The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-02-12 00:00:00

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EETING held at London HouSe, St. James's-square,
.day, January 3, 1833, the Lord Bishop of Loudon in
r, numerous letters written by persons of the highest
pity resident in Ireland, were read ; from which it ap-
that, in consequence of the illegal combination against
,taeut of Tithes, many of the Clergy and their families
4standing that a portion of the Tithes for 1831 was, under
aaritv of a recent Act of Parliament, advanced by his
Y's Government) are reduced to the atest distress;
the have been obliged to break up the' households, and
eir homes; some have for many m the been supported
ospitality of friends, or by assista e from other sources,
ape of money, food, or cloth' ; that some have been
ed to abandon their Life Insu noes; and that some are
.want of the common necessaries of life for themselves
Lr families: and that, although issistance has been lite-
i Pensed by the Irish Prelates, and others, to alleviate
st distressing cases, yet this relief is wholly inadequate
present exigency :
hereupon it was resolved unanimolsly
that a subscription be forthwith entered into, for the pur
1 affording immediate relief to the Irish Clergy, under
'resent urgent distress.
hat all sums collected be placed at the disposal of his
the Archbishop of Armagh, Lord Primate of all Ireland,
ts kindiy undertaken to distribute them to the several
4, as their respective necessities may seem to him to

• That The Hon. Justice Park,
'gilt Hon. and Right Rev. Sir Audi ew Agnew, Bart. M.P.,
ord Bishop of Loodon,;Sir R. 11. Inglis, Bart. 1`.1.P.,
L Rev. the Lord Bishop Sir Harry ceney, Bart. M.P.,
Llandaff, The Rev. Wm. Drt earv, D.ll.,"ite ellit n. Lord Frances Chancellor of NVinciies:er.,
Th ,;ewoh. Gower, The Rev. J. W. Cunningham,
Thee "t- Hon. Lord' Radstock, 11. A., . .
Th t. Hon. Lord Bexley, Ile Rev. John Lonsdale, 8.D.,
Threusit...i?,ht,. Hon. Lord Chiet Win. Alex. Mackinnon, E: q.,
e ucelindal, Joshua Watson, Esq.,
b e. Rt. Hon. Sir .1. Isholl, Joseph NVi.son Esq.,
weitt' CoMmittee to carry : into elfe..l the foregoing Itesolutions,
aciPowerto add to their number. -
atiV• That Henry Sykes Thornton. Esq., be requested to
Treasurer and the Rev. William Hale Haie, M. A.
and the Rev. SaLuel Charles Wiiks, M. A. as Secretarks."
I,A•t a subsequent MEETING, held at London House on
January 9, his Grace the Archbishop. of Canterbury
tue Chair, the Chairman read to the Meeting a letter ad-
tleued to his Grace by the Archbishop of Armagh, (of which
the following is an extract ;) which not only confirms the infor--
111,,atiou previously received b) the Committee, but proves that
the extent and pressure of distress, under which the Irish Cler-
e'Y are labouring, are even greater than the Committee had pre-
• asly•suposed.
-4xtract
,titini a Letter addressed to his Grace the Lord Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, from the Lord Archbishop of Armagh,
dated Armagh, Jan. 5, 18a3:—-
, From the uniform,tenor of the letters which I have received.
Ltlorn the South, I cannot help feeling the com,f,ict.Lok, that. the
(-iistresses and sufferings of the Clergy in those atrWare far too
?dttensive and too overwheimiug to be in any great degree al-
ill aid afforded out of private. resoorces. ...The most.
istressing cases of individual calamity may, -hoever, *be Met.
tune:3, and Christian aid ; and-I
teei ati*nrised - to say
reca`.Yur subscriplions aided by our own, will be most gratefully
re.(l. The following are extracts from letters which I hayp
1.);.,d, • in- answer to those addressed by me to the several
lie•e
✓ .From
, the Diocese of Ossory.--1-` If the subscription is not
l'erY-Lalge,- it Will, comparatively. speaking, be useless; for I be.
(?1,13 the Clergy of the Dioceses of Ossory, Ferns, Waterford,
I,,uirk? and a large portion of Cashel,. do not receive their tithe.-
tod* almost' iiripossible to depict the terrible state. of misrule
.er which the country is suffering. It is really. almost past
elief '
• •
16 c.'Y°ut the Diocese of Cork.—The distress and:danger of
tito-st-Lergy is extreme. Indeed, the danger to life is such, as in
tl tgea,ses to overrule all other considerations. The. savage
dlerriit •-•t. aimuced against the most exemplary c.ergymen, Fell-
dw :;-€lulte Unsafe for them in the remote places to quit their
foretho.ic u
u;- mid. in some glebe-houses a military force is stationed,
e,t'ef'stry protection.'
to tit the Diocese of Leighlin and Ferns.—' With respect
-•
Luestl4ll put by your Lordship, I could scarcely form an
ctl el'eruse the evil is now.no longer local, but has ex-
throu,hont the entire of the Southern Dioceses.
tande: of •M ;Watelford, .Cloyne,
Par='-' of Limerick, aresituated precisely in a similar posi-
tiZwith the Diocese of teighlin. With us, as with many of
the fact. speaks for itself pretty 'plainly. Out of two
t:vars! iliconw no Man has, almost in any ease, received more
six mouths ; and the majority have only received so much
those is•I10 have
t°'eeyea
income. T
yyhe conseq therefore is, that
T;riVate fortuhes (which to anyuence, extent are not
on account of the sudden and totally unexpected
• tt7u,su-nt of a large portion of their fuuds, being unalile tO
at-e` heir previous engagements, are fast getting .into pecuni-
.th•3",, embarrassments .by borrowing and raising money ; whilst
' who have not private fortunes are actuary iu want of the
Lol4'll°ll necessaries of life many have hitherto lived on the
4„,;l of their friends; but. as that isa moans cannot
h "lt not to last always, even this painful mode of relief
1
alrgi eady failed many, and must eventually fail ail. I may
au
believe few clergymen in the country are not in the
thi-s „?! other of the situations I mentioned above : and I state
th-en-L.l4' 'Very extensive knowledge andacquaintance amongst
•
and think it due" (continues the Primate) "to your Grace,
thieeretsott.housttezv‘lo on the purest principles of ~Chi•istian charity,
ard with you in aid of the Irish Clergy, so state,.
u.'h,rll_,ognitude and extent of the unprovoked persecution under
,rhne this tieiserving body of men are now labouring."
sC"it'ittee abit,..tiu front referring to particular cases, the
gitnt
iof which (Indy bearing out the statement given at the be-
ng al this paper) are in their iaussession ; the distress being
diopineral as to affect the whole body of the Clergy in saverat.
he'eti se,g, runt a part of them in oilers. The
.number of Clergy,
(iiittinlaellts, and Curates in these. dioceses alone, where the
the
eess is most severe and overwhelming, amount to nearly half .
L-uPtire holy of Irish Clergy. - 1043, 4seriptious will be received for the Treasurer by the fol-
Gos't.tg London Bankers:—A-I,:ssrs. Coutts & Co.; Drummond ;
eugs & Co.; Hauunersiey & Co.; Hoare; Jones, Loyd,
Co Puget & Co. ; Sir It- Scott & Co.; Smith, Payne, &
Belle AVitlianisi& Co. :—and'illso by Messrs. Rivington, Book,
mes rs,
L Church-yard; and Waterleo-piace, ;
Hatehars., Book;ellers, Piccadilly Messrs._ Seeley,
; sir. Nisbet, Berner's-street; and Mr. Stretton,
neoln .
t .fields.
at . itt i N ullucatlons f
-i or thenn-fi Comittee may be addressed to them
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pareommissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt, Leaving
ta.ththe 11th 'day of January, 1811, aw..rtie,i and issued
u, a. he
THOMAS HINDE.
, late of. , in the
d:tv4tY of Lancaster, Merchant, intend to meet on tiro MTh
Peartiary instant, at Twelve o'clo •k'at Noun, at the
'Messrs. SHACKLETON, WRI "f, and II LATI.:!(, in
ace.,:,":kk street, in Liverpool afore . id, in order to Audit the
8ar,...11's of the Assignees of the '.tate and Effects of the said.
path upt, muter the said ..ission, pursuant to an Act of
li?ti ati,l9;'t made and sass: Abe sixth year or the reign of
t Ai.„,-„,„,,4.15:ty King Geor.-e the Fourth, intitulea "An Act
sann zil:;4 the Law; relating to Bankrupts;" and the said
in: —"ners also intend to meet on the following day, at the
of
thenotir, and at the same place, to make a further Dividend
wheie
tiEsta,te and Effects of the said Bankrunt; when and
ala Creditors, who have not already proved their Debts,
'`) come prepared to prove the same or they will he ex-
the benefit of the Dividend. Anti all claims not then Ptovecl will be disallowed.

