their Lordships would, he hoped, recollect great body of the people were of the same what he stated the night before. The noble opinion-that a more estimable body of men Lord had not repeated his words correctly, thau the clergymen of the Church of Eugland and he should only endeavour to re-state could not exist. There was no class of men them. What he said was this. In accounting in the country who distributed so large a part for non-residence, he had not said that the of their revenue in charity, or were so devoted lay impropriators solely were the cause of it, to good works, and no class of men who conbut that it was chiefly owing to lay impropria-ferred so much benefit on the country at large. fions that it was in many cases impossible for If he had sometimes differed from the memthe clergy to reside at their benefices. The bers of the church, it was on questions of relichief part of the property belonging to the gious liberty, in which they thought their church had, in many cases, been taken away security was involved, and which he thought and appropriated by laymen, and the revenue they ought to have conceded for their own left was insufficient to pay the performance safety. Now that no such questions existed, he of the duties of the clergyman, unless by was bound to say that it was most important to uniting more benefices than one. If their uphold the Established Church as it at present Lordships wished to obtain accurate informa-existed in this country. In looking at the tion on the subject of lay impropriations, he question of tithes, it was necessary to conwould beg leave to recommend to their peru- sider other interests than those of the clergy; sal a book of bishop Kennet, written upwards and he was sure that most of the Right of a century ago. By what he said last night, Rev. Prelates must desire to have their revehe intended no reflections on the lay impropri- nues collected by some other means, and not ators, and had no intention of attributing to be exposed to the odium and ill blood which them any improper motives. He had but an now created dissent in their parishes, and banimperfect recollection of the measure for en-ished their parishioners from the parish church. forcing residence, as he was then a young In reference to the measure of the right rev. man, and had not the honour of a seat in their Prelate for the composition of tithes, the noble Lordship's House, nor had he meant to im- Earl recommended that a commutation should pute any-thing improper to those who opposed be at once accomplished, as it would be most that measure. The bill he had alluded to was inconvenient to open up the tithe question the 53d Geo. III. that was brought in by the again at the end of twenty-one years. With Bishops to enforce the residence of the parish respect to residence, he thought, that if that clergy. He had always considered that act, were to be strictly enforced to the injury of the or rather that bill, was intended to invest the exemplary body of curates who had grown Bishops with a greater power to enforce resi-up within the last ten or fifteen years, it would dence and prevent pluralities, as he had al-probably do the church a great injury. To ways understood that the bill was rendered compel residence might deprive these curates less efficient in its progress by the interference of employment, and substitute for them inof lay holders of advowsons. He did not mean cumbents who were not so competent to the to say, however, that any undue influence had performance of the duties. His Lordship also been used by the holders of those advowsons eulogised the church establishment, and said to stop the measure. He must add, that it that this excellent institution had made the was not possible for the Bishops always to en- greatest improvements within the last few force residence; indeed, in the larger number years. He concluded by apologising for tresof benefices, this was impossible without ruin- passing on their Lordships' time; but when ing the clergymen. As to the patronage, he they were exposed to hear the church attacked, wished to say that it was his intention, on the they would probably put up with the minor infirst opportunity, to bring in a measure to convenience of having their time taken up, strengthen the provisions of the 7th of his late than of allowing such attacks to go abroad Majesty, without which that statute could not unnoticed. be carried into effect.

Lord KING wished only to set himself right The Duke of WELLINGTON felt himself with his noble Friend. He had not made any called on to say, in justice to the clergy, that attack on the church or on the clergy; he had during the time he was in office he had occa-not said one word against either. He adsion to promote the issuing a Commission to inquire into the state of Ecclesiastical affairs, aud the state of the Ecclesiastical Law; and he invariably found that the Right Rev. Prelatas pressed on him the necessity of giving them more power to enforce residence amongst the inferior clergy.

