THE SUPPLY OF CURATES.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'
Mr. Rooks tell us how he proposes to deal with a general tithe, when collected for charitable purposes ? According to his own showing, the payers of Income-tax would contribute 260,000,000 a year, to which would have to be added a tithe of wages. The two together would be nearly as much as the present national expenditure, apart from the interest on the National Debt. Does Mr. Hooke recognise that the nation, in addition to the tithe on land, pays Poor and School Rates, provides free education, and " mends high- ways and bridges," which Jeremy Taylor includes among the " several kinds of corporal .alms "? The nation, too, really provides all charitable endowments. I do not mean to suggest that we give enough, but unreasonable proposals will not in- duce us to give more.—I am, Sir, &c., G.
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