The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-19 00:00:00

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The Earl of HARRawrir; in rising to•move far
the re-coMmittal of this Bill, explained the na-
ture and objects of the measure to their Lord-
ships at considerable length. In prefacing this
eXposition, he noticed, his coming forward with
respect to this Bill, as it were, as an executor of
the intelitions of the intentions of the late ex-
cellent aril ever-to-be-lamented Premier, on whose
.publie. and private virtues, patriotism, and ser-
vices to his country, the Noble Earl pronounced
an appropriate eulogium. lie entered into va-
rious details to shew the importance and the ne-
cessity of the measure, and to shew to the house,
that the fer greater part of the clerical duty of
the Established Church was performed by that
very meritorious class of the reverend profession,
the Curates. He stated, that it appeared from
the returns upon the Table', that out of 10,261
places, there were non-resident incumbents 2671,
by exemption, 2114 by leave, and 1055 non-resi-
dents from other causes. This, the Noble Earl
stated among a variety of other points, to' shew
how great a proportion of the clerical duty was
performed by the curates. 'He then.entered into
a statement of the various legislative provisions
which were made for ameliorating their condi-
tion, from tie time of Edward H. to the • latest
v,eriods of his Majesty's reign ; and Of the powers
which were vested-in the Bishops from time to
time, with respect to this valuable description of
the clergy. He likewise adverted to the various
and unequal. state of their stipends, chiefly arising
from the very unequal amounts or value of livings
in different parts of the country :---Adetailed state-
ment of the provisions of the-Bilt, he would not
then trouble their Lordships with ; these they
would perceive on perusing, it ; and could fully
discuss iti the Committee. He obserVed,thatthe
Church was itself •rich enough to answer the ex--
pences requisite for the principal objects of the
IKII. A statement of the 'great inequalities
.of the
remuneration of its Ministerscould' not be consi-
dered without- horror. afecir, hear ! Earl

Strzht^,ne.). After some further observations, his
LOr&hipproceetled to state some Of the• leading
provisions was" proposed, that no'
Curate should. officiate without beingduly licensed
bv the 1ti41:70, thr.,e who were not being left in
too treat a state (4 depernience upon the incurn-
'bent' not well &A main of their situa-
tion. The minimum of salary, it was proposed,
should be 801. Where the perishes containedsoo
souls, it was to be 100/. per annum ; where 1000
souls, 1501. ; where the amountof the
,livings
did `not curet up to tho'se sums, the Curate was
to have the The Noble Earl stated
some farther provisions ,of
.the Bill, and con-
cluded by moving that it be committed for
Monday. - •
The \.relibishop of -CANTERpURY observed, that
when the Bill came next day into, a Committee,
several amendments would be necessary. A fur-
ther -discussion of the subject would. set these
points right with respect to the Bishops, a sup-
posed want of a4:tivity.on whose parts seemed to
be one of 'the. main motives, for the Bill., •
• The Earl of LivEitroot. was favourable to the
prieip)e-of the Bill, and thought it shotihl go
to detailed discussion in a Co,mmittee., :The per-
mission of non -residence was, perhap, in some
degree, neeessari-, in the present state of 'the
Church ; still it should be renienbered the prac-
tice:wasfounded upon no principle of the Chris'--
tian religion, and he noticed the frequency of
such matters being regulated by legislati‘e pro-.
-vision.

Earl STANHOPE 'Shortly delivered his sentiments,
which were in favour of the measure. _ _

Sonic further conversation took place, in which
tiae 13isliop of Exeter, the. Lard Ch'wcellor, and
some other Peers., participated ; .atter which the
Noble Earle motion, as above, was. agreed to,
and their Lordships adjourned till tomorrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—MuRspix.

At four o'clock the SPEAKER counted the 'Mem-
bers, *hen only 36 being- present, an adjourn-
ment necessarily rook plaCe.

TRICE OF STOCKS
TIIIS DAY Al' TWELVE
Cons. fns Op. . . 57i 38 144. Ana. r. . . .

TiliA'J SUN.

soLEM QUIS DICZRE ?

,L, O N,D O N,
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1812.

A report was this morning circulated in the
City, said to have been brought by the Lauresti-
nus frigate, that the inhabitants of Rio de
Janeiro have declared themselves independent
of Portugual, and have ordered the British Mi-
nister and Residents to quit the city. We mention
this repor,t without attaching any credit to it ; no
intelligence of the kind has reached Government.

The details contained h. the Gazette Extraordi-
nary,which was published yesterday, are highly gra-
tifying, both on account of the brilliant success
Ivhich they announced, and because thy skew the
,deep impression which the gallantry of our troops
had made upon the French soldiers. The conquerors
of Jena, Friedland, and Wagram, not only cannot
stand before any thing like an equal number of
British troops, but they do not consider 'them-
selves safe even behind the most formidable'en-
trenchments. The almost unparalleled achieve-
ment of the storming of Badajoz has struck a
terror into the French troops, the effect of
which was very apparent at Mmarez. They ap.,
pear to have been perfectly panic-struck at the
dashing boldness of " les bataillons rouges," and
to have thought allyesistance vain. In another part
-Of our raper will be found two intercepted letters
from the French General LERY; They'shew the
want of union, among the French Generals, and
contain pretty broad hints of their want of
• skill.

We cannot avoid recalling ;to the recollection
of our Readers the language irk which BuoNA-
PARTE used to speak of British troops. There
was no expression of contempt that he did not
apply to them—how often did he .exPress.a wish
that he could bring French and British troops into
contact with each other on the Continent. ' hlia
Wishes have been gratified, and hiS 'language has
been changed. His defeats have, at least, for a
time, cured him of boasting and of prophesying.
They 'have not, however,- had the same ef-.‘,
feet upon those sagacious statesmen hI this country
who seemed almost inclined to impeach Ministers
for not withdrawing our troops froM - the Penin-
sula. Their detetted'blunders .and their. falsified
predictions, have neither lowered their tone,'
nor abated their pretensions. They claim the
direetioh of the a.
Public Councils, as if. their me 7
sures, while they were in Administration, had been.
productive of benefit to the country, and the opi:-
nions which they have given since they have
been out of office, had been justified by events:

We were under the necessity yesterday, from
the great length of the Debate, and of the Gazette,
Extraordinary, ta. give only a short abstract 2f
the Irish Budget; but as we, consider the,speech
of,Mr. POLE as being highly important, we insert
it at length this day.

,Mr. SHERIDAN will, if be is sufficiently recover-
ed, resume his explanation this day in the House
Of Commons, and we predict that it will neither
turn. out to the satisfaction nor the credit of those
who cull themselves his political friends.