The parish of St. Oswald, at Durham, is one of
vast extent, amel
contains a numerous population. It is a vicarage, and the, tithe-. ing and due to the clergyman emelt:it in veltre to .;!,;11. a yt:ir, eael of the large tithes, which are clmii lvuml by the I h mei Chapter, itt whose gift the living is. l'he ediliee where di vnie vu ullIp ai,ed to lie performed is now in an extremely dilapidated 50 111LAI Sc) that 110 one dare enter it, and it is upward.- of two ye-e-s eioce divine service was performed in it ! The Dean and Chapter, we understand, though deriving enormous sums front the large tithes, refuse to rebuild the Church, alleging that that is the duty of the parishioners.— Ti!Ke Mercury.
We perceive that large importations of foreign laths coutinue to be made, to the manifest and great iejitry of our own lahoureis, as, feints the rate of duty, they can be imported nimsit cheaper than nuitilifint- tured here. Whilst the duty imposed on the laths manufactured by the foreigner is only 20 per cent., that upon the luthwood of the Lag- lisle- labourer is about 390 per cent.—Hull Adrertiscr. [This a Eta, specimen of the operation of our wise system of timber duties.] to Nate certificate list of shooters in the county of Derby there are thOty with the word Reverend attached to their names. In the York- ribuellist there are ninety-three !
On Thursday week, the seventh annual meeting of the Wesleyan Methodists commenced its sittings in Park (*Impel, Caroline Street, in Leeds, but was adjourned to the following Tuesday. Itinerant preachers and lay representatives from a considerable number of cir. euits attended the meeting; also George Cookman, Esq., of Hull, the president of the delegated meetings recently held in Manchester and Sheffield, and a deptitetion from the Committee of the Central Association in Manchester. During the past year, five additional tra- velling preachers were called out to labour, and the increase of numbers was four hundred and forty-eight. The connexion generally was stated to be in great prosperity.-11a11 Observer.
Previous page
