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votelo the House of Commons, except one, and he and his con-
nexions are in opposition to the Ministry, and have been so for
many years.
Let me next advert to the charge made against the Bishops,
expressly made against them generally, a word always consi-
dered u meaning universally. But I will not plead to it other-
wise than in the precise meaning of the word, and in reply I will
beg of your Lordship to look to the preferments held by the sons
of Bishops. The Reelesiegieat Register is a book in every one's
bands, and your Lordship has also the Reports made to Parlia-
ment, and see in how many instances unions have been formed
for their advantage. I will undertake to say that in general
(and I use the word in its extended sense) the unions which they
hold were made before they weie born. I entreat your Lordship,
in justice to the living and the dead, for I will not limit my
defence to the Bishops now in being, though I justly might, but
I will go back to their predecessors to the beginning of this cen-
tury, and again I entreat your Lordship to refer to the authorities
which I have mentioned, and. see what instances can be adduced
to support a charge made with such unmitigated severity. Nor
de I think in this that I ask too much from your Lordship, when
the extreme importance of the case is considered. If your Lord-
ship, on examining the books, should think that .gnu see soy in-
stance of a anion so made. I do confidently unit this you will
have .the goodness to state it to me, anst if my eyes have not de-
ceived me in the course of my examination I rely upon being able
to-clear it up.
These unions of parishes are very little understood.—The word
parish is supposed to signify a district sufficient in extent and popu-
lation to require the attention of a clergyman, and affording an in-
come adequate to his maintenance. This is by no means the ease
and there are no people who have a better opportunity of knowing
it is not than the people of Cork, where a brewery or distillery
occupies the whole extent of a pariah ! On looking into the Re--
de:it:stied Register, it will appear that the parishes united are in
general Vicarages, entitled only to one-third of the tithes, or Im-
propriate Coracles paid by a salary from the Impropriator, gene-
rally under ten pounds, and never, in any instance which I have
known. amounting to thirty—often absolutely withotit any salary at
all. Nearly all of them are destitute of churches, they having been
destroyed in the civil wars, and unable to rebuild, or, if rebuilt, to
. . .
maintain them.

retarded the progress of vital
Christ anity; laming our inten-
twos to be good, confident the gates of Hell shall never prevail
against the true Church of Coats% and that the false doctrines of
Popery can acquire little strength front the candid admiuion that
our Clergy are not infallible, and there exist some flaws in the
temporal things, we ventured to express those unfeigned semi
meats, which a desire for the permanent welfare of our Church
dictated. And here permit me to say, laymen have at least as good
a tight to speak upon religious subjects as Clergymen upon poli-
tical ones; allowing the Clergy credit for the best intentions in the
latter, we laymen claim a like favour in the former.
I now beg to say, there was little in my speech exclusively in-
tended for Ireland, which indeed I think your Lordship ought to
have at once perceived. It was also far from my intention to at-
tack the zealous and virtuous members of our Hierarchy. I pur-
posely spoke in general terms, wishing to avoid every charge of
personalty. It was not individuals so much as abuses that I aimed
ati;obsses which, alas ! are too notorious to be concealed by simple
contradiction. That the practice of appointing. Bishop. from po-
litical motives has existed, cannot be denied, so long as we have
living humus of the fact; and what has been done, it will not be
denied, Joey, when it phrases the Ministry. be done again. I shall
pan ever*, doenenints ydir Lordship refers to, to prove the dan-
ger of kilreffeltitiih-ffiesiesioiniesi Anon. The sots of Great
Britain now I. surely different from what it was about the year
hike. We must either proceed forwards or retrograde, and now
is no time to exclaim,
"'Ti. better to bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others that we know not of."
For my own part I can say, my trust is net so much in the power
of man as in the power of GOD. The wall of partition has been
lately pulled down by the Lords Spiritual as well as Temporal
His Majesty's Ministers have now left us to shift for ourselWs.
Popery and infidelity have combined to overthrow our Church, and
they may succeed if the Loan is not for us. And how, I would
ask, can we expect the assistance of the More Hum, when vital and
practical religion is so little valued. and when the Government and
the people look with apathy on abuses, which no one cam deny?
