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AND PELIGIOIJS LIBERTY J AND A LOVER OP WnOSB FATHER WAS A, HIGH CHURCHMAJiT, ^ PRINTED FOR AND PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. YORK, UPPER CANADA, COLONIAL ADVOCATE PRESS. J. BAXTER, PRINTER. 1832, ,- '^d'^'b-S.ioO 39C- f'^7 / * Wnll As j man n inhabi enjoy. them V the Bi pressi increa erable Thar.l Fouit their i cratiu My you, t verb, JUN 2 1933 I 1 BRITISH FREEDOIWr. fVYUlen b>/ an Englitk Farmer^ a Member of the Church of England, whose Father was a High Churchman, As grittitude is the happiest disposition which can possibly exist in the hu-- man mind ; I design if possible to excite that principle in the minds of 'he inhabitants of the fine Province of Upper Canada for the privileges IheV enjoy, and get them wide awake to their own interest, thi»t they niny give them without encroachment to their children. You now possess land which the Bishop cannot tithe ; be thankful and hold fast. The enormous load now* pressing on the English farmers was not laid on them at once, but has hoen increased from generation to generation, until the burden is become intol- erable ; and such as the present generntion are determined to get rid of — Thank God for the prospect, thank God for such a King as William the Fourth, and for such ministers as Earl Grey, and Lord Brougham ; may their names be had in lasting remembrance, and handed down to future gen- erations with great honour. My Countrymen, it is much easier to prevent a burthen being laid on. you, than to get it removed after it is once laid on. Remember a wise pro- verb, " a prudent man foresecth the evil, and hideth himself, but the simple pass on and are punished." I read an account sorwe time since of an En- glishman, who wanted to find out what weight he could sustain, for thi» purpose he procured a number of different weights, with which he exer- cised himsalf, one day after another, binding them to every part of his bo- dy, such as that part to which it was bound could bare up, increasing the weights by this means, he could carry a burthen much heavier than he could have done at once ; have not the Bishops and Lords imitated that man*:; example ? It has been said by a certain Lord, that the present system has worked well ; and, that reformation for the better was impossible. It has worked well fur some who have worked ill ; but how has it worked for the public, especially for the working class 1 let us examine how, first with the farmers \ second the mechanics ; thirdly the labourers. But what have we in Cana- da to do with the farmers, mechanics and labourers in England 1 Compare your situation v/ith theirs and be thankful for your great privileges. English Farmers in the last generatJoj), held their Estates; some of them for a term of ninety-nine years, detefeained on the life of three persons specified in the lease; for those farmSi, a moderate price was paid, when purchased ; and a spiall yearly rent. In those days land owners were glad to dispose of their lands in that way; they could thereby provide for the youuger branches of their families : as their heirs, at the death of their fathers, claimed all of their fathers* «states, although their fimilies were ever so numerous, or their lands extensive. *The farmers were also glad to p.btain farms, because they could, therebVj provide comfortably lor them- ^Mslvos and families; but this kind of property cim srldoin be obtained, liesi'' cBUso the present system has worked so well for the land owiiors ; who iirc lh»^ only votiTs for the county members; that ihey have been able to pro- cure situations for their younger sons under the government ; and it was titated in a petition presented to His Majesty, whicii wis signed by one hundred thousand persons, that there were five Generals to every regiment of soldiers ; and three Admirals lo every ship of the Line ; and takinj; the land and sen seivico together, there was a commissioned officer lo every live privates; (for the truth of this, I refer you to Mr. Hunt, M. P.) At the time referred to, farmers who could not purchase leasehold farms, might rent them for twenty-one years, at a moderate rent, free of all rates t.nd taxes, and have the buildings and gates kept by their lord in proper repair; and many were allowed to cut timber also to make husbandry implements : the land owners then were not too rich to speak to their t(;ftants, and many of them did their own business, but now stewards are universally employ- ed ; and those stewards are generally lawyers. The farms are lei for seven vears instead of twenty-one, that the lawyer may be the oftener em- ployed to make deeds, for which the tenant has to pay, I have known a tenant to pay eight guineas for a deed, made for fourteen years ; when the rem did not' excised forty pounds per annum, with that in some parts of this Province you can purchase more tlian twenty acres of good land, fee- simple. When the land owners knew their tenants and conversed with ihom, there was mutual affection existing between them; they would some- tiraos'assist their tenants by advice and otherwise, if the rent could not be paid immediately when due; but now the lawyer is employed and the rent must be paid; when the demand is as unmerciful as for the Israelites to make their daily tale of bricks without straw being given them. The more far- mers arc broken down the more work for the lawyers. I have said before that the farmers had nothing to pay formerly but a moderate rent, but at present they have every thing to pay. When the lords paid the poor rates it was very little, but now it is a great sum; I have known thirteen pounds per - vear paid as poor rates, out of forty-five acres of land, six pounds per year •lor repairing highways, seventeen shillings per year to provide wine and other things belonging to the established church, sixtot-n pounds per year for tithes, instead of setting in kind, the tenth part of all tlio produce of the farm; and the farmer who occupied the forty-five acres was expected to pay one hundred iK)unds yearly, also for rent. But the tithes are the greatest evil; it has been the cause of more animosity in families and parishes, than every other evil put together; and more money has been expended in law suits than about any one thing besides in the nation. And more far- mers have been robbed of their property in consequence of the tithes than were ever converted from the error of their ways by all the tithe owners ; they are looked on as a curse by the pious clergy of the establishment ; they would gladly have something instituted more consistent with the Gospel of our Blessed Saviour. If a farmer will not tamely submit to pay ;dl the tithe owner will have him to pay ; jf he offends a collector of tithes, he has nothing to expect but a suit at law in the archdeacon's court, and he may expect as much justice and mercy as from the court of Inquisition in Ro- man Catholic countries: there is this difference, in the one a person's pro- perty is confiscated at once and he is afterwards put to a Imgermg death by one torture after another, until he dies under it; in the other, money is all .1.^-. 4. ..-.1 »Ur>^o»ii<>r it io vorx7 littlo moro than a buff-bear. if a person Ay e obtained, be^'' nwrs ; who nrc on able to pro- nt ; and it was signed by one every regiment and tukin[.