giving a sanction to imperfect views of duty, and for throwing aside a most effectual instrument for the propagation of the Christian faith. It is then suggested, that a call to union should be made by an appeal to the principles of the ancient Charter1, which was based upon the pure Catholic faith; for it was anterior in date to those innovations, whether papal or puritan, to which we have so just an abhorrence; and it was dedicated at the altar with the sacred motto, Sempiterno graphio in cruce Christi.

2

HARLOW VICARAGE,

C. M.

March 3rd, 1842.

1 See Part II. of this publication.

3 Bp. Ken's Will.

2 Comber on Tithes.

PART I. containing extracts from Dr. Tillesley's Animadversions on Selden's History of Tithes, is already published.

PART II. will be published in the course of the Summer. Any communications or suggestions relating to the subject will be thankfully received by the Editor.

Harlow Vicarage,

1842.

SOLD ALSO BY J. BURNS, PORTMAN STREET, PORTMAN SQUARE,
AND J. H. PARKER, Oxford.

By the Rev. C. Miller, (just published,)

A LETTER of REMONSTRANCE to the Right Hon.
SIR ROBERT PEEL, M.P. Bart., First Lord of the Treasury,
On the Proposed RENEWAL of the TITHE COMMISSION.

The TITHE SYSTEM BRIEFLY CONSIDERED.
In a LETTER to the Right Hon. LORD STANLEY, Secretary of State
for the Colonies.

Also,

I.

Some OBSERVATIONS on the DANGEROUS PRINCIPLES
and TENDENCY of the TITHE ACT.

In a LETTER to GEORGE PALMER, Esq. M.P.
2nd Edition.

II.

The PRINCIPLES of Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE'S PAROCHIAL
ASSESSMENTS BILL, and the TITHE COMMUTATION ACT,

Compared,

In a LETTER to the REV. RICHARD JONES, M.A.
One of the Tithe Commissioners for England & Wales.

III.

SOME OBSERVATIONS upon CATHEDRAL REFORM, and the PRESENT EXIGENCES of the CHURCH,

In a LETTER to GEORGE PALMER, Esq. M.P.

IV.

A SECOND LETTER to the REV. RICHARD JONES, M.A.
One of the Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales,
On the Rating and Commutation of Tithes.

V.

The PETITION of the Rev. CHARLES MILLER, Vicar of
Harlow, Essex, respecting the TITHE COMMUTATION ACT,
Presented to the HOUSE of LORDS, by the BISHOP of LONDON,
During the Session of MDCCCXL.

VI.

The DUTY of a CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT toward
the CLERGY and the CHURCH, in their PRESENT
RELATION with the STATE, considered,

In a LETTER to the Right Hon. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P.
Master of the Mint, and Vice-President of the Board of Trade.

VII.

A CATALOGUE of AUTHORITIES, ECCLESIASTICAL and CIVIL, taken from the Writings of the ANCIENT FATHERS, from the LAWS of ENGLAND, and from other Sources, bearing uniform witness to the SYSTEM of TITHES, as a Divine Institution

of Perpetual Obligation:

With INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS.