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P4RLIAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

to state fully the nature of the Bill, that the question
might he put on true ground. On this, and on every
other occasion, (said the Noble Earl) here, and in
whatever quarter I may be, I shall feel it my duty to
express my opinion on any public measure,. On the
question before the House I wish to say a few words
on two topics. My Noble and Learned Friend thinks
the Church revenues improperly distributed. Look-
ing in a fair and liberal point of view, I am satisfied
that there is no branch of the Church service better
paid than another, taking Deaneries, Prebendaries,
and the higher order of livings, under consideration.
•

but with respect to a large portion of livings, they
are not paid in the same proportion. There is no
mode of improving those livings, without distressing
other parts of the Church. lam of opinion that the
higher classes of the Church are not overpaid, yet
there must be means found of improving the livings
of the lower Clergy. My Noble and Learned Friend
has stated, that he thinks the duties of the Church
less administered than twenty years ago. Every
person must speak from information, and, speaking
from my own experience, and the result of iqforma-
Lion, I should agree with a Right Rev. Prelate near
me, and say, that I believe the duties of the Church
were to be more regularly performed than twenty or
thirty years ago ; but I cannot state that without
saying, that the period to which I have alluded was
- HOUSE one when religion was at ebb. Thirty or forty years
% the Scotch Appeal OF LORDS,Cs 44 M'AdMAY 21. am o. M'Adam," Mr. ago, that false philosophy, which in so many coon-
,
Clerk was heard in reply. Judgment was affirmed, on the mo- 1 tries has been the cause of evils we now suffer, had
lion head, affecting all Religions and Constitu-
tion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, after a few words from Lord '
raised
REDESDALE and Lord CARLTON. The ease arose upon a ques. i tions. From that time, I believe, the Church has
lion of marriage. Mr. M'Adam' a Gentleman of large fortune been improving. The Noble Earl then contended,
in Scotland, after living with the Respondent a considerable that the grievanceof non residence had lonrevailed,
time, and having by her several children, declared, in the pre-
g p
sence of witnesses, that she was his wife. The question was, and that it was necessary to provide a remedy. To
whether this, under the law of Scotland, was a valid marriage non-residence, he ascribed the number of Sectaries,
and legitimated the children ? which was decided in the Court which had of late increased, and having defended the
of Session, and now in the House of Lords, in the affirmative. Bill in all its parts, leaving it open, at the same time,
The Royal Assent was notified by Commission to the Deben-
ture and Exchequer Bills Bill, the Bermuda Trade Bill, the
Merchant Mates Bond Bill, the Brass Bill, the Royal Marine support.
Officers' Wine Bill, the Irish Militia Bill, the Irish Widows' I Lord RADNOR opposed it.
Pensions Bill, the Irish Distillation Bill, the Irish Butter Bill, The Archbishop of CANTERBURYave the
the Southwark Bridge Bill, Chamberlain's Divorce Bill, a num-g ber of local and private Bills, in all 74. Bill his disapprobation, conceiving that it would re-
The Commissioners were, the Lotto CHANCELLOR, the Mar-
duce the lower orders of Clergy to a lower state of
quis of WINCHESTER, and the Earl of CHOLMONDELZT. poverty than they had ever felt.
The Scotch Creditors' Bill was read a third time and passed. 1 Earl GROSVENOR opposed the Bill.
Some
Commons by Local
Colonel LONGIIELD, and Private Bills werMT. e brou
BYght up
ir fromJAMES the I Lord GRENVILLE argued in favour of the Bill.
NG, S ,
GRAHAM, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, and other Members, and read a A former Bill, that had been termed " A Bill for
first time. promoting the Residence of the Clergy," ought ra-
The American Prize Bill passed through a Committee, and ther to have been intitled, A Bill for promoting Non-
eras reported.
' residence. Out of ten thousand curates, more than
Mr. SMITH, from the Commissioners of Richmond Bridge,
1 presented Papers, which were ordered to lie on the table. six thousand were supplied by non-residents. This,
CURATES' STIPENDS' BILL.. 1 undoubtedy, required the interposition of a compe-
The Bishop of LONDON rose, on the order of !
tent authority. Had the Bishops the power of reme-
the day for the third reading of this Bill, and object. . dying this evil, he should be forced to draw a conclu-
ed to it as an experiment to introduce innovation sion which he most sincerely disclaimed. But the
dangerous to the constitution of the Church. The fault was in the law as it now stood, and which must
Ibe remedied by a Bill like the present. Upon every
Right Reverend Prelate concluded by moving—
dime', Cure of Souls a Clergyman should be resident. The
That the Bill be read a third time this day
months. 1 Bill now before the House was attended with many
The LORD CHANCELLOR repeated his for. ! advantages. In the first place, when the living was
met observations, in opposition to parts of the Bill, inadequate for the support of two, by the present
Bill it would be assigned to one ; in the second place
as inadequate to provide for the Curates. It did en-
,it held a much stronger inducement to the residence
sure the residence of that body of the Clergy, and its
operation on the Incumbents would lead to consider. 1 of incumbents ; and thirdly, it went to raise the sala-
able difficulties. If the Curate was not compelled !
eluded by giving his cordial support to the Bill. ries of the officiating Curates. His Lordship con-
by the Bill to reside on his cure, the Church, in that !
respect, would remain as the law leaves it at present. Earl GROSVENOR explained.