> llic jlficer lo every It, M. P.) At lid I'iirms, might if all rates ond proper repair ; ry implements : ants, and manv ersally employ- I ire lei for seven 16 oftener em- have known a gars ; when the ) some parts of good land, fee- conversed with cv would some- ould not be paid id the rent must aelites to make The more far- jave said before ate rent, but at the poor rates it teen pounds per pounds per year rovide wine and lounds per year produce of the expected to pay ire the greatest :'S and parishes, een expended in And more far- the tithes than [le tithe owners; blialmient ; they h the Gospel of t to pay (ill the of tithes, he has urt, and he may quisition in Ro- e a person's pro- igering death by ler, money is all ■bear, if a Dcrson 6' lOiOWS ho\* to proceed, but they generally contrive to carry ou Ui»;w work ut. the dark ; a few only understand the court laws. A clergyman is Judge, tlutre is a Register and a few privilecod Attornius who are called Proctors of i tht court, and two others called Praetors whose business it is to cite persons 10 appear at the court when charg(!d with an offence, these compose the court and every thing is done in secret and in writing ; I am personally ac- | quainted wiih a perjon who had a suit with a tiihefirmor; this tiihu suit ■ commenced in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and was end- ed in thirty-one, it' lasted about seven months and cost the tithe fiirmer one I hundred and ten pounds. Perhaps my readers think the tithes belong to the , priest only, and do not understand what is meant by a tithe larmer. The ; tithes when first given, were given to the Piiests for their own maintenance, and the Bishops, the poor and tbo entertainment of travellers, and to keep the fabric of the chdrch in repair ; thev had no power lo lay up money, nor be- queath any thing by will ; but they arc diverted fron» their original design and are become in some cases the property of laymen. A Parson as he is properly called, owns all the tithes of his parish, a Vicar is a clergyman who owns a part of the tithes, a Lay improprietor owns the other part, and a tithe farmer is one who rents and collects tithes. The tithes are sometimes compounded for at three shillings and sixpence in the pound according to the rent paid for the farm, and I have known nv^ny instances of the Parsons influencing thn landlord to exact extortionate rent^ for the purpose of obtaining the more three and sixpences. In the Parish where my friend resided, the tithes were divided between a Lay improprie- tor and a" Vicar, all tithes except that of grain are owned by ine Vicar.--* The tithe of grain by a Lay improprietor, who let them to rent : the Vicariaf tithes advanced in that Parish between the year 1801 and 1819, nnore than four fold ; and the tithe of grain alone in the year 1819, was compounded for at six shillings and three pence in the pound according to the rated value of farms, which is three fifths of its value to rackrcnt ; this composition coniin. oed for eight years, although produce of farms diminished in value two thirds. The rent and tithes were equal to the highest price, and when tha farmer was obliged to submit to the lowest price he could raise no moro than sufficient to pay his tithes, poor rates, way raKs, church rates, and lana tax: his rent must remain unpaid, or be paid with borrowed money, \vhicll would increase his next year's expenditures, by having interest on the sunt borrowed to pay, as well as his rent. But you will ask, would not the landowner have patience with his tenant under such circumstances?—* No, but the lawyer would seize his goods for half years' rents, and in one instance a steward sent a Inwyer's letter lo demand six months rent the second day after it become due, charging five shillings for the letter, and the man's wages for a day, by whom it was sent, andthreat- oned further proceedings if it was not paid immediately : on another occa- sion, fifteen acres of grain and two horses liarness, bee use he had no» ofl"ended tho l;.w — 3dly, because if he paid any thing it would make a preceileni, and bad as the system is, the giving of twenty four hours notice would make it worse, insonuMb, that if tithes were set out in kind, universally, s.nd that notice given, the grain in a wet harvest would never be saved ; therefore, rather than give fur- ther encroachment to that horrid system, he told them, it he must gnce it round : when court day returned the firmer went to his Proctred to settle with him, if he would pay ten shillings only, as an acknowledgement of his fault, but this ho could not conscientiously do, and rather than sacrifice a good conscience, he would give 'jp his property, his liberty, and his life ; he is not much afraid of them who can kill the body, but afterwards have no more that they can do, but the farmer proposcid leaving it to two or three disinterested persons to settle the question, this the tithe farmer would not submit to, for he well kne^, if the officers of the court could do nothing for him, no other persons would; the base libel ho withheld until he was obliged to produce it, or give up the suit ; wh(-a the libel was produced at the court; the business was onward before the farmer appeared, and when he entered the room where the court was held, the Proctor employed on this case, appeared rather surprised at seeing the farmer ; as he had advised his client to settle the business without further prooeedings. He first looked the farmer in the face, the look was returned, with firmness and confidence, and in a moment the .Proctor's face was unuf sually red, which shewed him capable of a blush ; apparently filled with confusion, he covered his face with his hajid, and leaned his heiid on iiie writing table, and after a pause, he fi^tched up a deep sigh, which convinc- ed the farmer his conscience was not altogether dead, altlioughan attorney,, 1 i < ttsd a Proctor of the court. The R(?gister calls the cases over, in rotetbo/ and when the tasR was brought forward, he said, J. againsi W. for sob*' traction of tithes, the libel cailed: th^n th»« Proctor said, the libel is ready, and presented it, but with manifest reluctance. Register said the libel is produced Mr. W. will you have a copy of it. W. said I am come to an* jwer to any charge which can bo brought against nie, and I desire to know Trhat it is. Register, when will you have it, will you have it now< or will you come again, or shall I send it to you ? W. I will have it now if yoU {)ltfase. Register, you cannot have it directly but if you will wait three luurs you may have itt W. I will wait three hours rather than come again, VV. waited three hours and then called for the libel, but was in- formed the tib(^l is not copied yet, but if you will wait an hour and a half -^ou may have it •> the Rogistei's Cl«rk then asked him, if he knew ho uld have to pay for the libel. W. said no, I ha^ no idea I should have to pay for knowing what I am charged with. Clerk. Yes you will thoughv W. whitt shall I have lo pay. Clerk. Sixteen shillings and eight pente* W. I have not sixteen shillings and eight pence for such purpose. Clerk.^ you will not have it then. W. I shall not pay that price for it now. W. tvunt home and on next court day appeared again. Register. I. against W.. for subtraction of tithes, is vour answer ready Mr. W.? W. answered, I de- ny the truth of the libel. Register, how do you know, "A-hat it coniains# ^. I cone. jive I have a sufficient arquaintance with the English L;'W, to |:now I have not offended that law, therefore whatever chaigc is brought against me for subti action of tithes must be fals". Judge. That answer will not do, if you do not give in an answer in writing, u})on oath, you will bo put to jail, for contempt of Court. VV. I am quite prepared for that Sir, I liad made up my mind to that to begin. Proctor. If you are once put ta Jail, you will never come out any more. VV. I query that, for it is not long before the tithe law, and your h'.w too, will 'h^ altered, and the sooner you put me to jail, perhaps the sooner it may he. That assertion was like na olHCtrifying shock. Judge, Register and Proctors, were completely con-, founded, and tht-y covered their ffices (m shame ; the Register being tho oldest and longest in the CourC recovered his shock fust, and said, the law tvas made for us, and while it is law we must abide by it : they knew it was no time then for putting a man to jail about tithe, unless they wished to havi' the jail torn down. The tithes were got into too much disrepute, and the indignation of the people was generally routed against