, 1866-02-20
ENGLISH BISHOPS.
Curious Fact9 About the Eneltsh
Church Of Thirty TcAfz AEo-Enor-

y J EADU1V 4ett, lie T6o Qk{b'AttA u
! York. 1retyman was tutor to William Pitt,
| who was able, nj fhc cnrly agc Of twenty.
! ! eight, to obtain his nomination, first 10 Ene
i | see OF Lincoln and afterwards TO the more
J lucrative bi6hopric Of Winchester. The prin,
cipal literary memorial left By that pyelAte to
l! poterity Is q life OF Ills pupil, which Macau,
lay declares is only remarkable in being the
worst biography Of its size in the English
language. Dr. spaskes, Bishop Of Ely, was
tutor 70 The Duke ol Rutland. Even the
present tlsbop Of Wiz hester owed his c1eyn-
tion to hia good4ort, :: in having been tutor
TO the sons Of th late a{aschloness Of
Il Copynghann.
All the bishops were expected TO support
laegosefnmer' u every measure they brought
forward: no mater how tyrann1cal Or unjust
rote the Tory poll = Of the day, without the
slightest regard u Its merits, and they Ger
tainly fulfilled ii. condition With uopderfu1
fidelity. As long as the Government opposed
the apol!ti9n 9 Of ., the slave t5ade the jishops
Lord Eldon, then Lord Chancellor. re-.
marked that the consistent behavior Of
the right reverend prclates gave him
great satis!action. rs he IVES now convinced
there YES nothing in the institution Of
siavsry .ia, contrary to the principles Of Chris
RsmyP GPas'a 70 Rue G. the s sste@Pas sa4st4 Of
Of our criminal code, then the most sang1i.
nary In Europe. Belsham, In his history.
mentions them, with ono exception (Shlpleyl.
as being, with George III. himself, the most
| inEctefate upholders Of the American war.
France, lie policy Of which l. no~ aagt'aa rs ss
| By some Of the tories fhemse1Te* AnJ 1sst
/ II, they we're the strenuDus onnonenta ri ~.
Reform bill.
ENORMOUS INCOMES.
| The selfish greed. the insolent ncpotism
aha ne Inscriptions {obbing Of many Of
M er1v ;.,n.a e4 t,.t ~" a.aoek su1Pass oeaet.
tIeir n.trcraer f wh;ch sonss waa enormous 5nt
penked with fhe groasest iavnriti.n u;+ho,t
the slightest regard either to learnipT. nIetv
| or sarnestness In the cause Of Christianity.
They Set dceency and public opinion At dsH.
ance when ns1nes aud pluraiities con15 m 1se
| 4eared upon their children md relatives.
The acknowledged income Of Hparkes
bishop Of Ely, was E27, 600, cno1gh. Il
might be assumed, to hare afforded a
provision for bis family, get be gare
h1s son, the :Rey: II. sparkes, three
valuable llvinEs and = prebeu,lal stail in
Ely Cathedral. He also made him Steward of
The Diocesan Aanorial Courts, as well A
Chancellor Of the diocese. Ills Income from
dlese different sources exceeded "a, 500 yrari
Law, he gave two liyfnrs and = nrrset5a1
stall In Ely Cathedral tue net tncome of the
| Whole being g 10. To lis SON. the Rev. "a.
ward Sparkes, he gaye three Iyinrs md a
[HG0e0d11 StQll. He also ADDoInted him ffs
examining chaplain, and ,uade him rer3strnr
Of the diocese Of Ely. HIS incnme son1suhst
exceeded G4,000. The total yenrly n1nonnt
c1utchcd out Of the church rcyennrs n. ths
Sparkes family exceeded E.;9 a4a.
Let no one Imagine, from fhe exccsstre ~.
,amily for ther serxices t1,"t H. . m ana 4 as
cc,e incan,r 1nndn, oT '1;sa-.,,; Nv et1atl ulo"
cal government. S.,1'1n.. samid sa ana episso-
negligence crInced in eaSrd ia the 1tp1ss,s -
the Church during tl,e lime tlnt ~ IT, r rnt ~ ~
snarkcs cnioyc5 iIc en,scan,ta ,h' LII l'e'' oF.
