The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-03
EU ROPE
3y Atlantic Telegraph.
ENGLAND.


LONDON. March, 2.-In the III House
Of Commons last evening, Mr.. Glad
stone moved for leave to Introduce
bill to disestablish the Irish Church,
to make provisions for its temporal
tiles and TO disendow the Royal Col
lege Of St. Patrick and MtyloOth.
Mr.. Gladstone followed up his motion
with a speech in defense and ex-
planatory of the resolutions of the
bill. After commenting on the grav-
ity and Importance of the task, he
said he was aware of the necessity Of
giving historical and political reasons
for proposing such constitutional
changes s-reasons which would sbow
the anomoly Of the present position
and the consciousness in Parliament
of the difficulties of such position.
The House at times had been induced
to vase the property of the Irish
Church, so that its magnitude might
not shock the public mind 1t had
been necessary at times to sUpport the
ascendency OF the Church by the en-
actment of penal laws If this
ascendeGcy was maintained, the bit
ter feelings on the part of the Irish
people would never cease.
Adverting to the previous action on
this measure, he said it had resulted
in making the House and country
unanimous for disestablishment. lie
would not dwell upon the arguments
which had been put forward against
il. but he denied that his course was
adverse to the welfare of religion and
! the interests of Professionalism. lie
| denied that it contemplated the inva-
sion of the rights of property, arguing
| that Parliament, which had the right
| to create corporations, had an equal
right 10 extinguish them. He referred
| to the objections to disestablish
which were established on the act Of
union, and answered them by main
| tanning that the Irish Church, as at
present constituted, defeated the in
i tent Of the aci, and prevented any re-
union between the people of England
and Ireland. The only means Of
establishing that union were religious
liberty and civil equality. The bill
would be conclusive, shutting out all
controversy, bat carrying with it no
penalty or pain.
He proceeded to explain that the
bill is intended to go into effect on
| aud after the first day of JANUARY,
1871. AS soon as it has received the
| Royal assent, a commission will be
| appointed, for a period of ten years,
to guard the property of the Church.
| and to prevent the creation OF any
| new interest. All ecele .iastical ap-
pointments for Ireland hereafter are
to be made without freehold. No
money is to be employed for perma-
nent purposes. These provisions are
to take the place of the suspeusory
measures passed last year. 1t is as
sumed that the clergy and people may
desire to have other religious organi-
cations for those which they were
about to give up. In such case, the
! Queen, In Council, would recognize
the newly constituted religious bodies,
but not create them. The result
would be the abolition of ecclesias-
teal courts and jurisdiction, and of
the ri sht of Bishops to the peerage.
All ecclesiastical corporations would
/ be dissolved, and then the disestab-
lishment OF the Irish Church would
be complete.
Provision is made for the clergy.
who are to receive life annuities, all
private endOWments 10 remain intact.
The church Is to be handed over to a
council Tor religious purposes Grants
are proposed for the support of st.
Patrick and eleven other cathedrals.
These churches, no longer required,
are to be handed over to the Board OF
! Public Works for the benefit of a
fund, and burial grounds are to be