The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-08-07
VOL. V.

nues' Inc rope, on rearrsnging The English
Hierarchy of his Church, based his action a, J,
declared purpose Of converting England n D.
msnism, Boosting at the same time of.tbe ,..,,,
Of his Church's lsbors to that end within N, :.
few years. The heads Of the English Chs
establishment recognising the justice Of ..
boasts, Immediately, by way Of cOunterac,iD. ~
labors Of their rival, commenced to beg for r.
to pay for supplying the spiritual wants Of 49,
tute parishes, nc. On this plea they Ddno,,
persons with money to give them huDd,oa. :,
thousands pounds sterling in very sAor, :, "
However, their cries for more more aw,k.1.,
spirit Of inquiry into their own capaci,v > 80
nish enough OF the root OF all evil for thai, =
defence against the efforts of Rome To ,ho,o ~
them, eventually, the right to plumber The ,,s.1l
Of England under one provision of law o., '[O'''
stitution, that being the substance Of A.. oO"'
between the rival Hierarchies. '1'
The inquirers have peeped into thu .e.:-
I" the Church" SO far at least as TO mako !, $50.
fest to all who will see, that if her n,s,o,,
nues we're directed to the purposes for wbioh a.
were originally granted and decresd q. ~
than enough is within the pockets of the b;sha..
and higher clergy at this moment 10 afford 80
ivings 10 the lower clergy, and to add sufBcisn,
ly to their number to surfsit with parsons svo,,,
parish in the Realm. Thus, within the ,o.. .~.!
years, the Archbishop of Canterbu,v hos ~,
eted f2lO,ls4; of York, flOO 4os; Of Lopdoa
fl2s,9s5; Of Dublin, f2O7, 562 of Wipcbes,er
flOl, l30, &c. The gross income of al, the ssss
for the last seven years has been Ell 5a5 GIG
The son.in-lsw Of Bishop sparkes ia Vicar Of
Wisbeach and Prebend Of Ely, and, though ali.
sent from these charges full half Of each year bs
is paid for the former f2,1sO, and for the latter
f7O0. He is also Vicar Of Waterbeacb with A..
salary and fees amounting to $500 annually
The Rector of Walsoken, who is VIGOROUSLY non.
resident, flches 81 ,293. The Rector Of LevestOp
also nonresident, is likewise Canon Of Ely and
Rector Of Gunthrope, with total income from
these neglected charges of f3, $685. The non.res.
ident Vicar Of Emmett, who is also Prebend Of
Brecon, receives f2,990 from the first alone
The Rector of Tydd st. Giles, who lives in Ger.
many, and pays his curate f12O per snnum draws
fl,2Oo per year. The population of his parish
is not over 900, very few of whom ever show nose
inside OF the honorable Revs0r ) church The
Rector Of Tydd st. Msry's, WHO'S nonresident
n !.s%,s~,-l 80 -A1xN SES =
fi 900 as Prebend of Lincoln, f227 as Rector Of
Woolbeding.
We might extend this list Of clerical robberies
ad ufnaum, but are content with these samples
of the extortions Of the Church. She is begging
the labor of the United Kingdom for more means
Of sustaining her privileges to rob, against the
effort of Rome to share it.
The man Of intelligence will readily perceive
that this superAuity of pay and liberty of neg-
gence are far more dangerous enemies of the
Christian religion in England, as preached by its
Founder, as well as to the Church of England
than the Pope and all his counterfeit English
bishops. We may further mention, that the rip
ping up Of the affairs of the Church has exposed
the fact that in the last seven years, many of the
bishops have robbed, for their own emolument
the TREASURES of the poor clergy of their respect
i've sees. According to law, the aggregate of fees
and salary Of each bishop is limited not to exceed
certain sums. In the last seven years, the Bishop
Of Chichester appropriated to his own use fl ,225
more than he was entitled to; him of st. Davids,
f7,623 the Bishop of Norwich, f7,071. The
Bishops of Salisbury, Rochester, and Oxford, are
in the same box, though we have seen no state
ment of the precise amount which each of these
holy fathers has stolen, after this fashion. In
the same seven years, other bishops have failed to
nav money due from their revenues to the poor
clergy funds of their respective sees Thus, the
Archbishop Of York owes "the Commission"
II, 3r7, the Bishop Of st. Asaph's, e1,o6i, and
the Bishop of Ely, f9,242. We have no space
at command in which to run over the list Of all
these holy father defauters, who in the aggregate
owe f42, 500 "to the Commission" This money
is part Of the fund set apart to pay and otherwise
relieve the poor, wretched, half-starved, and mis-
cradle lower clergy of the realm, who almost alone
of the Church officials in England practice what
they preach-the religion of Jesus Christ.
There is no wonder that the masses of England
are destitute of religious ministraton, when one
reflects on the deplorable restitution of common
honesty, of modesty and moderation, of concern
for the substantial interests Of their Church, Of
justice, Of iberality Of the principle guiding men
to do as they would be done by, and Of faith in
the lessons Of the Gospel against pomps and vani'
ties, purple and fine linen, and the love Of man
mon, which the few statistics we present above
fix on the venerable heads of the English Church
Establishment.