Under all the circumstances his Lordship opposed Lord KENYON spoke shortly against the Bill.
the Bill, not from pertinacity, but a persuasion that Lord ELLENBOROUGH was of opinion, that
it would not produce any good effect. though the Bill professed to secure the residence of
Lord REDESDALE said, the great and impor- the Clergy, it rather tended to promote non-residence.
tant object of the Bill was the resiaence of Cut ales.
! To a certain extent he would go with it, but that ex-
His Lordship conceived, however, that the state of tent was very limited. One of the chief causes of
the Clergy, with respect to pecuniary compensation non-residence among the Clergy was the want of
houses, and the smallness of livings ; but he did not
for Church service, required considerable alteration.
I The revenues of the Church were the property of the see how that would be remedied by the present Bill,
which, in fact, with regard to the small livings,
Church, and not applicable to any but those who I
performed the Church duty. Great inequality had might be termed a Bill of forfeiture and confiscation.
arisen in the distribution of Church revenues. The ,that there was enough of Bishops, and seemed to A Noble Lord had said, in the course of the debate,
Church Establishment had sufficient revenues, but I
the same were unequally divided. The Noble Baron wish to democratize the Church, though he was sure
on I that at least he was no more a democrat than him-
had taken pains to investigate the subject, and,
inquiry, he had found the revenues of the Church self. Inequality of rank was as necessary in the
once equal to the whole landed property of the coun-1 Church as in the State, and the moral habits of man.
'
try. In his calculation he took in tythes and other I kind had been much improved within these last 20
ecclesiastical benefits. It had happened, from various years, from having witnessed the horrible effects of
circumstances, that the great part of the property in- !the French Revolution, and the crimes of that mon-
tended for the maintenance of Parochial Clergy had I ster who was now encamped upon the banks of the
been diverted from its true course by the suppression I Elbe. But his principal objection to the Bill lay in
of Monasteries, into the hands of lay impropriators. 1 thk—that it tended to introduce a very different de-
In that view of it he considered the property still the i scription of Clergy from that of which the Church of
property of the Church. With respect to the non- f England was now composed. To the Bill as it now
residents, his Lordship conceived that Curates were • stood, be should give his decided opposition.
not supported in a manner equal to the duties they i The Earl of HARROWBY replied at some
had to perform. Every person would allow that a length to the different objections that had been urged
Curate should be in a situation of respectability, to against the Bill, and particularly to the Noble and
make an impression on those whom they instruct.— Learned Lord who had last spoken. The duties of
His duty was not merely reading forms of the Bishops, he observed, were not essentially different
Church, residence and other duties were required.— from those of other great public officers, and the po-
He did not mean to attribute any blame to the Right verty of the Church was only a pretence for non-resi-
Reverend Prelates, but he was compelled to say dence. One of the objects of the Bill was—that the
there were a number of cures in different parishes indulgence granted with respect to employing Cu-
not properly attended, not only with respect to the rates in places where the Church was richly endowed-
manner of attendance, but the irregularity of the I should not be abused. Some provision of this nature
service performed. His Lordship was persuaded ! was loudly called for, as in many parishes all that
those irregularities would not prevail if the Legisla. i was known of the Clergyman was, that he received
cure were to say, non-residence shall no longer exist. ' the emoluments of the living, and that a Curate did
He gave his support to the Bill, because he conceiv- the duty in his stead. He was sensible he had ex-
ed it went towards the support of the Church. r posed himself to much obloquy for the exertion he
The LORD CHANCELLOR explained. had made upon this occasion, but he was consoled by
The Bishop of WORCESTER expressed his be. the consciousness of the purity of his motives, and
lief that this measure would not lead to any general ; the rectitude of his intentions.
good. The Right Reverend Prelate did not wish to' The House divided on the amendment, that the
allude to any persons in or out of that House. The Bill be read a third time that day three months.—
Bill was to secure the true service of the Church, and! Contents, 22. Non-contents, 37.—Majority for the
to give remuneration adequate to services. If it' Bill, 15.
were to do good he would not oppose it, but if, in- I The Bill was then read a third time.—Adjourned.
stead of goad, it was calculated to produce evil, thenj
the Right Reverend Prelate was bound to oppose it.
On the subject of inequality in the Church, it was
necessary, on a principle of human nature, that there
should be distinctions. The object of the Bill ap.
peared to be the taking of property from one to Five
to another, on principles not founded in justice. fhe
improper distribution of Church property would be
productive of strong inconvenience, and all the mis-
chief he could apprehend on that subject he was sure
would happen if the Bill, without farther amendment,
was adopted. The Right Reverend Prelate expres-
sed himself an advocate for increasing the salaries of
the Curates, and particularly the Minor Canons.
Lord LIVERPOOL said, the Right Reverend
Prelate had delivered his opinion on this measure with
so much candour, that he felt it incumbent on him