Nay, when some amongst the Clergy may even defend those very
abuses. In is with pride and satisfaction I admit that several dour
most pious and worthy Prelates, both in England and Ireland. have
for some time made great exertions to correct what was faulty:rhea
not only deserved the praise, but the co-operation of the laity,
for without some assistance from, I shall not say the lay members,
but the lay friends of the Church, the Bishops. even collectively, I
fear could not effect much iu a country where the matters caw
plained of are wont to be regulated by Act of Parliament. In pro-
portion as Convocations are neglected, and the appointed authori-
ties in the Church are satisfied to refer to Parliament, which is
chiefly composed of the laity, for the redress of ecclesiastical abut,
the more natural is it for laymen to feel they have a right to inter.
fere, when the prelates suffer glaring abuses to continue. The sob-
jeet of unions of parishes has long engaged public attention. Much
has been said. and clearly proved, of the evils arising from the pear'.
rice, and much has been admitted. I wish to .blame no one ea
their account. But this I say : the true friends of the Church ow
nestly hope that, with very few exceptions, unions and pluralities
will soon be abolished, because the souls of men are of some import.
ante, and neither a dignitary of the Church, nor benefical dm.
man, no more than any other man, can be in two places at the same
time. Your Lordship asks "to what good end can it now tend
to complain of the abuse which Bishops may have (once) made
of their power of uniting parishes?" I answer—that the abuse
may be corrected, and the Church restored to its pristine coed'.
tion ; and the sooner this is done the better. As impropriate and
lay tithes render in your opinion the union of parishes neces-
lary, I have only to .say. I wish some equitable plan may soon
be proposed by your Lordship, to remedy the evil. Your Lord-
ship would lead me to suppose, that the Act passed Ave years
ago regulating the salary of Curates, is a sovereign remedy for
all the hardships they labour under. My Lord, I know too much
to be thus convinced. Facts are stubborn things, and without
naming individual cases, as I have no desire to bring any one
into a scrape I assert, without fear of contradiction, that in nu-
merous instaaces. Curates do not at this moment receive from
their Rectors the salary allowed them by law. Some Bishops
may have, through oversight, omitted to enquire whether the
Act you allude to was complied with, and the Curates have felt
too dependent on their superiors, to give vent to just feelings of
dissatisfaction. As I am inclined to think different gradations in
the Church to be quite Scriptural. and most useful, and as talent,
piety, and activity, are not undeserving of temporal reward to a
reasonable extent, I for one have never entertained an idea of allot-
ting an equal income to every parish, But I regret I must differ
from your Lordship, when you say, " the incomes allotted to the
clergy are designed to induce men to enter into the Church with a
hope that it will afford them a maintenance, and eventualy a compe-
tence, or even affluence." Are these the motives that ought to induce
men to take Holy Orders ? Are these objects in harmony with
the Holy Bible, and in unison with the words of our Ordination?
My Lord, I must.follow your example, and apologise for perhaps
using expressions not sufficiently circumlocutory. But when you
appeal to the experience of all men." whether unequal emoluments
varying through very different degrees will not be more attractive
than low uniform incomes?" I cannot help figuring to myself a
lottery contractor (in times past) calculating on the advantages
likely to be derived front the aC15,000 prize down to the numerous
small prizes which, even when won, could never cover the original
cost of the ticket.

guilty. Amongst the faults of, I fear too many of the former—
faults which have contributed much to alienate the affection. of
the laity, and which has, in too many instances, driven members
of the Church of England out of her pale—l enumerated covet-
ous ; and gigantic will be the task of him who attempts to
prove this assertion 11l founded. Your Lordship's instance of the
Tithe Composition in no way weakens my statement. The incum-
bents got as much as they could, and I find no fault with them for
doing so, and if bar happened to be worse off for his bargain, aco.
thee made a better thing of it. Local circumstances in certain
eases regulated the conduct of souse' yet I never heard rot one who
had compounded complaint, though I have known the pari-hioners
in certain cases to have bewailed bitterly.
