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4 ere& uniiece 9 ^ ry : possibl y test tfigy siiotitd happen to be Catho * lies , or otherwise intractable * Tfre cburxrhwardens must then collect the sum allotted ; and , if neees * sary , levy it fey distress and side
of goods , tinder a warrant signed by Iwo justices . The ge&er&l principle of such applotments , in theory , is this : that every into abtont , &c . ought to be raled according to his ability ; whteh
ability is estimated , iti a country parish , by the val * ae of the iands be holds in tfant parish t in & town by the value of the house he inhabits . But this value fa also to
be estimated by Protestants * The actual occupiers ( not the landlords or ovmers ) are to be deemed the inhabitants , and chargeable with
« very cess for repairs Una taxes . This is confirmed by statute fn fo&kfcnd , which declares ^ that the occupying lessee shall always pay the rate ,
Frora this statement it appears , that according to the laws oow subsisting in Ireland , the Protes . tanr parishioners alone are in every case invested with a ftitl and dfe * crotiotery power , under tfee name of a vestry .
Numerous instances jexamplify the oppressive exercise fcf this power . We shall , froWey ; er , br ^ ly select ^ siipposable case , viz , A certain parisli contains 4 / 000 Cfes-of ^ wiwl . It fo AiAaMk& by about 20 Protestants , ifoH ' # Qi $ p
VfrtboUcfc . The Prpte ^ ai ^ ts (^§ way happen ) con&ist ot the minister and bis Curate—th ^ pfetty jM-, tjee thfe ^ rtsft cte « c . 0 ^ # * e jasimeV ^ Wara ) and the Pro ! toH&at tradesmen , artizans , &c . ^^ fe ^ !!!^^ be also the permanent c&nttetrti ^ poHc ^ rfeTi' S pitifflctins , to * . lfceCa * holi < ilrilVe tK ^ t ) Ccu .
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pi ^ rs of all , or neariy ally th 6 lAttd iri tfce p&rrsh ; Whether tilUg ^ or pftstcrre , bog or mountain ; ^ ir * cuflabatted already with a h * dkrent of pierbapo 31 . per acre , pair * able to some absentee landlord !
gubjoct also to tithes , to grandjury Besses and county cfe&rges , contiwially increasing — together witlki the odious and oppres ? ivfe tax of 3 d . per pound , recently imposed upon tie gross rents payarble by the poorest occupiers .
Six , eight , or itoore Protestant parishioners meet together in yestry > and a ^ p lot considerable sums , uh ± dfer the ^ pecibtis fitle of ** necessary repairs , buildings &C for the church /* To accommodate the carpenter , new sedts doors , and
other wood work , are votedi to the mason , repairs df walls , ot perhaps a spire , belifry , or other au Inject of employment : to tire gtozier , new wfndows ; to ^ be cletk , a salary ^ &c . Thus tftis vestry ^ like an Irish grand-jury , creates lucrative presentments for its rfifciwbers ; and the amount is
tevi&d rigorousl y upon the defenceles s C ^ tfi oi its . The ratfe thuii stTudk is gt * nei-ally an acrek ^ te qftte : it varies , annually , from ^ W . per acre to any higher sum . ; Jn Wi ^
county of Dublin Is . 3 rf . per a , cre is a common rate . Ih many places it amounts ro 2 * . per £ cre £ alid it lies wholl y within the prtedttn ^ e and conscience of tine Vfcfe * -
tr ' y , whether the rat ^ hiajr nbt on * day be advanced to 10 i . pet nt& or more . The . ' r ^ ta upon 4 , 006 i ^ re s , at onfy U- ' $ j ^« f > at atre imotirib to ^ 5 iiV ; yetMiri * foty Sh iti
sbWfe faVm ^ the ^ mh ay not be ihtiinsWaily wwtii mpra ^ t ^ fin W .-p ± * aqre , m ^ vek iW ^ mA ae * V mk « | i rofi ^ # ^
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9 p ** ni Laws rn ^ iidk sggrievt tte Cvttofos W Tretmd . 80 ?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1812, page 607, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1753/page/11/
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