The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

`The: second ,reading of the Colliers' Wages Bill was. post-
•rin
pciiiied rill this day se tght.
Mr. 11.,SUMNER moved the second reading of the Christ
Orwell Parish linprovement.Bill, which was ordered to be
committol 00 Monday nest.
111 r. S. 'I'HORNTON pi esented a Petition, signed by-many
boutie4eepors of the Parish of Christ-church, in favour of the
Bill for enlarging the burial ground of that parish.-70rdered,
to lie on the tabk.

ilootlier Petition was elan received, praying to be beard by
Cotintici egisioat cc) tirirlpiirtS of tliu

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SAl.,if; OF GAME.
Colonel WOOD gave notice that he should move on Wed-
ne.•day the 7th of May, the second reading of the Bill to k
gauze the .sale of game, .
.
Sir S. ItOMILLY moved; that the puller yesterday presented,
giving a 1*(111'41 of the uninber of persons confined forollencei
aglimo the 04,0 e I.awi
,i it England and Wales, be printed.,
Air.. SHAW LE PURE presented ti Petition front Reading,
in favour.olsene measure for the better regtilatinn.of stage-
onaches,Hand lot:Turing the lives of his Majesty's subjects-
Ordered to lie ass the. table. . • • .

The C.opper Tokens was read a second tune, and
ordered lo be committed to-morrow se'noight.
Mr. CALVERT moved for an Accoont of the number of
of Malt made from January, 1814, to January, 1617,
in Voglisod and Wales.
Mr. LoAMIITON presented *a Petition from the *Parish
Officers ia Sumterland. praying forsome alteration in the
Poor Laws,, and.statiog, that or a population nut exceeding
16,000 in that parish, 8,000 were paupers, and that the rates
amounted io many instances to 204., and in s*ihe 'to fins; in
the pound. The Petition was read, and ordered to lie upon
the table.

lioid MILTON presented•a Petition from:.severs{ Parishes
in the West Itidl,jn;; of the county of York,in favour of a Re-
far►o in Parliament ; and uMnher from the town of Keno
-
ridge, on the subject of the Poor Liws, which were severally
received.

Sir ROBERT HERON presented a Petition from the town,
of Chea (4rimiliy, praying for a more equal reprl.4Suotation of
the people in Parbanient,—Ordered Wile:upon the table. •

RESIDENCE OF Tut CLERGY.

Mr. MANNPLIS SUTTON, in liSilig:ollSk leave to
bring in a Bill to regulate a subject. of very con-
siderable importance to -the Clergy, took a view
of the different Acts which had existed respecting
client, since-Henry VIII. anti of -one which had
been passed thirteen years ago (the 43d of his Ma.
jesty), with the best intentions. Its powers,
however, had been so abided, that Parliathent bed
footed it necessary some years since, •by an extra.
&nary interposition, to suspend the prosecutions
hick had been undertaken by a common informer
for the nun-residence of beneficed Clergymen on
their benefices. Ftir that purpose, the s,lth of the
King had been brought in. It had also: been:
made teniporery, not because it' was thought that
the abuse did not • require a permanent remedy,
hot with the view of introducing the subject more
at loge, the next Session, to -the consideration
of the Hottse. That introdoction had .been de.
I,lyed, and the Act had been renewed for thiee
ile43lons, in order to give time to prepare a
g-cocral measure, clilettlated• to .secure • at once
the ititercts of the Clergy, and the tine perform-
. auee of their important duties. The fi,lth of ,the
King, was ;row going to expire, and the faimer
Act, to revive with all those pro Visions Which'
proscd so liable to- be abused. It would
110 i ,he o.lloii4lit to leave the law as it would now
st and, awl lir, tlirpw the Clergy again ;into the
gr nap of, a common informer, from which
I.lenr lout already thought itseitealled upon to
vcseae them. He teas. satisfied that the Clergy
told the country owed. the greatest obligations to
It flight lion, And Learned Friend, who bud
SiAtottl ot his Majesty, nis labours had,
been %iews excellent,. rind heliad pos.
septitor at acme:,: khe coofidence of op House,, of the
Clergy, itnd of the public. Whatever irlPOLlVe-
rtiowe, hart since bcen experienced, had ariseb,
from it At Act itself, bur from the.abuse o'l4
(vai that liability to abuse which
111`,44"1 he checked, and to endeavour to attain
11,,at " only, be to follow up the in.
froo yith; that view
I c6"6" could be adopted. Either the
40, iitubt egain )je revived,
or recourse must be

liad to Some nu.l!=.ll.C-- of a moVe SC
4ifil rtrOlittlelit• kind. Tiie former eoarse,woulti
Only- fetid to post punc.the consideration of the sub-,
sect to Another. Session, He, disapproved generally
Of temporary measures.- In
.the present - case
they might have unpleasant consequences.
The Clergy, or at least litany 'of tbeni, lived in
secluded -tonatiOns. mid might remain. ignorant' of
the lavits•by which they were to be goVerned, till
they %veryactually pat, in force against them. The
renewal orsimilar measures every•year might alto
mike it appear, as it hat) already been said;•tbat,it
was necessary tocreate new clauses every ,Setssiotti
as though the Clergy were less attentive to their.
duties, and less professional than in former' times,
He believed the reverse to be the case, but the re-
peated discussions on temporary Acts would tend
to create inch suspicions. Alt he asked of the
House was, before it .should.come to any determi-
nation respecting temporary-laws, to tillovei him to
propose a measure, which, Ott examination, lie
hoped' would be thrum' fitting for.the
That 'Mettsitre.fiowed from'a quarter to which the
Clergy and the House would look with confidence,
.9s•the persons who had flamed it* were .able front
Vick 3ituatiOnS to obtain and possess the most aa.,.
Curate information :respecting the management of
clerical affairs and interests. %Viten he .-said that

