The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-02-05

Now many hon. members must be ava
ei the Bishop Of London's Paddingto
: estate. upon which an immense number ,
tnlldines had risen up. VAST possible /
believe thai in 1881. when return was d.
liberately made that all the prospects Of ii
see oil London were decrease. OF income, a
! idea OF all these buildings rising up did no
rit across the mind of the right rev. pre-
late [hear, hear.l Five years before ther
had been an act of Parliament obtained 70
tae express purpose Of promoting them
taear, hear.l Terraces were springing up il
every direction, and mine OF wealth wa
thus secured to the Bishop Of London which
be was almost afraid TO calculate; il had
however, been estimated that it must eyeniu
ally amount p 100000 a year hear
hear.l -. ,..,-.... -,H
After all the increase which one
would naturally suppose must have taken
place in his incoqe il was singular enough
that in the next q ~ made by the RICH,
rev. Prelate ths! .sred to b pone the
richer l"Hesr, nd 1aughGl the
contrary, in The year 1S43, after all those
splendid buildings had been erected, the re-
turn made by the Bishop Of London was
actually less than it was in 1881. At that
period he made his net income to be f13,-
900 but in 1S43 it was reduced to f12,-
400, notwithstanding buildings covering 400
acres OF ground had been erected, and al
though the right rev. prelate had sgned up
wards Of 1000 leases hear, hear.I Now,
he should like to have some explanation of
this lhear, hearl They could not possibly
doubt the correctness Of an episcopal re-
turn-Ia laughl-but what mus, they think
OF episcopal management! fhear, hear. '-'I
The Bishop Of Durham returned his
gross income at f2l 900, and the net in.
come at $4,000. His future income he
put down at f17,S90. Instead Of this,
however, the net income rose to f22, 900.
and the gross income to II, 900. The Bi.h.
op Of St. Asaph estimated his income at
f6, 800. but it had risen to 6,546. The
hon. gentleman gave similar details with
reference to the following sees, stating in
every ease that the bishops had calculated
on decrease Chester, estimated in 1881
at "a .229 net, put down at f3, 800, and in
creased to f5, POO in 1S43; Hereford, put
down BY the ecclesiastical commissioners
in 1881 at % $40, but risen 10 1874
Lincoln, estimated mt $500, but increased
to Is ,223; Norwich. income returned in
1881 at IS 300, put down at Ca, 100. and
risen in 1S43 to Is, 72S; Oxford, returned
in 1881 at f2, GAS; future income estina-
ted at f1, CPS; income in 1S43, 1868;
Salisbury, in 1881, returned at $4,000
gross, future income estimated at $1,000
returned in 1S43 at f7,200; Worces-
ter, in 1881, $500 net; future income
at &c, 500; returned in1S43 at
Ct, 122 net. and fS,166 gross. The
Bishop Of LANDAU returned the income
OF his see in 1881 as 1924, and he was
the only prelate who said there would proba-
bly, be an increase in the future income
but, like all the rest, he was mistaken, for
it turned out that by the year 1S43, it had
decreased to f915 Jlaughter.l Neverihe-
less, it was upon these statements THAT the
commissioners proceeded to make their f,i
ture calculations lcheers.l
Let them look to the effect Of this sys-
tenn OF management on the dioceses Them
selves. The income of the see Of Durham
was calculated at $4,000 a year. Tho
Bishop was allowed choice by the csm-
missioners whether he would make over to
them eli 900 and take chance for what
the see made over $4,000, or whether they |
should make him an annual payment Of
Is, 900, and keep the remainder. The
Bishop, he understood, preferred the gam
bling transaction, and it appeared that he
made a very good thing Of it. for the income
he received was, according to the returns, |
$4,000 year.
The hon. member then urged for the ne. !
cessiy OF further inquiry into these matters. |
this enormous profuson OF wealth |
with the poverty and even privations Of
many Of the working clergy. The poor
laborer was not the less worthy Of his hire |
though he did not live in palaces or enjoy
legislative functions. They should recol-
lect that every shilling given to Abe hierar-
chy was taken away from the poor clergy,
and that il was their duty, for the sake Of
these men, and for the sake Of the Church,
to sec that the revenues Of the Church were
Justly administered. The honorable gen.
tleman concluded by moving three resolu-
tons, of which the principal was to ths
effect =
AT from the reports, furnished by the &C.
=. al commissioners themselves, Il appears
'IeslssIl -e that the provisions Of the Act 9th