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of the 2lst of Henry the Eighth. The get estion
then was, will you for the present be contented with
hawing obtained so much good, though not all the
-4 good t'that you may hope to see atchieved ? The less
k. . frequently that conversations upon such subjeEts at-
Isiineel, thiaebetter. They were founded on subjects
toe serious to be made matter of talk ; even the con-
versation that had necessarily taken place in both
Houses of Parliament had not been unattended with
its bad effeCts. The Right Rev. Prelate who had
Rst sat down, had expressed a wish that another
ight Reverend Prelate's proviso had been intro-
d'iced ie the Bill. Their Lordships ws re all agreed,
that the securing the residence of some minister in
every pat ish was a most desirable objcft. In him
their Lordships saw a man most anxiously desirous
of securing the residence of a clergyman, not only
in every parish, but in every village, and every
hamlet in the kingdom. But he had greater doubts
in his mind as to the means of obtaining that objeet.
No man was more earnest in his wish to secure the Re-
sidence of the Clergy, to the extent he had described,
than he was ; but he must be permitted to consider
whether itwould bewise to put the fate of the present
Bill to hazard, by inserting such a clause as the Learn-
ed Prelate had proposed, or to make it part of ano-
ther and a short Bill,thet would probablyfollow close
upon the heels of the present Bill,and be immediately
introduced, both on the subjeet of Residence of Cu-
rates, and the better provision of the inferior Clergy.
The Noble Lord behind him (LordAuckland),he was
sure, would not, front what he had said, charge him
with having pledged himself to brine hi such a Bill,
but hewould fairly say, that he would give it, both
in and out of the House, the best assistance he had
it in his power to give; and he could not help tHink-
ing, that the objeCt of such a proviso as the Right
Rev. Prelate had proposed, might e better secured
in th.tt way, than by clogging the present Bill vk ith
it. His Lordship said, lie believed he had now
' spoken to all that it 1%.3 i necessary for him to state
respcaing the present Bill. He knew not whether
he had made himself clearly understood, but his
opinion was, that it had better pass as a per-
manent than a temporary Bill. The difference
between the two was this: A permanent Bill was
of to the discretion of Parliament, and if great
inconveniences were found to result from it, Parlia-
ment might think it proper to revise and to recon-
sider it ; whereas, if it were a Bill for a limited du-
ration, Parliament must, at the expiration of a
certain period, take it into revision. He had already
said enough, to shew that he thought it had better
pass as a permanent Bill. His Lordship added,
that he meant on Monday to move for its recom-
mitment, and he hoped that the Committee would
go through and complete all the reserved parts of
the Bill, before the Committee separated. He then
meant to move that the Bill be prieted, and he hoped
they would be able to icad it a third time on Wed-
nesday.
1.:)r•I AUCKLAND rose, and declared that he
thought mat the annexation of a clause to the effeCt
thus proposed by the Noble and Right Rev. Prelate,
an absolutely necessary qualification of the present
Bill. Without it, he should consider the Bill not as
a Bill to secure Residence, but as a Bill to invite to
Non-residence. The Noble and Learned Lord had
said, that they were all agreed, that to secure the
residence of a clergyman in every parish, village,
and hamlet, was desirable. If they were all agreed
in that essential point, why refuse to make use of
the present opportunity to enforce it ? He had great
deference and great respea for every thing that fell
from such high authority as his Noble and Learned
Lordship, but he could not think that it was right
to trust to chance what might be made a matter of
certainty. For his part, thinking as he did, that
the securing the residence of some clergyman in
every parish, where such residence could be made
praCticable, was as great an objet as any one ob.
je4l of the Bill ; he could not reconcile it to his con-
cicisce and turn his back upon it, under the consola-
tion that it would be endeavoured to be done at
another time. With regard to the fate of the Bill,
the I louse ought to do their duty," regardless of
consequences. He did not believe that the
risque which the Noble and Learned Lord appre-
hended, vas any risque at all. The other House
would probably throw the Bill over the Table, but
they would immediately bring in another, adopting
sonic, if not • all, of their Lordships amendments ;
and he would feel bound to acquiesce in it, if that
were the line of concind the Commons pursued ;
but he must contend, that the hour of acquiescence
was not yet arrived. He had it in his power, as yet,
to aht individually as a Peer of Parliament, and he
must again remind their Lordships, that they ought
not to be governed, in a censciencious discharge of
their duty, by any consideration of what might hap-
pen elsea here ; they were to think and aka fur them-
niece, and while the Bill was before them, to make
it as perfetl as possible.
Lord ALVANLEY said, he entertained the ut-

most respell for his Noble and Learned Friend,' and
thought higher of his opinion, than of that of any
man in existence; hut the Noble Lord had not
accompanied his objections with his reasons for not
agreeing to a Motion, in substance and Oka similar
to the proviso moved by the Right Rev. Prelate.
Fie would endeavotw to reconcile his mind to omis-
sion, but for the present, he owned he felt himself un-
der great difficulty. Instead.of a Bill to enforce the
Residence of the Clergy, it appeared to him, that
when he gave his consent to the Bill, he lent his
mind to support a Bill, full of exemptions of a great
number of the Clergy, a Bill, in short, that was
calculated to invite and encourage the Non-resi.
derce of the Clergy, rather than to enforce their
Residence His Lordship dilated upon this idea at
considerable length, and noticed many of the points
adverted to uy the Noble and learned Lord.
Lord WALSINCriAM then, at the desire of
the Committee, adjourned the Committee, and the
House being resume 1, read the Resolution of the
• Committee, and gloved that the Report be received
on Monday.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved, that the
Bill be re-committed on Monday. Ordered.
ISIS ItIAJESTY's NIESSAGE.
Lord HOBART presented a Message from his
Majesty. (I.r tekith vee Conning...)
Lord HOBART then moved, that his Majesty's
. Message be taken into consideration on Monday
pest. Ordered.
Adjourned at six o'clock.
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1-101:SE OF COMMONS.
SATURDAY, it NE 18.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
delivered a Message from his .Majesty to the follow-
ing etka •