The last point I am called on to n•itice, is your Lordship's de-
nial that some of the Clergy of the Church of England are disc '-
lute and immoral. Will your Lordship, on cool reflection, repeat
this? Oh, but I see you now wish to limit your denial to petitions
having been presented to Parliament against improper Clergymen
from Ireland. I have before said that I spoke at Cork of the
Clergy of England and Ireland, collectively, and it matters little
whether petitions be presented or not, if flagrant cases can be
proved. I certainly shall not now tell all I know, because truth is,
unfortunately in this country, declared to be a libel ; but I do know
somesserious facts, and there bay disclose many more. Cife4ll,o
from time to time brought into the Ecclesiastical and other Cooney.
which prove my assertions to be true, whilst the apathy arising
from ignorance, bribery, and corruption, often hinders a crowd of
other charges from being brought to light. The expense also 01
law proceedings, If I mistake not, besides some other reasons, servo
as impediments to the conviction of clerical immorality.
As most unjust insinuations have appeared in some of the public
prints against the Clergy of Cork, as a body, I must take this op-
portunity of saying, I wish as much zeal and piety may bi'found
in every part of his Majesty's dominions. Whilst I think we have
as great a share of truly religious men amongst the Clergy of the
city of Cork, than in modern times falls to the lot of a town of it:
size and population. I feel no inclination to wink at the conduct of
some in this county, as well as in other parts, who rather d...-erve
the name of " hirelings" than of " good shepherds."
I have now only to express my regret at being thus obliged to
be so explicit. I have been severely called to account for doing
that which I considered to be a duty. lam sorry you should have
been to fearful of being included amongst those who " eat, drink,
and ate merry" in this world—l can only assure your Lordship,
you, as well as several other virtuous and zealous Bishops, uho
have long laboured in the cause of truth, were far distant from my
thoughts when I ventured to speak against the useless members of
our Church Establishment. But there are some who oppose the
march of vital religion—some who even may have the courage to
assert there is little or no difference between Protestantism and
Popery ; and these require at least a gentle shake of the shoulders
to awake them from their slumbering dreams.
As for what the Dublin Past or any other Paper my say, I care
nothing. Our object is to correct abuses and errors; and if this
object can be obtained, the Rat may scribble away whilst the good
is doing. I have the honour to be,
My Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servant,
(Signed_ WOUNTCASHEL.
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late Earl of Bridgewater. The question submitted to the Court.
was, whether legatees under a will, who were proceeding for the
sale of immoveable property, could require the sale to be made
through the agency of a Notary, or:by a public auction? Th..
Court ordered the legatees of the Earl of Bridgewater to sell
immoveable property, an hotel, Situated in Rue St. Honore,
through the agency of the Notary, at the Hall of the Notaries, at
Parts.

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And I will ask, to what good end can it now tend to complain
of the abuse which Bishops may have made of theirlower of unit-
ing parishes, when your Lordship knows that they have no longer
the power of uniting them ? But to proceed The incomes of
the Clergy are unequally divided the Curate has not sufficient to.
procure the decencies of life for his f amifj." Pirmit me to ask
whether your Lordship has looked into die last Act relative to Cu-
rites' salaries (it was passed five years ago)? and whether any thing
beyond that can be expected—unless, indeed, the principle of equal.
