The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-25 00:00:00

RESIDENCE OF Tilt CLERGY.

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Mr. BATHURST rose, pursuant tip • liptipq, to
Move for leave to bring in a Bill to discontinue
certain actions which had been bronght• against
ecclesiastical persons for penalties under the Act
of the.43d of the King, and to protect then frOfn
vexations proceedings. He stated, that there had
been 92 actions brought against ecclesiastical per-
sons by a Mr. Wright, of whom he should Sa'y
thing, but that he -had; 'as Secretary to two or
three Bishops, opportunities of 'disCoVering be. 7,
yowl what any ordinary informer woultbiltave.,
what penalties ecclesiastical persons. had sukiemed,
themselves to. Of the 92 actions that he had
brought for penalties for non-residence, there were
but two or three cases where that non-residence
might not be excused. The greater number of
the cases were against- clergymen who had two or
three livings, and had actually resided on one of
thetrt;-and had only-tubjected•Lthentselves to the
penalties by pot sending a torwal notification to
the Bishop of the living upon which they resided.
It was probably merely front their- ignorance of
the necessity of this formal .notification, that they
bad omitted it. Another class of those non-resi-
dents were those who had' no parsonage-house ton
their livingS, and resided': elsewhere, either in:
their parishes or 'the neighbouring parisheNvith-
out the formal license of the Bishop,' aklap.ugh-
sitch.license would undoubtedly have beehiglatit7
ed upon application. To stew the 'exteht, to
which those penalties, went, he 'should state the.

case of one eler&raan who had three livings, and
-had constantly :resided on one or other of them
for the last 40 years. This clergyman hid, how:-
ever, been sued fol' penalties amounting to 15;6001.
although he had been a constant resident on his

liiring,-and had merely. otnitted to give a formal
notification to chi.. Bishop of the living Upon
whiCh he resided. ,What he should propose•at
present was, to alloW those persons, who 'migilt
have formerly applied to the bishop-for a license
of non-residence, to applif now for such license.
If the bishop should grant the licenses, then he
should propose that the. actions should bediScon-
tinned. on the production of them. Still, •as the

informer had the law upon his
,side, the persons
against whom the actions had been. brought would
be subject to the payment of costs; and lie-,trust.,
ed the House would conceive, that this would be
a sufficient punishment for mere inativeitence,
when the spirit and intention of the act requiring
the residence of the clergy had been compied
with. After some farther observationS, he con-
eluded by moving for leave to bring in tire Bill,
Mr. WHITBEOW) regretted the :absence of

Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, who had in
a great measure been the author of the- Act of
•the 43d of the King, which was now found se in-
efficient for its purposes. It was an Act4vbich seem-
ed to,lead to the greatest incon venieneies. The cases
now statedwere certainlyfall of hardship,yet bemnst
say that it was also some hardship to the informer.
The Act gave t large penalty as a stimulus to ex-
cite respectable men to be vigilant on the subject
of non-eesidence ; and yet, as soon as an infor-
mer proceeds according to the Act, then -a Bill is
brought in, first to suspend, then to discontinue,
then to crush .the actions which he hits.heen in-
duced Co bring. At the same tiMe, he was ready
to allow, that if great mischief might accrue from
the strict execution of that Act, it should be mo-
dified or repealed. One case lie knew himself : a
clergYinan in the Diocese of Norwich, who had
been 40 years resident on his cure, and had never
altogether been absent trout it 40 days, had been
unfortunate enough, from mistake or ignorance,
to incur the penalties, and must be rained if they
Nv ere ekacted., llc hOped that the Right Honour-
able' Gentleman' who had. framed that Act, would
once more apply his'powers to a careful alteration
of it, . .

Mr. PRESTON', Mr.WETHERELL, and Mr.WyxNE,
said a few words ; after which Mr. BATHURST
very oOrtly replied.

Leave was then., given to bring in the Bill. It
was brought up, and read a first time, and ordered
to be read a second time on Thursday next., and
to be printed.

