The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-03
ENGLISH CHURCH FIGURES.
WHAT An AMERICAN YOU'D STYLE
EXTORTIONdTE SALARIES.
seventy-nvc Thousand Dollars n Year FOE the
Archbishop OF Canterbury - Finy Thou
sand "A Year for tho ArchbtshOp OF York.

seventy-nvc Thousand Dollars n Year FOE the
Archbishop OF Canterbury - Finy Thou-
sand Year for tho Archbishop OF York.
LONDON. May 12.-To disintcrcstcd OBJ
server. the English Church Establishment
hardly looks like religious system at all
An intelligent pagan il seems to me, II shown
the working machinery OF the Established
Church. would guess 1t TO be n part Of the COM
mcrcial system OF the cOuntry-a Kind OF first
cousin to n hank-and which people connected
themselves with for business advantages only.
Az he walked along the street, over the magnn-
cent public houses OF the metropolis. he would
read in great letters the names OF the most celc-
bratcd brewers Of English beer and nle. " Tru-
man. Hamburg, and BuNton." " Ind. Coope Il
Coz and then. upon Investigation, he would
find Tint most OF these great brewers stand high
in the church. and that in fact, a number Of
them actually have the appointment Of rcctors
and curatcs in the church. BASES pale ale, All
sopps ale. and Gunness's stout are well known
in the United States. Each OF these three
brewers has tho appointment OF n minister
In the English Church. MIR. Coope. whose
name also appears above. has likewise control
of an appointment in tho church, and am abo
to point out some half dozen other similar
cascs
The Church. as State establishment. exists
only in England and Wales, and rather more
than half the population OF these claim mem-
hrrship At the head are the Archbishops and
Bishops, who are appointed 10y the Crown. and
who have seats ia the House OF Lords. Nomi-
nay. tho Bishop Of a vacant see is elected 10y
the Dean and Chapter Of that see. but the name
OF the person whom they are to elect Is sent Ivy
the Crown. and the election Is only a form. In
tho bshoprics OF recent creation, the appoint
mcnt by the Crown is direct. and docs not even
/ 81. OF
and curatcs are never selected by the congrega-
ton. but are appointed by some person who is
seldom n member OF the congregation. Tho
members OF the House OF Lords rank in this or
| der: Princes Of the blood. Archbishops. Dukes.
Marquiscs Earls. Viscounts. Bishops, and Bar
ons. Tho property and revenue OF the church
| of England are immense. Mr.. Frederick Mar
tin. author of the Stdtesman's \ ear Book. puts
! tho revenue OF tho Church dlguiturl's. That IL,
! OF Prrmtes Archdeacons. Canons. and lrchrnd-
! nrtrs. at $l.13j.uuO annually. aud adds SON.
600 more for extra cathedral revenues. lie
| states the entire annual revenue Of the Church
| Of England to be sJ6.l9OOOO exclusive ot tn"
| annual incomes Of lO.266 clcrsymen cngaE' Il
as curatcs. teachers. chaplains. a.. and an
A city in England is town which possesses a
cathedral Hence the number OF cities cora
spends very nearly with the number " Arch
bishops aud Bishops. OF the former Their. are
two and " tho latter twenty light Each
cathedral usually has dean. from four 90 six
canons and several archdnncon- and prrbrnd-
aries. Salaries are what the English call gem
erous: Americans would call them oNtortion-
ntn To begin with; The Archbishop Of Cam
torbury has tho salary Of $4,000 a year. with
the usc OF several rnlatial res d"n.os or palaces
rent Tree. The Archbishop of York Inns salary OF
All the bishops likewise have residences free of
rent. In addition 90 their snarles The = shop
OF l.ondou's SALARY is s5OuOl; that Of the Bishop
! OF Durham fiDuOu: that of the j. shop oi VIM
! chester $35 OuO; and that Of the lshop ~ Ely
1850. SIX other Bishops have s25uuu each
! eight have S22 500 each. eight others have
s2l 600 each one-the bishop ~ Truro-.has
s1j.OOO; and one--the Bishop II Sodor ana Man
has only $4,000. The averag" SALARY of tie
thirty Archbishops and Bishops is s2d5jJ per
annum.
There are twenty nine Deans connected with
the various cathedrns. The highest sulary is
fl5Ouu. when is paid to the Dean or Durham
The Deans II ST. Paul and Westminster hay,
each 100000. Tho lowest is sl.02j. which Is
paid 10 the Dean ol 81. DnVds. IMn average
salary u the ,wenty.nine il 1Oo1. Each Dean
Is also furnished with a rrsilcnc" fI"e of rent
al a.! events. can ascertain no exception 10 TIM
rule Nearly all the caihe trails have also from
the average SALARY is $3Sl3. number receive
IS much ~ 5000; and u few receive rs Little as
p"nS,ve caihcirni oquipnicnt The liishon has
sajlOun YEAR the Dean has 80 600; siA canou-
HE one 81 s6o' All H. oihc' 81 o06 Thrs,
items alone amount =" fI5vu yehriy Durham
even heuiS that. BSuup. bctn. Archdeacous
> ana tpuons there receive IN the aggregate oVel
<lunOun.
The holder Of the living Of, parish # th'
rector. H. has the freehold ~ ~" pnr-'uas"
; thu plcbe lands the tithrs. and other dDn-. au,
+ disposcs - thrm very much as h"ch"o-rs. I'm
| revenue" 81 these ~ 20 nuH" ny l.l' NHiu' oI lh
| living. In England aui Wares mere arr" r"n'
lZ!hu uuFl@n's, ga 10 htVl nE i''i,i. "lb H'' u
q ] 2lO extra plt"'hinl places b,7ldrH. he ln ono
d ~ parishes are various. IN many eass.s me
amount 10 lulIy t3N0p IN ADDITION 10 tA' UNI
= N"rsal u.s. oi me phrs mage lrr' ol rent Whl'i
considering thnt ronsiirrauie plot "i ErguH
usually accompanies II, lniEh ne reasoned lul
| cgual-rich aud poor PARISHES az tnSrth'r ~
an average al al least sipl more. IA some cas-,
the revenue ol a parish Is m sorhhly sinai. u
many town ot loss thnn uoustnl p'uI' Ul
living II worth s23ol wear, anu IN mhny toWh
, ~ ten times h"popu uuon II rs not worth NOR.
However. liNlns7 worth sS.VUO u stoJO are "a
o ccmiinsy common. ,, lit.
A Tn" right OF hppointmGnt 10 rhurch liv,n
/, is termed ndNowsnn. lhtHr are wldrly dis
u trlhuttd. oyer f.3"l nL' hrlu u} nl'ulh'I- q
= u" iou," ~ LoFlS' 81 are h'u 10y W,nl'ti
. "i the House OF Npwlhvhs' hhhN NI' h'll u
- unvers sites lew 10y private sort 1rhlons, an
Il very iarg" hhlnn'e + dlslrlputtl an ~ y
n private gentry lhrouEh"ul inc hlhGllm' Y
"A BISHOPS hofl very NrEe nulllpT "l ~
- polntnenis. often over l'nl me loru nan ,oii
y controls =" less thhn hH1 app9lhtHem'S; III
y luxe o. DeVonshit', AZ NE luh. 81 tH,1r'
n =; ~" irihrc nl Nh,'s, ~ lhc puAr OF ~"
n thumnsr"id' - anu many ollrI h"phir