mitted that the great body of the clergy were an exemplary body of men, and he wished to make them more efficient. Pluralities were acknowledged to be an abuse-non-residence was acknowledged to be an abuse, and he wanted to remove these abuses. The same object was proposed by his noble Friend. He The Earl of CARNARVON deprecated in strong was not disposed to take their property from terms the practice of his noble Friend making, the clergy, and had proposed to grant them a night after night, in these times of troubles corn rent equal to their revenue on the average and disturbances, such attacks on the church, of the last seven years. With respect to what He regretted that his noble friend should think the right rev. Prelate said of Bishop Kennet, it was his duty to make those attacks. He and a book written one hundred years ago, that was convinced-and he was sure that the would give very imperfect information as to

the present time; for since that period, ness doing is unimportant. Barley, Oats, many parliamentary grants had been made Beans, and Peas, may be similarly noticed as to the church. There was Queen Anue's wheat. Flour remains as we last quoted, and Bounty, which had now been in operation for in other grain there is nothing to notice. many years, and increased the value of many Wheat Vicarages. Wishing to put his right rev. Rye Friends at their ease, as to the petitions he Barley bad yet to present, he should imitate the church in old times, which established what was called "the peace of the church," from Friday to Monday. In presenting petitions, he should follow this example, and should add Wednesday; so that on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday, there would be peace to the church from the war of petitions.—Adjourned.

From the LONDON GAZETTE,

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1831.

BANKRUPTS.

ALLNUT, J., Chesham, Buckinghamshire, paper-maker.

ANSELL, M. and J., Berkeley-street, Lam-
beth-walk, dealers in jewellery.
BRIMICOMBE, W., Totness, Devonshire,
plumber.

BURT, T., Holborn-hill, manufacturer.
COLE, S., Shimpling, Suffolk, maltster.
DESORMEAUX, D., Coles-terrace, White
Conduit-fields, chemist.

FARRELL, J., Liverpool, horse-dealer.
LOWNDS, G. E., Ratcliff-highway, iron-
.monger.

MIALL, S., Sun Tavern-fields, St. George's-
in-the-East, licensed victualler.
O'NIELL, C., Liverpool, joiner.
PERRY, H., Old Jewry, baker, and George-
street, Bethnal-green, licensed victualler.
TAYLOR, C., York, inn-keeper.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1831.
BANKRUPTS.

HARRISON, T., Northallerton, Yorkshire,
currier.

JONES, D., Liverpool, furniture-broker. MARK, H., Westmoreland-place, Southampton-street, Camberwell, wine-merchant. REDHOUSE, T., Crooked-lane, ship-broker. RUSSELL, G., Brownlow-street, coach-smith. SKATE, W. H., Dean-street, Soho, licensedappraiser.

STEWART, P. D., North-bank, St. John's wood, and Prince Edward's Island, North America, merchant.

LONDON MARKETS. ·MARK-LANE, Corn-Exchange, Feb. 7.The market generally this morning is exceedingly dull, and although attempts are making to keep up the quotations, Wheat cannot be sold for the price of this day week, although no material change can be quoted. The supply this morning is very small, but the busi

fine..
Peas, White
-Boilers
Grey
Beans, Small
Tick

75s. to 81s. 30s. to 34s.

40s. to 42s.

44s. to 47s.

40s. to 44s.

...

44s. to 49s.

36s. to 42s.

42s. to 45s.

36s. to 40s.

28s. to 34s.

....

Oats, Potatoe
Poland
Feed
Flour, per sack

SMITHFIELD-Feb. 7.

Beef, for the finest young meat, is 4s. to 4s. 6d. per stone, and Mutton, for prime young Downs, sells at 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d. per stone. Veal, for prime young Calves, sells at 5s. 6d. to 6s. per stone, and dairy-fed Porkers are quoted at 4s. 6d. to 5s. per stone. Beasts, 2,676; Sheep, 20,509; Calves, 110; Pigs, 140.

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the loan-jobbers, on the one hand, and,
on the other hand, towards the middle
class of society, an increasing insolence
and haughtiness, and towards the lower
class deeds innumerable, of which the
mildest denomination that belongs to
them is that of extreme hardness and
severity. I have seen a tax on income
collected, which took as much from
the yearly earnings of the professional
man, the tradesman and the farmer, as
from the perpetual estate of the land-

The old French government did not possess
the power to lighten the burdens of the people.
It was compelled to call for the assistance of
the people themselves. I beg your lordship
to remember this; for, in some shape or other,
the same thing must take place here. The
old French government called upon the peo-owner; which took from me, for instance,
ple for their assistance when it was too late; who earned a thousand a-year, and who
and therefore the monarchy and the church had then six children to bring up, one
hundred pounds a-year, though that in-
come depended upon my life, and not only
that, but my health; and not only upon
that, but upon the continuation of my
Once more, therefore, at the end of pre-ability, and particularly upon the sound-
cisely twenty-five years of unavailing calling
on the nobility; once more I call on them to
conciliate the people, and to appeal to them
for protection agaiust the all-devouring mon-

fell.

