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worthy of the fullest consideration ; but he thought nothing would more conduce to the increase of schools than the adding to the number of places of worship . No one who regularly attended Churches , would be found deficient io education ; and all those who supported Churches , would be found disposed to favour education .
He was sorry , however , that some gentlemen , in the course of the debate on this subject , seemed to think that they could not support the Church without casting reflections on other persons . Though he was attached to the Church , he knew many Dissenters as useful members of society , as loyal and meritorious , as any men in the kingdom .
Mr . T . Wilson said , the proper question for the House was not whether there were Churches enough , but whether the Churches that existed were fitted to the congregations they ought to hold . There certainly was no want of Church-room for the rich , who had pews attached to their mansions , or acquired by purchase ;
but in the Churches of our ancestors there was no provision for the poor . There were a few solitary seats in the aisles , that might , perhaps , hold the tenants of the workhouse , but were not adapted to the general accommodation of the lower classes . To supply this defect was an object well worthy the attention of Parliament . The House then divided—For the original motion , 144 — Against it , 30 — Majority , 114 .
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Intelligence —Parliamentary : New Churches" Bill . 507
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June 3 . The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the Order of the Day for going into a Committee oh the New Churches * Bill . Colonel Davies said he presumed it was intended to take the discussion on
a future stage of the measure , and he hoped it would be brought forward at an hour sufficiently early to obtain a full consideration . The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he was quite prepared to accede to the proposal of the Honourable and Gallant Gentleman .
Mr . James said he should not be able probably to attend on a future occasion , and , therefore , he must beg leave to state his objections now . And first , he must protest against the uncharhabjeness of alleging , that ail those who thought with him
were hostile to the Established Church . In that religion he had been horn and educated , and that religion he should continue to respect ; but he was decidedl y opposed to spending the public money on such purposes , whilst such ample revenues remained iu the hands of
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the Church . How was it that the Dissenters were able to build chapels and meeting-houses for the maintenance of religion ? Are the Protestants less zealous ? He believed the fact was , the exertions of the Protestants were mainly impeded by ecclesiastical regulations . He would mention a circumstance illustrative of his opinion , which had occurred in a town in which he had lived for some
time—he meant the town of Liverpool . There was in that town a Reverend Gentleman of the name of Bragge , who had been regularly educated at Oxford , who built a chapel at his own expense . He was a most excellent reader aud preacher , and consequently was much followed , and
brought about him an extensive congregation , from which he derived a handsome property * This vocation he continued to follow for the space of twenty years , when the then Bishop of Chester
sent to him , telling him he would be very happy to come and consecrate his chapel . Mr . Bragge was a clever man , and very respectfully declined the honour . Shortly after the Bishop proceeded against him for a violation of his clerical functions
for preaching in an unconsecrated chapel ; in consequence of which Mr . Bragge took out a licence as a Dissenting clergyman , and continued to preach for many years the doctrines of the Church of England ; but when he subsequently died the chapel became the property of his heirs , and
now it was a sugar-house , and at present a boiler stands in the place of the pulpit . It was , therefore , with these feelings he objected to the present proposition ; and his hostility would not be diminished m the least , even if the people were in affluence . But how very different was now
the case , when every thing the people see , every thing they taste , every thing they smell , nay , the very air they breathe , is taxed , and the light of heaven itself is excluded from their dwellings . He should , therefore , move as an amendment , " That this Bill be committed this day six months . "
Mr . Hume seconded the Amendment . He thought there never had been a measure so ill-timed , and particularly after the statement that no part of this money was to be applied for three years . Let
Churches be built by those who require them , and let the existing regulations with respect to building Churches be revised , and then there will be no necessity for calling on the public money . The Honourable Member then referred to the
Church at Newington , and wished to know whether any power had been given to the Commissioners to Increase the assessments ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1824, page 507, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2527/page/59/
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