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nxent of seamen , and to urge the necessity of a treaty with the maritime powers of Europe for allowing the reciprocal right of search , under certain modifica . tions , with a view to prevent the
fraudulent exercise of the accursed traffic . The committee allege that the horrid trade has been chiefly carried on of late under the French flag , though they seem willing to allow that Frenchmen may not be privy to the guilt . There are , no doubt , in all countries wretches whom the lust
of gold will draw into any crimes however monstrous . All the world exclaims against the characters of such monsters ; but will they not abound of necessity , while bloodshedding under the name of war is accounted honourable , and robbery on the high seas justifiable ?
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320 lntelligence \~ -7 ithes chargeable with PoarU Rutes ^^ PurUutftentary .
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Various petitions have been presented to both Houses by the Unitarians throughout the country , praying for relief from the Marriage Service , an far as it iinpu ^ Trinitarian worship . One counter petition was presented to the Houm * of CommonsMay \ 7 thby Sir Wm . Lemon ,
, , from several Clergymen in the neig hbourhood of Rodmin , in Cornwall , " P ^ ! * tha ^ t no alteration might be made in " » Marriage Act in . favour of Unitarian ui . v senters . " Sir WUUani had previouMy presented an Unitarian petition from ** mouth .
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"Tithes chargeable with Poor ' s Rates At the last Norfolk Quarter Sessions , held at Norwich , on Wednesday the 17 th of April , the Court came to a most important decision on the Poor Laws , on
an appeal by the Rev . Dr . Bulwer , Rector of Cawston , against the Poor Rates for that parish . The Doctor hud been rated at £ > 50 / . for his tithes , against which he appealed , upon the ground that it exceeded a fourth of the
assessment upou the titheable . property in the parish , which he contended was the proportion , at which tithes should be assessed to the Poor Rate . The Court dismissed the appeal , being unanimously
of opinion , that there was no rule in law for affixing a proportional assessment on tithes compared with land , and that the only principle was , to assess all real property according to the productive value or profit which it yielded . This
determination is important , as it recognizes a principle , the general application of which , at the present time , will necessarily be attendee ! with the most serious results , both to the farmer and the clergy ; upon the latter of whom the chief burden of
the poor will now , as in form , er times , be thrown . According to this principle it is evident that , at present prices , the assessment upon laud ought to be merely nominal , and that the tithes should be assessed to their full amount , it being notorious that ^ o profi t whatever is now afforded from land in general , and that
which the ¦ landlord receives iu the name of rnit > is , in fact , a payment out of the fanner ' s capital ; while tithes , being taken clear of taxes u , n& all other expeuses attending the raising of the crop , are nearly all profit . This deqsipii has , we understand , excited a great sensation iu Norfolk , aiid the farmers , in many places , have already insisted upon a reduction
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of their assessments , and upon rating the parsons to the full amount of their tithes , as well where they are comp ounded for as when taken in l $ ind . Let the farmers generally adopt this plan , ami they will not only obtain immediate and
considerable relief , but , in a few months they will see the clergy as clamorous fOl Reform as the most devofed radical ; fur nothing short of Reform , any alteration in the law being wholly out of the qws . tion , can now prevent the tithes from being wholly swallowed up in Poor Hates
The above principle was acknowledged , in its full extent , a short time since in the Court of King ' s Bench : Mr . Justice Holroyd having expressly declared , that rate on land is , in effect , a rate on the profits on land ; for , where there art no profits , there is no beneficial occupation .
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PARLIAMENTARY . House of Commons , April 30 . Admission of Catholic Peers to tin House of Lards * Mr . Canning brought forward his motion for allowing Catholic Peers to sit in the Upper House . His speech was
ehquent and impressive ; but the less interesting as it proceeded on narrow grounds of policy rather than enlarged principles of freedom . The principal antagonist of the measure was Mr . Peel , who vindicated the intolerant side of the question with great gravity , little reason and not
more bigotry than his argument absolutely required . The motion in favour oi the Catholic Peers was carried by a majority of fo-ur . The Bill thus brought in , was read a second time , May 10 th , when another division took place , the majority in behalf of the measured being now in creased to twelve . On the third reading ,
May 17 th , the BUI was allowed to pa * the Commons without a division . It will now go to the House of Lords , where its reception will depend upon the temper of the Court . We fear that it will be thrown out .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1822, page 320, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2512/page/64/
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