them : go in what company you please, the clergy and the tithes have been the theme of late years, and few have spoken of either with much admiration; the ofTicv^rs of the court themselves, cannot say any thing in defence of the Sysren. May God Almighty remove speedily such a disgrace and cnrse aa !he Ecclesiastical Laws, and the tithes ! However the farmer found if he did not answer to the libel according to the custom of the court, he would offend the law, the'«fore to avoid off<^nce, he laid the demand, and took the libel, wrote an answer, and gave it into the . ourt, upon oath. A copy of v/hich I shall here insert, except the names of the peisons concerned* The tithe farmer I shall ;all, R. J., the farmer M. V\'. there were two Others a father and his json, whom I shall call C. and G. one of the Proc«' tors I shall call P. bodmin, I2th November, 1830. In the name of God, ainen, before you the worshipfull, John Sheepshank^ Obrk, Master of Arts, Arcbdeacoo of the ArchdeacoDijf of CornwaU^ U^r— ■ ^ ---- 3vei-, in rotatioO^' insi W. for sob*' he libel is ready, said the libel is am come to an* I desire to know ) it nowj or will fe it now if you I will wait three ither than come bel, but was in" hour and a half if he knew ho !H I should have you will though? and eight pent-e* urpose. Cltrk*^ for it now. W. sr. I. against W.. answered, I de- I'hat it coniains# English L;'W, (o aigc is brought Phat answer will ath, you will bo red for that Sir, I are once put ta for it is not long I rhe sooner vou tion was like aa completely con-, lister being the nd said, the law t : they knew it ess they wished much disrepute, jainst them: go been the theme admiration; tho defence of tho ICO and curse aa mer found if he court, he would mand, and took. oath. A copy ions concernedt. there were two >ne of the Proc^ »«w6«r, 1830. m Sheepsh.ink^ V of Comwalij h .Kwfully constituted, your olticial or lawfui surrogate, or any'other ««inp*t«4i|jl Judijo ill tuis belialf, the Procior of R. J., now or late, the Lessee or farnior of the great tithes of the parish of Pelynt, within the said Archdeaconry against M. \V. of the same parish, yeoman, and against all and every other person or persons lawfully intervening or appearing in judgment for hinri^ before yc-j by way of complaint, and hereby complaining unto you in this behcdf, dpth say, alledgo and by his writing in law articulately as follows^ TO WIT : Firsts That the said R. J., on the first day of June, in this present yi ar of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and from thenceforth hitiiorio hath been, and until the first day of Oc ober in the same yenr, was Lessee and Farmer, lawfully possessed of, and entitled to all manner oftithds of corn .'irid grain and other great tithes arising, growing, increasing and ro» nowing within tho said parish of Pelynt and the titheable places thereof, and during the said time hath been and was accounted, reputed and taken to be the Lessee and Farmer thercnf, and this was and is true, public and noto- rious and well known to the said M. W. and the party proponent dotb allege and propound of any other time and place as shall appear from tho proofs and confessions to bo made in this caitsc and every thing in this and the subsequent articles of this libel contained jointly and severally. Pelynt, January 2nd, 1831. Answer. — In the name of God, amen, before you tho worshipful Johp ^Sheepshanks, Clerk, Master of Arts, Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall, lawfully constituted, your official or Uwful Surrogate, or any other Ctunpetent Judge. I, M. W. farmer of the said parish of Pelynt, with- in the said Archdeaconry in answer to the charge of R. J. in partnership with C, of the said Parish, Lessees or farmers of the Sheave Tithe of *he Parish o( Pelynt, within the siid Archdeaconry, before you by way ol? ■defence, and hereby answering unto you, do say and alledge, and by writ* ing as follows: I deny the truth of the libel produced against me, by the said R. J. on the twelfth of iSovember, 1830. Answer. — First — That the said R. J. had not an exclusive right to rot eeive the Sireaf Tithe of tho parish of Pelynt, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, there being a joint Lease, for seven years, be- tween C. and R. J. of which two years are unexpired, he never was tar ken to be the only Lessee and farmer of the Sheaf Tithe of the parish of Pelynt, by mo M. W. as proof hereof the said C. in the year J 829 came on my farm himself and took the tithe of a field of wheat, and he or hi^ son G. sent and took all the tithe I grew for that year. Second — That the right of receiving taking and having all manner of Titho of Corn and Grain, and all other great tithes arising growing hap« poning increasing and renewing within tho said Parish of Pelynt and the Tiiheable places thereof, and especially the tithes mentioned in the schedule hereunto annexed (which schedule tho party proponent prays .Tiay be here read and inserted ind to which tho said party proponent doth lefer) frona tho said first day of June in this said present year, and from thenceforth hitherto and until the said first day of October in this same year, did ap- pertain and belong to the said R. J. as Lessee and farmer thereof, and thi8 was and is true, and tho said M. W. doth in his conscience believe the saraa to bo true, and the party proponent doth allege and propound concerning any other tithes as shall appear from the proofs and confessions hereafter ti» ho made in hi? oause and as befQrq« I 12 Avg.—S^pronfl — That the ri^ht of receivin": taking and having all rnao- Bier ol' Siieiif Tmio irising or ji;rowing in ihe said Parish of Pelynt, in the yp,»r 1830, ditl not belong to tlie said U. J. srparntely, but to C. and R. J. joinUy, for in consequence of a complaint made to the Lay improprirtor of the tithes that the said R. J. had refused to give many of the farmers a price to compound for their Tithes, the Lay injproprieior applied himself to the said C. and requested him to resign tlie Lease which was in his pos- session up to the eleventh of Novembi-r. Third— That the said M. W. in the months of June, July, August and Sopi(-mber, in this present year one thousand eight bundled and thirty or some or one of them all and singular the titheable matters and things m«'n- tioned and specified in the schedule annexed to these presents (which sche- dule the pnrt^ proponent prays may be here read and inserted) forthcoming increasing, arising, growing, happening and renewing all or some of ihem wifhin the parish of Pelynt aforesaid, and the titheable places of the same, either by himself, or some other person or persons belonging to him, haih received, held and possessed, and hath had converted and applied the same to his own use, but the party proponent doth allege and propound concern- ing any other titheable niitters and things as shall ?ippear from the proofs and confessions hereafter to be made in this cause and as before. Ans.