Mr. BATHURST then obtained leave to bring in
a Bill to continue the Act of this Session, for the
suspension of certain Actions commenced against
Ecclesiastical Persons. It was brought up, read,
and ordered to be read a second ti►tie to-morrow,
,and to be printed.

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Y:.'The CIiANt:ELLOR of- the EXcIIIMUER moved,
that the motion respecting the Copper Coinage,
which was fixed for to-morrow, should be post-
poned till Tuesday next. ,
Mr. BROGDEN brought in, a Bill to extend the
period for purchasing legal quays.—Adjourtie(4.

The following sick and wounded Huss-fir Officers
were doing well at the beginning of the present
month, at the Hospital station, Vittoria ':--7

Capt. Hamlin, 7th Hussars. ' LieutAilake, ditto,
Lieut. Greeofield,7th Hussars. Capt. Croltr, 19th Hussars.
Capt.llyliger, ditto, severely. Lieut. G. Wood}. urry, ditto,

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AFiRtvEl),-1 Li;boti, I Dadin, I Waterford. MIE-1
L. ,Uadiz, 21 Goiterdicrh, 1 livli,',oltind. flullaud,
1.-.Guerosey, I Dublin, 3 Waterford.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORSL•
Muriaing, li)iiiiiintes alter 5. j Ereningi 35 militates-aft"

ErtirtATA.—ln our Ship News of yesterday, for, "the An'oe,r,l7;
flotilla on Liz J i, had Pte,ia .dcstroyed"—re44
Lakes," &c.

TI-14 E S_UN•

if),1,E51 Qll .DICERE FAILSUM AtIPEAT ?

LONDON,
FRIDAY, IVA R6II 25, 2814.

-- •
An OfEeer, in a post-chaise and four, arYiv.ej
thisforcnoon at the Foreign Once;,analanaleti
diately went off to deliver his dispatches to Sri
, .
HAMILTON,. at his. residence. is stated (114
know not .with what degree of correctness) tij
he conies from Lisbon ; if so, his comniol'ic3'
ce
tions, the nature. of which, from circualstai of
above stated, has not transpired, cannot be
material consequence. •

• isle
• We yesterday, upon the authority of Pil
'
letters froth Amsterdam, mentioned:the p.-1. s
lence of a report in that City, that the Neecltti
tions at Chatillon bad happily been. brol;° °ll
and that Lord CASTLEREAGIIwas momentariVc
,
"pectediii the Capital of Holland. We also-state,i
no light-authority, that throughout Alsace aed
Lorraine the disposition of the people lead b
ascertained to be favourable to the 13.0(1r4/31t,
Cause.. And it will. be seen this day, by the 'ev
ter from 'Falmouth, in our Naval News, that t
two _French_ Me.ssengers landed_ lande at that Vt''r
from Bourdeaux by the Landrail, assert, tire'
the whole Country was, in a state of Itevolut(atiej
" To Arms 1.1 is the cry from the Pyrennees t°
Garonne; anti "to arms " will very speedibro
the cry foist the Garonne• to the Seine•
is, indeed, an; animating prospect—it %v3f,t,
the blood, chilled by the Ne.gociations at Cliitr
tilion,- which, like the torpedo, benumbs °Ol
faculties, and paralizes the best energies t
regenerating France. We cannot but think xl'3
this new impulse will be-found to he irroisti
ate
even should the hwdness of the pacification 11.0 i
proceeded to the extent surmised in the 1011°1
letter :

3 r..ct, t• tr Tl, 4..iba- •-311)P" ,of
N this .afternoon, a very beays; and incessnnfir::::
has been kept up on the French Coat, eels.
direction pf Boulogne. Many persons love w-
to the heights, but the weather being sO
$1"
tremely hazy, nothing could be seen: it is, "°
ever, conjectured that Preliminaries of Pcace id
been signed, and that the firing was reioicing ,
the Messenger passing through Boulogne t°

