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London, England, 1808-06-29 00:00:00

CURATES' STIPENDIARY BILL.

VISCOUIIt SIDMOUTII prOpalled that MS instruc-
tie., be given to the Committee for the insertion of
a claim winch 'night exteml the provisions of the
Bill to Curates, under lad-impropriators.
Lord It mutownv opposed tibia clause, as inter-
fering with what had not been altered by the Le-
gislut re for a great many centuries.
This motion war negatived without a division.
Viscount Si onnuTit, in •the Committee, also pro-
posed an alteration, an far. as to restrict Bishops
from auv iuterfe•eace, mail the incumbent had m-
imed to do his duty, which was also negatived.
Various other clauses were then 'proposed and
Agreed to. On the clause for sin powering Curates
to take possession of the vicarage houses of non-
resident•,

Earl AOl OIRA proposed, as an amendment, that
they should b made resspotitilble for such dtapi-
Mansur as they had, by their own acts, primmer&
•l'hes amendment wa.. opposed by Lord IiAWK
aunt,. the Logo CHANcELLoit, and the Arch-
',shop of CA NTEIUIVILY.
The Duke of NuoroLo did not resist the prin-
ciple ot• the amendment, but considered it muse-
msary, inasmuch as the emulsion law of the laud
prevented such property from being dilapidated
with imptinity.
The Committee divided on the amendment, and
the 'soothers were—

Ayes, 4—Moe+, ita—Majority acticsit it, 17.
Upoii the clause for authonsing sii appeal from
the decision of the Bishops to the King in Council,
The Archbishop of C•NT¢aat7KY protested
iseinst such a clause, as it innovated on the ori-
ginal consiitution of the church. It was true, that
His Majesty, as the Head of that Church, was en-
titled to an appeal, but in extending the power to
the civil authority of the Privy Council, be saw
such a deviation from the church seccuity as he
must ever oppose.

The LORD CHANCELLOR felt as anxious as any
Peer in that House to protect from invasion the;
privileges and interests of the EstahlisLeri Church. ,
But as an English lawyer, he would Mill assert, tilt.t
a. the present Bill, for very wise and salutary pur.
tinted, invested the Reverend Bench with 'silvers,
to which nri4iiiallv they had no claim, it behoved
the Legislature to appoint some superintending au-
thority for the purpose of ascertaining whether such.
means as it had granted were properly exercised.
On that viand, and by no swans imputing-wag,
improper bias to the Reverend Prelates, he Calla.'
tiered it his duty to support the clause as it then
stood.

The Bi.hop of CARLISLE, declared, that he had
heretofore abstained from giving soy opinion ou the
principle of shisaiLl.but from attending to its rovi.
si Ins he was convinced, that imperialist its being a
measure of peace, it would, from its progresZee'
operation, in the various gradations of the Church,
defeatits avowed object, and produce nothing but
discord and litigation. He woul.l attend moo. at.
tentively to its remaining provisions, reserving to
hiusself the power of oi:posing the principle altogks
ther in some future stage.
The Committee Own divided on the clause—
Par it I ti
Against It

lalsierity is its favour
A number of other clati.es were then a4reed to,
under the understanding that some of them will he
discumed 03 the report, which wits ordered to be
brought up to-morrow.
After which the House adjourned.

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