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evils of such a system it would take an essay to detail. Just let
us view it thus : The incomes allotted 'to the Clergy are deigned
to induce men to enter into the Church. with the hope that it will
afford them a maintenance, and eventually a competence, or even
affinence. Seen in this light, (and setting aside all higher motives
for adopting the profession, as being perfectly unconnected with the
secular interest, now under consideration) I will appeal to the ex-
perience of all men, whether unequal emoluments, varying through
very different degrees, will not be more attractive than the low,
uniform income which an equal division Would afford to each indi•
vidual. The fact is before us. Our supply of. educated men is
fully adequate to our wants, on the present system. What improve-
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immense revenue which might be thrown into the heap to be divided,
is, I well know, abroad. The extent of the Bishops' lands is very great
—granted. But it is admitted that at leiirtour.fiftbs of the profits of
those lands are in the hands of their Whams: It would probably be
nearer the truth to say nine-tenths,. But be the proportion what
it may, it would be direct robbery to deprive them (the tenants) of
possessicai which have been in their families 'through successive
generations ; nay, made the subject of family settlements. We
come, therefore, to the actual income of the Bishops. Now, of the
amount of that we have the evidence Of Mr.' Leslie Foster before
the Committee on the State of Ireland and he averaged the income
of the Bishops at £5,000 Irish—that is, 44,600 sterling. Your
Lordship will not, I believe, think that an- int:bine of that amount
should be diminished. That it is not.equally divided, is not a sub-
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We do, indeed, complain of our incomes being over-rated. I am
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£5,000 ; nor am I pleased to hear the Archbishop of Dublin rated
at £14,000, when I am convinced that be barnot £8,000; nor the
Bishop of Derry's being rated at £2Q,00(4-when I do not believre
him to have more than £15,000. ' :

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. ,
We come then to the ParochialOergytwelve hundred In-
cumbents, and six hundred Curates—and the whole of the incomes
at the Incumbents. if equally divided, would give these 1.800
nearly 2501. each. Increase the number till ft becomes equal to
the number of parishes. and, allowing no-Curates at all, the diVi•
dend would be about 1871. per annum. Let that arrangement be
proclaimed, and what would be the effect upgp the class of men of
which the Clergy is at present 'composed %padl they led a.
stronger wish to go intoehe Church' than they do riow ? Unques-
tionably not. We should be obliged to admit uneducated men.'
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TO TOE EARL OF MOUNTCASIIEL.
Palace, Ferns, Sept. 26,1829.
Me Loan—l shall not trouble you Lordship with apologies for
the liberty 1 am shout to take in addressing you upon the subject of
the late Meeting at Cork, which seems to• me best described as
being a 'Lay Synod. I should deserve to be reckoned' among the
illthops who eat, drink, and are merry, did I remain inactive at such
a moment as this. I think it due to your Lordship to entreat that
you will consider very maturely the consequences of proceeding in
the course now begun. I thin' net be told by your Lordship that
in referring to history, I am quoting an old almanack. I feel
convinced that your Lordship will not think it inexpedient
.to look back to the proceedings, now but two centuries old, which
took place in England with respect to the Church, and to a repeti-
tion of which a Petition to both Houses of Parliament, as pro-
jected at the Cork Meeting, will inevitably lead. A Committee of
Religion will consequently be formed, and a Petition of Religion,
like that in which the Commons, in 1628, censored Bishops, as (l-
imiters of Popery, and as holding heretical opinions,and complained
that pious, laborious, and orthodox Ministers were discouraged,
will be the next step on the part of the Commons, who would in-
stantly perceive the opening which such a state of things would af-
ford them to increase their power. What sort of edifice was built
in the 17th century upon the foundation of the authority assumed
by the Commons inmatters of religion, I need not remind your
Lordship. So far as relates to the State your Lordship is, I doubt
not, better acquainted with them than I am. But perhaps the
consequences as to religion are not so well known. For these I
would refer your Lordship to an authority not liable to be sus-
pected of partiality towards Bishops or Establishments, John
Milton. Your Lordship will find what he says upon the subject
in vol. 4 of his prose works, published by Symmons, at page 84.
To another writer, of the same principles as Milton, Thomas
Edwards, reference might be nude to the same purpose ; but as
his work, Gangrene. is in few hands, I shall take the liberty of
making an extract from it. It was published in 1646 :—" In
these four years," he says (reckoning from that in which the
Bishops had been removed), " we have surpassed the deeds of
the Prelates, and justified the Prelates, in whose time never so
many nor so great errors were heard of, much less such blasphemies
and confusions; we have worse things among us than ever were
in all the 13hhops' days, more corrupt doctrines, 'and unheard-of
practices than in eighty 'years before. The- Bishops and their
Chaplains (who were accounted time-servers) opposed the errors
of the times, but the Presbyteks suffered all kinds of- errors and
schisms tO conic in when they were in place; certainly the Bishops
and Chaplains shall rise up in judgment against the Ministry of their
generation."' Ala Account bf Edstards is given fn the" Biographia
Brilannica."
