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Hbusev If the subject caused bitter feefc ings ; if it were dangerous to the public tranquillity ^ let the consequences rest Upon the heads of that ecclesiastical ordeiv who had stripped the ; people of Ireland of the right of burial for the
dead , ( cries of No ! from Mr ** Goulbura *) who had endeavoured to strip the people of that right , according to the forms of their religion ; he would repeat it strongly that they had wantonly endeavoured to do so , and if they had in any one instance desisted , it was because they were
alarmed by . the voice of public reprobation . The right of burial , that last act of piety which the living can pay to the departed objects of friendship or of love , had been ever held in Ireland , and , in * deed , in ail countries , as peculiarly sabered ,, Why , he would ask , was that
right interfered with ? Why did the episcopal order excite confusion and pro * v # ke the feelings of anger ? Why did they throw that firebrand in amongst a people , who had already so many causes af complaint ?— -Mr . Grattan lamented
that an Ecclesiastic , high in the church , commenced his sacred office by irritating and insulting the people ; if the Parlia * ment did , not interfere , the deplorable consequence would be that every funeral would be marked by violence and bloodshed . —Mr , Abercromby said that of ail
the frightful causes of disunion and dis * content , the present was one of the most frightful . —Mr , Caicraft observed that the conduct of the ministers was equivalent to saying to the Roman Catholics , * You are a degraded sect , and not entitled to bury your dead according to the sites of your own church . " If any more
striking instance of human folly could be shewn , he begged that it might be pointed out . The motion was opposed by Mr . Peel , and on a division was lost by a majority of 17 , the Ayes being 39 , the Noejs 56 . { All the ministers , Mr . Canning and the advocates of Catholic Emancipation included , voted against the motion . ]
Several motions for papers and notices of motions were made by Lord Althorp and Sir J . Newport , and Mr . Hutyg gave notice that pn the 9 th of March he would move for a Committee of the
House to inquire into the Church-Estar blishment of Ireland , with a view to reduce the same . ( This notice was afterwards postponed , for the convenience of the Irish members , to the 6 th 6 f May . )
Feb . 10 th , Lord Althorp brought forward the following motions , which , after some discussion hi which Mr . Hume , Mr . Goulburn , Mr . Peel , Sir F . Burdett , and others took part ^ were all grouted * 1 . A List of the Parishes of Ireland , with
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their respective incumbents , dtetfrigufehJmg the Cases where the Iocambent 8 ilre or Hve not resident . In relaftiotb to this motion he said , that if in this country the residence of clie parochial etesrgf was felt to be of great importance , i » Ireland it was a matter « f still greater up
parlance , us the efforts of resident clergymen were so much the more indi&pensfr ble to the diffusion of the advantages of education , and to the execution of the laws . As an instance and a proof of what he asserted , he might mention the case of the Reverend Gentleman who had
been promoted , he feelteved very pro * , periy , to the Bishopric df Limerick , * Fbe parish of that gentleman wis in <• thfc county of Limerick , and during all tti& disturbances that prevailed throughout the district , that parish was by life eflbrtn kept frte from commotion . He had not the slightest acquaintance with Dr . Jebl > ,
hut from what he had heard of him , he felt great satisfaction th ^ t the Govern * ment had promoted him to the bishopric . 2 . An account of the number of acres > belonging to the Church in Ireland , specifying those which formed the glebe * lands of parishes . 3 . A Return of the number of Roman Catholic Assistant
Barristers in Ireland with the Dates of their Appointment . Feb . 11 . The 2 nd 6 f the above mentions was , on the motion of Mr . Gour-BURN , ordered to be rescinded . Thfe same gentleman gave notice that on thfe 16 th , he should mote for leave to bring in a Bill , to enforce the residence of the Clerg y in Ireland .
Feb . 16 . Mr . Goolborn moved ht leave to bring in a Bill to euforce th& residence of the Clergy in Ireland * , Sir John Newport declared himself convinced of the necessity of the measure , but thought the Honourable Gentleman would obtain his object more effectually
if he were to thke steps for tfiimmshiiig the number and extent of pluralities . He meant pluralities of benefices , above a certain value , when the individual being already in possession <> f 7 , ( 8 , ^ or 10 united parishes , fished to obtain as many more . He instanced the c ^ se pf Lord
Viseount Lifibrd , thq Dean of Armagh , who having four parishes where he re ? - sided , containing 288 acres of glebe , had other four parishes containing 227 acres ^ and another living , consisting Qf other parishes , in which there was no glcb ^ of
house , but 24 ^ acres glebev MfvH ^ PJvi ^ expressed a hope that in tbe Bill care would be taken to deprive the Bishops of the power of granting faculties ; So long as they went on in . the , present cQurse , all they could do wsmt to ke ^ p patching and piecing a syetcui whkU
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1824, page 125, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2521/page/61/
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