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.4bomniuabie E.rt2rtion.--It seems by a
statement contained in thu Report Of the So
ciety for the protection Of Religious Lber-
ty, in England, that the odious exaction of
"Easter Offerings" still disgraces some Of
the clergy in that country. In one village
twenty persons, wretched in poverty, were
recently summoned for arrear of thes. dues,
before tho clergyman though not lnags-
trat-, by whom the CLAIM was made. One
poor old man, s. wears old, for years due,
pence each year .Another years, at the
same rate; and to- The account was added,
"for your daughter two pence ha'penny each
year, making pence ha'penhy." This per-
son had to pay shilliu.s costs of suit. Ano-
thcr instance Of oppression is given in an ac-
count of clergyman, who refused to perform
the rites oe burial upon child. because he
had been baptised by dissenting minister.
! The funeral went to the hurying ground, and
after waiting a considerable time, thc!fricnds
conveyed the corpsets ground belonging
to disSentcrs, where they inferred it. Ano-
ther clergyman refuscl place Of burial to
an infant child Of a Baptist minister, and the
parents were compelled to carry their infant
to Baptist burial. ground, miles distant.
In another place, the priest refused to bury
a child of dissenting minister, unless he re-
ccvcd the fees Of bapti:m as well as inter-
ment