The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-21
The Lords Amendments In the Irish Church
Bill.


The following statement will show the most i'm
pOrtant Of the changes which the Lords Committee
has made IN the Irish Church bill as finally passed
by the House of Commons
BY clause two the disestablishment OF the Irish
Church was to take effect on the LIST Of January.
1871 sOn the motion OF the Archbishop OF Canterbury,
the date was liked year later-1S7z.
Clause thirteen provided that on and after the list
January no archbishop or bishop Us such should
be summoned to or be qualified to sit in the House
OF Lords. An amendment proposed by Lord Clan
cary continues to every living Irish prelate the priv
llege OF sitting In the House OF Lords.
Clause fourteen provided for the payment to the
bishops and clergy OF annuties, equal In amount to
the incomes they now enjoy, latter deducing all
rates and taxes, except income or property tax.
salaries OF permanent curates payments to diocesan
schoOlmasters and other outgoings to which such
holder Is liable bY law" An amendment was carried
by Bishop of peterborough to the effect that the
annuities should be paid free from any deductions
ON account OF the tax which is now paid by the
clergy TO the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and
which represents an annual sum of fl9, 900. On the
motion OF the same prelate 1t was resolved that no
deductions be made for visitation fees and other
payments for the maintenance of registrars and
ecclesiastical courts.
TN clause twenty three, which proposed that with
the consent OF the ncumbents anu the future repre-
sentative body OF the Church, individual annuties
might be cOmmuted Dy the payment to that body OF
O lump sum representing their present value Lord
Carnarv0n carried an amendment providing that the
capital sum to be paid by the commissioners should
be equal to fourteen times the yearly value Of each
income life interest thus dealt with, and that IN
divdual lncumbents should deal With the representa-
tives Of the Church body, AND not with the three
commissioners.
Clause twenty-seven provided that on the appllca.
ton OF the new Church body, the glebe houses should
be vested In them on the payment Of ten times the
annual value OF the site Of such ecclesiastical rest
dence estimated as land; and that when there was q
building charge on the same they should have the
option Of paying either that charge or ten times the
annual value OF the residence, with the garden and
curtllage, as estimated by the general tenement
valuation. ON the motion Of Lord Salisbury all the
words requiring payments to be made ior the par
sonages and globes were omitted.
Clause twenty-nine dxed the year 1850 as the date
at which private endOwmenlS were to be reserved
for the Church. The Archbishop OF Canterbury
moved that 1860 be substituted for that date
and that the commissioners should be authorized
to decide what endowments were private upon evil
dence not strictly legal Lord Granville offered
lump sum Of hat million to extnguish all private
endOwments, and the archbishop withdrew his
amendments. The government proposal has yet to
be decided upon. Another amendment Of the arch
bishops, concerning On the Irish Church the royal
grants or Ulster globes without price was passed.
Clause sXtyeight authorized the appropriation OF
the surplus to the support OF in1rmares, hospitals
lunaticsasylums refOrmatOry and Industrial schools
and other benevolent purposes. An amendment car
red by Lord Cairns omits these words and leaves the
surplus to be appropriated as Parliament may here
after determine