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tenderf # to ; be , * tip the jE ^ eiigh } $$ gj ^ chyV Ifi & \ l fts operation , ifewi jjfft * q Imsj ^ nothing fc done mthaut rtjae < $ ergy and Aome of tfce provisk ^ ng lodge $ > ppwer in fi ^ r hands without wy responsibility , ^ n ^ i for whi ^ h J know not $¥$ ^ here i £ i * ny pi ; eqeden in PrQtestant history . The establishment of the mew school
in the Ix ^ ginmng ip tp be ^ y tfye pr 4 $ r of Justices pf the P ^ sace at the Quarter Sessions , on the ^ presentment of a Gr ^ nd Jury , qr the application , amongst ; other persons , of the rector , aic ^ r , perrpetual curate , or actual incumbent of the parish . Now when it is botne in
mind how large a proportion of the country magistracy are clergymen , and how naturally they consult in their decisions their mutual accomm <> d £ . tion , it will appear that in jnany instances it wpuld depend upon the clergyman himself whether a school should be set up in his parish .
The school > beLag established , # ke next step in the order of proceeding is the appointment of a master . On his character and qualifications the utility « f the school absolutely ( Jepends j and one should have expected jtnat in order
to gam the fittest person for the situation , the freest competition , the widest latitude of selection , and , the in , Qs $ popular basis of appoint meat , would have been provided . But h ^ re jiafch uag is consulted in the Bill but clerical dignity and power . The candidate must be a member of the Established
CbiwcJh , and must produce a certificate to that effect , as weB as to general character , from the parish priest . The granting of such certificate is , as far i \ s appears , quite discretionary , ^ ncj there ^ fore tjie nifiuster rea ) ly iionnnutt ^ t } x e c ^ pdidate . A $ the ijiii # tppd -Pirvw ^^ a new iSiK ^ artienl ^ l test < y& 8 imposed
* He , doubtlese , Would here -have the Ghurcb with him , hut he < feaned t > ha £ tUe aecti ^ ries would be against ham . It < J *^ , howeMec , appear > te him , that 'the sy , stK > jwt Qf iputilic ejivucaXmn should the closely ^ owneeted with ^ he ; Ohurch « 5 f tinglswd ,, as ^ mta ^ Ushetd % law . He
stated fbki after ^ tue most mature co nsider » tiQn ; wwd he ^ was ancdous to moke the st ^ ement , ( because , on ia former iocoa-^ ion be did root go quite eo far as he now did ; he h « tad jfthfttainfid fiom going so far , hecftu ^ e h * Kk « adod < the < tt ) BOsitk > n « o € the
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wd the candidate wasirequineditoihave tak $ H the saepaLment ia ^ his jporiSi chuwh within one tnoath jmsnQV&iGo the day of election . This clause was witiidarawn « n the second reading , fctlt its hoidng been . prapoaeft is ct memorable fact , as sheivu ^ * o what lengths the proposer usas wilfic ^ toigo in a rtie r to coaeijiate &he Church . The very monient ^ that both Farotestant and
Catholic Dfesenters had ^ ud ^ d favourable , firom the apparent relaxation of prejudice and bigotiy , for * he abolition of the test as a qua&fkmtion for civil office , was chosen by Mr . Brougham 4
for introdu < ing it in another ease , in which no political reasons could be p leaded for its adoption , and in which it seemed to be a gratuitous effort of intolerance , as the office to which it had reference was to be instituted for
the professed benefit of Dissenters as well as others , and was to be remunerated by them equally with other taxable inhabitants of parishes . If we allow the -proposer the praise of good sense for erasing flns past of the Bill ,
we may surely reason upon its introduction as a proof of a design to go as iar as the spirit of the times would allow in making it subservient to sectarian interests , for sectarian all interests are that are not co-extensive with
the con ^ niunity . ^—^ But though 4 he test is not to be imposed , the n ^ aster must have the testimonial of the ^ clergyman of the / parish that lie is a bon& fide Okurchman . This would seem quite needless to his functions , as a teacher of reading , writing and arithmetic : and this limitation of the choice of the
parashianers , lessens the fXEobabiuty of a fit appointment . iSp Mssenter , of any ^ deaeriptian , no imember of the Church dof Scotland , / no liberal . Church man who . may not have qwitted the —r rr ~ r : . ¦ : r . : : — : -y ¦ ¦ ... . ' ... — r ~ * J ] t tm ^ y be b&re rem ^ ed tby ^ he w ^ y , that the tevm " $ ecta ** ies , " « o freqi ^ di ^ tJLy in Mr * Bnaugham ' s mauth , sa-| t ?
yppr ^ little pjF }^ r £ ^ Gbic ^ l ^ su ^ aption . Still more objectionable is his using the term * ' -Protestant" to designate the Churcl ?\ of p ^ gfen ^ l , m coniradtetinction ffoni the Dl ^ € ; ntei s . ' * $ k > c ® mcientto $ to
Oisse ^ er > yould aM&w « mld go to a Protestant clnu ^ h , " &c . rVtoi& warmiy ^ nse ^ f tfee term is of Irish < < wri ^ n , and in Ii ^ l ^ ud M iimy % 4 mt * f *<®< pl&mi * on : m the ^ Brit ^ b Hhw ^ fe of ® ammm& to i » absurd . n
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1821, page 27, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2496/page/27/
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