it had been prepared by the Bench of Bishops,
with all the cure which its 'importance de-
manded, and all the fitness which their stations
imparted to them, he thought there would he no
difference of opinion on the Subject. The mea-
sure in' question neither professed to introduce,
not would create any thing like a new code of
laws. It was not confined to the residence of be-
neficed Clergymen on their benefices, hut extended
to the appointment of stipendiary Curitteß. On
the latter point Nil Act had been passed in Qneen
Anne's time, allowing Bishops to appoint stipen-
ditiry Curates. That Act had been amended by
the 'thirtrsixtb.of the King, and this one in its
turn by the 'fifty-third. The whole of the latter
was introduced into, the present measure, for the
convenience of uniting all the laws and regnlit
lions on the subject into one. The general prin-
ciple of the measure would be,'as far as possible,
to promote: the residence of Clergymen on their
own benefices. When that was not possible, sod
that Would occur' as long as the plurality of be-
nefices was 'allowed by the laws, and the frailty
of human health
.might.. require a change of
air, tkp Act Would take care that a licensed citrate
be appoioted, and duly remunerated for his int-
portant functions. It would also amend the re-
gulations which had existed since the'Revolution,
respecting the farming of the Clergy. It would
be found •toyield. effective protection against un-
just prosecutions, and to, avoid every thing which
might tend to degrade the clerical profession. If
the House suffered the Bill to be brought in, he
should propose that it be read a first and second
time, committed pro forma, and printed entire. He
would- then leave it, for the convenience of Mem,
hers, as many days us might be thought proper;
afterwards it should be reprinted and carried
through the usual progress. Ile concluded by
moving for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate
and amend the laws relating to spiritual persons
betiding TarMs, to enforcing the residence of Sill-
ritual persons on theirown benefices, 'and to sup-
port and maintain stipendary Curates.
GeneralTttottNToN matte a few observations on
thermeasure, which, he observed, Waki in excel.
lent hands.

Mr. BABINGTON wished .to know something of
the nature of the amendments in that part of the in-
tended 13111 which related to stipendiary Curates,
Mr..M. SUTTON COW trot, in justice to the
subject, state all. the alterations in the present
stage of the business. The principal alteration'
consisted in.rt new arrangement of the chimse3 of
the 43d of hi's:Majesty. No part of that Act had
been omitted but those which experience lied
proved .to be:liable to abuse, and those omissions
had been replaced by proviskros better calculated
ko attain the objects of -the; Att. -

Mr: BROUGIIAN thought that if there ►ere any
new feature more materi>tl titan the rest, it ►i►i;;lit
be proper to follow the usual' course and explain
its nature to the House.

Mr.MANNEns Sorro.l4 stated that the Nil nearly
proceeded in lite same manner as the 431, begin-
iii; with the Act of Henry VIII. One of the al:-
terations, would be to enable clergymen to take -a.
farm of twenty acres, or add any field round.
their land without the leave of the lishop, which
'could not be dOtte Under the former Acts. the
43d had been abused by common informers, he-'
cause they had prosecuted on the !trio', and not
the spirit of the law. The 54th had been brought
in to postpone the actions till the lot- of Wy, in
order to give dine for the licenses to be'reneweth
There would be the same post pntiement in the
present measure, but the ecclesiustiCal year would
be made 'to commence: on the Ist of 'Jautusty, and
to end on the 31st December, •so' that *all the
:licenses lersuinating the saute clay, which bad not
been the case-hitherto, both' tlergytneu and Bi-
shops would knoW, for certain, the timi'of 'their
expiration, and, there Could be no difficulty in hat.
lug thent renewed; It was on this principle that
t he 'seeurity of the Clergy against informers would,
'be grounded.' ,was satisfied that if the 54th
ht-td been made 'permanent from the first, there,
wnitlLl have been no necessity forthe present op-
plietrtion'to Parliament:-
Lord-EBAINGTON -understood, that much alirm
had been entertained by Clergymen,,lest the power
of theiliihops over-them had been increased. He
wished to inquire whether the present 'Bill, con-
tained a • clause giving to Bishops .the, power -of
appointing a,stipendiary Citrate, wheru,thel)enc.
fleet) Clergyman was resideut, if -he thought the.
duty was noradeipiately ptllortried ?
Mr. M. SIITTON -replied, that thete was a clause
of that description' in the Bin ; but it Witt not 'ts,
new provition, but mefely 4 part of the-law as it
ISOW stood. • •

:-After a few-words from Mr. BROUGHAM, leftVe
,was given to bring in the:Rill.
Mr. Cotta ;moved for an.Acconnt of the binshels
of milt made in England and Wales in ditiertnir
quarters of the: years 1814, is,- and 16.—Or-
tiered.