American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-11-20

INcoMEs OF TIE ENGLISH BIsHoPs. We
have seen in several papers, statement of the
incomes of the English bishops, and declined
to copy it from conviction that it was greatly
exaggerated. We remembered to have read
other accounts which varied SO materially from
those now published, that we were satisfied
that the latter were Inaccurate; but we could
not readily lay our hands upon the documents
necessary to refute them. These have now
been kindly furnished by friend, and are sub
ioined to this article. The recent publication
gave the items of income to which Bishop
Doane refers below, in pounds sterling instead
of dollars, which magnified the incomes said to
be received, 6ve-times above what is contained
in the article upon which the bishop comments
English Bishops end their Iaeome. The fol-
lowing article, from the last Burlington GA
sette, is satisfactory refutaton Of wicked
Elsehood contained in a paragraph which is
running the greedy round of nearly all the
newspapers. 1t originated, we believe, in a
certain penny paper OF this city which mistakes
impudence for Independence, and in several in
stances has shown greater willingness to pub
lish articles defamatory of the Episcopal church
and its bishops, than to give its readers the an
tidote of truth.-Banner o'the Gross.
Ihave lively interest, MIR. Editor, in your
Gazette as bearing the name OF the little
city, in Rhich my lot Of life is cast; and | am
happyisz y that by the quiet, even tenor of
its way, II has commended itself more to my
good will. | am sorry to notice departure
from the justice and courtesy which have mark
ed its pages; but feel that ] may rely Oh both
for thn "a, infA
which you have been tempted by some ones
ignorance and prejudice. Please to take notice,
then, that there are MT twelve bishops in Eug-
land but two archbIshops and twenty five bish-
ops; that William Howley, not 'Hawley,
Archbishop oil Canterbury, receives annually in
round numbers,' not 'Sls6, 000, but Ss5 900;
that 'John' Kaye, not Cage, Bishop of Lincoln,
receives not 1914 000,' but SEC, 900; that Ed
ward Stanley, Bishop Of Nerwich,' receives not
1882 ,000,' but S22,S25; that the average
amount Of the others is not about 8 $50, 900
EACH but 500, $40. That whether these sala-
ries be too little or too gre t, they are the ill
come of property given in other days to the
several diocesses for the express purpose ofsup-
porting the bishops in each; which property has
increased from a small amount to the sums sta
ted BY me above; the property being at least as
sacred as that Of any private Individual and
the objection frog its increased value being
Just what a disorganizlng agraran might make
TO the amount Of Mr.. Astor's income, or, Mr..
Ridgwsys. That the thousands upon thous-
ands who are almost starving for the want of a
piece OF bread and meat, are not increased, but
diminished greatly by the use TO which their
incomes ATE APPROPRIATED; since to all subscrp-
tons for benevolent purposes, the largest con-
tributions are those OF the archbishops and blsh-
ops, sometimes exceeding those oiroyalty itself;
while the poor in great numbers, are constantly
employed on their estates As an instance,
when at Addugton Park, the country residence
of the See Of Canterbury, last summer, saw
many men employed in reolaimmg waste land,
which was not worth retaining, Just that they
might have honest employment; the estate be-
ing the property OF the diocese the outlay at
the private expense of the archbishop. From
fifty to one hundred laborers, in addition to his
domestic servants, are kept in employ by him.
Besides large and expensive improvements at
Fulham, when he was bishop OF London, and
at Arlington Park, the present venerable arch
bishop expended 100000 of his personal prop
erty on improvements at Lambeth palace.
speak from positive knowledge when | say,
Erat the bishops and clergy of the Church OF
England bfiDg vastly larger amount OF income
into the Church than they take from it; that
they are every where the most liberal promoters
of all benevolent objects; that nothing is more
common than their rebuilding or greatly impro-
wing and repairing their palaces, deaneries, or
paIsonpge-houses, at their own expense; that
the episcopal incomes, taxed as they are by the
necessity of large establishments and extensive
hospitality, are too small rather than too large;
and that the instances OF boarding money and
dying rchare 10 the highest degree UNCOMMON