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that the Archbishop was, according to the mews' t
nsa,ge, to be considered as the head of the Church in
all things, and that the Bishops were to be amena-
ble and obedient to the Archbishop in all things.
The next document he referred to, was at the time
of the reform4ion, Which he also read to the Com-
mittee ; and the next in more modern. His Lord-
ship pointed out the effect of the Pope's assuming
the supremacy over the Catholic Church, and states!'
the mischievous etrefts of his baneful influence in
this kingdom. After dwelling for son* time on the
authcrities which he had referred to, in or-
si.er to prove that the Archbishops,. in' all times of
the Church of Christ, had- extrelted sovereign entho-
'vile, its farce related to .SPiritual-affeiel, over Bishops
end thee( 'Clergy, he said, it was a mistake to cons,-
ACT the cure of souls as solely under the care-of the
income rents of livings,. or Parochial Clergy. The
.Bishops themselves were responsible for the cure of
souls.throughout the whole kingdom, and as they
could not lessskili. do the duties of every parish,
..thet: sent their Clergy to .perforni them. With
trest :to what other Rererene Prelates might
e think, the oath they took to the Archbishop
bottled *WOW Ira a matter for them to settle
with ',their erstiekttes ; but he conceived, • that
havinjf oath to be obedient to the Arch-
bishop or Metropolitan, he was bound to pay him
obedieneeeetad submit to his authority in all mat-
ters Ort,friNircgscipline. After having fully dis-
cussed this point, his Lordship proceeded to express
his wendee, that any Rev. Prelate should objeet to
ther. brine le the enaCtnients of the Bill, an ap-
peal to the Archh;slicip. So far from objeEting to
it, or•eiiesidecing it as any hardship, it' was' a great
consolation to his mind that the exercis4f the discre-
tionwith which he was to be investedo4 to be made
subjed to revision. It sat him at oncc 'At rest, and
removed all the iiksonie feelings that •would other-
wise have goaded him, in the exercise 'bf that dis-
cretion. Nor could he by any meitus consider it
LLS a disgrace, or a degradation of:a Bishop, that
an appeal would lie against his discretional conduct.
Indeed, he had ever considered it:to be one of the
great branches of our Constitution, that in many
cases, and especially in cases of property, the deci-
sions of the Courts of Law, the decisions of
the first Law Authority in the ICingdorn (the Lord
'High Chancellor) could be, and daily were, appeal-
ed from, at the Bar of that House : and did any
rnetelieing imagine, that such appeals operated as
a disgrace or degradation of those high characters ?
Nay,. were no: tae Lord Chancellor and the Judges
and gratified at having
.their decisions re-
vised ; because, if they had fallen into error in form-
ing.their judgments, an opportunity was afforded of
setting those errors right, if they were proved to be
errors, on the hearing of an appeal. His Lordship
having pressed his Are-pi:lents fiery strongly, sat
down, declaring, that if the Committee divided,
be 'should vote for the clause standing in the Bill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he rose chiefly
ter repel a principle mischievous in its tendency,
which had beca intros:need by' a Pevet-end Prelate
(the Bishop of Norwich) yesteichy, a:.d still more
mischievously at.plied iry the Reverend Prelate who
opened the debate this day. A Reverend Prelate
yesterday had throne: out an idea, that where the
Legislature vested a discretion in them, they were to
consider it as a legislative intimation of its wish.
No principle could be more false. A discretional
power had been repeatedly delegated by the Leg's-
Tature in cases in which, from their nature and sir.
cumstances, no positive rule of conduit could be de-
' hned or enacted ; but could any man imagine, that
when it was left to his .!i cretion, that he was not
freely to exercise that discretion according to the
best of his judgment ? iVhat was the use of trusting
him with the discretional power, if he did not sn CY-
ercise it? He was responsible for the exercise of it ;
but if it appeared that in exercising it, he had not been
influenced by eny bad motive, no idea of his having
abused his trust could be imputed to him. With
regard to .the extravagant extent to which the
Rev. Prelate opposite to him bad pushed tliN falNe
principle, he was astonished that a Right Ree.