— Tliird— That I, M. VV, in the month of August in the year be- fore snentioned by myself did set forth the tithe of one field of barUy, io the presence of R. J's trusty workman, which was taken by the said R. J. or his deputy, and quietly carried away. Fourth— That the value of the titheable matters and things by the said M. W. received held and possessed (as before set forth) hath been was and is in the cojrmon estimation of men worth the respective sums in the sche- dule hereunto annexed, specified and contained, and the party proponent doth propound and allege of any other value of the titheable things afore- said as shall appear from the confession and proofs hereafter to be made in this cause and as before. Ans. Fourth— That I, M. W. have not withheld any part of the tithes mentioned in the Libel, and the schedule thereunto annexed as specified. Fifth— That amongst the laws and statutes of this Kingdom and espe- cially in the 13th Chapter of the Session of Parliament of Edward the Sixth late King of England held at Westminster in the second and third years of his Reign, it was and is ordained enacted and provided in the words or the like following, (to wit.) And be it also enacted by the authority aforesaid, that at all times whensoever ami as often as any predial tithes shall be due at the tithing of the same ii shall and may be lawful to every party to whom any of the said tithes ought to be paid or his deputy or steward to view and see their said tiihes to be justly and truly set forth and severed from the nine parts and the same quietly to take and carry away. And if any person carry away his corn or hay, or his other predial tithes, before the tithe thereof be set forth, or willingly withdraw his tithes of the same, or of such other things whereof predial titlus ought to be paid, or do stop or let the Parson, Vicar, Proprietor, Owner or other their deputies or farmer ;, to view take and carry away their tithes, as is aforesaid by reason thereof the said tithe or tenth is lost, impaired or hurt, that then upon due proof thereof being made before the Spiritual Judge or any other Judge before whom heretofore he might have made complaint, the party so carrying away 'withdrawing, letting or stopping shall pay double th» value of the tenth or she, so t{ :h.i;iS' s, i le-iia-'tial ly propon Ans. — is Liwt'ul lieinselvt vered froi to the Ec notice ou Sixih- parisli of hours noi of their i and alleg Ans.- usiiai for thing as notice hi in this 01 Sii'^af T fo rmiid J tiiij sam< said R. that I c< Sever months thousan th" tilh( some ing to 1 from th been til teiiiii p and pr( said, f( or com and ap alty o( paid as Ans year b^ bound dill no ing of being ing fai Pelyn in the give r twelvt anil i iving all rnfitt- Pelynt, in the to C and R. y impropriptor the farmers a pplied hinisolt' fas in his pus« y, August and and thirty or id things m«'n- s (which scho- d) tbrthconiing some of iht!m •s of the same, to him, haih plied the sume ound concern- rom the proofs ore. in the year be- of barUv, io the said R. J. igs by the said I been was nnd ns in the sche- irty proponent things afore- to be made in »rt of the tithes 1 as specified, ioni and espc- )f Edward the ond and third ed in the words y the authority 3dial tithes shall I every party to y or steward to th and severed Mwny. And if I tithes, before of the same, or I, or do stop or ities or farmer ;, reason thereof upon due proof (r Judge before J carrying a« ay of the tenth or Le so taken, lost, withdrawn or carried iway, over and besides the com.. C? , . !.d ( xoe. ses of the .uii, the same (o be r.'Coye.v'"«'^ EcdesiasUcal Laws; and the par- t .-.---;-VC=n^ li 't::: S^^tatutes of this Kingdom it uTvXnx '^ m rdirto the usage of ihe said parish, give twenty tnui *"i:sTsu.hlTr-om the year 1813, to the year 1826, it had not been usutr {.r th:f..m.rs of F.lynt, to th.ow out their ft'-; t-efore no such th,„« as dvin^ twenty four hours notice existed, and since that time every L':;;L"hSIlTn'taUe^ even within one hour. ^^^^^^1:^:^^ in this one instance of my case ; and C, one of the Lessee ^ ''rn'^rs "^ t Su.af Tithe of the parish of Pelynt, some time «'"^,^/.'^^„y^^^^ ^^^,,1,"^ formed Mr. Joseph Leach a farmer in the said parish if ""^ "^ J'^^ ^'^f " th s .me morning he intended to carry his grain that was sufficient, an 1 he laid R J accepted my notice given him in the morning ot the same day that I cairiod my fust field ot barley. • i m VV in the Seventh-Tuat notwithstanding the premises, the said M'^V; >" ^^^^^ „ 'uhs of June, July, August and September, y'^u^XurZ^Z thousand eicrht hundred and thirty, some or one of them a 1 and sin^uiai rttheablo matters and things in the subsequent schedule contained or sle of tl em? eitlier by iiimself or some other person or persons belong- 'g" o hir!. l";h had, /eceived, subtracted, withdrawn --\^T\^ from thH place or places whereon the same grew or arose and ought to have [: th^d withoSt fairly dividing, separating, or setting onh the t. hos o tenth part thereof, from the other nine parts, and without giving the usual and piCr notice to the said R. J. the then Lessee and Farmer as afore- s"idfo receiving and carrying away the same, and without compensation or c'ompo U .!i with the said r' J. tbr such tithes, and hath had converted ^nd 3 d the same to his own proper use and benefit, '"-•-;g/'- j'^; alty of double the value of the said predial tithes, so subtracted and not 3 a aforesaid, .nd the party proponent doth propound and a lege as befo e *^ An8— Seventh-That I, M. VV. on the second of September m tho yefr bdbre mentioned had a field of barley, four acres «"'';!-« 'l-;;;-^ bound and pitched up in fives in the atternoen of tho preceding day, but 1 S; not intend carrying it until the fourth of S^p-'»^-. .^"V;;; ^J^^^ ing of tho second, the weather then dry appeared likely o change, and h ro beln. an eclipse of the Moon in the evening I was advised by a neighbour- inTf^rmer and two other men. one a respectable tradesman of the P^^'f "^ Pelvnt to carry the barley in the afternoon ; and soon after eight o clock in the morning I dispatched my son a lad about thirteen y«;^" « «g.N to give notice to' the said R. J. that he might see h.s t.the ^;*» ^'/' ,' ^'^^ twelve o'clock at noon; mv son returned about half past nine o cloct l«r.nformod me that Mr. R. J. said " tell your father I will send some /! [ti and SHI ainut whi isos, he reserved An*. — UP and 1 within tl 14 '^rson If possible :" the notice was delivered and the answer given fn th'( presence of CliariosE. Collinfis and Thomas VVillcocks.and the said R. J. ha acknowledged to Mr. Cliarles Fiddick, a farmer of Pelynt, that ho told my so lie would send siwne person if possible, and that he imended to have sent somi person, but he was so very busy saving his irow of oats it was not convenien to send a m;in. I waited for R. J. or his deputy until after one o'clock, am then havinjj three men whose characters are unimpeachable, I thought it right for me to begin to save my nine parts, and to set out the tithe, which| my favou was done by setting out the tenth sheaf: the first raking was set out bound.) jors ; am the second not bound, as I did not bind my own : on the following morning ko me for the said R. J. had notice that their tithe in Curdwon Highground was set^ ious thou out, but he neglected to cany it away ; on the morning of the 18th of 8epi. has expoi tomber I sent Mr. R. J. a written notice to take off the tithe: on thetwen- The S lieih of September Mr. P. sent C. and R. J. no ice to take off their tiilw first— which they still neglected to do. It rem lined twenty days after being se^^ . ^jj] fiarated from the nine parts, and then I dried the tithe and carried it to ad , j^j^. ,1^^,. -Qomer of the same field, (hwched and fenced it where it now remains. Iment or Eighth — That the said M. VV. hath been often, or at least once asked andl ,„jg requested to pay, give and deliver to the said R. J. or to his Deputy, Proo^P" - - * 401, Steward, or Agent for his use the tithes so subtracted and withdrawn asi -'iforesaid, or the value thereof, but notwithstanding the premises he refuses •and defers eO to do and the party proponent doth propound and allege as before. Ans. — Eighth—Tliat I, M. W. never attempted to prevent the said Q. or R. J, from carrying away the tithe before mentioned. Ninth — Thit the said M. \V. was and is an inhabitant of the said parish of Pelynt, within the Archdeaconry of Cornwall aiid by reason therpof subject to the jurisdiction of this court; and the party proponent doth pro- found and allege as before. Ans.