vicars, prebendaries, and other ecclesiastical persons, and, on the owners of tythes appropriate or impro. priate within the said diocese, for the support of the diocesan school within such diocese, or within the district of which such diocese shall form a part; one third part of all which sum or sums of money shall be levied on and paid by the said bishops in their respective dioceses, and the remaining two-third parts of such sum and sums of money shall be levied on, and paid by the said parsons, vicars, prebendaries, and other ecclesiastical persons, together with the owners of the impropriate and appropriate tythes within such diocese; aud that all and every such tythes, impropriate or appropriate, shall be charged and chargeable for and towards the support of the said diocesan schools-respectively, according to the same rate and proportion to the value thereof respectively, as the ecclesiastical preferments in the same diocese have been or shall be so charged. And be it further enacted. That it shall be lawful for the bishop of every diocese in Ireland, to appoint one or more collector or collectors to receive all and every such sum and sums of money as shall be so charged on, and payable by such bishops, and by such parsons, and other ecclesiastical persons and own. ers of tythes within such diocese; and to allow and pay to such agent any sum or sums of money, not exceeding the amount of in the pound, on all money collected by him, as such bishop shall think fit; and to take security from such agent for the due payment of all such sums and sum of money to the schoolmaster or schoolmasters of the diocesan school in such diocese, or in the district of which such diocese may form a part, according to the provisions contained in the said recited acts, and this act; and that if any such parson, or other ecclesiastical person shall, for the space of months after the sum payable by him shall be demanded by such collector, refuse or neglect to pay the same to such collector, it shall and may be lawful for the archbishop or bishop to sequester the profits of the benefice belonging to such parson, or other ecclesiastical person, for the payment thereof, until the same shall be levied and paid. And be it further enacted That all sums to be so payable by and out o such impropriate or appropriate tythes, shall be fixed and ascertained by the ordinary of the diocese, who shall by instrument under his hand and seal, to be preserved in the registry of the diocese, estimate the value of the tythes, or parts or pro portions of tythes of every such parish, which shall be so impropriate or appropriate, as soon as may be af ter the passing of this act; and shall at the same time fix the proportion which the sum so payable shall bear to such estimated value; which sum so fixed shall fr m thenceforth yearly be recovered by civil bill in the court of proper jurisdiction, by the collector to be appointed as aforesaid, from any person who shall have received in such year to hat amount, by, from, or out of any impropriate or appropriate tythes, or part or proportion of tythes, of or in such parish Provided always, and be it enacted,. That if any person or person having or claiming to have any interest or po session, reversion, or remainder i such appropriate tythes or any part thereof, shall conceive himself, herself or themselves, to be aggrieved by any such estimate, valuation, or order of such ordinary, then and in every such case it shall and may be lawful to and for such person and persons, at any time within years, from the date thereof, to appeal to the Lord Lieutenant in council; who thereupon shall have full power to confirm, diminish, or increase the same in any respect, ac cording to the merits of the case; which determination shall be final and conclusive on all parties, an at tested copy thereof being first filled in the registry of such diocese. Provided also, and be it enacted, That if such tythes, or proportion of tythes, of such parish or any part of such parish, should be demised in any lease or leases, or should belong to more than one person, whether as lessors or lessees, or otherwise, then and in every such case, the head rent, and every head rent thereof, shall be liable to a proportion of such sum so payable, according to the proportion so settled as aforesaid; and if the es timate of the value thereof aforesaid shall exceed such head rent or head rents, then and in every such case the proportion belonging to such excesses shall be paid by the lessee or lessees thereof rateably amongst them; and that it shall be lawful for every such lessce or unde lessee, who shall have made any such payment to deduct from the rent payable by him, a proportion of such sum so paid, according to the amount of such rent And be it further enacted That it shall and may be lawful for every archbishop, bishop, dean and chapter, dean dignitary, prebendary, or rector of any parish, or for any tenant in fee simple, tenant in tail, or tenant for life with remainder in fee, or in tail general or special to his or her issue, or any of them, by deed to be enrol led in the high court of chancery in Ireland, to set apart and convey to the said commissioners and their suc cessors, for the use of any diocesan or district school, any piece or parcel of ground, not exceeding lantation acres, which may be agreed to be chosen or appointed as aforesaid, for the scite of such diocesan or district school; and that such piece of ground so set apart and conveyed, shall from thenceforth be the scite of such school; and that all and every piece or parcel of ground now held or used, as and for the scite of any diocesan school, and which at any time hereaf ter shall cease to be used as such, shall stand and be vested in the said commissioners and their successors, who shall have power to demise the same for any term not exceeding years, without fine, and for the best rent that can be reasonably got for the same, and to apply the rent thereof for the use of the school of such diocese or district, in such manner as they shall think proper; or to sell the fee and inheritance thereof, or such term or interest therein as shall be so vested in them, and to apply the purchase money in like manner. