The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-06 00:00:00

THE POOR MAN'S CHURCH.

The following extract, from a work recently published
by Palmer and Son, Paternoster-row, strikingly pour-
trays the secular character of our National Ecclesiastical
Establishment :

"From these calculations" (contained in a tabular ex-
hibition) "it will be seen that Spain and Portugal are
the only two countries which cost 100,0001. per million
of hearers ; and in both these countries the income of
the clergy is being reduced. If tithes constituted the
only revenue of the English clergy, and we supposed the
Church to contain five millions of hearers, the English
clergy are then paid ten times more than the clergy of
priest-ridden Spain and Portugal. If we take the ave-
rage expenditure of Roman Catholicism upon the clergy%
the difference between the income of the Romish and
English priesthood will be as twenty to one. If we add
only a third to the tithes of the Anglican clergy, which
may be safely done, the disproportion is as one to thirty.
If we take Italy, where Popery lives, and moves, and
has its being ; where the man of sin is enthroned, and
Where the Government has been for ages in the hands of
ecclesiastics, the excess will be as thirty-seven To one.
And if we go no .further than France, we shall find the
revenues of the English clergy forty times greater than
the revenues of the French clergy, making the pure, re-
formed Church of England, forty times more expensive
in England than is Roman Catholicism in a neighbour-
ing country ; and thirty-seven times dearer than the ad-
ministration of Popery in Italy itself ! We ask whether
it be at all probable that the clergy generally can enter
this Establishment free from secular motives ? Whether,
a Church, possessed of so much wealth, can resemble the
true Church of Christ ? Whether it does not appear
thoroughly carnal, earthly, and contrary to the Church
of Christ ? And whether it be not indecent, as well es
absurd, fur the clergy to upbraid the Catholics with ad-
ministering a secular religion, and subscribing for the
sake of emolument?"

" Besides tithes, there are twenty-six Bishoprics ;
twenty-six Deaneries; fifty-three Archdeaconries; three
hundred and ninety-four Prebends ; at Oxford, four
hundred and forty-four Fellowships, and four hundred
and four more at Cambridge. Then there are the Fel-
lowships at Winchester College, Benefices. in the Schools
at Eton and Westminster, besides the Masterships of
numerous Hospitals, Schools, Almshouses, and various
other charitable institutions, all productive of the good
things of this life, and all, or most of them, in the hands
of the clergy, their patrons, and dependents."—Pietas
Ecclesice, the Dissenters' Text-book chap• of ix pp. 162, St
and 5.

And so our holy and Apostolic Church has dwindled,
away, and become a text-book for the Non.-Cons. ! The
thought is an ingenious one, but the fact is plain enough.
God help Old England, if this be her State Church.
CLERICAL SUBSCRIPTION.—" Eighteen thousand clergy'
men, swearing that they believe they are moved by the
Holy Ghost, and, in the same breath, taking their oath
to matters of hazardous and doubtful import. Subscrir
Lion is written and engraven upon every step in the
winding stairs of Episcopal ascension. A Vicar, for in.
stance, before he is regularly settled in the Vicarage,
must have made at least twelve solemn attestations, and,
if previously licensed to a Curacy, sixteen. Should h 8
graduate through minor degrees to a Bishopric he will
have had not fewer than thirty oaths imposed upon
him, all of which he has taken freely and unreservedly.
In fact, a clergyman cannot advance a single step with-
out taking an oath. Swearing begins with his beginning:
grows with his growth, and advances with his progress.
—Chap. viii. pp. 141, 2.

T MARKETS.—(YESTERDAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE. •
The supplies of Grain since Monday have been small
Wheat, Barley, and Oats, all very dull at last quotations
Flour also sold heavily.
COLONIAL MARKET.
Although there was little activity in the market, the
orders for goods are gradually increasing, and price
firm for all the leading articles ; confidence has much
increased amongst mercantile men. Raw Sugar met *
fair sale. Brown West India, 58s. to 60s. ; low to fine
Yellow, 61s. to 71s. per cwt. Refined goods in fair re'
quest, standard lumps 80s. 6d. per cwt.
TEA MARKET.
There was a good demand for Free Trade Tea and
prices were firm; ls. 9id. was the lowest rate of Common
Congou cash. Company's Is. 10d. per lb.
TALLOW MARKET.
A good demand ; prices firm at 48s. 6d. on the spot,
and 495. for delivery in the next two months.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
There was but a moderate inquiry for meat. The,
supplies were fair, but in prices no variation occurred
worthy of notice. Of Game and Poultry we had a fair
show; but trade was dull, and prices nearly nominal'
Figs dull of sale, at 4s. 6d. to 10s. per 120.

