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I IPERI4L PARLIAM &yet

&I'U AR OF PEEPS,

MONDAY, JUNE 29.
C,) u Urea: fh heard relative to kite ,gyp..
peal tioni 11,tnee ry,

THE EMU. UF iturvrinvinicEi AiltißEW hour •
sbx st)tvitss Est!.

Messrs. Etsttlxi and WILAINE for the Rev On.
dent, and the AirotiNay-GargfßAL in, reply.—
Aftet which a short Debate took place upon the
subjea; in which the Lunn CiimicuLtotti the
Earl of RosLyil, Lord :1:1-tuaLowi and Lord At
VANLE Y WeIC the .lipealters: The two first-men.
tinned Peers displayed their accustomed abilities
and legal knowledge, in supporting the judgrfient of
the Courts below: Lord Thu it Low seemed to en.
tertain sitting doubts upon the case., Lord AL..
174141.E'Y appeared to incline to the opiniyn of the
Earl of ROSLYN and the LORD CHAttertima.—.
After which the Question was -put, " That the
Decree be affirmed," which was ordered accord.,
ingly;
'l',TheEarls of Wi LTOI4 and ROMNEY (late Lords
ern EY DE WiLToN and ROMNEY) were introduced
with the accustomed formalities, sworn, and took
their seats: The supporters of tbe former Peer were
the Earls of LEICESTER and Uxnalues. ; of the
latter, the Earls of FAIR EMON'T and CARNAR VON.

A few return Bills were brought up from the
Commons by Mr. ANNESLEY..

The various Rills before the House were for.,
warded in their respective stages.
On the question for the third reading of the
Clergy Residence
I:4'e Duke of NORFOLK rote, and r made some
observations on the general subjed. His Grace did
nut seem nostile tp the measure as far as it went,
but strongly' expressed his opinion, that the exist.
ing Laws. relative to the Residence of the Clergy
were highly defedive, and called much for revision.
•He had hoped that ere now some regular and corn.
prehensive plan would have been,brought forward
ad the subjed, and which he thought particularly
should originate with those Members of their Lord.
ships' House who tilled the Reverend I:leneh. He meant
nothing disrespedful to the Reverend Prelates': he
hoped they would rake what he observed in good part,
but he conceived it was their duty to superintend the
,regulation of such patters. The Noble Duke then
expatiated upon thegreat importance of the Clerical
Fun Lion in a political as well as a religious view,
and particularly with resped to the consideration
of Residence. His observations, he was sorry to say,
applied too much to this Country; hut with regard
to Ireland they applied in 11. tar' gica ter d4.l,;rce, where
we understood his Grace to say, that it .was in a
gteameiisure owing to the remissness andioatten.
turn of number, of the Clergy, (mini) of which,
he seemed to' say, was owing to du: Soperior Orders)
at* particularly with respect, to rt-, .-e, that the
unfortunate troubles which azit:itcd that part of the
United Kingdom -had arisen ; that part, of
the' community• it6ted in a manner more consistent
With .their satacci font:Akins,
,Ireland would Ific in a
very different situation from its present, and even
might have(Teen a Protestant Country.--He
threw out these (dots, in the hope that when ale-
gular opportunity should offer, some steps would be
Aitken to remedy the evils in question, '
• Lord Viscount StiM CRTC) N. (Archbishop of Cashel).
and the Bishop'of ROCHESTER, rose at the, same
time, but the latter .Prelato giving. way, the- former
Oroceded -to comment ,on wirit froth the
Noble nuke, particularly with regi.rd.to What re.
fated to the Irish Clergy..... He observed. 'that the
Statement of the Noble Duke evidently.proceeded
from Misinformation, as,•generally speaking, the re.
verse of what he had stated was- the fad. Nothing
could be fairly laid -.to the charge of. the -Clergy iii
Ireland, all circumstances eonsidered,.on the score ,f
non-residence ; and respecting which,,, the Superior
Orders of the Clergy we re particularly-anxious. In
this particular, the Clerical_ Government of Ireland
had even 4n advantage oVer that of this Country,
in the Triettnal. Viottktions of the Archbishops,
.in their .respeetive provinces-1w made hitwelf five
of these 'visitations, .andi from his Own personal'
knowledge, he could flatly. Contradid that which he
regretted to hear from so- resyedable a quarter,
namely, that the unhappy situation-of Ireland arose
chiefly. from want of attention on the part of the
Clergy. He would, withoat' hesitation, .assert,
that io all the King's, domininns, thf!re. WhS 11C) dip. .
cese in which the Clergy more- generally 'resided
Than in that in which he it :he honour to preside,
Cashel. With ,respeil to the Bill then belom the
House,- he apprehended their Lordships had to cons.
sider,what it was, not what it might have been.
The prtticipal (hied the. Bill Was, to stay the
proceedings -in proseeutionb marry of: which were
entered. into merely for vexatious •purpd'ses
they= were instituted, not to enforce residence,
but to persecute the Clergy.; not according to
the spirit, but to the _letter of the Al. His
Grace stated some instances' in which residence
was impraticable, some of whiett .were owing to
the condition ,of the. Glebe 'Houses ; and stated
others in which
~the Clergy, though they performed
all their duties in rite most scrupulous and honour.
able manner, were yet liable to be proseCuted.
Upon the4e consideratiom tsar Bill was introducqd
under the circumstances of the- cast, there was no
time to go farther, aril wiSuld any Lord say it was
not lust and fair to stay for a 'given tune ustoceed.
ings, in such ptosecations as he had ;_tavertda
to
the? ':
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lavoratLti!yilitti:
r‘ev:td
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awiephroh.
position or that itnportunce, the Legislature should
• be t;trte.