— Ninth— -That I, M. W. was and am an inhabitant of the «aid parish of Pelynt within the said Archdeaconry of Cornwall and by reason thereof subject to the jurisdiction of this court and therefore pray for pros Jtection against the false and malicions charges contained in the libel. Tenth — That of and concerning the premises it is on the part and behalf" of the said R. J. rightly and duly complained to yon the Archdeacon Offi- cial or Surrogate aforesaid, and to this Court; and the party proponent dotb propound and allege as before. Ans. — Tenth — That of and concerning the charges contained in the libel i, M. VV. clearly and plainly proving to you, the Archdeacon, Official or Surrogate as aforesaid and to this Court, that the said R, J, never bad ang" just cause fif complaint. Eleventh — That all and singular the premises were and are true public and notorious and thereof there was and is a piiblick voice fame and report of which legal proof being made the party proponent prays right and justice to be done and administered unto him and his parly in the premises, and that the said M. VV. be condemned in double the value of the said predial tithes so as iforesaid substracted, withheld, carried away and not paid, and also in all lawful costs made and to be made in this cause on the part and behalf of tho sai I R. J. humbly praying a sentence or final decree to compel the said M^ W. to pay as well tho tithes and tho double value of the said predial tithes, as also the costs and expences of this suit, and further to do ftnd decree in <1te premises ^ihat shall be lawful in this behalf not obliging hiipself to prov* acres, wi and to h tho sam pounds u cording. That ] ^eld abc quietly < four acn lings ; n price. Mr. I timooy i ^uch as •as an h quaintai opinion and of 'rXtt able ivhich : neighbt Wet the cot been p R. J. ti bel in t been gi and no whose believe #re ill 15 3wer given in thli the suid R. J. Ii lat ho told my so to have sent sum as nut convenien one o*clock, an lie, I thought ii ■tl «nd «'ngular the premises nor to the burihon of u superQ..oiis prooi,. 0- • .t „,rr he iHOtests ; and prap that so far as he shall prove w the pre- r T m y oE in t'hls hi! p/tition, the honefit of the law being always es'ived. humbly imploring the aid of your office .» tins behr.l . ::^C^ :^^ ^-^e tolS:;^, e^^en. iom^i., waste of.n^ and .n. jhground was sei ious thoughts, which it has occasioned mo. also to. the dan.ei the 18th of 8ep.*^ -^ -*■"" ''"'' ''*""*^- has exposed my reputation and liberty. The Schedule of which mention is made in the preceding Libel. V ♦ Th.t tWp said M W. in the months libelled or m some or one ol Jr^IX^:^^^^^^ o"f Pelynt and the lineslimi.s and the t th- Im. olacrthereof, held occupied possessed and enjoyed one or more tene- .w remains. iten or^^^^^^ or estates of the yearly value of one .mndred .t once asked and! "'J^.'^'j^ or some greater or less sum on which had been growmg or grown is Deputy, Procv P;ah in'the saJd time thirty acres cf barley, or some gieater or less number o and withdrawn as? Teres which he cut down, reaped, mowed, plucked up, gathered and saved ^ 3mises he refuses ^^a tot own use, ben;fit and advantage, took and converted, or cuiised nd and allege asCl" l^me to be so done, every acre of the said barley being worth welvo p::ur:^co.^nrto the common estimation the tithe or tenth being wi.b ac. vent the said C.JlL-j'.nir M I cording. ANSWER TO THE SCHEDULE. )f the said parish y reason thereof; tant of the «aid| all and by reason jre pray for pro» I the libel. 3 part and behalf" krchdcacon Offi- f proponent doth lined in the libel sacon, Official or , never bad an^ That I M. W. did grow on my estate two fields of barley one of which ^ Jl'^iout two aciJand a half, Mr. R. ^'r^rH^i^^^^^^j:' y rt-asuii uiMrfui; ^ , , ^ ^ ^^ a„d a halt, Mr. K. J. seni u..u iuu.v ....- ^. - v,-, - ponent doth pro-; *^ ;\iy ""'r Jd the same away as before mentioned, and the othdr tidd about 'Jo'cres'and three quarters^ the tiHie of which was -rih ab^it fiity s il. lings; none of the aforesaid tithes could I purchase of Mr. R. J. ai .m> ^'Mr M. W's character and the public voice, &r. I hereby give my tesv tJmnnv to the chiructer of M. W., farmer of Cardwen in this parish, in terms, Tc^aVl conceive he! is d Irving of; I have not heard that his .epu'.atum rLhLorXman was ever 'called i" q-stion ; from the personal ac« nuah" ance I have had with him during about two yeais, I have formed .m Tplln :? his being of upright and honest l-in^iples, s.du c.is in busine.^ and of sober and religious habits: the knowledge of "s duty o Uod, as i 'm able and bound to sav, has constant influence on his life and ->nduct, oa ;?iich account, I think him incapable of committing wilful injury on hi^ neighbour. [«igncd] HE^RY THOMAS D\'KE, Vicar of Pelynt. We the undersigneo farmers und inhabitants of the parish of Pelynt in the coin^ of Cornwall, having been informed that certain charges have been produced against Mr. M. W., farmer of the aforesaid pansh by M . I are true public fame and report right and justice remises, and that I predial tithes so d, and also in all and behalf of tho inpel the said M.. id predial tithes, In find decree in hiiQself to provi^ R J iithe farmer of the a'foresaid pa^-'sh, under the name and (orm of a Ii- ^e'lt the Ec Tesiastical Cour. in which it is said, that he the sa.d M. W. hath bee'gu Ity of subtraction of tithes, and that this Im sa d act is k-wn pubhc^ and notorious, a tame thereof having gone abroad ; this is to testify a vc whose names are hereunto subscribed have not heard of such a lame a.id ^.o wnose names die 1 charges therein preduct^l frjB ill founded. LG tn !i ■il , „ ,.. Pclitnt, Javuary 2Hth^ 1831, J-onntlmnK. IVeery, Church- Thoraag Slade, JoHepli Le.icli, wiinii/i. Williiiin Crapp, Thomas Slade, Joiiii lioskeliy, Ueujamiii May, Thuiuus Hales, Itu.idlo lluiikiiig, John Hockun, Jonathan Hill, J l.,uuai Hr.iuit, James AlRcr, CharlcH Fidilick, \v il.i^iin De^fble, William Harding, Hcurv titovens. William Vlorshend, Mjrii tile oommencempnt of ilin libel and compare the libel with the an- Swim-, fjuw can the sacred name of God be more profaned than it is by pre- fixing it lo such lies as ar«' contiuned in the libel 1 Fiuhaps my readers will be anxious to know how this suit ended ; the far- m.-r atteiided the court once after qivinp in his answer, and was th<'n asked, by a Proctor, Mr. M. W. have you conquered them? M. VV. answere-!, I am come to see. Proctor, You have given them a hard blow, I bflieve, but you must not attribute your success to the method you have adopted in yourdcftnce, M. VV. I shall attribute my success to the goodness of my cuiso : so the suit on. led, but the farmer w;is paid nothing "or the injuiy done him. Behold the justice of that court, in which Ciises are decided not accordmg to equi'y, but ficcording to the custom of the court. M, W. was inforitied by an officer of the court that h<' w^is once in the court when a pious m.in Sill us Judge, by whom a c;iuse was to be decided, and the pious Judge said, I consider the cause ought to be decided thus ; but said the Proctor, thai wouid be deriding it according to equity ; but cases ;.ie not decided in this court according to equity, but according to the custom of the court. When we consider the wisd<-ni of tlie British Nation, and look at the free p(M>pl(!, of whom there h;is been so much b<»;ist, we »re naturally in- clined to think ibe titht-s jiie, or out;ht lo be of s(,me benefit to the nation, ior if ir was not a grout good theii wisdom would remove it ; for it is very clear, if it cannot be proved that it is a gresit good, it cnn easilv be prov- ed a great evil, for the tenth of the produce of all the land, is not a lieht burden v/hich includes \ tenth pirt of all the ingcnuiiy, time, strensjth, ind money, laid out in agriculture. The Bishops hiive asserted thnt thev do not ] exact all they have a power to ex ict ; that is partly true, for they well know ^ if t\w tithes were exacted universally as they ;ire in some instances, that : the British public would h:\ve swept awny the tithes lonsr since; but al.ho' It is not univers:dly done, it is done frequently, and therefore the sufferers are nothing the belter for it, although ir is not universal. But .'re the lith benefit to the common we dth? I ask Mgain, can that he for the common w-ealth which tends to