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London, England, 1801-05-05 00:00:00

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cOnsdtpenee of a voluntary, and not etiminal IVY.,
oily deliveie him over so .the dsili leav:s him still
his eharafter us- a Clergyinan, and Still irieligibli '
Ik opposition to this Canon, or: Which so much saes/
has been laid, he begged leave_to read another, iif
much in force at the present day as the Oilier:.--(Mr: l
TOOKk here read itl and by it all Clergymen Avila
exercise, or attempt to cast out devil;, or to raise
evil spirits, are declared subject to the punish.:
men't of deposition)..—Now, if he had given any
'such of ; for instance, if he bad attempted to
'cast out a devil out of any Gentleman, a Member of
that House,. he would have been eligible to a,scat
in it. But because he had voluntarily, innocently,
without giving offence, laid aside Ms office as a _
Clergyman; he was to be declared ineligible to a
Seat in the House:He must be guilty of some crime,
it seems, before he can be eligible. It really
put him in mind of the girl who went to the Mag.
Men Hospital, and applied for admissions She
was answered, that there was indeed a place vn.
'cant in the house; but she was desired to state
Bet.. claims to admittance, " How was you ruin.
ed ? How seduced ?"—" Lord, Sir I (rep Tied the .
girl) me seduced llam as innocent as-the child un.,
born." She was then told, that if shy' was innocent
_she could not po3sibly be admitted ; but if she ‘vish.:
ed to gain admission, she mast go away and qualify
herself for the situation: Similar was the language ,
which had been held to him. As to the reason of the.
question, he had a few mote observations to make:
It is the duty of Members of that House to- watch
over the pubtia safety, and to endeavour to prevent
or remove the dangers which threaten it. But with
this it is said the Clergy have no right to in-
terfere. What, shall a person in Holy Orders 'on
board a Ship not put his hand to the pump to
save the 'Vessel from sinking ? or handle a bucket
to put out a fire ? This is not the language,
of Sedaries, but of reason and common sense.—.-
It here occurred to him to mention ,one Ow g
which he
,ought
.to have mentioned before. Theme
are three learned Professions, Law, Physic, and
Divinity. In all Civilized society each of 'these
Professions are guarded against the intrusion of it:-
norance, lest the ignorant should be imposed ups ti
by the ignorance of other men pretending to know-
ledge. Lithe two former professions, after the t-..
quisite knowledge is ascertained by form ml exam._
nation, the Candidates for them acquire the full right
to perform all their duties. But there is a differ.
ence in the third Profession, which neioer the
-Noble Lord nor the Right Hon. Gentleman seem to
have been aware nf. A person may be formally
ordained and admitted to Holy Orders, amid yet have,
no right to performn. any one of the duties of the
Clerical Charafter. Before he can have a right to
perform any one of these duties, preach, administer
the Sacrament, or baptize, he must have sonie be..
neficein the Church, and the moment he lays aside
that benefice he again loses his right to perform
Clerical Duties. But it would not be difficult tp
prove that aClergymaii may he as useful as another
man in civil or military affair's. Thecasc of the fa.
mous Dr. WA.LKE a, who bravely defended Londoti-
(Jerry during its siege by Jmers 11. is well known.
Klko WILLIAM was anxious to reward bins by
be.:owing. on him a Bishopric. The Bishors iv.
terfered, and said, -this roan has indeed performncti
great services; but his hands have been imbrued in
blood, and he, cannot be a Bishop.. Ktsio WI I. -
LIAM was anxious to reward him in some other way;
and as he could 'not make him a Bishop, he gave
• him a Rcgment, and Doetor, then Colonel Wm..
KER., was. afterwards leillei, fightin gallantly hi
his side. Mr. Toal:r then mentionclzi number of
cases, which he argtted to be ieconsistent with the
doarinei held by the No'ole Lord. )-le said there
had lately been a Member of this House, a person
in Holy Orders, and Colonel of a Regiment -of Mi:
litia--i'llis tiar:ne (was called fir, but-got
,g!.,e4).:-.-
ROB !MON, the Bishop of-Dublin, was Laid Privr
Seal ; Lord CHO !MONDE LEY held two Livinis in
• the Church; Dr. PRETTYMAN, the Bishop of Lin.
.-coln, WITS at one time Seenetary .to Mr. PITT ;
Doctor O'BEIRNE, Bishop of Meath, was Sc.
cretary to the Mkt. of PoltlL .IND ; the present
Bishop of Deßßic takes -his Seat in the House-
of Lords. as Earl of Bit ts.ro;, ; the Archbishop of
CASH EL takes his Scat in- the seine libtse as Lord
SOMERTOt7i Mr.-Goznoti, an irrieemte friend of
the late Clerk of the Housti, Mr. HA rsELL, and a
' • Layman,' .was presented to the Living of Madras;
.amid he finished by being a Coiumissioner of the.
ViEtnalling. Office, which he had no hopes of doing.
The late Minister himself, Mr. PITT,. recommended
to His Majesty to dignify with a Peerage, under
Orders,
legally,nhhrgee ' l Country.---Mr.
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and to make the Law before they enforced

Mr. S,IOEOAT spoke at considerable length in
support
,of.the original Motion ; but Wished at the'
same tinle_that the Noble Lord would consent to
divide it into two ; one abstra(t, declaring the in.
eligibility pf Persons in Holy Orders, the other ap.
plying, that Motion to the case of the Hon. Gentle.
man who had just sat do ;n, by moving for a New
Writ.

itfr. FOX said, that althOugh he should concur
in the Motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman for the
Order of the Day, yet he by no means agreed with
him•in the 'reasons upon which he made that Mo,
tion. He was rather surprized to hear-the Right
Hon. Gentleman. say, that even if this had been
simple abstiaa question, he should also have thought
it' right to move the Order of the Day -; he. could
not help thinking it
.rather a singular conduCt,
though, perhaps, it might be a prudent one. It
appeared to him that the House must be in a very
strange situation, when it was thought right to get
rid of a Motion of this kind, by inoving.thc Order
of, the. Dav, at the same time that it was contended
that the person against whOM the Motion was made,
had no right to sit in that House. It seemed io be
admitted, that that House could nor make a Lavi
-Aing the eligibiiity.of persons to sit in
;he same time, it was proposed to assume
with the Law. He should,
:cr, vote for the Order of the Day,- which
as complete decision against the Noble
Lord's Marion, and he would shortly state it) 'ioie
House the grounds upon which he' should

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