The Clergy of the Queen's county, backed by a lay
society who have funds at their command, intend forthwith taking effectual steps for the recovery of the composition so long due to them. It has been inti- mated to us, that as the existing system of combination against clerical rights has rendered nugatory the less expensive mode of proceeding against defaulters by civil bill, the Clergy, after the 1st of next month, will find themselves reduced to the necessity of filing bills for the two years of composition then due, against such as will not have the fore- sight to settle them in the mean time ; a mode of proceeding that will be necessarily attended with heavy costs.—Leinstcr Express.
The cattle of some tenants who refused to pay tithes in the county of Armagh were recently distmined ; but resistance was offered to the bailiff, and the cattle was rescued. The case was heard at the Petty Session of Armagh on the 3rd instant; when the Magistrates, con- sidering that there was some informality in the Rector's claim, dismissed the complaint. Another attempt at distraint was made by direction of the same clergyman during the last week. The cattle were again rescued; and on a second appeal to the Petty Sessions Court on Satur- day, the Magistrates again dismissed the case, on the ground that several names had been inserted in the power of attorney given by the Rector to his collector after it had been signed and executed. The refractory tenants alleged, as a cause of opposition to the payment of the tithes, that the Rector had already received payment out of the Million Loan for the Suffering Clergy. This is the representation of Ire facts which I have seen. It may or may not be exactly correct ; but I notice the occurrence as a remarkable one, because it is the first exh, bition of active resistance to the payment of tithe in the province °I Ulster .—Times Dublin Correspondent.
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