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guftfaed ptfifwii ^ thstt thfe remuneration v ^^ i ki ^ MSil ^ i ^ ^ some caBea , and exees * sive idtJC * hemi *> Bishop VVatsbn w ^ decided 3 $ Q ^ tf&iopiaidtiy and his argument Qn Ae ^^ e ^ Wd > r ^ toaiii ^ unanswered . U wa « , Bi ^ fK Watson's proposal , that to kjcreaa ^ A ^ fa ^ imea of the pooreieFgy , so t ^ aeW ^ fc < figlteai should h&ve less than
106 L pet ; * mwn > a third of the valua of a ^ l | l ^ b 6 ^ d 8 shooid be appropriated as they fett Vacauil ; $ and he expressed bis cooiiti&ott ^ ftot ' the end would be- much sooBir- ^ to&rtnpiished bjr that mean * than by aayio |» raiSaii of Queen Anne * s-B © unty . eter
To that wpopasa ^ no austi ? ertia ^ been made- : Btrti ha : ( JJ * r . Haute ) believed , that tvro prefretadsjfrhiebf bad fi&Hen vacant haci been appropriated to the repairs of a eaiheftrat , atsd it was undoubted that there fed been other instances oft
interferenee vfith Church pro ^ ertf 8 | milar purposes * There were no fewer thus five and twenty Acts la tike Statute Book , the principal object of which was to prevent the elergy * from rabbiog tte Ciittrch .
He had found m Seiden , that in Mil time i £ wa * by ^ oo means uncommon for e&rgymieit to 3 eH tithe * and othelr Ghnrch propw ^ r tor laymed tor ever la ^ hat state dM the Chftrch establish
meat of I ^ eJsaid a [ lpear v present placed ? It was ti | e opinion oi % tar ^> ua persons who' badt traveJSed orer Imland ; and who * had iaquiredrer ^ r closely , mto this subject ^ tfeat Ito whete of the pa * pulalioh of Ireland , whiqh ^ tu * eordti 2 # to the last census * amponted to 6 g 80 O , 000 i » were divided into ioarte ^ itha ^ tkmem / bers of the Estabiiahed Prote 4 taat Church
would b 6 fiiinbd * to ite anl >* abojt one- * foarteentk r or 490 > 00 ( h The Puotes taut Presbyt ^ tiair Dkoe » tefe » amomited Jd nearly one ^ ftn ^ rth of flto rentm nder ; and tiiere were about 5 ^ Q 5 » 000-who titnere Catho&fcs ., Now let the HoOse ^ cdtiaMae paid 1
the atnou ^ fs tte inone ^^ ¦ tothe Proteslant Eatablishmeiit ill irel * ndv and t&e ooadttion b ^ tto £ «< ai ^ iatlme& t | t » eif ; As f ^ as licr « faaft bBBtt ab ^ e ed ascertain the present ^ stsd > lishmrai : of ; the - Irish Churath , ' itwai ad follow * : < 4 * . ,
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twaaftd twenty bfefeoi « and ^ te « q « o ^ deat ^ , i ^ gn it ^^ p ^ bd ^ iar ^^ ^ c ^ Akc the purpoad of ? s » f » wotettding onl ^ 1 ^ 85 > btfuefices ^ -H ^ he iiuinber in Irei ^ od ^ ac ^ cording to the return of 18 i ^? Wheth « # they looked to Efigland , oar to afi ^ p other country , they wdold < m > t ititd a ^ nf thing The
like the same proportion ^ fcto «^ a were bofcaid 1 b duty ? tb consider whfft&et * or not the establfehment was greats and if they found that it was too gnea % they were bound in duty to reduce it * Why had they reduced the arniy ?^ Because it was moire nuiuerxms than was requisite ^ aod required inoje money * to keep up
than the : country could afford to fcestow . Why keep up so many bishops aiiri deans and , other dignitaries ? If it were noe&& sary to have so many cathedrals , ( and that was a point upon which he did not pretend to be informed , ) why wouM not ottfi clergyman * with hi& curate , be
sufficient for each of them ? Why maintain toe hundred wsejes ^ rad ividuals ^ Hying in idleness and lining oa the public ? These were no times for drones . We wanted a » active community * Every mamy of whatever station and eoifti 1 tion ,-oaght to eXttrt hluteelf for the benefit of the
countEj ? . Under those ! circumstances , waar it atthtgp that thd public property should be wastedin the support of aTuseless G 6 urch EfitaMishment ? He had no hesitation in declaring / oft the matureet consideration oi all the duttesperfainned by th ^ se deans and chapters in * Irelattd , that their servtee ^ m % ht be immediately and entirety
dispensed with * With regard to the exact amount of Chinch property m lve-i lattdvit waa a ^ ubjeet cm ! which k was impafiskde to speak with perfect accuracy * Ob the whale he thought he couki fehewt prsttf ncanrly how the fan * stood . If the \ idxoic mu-iace of Ireiaad were estimated a ^ JouiMdfa millions of Irish , or eighteen mijinas ef Eng ^ sh acvesi ^ there w ^ s
reasaa to halie ^ te that biphopsy oeans , and elfi ^ rters possessed a proport ^ p eqnal to uteftxty t ^ d-eleven ths of the \* hole » fc »^ - tivated ami wiid . If th « iwhoi ^ reutat of IpciAnd : trefce laite ^ ii at tsbe amnrtinii ^ it which it had been estimated by Mlfi > W » lBe * £ ^ d , averaging the reaial of o » c ? odnirity with the rental of another i ; an estitn » te which several , tri ^ hmeii t « < i ^ hottti ha ^ afd s «( 2 > uutted' Ifcf hM ^^ k ^ imt ^^ W'bii'iw flveit to
opinion ast « wra » it ww | H > sflU ^ tt oute without ^ -M ^ ite ^ would aHMto ^ ttMMT rtOlrf 14 , 0 O ^ OW # . Twoi ^^ ir tiisl ^ Jl ^ ptt «^ be * eq ^ al ta « taitf&taiiOO 9 B 0 f »^ tlie titles r » £ cte
M 8 » irew £ feS ^* er ^ t % » tied « t cml « « r SM # tmahf ^ 4 * 4 tliott ^ i Jiwi soiafe ^ c 43 « 8 tly at-4 » Mitotiirt ; ttfTno ^ ck ^ wi ^ kl giw wa niHabii ri ^ ITO *^ of iMfn
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Ihteilifreto ^—Jtith Ch urch ^ tehii * jtmete . 185
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1823, page 185, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1782/page/57/
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