lais, on his -way to England." •
be'
The bare apprehension of this .suppositi° •ld
ing true fills us.with alarm and sorrow. ofi
we contemplate the noble end to our twenty 1,
straggle, which perseverance in an opposite e°6.
for a short space must accomplish;—when Ice ti
5 irl
cipate the interminable war, of which we dreg
to be the advocates,. terminated in a manner for
congenial to the splendour of Great Britain's 113
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and 1 the repose and safety of mankind, by
evie
one effprt more, we have not a feeling °r
pertaining to us which does not bar"
ardent .hope, that no peace will be rnzie
BUONAPARTE that no peace will be " of'
until the Royal Representative of the 14°1!3c
tvi'
BOURBON. 15 re-seated on the Throne of Iris
cestnrs—that Tnopeace' will be made tii`i
streams of social order and justice are
01,14
stored to their proper channels, and feel' loo!i
live out of the' temnest" which >has 5°
sapped the foundations and shaken the r
pe•
of the glorious fabric of civilized Eull?-fle0
On the other hand the surmise 'of an agrecirrjor-',
with the Corsican to perpetuate all these 11g.L4„:a
and entail a continuation of these tniScries 1,'541
generations yaw come, quite noncrycs

subdues our spirit.
cot;
Then conlea out fit again : We had else been P"'
Whole as the marble, founded as the rock;
A's broad, and general, :is the casing air zid
• But.c/A•c, we are cabiu'd, cribb'd, coufin'd, "Jou-
,To fancy thitibts and feay.

coast'

With regard to this firing on the Fren;bail'
however the length of its continuance, "
the whole afternoons or as the other lette
pr
ope
for two or. three biatii.s, is a very strong or'
tire proof against its being in honour foch
casion suggested. The British Cruizers areo
more likely to keep up a vigorous cnn°l3ll-04 •
some of the Enemy's vessels endeavouring t;0 6ret
along the shore, than the French batteries `
P
salutes for any'eVept during so protrac`" f cher
riod. As, 'however, the annunCiati(l'
signature of Preliminaries must to It aerff a
en lye ill this country in the manner €lllll'e
eoprelleb.
'Tye c;:.nr:Qt help entertaillinit, strong -s • 4111%,

si°lls upon the present occasion.. God grant that
iir fears may be ill-founded—and that the letter
from Rolland maybe the correct blade; thou Owe
confess we are inclined to consider it.,,rather as
the record of the wishes of the People, and of
lll'iours circulated in consequente of these wishes,
than
as information to be built upon as relating to
44 event which had actually taken place.
The gnly.other topic to which we have alluded
to • this_—
artiele is that connected with the arrival
.`"r!rench pep utiesfrom fourdeaux. yester,
i
frilly 'explained this matter. No telegraphic
dispatch Awe repeat) has been received, an-
,tl"ncing insurrections in Prance. The two
r
`Aeritlenteil Who have arrived, belong to tilt.
quite
of the Duke D'ANGOo LEsmE. Of coarseand
th •
' report atig
the state of affairs at Bourde*
ey
e'n the country through which they 'pass-
in ;
n tominurneyio that city ; but they can have
"t4iried no further information than what we
previously stated on the more official and regular
authority of Lord WELLINGTON and Marshal
:4.lcaEspoßD.