IRISH MARKETS.
DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for he Wcek

ending DEC. 3L

From
417 Wheat,per barrel -4. 4ft/or 21 0
325 Sere 4. ....... 18 stole l4 0
341 Barley a............ 16 stone l5 0
513 Oats 14 steno 8 0
4) Flour, per cwt... la stoue — 0
436 Oatmeal 8 stone ll 6
Sold to Bakers only.
8,313 Cwt. E lour lO 0 1 27 0 I 21 10%
Average price ./f Wheat and _lour 55. Od per sack.
Receipts
Fait. from 225. Od to 27s oa
eceipts of Flour, 12,6'111 ,
Gales of Do. •• ec" '9 ".... from l Os. Od. to _.l 3 .ocl
_ .
9'" Thirds ........ front ios. Od. to 15s 00

To
35 0
15 C
1$ 6
13 0
0
14 6

A verzle.
27 1 I
14 9
16 10
11 9
0
12

PRAM OF BREAD.
Quarterr, I.oat
CORK MARKETS.—Jan 1.
Wheat (per t:Ost.) od. tt,311. tkl.lLoats (per list. .5301 to 12+. ad•
parley (per 1(5t.)14 0 17 111cr'r (per cwt ,8 n 23 d
Oatmeal (per Od to 14s Od
Reef, 61 to 60. Mutlen, sd. to Ott Veal, 4&d to 51
Pork. 4d. to 5d.--Fresh Butte!, 11d. to 12d per lb.
PRICE OF BUTTER.

To the Merchants. To the Country
*fret Quality ..• 00000000 •••••••••• SS •••••••••••••••••-• ..... ... ilit,
Second .. 84 ... •••••••• •.... 75
Third .. ......... •.• .. ...... ..• 74 ....,.........•.• • ......: 65
Fourth.
Filth
Sixth - -
CLON DULL MARKETS...Jan. 1,
Per t wt.
.. 4. s. d. $ d. •d.
. , • e
New Butter .98 oto 1-.9 0 aides (eaw),........... tc .:4
ll
Oatmeal- 0 14 6 Bacon Pie5...........4 i c 46 n
_fut. 0 I ---- F0urth5......18 0 --•
Rendered Lard 0 52 1 deada.................2& -- "
Per BEf..
6 0
Fleur, Second — 0 40 ' !flour, thirde........ 0 i 0
Household I.'
Per Barrel. 0
ileaffseed. 20 0 —0 f Barley ...............16 9 13 n
13 01 CAA, .___________,....... .• .-

KILKENNY 14ARKETh. flit
Wheatsperbarrel)2Bl Od.to 335. Od. Beef %ler It ..... Os. Od.l, Os•
Barley 12 0 19 0 Mutter, .......... 0 5 0 s
'I
Lists
R •0 15 I, Pori. •••••••••••••. h 4 0 ,
Flour (per bag) 25 0, 59 0 bee' ............. .0 6 °. 6
Butter(percwt.) 0 0 98 0 crest: Mutter ... 0 0 i „
6
Bacon Pigs 45 0 46 0 Salt Dirt ........ 0 6 0 I
Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoesiper 44 I) 9 to "

" I understand," said a Deacon to his neighbour,
" that you are becoming a hard drinker." That is:,
slander," replied the neighbour; " for no man can drink
easier."

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BIRTHS.
At Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square, the lady of Er'
nest Jones, Esq., of a son. f
On the 29th ult., at Maxton House, near Dover, the lag °f
Digby Murray, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 31st ult., at Jersey, the lady of Henry Strong, BK.'
of the Middle Temple, of a son.
On the Ist inst., at Saxmundham, the lady of the Rel. B.
Bond, of a daughter.
On the 2d inst., at Teen Cottage, near Dorchester, the lad/
of Thomas Provis Wickham, Esq. of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., in Bloomsbury-square, Airs. Hornidge,
a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 4th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square, Arthr
Beresford Brooke, Esq., of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, only
son of Lieutenant-General Sir A. Bri,oke, K.C.8., to Franceg,
Maria Wemyss, daughter of the late Captain Thomas WenS
Ceylon Rifle Regiment, and niece of the late General D.
Wemyss, Governor of Tynemouth and Clifford Fort.

DIED.
On the 20th ult., at Chertsey, Abs. Mary Giles, aged 83'
0‘
On the 22d ult., at Paris, George Alexander. only child
George Graham. Esq., of Drynie, North Britain.
On the 31st ult., at the Vicarage, Broadclyst, near Elate?'
the Ray. W. Barker, Vicar of that parish.
On the Ist inst ,at Reading, Berks, Henry Delme, the ,
fant son of Captain Murray, R.N., aged. 10 months.
On the 3d inst., in Sloane-street, Katharine, widow of tile
late Colonel Bulkeley, of Huntley Hall, Staffordshire.
On the 3d inst., in the Greve, Hackney, Mr. F. Procter.
On the 4th inst., at Upper Woburn-place, J. Nisbett, Es(kni, ; •
On the 4th lest., at Raven Cottage, St. John's, FAII
Joice Angela, only aughter of L. L. Lee, Esq., aged 20. 0 •
On the 4th inst., Mary Ann, youngest daughter of Thom
Richard Read, Esq., of the Tower of London. ,

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