The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-22 00:00:00

' objected to its calling on us to pay for it by our
taxes." But the Colonists will not of their own accord
apply their resources to the support of the Church
of England ; and therefore it seems a regard for
their souls must induce us to tax ourselves to give
them the benefit of a Church of England Ministra-
, tion, whether they will or not. We have a great
regard for the Church of England, and a great re-
gard for the souls of the North American Colonists,
and believe. that the latter could not be in better
keeping than in that of Clergymen of our Establish-
ment. But really there must he bounds to philan-
thropy. If wishes could do the thing, we would
give the whole earth the benefit of Church of Eng-
land Ministers ; but wishes will not pay salaries to
Bishops and Missionaries. 'Where are we to stop,
if we are to tax ourselves for the spiritual wants of
others ? " Supposing," said Lord King, " the
United States of America still remained our Colo-
nies, would such a claim for them be made ? To
provide for an Establishment of the Church of Eng-
land, suitable to the extended population of the
United States of America, by taxing the people of
this country, was quite preposterous." The Hin-
doos would be still more benefitted by a Church EF..
tablishment than the North American Colonists;
because, though it is unquestionably a great evil that
men should be Presbyterians or Baptists, it is still a
greater evil that they should he absolute Pagans.
The Hindoos have therefore, a much stronger claim
on us than the Colonists ; because it is not contended
that a Presbyterian may not be saved, while it is
certain that a Pagan cannot. . The obligation on us,
therefore, is greater to establish Church-of-Eng-
landism in Hindostan than in Canada. But who
would maintain that we should tax ourselves to give
Clergymen to a hnndred millions of people ? But the
principle is equally objectionable of taxing ourselves
to give Clergymen to five thousand people; and the
only wonder is, how Ministers should be so lost to all
sense of the duty they owe their country as to ask
for money for ,such a purpose, and how Members
of Parliamint should have allowed the evil to con-
tinue so long. Lord Bathurst defended the grant,
first, because ever since 1702, grants have uniformly
been made by the Government to the Society. for
the Ministers of the Church of England in the
North American Colonies. But the progress of the
evil shews the necessity of resisting objectionable
grants in linthie, however small the sums. In the

year 1811-12, and 13, the grants had been 2,600/.
a-year. To account for the grant remaining so small
down to this period of proficiency in jobbing, it
must be observed, that the allowance did not tempt
• Clergymen to become Missionaries. But it was de.-
termined about this time to make the salary 2001.
a-vear ; and, behold! the number of Missionaries
which, in 1813, was between thirty and forty, was
now one hundred and four; and if we only keep
our purse-strings open, it hardly requires the gift of
prophecy to be able to predict that the population of
Missionaries-will increase as rapidly as any other po-
pulation can do, notwithstanding the amusing as-
sertion of Lord Bathurst, in the teeth of the increase
since the experiment of giving good salaries has been
tried, that " there was a great difficulty in obtaining
persons to fill the situation." All that Lord Bathurst
and Lord Godericli, and the Bishop of London
said, amounted really to nothing, It had reference
merely to the conduct of the Gentleman whose Pe-
tition served as the foundation of Lord King's
Motion. But whether he conducted himself wisely
or unwisely, that dOes not make the grant of money
out of the taxes for Clergymen for the people of
our Colonies the more justifiable. That individuals
in the Colonies should he pleased to have a plentiful
supply of Clergymen among them, paid by this
country, and the Governors of Colonies should
share this feeling is all very natural. But the peo-
ple who are called on to pay for all this, ought to
have also something to say. The Colonists would
be very well pleased to have good coats of broad
cloth supplied them out of the taxes of this country.
If they wish to have the luxury of accomplished
Church of England Missionaries among them, let
them pay for this luxury themselves. We trust this
abominable system of transferring the notions of the
Aristocracy of this country to our Colonies will be
now at an end. Let the Colonies pay for their own
establishments, civil and religious, and they will
take care not to pay too much. They will, to use a
homely saying, cut their cloth according to their
stipend. But if we are to be /the paymasters, they
would be fools to grumble at our expenditure. Not
a single shilling ought to be given to the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel out of the taxes of
this country. If the Society can obtain the money
otherwise, well and good. We are confident that
every penny raised from the People of England to
he expended in the Colonies is really injurious to
the Colonies themselves, and that the sooner they
are thrown on themselves the better for all parties.
—Morning Chronicle.
We understand that the Duke of Wellington is
determined to get rid of that useless establishment,
the Exchequer, the business of which will merge
into the Treasury, or, more properly speaking, into
the Bank. At present the money arising from
taxes is paid into the Exchequer, and from thence
into the Bank. After the abolition of the Exche-
quer Office, it will be paid at once into the Bank,
where it will be placed to the credit of the Treasury.
By this arrangement a saving of about 70,000/, a
vear.will be effected. . The Government, however,
will lose some patronage, but this is an article which
the present Premier holds very cheap. The Direc-
torships'of the South Sea Company, another source
of useless expense to the country, are also to be
abolished.--Morning Herald.