The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-01 00:00:00

CHURCH EXTENSION-.

There is a Bill now before Parlament for the erne?, ci;
ment of the Poor-law, which contains a clause for 11(4°11'
to the income of the Clergy out of the poor-ratna
Strange as this may seem, it is nevertheless true; !fed
shows with what eagerness every opportunity is ge,'• b
ir t
upon for adding to the emoluments of a Churc:ti "
has already a revenue of upwards of six millions a-Yr-at,,
On Tuesday night Mr. P. H. Howard presented a Pc
~t,'
tion to the House of Commons against this clans....,
the Guardians of the Carlisle Union. The folkiwing
a copy
The Petition of the Guardians of the Car
a copY of
" Showeth—That your petitioners have soca
a Bill now before your Honourable House- fat the Atne
merit of the Poor-laws, in which is contained the follow'
clause. viz.:
" And be it declared and enacted that it shall be 110:fuili
for Guardians to bury the body of any poor person who sba
die within their parish or union without effects of suflicie,%
value to defray the expenses of the burial, and to charge '"i,"
expense thereof to any parish under their control to vihic,
such person may have been chargeable, or in which he wa'v
have died ; and every body which the Guardians, or .
of their a
officers duly authorized, shall direct to be bur e
at the expense of the poor-rates, shall, unless theVnioni
Guar-
diens, or such officer, shall otherwise direct, be buried inh
the burying-ground, or the parish division of Paribse
chapelry or place in which the death shall have or shall
considered to have occurred, and that a fee
of five shilling
and no more, shall be payable out of the poor-rats to
(0r
,0
the burial of each such body, and such fee shall be Pala
the clergyman who, according to the practice of the p
shall have been accustomed to receive fees for burial.'
atre
" That your petitioners estimate that, should this el
become the law, an additional expense will be cause 4 t¢
the parishes comprising the Carlisle Union of not less tba
1001, per annum. addi-
" That your petitioners cannot but look upon sue.' , „
tional burthen as unjust and uncalled-for, which Wilitearte
pear evident to your Honourable House, when theY.:, tbo
that, at present, the fees payable to the clergyman It ier
parishes of St. Mary's and St. Cuthbert's—the Iv" oat
portant and populous parishes of this Union---n""dig
only to 5d., and that the total expense of burial, inc, to
clerk's fees, digging the grave, &c., amounts e'lYtho
3s. 6d. in the parish of St. Mary, and to 2s. 71d'''v et
parish of St. Cuthbert. Should, therefore, the clans toes
which your petitioners complain become the lal'of 1.
clergymen will actually receive more for the Writ,
pauper than for the burial of a person having sufficient
fe et sto defray funeral expenses. the of
" That although a practice had crept in under al
Poor-laws of paying the clergyman his fee in the
h butr.tircb,
a pauper, yet this practice, by the 68th canon of the C ot,or-
and on the authority of Mr. Theobald's Treatise og 0:1
laws (p. 3 Addenda), has been declared to be 'lo;ut of
it is also unrcasonsble, inasmuch as such fee
the Poor-rates, a great portion of which is ciintri °u poor'
the labouring poor ; and before the establish ment 0111 rate
laws in England, the clergyman could have no P arts
be
to apply to for such payments. Insi
" Your petitioners therefore pray that f his eli.use
expunged." °
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That a proposal should be made to g:ant the C',,rob
England, with its already enormous revenues, 3°'`:,,•1l be
year out of the Poor-rates, is really too bad. It tb'
observed that neither the Roman Ca.t-h „.
olic priests, fees'
Dissenting Ministers are noticed as entitle dto enlYboer•
though they may be called upon to I lerfosm tb e sato,' 101sod'
What an insult to the Clergy of the Chur ch of V,,f;
to say that they are the only men of thei r "
will not perform the last rites of,' humanity over the rciarsia•
of the poor and destitute without fee or r,. ward
Journal, May 23, 1840.

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BIRTHS.
J. oreetl,
On the 28th ult., at St. Mary's, 130(ford, Mrs. l''
lings-
of a daughter.
On the 29th ult., in Upper Grosve aor-street, NE" 0. ' I
cote, of a son. , .0.00"
Jelin°
On the :30th ult., in Wellingto.a-terrace, St.
Mrs. Alarchant, of a (laughter.

MARRIED. cO, at St,
On Tuesday, the 26th ult., by the Rev. C. A• ..7„20e1 Est'
,'
Peter's Church, Brackly, Northamptonshire,. G. Iv (1-kobe"
of Noah Aston Grounds, to Catherine,iiale, re
East, Esq., of the above place. • e
On the 28th ult., at Holton Beckeri g
thenLincolnshirit'oe,
Longstaff, Esq., of Fiskerton Hall, Lirnreo'lnshirer forge'[
youngest daughter of the Rev. J. daughterol' e -
place. re A.?'
On the 28th ult., at St. George's church, Rallisga' f ?la'
Calland, Esq., third son of the late C. Calland, EN" ,!forest'
ton-street, Portland-place, and of Kittle-hill and VPP%. Giv"
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Glamorgan. to Hannah Matilda, third daughter of ' .
n v. 13'
son, Esq., of Grove House, Ramsgate.
On the 29th ult., at St. John's church,
R. Williamson, of Cumpton Rectory, Bedford, to Chair,
,sei,,
daughter of the late J. Guy, Esq. of fam 'iciL" ptonv, ,
Devizes, the --elotte,

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On the 29th ult. in Regent's-park, Sir NV. 11. Pablo:
,a 17'
of Palmerston, Mayo, and Kenure-park, Dublin, Pg€ rly of
At Aveley, Essex, J. Aubrey, Esq., solicitor, forme
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LoOndon.
n the 28th ult., at Cumberland Lodge, Hampstead-I'c°' I
J. Madeley, Esq. 1: ra di,
On the 29th ult., at Queen-street, May-fair, C. Ri"
Esq., son of the late Lord Chief Baron Richards. 14'
On the 30th ult., at Croorn's-hill, Blackheath, Cspiaill
Smith, R.N., P.R. S., aged 77. t• elh
On the 28th ult., at Macslough Castle, Walter De Wi°
Esq., M.P., aged 30. r a VP
At her house in New Burlington-street, 7.s.lary, •-•°-ti
Dowager o Cork ad rrer aged 95.
inArAaltaL'ic.
Lyme,
, NN.orth n
BriOtain,y 'Captain 11. A: 'Sutherland, 10th
Knott, Esq., aged 89.

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the county of Alid,dlei.ex.—Mouday, June 1, 1840.

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