The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-04 00:00:00

Duke of Norfolk, patron of

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Marquis of Bristol, patron of ... „
The two Universities have the presentation of
The Colleges of Eton and Winchester „

The rest-of the aristocracy and country
gentlemen '... 6,000
These patronages are worth to the lay improprietors up-
wards of three millions sterling. We then find that the
revenue of the Church is as follows:
England and Wales ...
Ireland

••• £10,480,090
••• ••• 2,200,000

-£12,680,090
This sum, exceeding all the other Christian Churches
put together, is appropriated something in this manner;
' and though the Ecclesiastical Commission have made
great alterations in somo of the enormous salaries of the
Episcopal and dignified clergy, still the amounts below,
including patronage, &c., will be found not far out :
X
Archbishop of Canterbury ... ... 46,000
Archbishop of York 28,000
Bishopric of Durham ... ... 30,000
B4hopric of London 60,000
Bishopric of Winchester ... 12,000
The other t wenty-live Bishops, about
6,000/, each ... . . 150,000

-- 326,000
Dignified Clergy—Archdeacons, Doans,
in number about 1,000, at an income of
3,0001. each ... 300,000
Aristocratical non-resident Incumbents,
about 5,000, at an income of 1,000/, each £4,000,000

£1,626,000
One-half nearly of this immense revenue being thus
absorbed by bishops, dignitaries, and non-resident in-
cumbents, the remainder is applied to the resident in-
cumbent; and curates, who discharge nearly the whole
duties cf the Established Church, few of whom aro
too well paid, and some most shamefully low. The
penury of one part of the Church, from the following
list, may be learned by comparing it with the above. At
the establishment of Queen Anne's Bounty there were
5,600 livings under fitly pounds a year, From an in-
quiry made by the bishops in their respective dioceses
a few years ago it appeared that there were

12 livings not exceeding 10
72 20
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ft„ 191 ft 30
351 ft If 40
435 50
1,
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407 60
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376
70
ft
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319 II ff 80
309 ff 9 f 90
If
315 It 100
9,
283 f f ]lO
307 ~ ~ 120
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246 ~ 130
205
If ff 140
170
ff if 150

1.355 „ from 1.501. to 200
1,928 „ from 2001. to 300
These enormous disproportions in the Church have
been improved a little, as from a Parliamentary return
it appears, there aro few livings now under 100/. per
annum—increased, but not out of the revenues of the
bishops and other dignitaries, but out of the general
community, by Queen Anne's Bounty and otherwise.
This, Sir, is the danger that threatens the Church far
more than any Papal aggression. It is at home, in the
vem heart of the Church, where the danger is seated.
Sleek and well-conditioned, daintily fed, housed in pa-
laces, and sitting in the high places of 'the land, its
lordly prelates forget the lowly Founder of their faith;
they neither feed the poor nor clothe the asked; and
the disputes and dissecsions of late amongst its mem-
bers have cast a doubt upon the sincerity of their prin-
ciples, and the strength of their faith.
The Dissenters of the United Kingdom should agi-
tate—not against the Pope—not against a phantom—
but for the separation of Church and State; and for a
pure, because a voluntary religion.—l am, Sir, &c.
A CONSTANT READER.

Miss Jane Cooke, better known in Cheltenham as
Jenny Cooke, expired at her residence, No. 1, Belle Vile-
buildings, on Tuesday week, after a short illness. Her ec-
centric and penurious life, her long residence in Cheltenham,
and her reputed wealth, had caused Miss Cooke to be well
known to most of the inhabitants. A few years since she
made a donation of a thousand pounds to the Society for the
Conversion of the Jews. One of her latest charitable acts
was a donation of 250/. towards the erection of as organ
gallery in the parish church of Cheltenham, which is at the
present time under construction beneath the archway of the
south porch. The most extravagant rumours of Miss
Cooke's wealth are in circulation, but its precise amount, we
believe, is wholly unknown. Her property consisted of
houses and land, in and around Cheltenham, inherited from
her father, and large accumulations in bank and other stocks.
Miss Cooke has left the sum of 18,0001. to be divided among
the following religious societies, viz., Operative Jewish Con-
verts' Institution, 1,0001. ; Episcopal Jews' Chapel Abrahamio
Society, 2,000/. ; Trinitarian Bible Society, 2,000/. ; Church
Missionary Society, 5,000/. ; British and Foreign Bible
Society, 5,000/.; Malta Protestant College, 1,0001.; Edin-
burgh Bible Society, 1,000/. ; Irish Society of London, 1,000/.
The testatrix directs the residue of her personal property,
not disposed of by herself, to be applied to the endowment of
district churches or chapels in populous parishes. The per-
sonal property is sworn under 120,000/.
POST, OFFICE ROBBERY AT BRISTOL
oGfen moneyeral—Robberies
tpi
hnloeeatttht.eeor
acheaving recently been frequent at the Bristol
trialre sul tbeyd astrict watch. was kept, which at length
apprehension this week, and committal for
messengers,
of Thomas Huckman, one of the
.sengers. The prisoner was charged with
stalingoincfrecm the letter•ba a letter,pecetoowtenni
Po s Post
and four postage stamps. sThe Ins ngala sovereign
eirte i g n
say, attended by direction of the Postmaster- General. The-
prisoner's duty was to convey letters from the Stokes Croft
District Post-office, and having been frequently seen when
conveying the bag to go into a lane at the bottom of Small-
street, and while there shake the bag, which awakened sus-
picion, a letter was addressed to Mrs. Smythies, Brown-
street, Manchester, by the Inspector-General, and the sove-
reign and the four postage-stamps placed in it, and duly
posted at the Stokes Croft office. Upon the arrival of the
bag, the letter being missing, the prisoner was apprehended,
and the fp: postage-etanape found IA his pocket.