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    "Resolved unanimously , That in many pases thejlfinor Canons of St . Paul ' s ha ^ , with the ; utmost rigour , enforced the payment of 2 s . 9 d . in the pound , from poor and distressed individuals of this parish , who have in v&in pleaded poverty ; that vexatious proceedings in Chancery and

    in the Exchequer , have "been carried on against the inhabitants , thereby putting them to a great expense ; and that in one instance , a second Bill in Chancery hath been filed by the Rev . Jo nn Moore , one ! of the Minor Canons , against an individual in this parish , ( who has already paid 2 s . M . in the pound on his actual rent , with the land-tax added thereto , as settled by the

    Deputy Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer , ) for payment of the said rate of 2 s . 9 d . in the pound , on a supposed „ value of his premises , arbitrarily assessed by the Minor Canons themselves / and that if the said Rev . Gentleman should obtain a decree , the individual against whom such bill hath been filed -will

    actually pay 6 s . 9 d . in the pound . 44 Resolved unanimously , That the tithes now enforced by the Minor Canons of St . Paul ' s against this parish , by virtue of the afpresaid statute , produce to that body a clear annual sum of between £ 1 , 400 . and £ 1 , 700 . 5 that , in addition thereto , this parish pay a further sym of J £ 150 . per annum , ( their proportion of the stipend settled by the 44 th of his present Majesty , ) to the Rev . Richard Webb , the Rector ,

    who is also one of the Minor Canons ; and this Vestry perceive , with , no small surprise , the name of that gentleman in the list of the petitioners ; and that it is altogether at a loss to determine , on what plea he would claim a further remuneration for

    the performance of his duties , more particularly as divine service has been performed for some time past only once on each Sunday . " Broad complaints are made in some

    of the resolutions of the non-residence of the clergy , and of their holdings pluralities ; those abuses in the Church which good Bishop Burnet fruitlessly denounced , more than a century ago * The following are specimens , —

    St . Andrew Hubbard : iQ Resolved unanimously , That it is the opinion of this Vestry that no just cause exists for any increase , and that the London cleigy in general , as a body , have at present sufficient , and in many cases more

    than sufficient for the duty they perform * end that their stipends are fully adequate for the due support of their character and trae dignity . That in many cases they are non-residents , their parsonages let out in , count ing-houses i and many Jiave other Church preferment ^ and the property at-

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    $ my Other preferment : an& $ in the memory of the oldest inhabitants , have not been known to reside in > or near London , or perform tljejjuty themselves ; but have appointed a Sub-Ctirate , and oftentimes

    the service hfus v been performed by the Sub-Curate" * s Assistant ; and that without any controul , of , and ve ' ry much to the dissatisfaction of the inhabitants attending divine service , ?

    Allhallows the Great : " Resolved unanimously , That the stipend , as augmented in trie year 1804 for the united parishes of Allhallows the Qreat and Less , is £ 333 . 6 s . 8 d ., which , with the rental arising fro an the glebe aqd tjie impropriate tithes of Allhallows the Less , produces nearly £ 500 . per annum .

    The united parishes of St . Mary Aldermaty and Si . Thomas the Apostle : u Resolved , That the united parishes consist altogether of about two hundred houses only , and the present Rector ,

    besides balding other very valuable appointments , receives from , these parishes , for tithes , £ 250 . per annum ; for rents , of glebe , as at present let , nearly £ 20 p . per annum more ; besides surplice and other fees .

    ; " That the said rectory is a living , in . the opinion of this Vestry , the annual income whereof , without any increase , is a sufficient compensation for a clergynian to reside within the said parishes , and devote

    his time to the whole duties thereof , whereas the said united parishes pay also ar $ annual stipend to a JLeciurer to preach in the afternoon of Sundays , the Rector not being compellable to perform such duty . "

    The united parishes of St . George , Botolph Lane , and St . Ifotolph , Billingsgate : < c Resolved , That by the said Act , passed in the 44 th year of the reign of his present Majesty , the sum to he paid to . the Rector of the said united parishes in lieu of tithes ,

    was fixed at £ 300 . per annum , being * an augmentation to the extent of two-thirds of the former stipend , and artiost abundant remuneration to the incumbent , both as it respects the duty performed , being O 7 ily morning service on the Sunday , and the extent and population of the parishes .

    " TJiat in addition to the said annual stipend of £ 300 ., the Rector of ^ he said parishes is in the enjoyment of a parsonage-house in eacli of the said parishes , which must produce a considerable addition to his income *'

    St . Gregory fty St . Paul , ( which parish see ma to be < subject to the rate of £ s . 9 < J , in the pound ) : voi ,. xiv . 2 a

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1819, page 169, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1770/page/33/