The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-20 00:00:00

BISHOPS AND THE REFORM BILL.

sir° TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
teerbri
d4,.,---The Bishops,p as usual, (always excepting that
N„.end of liberal rinciples, the venerable Bishop of
joiCer;le,n, and the new Bishop of Chichester,) have
ose,";° rejecting altogether the Reform Bill; and more-
that It ave had the impudence to declare subsequently,
tt ! the first instance on record since the. Reyo.lution
1€ CS 8 that they have opposed his Majesty s M.inistersd.
I Ivied deliver me from my friends" is an old saying, an
char ‘'enture to chew shortly that the spoliation of the
pr,,,,celb of which the Right Reverend Fathers in Cod
leav--tnd, to have so much dread, has never, in England at
Chu
17uretel. committed by the pesple,ut by the heads of
or the " Lord's. anointed."
aissolution of religious houses of different denomi-
Teel' began as early as 1312, at the same time that the
thatches were suppressed ; and in 1323, the lands,
advowsons, and liberties of the Knights, in
4, t-0-4,", were given by the 17th of Edward 11., statute
Jst.the Pri for and Brethren of the Hospital of St. John o
Isosaleto• In 1390, 1437, 1441, 1459, 1497, 1505,
their' "111515, several other houses were dissolved, andd
e senues settled different Colleges in Oxford an
'rehri
hY li -Ige• Soon after the last period, Cardinal Wolsey,
ti ceose of the King and the Pope, obtained a dissolu-
'::llZ.4l)ove thirty religious houses, for the founding and
file „ing his Colleges at Oxford and Ipswich. About
~irdtitne a Bull was granted by the same Pope to
f
'')(3001-41` W"lseY, to suppress Monasteries. to the value c
Coll '.ocats a year, for endowing Windsor and King's
la e'ge in Cambridge, and two other Bulls were granted
ts44laertdinals and Catnpeius, to annex some of the
the to the greater Monasteries—and. another Bull to
-alne Cardinals, to inquire, about Abbeys to be sup-
Jessed,
stb,r sn order to be made Cathedrals. These acts, and
kilho eircutnstances, operated in concurrence with the
t4ei,''s 'cunt of a supply, and the people's desire to sale
(nderTho",Y, to forward a motion in Parliament, that in
the to support the King's state, and supply his wants, all
IssiTigious houses might be conferred upon the Crown.
Att;l:vere not able to spend above 2001. a year; and an
Passed for that purpose, 27th Henry. VIII., cap;
a rel. •"Y this Act about 3SO houses were dissolvedt,oatnhte
Cto tie!' ne of 30,000/. or 32,00.01.1.ateyaenadr came to
The
kophs,,n's.hesides about 100,0001. p
447" I°ll of these houses naturally.pi" occasioned cliscon-
"Peeiall • amongst the parties most interested, and at
ninth
t,
41 )an Open resistance; when this was appeased, the
ng resolved
4Ppoi , to suppress the test. of the Monasteries, and
ki,b4,eut a new visitation, whic caused the greater
°be surr dered ; and it was enacted by 31st.i
ha entY VIII ensteries, &c. which
•, cap. vs, that all ; ona
7t.Te,heil,:::,..i:iai;io),rrezelered since the 4th of February, in the
der °f his resell, r. which hereafter shall be surren-
vbesi'te,ni in the King.
Ptts% s '`ttlglits of St. John of Jerusalem were also sup-
sion uf by the 32d Henry VIII., cap. 24. The suppress
e „ these greater houses by these two Acts, produ.ced
ktls,.v4lte to the King of above 100,0001. a year, besides
hitibesunt in plate and jewels. The last Act of Dlsso-
In this King's reign was the Act of 87th Henry
v`sin,;.eaP. 4, for dissolving Colleges, free Chapels,
84c• which Act was farther enforced by Ist
ard vi.,
cap.
14. By this Act were suppressed 90
lise'gmeii'
110 Hospitals, and 2,374 Chantries, and free
