Star.
London, England, 1810-06-27 00:00:00

Mr. Marsland reported to the Meeting the measures which had
been adapted by the Committee for op; o.log the S oehport
Church Bill, by means of which, clauses had been obtained fur
limiting the sum to be expended In rebuilding the Church to
£12,000, andirotxting the psrishioners who have no pews from
the payment of further church-rates after the Church is rebuilt;
for enabling 'tenants who have not leateifor a logger teem than
ten years, t. deduct -I part ; and Tenants who have loeger kaws
to deduct..ll part of the church-rates from their rents ; and to
compel the posts of the parish and the pew owners to rebuild
their own chapels and pews ; and that the clauses inserted in the
Bill for raising m iney by annuities had been expunged, and the
cases which had been printed and distributed amongst the Mem-
bers of Parliament' as well by the promoters as the opposers of
the Bil', sleirg real:
Resolved, I h it this Meeting highlydisapproves of the mannerin
wkichtheabove Bill %Vat broaght into Pitlianiete,avithqut the sanc-
tion of any previous Vestry Meeting, or any public notice thereof
bring given to Ate Partstliwiers although the uhject of the Bill
was to transfer the expence of rebuilding-the Church from the
pew owners, who in respect of their particular estates and pews
have for time immemoriatbeen charged with he whole elpcnce
of repairing and supporting the Church, and to impose it on the
parishioners at large, the principal part of whom have tin pews
or sittings in the Church, and are now for the first time called
upon to rebuild the Church.
'That this Meeting learns with great satisfaction that in conse-
quence of the above Bill having been brought into the 1-1 nise of
Commons in manner before stated, that Honourable House has
made a standieg Order of the etith May last.
t` That when any application is intended to be made to the
House for leave to bring in a Bill for building, rebuilding, or re-
pairing any Church or Chapel, or for the purchasing or enlirging
of any Burying ;round, by Rates or Duties to be levied on the
Subject, or for altering any Act of Parihunent paved for either
of those purpose., Notice of such intended Application shall be
inserted three times in the months of /lingua and September, or
either of them, immediately preceding the Session of Parliament
in which such application is intended to be made, in some one
and the same Newspaper of the County in which such Church,
Chapel, or Burying Ground is situate; or if there is not any
Newspaper printed in and for such County, then in the News-
paper of some County adjoining thereto ; and that such Notice
-shall also be given at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
' which shall be holden for such County, at the Michaelmas preced-
ing tfle Session of Parliament in which such Application is in-
I,fetided to be made, by affixing such notice to the door of the Set-
sioniWiouse where such trneral Ouarter Sessions shall be holden."
Tgat this Meeting highly disapproveeof the conduct of those
whO, by falsehood and misrepresentations, attempted
to excite a prejudice against the opposers of the Bill, and endea-
voured to prevent its being decided upon with fairness and im-
partiality.
That it is highly important to the Inhabitants of this large and
populous Town, and other Towns in this County, and to the
Freeholders tit general, to attend particularly to the conduct of
their lteprelemitives in Parliament ; and to propose and vote at
every General Eleetien, for • such persons as are most likely to
support the rights and promote the interest of the Freeholders at
large ; and that the Freeholders present at this meeting individu-
ally hold such communication on this subject with other Free-
holders in the County as may tend to produce that effect.
That the Thanks Of this.Meetiag be returned to Sir Roamer
PEEL for his manly and persevering defence of the rights of the
Parishioners who opposed the. Bit!, and to the other Members
who joined in and supported that opposition.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to PE tea Mass..
LAND, Fig. and the other, Members of the Committee, for the
faithful discharge of the duties of their appointment, in opposing
the above Bill.

That tilC3e Resolutions be Inserted in the STAR. Courier, Son,
Traveller, Morning Chronicle, and Morning Post, and also in
the (;Lester and :Manchester Papers.
Signed by order of the Meeting,
' THOS. PARTiNGTON, Chairman.