New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-04
CHURCH TAN MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND.

(EtR(H TAN mon EMEAT IN EGOLAND.
Some tine since we gave TO our readers an account
Of Tie pcr;entOus movement against compulsory
ChurcL-tsx now rife in the parishes Of England and
Wsles. Those who read that article may remember
that this movement received its immediate impulse
from decision OF tie House Of Lords in the case OF
tie Psrsh of Braintree. affirming the principle that
q urchiax could only be legally made by arniority of
the rate-payers in vestry assembled We then stated
that general rising of parishes against being taxed by
lie minority had already begun. We have now before
lie a LET o. the various parishes of EDcind and Wales
in Which up to the end Of the year 1888 such contests
have tsAeu place with tie results in each case Tne
l.ti. sln ii not quite complete the fact that the
metropolitan press of England the natural center OF
information concerning the fragmentary movements OF
the proy noes is both mperfectly Informed and Sc
perclicusly Indifferent tie agtatons Of country life,
accounts for the great difficulty Of compiling an exact
ly tcculate list TIE place hus lett vacant is to some
extent supplied in this instance by the Society for the
Liberation Of Religion from Safe Patronage and Con-
tol date tie AntiState Church A,sociation) which
acts SIS sort OF standing counsel in the cOnluct of
ese local struggles. Whatever Information this So
ciety officially possesses is embodied below
1t appear, then that Churchtax contests have taken
place in hrtyscvo different parishes OF England and
Wales in the four months which interviewed between
the decision of tie House of Lords and the end Of
last year In twelve of these the Church parry have
bocn victorious that ID 10 say they have obtained
majority and have thus been able to levy legal rate
Those places are as follows:
Bristol r.rl.h Of : Augustine c,'liral CRY Som,Ts
A.rh Noith Wars aiLetral CITY carried By q Giaey
s.r nine dy' oil and lar use e.es. eHei.aI'i
T5rqus sy'f bt,sa iisiasl aeGp.;.ad Her.;
Rnihin. North Watsi Woodbury., Devon
,holu fioid EsseN; Cotinghlm
In one parish, Upton SaGOrdshire, the battle may
perhaps be considered drawn The Church party
proposed rate 2ld in the pound and were defeated
they however succeeded in carrying vote OF ID in the
pound The parishes where the tax has been defeated
or abandoned ere "a IN number, as follows
stockton Durham, where the Town Council directed tier Ck 20
RoSav Yorklis "a in he pound bring shout
.,bfa1y' P.i.l OF 5. EdHsu1. wills cathedral ely'
Vie "a Yerlshre. Rochdals LaaeshFe'
Iaf-ald ttitsi lesAsAue -sA. -. 49, E.r,
Eit'trine me twice defeated; He,dcoEn, Kent
iais,e south wales; UnLridse. M!diestH;
: cTu6y Lon5on; - Aane' " ss.nias.si 81, ,.
5 aisI- r,en A.. s..a r,I,h HAn"' Lanso Lane shire
This list represents every section OF the country
nol is the representation typographical one alone the
l..le rural parishes, tie country market or a'size
towns the manufacturing boroughs, up to the Metro
rotsn districts have alike moved AID pronounced and
have thereby given to this question truly national
character It's interesting to observe that in some OF
these districts the opponents ofhe proposed rate have
Superseded contest by declaring their Willingness TO
contribute by voluntary subscriptions. In one case
thew attached condition that the money raised by tue
tex was 10 be expended for the sole purpose OF repair
inc the churchroof regulating all liability for such
items as Telling tie Church Bell and Washing the
Ministers Surplices On tie other hand it is an I'M
deuable fact that in almost all those places where the
Church PARTY have proved victorious rate will never
be levied again The polls have been so close that
tie mouentaGy victory was equivalent to ultimate
defeat Tie opposition in most cases was entirely
uroreanized and extemporizcd into existence at the
,iortest notice The consequences OF these facts are
admitted by the Church party. The Morning Posf'
Hsh Church ard High Tory organ, has confessed with
sorr,w that "in short time q Church-rate viii not
.'be levied in q single parish in the kingdom and
Lord Aberdeen in answer to deputation Of Dissent
ers has promised to bring ameasure before Parliament
putting the rights Of the conflicting parties on more
harm orious footing Meanwhile every delay CONSOLE
dates tie forces OF tie AntState Church party the
Society Tor tie Liberation OF h"islOu las Ie0ei'0u
sudden secession OF lie and influence. They are no'
errsced compiling manual ior the guidance OF op
ponents Of Church domination in parish matters and
TIE oeia census Of ls5l just u this uncture throwI
teofe the racn to dsclo,e 10 it that oGt OF its seven
teen ard tbree-quar.er millions Of inhabitants on sun
Gov TIE q II March, I55l, but 297l75s attended ser
VICE at Mo,ier Church against 3llJ752 attending TIT
elspels Of Protestant D.ssenters al ne. - little
lie Church Of Epqland national church in any JUS
sense Of the term
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i EIRSITE RE- OH.
: Itisa short tine stree Mr. y P. WILLS 10 writu-
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