Bishop, of his great learning and abilities, should
have conceived so strange an idea, that if the ge-
tropolitan eere.ised that authority, which the Con-
stitution of the Church gave him, of extrcising his
supremacy, by revoking the licences granted by a
Bishop, or he granting licences to Parish Priests
'to whom a :Bishop or • Bishops had refused- li-
cences, that the Bishops would be provoked to
such onseemly anger, as te refuse afterwards to
gram any licence, but send all who applied for them
to the Archbishop himself. He could not for a mo-
ment believe , that such a captious consequence
would be the result of the operation of the clause,
which he .had much 'rather have. stand as it was,
than accept the Rev. Prelate's proviso. But the .
Reverend Prelate had said, the clause was uncousti-
rational. What, was the objelt of the Bill eliolly '
lost sight of ! Was it not to give facilities to spi-
ritual and rescue them from the penal severities of
The Att of the `list Henry, at the same time
that it was meant to enforce the residence or
the Ckrgy ? Where the Legislature was inclin-
ed to grant a. benefit to' any description of sub-
je;lf ; was it unconstitutional to prescribe the
conditions on whi:h it granted it ? Surely no such
argument could be maintained u• moment. With
respect to an appeal being a disgrace or degrada-
tioa to a Itev. Prelate, were not appeals repeatedly
brought into that House, and was not a con7ederahle •
part of their Lordship? time occupied most usefully'
for the public in hearing them ? His Lordship con.,
eluded, by recommenstrig i: to the Committee to
support the el./qv' as it stood in the Bill.
The Bishop of ST. ANAPH rose to reply to the
very learned and able 4tech, which, be said, had
Erika from the Right Rev. Prelate behind him ; and
tie could not but observe., that the very first of the
Learned ft uthorities that that Right Rev. Prelate had
referred foe was a C:1 Nal of the Council of N ice—
The Bishop of OXFORD jest interrupted the
.Right Rev. Prelate.tb rerni iin that in that Canon,
orris 4" which, ,
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word ancient

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who greeted them, <whl his stweesserst” and after
that to the five next clauses, in which several verbal.,
amendments were moved,- and IrariCare-ohservationa•
were made by the Bishop of London, the Bishop of
St. Aiaph, Lord Alvardev, and the Bishop-of
ford,afhtch were answered IV the Lord -Chancellcr,-•
who iR some instances declared lihnstqf unprepared
at that moment to offer the amendment which his
Lord:lda...laid, would be necessary to be made in
some (Welk clauses, and which he would pledge
himself to prepare and submit to their Lordships
anothertgly. - -
Lord AUCNT.AND made several- pertinent ob-
servations ; and the Bishop of St. AtAPH gave no-
tice, that be should move for the rejeaion of a Clause
which aatrally went to the re-enadment of the
oath ef Edward the Second, a Statute on a former
day, two Noble and Learned Lords had asserted, was
by implication repealed by the 21st of Henry the
Eighth.
When the Committee arrived at the Monition
clause, (the 23d)
Lord AUCKLAND said, that they were got so
far in the Bill, that, as he understood, they were to
sit to-morrow, and as though more clauses re-
mained to be discussed, than they could conveniently
go through that evening, yet ;f Noble Lords would
attend early they might accomplish it in two or three
hours to-morrow ; he submitted it, therefore, to the
Committee, whether they might not then adj4urn ?
The Bishop of ST. ASAP H said, he thought in
one half hour more they might get through the Bill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR being called upon
by the whole Committee, said, it was with regret •
that he consented to sit on Saturchty, which was a
very Necessary day of rest to him; hot if he was
asked. whether he would prefer 'sitting longer that •
night, or coming to conclude the other clauses to.
morrow, he should say he preferred the latter.
The Bishop of DURHAM said,- after what the
Noble and Learned Lord hid said, there could be no
doubt but that they ought to adjourn.
Lord WALSINGIIAM Put the usual question;
the Committee rose, and the House wits resumed.
The Committee arc to sit this day.
The LORD CHANCELLORsaid,a Noble Lord,
now no mare, had in his hearing declared, that when
the House was adjourned to rbree o'clock it meant
_four, and therefore he would adjourn till two o'clock,
hoping every Noble Lord and Right Reverend Pre-
late would be in his place by three.
