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

STIPENDIARY 'CURATES.

Lord }TAR noway', pursuant to • a .notice which he
gave yesterday, rose
.to
,subMit a motion to their
Lordships, which was suggested to him by 'swot
observations that had ,been mate during the discus-
sion.of this question.. It was agreed, and seemed to
be wished on all hands, that something should tie
done towards improving the condition of the into ior
Clergy. It had all along been his opinion, that , the
House was proceeding to legislate on a matter re,»
spe&ing which they had nothing-, like adequate in-
lormation before than. This want erdue ititohylatical
he telt very anxious to supply; and tht% objed of his
present motion was, to endeavour to ascertain the
number of livings which were under t 501. per tit.
num. The Noble Lord then went into a variety
calculations, grounded on former, accounts laid
fore the House, to chew what were the nurnhzr
of these livings, how many of theta did not excee.l
301.'; how great would be the amount of the suite
necessary to bring these small livings up' to the t 501.
per annual; and 'how long the period of limo, hit-
der the present circumstances, necessary for' the at 4
tainment -of that obje&. It was also an object with
him to ascertain how many liVings Were assis:ed by
Anne's :bounty. With a view to get at this
objed (an Mt of Parliament he did not think twee,.
eery to accomplish it), he should content himself
now with moving an humble Address to his Nl•iiee-
ty, praying he would be graciously pleased to duet
that there be laid before that House an Account at'
the NTomber of Livings under tool. pet-annum,
The ARCHBISHOP 0( CANTERBURY expressed. his'
-thanks to the Noble' &iron for the pains he 141
taken on this subjea, and his readiness to co-operate
With him in the prosecution of his object,
Lord MOIRA also gave his hearty concurrence to
the Motion; and declared that no man could be wore
anxious than he was to see the condition oft he intkrtor
Clergy improved, It was not only the comfort of
those respectable persons he had in view, 'bin tie
improvement of the morals of ,the commonalty,
which improvement wits intimately conne ted witn
the ease and comfort of the Clergy, Perhaps, in ad-
dition to the information moved for: by the &Ol!;e
Baron, it might,also be t!xpedient to have boon: thi!
House an Account of the accumulation of the Food:
known by the name of Queett Anne's Bounty. ~
Lord thanowar and the ARCBBISEIOP oft CAN-,
Tattauttsr, in explanatioti, observed, that there was
no accumulation of those Funds.

Lord 1-14WKSSBURY approved of the motion, and
assured. his Noble Friend, that. every thing 8hn,11,16
done by him to give etfeet tp his laudabitt intentioai
and endeavours. •

The question WAS then pnt on Loid limittowa
motion, which Was agteed to unanimously.
The Order of tho Day
_was then read r); !!).1
House to reiolve ikelf into a Committee on
When

Lord StDmourn rose to move an instruaion to the
Committee 4 in his opinion, whatever came
the description of the object which the Bill had in
view,' might be embraced .by it. Its objet was to
afford relief' to Resident Curates, where that retie(
was justly required, and where it might be eisd!
procured. His wish now was to extend that, relief
to Curates appointed by Lt 4 Proprietors, :Ind hi:
Lordship concluded with moving an instru
the Committee to that etfea.

Lord HA.WKESBURY was sorry he could not f:sse
to the proposition of his Noble .Friend. That
position broached an entirely new principle, -w
was not connei‘..ted with the present Bill. It NhOtild
therefore be introduced in a separate 8i11,1194 stand
upon its own merits. The principle of the prose. t
Bill was not new, but had already been, twice at leait,
recognised and sanctioned by Parlipinent..
The questieu was then put 011 Lord SiDNIOVTILIS