WELSH RIOTERS. The Result of a Quarrel With the Established Church.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 171, 25 September 1886, Page 4

WELSH RIOTERS. The Result of a Quarrel With the Establishe d Church.

A cable special from London of August 25th e»ys: The tithe' rent riots intyorth Wales have assumed a serious aspect. • Bj similar outbreak,occurred several' Weeks ago., It is a quarrel between the psople and the^^ Established Church. Nine»tenths of the people of Wales are Nonconformists, and are bitterly opposed to the Church of England, yet at least I^ooo clergymen of the. Church of England have their livings 1 thert. .The present disturbances arise, from' the refusal of r the whole community <?f farmers at Llanarmon to ■ pay this year's .tithe rent unless the rector of the parish, Hey. Evan Evans, would make of 26 per cent! This he declined.to do; whereupon the farmers told him that he would have to get his money .tHe 1 .b^est t way^e 'could. Evans hired a. lawyer ,te distrain Jor his tithes, A few days ago threebailiffofrom Chester want over to seize thd prdperfcy of the revolting farcjers,whereupon' the latter; armed themselves; and/;drove the ibailiffs off.- Erans and his wife 'were com belled, to floe, and thp«e people who hid pkid the tithes wereierisnaaed with ft be4tfng of tin, pans everynighfc by'ihe iurious imob:* v The bailiffs haying l;,sstyt^WM7.i f'&9: toLUnarmon and sell the of the farmers ' who 1 -ha<i«i'tttxw^tifrp&yo He the rector's ;!soUpitorc <J|a the , hundreds of colliers from [the

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