession of any particlar individual. A single
parish may be worth only 130/. but this may be united with se-
veral others. If we are told that one parish in this diocese, such
as that of Taxax, has compounded not for 1301. but for 1131. 151.
we are not to conclude that all the Parsons of Cork and Ross are
half paupers, notwithstanding any thing Lord Mountcashel has
to say to the contrary. We find that Kilbonane yields only
225/. 10s. 9d. It belongs to the Rev. Thomas St. Lawrence, eon
of the Bishop, who has, it seems, two or three other St. Lawreoces
highly endowed. Drawing our inferences from parishes indivi-
dually, we must, of course, allow that the son of the MU, is
badly provided for by the possession of 2251. in Kilbonane. In-
quiring farther, however, into his fortune, we find that he has Mo-
riddy and Aglish united to this parish of Kilbonane ; and that
all produce him 1,1691.35. 11d. per annum. We speak merely of
what appears on the fact of the Parliamentary Returns relative to
Tithe Compositions. In these Returns the Rev. Thomas St. Law-
rence is set down as possessing an aggregate of nearly £1,200 a
year, though in right of a single parish he may not enjoy the I.6th
of that sum. No doubt he possesses wealth of which these returns
have as yet taken no cognisance; and let us again recollect,
that there are four St. Lawrence. (including the Bishop) in
Cork and Ross. What is the number of parishes distributed
amongst the Parsons of the name? Sixteen at least; and three
of these produce Parson Tom very little short of 1,2001. a year!
Many years ago, Mr. Newenbam published, that 40 (not 14) of
the Parsons of Cork and Ross had each an average income of 8001.
a year, and the tithes of some ran from 1,5001. to 2,5001. per annum.
In one of the latest Cbrk Chronicles, Horace Townsend is set
down at 2,0001. a year. We do not find that he has as yet
compounded. We would be glad to know the particulars of his
income, and that of others, with regard to which the composition
returns afford us no information. If we had authenticated details,
we have no doubt that the estimates of Newenham would be fully
borne out. There are no fewer than 23 pluarities in this diocese,
and these pluralities include not far from six times the number of
parishes of which our innocent contemporary speaks in the pus-
graph, by which he hopes to put an extinguisher on the exposition
of Lord Mountcashel.—.Dublin Morning Register.

FRENCH AND ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND
MEJSURES. •

The following is a comparative Table of the Weights
and Measures of England and France, which were published by the
Royal and Central Society of Agriculture of Paris, in their An.
nuary for 1829, and founded on a Report made by Mr. Mathieu
to the Royal Academy of Sciences of France, on the Bill passed
the 17th of May, 1814, relative to the weights and measures
termed " Imperial;" which are henceforward to be used in Great
Britain :
MEASURES OF LENGTH.
rasucx.
. 2.539954 centimetres
. 3,0479449 decimetres
. 0,91438348 metre
. 1,82876696 metres
. 5,02911 metres
. 201,16437 metres
. 1609,5149 metres
VOLUM.
. 0,03957 inch
. 0,593708 inch
. 5,937079 inches
)39,37079 inches
3,21108992 feet
1,098833 yard
mike

MOLISE
1 Inch (1.56 th of a yard)
1 Foot (1-5 d ors yard)
Yard Imperial
Fathom (2 yards) .
Pole or perch (Si yards)
Furlong (220 yards) .
Mile (1,780 yards) .

VIIINCII.
1 MiUmstre .
1 Centimetre .
1 Decimetre .

1 Metre

Myriametre .