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the grandjury of the county in which any diocesan or district school, or the scite appointed for the same, shall be, to present on the county any sum or sums which they shall think proepr, for purchasing, providing, building, or repairing any such school-house, or a dwelling-house for the master thereof, or any of the offices or appurtenances properly belonging to such school-house or dwelling-house, or for purchasing or procuring a scite for the same, not exceeding the said quantity of plantation acres. And be it enacted, That if any of the persons liable to be summoned under any of the provisions in this act. contained, or having the care or cus this tody of any papers, vouchers, books, or documents, required to be produced by the commissioners under act, shall, after being duly summoned, omit to attend, or shall refuse or decline to be examined, or to produce any of the said papers, vouchers, books, or documents, then, and as it shall so happen, every such often as person shall be deemed guilty of disobeying this act, and being duly convicted thereof b fore anygistrates, shall be fined such sum not exceeding pounds, as such magistrate shall think proper. -ma To the Proprietors of the Belfast Magazine. "There are few things about which men of Virtu are more apt to rave, than the merits of the Grecian architecture, and most of those who affect an uncommon purity and delicacy of taste, talk of the intrinsic beauty of its proportions, as a thing not to be disputed, except by barbarian ignorance, and stupidity." Edinburgh Review, May, 1811. I It passeth my understanding to divine, what could possibly have instigated this writer, to obtrude these silly observations of his upon the public eye. neighbours-and that he ought at all times keep telling them that every thing which they do is wrong. Third, That without any particular cause, malevolence excepted, he may have a wish to injure the architect in this case, and lessen his merit in the eyes of those who have employed him; although he tells us to the contrary, and says "he has no motives so to do," and likewise "that he is no builder❞— the latter indeed is most obvious from his observations, the former I have my doubts of. After stating the case of a "hand"Judges some young lady" with a Wig"-a "Grenadiers cap, Coal Scuttle, &c. &c." he brings him into comparison with a church! is not this a kind of piracy-Satire, or parody on the Song of Solomon-what a charming thing it is to be wise! Then he gets into an invective against what he calls "the embattled parapet," and tells in whining cant, most opportunely taken up, that the MEEK JESUS, both by precept and example discouraged these embattled parapets," (out upon them say I). This he must likewise have had from the Song of Solomon, or his own head, for as far as I have read, there is not a word of it in the New Testament. Although it appears both in St. Matthew, and St. Luke, that the pinnacles of the temple were well known to the Meek Jesus," he having been taken up and placed on one of them, yet it does not appear that the "soN OF MAN" did prescribe any particular kind of coping or finishing for the temples wherein his doctrine was to be taught, nor did he reprobate the pinnacles on the Jewish one. Were I to indulge my fancy with a flight into the field of conjecture, it would appear to me that B. might have three motives for favouring us with this effusion of his genius. First, Scribendi. The general Cacoethes Second, That kind of inflated sensorium, which is perpetually suggesting to its unfortunate possessor, that he understands every thing better than his pressions, touching the structure of the Not to lose any more time in argument, let me suggest to your friend B. that he would have done well, before he sat down to use such contumatious ex new chapel in Belfast, had he made enquiry whether there be any other edifices in this country or elsewhere, adapted to public worship with similar ornaments. aggrandize ourselves at the expense of the destruction of another. In my opinion, the zeal of the true patriot to promote the power and influence of the country that gave him birth, leads him not to pursue mea sures hostile to the good of others, nor vainly to think, that by annoy As he is evidently not a man of reading, and probably too arrogant to trouble himself about facts, I shall, to save him further enquiry, mention theng one part of the community, the western tower of the CATHEDRAL IN ARMAGH, A CHURCH AT LURGAN, where there is a "Pediment" too, and a CHAPEL OF EASE WITHIN THE PRE CINCTS OF DUBLIN CASTLE, built by Johnston, esq. an eminent architect, and lately