The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-03
srMoyY ~ THE cHCRcn or ENGLAND
Wholesale Traaic ia Church Livinas-Ciericai
Agcnts-tluccr Advertising.

In the House of Commons on Feb. H. Mr..
LoaihQm ro-e - call attention TO the trafllc in
,hurch iiylngs. and to move that 1t Is desirabl,
to adopt measures for preventing simoniral
evasion Of the law and checking abuses in the
sae OF wings in private, patronage, The evils
cui nj the worry reasons for IN" pNistanrc Of the
Church. thni reliGious fcnliura were shocked.
and that many o"eurlc NoncOniormists on ne
count uf tho sale ~ advowsons Next the prhr-
tee pro lu"cu d"m"ializltiou among the clergy.
mnny vt whom werr quito nscnsihlo 30 The
"v,iS Of simonin"nl trlnsartions That WIS a
t1illlc Srandal tn" existence of which was often
usod against The Church blythe Non 'onformisis.
Next. the sales Of livings demornlzed the
patrons no less dian the clergy. and was likely
Ia make them tax" too low Il view Of thnir
dutics. The market value II livings wns rniscd
by the TACT that patrons wore not bound and
frequently took no paiiis. TO ilnd the best men.
Just 60 show the House, how frequently the
presentation to . living changed hands. he
would mention the history Of tho Cheshire liv-
ing Of Winston. which was worth 81 coo per
aunum. and was in the gift Of the Tranord
family. who. being Roman Catholics, could not
present to il. The advowson OF the living was
In 1914 bought for the benefit Of the purchasers
sister: in 1924 It was sold IN q hurry In the
hunting nNll for sG00O: but the inru rbrnt
heing then ~ dric"lo morris. the Bishop refused
TO inst ute. and legal proceedings followed for
several years. during which the Crown present
ed TO- th" living II was neNi sold. ngain Tor II
lndv's benefit. in 1920. aud the incumbent was
so often Ill and yet lived 80 long that 1t wus sold
again three times before II passed to the pres
cnt patron. H. wished especially to point out
how, often the adyowson had changed hands for
n lndy's benefit
clci zeal agents wv nouns ~ advertisements. and
onward Of 1000 OF those lvngs--.hat was To
say. about Onr-fOurth Of the whole salahln
patronage oi the Church--w"rc NOW in the
hands Of those agents for sal" or eNchnnge
Any gentleman, therefore. who wished for u
living, had only to onsult hose advert i-omeni-.
in which much was generally made 81 the stu
non Of the place offered Tor snle. and the advan-
tagcs in the way of hunting. scenery. the snoot-
in. of rocks la laughl white nothing Whntrvpr
was said 81 the duties attached 10 the living.
rNccm That they wrrr light aud few in number.
! A taught Nothing wns more common than to
have living advertised with immediate po--
session. and hr hal NJ home "ir"ular publish
ed last y"ar from ono OF the best known ot those
clerical agents. in Which immrliutc possess ion
WIS guaranteed in u loss than 81 out ~ ~ cHa's
Another nO'"of vasion rlartisrd, and which
wnS equally rep, "hrn-lhie. was TINT when 70 liv-
the most venerable clergyman VINO could be
found was appointed to II. In order that when
tn" living cniue to he sold by auction the auc-
tiun"cr might be able to say that tho pr sent in
cumbc ut was absolutely on his last legs. IA
taught
Auctions were constantly occurring. aifi the
aurtIuusrr uIluted not ON the amount OF good TO
hc done, but on such matters as the advanced
az OF the incumbent and the desirable char
uft"r ol the accommodation to hr had IT he
were Il churchman and happened to find him
self in TOkpnhOuSr yard when the nuctionorr
was cracking up his spiritual WIRES. he should
hang his head with SHINE. Hour. henri Not
long after the Home Secretary cNurns-nd his
OF the Admiralty WAS Offering for sule 10y prl-
waite tender no less than eight llVings in bunch
in the norm OF England. He did not know
whether tho right honorable" gentleman had
mrnt liNings might De sold. why not the patron
Az. of tine Crown
Afior some drhitn the House WIS counted ou'.
there being only thrty-clght members present.