At a meeting held at Newcastle, Staffordshire, on the 15th
instant, to levy a Church-rate, an amendment was proposed to j.ut off the con- sideration of the rate for five months. The original motion for the rate was carried by a majori7 of 101 ; the numbers being—for the rate, 174; against it, 73.
On the same day, in St. Margaret's parish, Norwitu, the motion for a Church-rate was postponed for a twelvemonth.
At a Vestry held • on Thursday wee at Faversham, a Church-rate of Cal. in the pound having been prop5sed by the Churchwarden, and an amendment moved for adjourning the Vestry for six months, the rate was set aside, by a majority of 4. —Kent Herald.
The Church party at Horneastle, not satisfied with being twice foiled in their attempts to obtain a Church-rate, made another attempt in a Vestry meeting held on Friday fortnight; when the show of bands being against a rate, a poll was demanded, and immediately opened. The contest continued until Wednesday at noon ; when the Church party, finding that the numbers opposed to the rate kept increasing, declined the contest. There appeared against a rate 270; for a rate 212; majority against a rate, 28.
An attempt was made at Birmingham, on Tuesday, to sell some goods belonging to a Mr. Aaron, for Church-rates. With much diffi- culty, a Mr. itarnabas Cheshire was indoirva to promise to act as auc- tioneer. Hand-bills calling upon the people to attend the sale were posted all over the town. A man dressed like a town-crier went through the streets on horseback, giving notice of the sale. An im- mense crowd was thus collected before the house where the auction was to take place. There was some rough language, but no rioting or violence of any kind. The auctioneer, however, was alarmed, and would not sell. The assembly was harangued by Mr. Edmonds, who called on them to persist in their resolution to get rid of the unjust impost of Church-rates, and then broke up. The church-bells pealed during the day, in honour of tire popular triumph. On Thursday, the defeated Churchwardens and their auctioneer complained to the Magistrates of the opposition they had received ; and the Magis- trates advised them to indict at the Sessions the persons who had prevented them from selling. But we suspect they have no case for the Sessions.
At the Common Council held at Liverpool on Wednesday last, a motion was put and carried, to the following effect—" That after the 1st of February next, all expenses hitherto incurred by the Corporation Churches in keeping up their establishments, shall not be paid unless they are such as the Corporation are legally liable for." The expenses to which these sage Councillors have objected are sacred music and singing ; which they, very wisely, in their opinion, denominate luso- ries.—Tinies. [It is quite right that the attendants of Corporation Churches should pay for their own music. The Dissenters and Ca- tholics of Liverpool do not call upon the Churchmen to provide them with organs. Do the wealthy Church-goers fancy that Nonconformists will be induced much longer to give them more than the law de- crees? ]
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