prevent the Inbouring poor from being employed, and the wiste hinds in Eujil md from belnir cultivnted ? The pasture L'nds pay very little tithe, but when the faimer has been to the expence of culti- vatiori, the titheowner puts forth his claim, and when a tenth part of the pro- duce is taken out, the remnining nine parts will not pay for cultivation, and therefore the labourers are out of employ, and the Bii'ish public de- prived of the produce that would otherwise be raised, and the 1 bourers reduced to the necessity of seeking ptirochial relief; besidfs, if a tenth jiart of the prodnco raised is claimed, by the tithe own. r, free of expence for culiivation, how ^^an the labourers receive a proper reward for theii toil ? The farmers are thereby prevented from obeying an nposfolic injunction ; Masters, give unto your servants thit which is just and eqii d. But are not Uie liihs's necess.'rv to promote the interests of ndigionf I ask axpMnce of culii- I part of I he pro- y for cultivation, li'ish public de- d the 1 bourers s, if a tenth part of ex pence for ■d for iheii toil ? olio injunction ; >l. But are not ! ask a oo family, aad Wr ''I Id -^*Vos Irts llrtios onco a year by composition. And lio prepares a very nl'cfe dinner for his parishioners, to induce ihem to iittend the tilho paying, and the day after his lithe feasi he rides ofl'to (lie Bank and deposiles his cash uid thrit he 1 for ;)turns however distressing the case. lie is now too old iind inlirm to ofl'iciate in the Church. And for some years past he lias employed a Curate, and per- haps his Curate receives £lOO per year ; and out of his moderate income, the Curtite ofl'ured to subscribe £2 lo buy coals for the poor, and he solicited tho Rector to do likewise; but the Recior's income was not enough for him to Iind any thine lo yive to the poor. A few years since I drove a fat Bullock lo slaughter through the parish, and when I came in sight of the Alms House, the Rector drove his carriage before the Alms House door, which W.IS soon fdled with poor women who were gazing after the Parson, and as I icissed the door, the womrn accosted me thus : which shall we kill, your Bullock or the Parson's. I was shocked at being asked such a question, and said with a degree of warmth, neither I hope. How could you dare ask such a question? And they said, we think your Bullock might supply our present want ; but the Parson received his tithes yesterday, and he is car- rying away all his inoney to the Bank, and that would last us .for some time, that is one specimen to prove that the tithe does not tend to promote the religion of love. Sensuality and wealth are generally united, for man is naturally sensual, and wealth furnishes him with means to gratify his natural propensities. Hence, it is enquired, how hardly sh ill a rich man inherit the kingdom of God. Tiiheowners are generally rich men, and their wealth is not only a curse to the public generally ; but in most instances a curse to themselves also, for intemperance is by no meaas properly discountenanced, and some of those who pretend to preach the Gospel,' but who do it for the sake of iilthy I'Jcre, are frequently intoxicated by drinking the fire waters as the In- dians say. And debauchery is by far too prevalent, and cannot always be kept a secret. There was a titheowner in England when I left, who has hid seven illegitimate children by one kept Miss; he had a housekeeper whom lie seduced and begat st'veral children by her before it was publicly known: those children were secretly put to nurse, to a woman who pretended they were her own children, but it so happened, that Miss had two children at one birth, and this took place a short time before their yearly revel, [at gome places in Enghnd they have annually what is called a revel, and commenced as is supposed at the dedication of their Parish Church, and the yearly return of that Sabbath is called Feasten Sunday, on which Feasting begins, and has been (sometimes) kept up through the week ; that custom as well as the tithes were derived from popery, and ought to be protested against, as being anti-christian,] and to prevent suspicion, althtf in a very improper state. Miss joined the jovial party in a dance, by which means she took cold, and became almost blind ; by chance at that time, there was in the neighbourhood, a very celebrated physician, to whom sh» applied for advice, and he told her, you have taken cold after your laying jn ; she answered, that is impossible, for I never had a child ; but he positively asserted again, you have taken cold after your'laying in, ani there being several ;)ersons present, when it was spoken, it led to further •nquiry, and it was found that she had five children and that by a Rev. of the establishment, and although it became publicly known, he did not mar> ry h»r, bnt cohabited with her, ia th» same unlawful jaanaer, and begjBt rjivo chill iticl ,)ret IJefon |cullcd b; jcnuse ail Jtlio niee 1 of tlie c be was s and torn uiiswerf casiiiti, I tho disc llU'ftillf! the Anv descript pie in tl tho spei Ht)»e d« unid, pr the iiiiti Icurn tl they wi mix wil ill opini they Ih Last drcsec coatnin aud ye< tithes \ ritual fa a pb^^i physici call bii prove I Lord tion th works but it I Befd rity to years > tbeir r precet of con taking prenti whom more netwl more the tl( and 01 Ijetbrc on th by lot ken it tices those childr all th nil hi !i7e Th by 'ch inoue some (lrinl( do sii spirit ciiiiis spiril AS it oparos a very nfcfe ! tillio paying, and deposiU's his ciisli chaiiiablo purposes il'irm to ofliciate in a Curate, and per- jderate income, tlic ind lie solicited tlio «?nough for liiin to Irove a fat Bnliock sight of the Alms House door, which le Parson, and as shall we kill, your ich a question, and uld you dare ask might supply our fjy, and he is cnr- i us /for some time, fid to promote the naturally sensual, turai propensities. 3rit the kingdom of A'ealth is not only se to themselves lanced, and sonie ) it for the sake of 3 waters as the In- cannot always be n I left, who has lousekeeper whom s publicly known; o pretended they id two children at yearly revel, [at lied a revel, and rish Church, and •unday, on which rh the week ; that , and ought to be suspicion, a\th(f dance, by which nee at that time, ian, to whom sh» after your laying a child ; but he •ur^laying in, an4 it led to further [iat by a Rev. of , he did not mar- anaer, and begjaS [sfo children more publicly by the snmc intl ,)reteinled to b« a teacher of christiuuity. 19 woman, nnd when f left Hngland he held bin tilh«» hefore 1 left iM.fil.ind I hncl the pleiiMirt >)f culled by seven magislrales, (the rtheritl bavn cnu^e and petitioning for constitutiouiil 1 arlian ItendiiiR n county nieetiiig which hi'd hern ig refu»»il,) for the |)Ur|io«e « f iidvooiiir.t ihe ...Hni.f itinnii.tfiorconMiiuuou.il . ..rlianientnry Keforni : MVernl jtentlewi.n nddr«f.-ed Z meS n rngsVXn^^w^^^^^ "obie minded public -pirited nnd very worthy cie.pn.«.i f , .1 nhnrrh of l-^ who had advocated the reform cauNC Inr thirt> years, ni.d while he waVSiu"/.orepe^^^^^^^^ knew he was conuc.-.ted with the tithe., naid in a d.^tmct " Mtl^l tmi. tlie t itbeM the tithef. are our greatest grievance, and the noble clergyman ""^J,rrP.rr^hnll have HO oMec on to enter into a discussion of that subject on a proper oc- !!.'^ion bu\\v^rnust TnrB^^^^^ Heform firsi, and then we will get at the tithes- all t rdiscernirg^ ou^^^^^^^^^^ church of Kn^land di.-like the titbes; there were at that !i^ti ir/ome eleBiut speeches delivered, shewing the great want of reform and nttributmR ■ ? l^^lr■om rBSlmarv w^^^ the war with France and all the complicated evil, ot every Vi^r.S nderlS tL E S^ groan to the want of a just representation of the pco- description. « der wl '^^^^ After the nu-etiuK n Purs,.n's clerk said, no.,.' of to Ipelker "hale ruck Vthno^^ the evils, now if I had had to speak I .hould havo the '•Pe^""' .h m Pifher of them I was surprised to hear him speak in that manner, .u.d S iaTwhitwoS you h"vL said /Te ai.slvered. infidelity is the cause of all miseries in ti e uSrndthrcK are the chief cau-eof that intidel.ty fo. they go to the clUp.'