Star.
London, England, 1823-03-05 00:00:00

lion. Member was a direct iutiltation to an invatios
of property, -whether - were •41 •tke.-hands of the
hhorch-or the Laity, or of any Hoe. Member of tha
ouse. He was surprised that the Hon.. Member, ,
with professions to ameliorate the condition and chi
.racter of the Clergy, should have indulged in sot,
observations, as marked ;he latter end of.kis..sperty,
He told them that that class ought not to 'be (on*.
ted to petition. -This was the measure of justice-14
.would deal out to-them.-He told them that the It*
had been obliged to yield hieurritotial revenue fora
money consideration. But. did he see no 44E-wires?
-Did Parliament do that without the consent-dab,
Crown, or for longn than the life of his AL:josty?....
(Hear, kear).L.Did this afford any grouted ler the
compulsory, change of one property fOr anothei ?
The Clergy were united with the be,t institutions d
-this country, which must stand or fall with'thetts..,:.
They were not that dependent race they had been re
-presented. They had always stood between thk:tinvi
and the People, as the barriers against encroachment
and the harbingers oferace inevery struggle for po e (*
He intreated the House to look at the traosactical
which preceded that melancholy period which:ter-ma
nosed with the death of the Monaich and the empir,
of anarchy. It began by th;t House first attacking de
property of the Church, and then its dignity—oral,
In the beginning of 164-1, a Ilesolution was -passed
to the effect, that the revenues of the Deans and
Bishops of the Church of England were too great,
and meat be curtailed. The nest Resolution set forth
that all Rectories held by the Clergy were illegally •
held, and ought to be resumed by the people; and
the third declared that a competent maintenance
ought to be provided for the Ministers-of the Church.
In these Resolutions it was declared, as the Hon.
Gentleman wished the House now to declare, that
the property of the Church belonged to the State_
that the Ministers of the 'Church bad no right to the
Revenues of the Church, and that an allowance
which might be considered competent to their mail.
tenance ought to be assigned in lieu thereof. But it
was six months after those Resolutions were passed
that the consummation was arrived at, far then it
was declared, that, " the Archbishop and the rest,'
the circumlocution with which the Clergy previously,
had been described was now omitted, had forleite.4
their freeholds and inheritance during their lives. It
was then resolved that a suitable remuneration should
be granted to the parties affecied by this decision;
t
and in pursuance of this Resolution, a vote was come
to, " That the Archbishop of York should be allowed
one-hundred pounds per annum"—(4 laugh). Ile .
tracted this Resolution for the infortiratton.of the
Mouse and not for the purpose of exciting merriment,
as'he considered the subject one which, in connectios
with a motion like the present, was calculated to jus-
tify,alarati. He called the attention of the House to the
dine When these Resolutions were -passed, in order to
ICrtd theist to the consequences which followed.—lt
was at the commencemeiu of the civil wars that these
"Resolutions had been adopted. From that moment,
step by step, the rople were led to treat everything
that was ,sacreawtth contempt, to despoil the Church,
and finally. to overthrow the Constitution. Rut tit
Hon.Csentleman had defended his plan by represent-
ing it to be analogous to that which had been can ied
into effect by Pi ince Leopold of Tuscany. On the
transaction he begged to give no opinion; but he
must take the libetty to say, that he would not cots '
sent to abandon the principles of honour and justice, -
on any plea that might be grounded on a simile
proceedtug in a foreign country. From his youth,
.be had understood that if England was in apythiug
distinguished from the other nations of the earth, it
was for her steady adherence to truth, morality, and
justice; and be would not consent to compromise
this character for any prospect of temporary or local
advantage.. But the Hon. Gentleman had spoken d
this measure is being calculated to relieve the landed
interest. Viewed in this light, bethought no man
in that House would be willing to give those the Ho- .
nourable Gentleman professed an anxiety to befriend
the boon he was disposed to holdout tothem. Of all
the dangers likely to befal any country, he knetv of
none
.greater than what might be expected from
*adopting a plan which would rob one class of sub- .
jects in order to mitigate those burdens which pressed
on another. He meant no disrespect to the Hon. •
gentleman, but he felt it his duty to reject the pro .
Sent proposition, which, in his opinion, while it pro. .4
fessed charity, went to sanction a flagrant act-of spe.
Nation. It was not the first time that the Church had
been thus assailed ; nor could the -Right Hon. Gen-
tleman claim priority for the reasoning which he had
advanced. In other times similar attempts had •
made. " Might not this nintreent be sold for thin -
hundred pence and given to die poor," was the laypd
critical pretext advanced by those who were no fiiends •
Ito benevolence. While they held this language, they -
cared not for the poor ; but they opposed -it so the ,'
great founder of our Religion, not because the course •
he pursued was necessary to his exittence, but because
they feared it would give his Ministry- undue spleu•
dour, and raise him to a height which they wished
rent to contemplate. The Hon. Gentleman had go e
so much into detail, that it was impossible he (Nr.
Goulburn) should pursue him through all of thorn.—
It was impossible for him to look into the.amount of •
the tithes for England, and explain the circumstances
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under which pre Prelate had let his land, and ono- '
Cher had amassed estraordivary wealth. He hoped
pat the House would extend to him so much of that
indulgence which had been extended to hiroonothei.,
Occasions, as not to assume.those statements were ctio
xect which had been advanced by the Hon. Gent:r-
ota% till time for preparation to answer them hal
been allowed—(Hear).—He and theHou.Gentlemait
differed on principle as to the character of Churci)
'property. The_Hon. Gentleman had assumed that
property held by the Church was not protected hi
the same guards which secured the property •beld
lan individual Layman. He (Mr. Goulburn) eneA
assert that the lands assigned for the maintenance:
the Church were the property of the- Churisk. lit
spoke in the presence of those who could coffees bill
it he were wrong, but.the tithe property ofthechoa,
was so identified with it, that, so long as that *we
continued to perform its duty,,they could. Aio, moo
&vela the holder of tithes of his property than ikAl
could any individual of his estate. There
yiduals who held property by certain services, to dr
by them. performed. These services ospirrs 30 it
perfornfed, who bad. everlear,d of
.theanseties,keit
despoiled of their property altogether:
_Yet wo
the course the Hon. Crentleanan was disposedni trig