The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-08 00:00:00

THE IRISH CHURCH.

RESOLUTIONS TO BE PROPOSED BY MR.
WARD, ON TUESDAY, MAY 27.

Resolved,—l. That the property now held by the Irish
church, whether consisting of Bishops' lands, glebes,
tithes, or any other species of endowment, is the property
of the state, and ought to bepreserved for such purposes
as the legislature may determine.
2. That in the opinion of the house the Protestant esta-
blishment in Ireland, as now established by law, exceeds
the spiritual wants of the Protestant population, to which
standard it ought to be reduced.
3. That, with a view to effect this reduction, the prin-
ciples of the Irish Church Reform Bill of last year be ex-
tended, and the ecclesiastical commissioners appointed by
that bill be empowered to act as trustees for the whole
of the church property in Ireland, including bishops' lands,
glebes, tithes, and every other species of endowment.
4. That out of the fund thus created, the commissioners
shall issue to every archbishop, bishop, dean, rector, vi-
car, &c., the full amount of the sums which they are now
entitled to receive during the term of their natural lives,
they continuing to discharge their ecclesiastical duties as
at present, where required.
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5. That upon the death of the present incumbents, no
issue shall be made by the commissioners for any future
incumbent, in any parish where the registered number of
the Protestant inhabitants does not amount to one
of the whole population.
6. That upon the death of any bishop whose see does
not contain parishes, each having a Protestant
population consisting of one of the whole po-
pulation, no issue shall be made by the commissioners for
any future bishop • but the see shall be annexed to that
adjoining see by which the duties of episcopal superinten-
dence can be most conveniently discharged.
7. That out of the fund arising from the bishops' lands,
glebes, and tithes, thus gradually. falling in, the commis-
sioners be empowered to extinguish all private rights of
presentation, by buying up the advowsons, where they are
property of individuals ; but that the advowsons now in
the gift of the sees shall only be retained by them where
the livings are retained, and shall drop without compensa-
tion wherever the living is extinguished by the want of a
Protestant congregation.
8. That a discretionary power be given to the com-
missioners in cases where the number of resident Protestants
falls short of that proportion of the whole population fixed
by the fifth resolution, to assist such Protestants in keeping
up the performance of the divine service, by an advance
from the general fund, not exceeding 1501. annually, a
return being made to Parliament of all such cases as may
occur.

9. That the provisions already made for the sale of
bishops' lands, the repairing of churches, and the commu-
tation of tithes into a tax upon land, shall not be affected
by the present resolutions.
10. That the surplus fund remaining in the hands of
the commissioners be applied, either in the promotion of
education or in the employment of the poor, or in making a
provision for the religious instruction of the people by the
ministers of every branch of the Christian church, or in
such other purposes of public utility as Parliament in its
wisdom may think fit.

CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION SOCIETY.

A very numerous meeting of the friends of this useful
association was held last night, at the Chapel in Finsbury-
circus, T. F. Bux•rov, Esq., M.P., in the chair.
The report stated that the Society numbered 1,574
visiters of the poor, all acting gratuitously ; and that they
visited and instructed no fewer than 57,650 families. They
had recently appointed a foreign gentleman of great learn-
ing, piety, and zeal (Dr. Louis Giustiniana), to visit the
foreigners in this country, particularly the Poles. A num-
ber of these (about 200) were found at Portsmouth, who
having been on board a Prussian ship, which by the preva-
lence of westerly winds had been driven into Portsmouth,
refused again to embark on board the transport, and were
living upon public charity, compelled to make a stable their
lodging-house, and straw their bed. As the majority of
them understood the German language, Dr. Giustiniani
found frequent opportunities of addressing them both in
public and private, and their serious attention and grate-
ful acknowledgments proved how gladly they received his
instructions.

After staying with them a fortnight, Dr. Giustiniani
came to London, and having, by the liberality of the Bri-
tish and Foreign Bible Society, obtained a grant of fifty
Polish Testaments, with some German copies of the
Scriptures, he returned to these poor wanderers again,
who hailed his second visit, and these copies of the Testa-
ment, with great satisfaction and thankfulness.
Some doubts having been entertained respecting the
sincerity of their professions, a gentleman undertook to
watch their conduct in the stable where they slept, and
when about ten o'clock one evening he approached the
door, all were silent, except one individual, who,
on peeping through the shutter, he saw reading
the New Testament, while a large company of
Isis poor comrades were kneeling around to listen
to him. As some of these outcasts were sick, a
builder lent one of his workshops as a little hospital, and
the soldier who had the care of his comrades was the in-
dividual already named, and who was constantly employed
in reading the Scriptures to the sick; and the owner of the
premises remarked that he never saw an Englishman more
diligently devoted to the Word of God.
The meeting was addressed by the Rev. J. YOUNG, Dr.
HEUGH, from Scotland, and other gentlemen, and liberal
contributions were made at the close of the meeting. The
Duchess of Kent was announced as a donor of 10/. l Os.
and Mr. Trueman 501.

The East India Company's ship Thomas
Grenville arrived in the Downs May 5. She sailed
from China the 12th January, and St. Helena the
19th March.

Rooxwoon.—The plot of this remarkable
narrative is founded on an English domestic legend,
in which is illustrated, as in some of the ancient Greek
tragedies, the mysterious principle of Fate or Destiny.
The interest is centred in one family, to which belong
the chief actors in the story, and they all bear the
awful stamp of doom. Whether this preternatural
feeling has not a tendency to promote the result which
is dreaded, may be justly questioned ; but that the
tradition on which the romance of " Rookwood " is
constructed is yet extant in one of our shires, cannot
be doubted. The theme is a grand one, and it is said
to have been grandly treated.
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the
death of Lord Craigie. His lordship had long en-
joyed good health, but was on Saturday last suddenly
attacked by apoplexy and palsy at Lundin House, Le-
ven, where he died on Thursday night, at 9 o'clock.
He was in his 80th year. As a judge, Lord Craigie
was guided by the most unbending principles of inte-
grity. In private life he was esteemed by all who
knew him. He was gifted with a benevolence and
sympathy which are rarely to be met with, and still
more rarely manifested by such unwearied deeds of
kindness and anxiety to promote the happiness and
comfort of all who were around him. Many a one has
lost a valuable friend by the death of this truly excel-
lent man.—We understand that the Lord Advocate is
to be offered the seat on the bench, and in the event
of his lordship accepting it Mr. John A. Murray will
be appointed Advocate. We think he will make a
very bad one. But it is said that the Lord Advocate
means to give way to the Solicitor-General, and allow
Mr. Cockburn to step to the bench. We do not be-
lieve this ; and, farther, we hope his lordship will not
be the means of placing upotx the bench one so much
inferior to himself in every qualification requisite for a
judge.—Edinburgh Evening Post.

A ridiculous instance of the despotic influ-
ence by which combinations are governed occurred on
Thursday in a power-loom factory in Glasgow. The
manager, having given notice of dismissal to a tenter
for drunkenness, the female weavers (which body has
for some time been associated with their male brethren
of the trades' union) took it in high dudgeon that,
forsooth, such an act should have taken place without
their sovereign consent; and they one and all turned
out, and refused to work till the dismissal was can-
celled. The overseers were hooted, and a great deal
of uproar occurred about the premises ; but, finding
that such intimidation would not succeed, and r eceiv-
ing some wholesome advice about the illegality of their
conduct, they became repentant, and solicited permis-
sion to resume their work, which was granted them, as
their strike had not lasted many minutes.—Edinburgh
Evening Courant.