. a,.. {!. m tl.rtSofai'un^)», and tbey get to work in the shop of a re.j ory or vicaraj-e and th'ev iul 2il e moTof that shop that they can. they repr.ha.e all gospel mm.Mers an, mix S tl.e gentry and nobility ia their customs and vain an.uwemci,t», confi-nMug h..m opTniou tbaf ?her? is nothing L religion but n name and thereby shewing to the work- that Vh.!y tlieraselves are lovers of pleasure mo" than of ^Jod. Last year a gentleman who stiled himself Cuthbert Ke J ast year a gentleman wno siiiea u.m.c. v.uw..... --Don, Esq of Htanhope Castle, ad- 1 vLh ..».«*.♦ \liii..qtv coiBDlaininir of tithes, nnd stated that the pans!. .,f ^stallho,..•. c'otned ]§."(» in\.abta^^^ tithe- of that parish were worth £(i.mo a ve.jr «ud vet the bishop ot Exeter held the tilhos in connection with the b.shoprick ; he said tho ?Uherwerl iiven to the priest for spiritual benefits received bj the j.eople, but if those spi- ItuaiSu. are withheld, what right have the priests to the tithes; if a sick mau em^loAed nSSan MbTphysio au left lim in the bands of an apothecary, what right would thrj ShvfinavVto be paid .' be also stutod. they tak« a man and put a mitre on his head and Sll Wm Rijht Reverend Father in God. « mopsy of mortal ™nke, whom (.od can never ap- nrovc nor man esteem. Are not both the custom nnd title nntichnstian 7 . ^ ?ord Rl^J^io DrcsentinB a petition against the tithes, said there were no abuses in the na- tion tftt&hKtfoundrn excuse for except the tithes it hath been "a'd'he Co'" I -iw works well, eoloujal slavery works well, corrupt parliaments and heavy taxation work .veil, '"i2riTeft"El;gKl'.ite^:^^^^^^ "«" y ^sslons where the magistrate, have legal autho- nitvtX bind poor cSldren who are nine years of age apprentices until they are weuty one ^ears of ngc^tho custom has been to blud them on parishioners .according to the value ot their rateifproperty At that meeting I saw Mr. M. W. of whom mention is made in tho SUSihei; hcLd been there many times on the same errand (and through the influenco nf some nerso wMcli was the tithe farmer before noticed, he was there to appeal against ?ak nga pSh SrcnUce, the grounds of hi. appeal were four-first that he had one ap- SSeon asmal farm of about fortv acres .ind six children of his own, the eldest o whom about thirteen years of age, whilst a farmer of the same parish, occupied a farm ol mor^ value, but had no apprentice-secondly, in the same parish there was a Rev. Baro- net whoowned many thousands of acres of land and occupied rated property in the p.irish, m.irrthan three times the value of his forty acres, aud yet he had „» appren ,ce-tbirdly, CtilhVheSd no apprentice although rented at more than :«)0 pounds ster ing per year, and origi. ally given f.>r the maintenance of the poor--f..urtbai.d lastly, about twom..nthH Ko?c the parish officers had called a legal vestry, and parishioners entered an agre.-ment Sn the r vestry Tok not to hind any more apprentices but that they should betaken V lot without binding, that was acted on for once nnd the most desirable children were ta- kL inTt at way and the refuse were brought to the meeting thai day to be bound appren- tices until they were twenty one years of ace, aud whatsoever disease <" "cc.denf befell those childrcudirrinE their apprenticeship, the farmer must he at the loss and help the other chXen f requrrerout of ife poor rates ; M. W. set forth the injustice of the cas... with all the^iower^s of h s soul, but the magistrates were all tithe owners, an.i lheref..re deaf to HI his complaints, an nppreutioe they bound on him in spite of all be stad; you in Canada "ayenonenf those things to complain of. therefore be thankful. ,. ., . . , The next class to beSoticed are tho mechanics, nnd much of their distress is occasioned by "heir intemperance, ignorance nnd prejudice, poor as t jev are manv ot them can find uLe?to spend ia gin. and will spend it if tl.eir wives and children starve t.)r want of bre_ad, some dinic from custom, others fircomo.my and others because they like it, som« say they drink to drown sorrow and others to inspire them with diabolica courage to ennhle them f.> do " ch tnin-s as they dare not if thev were perfectly sober. (The rommon use of ardent; spiri s s "meotable, especially in our enlightened age and country -.the most learned physi- cians bear their united testimony, that they possess "o nouri^hniK nu/hties, and ,f anfAt soirits are taken as JisUmuius to rai*e the nerves vvfieiidepre-ei., ..it.!" ••>•• j....;...... ... is it raises during its excitement iu the exact proportion it tends to depress afterwards:; f'" ll: 20 drinkinst fpiriN stiipiftr. the «cni«e« nnd in n wnite of mrtnev nnd time nnd proventn e^ucaJ lion 111!' miii.l l).'r,i..,ie« t flf.iii.iaie Bud filled with pnjiulicei. nndJhey do not kiiou tli TftiM.ijcei of t-'ntirtdit and ihti other Urnish r.olni T•■■> J W14 »^ii *■■< iij 1 iiv J Infill r-uiu pe- \g» per (lay, 1 know u younj; nmn whose urinle otiered to pay J^W) lor hi* itiiKiinii. e would uol g'l; such are the pr«juUices t j{lisbmen hive for their native abode, that thouHandi of them were never '10 mile's (romi tlie smoke of their own chimiiey; if their mind-* were hetter informed, thev would be deli. .1 .k°'" *"«".<;"'Wi''h prejudices, nnd w. uld »eek their hread in Mime I'.ther pnrt ot the world, they would not live in Hnjfhnd to ii.crense tithe owners ueiiltb and enslave Ibeir chiKiren. All men have nn attachment to their birth phire nnd wish to remain there; the Ur.eiilandcr-..the inhabitersoflhc Scilly Uien near the land's end in Lnjjinnd, and the Whet- land imiiders at the north ..f Scotlnnd are nil fond of their own country althuujfh their lands ar..' nniurnlly barren, nnd such are their prejudices that they would rather remain at home lu poverty than no nhrond ioi comfortable «ubsistence. Canada is a parndi^e when compn. red with some places ; its sod is nnturnlly productive, strawberries, rnspberries, cranber. ries. blackberries, whortleberries, gooseberries, currants, cherries, plumbs and icrupeg grow without culture, nnd bv cultivation every necessary of life, nnd manv luxuries, wl-ent, oariey, rye, oats, peas, nnd indian corn, potatoes, turnips, beets, carrots and onions, cabbi.jies and various herbs too numerous to mention, pumpkins, squashes, melon* and cucumbers in 'ibundnuce, apples and other fruits very abundant, with various kinds of nuts ; you Cnna. Uians can make your own sugar soap and candles also, without the exciseman or tax. iti.u are well paid lor your work without poor rnte«, nnd you mechnnic* can purchase .>our provisions at n moderate price without tithes from vour jjardt-ns, apple trees or bee hives, in I^OK and, mechanics are so numerous that they find it difficult to get employment, nnd when they do they have but little for their work, and poor as they are themselves they must nay poor rates tor their houses. I knew a tradesman who did not live in his own parish, and lie was called on for poor rat.-s, but be was destitute of the necessaries of life himself, and »h!l^ L'*^ /j"* '"?"^^ "'."'.•' overseer of the poor in his own parish to piiy the poor rates Where he resided, and if he h^d «n apple tree, garden and beehive, he must pay tithes too, many will scarcely believe it possible for filhe owners to be so mean and mercenary nb to take tithes of such things ; some of them are more noble, but what is too mea:i lor covetous men, they are never salistied. 1 knew a tailor's wife who carried tithe of her honey to a Clergyman, and he growled and scolded because she had brought him so little, and her hus- band at the same time could not get constant employment at the low wjigesofone shilliris per day ; and as great numbers are employed making clothing and tools of diHerent kinds for tiusbandnaen, we may consider a tentli part of their labor cut up by the titheowner. Ano- W .r.ir Kr?