That such consequences would ensue from proceedings originally
intended to produce reform; Wart mat foreseen by these men, nor
by Lord Strafford, when he associated himself with them in the
commencement of their course, and as they had no example to
warn theist they may plead a *di plausible excuse.
And now, my Lord, having said thus much on the general
question, permit me to enter a little into particulars. Upon such
a subject r must feel strongly, rind it is best that I should at once
apologise for perhaps using expressions not sufficiently circumlocu-
tory. I prefer at any h sard, and I think I do not run much risk
with your Tirdship. making myself thirty understood. And first
as to the eorlduet of the Crown is the appointment of Bishops.
It is manifest that though England has been sometimes
mentioned in your Lordship's speech (the speech attributed
to your Lordship I should say), yet-every thing said at the meet-
ing will be understood as relating to Ireland, and as such I shall
take it, though I might refer io England, and qlote the appoint
nteitt to Canterbury, London, Durham, Lincoln, and Salisbury,
se not oriole' nut of bargains between MinistersSint borough
minion. But I will entredi jest' Lerdshln'iitterition iolreland,
sad' it will oak where, 'in the course of the last two-and-tweuty
years, is there to be found a Bishop prOaroied in the Manna de
seised by-your Lordship?' 'There is not, believe, *all'inalividttil
or'fboie appointed during chit period !Au! could command I#gig

M. Chitry, a Lieutenant Colonel in the French army, Chevalier
Of the Order of St. Louis, and Member of the Legion of Honour,
has just been sentenced by the Coirectional Tribunal of Angouleme
to a month's imprisonment. a fine of 16 francs, and 600 francs
damages, with all coats, for shooting echild nine years old while in
the act of running away from him, at the bottom of his garden.
Several witnesses proved the (act, the principal of whom was
the Sheer Chevron, a dignitary belonging to the Cathedral. The
latter deposed that on the 21st July, calling on M. Chitty, he
amused himself by throwing at him a little gravel, which fell
near him; the witness was surprised at the serious light in
which be took it,.saying that be thought the children were throw=
ing stones again off the rampart. " Bet, loop here," added he,
chewing a gun, "here is what will give them a little lessen."
"6 For Heaven's sake don't make use of such a weapon as
that," was the worthy Canon's answer ; " you may do serious
mischief, and from the scattering of the charge, perhaps, injure
somebody whom you do not intend to hit. esides, you may
draw upon yourself and other pious people a degree of ridicule
which is much better avoided." " I held this language to NI.
Cbitry," added M. Cheviot, " because he bad before told me
that stones were thrown at hi. house by people who abused
him, calling him a bigot," Ste. On reaching the house we went
into a balcony hanging over the garden, which we had scarcely
entered when M. Chitry cried our, There they are,' and rase
precipitately down with his gun in his hand. I lost sight of hint
for a few moments, when I heard the report of a gun, and imme-
diately after M. Chitry came back and said, with some agitation,
6 I am afraid I have done more mischief than I intended.'—
The medical man who attebded the child deposed, that they had
taken fortysfoor small shut from his head and neck, the wounds
occasioned by which were of no great depth, but did nut heal for
above a fortnight after the event.- The prisoner, in his tiervnee.
called Goo to witness that be had not intended to hurt, but only to
frighten the child; and on being asked by the President why. it
that were the cue, be had not fired in the air? replied, " For fe.r
of spoiling some apples which were growing on a tree in front of
him." Thibaut, for the prosecution, commented on the pri-
soner's conduct in a strain of indignant eloquence, which excited a
great sensation in the Court and among the spectators, who fol-
lotted the sentence with plaudits, which the President was obliged
to exert himself to suppress.
