The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-09-16 00:00:00

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the cure of thi
has, however, a high peal__ ,
on the next presentation to that benefice being put up I
sale, Alderman Farebrother made out that, according to
Cocker, the cure of their souls on the next vacancy ought
to produce Lord Cadogan £16,000. Other people, only

valuing that awful commodity at some
alderman and excellent auctioneer bou

is not a proper exercise of the rights of property; b,titgt.
thiti le not an ordinary, it is an exceptional transaction;o•
abuse of those rights. The sale of the cure of souls") it
Luke's parish isnot a matter forced on Lord Cadogan
is a matter Lord Cadogan, or his trustee, forces on 01
public. 1t is legal, no doubt ; nevertheless, it is a ler:_l
outrage—a moral scandal—a religious shame—a natio?t
disgrace that such a thing can be. I n what country buil
England would public opinion, or does the law Pq°3o
such an auction to be held ? It is a practice long s'"
abolished in all Roman Catholic nations. And in Eti;
land only, of Protestant countries, have the people °_`/
parish no right or power, or veto over the appointment!
the minister charged with their salvation. What if Pl'. !
dinal Wiseman, or one of his semi-Romish allies for hi:
had bought the next presentation ? The parishioners of ?,!.
Luke's might, in that event, have had a Jesuit in disgul
inducted into the benefice ; and not a word of comPlBls
could they legally make. What so probable,
this very moment the Tractarians have come up to 1.31.0;
Cadogan's price. The parishioners have no remedy
must either submit to some Popery or vacate their Ps" it
church. Or, if they are resolved to have a pastor of thee(
own choice, they must tax themselves to the tune.u;
£16,000. The thing is monstrous, look at it as you
put it in what aspect you choose. No law, or eustorn,4,
precedent can reconcile people to it. And then the l"
cency with which purchasers are attracted. The inell
bent is in the seventieth year of his age ! The voinis,e
of the subordinate chapel is eighty-three !" Just one
in the grave, gentlemen, and only £16,000 asked—d Pie,
sir, and one leg in the grave—in the grave, sir. ?lig
men, gentlemen, what are you thinking of !' otic
Lord Cadogan's notion of presenting to the next vanulL'"
of St. Luke's, Chelsea. Mark, too, how the age 4_7
incumbent is placed in contrast with the worldly ud.
Cages to be sensed by death : as that

A DETACHED RECTORY HOUSE,
Seated in its own Grounds, approached
by a Carriage Drive.

WITH TWO ELEGANTDRAWING-ROOMS,
39 feet long, having gilt mouldings, marble Chimney-Pl'

and 'steps to Pleasure Ground.
A CAPITAL DINING-ROOM,
and Library and Bed-room adjoining.
THE GROUNDS
are disposed in Lawn, Plantation, Garden,
and range of Greenhouses, ornamented with timber,
and surrounded by serpentine gravelled walks.
RENT CHARGE, RENT OF HOUSES,
producing together, independent of House,
One thousand four hundred and eighty-four Pounds;
and also
Further Increase of £1,256
_ _

On the dropping in of Lives in Leases.
It is in vain to reason or to expostulate with a mall
the
would issue such a placard as this, when it invoivreolor.:
spiritual welfare of thousands of his tenantry or
creatures. But it is well to record and recollect the on!.
rage; for a day of reckoning will come, and before long telt
when Loid Cadogan and such people will be taught better'

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