The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-24 00:00:00

SUFFRAGAN BISHOPS.

The Marquis oTl3lllsl4sRlrasied the Fint Lord of
the Treasory whether, io sonsoquence of the state of health
of several of the prelates, who were, ash .ppily. disabled
sr m at,entlfes to their diocese*, it was the intention of the
g enflames& to take any at ps to put is force the ;ister, of
inis act 28th Henry VIII., c. 14, t. for the nomination and
co 'los of suffragans within this realm," or if
not, whether this subject was still cos which
had ceeopied the attostion of her Majesty's govern•
meat with • view to providing a suitable remedy.
His queatiou vested as id.• that sumethiog prejudicial was
Winstead towards the stenos. to whim st rerorred. Hs
o mid ware the house that such was No ono
could lay claim to greeter revenues for the right ray. prellies
to whom HIM (libation referred this rusawlf, whether he
regarded them as dignitaries of the church or ministers of
Christ. Th. question re•ated to isflrositi.s over which these
r get rev. ;Mans had co owitrol, sod nothing could be
mon distremispi this that ayes should be • tarps serene-
lotion .1 hissicees by restos of their ioability to discharge
their Owl cs Such a states of Miry wss tamales:el to befog
erossetop• on the institution of episcopacy. Is some casts
subsist blew; s were appointed to ditclaigo the eln,ies ; at
o, her times beighbovritig Nablus, and sometimes archdea.
c ins, who, however, was a able to discharge alt tne epit-
°opal Nettie:on. Hs thought the act of Henry VIII,
though • somewhat se•e&irg measure, was v.ry suit-
able to the present emergency. It erabled any bishop
who required amnesic* to nominate too , epos's to the crows,
wh.ch should appoint one of them • *Orogen bishop, sod
the bishop so 'pp opted might disease:go a.l those *sties,
and no other, smelt wets deli plod t hies by the bishop
Tile stiffness bishop was allowed to hold two beadle's by •
way of endowment, and he had no &sant shot, if necessary,
the bebop would be willing to resign a pert of the looms,
of his see.

idr HADFIELD mid he fluid assure the house that be
deeply slap .toued with the noble lord at the errantry belies
deprived of the ipso* services of the treetops. (Laugh-
ter) He did sot mesh it as • joke, be whit it seriously.
(H. sr, hear.) He ',trotted they av re prevented from p-r-
-formai 'hot. Came though ill-heeith, bat there were'
other duels. whet kept Main from their dioceses' and be
was ewe the country would echo the wish which be to-
reefed that they should be relieved from their duties in the
house of Lord.. Their preselect in another place was a
swat pail fel ease to bim—(leaght.r)—the most unpleasant
of anything connected with Ws parliamentary denim.
(Laughter.) What were the duties wheels required their
e,re.cce M the House of Lord.? Was there •
Nagle public meesure, asytbieg eonsrcted with the
freedom, liberty, er welfare of the country, which bad
trot bees opyremd by these right reverend gentlemee ?
('• Hear' hear," sad 'Oh, ob. ') He wee speaking the
Twee ofhis cosetitsects aid of toe coastry. (" Oh, oh ")
• he melstained that the abeeaoe of the right neonate
Prelates from the House of Lards would be • WITCO of
eashatles thrtaughost the lied. (Hoar bear.) He did sot
fey the from seetarme feeling rr is hmblhy to the church,
hat is the bel'ef that the.? Premsoe in swam Flue im-
peded the tr grew of true relisios. He wm oot Meet tat
if he polled all the memben of the letenished Chareh he
wAild fled • mat mej wi'y le joie him M elle.t.rg that
, the bearo:w should be relieved from thow deities. He twitted
to ask whether the noble toed had turned his attention to
'his ouhj -et, sad whether he had It in oontem?lation to pro-
pane asp seem?, to relieve the bishops from their atten-
dees* in another elem.
Si. 3. PAKINOION 'amassed as earnest hope that
the sohle lord would take into mmesideratios the sub-

J.et rained by the gattetioa of bis noble friend. (Hear,
hear.) He believed there we. a (moral 'teller/ amongst
members cf Use church of Sopland teat bee interests were
iajortesely .Bee•ed by the Inquest inability of the mat
rev. prelates to performs their duties. (Hear. hear) Tb
poet or with regard to the lodic sad eolottial bisliops
.ffseded a t r.eede,•t to the noble lord.

Mr. O. STANLEY thanked the nob'e osertjais for baring
by %get forward the question, es be bed (wended to have
called the attention of the bowie to the state of the diocese
i'h 'eh eh he oat enunteted. The remedy pr incised by
the sable marquis 11011,1 oat meet th- case In which ha was
immediately iffiterated—(a laugh)-•for the ect of Henry
VIII. ciell authorised the 81)j:insistent of a suffragan at the
request of the bishop He wee sure every member of the
hoe.. must have read with rerun the ecru spondee.. which
bad lately appeared in the papers For the sake of the
church, it was much to be lemeated that such 'correspond-
ent)* bad bee. made publte—(hear)—bat as it had been pub-
lished at the request of the bishop, be felt so delicacy
is alluding to it. It was much to be reprettad that a right
revareed prelate, formerly so eminent, should so let Save
Cyr/oars himeedi as to address such language to two clergy-
's.. who had applied f.r oriel it onal donee woke In tn.
diocese. He inset my it woe incumbent on these who held
a high place in the church, sad on her Majesty's peers-
meat, to take steps to prevent the manatee of these evil-.
He therefore eddied to ask the noble lord whether be bed
takes into ecessiderat.oe, not merely the propriety of putting
Is fore. the sot of Henry VIII , but also of pr Tiding foe
the cue when a prelate was from ego or isermity, taco-
pable of dierherging his dna.
Mr. WIGH.AII rwsiaded the home that the subject bad
accepted the sweeties of the cbs,tey imeamiesiosen, who
had is their »post reeromeaeaded the appSatareat of

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suffragan Whop..
Lord PALIIEBATON said the attest to which the
'obi' lord bed sailed the 'Moths of toe house was me of
the greatest leepertimes. (Bear, hear) It lavolved
asterism of the bighorn order, sad he could /MUM the hoes.
it had sot soaped the 'Matto* of ber rjr.ty'e gaverament;
the matter had bees for mite Ilse ander thrir Gammen-
nos ; but he should stied the house teat it wee coos beset
with many diSsalties, ow which no hasty and immediate
doeieioa amid tat odopted. It bed mimed, sod wee ea-
Itsitioa. the 'Meath* .o 4 goverameat, mud they woad
s. d to And a nerdy for the evils. With regard to
the supplemental gamin of the hon. months! for Bbeilleld,
I be could only say that be did not at all saucer with hies in
the opiates be esprreeed, that the hisht pi were oat of plies
is the other house of mrilem• at It did not form tart of
their lasatios to saki say clasp is that rapist. Bohn