New-York tribune., 1907-10-14
BISHOPS PALACES
With the Secret Yearning for Sim.
pier Life.
London. October z

they do not find il easy 10 make both ends MAJ.
when they balance their accounts for tn. Yea,
The salaries of thirty-seven bishops IN Ensla,,
and WaIes-the Suffragans not being fncludAa
amount to f177,2OO. and they have episcor,,
residences without rent to pay. This seem. ,,-
perfcially a most liberal provision for thai,
maintenance in proper state. They ara how.
ever. the victims OF tradition and custom, an,
complain of being in a false position ard :,
being generally misunderstood. The Bishon a,
London started reform movement a few wear,
ago when he published a balance sheet a. "a,
expenditures for a year, and proved that Will.
he received f10,000-the same salary az m,
Archbishop Of York-he had two costly rest.
dences to maintain I'm So. James's squar. ana
at Fulham, and that there was deficit OF nearly
1900 Being a bachelor and having a srasta.
interest in his work than in social en,ertainIn-
and in managing households OF servants h.
found himself signing for small fiat In ,ha
/ heart of London and modest cottage in Nh.
country The Bishop of Norwich who T. ons,.
ing the Church Congress at Yarmouth this vreek
has been equally frank His salary is zoo
but he is forced TO live in palace which date,
from the fourteenth century. and has been "a.
peatedly enlarged until it Is costly residence.
requiring constant outlay for repairs He states
that an expenditure of $1,000 was necessary IN
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took possession Of it, and that it costs him f25nn
/ for the upkeep. He asks not for fat and a
cottage. but for a small town residence. and on
these conditions is willing to have his salary
cut down one-third.
The Archbishop of Canterbury. with f15UOoa
wear has the expensive establishment Of Lam.
beth to provide f0r. we'll as a more modes.
residence near Eis own cathedral. The Arch
bishop of York has a mediaval palace at Bishop
thorpe with a large estate. aud the bulk OF mis-
income is expended in living UP 20 the sump-
tuous environment OF his Office. The Bishop q
Durham has large palace at Bishop Auckland
on the Wear, and il is in a centre of a spacious
park The See OF Winchester is one OF the grea.
prizes OF the English Church. but every bishop
without private fortune finds the maintenance
of Farnham Castle burdensome and would bs
willing to have his salary reduced One-third
even one-hslf if modern residence near ths
cathedral could be substituted for it. Salisbury.
Ely. Peterborough. Exeter and numerous other
sees NAV be cited as illustrations OF the general
fact that the bishops OF the English Church.
while nouninalIy well paid for their services, ara
compelled TO sacrifice large part OF their in
comes in repairing ancient residences which ars
too large for their requirements and IN employ
ing a swarm Of servants and gardeners ms
enforced sumptuOusnsss Of their state keeps
them poor like the bulk of the nobility and
/ landed proprietors; vet their palaces and sala-
ries are constantly held up against them as
evidence OF the growth Of luxury and worldlinsss
I in the English Church
II is evident that reforms in Church finance
and endowments of which much is heard
at the annual congresses. Will begin az the
ton. whenever practical measures are adopted
for a resdiustment of incomes in the Estab-
ushment. The bishops will be the most stren-
uous advocates of redistribution scheme. FOR
thev labor under the disadvantages OF having
large salaries without having the means OF
living economically and saving remnant lor
old age Their wealth is constantly Haunted
in their faces, and they are placed on their
defence against reproaches for extravagahcs
and luxurious living; yet in reality their net
income available for the support OF ther lam
fies is small. and some of them would run heaV-
lily into debt il they did not have private IO'l-
unes Of their own for making up deficits What
holds good for the bishops applies Win equai
force 10 the deans and other diocesan dlgni-
taries The deaneries are ordinarily as ancient
as the palaces. and there IS the same neces-
sity for keeping them in repair and for ms
maintenance OF social state. The eCcleslasuea1
Offices. Ike the ancient properties themselves
must be administered with dignity, ana unis
cannot be done cheapIy. Under the estaonshea
order they are national institutions. and those
holding them are expected 10 act in conformity
with custom and tradition. and to expena
good part Of their salaries in earning their m
comes Preferment in the Church seems 10
imply an obligation 10 supply elements or STATE
illness and distinction. The Established reis
ion, like monarchy itself, is an institution o.
the realm and must not be maintained III
shabby-genteel way. but decently and Win an
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will inevitably meet with much resistance from
the conservatism of the clergy. and the OisD0V'
themselves must lead the way.
When the palaces are at considerable as
tance from the cathedrals there Is a reasona0is
excuse for disposing OF them and building snnail
modern residences where they are needed ms
was done by Archbishop Temple when AauHs
ton was sold ard a comfortable house secures
near Canterbury Cathedral This process OF 's
trenchment may be repeated az Winchester ana
the palace at Farnham exchanged for lliO-'
useful residence; and certainly economic eUA'
siderations ought TO have weight there VIZ
the salvation OF the cathedral is proVHs ~,
enormously expensive An outlay OF SI''
has been incurred in underpinnins the east sn
and a portion Of the south transept. ana VIZ
outstanding bills amounting 10 S25OVo II W."
soon be necessary to suspend the WORK.
not less than S1Tj.OOO will have 10 be r"E
before the cathedral can rest on solid lou
tions in place Of quicksands and be cOhs'us
quite safe When money is so urgently me-
for the preservation of ancient ediiceS' -
maintenance OF supertluous palaces oeee
little less than an intolerabls burden 1SN-. -.,
thorpe, Auckland Castle and other episc0P
palaces with large landed estates are HNe' ~,
come into market for similar reasons anu
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