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London, England, 1822-11-18 00:00:00

818110 P OP CLOWIER.

ECCLESIASTICAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST TI! F LATE
lIISIIur uF CLOGIIER.
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METRI)FOLITAV COURT oft ARM ‘G!!, OCTOBER 21.
( Oka kadaviirea. osio but.)

The offences over whielo this Court bus cognizance are not of
a temporal nature. This Court does not all ct to exercise any
j ovire these offences for the purpose of corporal
punishment. In authority and jurisei-ction are to itivir into
and reform aloe evil !labile mod propensities, and, in the quaint
but terse bniguage of my Lord Coke, it is to reform toe in-
ward man.' The jurisdictions are altogether distinct and dd•
tercet, not them are a great many in..tances to be found of
CAM.* Of crime which, for these different purposes, have been
made the subject of the jusiseliction and authority of the Tem-
poral and Ecclesiastical Comte. These offences were all cum.
witted in England, and in a country forei_ii in respect of its
criminal law ant; juoisdiction. They could not be inquired into
or punished by the municipal la. of ibis 111.1 i ; and melancholy
aim abortive would be the law of the Cloineb and its authorities
it crimes such an these, and committed by a pre late of bland,
•• who shoucl excel all others in purity, and he an example to
soMirn to live web and chriatimily," should piss unnoticed and
ulovutoinheit, because that be loa.l commi;ted these offenaes in
a onergit country to the scandal of himself and his church ;"
aim to a count', where t .cy might be cainonitted with imputoity
--aim that his wilful alisr..:-.ce lion this country, anti neglect of
his episcopal duties,. and ciontempt of his impeder, bib Court,
and his laws, should protect bial from the pui.ishunent due to
his MUMS, aril I'l'lllll/Val from his nu red oilier. Hut the Ec-
olesianUcal Court in not so w .k and incompet.mt, nor are its
authorities no iumillieieut and abortive in the enforcement of its
laws J ordiumoces. Thin ease afford* abundant evidence to
the contrary. 'fire law 'cant be applied, and fully enforced
against the w dial, lit, and alonent :non ; and it is ii,ght
and necessary fur the muintrindice of the trio! religion, and the
wiscipl.ne of the Church, that ifs law can be thus administered
and culurced. It will not he necessary to male separate and
distinct obeervations VIM the et iJence, as it is to be applied
to tie case of tactility. The facts herein detailed all of them
contribute their due proportion to the establishment of ibis Inn -
syrial fact. Hut if timber observations be necessary, be it re-
membered that the Bishop has been for the lust three months
wilfuliy aliment from his palace and his hishoprick, and has
toomouglity neglected and deserted the great and important
'lollies of Ids station, and that this has been a period of time
when his presence nail alteutlauce were more than necessary
and susiously cape -led. This absence OM/ neglect of duty is
in itself • ca.siotneal offence, and punishable by its taw. It is
✓ea;oect of the offences imputed to the Bishop of small account
—but it is a fact that is of some importance in the aseericiii-
mem of his crime and identity. Ili,. absence commenced im-
nitiliately before the cu iiiiimiss oo of his crime, and bas since
continued. It bus covered the period of the proceedings in
this cause, their commencement and approaching termination.
It ennuis' be now be presumed that he is ignorant of their nature
au.l porpoise. One other circuonstanee, and decisive on this
Fart of the case, remains to be stated. Since the institution
of thin suit, and the 04)614:nth/it of its cominieneenteot and pur-
pose, a public sale by ant lion has been held of all the Bishop's
pi...petty at tile palace of Clugher. The entire stuck and fur-
niture have been sold, and the palace, which should he the
constant place of his residence and hospitality, in now bereft
of to my article tom could contribute to its comfort or COIIVe-
-141,11t.e• He had to ask pardon for baying dwelt no long in the
Oatmeal of this case ; but its import:dire was gr. at. The
duty imposed on his Grace and loon brethien was paiufail ; but
it was necessary and unasuiolalde The net required of them
was the e•nrcone of a duty which his Grace au a his brethren
owed to themselves and their succcasors to their Cud and their
country.
'floe evidence was then read in open Court. It was full and
satisfactory in the flood id tae facto adverted to by the learned
'oloo.corte to Lis topeniog speech, and particularly the commis-
s.ou of those acts which i 0,11,0 the founitatiNll of, and consti-
tut.-.1 the necessity for, lie proceedingn. The same reason
whieh was assigned by the loaded Advocate 6,r not detailing
those tar la in his speech, ii.ft 1.11,.e10Ce our determination, aunt
yoatify us in 14 iillilOWing Iruw the public eye a ntistement of
tact• so truly disgraceful anti oegr....nog to die person accused,
nnot now convicted, and alit:ling to Ins much levet:toil family
aid friends.

Th.. testamentary evidente was rend by the Proctor or Office,
an called for by Dr. Stspl,s, comment:nig with the itialinp of
Cloilser's admission into holy otdera, and tee minating in the
sale of Ilia rope; ty in Clogh,r, aua pretty ovally in the order
and to the purport follow mg :
The Ibt Doetimeht--Time the fii,hop of Clogher was in holy
or,:sr., and had itidl held and reputed in b. u 11If 20 years past
and tot i 0 years o;o he held a rectory, and perturnied the
taireor in this archdrocess; and was proved by the ltcv.
John laeopiiiiin S.u,y, and Juitu Patna:am. Itegiater•
Dwetiment was the att..t,tl ci. y of isimugnanea promotion
In the See of Fci no, bearing date the ...6tb of Aueird. I IN P 9.
D.reasott.t was the evidence of hia coosectation to that Erne,