The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-23 00:00:00

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the church; and the -hal...rests of the public, he bad
th6iight it necessary to enforee the performance of
double duty, he had not forgotten what humanity
required' or ilegle6ted to take into' consideration the
fact, that the indi+idital in this particular case had
thirteen children. All who were acquainted with
the Right Rev. Prelate must feel certain that he
fita hist man in'the world against whom Stith an
imputation cduld be justly made. He (Mr. Her-
lies) bad looked at the db'enments very recently ;
he knew that they were correct, tied they proved
that the Bishop of Lincoln had done hid dtty as
tenderly as possible. In his charge be had strong
poirittd to the performance of the whole duty, and
he was endeeouring to enforce this performance on
every case that was briitight before him; his endea-
vours were unremitted, hut he alWayn took into con-
sideration the peculiar circumstances of ttie indivi-
duals concerned. After what he had said, he trugti-
ed that even the Hon. Member would see the fitness
of not pressing his motion.
Mr. HUME did not mean to throw undeserved
blame upon the Bishop of Lincoln, or any other
person, and denied that Mr. Wray, from peculiar
circumstances, derived the slightest advantage from
the living mentioned by the Right Hon. Gentleman.
It could not be disputed that Mr. Wray had been
removed on the report of the Archdeacon, and in
consequence of non-residence, and mis-information,
that report turned out to be incorrect and false.
Had the Archdeacon resided within his district, as
was the case with staff-officers of the army, he
would have been better informed. According to
the argument of the Right Hon. Gentleman, an
Archdeacon might as well live in France or America
as in England, provided twice in the year,.for three
, days, he visited the diocese. The Archdeacon was
called (he did not like to quote the Latin words)
" the eye and the heart" of the Bishop, and he was
to send information to his diocesan regarding the cha-
• ratter and conduct of the Clergy, and the state of
the churches and buildings connected with them :
, how could lie discharge this duty properly, if he
only came out of Kent for a few days in each half
year ? The Bishop could not superintend the whole
diocese, and Archdeacons were appointed to assist
him. He thought it necessary that the House
• should be able to ascertain the actual state of
their public duty. This was the more requisite
when they saw one case picked out from so many,
owing to the false representations of the Arch-
deacon, which originated from non-residence. For
these reasons he must request the Right Hon.
Gentleman to consent to the production of the
• returns. _ .

Mr. TRANT thought that the Hon. Gentleman
had not acted quite fairly in making an attack upon
the Right Rev. Prelate, when his information on
the subject appeared to be so uncertain.
Mr. CHOLMELEY bore testimony to the great
satisfaction which the Right Rev. Prelate had given
in the course of his conduct in his diocese.
Mr. TENNYSON confirmed the statement of
the last Hon. Member, and recommended the Hon.
Gentleman to withdraw his motion.
Mr. F. PALMER was sure that if the returns
were granted, they could not do any thing but re-
flect the greatest honour on the Right Rev. Prelate.
Mr. HUME then consented to withdraw his
motion.