)dtiPres;-,'"' The number of houses and s sup-
from first to last, ao far asp any coleus
appear to have been made, has been
feris 'tecl at 3,182 ; besides many others of in-
ai4'rjark of which no account was kept. The total
14.04,71 revenue of. these is estimated. at not less than.
tt<l., all of which, besides a vast quantity
`'echo'r Plate, Cattle into the King's hands, which,, consi-
ettoh. the value of money at that time, must have been of
No '3 amount.
what did bold Harry with all this money?
WesFir4t;,,Y; He founded six new Bishoprics, viz., those of
nster (which was changed by Queen Elizabeth into
nureu
„°,"Yi with twelve Prebends, and a school,) Peter-
Chester Gloucester, Bristol, and Oxford.
ht,)' t other'Sees he founded Deaneries and Chapters,
"titL:erting the Priors and Monks into Deans and Pre--
ees:„-'5,, viz. Canterbury, Winchester, Durham, War-
slao Norw idl, Ely, and Carlisle. He founded.
114, e-.,',C°lleges 'of Christ Church in Oxfotel, and Trinity
eitee"."idge and finished King's College there. H e
'l4 ni," founded Professorships of Divinity, Law, Physic,
Unithe Rehr,and Greek tongues, in both the said
tlirtvi,",lltes. ave the House of Grey Friars and St.
et,i.4-14'ornew'e liesgpital to the city of London, and a per-
`'o P"%jort to the Poor Knights of Windsor.
that') it is observable, from the foregoing statement,
Chtitlie dissoluti;in of these houses was an act both of the
liefuand of the State ; and in the period preceding tile
`'stirsT:'iti°,l, by a Kin.. and Parliament of the Roman
tesi!--nc , • ll points, excepting the King's.
Isnion, ;n a
." ; and also by the Pope himself,d
tieotl sad
licenses (as I have previously shewn, in epe
PeiutY\ 14 those granted to the Cardinals Wolsey and Cam-
-4),,11ad led the way.
rite tA this mass of evidence, Mr. Editor, of acts passed
t4ik "i4l old times how can any person pretend. to
or I,°l the Dialed rights, of the Clergy, whether Bishops
she, Inctierlis°°'• Alanypersons think with me that it wouldi
actous to disturb the parties in possession of
t`;', of the Church, but that it would certainly eiu
their
holoe tnhtall others into those high places, whilst.t.leef
the Levertues might be made available for the ta.rvice.
for there' es well to provide more equal remuneration
rto es:e i'abotirloa class of the priesthood. I would have
411,14ti:.:/att.:ziaetsi,d
tbuthe tchie)upracrhis li priest should be amply
wouldre-
be more respectab e and.
Pcssesr”/)eeted- In conclusion, by not disturbing those in
tvi,h.'”"n no wrong could be contemplated, as coming.
12,;:d1115, the denominatien of injury done to any individual,
eseedthat cannot be considered as lost which was never
having,hoPs
in a body, (with the two excep-
1411enir"
to
at ti%•% Po;simenpensent of this letter) reiected
:iaratzi-;°t`n Bill, as' Passed in the Commons House of Per-
h)" a" offered to their notice in the Upper House
hiLt4 Prime Minister who most particularly addressed
that
twhitli
,he It° them), and thereby.put themselves decidedly at
learne„'ught as a body, the wishes oftlte public, induces me to surmise,
coh.oiz", yetthey may be very wise and very
that they have exhibited a marvellous lack
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feeling a sense, and also of inform ttion, as regards the
4elvt,,, of the
People upon this subject, by opposing them-
strong 10 the known wishes of his Majesty, and to the
havrecommendation of his Majesty's Ministers, and
wise,
° doing, in my humble opinion, done no other-
God
of 'a?
hist" commit a political " Feb de se,"—" which
&C. &c.—Your's faithfully,

A CONSTANT READER.

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