The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-30 00:00:00

MANCHESTER.-FRIDAY EVENING.

Speculation has been so decidedly extended to the Newton
events, we have simply to state, that Deception has been
made first favourite, at 10 to 1 ; but the same was offered
to-day at Newton ;11to 1, bar one, and takers of 12 to I
about the Dey of Algiers; 14 to 1 has been accepted on
lietigever •20 to Sleight-Of Hand ;20to 1 Confusion 6 ;
2Q to 1 111:tsbane ;27t0 1 Trustee •, 40 to 1 Glenlivat. The
field v. any eleven for the Liverpool Cup.
'For St. Leger 3 to 1 is offered either against Crucifix or
Launcelot ; takers at 7 to 2.
GOODWIN Cur..-=4 to 1 against Harkaway (off.)

Tom Eflip-ro,—At one id- th,e election dinners, at
Staffer.cl when hiS father Watts recnrrAd for' that bOrough,)
Toni s.heridOn.waS'in 'earnest coriiiefiatitin' with 'the gentle-
marl who 'Sat' at the' table' next' to him. The Mayor of
Stafford; Mr. Ilnrton, art' eminent shoe-manufacturer (the
staple commodity. of 'the 'town,), presided, and, as a matter
of course, gave as It toast " Prosperity to the manufacture
of Staffol:47; ym riot heard or attended t 9 by Tom
Sheridan, who ‘f,P0t111i30.144 ; • •(41,
chairman, in rather a Mgt-fitted tope, WiPl4lnlP(4, ivfr. Tom
Sheridan, I have proposed the toast of ' Prosperity to the
manufacture of Stafford', which you have utterly disregarded."
Tom instantly turned, and, imitating the pompous manner
of the mayor, said, " Sir, may the manufacture of Stafford
be trampled on by the whole world!"—Bentley's Miscellany.
THE WARNING.—On a Sunday not long ago, a rather
ludicrous scene occurred at a village chapel not 100 miles
from Hawkshead. The clergyman having ascended the pul-
pit, an 4 given out his text, " Behold, I come quickly," pro-
ceeded' in 'his usual wry with his sermon, and, in delivering
it,'had occasion frequently to,repeat the words. In one of
his appeals, by way of impreisitt 010 014j4forcii)ly on the
minds of his hearens, than common
energy, concluded With his text. '''Just'at. the moment, the'.
old ricketty pulpit, which no' doubt had stood for centuries,
fell with a tremendous crash, and in its fall almost buried
bpneath its ruins 'a poor:old decreiiit woman. The warden,
seeing the disaster, iillr*liately Wont to. her assistance, and,
having extricated her from her UPtilouS sittiation, asked her
in a sympathising manner, whether she Was much hurt.
" Nett' nea," says the old lady, " I'se nut see much %verse
as folks ma imagine ; an if I waur, it's my aiu faut ; I had
warning eneuf to a gitten oot etway !"
INCOME AND NUMBER OF TILE CLERGY.—The total net
income of the benefices in England and Wales is £3,055,451,
calculating the 178 benefices not returned upon the average of
those which have been returned. Of these benefices, 297 are
under £5O per annum ; 1629 betwixt £5O and £100; 1602
from £lOO to £l5O, making 3528 livings under £l5O. Of
the other benefices, 1354 are £l5O and under £2OO, 1979
fFgill £2OO to .00p, 1416 from :ipp to £4OO, No from £4OO
to £5OO, 954 range hetWixt £5OO and £750, 323 betwixt the
latter suer aild £1000,'134' are from £lOOO to £l6OO, 32 are
betwixt £l5OO and l£2ooo, and'lB'neWarda of £2OOO. In the
latter 'class,' one is the Rectory Of Stanhope, in the county of
Durham, of the net annual value of £4843, and another is
the Rector of Doddington, in the county of Cambridge, of
the net yearly value of £7306. The annual average income
' of each benefice, as appears from the table, is £285, but as
pony as $972, or considerably more than four-fifths of the
rang Whole do actually betwixt £5O and '.£500 a-year—the
average being a little More than £2OO. “Detiticting £424,549
for 5227 curates, after the rate of £Bl, it will redtiee the
average income of the whole of the incumbents to £244 per
annum for each. And it should not be forgotten that the
income of the clergy, the aggregate of which is £3,055,451 is
not derived from tithes merely, but includes all their receipts
and emoluments; both voluntary and legal. Only about two-
thirds of the land in England and Wales are titheable; nor
does a tenth or even a fiftieth part of the produce of the en-
tire country fall into the hands of the clergy : if the annual
value of the agricultural produce of the kingdom be rightly
estimated, as it has been of late, at £150,000,000. The re-
ports of the Commissioners upon li3eclesia4ipal Revenues
(froin which the above table is compiled) have tended very
much lia..disabise the public mind of the erroneous views
prodirced by the statementa of various writers respecting
the enormous revenues of the bishops and interior clergy.
" Black" and Red books, &c., have represented the revenues
of the Church, as amounting annually to eight, nine, and
even to ten millions. As specimens of the wilful and wicked
exaggerations of these writers, it may suffice to say, that by
one of them, the Bishop of Winchester is said to receive
£90,000. per annum ! and the Bishop of Lichfield's £3923.
is magnified into £12,590 with 48 livings ! Another writer
upon tithes is pleased to tell his readers that if tithes were
abolished, the state would be able to remit twenty-one mil-
lions of taxation! The whole amount of tithes paid to the
clergy' during a year when wheat was 43. 18s. 3d. per quar-
ter, was. 41,426,527. 18s. Oid .