finished. These and hundreds more which I have seen in Great Britain and Ireland have all "embattled Parapets!" So that if the "new chapel" be not finished altogether to the taste of your correspondent B. it is not singular in any one shape. If I am not mistaken, in the eye of every scientific man, it will rank high among the most elegant structures for public worship, and long after, all who now write and read, have passed to the silent grave, it will remain a striking monument of the taste and liberality of the enlightened town in which it stands. NULLA FRONTI FIDES. welfare of another is any way es sentially promoted. He considers that policy to be the best and safest, that has a tendency to contribute to the common interest of all. He for gets not that men should be brethren, and deeply laments that they are not. He views with feelings of regret, the selfish interests and party distinctions, that so much divide and disturb mankind, and actuated by the general principle of good-will towards all, he embraces all of every country, as belonging to the same family of which he himself forms a part. “The well-taught philosophic mind To all compassion gives, Were these sentiments universally and practically to prevail, wars would cease, and the nations enjoy, in the blessings of peace and mutual confidence, a real and permanent security. But when are we to look for this happy union amongst men? The present general appearance in the face of human affairs, discourages every prospect, and deadens every hope, that a such a period is near. The various passions and jarring interests that now agitate the world, are not likely soon to subside. Man is too proud easily to yield. feels, he keenly feels the smart of his own folly, and still he persists in augmenting his miseries. He is a most perverse being, furnished with every requisite necessary to enable He 1 him to rise to the most exalted enjoy ments, yet by a strange perversion of his will and faculties he falls, thus by his own hand, the lowest, shall I say, in the scale of existence. He becomes an enemy to himself, opposed to his own best interests, and to every consideration that should influence a being so circumstanced, introducing into the world a fatal system of errors and combination of evils, presenting to the eye of enlightened reason, a most melancholy and miserable picture. How many individuals have, at different periods, appeared, who from their stations in life, joined to superior abilities, seemed calculated to form great purposes, and bring about events favourable to the amelioration of man, had these advanta ges been suffered to take a proper direction; but, alas! in how many instances have they been abused, and turned into improper channels, tending to lead the specics on in a state of barbarism, wherein fierceness of disposition, lust of power, and want of mutual forbearance, plunge the nationsinto every ill, and cause war to rage, arrayed in all the horrors of oppression, and man to become the destroyer of man, as beasts of prey with eager search, and greedy appetite, devour each other. Let us forbear the impious idea, that would attribute these incitements to the influence of the benificent deity, who never yet implanted in the breast of a human being, a passion, let it be called by what name it may, that could take delight to injure or affect the happiness of another. Thus vainly do we attempt to represent omnipotence clothed as it were with passions similar to those that agitate the wrathfuf mind of man, and foolishly charge the Almighty with being the author to stir up to deeds of rapine and cruelty. Neither can I attri bute to his interference either the fall or victory of contending powers, both perhaps equally hostile in their views to every term of accomodation, and each eagerly grasping at the possession of undue power, and unlimited authority. Let us trace the evil of war to its right origin, and place it to its true account, the pride and presumption, and revengeful passions of vindictive man Humanity bleeds at the details daily exhibited of the number of human beings thus sacrificed at the shrine of ambition. We are ready to reprobate and to contemplate with feelings of disgust, the manners of those nations we terin savage, but before we venture to boast of our own degrees of civilization, let us first endeavour to relinquish many things of what we are in the practice, which in the eye of impartial observation, and strict justice place us in a very unfavourable light. many points relating to reat imWe are indeed very deficient in provement. Our predilection for war, and eagerness to increase our knowledge in the art of killing our fellow. creatures, justly entitle our names to be handed down, and classed with those of the savage tribes.* Read the following description, and let us observe if we cannot trace similar features in our own conduct; "The first principle which is instilled into the breast of an American savage—is revenge. This principle acquires additional strength, as he advances in life; the few objects which his education presents to his eye, have all a tendency to cherish it. Both the counsels of the old men, and the example of the warriors of his tribe, (so is Nelson, as a warrior, held up for an example to all succeeding times), conspire in teaching him, that it is dishonour able to relent, and infamous to forgive." Many are the instances of the fatal effects of this disposition among ourselves, |