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At two
o'clock her MAJEsTY and the
ttESSES honoured Mrs. and Miss FIELDING with a
4•
4, at their apartments in St. James's Palace.
+ll the evening, between six and seven o'clock,
they went tobCariton.house,
ai,„E to dine with the
REGENT.
ThiS day her MAJESTY will leave town for
indsor.
tyesterday the Dukes'of YORK and
.SUsSEX, the
leietle'S of yogi{ and a number •ot the ferniild,
'oll.' "vr and the PitiNcrAA
_ vlsited heri—AJESTY
4t the Queen's Palace.
t) Princess CHARLOTTE, and a select party of
;''e Particular friends of the QUEEN, were invited
,° !beet her Majesty at dinner at Carlton-house,
`Wednesday. At nine o'clock there•was a se-
party to meet the QUEEN to tea. At half-
r4St II o'clock the party broke up.
e 'the SPEAKER'S Parliamentary Levees will not
'"llnence till after the Easter Holidays.
A frigate is ordered to convey the Duc de BERRI
urtllWith from Jersey to Bourdeaux.
ti such was the commercial importance, of Boor-
eektX previous to the Revolution, that it was
usidered as the third trading city in Elm/Pei
_after 'London and Ainstettlam. In 178 g;. there
the the port of Bourdeaux 41/1 vessels,:-aod
e "'piling belonging to the town emi Hied
'e \Vest India' tril'de aniOnnted to 175,000
In .
for Paris the people are reported to be as ripe
are
ontstteirrectiou as they are in BOurdeaux. They
.etiesa,trno?:: (11leei'lierrighus addressing. each oQui
front these
vagabondsses Gueui la—Who will deliver
letter has
~tteer of the received in town .from
limn. German-Legion before ay-
' Stating, that amt attack had been made upon
that f°,"ress, which had proved unsuccessful, and
e,r `Lue King's German Legion had lost 27 offi-
„B tcilled and wounded. The force- investing
prlJ°4tle consists of two divisions of British (sup-
13,s(1bctweeri 9 and 10,000 men), one division of
""uguese, and 11,000 Spaniards.
ot was yesterday stated, that -Lord Wr.LLIN,!-,.,
;
s'i" entered ToulouSe ,on- the 15th instant--- e
teluent which,. though not improbable; cer„,
tally Premature.
; ,
alter
,Vesta has reached the coast from Passages,
(1, el the short voyage of three days, kind by this
iPp.irtimity we are informed, that the desertions
qi the French army 'during the late actions in
b 45"37, amounted to 16,000 men. It has not
aeen correctly, stated that they threw away •!heir
a:1"1. Subsequent to the transmission of,the..dis-
tehes, it was-discovered that the. greater part of
enl was regularly piled, in order that they might
°lre intothe possession of the Allies. The
It):11 \x 'ho had deserted did not join the standard
O' Lord WELLINGTON, but dispersed, and pro-
ewe(' to their homes.
8 1""A. WELLINGTON, it is reported, dispatched:.
.veral couriers, by different routes, with instruer,
_o.ns
to make their way to Lord CASTLEREAGH
Ili
744 the news of his victory ; and
.there was
..erefore reason to- hope, that one or other of
(11em would reach him in safety.
xv-Extract of a letter from an Officer in Lord
.P.I,LING•ioN's "army, dated Mont Marsan, Mareh
te*"."'" Nothing can be more gratifying than our
ee Ption since we commenced our march into
b e heart of France. To-morrow we start for
'4"11 ourdeauX ; Sir LOWRY COLE'S division and ours,
tr°der the. command of the Mars'hal. The court-
Tllt we havecome through is very rich, and every'l
.
cheap. Fowls, fat and fine, a shilling each ;
two shillings ; ham band cheese, sixpence
Pound each excellent claret and burgundy,.
ever
shilling and sixpence per bottle ; game of
erY as well as fish,' very reasonable ; olives
fruit in abundance: Moreover, in ninny places,
ainhabitants will permit us to pay nothing at
Letters from Amsterdam, dated on Monday last,
o.ntion the receipt of accounts from the neigh-
th:thood of Delfzyl, stating that the garrison
rovre had been doing great damage in the sur-.
I,4aTtling country, on the occasion of a sally they
few days since. Many lives were lost,
atttl neither age or sex was spared by the enemy.
.111.4, Spanish Paper mentions, that the Salloß
who excited such a flame in the Cates,.
Y„?,iB arbitrary docti hies, had fled from Madrid.
it ,'"e meeting at Freemason's-ball to-morrow,
blame expected, will be attended by a great assem- •
itiaaig,e of persons of distinction, from the circum-
lii,ees, that the Chair will be taken by his Royal.
I.l,kl,,Oness the Duke of Yoax ;. and their Royal
~.!Billnesses the Dukes of KENT and SUSSEX, , the
.slrocabishops of CANTERBURY and YORK, thOlja,
of LONDON, DUItHAM, and WmcnE.sx.E4,,L
tai. be present. A great number of ladies' of
aln4 fashion will ,attend, several hundred
(1 of incitation having been issued to ladies,