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be recollected , came out of the pockets of the people . This * God send / ' as it had been called , was the only part repaid of the twenty-one millions advanced to Ausstria . The grant of a million before was
no argument why they should now vote £ 500 , 000 more . One hundred- thousand pounds of that million was to be devoted to the building of Churches in Scotland . No part of it , however , had been yet ? received . £ 10 , 000 was the only sum voted in aid of the Catholic Church in Ireland ,
while the Catholics of that country paid no less than £ 2 , 500 , 000 in tithes ; and within a few years no less than , £ 700 , 000 had been drawn from them for the building and repair of Churches . He did not mean to deny that if the people wanted
Churches they should have them ; but it was unfair to call upon the Dissenters to bear the expense . He would take it from the Church property , end if the Church was not rich enough , then look out for some other means . Individuals enough would be found willing to come forward
if at least one third of the seats were left free , and permission given to elect the clergyman . It was said thafpersons unlit to discharge the duties might be appointed if the principle of election should be acted on . He saw no reason why this should be the consequence . The ordeal clergymen went through at present could not be a very difficult one , if he might
judge from some examples that fell under his observation . Many persons who had served in the army or navy found no difficulty in entering' the Church , He had no objection to this if they entered it according to rule . He mentioned this merely to shew that there was not much ground to apprehend that persons not properly qualified would be elected . He agreed with his Honourable and Learned
Friend ( Dr . Lushington ) that the poor should not be called upon to contribute ; but there would be no necessity . Offers of voluntary contributions sufficient to build double the number of Churches would come in , if , as he stated before , a sufficient proportion of the seats was left free , and the subscribers were allowed
to elect the clergyman . His Honourable and Learned Friend ( Dr . Lushington ) said , Let the Church have fair play . They would see by the returns of 1812 , 1813 and 1814 , whether it bad fair play or not . No Dissenting clergyman received a stipend without performing his duty ; but
what was the case with the Established Church of England ? The number of nonresident clergymen was not less than 6804 , ^ the residents being 3798 . This was far greater in proportion than the non-residents of Ireland , which were onjy four hundred ; How could a Church so situated have fait * play ? His Learned
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Friend would consufi the interests of the Establishment better by endeavourfrnr to put an end to absentees and pluralist s . M the clergy wished to remain idfe , let them hare no pay ; if they applied themselves with proper diligence to thefr vocation , the House would then see whether he
sufficient ttion ^ y would scribed for building Churches . He had nearl y omitted one important point . The Bight Honourable Gentleman ( Mr . Secretary Peel ) said that the inhabitants of
Manchester , amounting to 186 , 000 , were very anxious to obtain the assistance of Parliament towards building Churches . Manchester might be considered as k religions community ; there was no where more devotion . But what were the facts ? ' In
1820 the inhabitants were summoned to a meeting by the Churchwardens . The meeting was attended by all the influential men of the town . ' The clergyman , Mr . INI alley , ( we believe , ) who was most anxious to have more Cirorches built , presided upon the occasion . All those
with whom he had any influence attended . The question was put whether they would accept the assistiajice offered by the Commissioners ?* Great , opposition was made , and the majority was so overwhelming upon a show of hands , that a scrutiny was called * for . The result was , that k was negatived by a great
majority . However , the Commissioners still determined to build . A petition would soon be presented stating these facts , and alleging that no more Churches were required in that town . He was warranted , therefore , in saying that no case had been made out with respect to Manchester .
Dr . LusHtNGTON * rose tor explain . He said he disclaimed most distinctly all hostility to Dissenters . Not a word that had fallen from him could be fairly interpreted to bear such a construction . If any doubt existed on the subject , the whole of hte conduct in that . House , upon every question connected' wHfr Dissenters from the
Church , must be sufficient to remove it . The paper from which he read was the Third Report of the Missionary Society ; atid he read it for the purpose of shewing the necessity there was that the Established' Church should * have the means of affording instruction to its owq members-There was a vast difference between
hostility to Dissenters and attachment to one * s own Establishment . —> He was always a friend to toleration in the utmost latitude , amd never blamed the Dissenters for endeavouring to propagate their own creed . At the same time he would cfc > every thing in his power to support that Establishment of which he was a member . —He hoped the Rouse and th& country would justify * him from the misrepresent
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1824, page 503, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2527/page/55/
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