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examples o £ pluralities and noa ^ resi deace , ¦ or leiiam loi > k i 2 dft < 1 i 2 £ V ^ 6 ferspaper . and observe adrertiwmeBas of simoniacal cotnti ! acta , tfije traffic ikeoafa , .- ^ theh Lfc | him siirvey the condition of tbe waking clergy ,, the mass of Amu are in a worse condition than the
clergy of a » y unbeneficed sect in any part of the worldy a&d let him at tfete same time < jall to mind the solemn oath& which every . pluralist and nonresident feln the habit of violating , wand can he doubt on the necessity of a reform in , the Church , or wonder at
the complaints which are on every side the burden of the public voice I Our readers canaot be uninformed that , measures are fpsojeeted in Parlia ment for aHewating the evil here pointed o » t . As yet , nothing further is proposed than a commutation of tithe , and thia object * i $ \ formally contem
plated with regard only to Ireland . Bat some of the ctergjy have the sagacity to foresee that the question of x&nediea for one country will lead to inquiry as to disease in the other . Hie whole subject must of necessity come inta discussion , and let the
matter be debated , and it will soon be understood , and if understood it « a «* - uot be that England , which has been aixustomed ; to ; Bet a moral , example to fttseope * should be alow la fallowing her more Soitfhern neighbours who ,
with all the impedimeold which the Roman £ ? athd £ e religion throws in tha \ tfay of eacksiaatical refonan , have pruned the G&li ^ b whick had shot up into , wiacluevoua political importance , and lopped off those thick over-hang * ixkg branches which cast their baleful shadow over industry and the arts .
We are led to these observations by the patnpliliet before us , which is an extraordinary publication , and will constitute an era in the history of the discussion of church property . The author , who is said to be of the
Rowan Catholic coarmuiiion , will be pronauncedu with reason a niost ? dangerous writ ^ jp , daai ^ e » ouyfe ^ to the abuses of : which th ^^ ouni ry complJEiitiB 5 for he uses no . declamation ^ thrown out 01
wo mveativ ^ niakej * n attempt upon pussiom . arrfurejMdlc ^ , , but re&son& with all the coolness of a couptin ^ hou ^ e calculatoi-7 reasoii ^ In abort , b y ngures . Hjs , argw ^ qn ^ , ig ., ^ wr ejy / urttliiuetiewL « e i shews to :, a &eries of tables that
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the Churches of England aad Jrei&fcfft amt the conntry an enormous sttw ^ ^ cost i ^ ore than any other two churches - nay , more fcb&n all the Churehe ^ in Christendom besides j This
numeral and tabular mode of argunDeutation b , supposing the number and tables to be . eorrefct ^ wholly unanswerable . Mr . Hume has proved itm irresistible eflfect in the House of Commoi ^^
Pictures are said to be book ^ the con ^ eaon people : these tables are bocikB for ail people , an universal language , and whfete fi * $ y are , as ta dtis case wfe believe them to be , the language of trut U and reason , they become the most eloquent of all pleaa for retrenchment and reform .
In a first attempt to make a comparative assessment of Church Pro perty throughout the Christian , wwtd , allowances must be made for unavoid able errors . Incorrectnesses wili , no doubt , be discovered in the
"Remarks : " but if deductions co ^ rid be fairly made from the authors statements , eoas to bring dawn ^ his estimate of the expense of our national religious Establishment in the pro ^ - portion of nearly one half , ( though we know that some ' competent iti&ff&&
pronounce that he has underrated rather than overrated the Ecclewastfoai Property of the countryi ) ^ MMgik « € overpayment would simttwproved to form an imftnswemble argument for immediate ^ but temperate aud ^ prtidcnt retreiichinent . .
We shall take a few fa ^ U from thi pamphlet to explain its » obj&eft 'and tendency , and to corooftetfate and * en ^ . force our own obseitvatikm ^ The world has been stunned , chiefly through : the clamour of tAxs e \ etgy ; with the cry of the eivoxmoti * evils of tiie French jflev ^ latiou . Dt is ^ me ^
however , to contemplate tlie fl- « rt ) d cfeat bus re&ukeri from it ; for ^ ood ^ itrhaft produced ^ and good that wil t : otitlfre Mons . Chateaubriand and his BouvbOA masters . Before the RevoIutii » ttV tfW priests and the ; religious of both * aetf ^ fc amountwl to nearly half a miliitm / aiiti
the property of the Church , eariiriattd at 25 years' purchase , wa& ^ eiekoie ^ t * he woKh One' Mundred aftd ^ filgbty-Five Millions of Pounds Btelfltigr ^ rttat event broke up the intttim ^« ibte receptacles of cowled and hooded lazineas , and erwept a \ wty . *
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Rei *? ti ^ GJm * ch Frtperfy totii CMy # A Rtftmki . 6 § 3
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1822, page 623, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2517/page/39/
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