MEETING of the CLERGY, summoned by the
RECTORS, to take into consideration the 'Afflicted
State of the Clergy of the Established Church in Ireland,
was held in the Blue Coat Hospital, on MONDAY, February
11th0833,
PRESENT,
The Rev. J. Brooks, in the Chair,
'1 he Worshipful the Mayor
Rev. W lilner,
Rev. Cardwell,
Rev. . Hornby,
Rev J. IL Stewart,
. C. Lawrence„
1 -. Tvrer,
ev. C. Wear,
Rev. J. North,
Rev. R. L. Townshend,
Rev. E. Ashton,
Rev. J. Lee,
Rev. J. R. Tetlqw,
Rev. R. Leicester,
Rev. J. Jones,
Rev. J. A. Wi1s()11,
Rev. W. May tiara.

Rev. G. Monk,
Rev. T. Bold,
Rev. G. Driffie
Rev. J. C. Prince,
Rev. Win. llesketh,
Rev. 'l. G. Leigh,
Rev. R. Davies,
Rev. C. T. Giaawin,
Rev. M. Formby,
Rev. J. 11. Stafford,
Rev. Thos. Moss.,
Rev. John B. Monk,
'Aev. N. Robinson,
Rev. J. Hassall,
Rev. W. D. Blundell,
Rev. O. Onnerod,

Rev. J. Mulford,
In addition to the information obtained at the Meeting held
in London respecting the urgent necessities of the Irish Clergy,
various communications were made to. this Meeting, corroborat-
ing the account of the general and indiviuual ,uistress which
prevails amongst them. - • •
It was therefore resolved unanimously,. , •..
'I hat a Subscription be opened for their immediate relief, and
that the co-operation .of the Laity.of the Town and. Neigh-
bourhood be earnestly requested.
Resolved, •

That the Rev. J. B. Monk be appointed Treasurer ;—and
vtlf
the he provide.koitiks for the Clery and those of the Laity who
consent tifflutiett Subscriptions in 'aid of this benevolent.
d sign. .
At the same Mugting it was also,unanimoutly:reiolred, • •
That a Petition to the House of Coinmons be prepared for
the enforcement of the due observance of the Sabbath ; and
that immediate steps be taken to procure the signatures of.those
who feel an interest in this very. important object.
Resolved, . • • .
That the best Thanks of the Meeting be presented to the,
Worshipful the Mayor, for his attendance this day, and to -thel
Rev..J. Brooks, for his able conduct in the Chair.