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Greek , 5 , 500 , 000 , and the Lutherans , 2 , 500 , 000 . The number of clergymen is computed at 74 , 270 ; viz . for the Grqek Church 67 , 000 , for the Catholics and Lutherans 7 , ^ 70 . Ecclesiastical Revenue is assessed at 910 , 000 / ., making in the Greek Church 15 , 000 / . per million , in the Lutheran and
Catholic Churches 50 , 000 / . per million The bulk of the clergy in Russia are in a very abject state . Some have rated the monks as high as 7 , 300 , and the nuns 5 , 300 .
The Christians in Turkey are estimated at 6 , 000 , 000 . The income of the clergy is reckoned to be 180 , 000 / ., being 30 , 000 / . per million . The estimated expenditure on the clergy in South America is 450 , 000 / . for 15 , 000 , 000 of people , being at the rate of 30 , 000 / . per million .
One sweeping estimate of the author ' s sets down the rest of the Christian world at 3 , 000 , 000 of people , and their allowance to the clergy at 150 , 000 / ., being 50 , 000 / . per million .
The author next proceeds to the Church of England , " the only grand monument of chureji wealth remaining in the world to shew the influence and dominion over the minds and
property of men , which the clergy have had the power to exert , in the ages of darkness and superstition , before the art of printing , and the consequent diffusion of Knowledge and education . "
The population of England and Wales is estimated at 12 , 000 , 000 , of which the author allots one-half to the Church of England , and one-half to the remaining sects . This is an evident miscalculation , which he
candidly acknowledges in a circular to the periodical publications , and which , we presume , he has corrected in later editions of the pamphlet . Owing to this error , we cannot safely quote all the statements of the Church of
England tables . —The number of regular clergymen is 18 , 000 , including 2 archbishops , 24 bishops , 60 archdeacons , 27 deans , and 544 canons and prebendaries . The income is 7 , 596 , 000 / ., which , on , the calculation of 6 , 000 , 000 of hearers in the English Church ,
would be at the rate of 1 . 2661 ) 00 / . wouUl be at the rate of 1 , 266 , 000 / . per million . Let this sum be reduced as much as the error before pointed out reqiufes , and it will stiil appear enor-
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mous : yet it is moderate compared with the ecclesiastical revenue of Ireland , which exhibits the greatest extravagance that was ever put down in 'figures . Ireland has a population of about 7 , 000 , 000 , of which the religious distribution is as follows : Roman Catholics , 5 , 500 , 000 Presbyterians , 800 , 000 ; Church of England
and Ireland , 400 , 000 ; Methodists and other sects , 300 , 000 . For the 400 , 000 members of the Established Church there are 1 , 700 clergymen , including 4 archbishops * 18 bishops , 33 deans , 34 archdeacons , and 500 canons , prebendaries , &c . The ecclesiastical revenue is 1 , 300 , 000 / ., being at the rate of 3 , 250 , 000 / * per million . On the erroneous estimate of
6 , 000 , 000 of hearers in England and Wales , not of the Established Church , it is calculated that for 4 , 670 clergymen there is an income from voluntary contributions of upwards of 500 , 000 / ., being at the rate of 110 / . for each clergyman , and of 85 , 000 / . per million .
In Scotland , the Dissenters are computed at 500 , 000 , their clergy at 400 , with an income of 110 / . each , amounting to 44 , 000 / ., or 90 , 000 / . per million . Hearers in Ireland , not of the
established religion , are estimated at 6 , 600 , 000 , for whom there are 2 , 378 clergymen , viz . Catholic , 1994 ; Presbyterian , 239 ; other sects , 145 ; having a total income from voluntary contributions of 261 , 580 / ., being at an average of 110 / . for each , and . of 40 , 000 / . per million . There is a yearly
parliamentary grant to Protestant Ministers in Ireland , as follows : Presbyterians , 8 , 697 / . ; seceding Presbyterians , 4 , 034 / . - , other Protestant Dissenters , 756 / .: making in all , 13 , 487 / -
In one sum the author sets down the result of all his calculations , which cannot be much affected by any error that may have crept into his statements . The clergy of all the
Christian world , except Great Britain and Ireland , the whole population being 198 , 728 , 000 , receive 8 , 852 , 000 / . per annum : the clergy of the Established Church of England and Ireland , containing 6 , 400 , 000 hearers , receive 8 , 896 , 000 / . ! The total of Christians in the world 1
viz . 219 , 728 , 000 , pay to their 0 ercy 18 , 762 , 000 of which England , for
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76 $ Review * —¦ Church Property xtnd Church Reform :
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1822, page 760, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2519/page/40/
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