New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-31


rector installed without his knowledge or ,.N
sent, In fact. he has, practically SPEAKING :"
control over the trade in advowsons
SOME VERY SHADY PATRONS
The Hoo1ey bankruptcy case serves 10 a.
the class OF men into whose hands thee .'
vowsons and rights Of presentation occas,o,.a
fall. There are some infinitely worse ins,a,,s
which could be cited Thus there Is a banr.,
hearing an ancient name. who was djsro,...,
from the navy in disgrace, expelled from a.
House OF Commons and sentenced 10 tenn
penaI servitude for particularly reprebensD''
offence against morality, and yet who re,...
the advowsons Of no less than three inror,,..
uvings. and all the rights as well AZ the .
snonsibilities Of selecting the clergy yha !.
rectors are 10 be intrusted with the spiritual a,
moral welfare Of several thousands Of hi, (.
low-citizens. Numerous peers whose uriv.,.
lives have been in the past source Of puh,
scandal. and who continue to-day 10 offend q,
nations of prOpriety and responsibility Of III.
ow-countrymen, could be cited. each OF Nh
nossesses not merely one, but in some ca~,
t,irtv ady1wsons, or rights Of presen,a,j,,
Even the young Duke Of Manchester Who h.,
nace in London has furnished Of late the ,hsr.
Of much gossip to the English and foreign ur.,,
is the patron of thirteen liyings
THE ONLY BAR TO PRESERVATION
Neither a fast life, nor yet notorious ara
public misconduct not even dosnrigl,
crime-are considered as sufficient 10 yar,,,,
the patron Of livings, inherited or purchase
being debarred from the exercise Of his rights =,
selecting the rector Of tho parish or 10 deprv.
him Of the responsibility for the spiritual Vs.
fare Of the people belonging thereto
There is, in fact. only one single obstacle IA
the right OF presentation, namely, memtersss
OF the Roman Catholic faith. The moment III.
patron Of living becomes member Of III,
Church Of Rome he ipse facto abandons hi.
rights in connection with ms advowsCns and
as long as the latter remain in the possessio,
of a Roman Catholic the presentation and selec.
ton are made either by the neares. reJatjy.
who may happen to be a Protestant or else by
the Crown Thus the Marquis OF Rpon when
he became a co1vert 70 R0mansm ceaed The
exercise Of his rights as patron Of the numerous
church lvings which ne hal inherited 10 hi.
son. Lord de Grey. who remains Protestant
II is only membership Of the Church Of Rom.
which is held to be a bar 10 patronage Of th.
Church Of England and man may he az
agnos,ic. a Buddhist Hebrew or Mshor.
etan without any objections beng raised 70
his acting as a patron. In fact. Zach q The
members Of the House az Roths HID IN Grts.
Britain owns one or more chure Eyings, and
in spite Of their being themselves pillars Of TIE
..d J,,- rio rhas.|
with the duty Of selecting cicrc1men d Il.
Church Of England 10 serve as rerioFs OK thos
parishes where hey own the rgnt 81 presetiS
ton.
1t would take columns 10 enum"ra'e me a.
traordinary scandals TO which this barter a:
sale of advowsons has given rise. Al The pre-
ent moment there are no less than haii tkcs
sand Of them advertised for sale Those VIZ
have the best interests Of the thIrfh OF Es
land at heart have repeatedly endeavored
put a stop to the abuses in connection ihereTsi
Some have gone SO far as 10 petition the ~
eminent for the enactment OF Ia" fOrnmcri
altogether the sale of advow sons. But The "'
sentences Of this " Juld be even worse han u
present evil. For a patron nigh; become
pauper go to the workhouse. or emgrate 20
utmost bounds Of the earth, while the ad'o"S
and the duties and Responsiveness 10 cohls
ton Herewith would cling 20 him without & !
one being legally authorized to act IN ms ben@
THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE
The only alternative is to do away With u
vowsons altogether and to ves; the right
selecting the rector Of the parish II the hAaa
Of the parshoners themselves. subject
sanction Of the diocesan. But his Woaid GU
stituie an attack on the rights Of properly
precious in English eye" that 10 statesman car
to assail them. In fact. Lord Salisbury
Prime Minister OF the Realm. achno"ledesaS
much in the House OF Lords The otber gay o..