We mentioned a few dayetioace a daring attempt at housebreak-
ing, made by four brigands in the neighbourhood of Jean Pied•
de-Port. Accounts just received in Paris from the South of
Prance, contain a report .of another, nearly similar, which has
recently taken' place in the department Des Landes.. There is
M a short distance from Dax, an i.olated farm-honse, of re-
spectable appearance, the owner of which. according to report,
bad received a few days since a sum or about 8 000 francs. So .
tempting a booty excited the cupidity of several persons of
bad character, who, being igniirant of the localities of the place.
endeavoured to bribe a servant belonging to the farm to assist
them In their design. The man, faithful to his trust, thought it
better to seem to consent. His reward was Sled, and every dis-
position arranged for carrying the robbery into execution at an
appointed hour. In the meantime a piequet of gendarmerie, re-
iniorced by some of the ittliabkants of the village of fit. Paul.
accreted themselves about the premises. All-hell:* prepared for
their reception, the domestic went to meet the thieves at the ap-
pointed place of eroticism's*, when he friend them armed, and
baying their faces blackened. Sons, distrust of bis. fidelity ap-
'pears at first to have mina anion them, and thee threatened
hilts with instant death if be .shpuld prove.' traitor.; the mat..
of
however, affected to rearm their - suspicions, and offersilo be the
ant to seize, and even strangle his master, if netessaryZ-This re-
assured them; and 'the party proceeded to the house .lire owner,
In order amen compromise the safety of bis preserver, had the
courage to wait the artiial of the brigandsmis if unconscious of their
• meditated attack, and even to Gaffer bintielf to be se lied, in doing
which incurred -no slight peril, as the captain of the band, apps-

As to the charges made against the moral and religious charac
ter of the Clergy, I shall trouble your Lordship with a remark-but
upon one of them. Your Lottbbip characterized the Clergy as
being in general griping and covetous. 'Now it does happen thit
the refutation of this charge is on record: • The Actior the Com-
position of Tithes has made public the rate at which the Clergy
made their demands, and it is notorious that they do not amount
to one-tenth of the rent, so far (robs beta one-Tenth' of the pro-
duce, to which they would hay, amounted, had nit the Clergy,
with a liberality which deserved an euloeiwn instead Of the censure
passed upon them, relinquished two.tbirda of ,their lavernl property,
which they might have claimed without igcurring the censure of
being griping and covetous.
Yes ; there is one charge more to which, as it admitl'of proof
if well founded, I must claim your Lordship's attention :—" Iu '
many instances the Clergy lead improper, innorai,•and.dissolste
lives, and various petitions have been presented to both Houses of
Parliament, representing facts revolting to'huManity, and disgrace-
ful to the parties accused." On the part of the Cleft), of Ireland,
I du solemnly deny the charge; and in. their name; and on their
behalf, I claim the proof—the instances I meas, for to that I limit
myself—of such petitions having been presented.
Did such immoral characters exist, the Ecclesiastical Courts
would be resorted to by the aggrieved .parishiotters, and the
charge must he entertained.
I will now conclude this very long letter with repeating my apo-
logy for the freedom with which Z have eipressed myself. I
thought it due to your Lordship to make a direct ecimmunication
upon ibis subject—while I .write I see what may aerie as a deci-
sive confirmation of the apprehensions which I 'have expressed as
to the consequences which the proceedings at Cork are likely to
produce. The Popish Papers praise them. The Ettessite Pest
says they are ail that it catrdesire.—l have the honour to be,
Your Lordship's most obedient kumbh servant,
(Signed) • TH 0 31 A S 'FERNS.
70 TIM LORD /MOOT OF TRIM.
Me Loan—l have had the honour of receiving your commu-
nication.
In having taken the chair at the meeting recently held in Cork
I feel I have only performed my duty. and 1 ant satisfied that
every well wisher to the Established Church will, after mature
reflection, discover mike to be approved Of in the resolutions
adopted on that occasion. I am hideed unable ter discover the
danger you forbode from our measures; "as there was but one
opinion regarding the doctrines of our Church. Your Lordship
hardy will not attempt to say that imperfections have existed, and
still continue to exist, in certain practices too long suffered in our
Church. That the timl has come for remedying these abuses, I
think must be conceded. for the more corruptions %veneer to
disfigure the Church of England, Abe greater danger is she. in.