„Hr'' r.V^P'u'/i "'^' •' " ^"^ "" «•■"'"• •» «""^equence of which they must buy their bread dear, although they must sell their wares cheap, fnrtTat? !r"V''r^'".'""V'''^''"'"'"l*'=T'*T n''^ «hnt they are n benefit to the nation, but Srth^fr L.-, •* °^ Mndowuers who thereby have been enabled to exact exorbitant rents for their estates, and the tithe owners also, their burlhensome composition for tithes. The [hlvTor 'J: '\«"\'^»r'»« have not derived any benefit from the (^rn Bill, far, otherwise, thprpfnrJ h„ i" ^''t'"^''!"*"'' '^''"''''^. »« things which they could neier realize, nnd therefore, hnye been greatly disappointed. When the Corn Hill was carried in the British the'^^r'*nm^n'oi''''7TVr"«';'*''''y would obtain, regularly, a remunerating price foJ their produce and rented their farms accordingly, but they have been greatly disappointed Waf.,lfIhr^^n"rK'^'"'^**r ^"'*'"' ^^^"'•nLawnas operated most ag.linst the mecCcs, who h.v.h.iW"*'!'""""'^'?^"!:''" «^nn' a *'*eat, nnd ouionN, cnbbii{<;e9 'Ion* and cucumber!) » of nuts; you Cnna- lie exciRcmiin or tnx. !« can purcbniie .>our le trees or beo hives, (et employment, nnd hemselve!* they must li his own parish, and s of life himself, nnd opiiy the poor riites must pay tithes too, md mercenary nb to )o men:) for covetous he of her honey to a )o little, and her hus- vages of one shilling of ditCerent kinds for e titheowner. Ano- of which they must it to the nation, but net exorbitant rents ion for tithes. The Bill, far, otherwise, I never realize, and arried in the British iinerating price for greatly disappointed inst the mechanics, iiidize, than otherfl eign mnrket, except an opinion, I think irend above n prop- le past counsellors, a moderate income, in in England ; and 1 the nation of the erated against ship- and lets tbt m open undoulited right to consequently much Englisn market, f :lf a great sufferer the British nation, 3f employment. In under the necessity selves ; they sat to r, at that price. I le family had been prospect ; they are ide to learn them,or inest labour. Altbo* cr is dry, and you ry scarce, nnd the n the coldest win* their ter night* in innO without Hre. nnd go to bed without even warming themneJvcs; Innil ai'iiiiiv Kiid iiiciiii ■iiid beildiiiu likewi.ie. _^ . . «j- iVe enni l.ouer.. will indude agricultural Labourers, Fishermen, nnd Miner-.. "t^ rdeoSeice'f labourers is fo.t ; to .ink lower is almost inniossible. mid any im- J,vein'..rmt£rci un lance.^ no prospect (Children from nme t.* fXeiiVv Vne vears )• .«e can provide food und clothes, if th-y are fortunate and indust.iou . A V iU ma^i can e« u. beside hi. board nnd l.-dgmg. fron. Ji:4 10 to £9 a year, accord- ^J uTlLZ I tKare in. and acco.ding to their abilili.-s. A innrried .mm can earn Iroiii V.VttS. bl< tlnrir hou<«-linld ruriiiltiro willi n du^ijiri t<» Kell it hy niitJioii to jiiiy luin- self, Hdt ti< he would have it by force, tlin fiiided, but I hnvc henrd thnt the lawyer* in Ireldud have refused tu exiiut titboK, iiud it \^ |)roh;iblethiit ia Kn;!laiid tliev will noon lik^wiMc A few ycarx since a i'liriiiti went to a mniill fiNhnig tor.'i. in In^- pnrl^h nnd demanded tithe •oflinh, but tithe offish hnd never been i».tid iu tlint place , the I'artou I knew well, niid I be- lieve ho know* about rcliEioii experimentally ; h»^ huit mnnifi'*k tli prejudice m consequence of the 'illien, th.it they will ne%cr hear him prench. and they are to enquir* cnn any Kond thiuji come out nf Nazareth? xuch is the opinion thnt I hnve entertained of the Pnmon'f) piety that I could not have believed it po^tible for a mun like bim to have Ktooped to *Dch mean actiono if tlio evidi^nce hnd not been irrenittable. I bave aeen the wivex of lbo«e fishermen come to tho market in that town which was held onlv once n week, to buy a piece of meat, one has bou((bt n pound, another a pound and a half, and a third three pound*, n* they could find mo- ney to jiuy fur it, nnd that ncnnty portion wa" nil the butrher'H meat, and frequently all the flenh of any kind thnt a man and bis wife with thre« or four children hud to make ntelligcnt ond well behaved n race of men as any of the same standin'^ ir society that are to be found in the British notion, nnd the refor- mation of those men bu \.ttu tniN attributed to the Inbon'-s of the Wcsleyan Methodists without pay from the tithe- n fi. state, ftlr Jc^oph lienson was instrumental in doing much good amongst th'n? J' is «.;■ the (Jornisu .locked tu hear that venerable man prencU to the number of r)0,0(^ at i.o time in n populous mining district, and since that time there has been a very great reformation amongst them. I have been informed that those men are become so numerous that every advantage has been taken ofthem by their employers. Their wages is very little at best and they are curbed of that little bvthe Captains of the mines in u most shameful manner: they call it spoiling them for this, that and the other thing : when pay day comes they have very little money to receive, nearly all having before leaked out to the spoil. If it should so happen that the mines should fail, which is not nU together improbable, the miners must emigrate to Canada or somewhere else If! am correctly intormed the titlieowners get dues pa d them from the mines instead of tithes, so that those gentlemen must have from the earth, the f«o, and from under the earth, or to speak more proper, have tithes out of thecanh's bowels. Last year the miners determined to obtain a remunerating |irice for their work ; for thnt purpose the men belonging to one of the large mines entered into an agreement and drew up articles nnd signed them, nnd whoever broke those articles was to he punished in the manner following: he was to be fixed upcm an Ass with his back towards the head of the Ass • he waslo have his legs tied also under the Ass's belly, likewise a ticket stuck to bis back' written thus: "this is the black sheep of K. C. ftline," iu that form he was to ride on the Ass through one of the most populous mining districts, a distance of from eight to twelve miles. One of the men broke the agreement and therefore was treated accord- ingly, in consequence ot which .several of the miners were taken up in a deceitful clandes-^ tine manner and put into jail, this circumstance excited the miners' indignation, nnd tho 1 il^ouldhnv 1 ihiiik < prove that u^1he hor Lords and When t lamented will *"'«': but the cl ed; it is \ iy and stn are greed wicked li rieeing yersal pe leliKio"** have equ coutribul And V, priests; ungodly, thereby If you nrch as I us Larl ' not keel called, I of everj ly pries' Let tl men ha luEr tfeuuity great ir bishops reigns. And Oiiuistf Thei worldl' 1 sai tuembi many if the -doctril I without off.siding the law: the committing magistrate if I am righMy informed was n hot br iiied Parson, and I think it is more thuii probable if the poor iabouring miners had oecu paid in wn"03 extra, Mhat the I'arson was paid in mine dues instead of tithes, tho miinrrs 1 * 2tJ ; but the Revere n'J leii ein|iloyrcl l<;Knl iiK'lioii to |)n>' luin- trieii their united !« Mtr(in)e<-*>l juirty ; ediiiyo, but I hnv« ^e refused tu exact ind demanded tithe iipw well, (ihd I be- ;nnl in hix miiiister- i«liiiiiii-r« night (iiid [iieiicRof th« 'illiL'i, ixid thinn como out I |)iety ihnt I rould mean nctiuno il'tho Brmen come to tlio of ment, on« has they could find mo- 1 frequently nil the I tn maki; u.'^'''^:-";";':,:;i,^:"rs\i::v;^s;';?:^!'- prove that the tit ht-s are im benefit I" 1,1 to show the ii.jun"" Ihcst.ite. nor totheiutere''t.. ,f rtliiiion, that, at well ;,!;::g.sys,;n..and.brongbitsmeuu^ the ilifcUopi', the i::"Ve'i;;Vou«h has been u "•"'^tr';;:;;;;:;,,;;:^ oveV both Iviug ...a ^-V-lIb •hurrln>roi..dice., have equal protection, and all . . , , . „„a imnoven.bed by worldly of every denomiiialiou througlioui u worldly ly priests. ^ „„, „„j ,hev will want the tithes next, for the more worm y ■doctrines. fPXNTS.