Adjourned at a quarter before nine till two to.
morteAcr

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
FRIDAY, Jlitit 17.
The Glasgow Harbour Bill, and the. Bill for im-
proving the Roads of Glasgow, were read a third
time, and passed.
Mr. I. 11. BROWNE moved, " That itte.-- an in-
struCtion to the Committee on the Bill for tire bettsr
Improvement of the Highlands irt Scotland, that
they make provision for enabling landed proprietors
in *that country to charge the lands with the ex-
pepces of the same", which was agreed to.
'The Eleaiou Bribery Bill was read a third time
and passed.
MIIJTIA.
On-the second reading of the Scotch Militia Fa-
mily. Relief Bill,
Mr SHERIDAN wished to know, whether it
was haended that a similar provision was to be
made fur , Ireland ? In the present crisis, and con-
sidering circumstances which lie wished only to al-
lude to, policy as well as justice rendered
such a measure necessary. The event of it was
produaive of extreme misery and distress, to some
instances of which, he had himself 1 een a wit-
ness, having seen the.wives of Irish militia-men, at
Southampton and other places, laying on the bare
stones with their infants at their breasts, and desti-
tute of every thing that could contribute to their
support or comfort. Such a measure, he thought,
would come forward with more grace from those in
authority ; but should it be negleZted "by the Mem-
bet to whose department it nrore properly belong-
ed, he should feel it his duty to bring forward a
motion on the subject.
Mr. ALEXANDER said, that the propriety of
such a measure. had not been overlooked, and in the
abseace of the. Irish- Minister of that department,
r,ok the libel ry or undertaking to assure the lion.
Gentleman, that the externiion. of the same system
to Jr-eland, had bean some time undei the consi.
deratiott of the Goverunient, and that a plan to 64
etii,,L.t would speedily be subniitted to the House.
The Bill was then read .a second time, and com-
mitted for Monday next.

NIFsS.IGI FP.ONI Till': KING.
Lord lIAW li. ESAU lt Y appeared •at the Bar,
and brought up the following Message from hit'
Majesty :
GEmy.iiq R.
His. Majesty thinks it right m iisAinn the House of Cam-
mon., that, from an aas.ious desire to prevent the calamities
of War beret extrulo to the- Bstavian Republic, he coin-
muniesiteristo that Go. eminent • liis ilposition to respect their.
'Neutrality, provided that a snail ir disposition yr= manifested
on the part of Use.Freneli lii.,:ertilii•vit, and that Cie t-rench
Forces wt•re %ItothWith withdrawn (rain tbe torriusrie, of the
Batari.in RePublie.—This pyspris:tiwo not. Staving been ;d-
-rained by the Gosi.wninent or Franc-, and -speesttres having'
bean retently taken Ly them, in direct viWiation of the !Iv.
dtiend.rnce of the 8at:1.644 Reim:she,. his Ataiesty judged it.
' expedient to direzt.hrs Minister to leavellie ',ague ; .and he
' has since k;vett orders, That f.ettars of Niaique and .general
' I Reprisals slioald Le issucal.against ore RatavLut Republic and
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its subje.:ts. '
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ilbNtai• sty has at all times mania tot d the 'deepest aad.ntost
li.ely interest t;.: the prosparity and independei cc of die ;
Vtiit..d Pro...iii..:t.v. Ilc has rmhurse td these proceedings with
the must sincere Pleat, but the conduct of the French Gtiveru_
ment has left h.'n rio alt.rnative ; arid in adopting tine Ine3-
supl he is setirited by a sethe of what is due to his own dignity,
and to the secur:s,• and c.saunCal interests of his dominions. •
G. R.
.The Message.hiiig been read by the Speaker,— '
Lord fIAWKESBIIHY moved an Address to his
' Maj4sty, thinking him for -his gracious communica- '
tion, wide!! afforded an additional proof of his ansi-
out solicitude for the dignity of his crown, and the
rights and interests of his people.
The Address was immediately agreed to nem.
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of course, were to be Understuod as "'usage
Church in iimer then long past," or the wore
tould not have beet of any meaning.
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