Now that Onvernmeut his left us to liar 44111• reiourcevi• and
withdrawn that protection our Church was :acenstomed to te-
Mve, every zealous member is called on to- do bialtest to protect
that, which is now more than ever likely to .be' assailed by her
enemies.'
Assuming that right which I conceive every layman possesses. as
being a measlier of the Church of England; we came forward to
hear public 'testimony to the purity of her ddetrioes, and to: the
Uhl Of those good shepherds wbo, with' indefatigable care, have
attended to their flocks..-to arc!, as fir as: jo , us lay, that mis-
conduct, and those niafptactices which unfortunately prevail, and
to point cut some art those evils which, in our opinion, h ,ye greatly

My Lord, allow me to say, on the subject of the incomes of
Bishops, that their rank in the Church, and the independent
character they ought always to maintain, renders it desirable
they should possess an independent income. But, when your
Lordship admits that the Bishops' lands are worth ten times as
mach as what goes into the pockets of their Lordships, I cannot
help wishing that at least the rest of the profit could be employed
for the spiritual welfare of thousands, who are dying " for lack
of knowledge:" Your Lordship, however, considers it " to be
direct rubbery to deprive the tenants of possessions which have
been An their families through successive generations." That
they cannot be deprived of these lands as long as their least' lasts,
we all- well know, but afterwards I believe private interest has
much to do in the reneoral. And if your Lordship calls the de-
prival of the tenure of Church lands after the expiration of the
lease direct robbery, what an imputation do you We on many of
your predecessors as well as contemporaries, who, not contented
with the sum offered by way of a fine, or wishing to provide for
some relation, have been, and still are, in the habit of running th.ir
lives, as it is termed, against the lease.
In referring to the Parochial Clergy, your Lordship states
them at 1,200 Incumbents, and 600 Curates (for Ireland), and
your Lordship, with much nicety, calculates the sum of money
which would fall to each, were the incomes equally divided
among them. Having on no occasion favoured this measure, I
cannot here be expected to advocate it. Bat it is evident your
Lordship has one grand object before your eyes, whilst I cons
fess my mind has lon been engaged with a very different one.
Whilst you, my Lord, have been considering what was most for
the interest of a favoured portion of the Clergy, I have been
looking to the spiritual wants of the people. For this they pay
an annual income; and where they have in so many instances
been spurned and ueglected by well paid teachers, it is only sur-
prising they have borne the imposition so long. Let the clergy do
their duty, and they deserve a just remuneration, for " the labourer
is worthy of his hire." As your Lordship has entered into cer-
tain calculations, I am also tempted to do the same, and looking to
the wants of the people, taking for granted your statement of the
number of parochial clergy to he correct, and laying the population
of Ireland at seven millions, none of whom ought to be neglected,
I find there is just one parish clergyman to attend to about 3,888
individuals, and there is but one. Incumbent to nearly 6,000 per-
sons, and one hard-working Curate, supposing all to be such, to
nearly 12,000.
Now I leave it to your Lordship to reflect whether this is an
adequate supply (to use your own phrase) for the maintenance of
true Christianity and the salvation of souls, especially when so
many of our Rectors confine their. weekly labours to performing
the Church service on a Sunday, and reading a dull sermon. The
Ignorant and depraved state of too many of the lower order of
• Protestants in Ireland as well as in England; the corruption of
morals which disgracei all classes and the increase of crime which,
of date years, has so much occupied public attention, stand for-
ward convincing 'pi...as of the absence of practical religion, and
of the deficiency of that medium or channel' through whichrhris-
tian Mart-talon ought to flow. As for me being rims, dof cal-
ing the whole body of the Clergy griping and covetous, I here beg
leave to say, I only made this charge against the worldly-minded
portion. From what I said of the pious, and virtuosos, and spiri-
tual Clergy, I am 'satisfied they ate convinced 1 had never any
ntentlon of bringing a charge against them, of which they are cut