@t' .0s spoeoFate'
AnesEs OF PATRONAGE
II mlghf lie thought impossible to find u
Iniuilel 10 me aFhr1ce and sclfs2tncss OF Dr..
sla,hes, a se1 p Spd5kes was not worthy to hold
premise that this right reverend prelate
changed Ills name to Tomlinc before be was
nominated to 1hc see, In consequence Of q
large private fortune having been left him. |
inc revenues o. the diocese Of Winchester wers.
Rerlans larger than those Of any other sec in |
England, having been estimated, at the time |
M ms appointment, Mt G50000 a year; !
yeI Hishop Iomllnc contrircd, ,>notwithstand- /
ang. 10 plnee almost every one Of the wealthtcy |
nsings N ms g1lt N the hands Of his sons,
LIS patronage Ia manner 50 1ooustrous and |
20 M!cheo 1nat EnEtsnmcn o. the present day |
ea;aio. sa9aso nc!p ieennG aston1shed that public
pl'uOn " 4c osnops Time, ,Eeak as We
t7a 1non y wa olo pol maze itself heard In con-
"e5itaaon -. ~ , u suea enqsmlle5
IN the receipt Of Pa1try pittance Of $4,000
;,.ttS ts' auMnisle1ea ms patronaEe. OF course,
WI M1in r. slnsie eye to the good Of the church
,ei.;. n9 anS sas!us o. SOUS. iake hrst the pro-
oi5a LEY. ne 1aaae 1or a1s 1nfGe cider sons His
chanseIior @ md nd ca,ton & ~ r,s;dcnttsr he made
'aa1r Wa'san. & ol N!ncaeSler rector Of st, Giles.
aIaa Saa.,out' tectol " nneatnanpstGad; and
acS 1eSI9s t ~ narpenoen. Us sou. the Rev Rich
dnn.fs5 man; as vas p.ecentor and canon resi-
staner rsr+o- ~ ~ Wa1s.o7s1 reclo1 oi M1oalfton
~ IA Eeatas o. - n..aye; s1ca1 OF tanning
~ H. pa o IeS.cT & Q. mroashtoo. us third son,
~ rt.'n te. Son 1ts.5tnan, ne maoe preoendaF
~ Ivn Ivn1tnl ieeton q u Soel!aeton' ana rector
~ Werr s1sa 1ror,dea ~ ere ~ aouIGr 5Fetsnan
ity f1nGs esnasis1,p M out out u e.n1 th or cnaf
l,islon had contr;Ted ~ ~ at q "nica the
co1nn1ahe,,e.hia u -.ea ~ opiatr IN some IN"
thn,ran1 IT,. tnntuet. - luese ana leu
baye heen % ins,,dad eopai opa 3oos ano aouses
xtrenoth - ,Ra ta.5 q 11a ueieaoea on the
Sar III nvn n 'ho honea I. & ne anat ptovlaeth not
ss+ar g.. a' e~n a1n nonse IL worse than IN inndel"
sonIs viz e1,..t =. sros nss ang1eo !of episcopal
~ sJats niu' s'cat SUCCESS WILL thls text for
~" AS4.: ..
,1 ~ ~ 1a- 81 n,1 W eASi.hboHs'
nnf5, Nas another dtgattary who did not fail
aest. ~ paoxaae aaaasomeiy I'M Tor ms children and
Tp i,fs seyen SIMS h. frFe s;Ttaen y enS va9us
.lisines. Hueh Percy sGn 81 1he Ta-, soie ~ Ror
crly. married hfa de1rhte- rhe a-stk..t
In consequence, gave him eirht yaluah1e l;rs
lngE and prefc1mcuts, to the Tatnc of ei0(rO
~ {s"1. T.. roo! ol thcse ne received the year
Carlisle, be refused to re1lnq1.lsh his stall in
St. Pauf's, worth some s2,0W annually. n
well is the c1anctllorshjp ofEarm. Apother
daughter OF the Archbishop Of Canterhnrv
mnrried rho PR Jo,In. TNss5 I