In 1803 I told the vapouring ADDINGTON, that, if the debt were not arrested in its progress, the nobility and the church must finally

fall.

ster, the funds.

May they be admonished by what they have already felt, and seek in the revived friendship of the people that security for themselves which I am satisfied they will find in no other Source. If a contrary line of conduct were to be pursued; if a refusal of reform were still to be persisted in; if to their deadly and natural foes, the loan-jobbing race, the landowners were to persist in adding the mass of the people, a true picture of all the con-. sequences I forbear to draw,-COBBETT's REGISTER, 8th January, 1822.

TO THE

LANDOWNERS OF ENGLAND.

On their Defeat by the Loan-mongering
Crew relative to the proposed. Tax
upon
the Funds.

LANDOWNERS,

Kensington, 15th February, 1831.

ness of my mind; while the same law
took no more than one hundred pounds
out of a thousand pounds a-year of rent,
which the landowner derived from a
freehold estate, and which estate always
yielded the same rent to him or to his
children whether he were dead or alive,
sick or well, riding about his fields or
in a mad-house. I have seen military
and naval academies established, the
necessary effect of which must be to shut
against the middling class of society all
the openings to military and naval
power and emolument.
I have seen,

in the imposition of the assessed taxes, of the taxes on stamps, of the taxes on wine, on spirits, and in short of the have seen the same partially prevail. taxes imposed on every-thing else, I Towards the working classes what have I seen? I have seen endless projects which have not been carried into effect; but I have seen quite enough that have I ADDRESS you by an appellation ex-been carried into full and terrible effect. pressive of no feeling of respect, because I have seen the passing and enforcing I have no respect for you as a body. of the new felony law; of the new For six-and-twenty years, indeed sevenand-twenty, I have been an attentive observer of your conduct; and in that conduct I have constantly perceived a base truckling to men in power and to

trespass law; of STURGES BOURNE'S
two bills; of the transportation for
poaching law, I have seen this
power lodged in the hands of the land-
owners themsel~3. I have seen the

I

tread-mill invented; I have seen SID-standing advocate for blood. If the MOUTH'S and CASTLEREAGH's green old thing were worth twenty thousand bags; I have seen the dungeons opened pounds last week, it is not worth ten at the discretion of the Secretaries of thousand pounds this week. If the GoState; I have heard the roar of laugh-vernment find, as I am satisfied it will, ter at the sufferings of OGDEN in his that it gains in amount of revenue by dungeon, a man seventy years of age, reducing the amount of the stamp to and of spotless character, who had two-pence; and if it see, as I am sure brought up twenty children without it will, that it would gain still more by ever having resorted to the parish for reducing it to a penny, and by reducing relief. I have seen and heard these the advertisement duty another half; if things, and many, many others, within it see that, as I am sure it will see it, the last twenty-seven years, and I have and if it act agreeably to its manifest inseen the LANDOWNERS the very foremost terests, the bloody old thing may shut in calling for or defending them all. up its shop. I always said, take away Therefore the defeat which you have the tax, and this horrible thing falls at now experienced gives me delight once, and the Government is freed from which it would be impossible for me the dread which it justly entertains of . adequately to describe. Look, now, at provoking the hostility of bands of the several sentences which I have mercenary wretches who employ this chosen for my motto. You will see, powerful instrument, the press, for the from the second of those sentences, that worst of all possible purposes. The I foresaw what you would bring it to Government will soon find how much so long as twenty-seven years ago; it will gain in the tax upon paper, even which was before the doing of those from this measure. As to advertisethings which have displeased me so ments, they will increase prodigiously much, and some of which I have men- in number. I have no question, for tioned above. It was, too, at a time my part, of the great gain in point of when the debt was not more than the revenue; and in point of advantage three-fourths of what it is now, and to the country, from the speed that it when a revenue of about thirty-five will give to the communications bemillions a year was deemed amply suffi- tween persons in trade, and of the cient. What is your case now, then? encouragement which it will give to Why, it is just what I said it would be honest and able writers, the effect will when, in 1822, I published the Register be prodigious; and, therefore, though from which the extracts are made. I the measure will not affect me in the shall now, when I have bestowed a few smallest degree in the world, I think short remarks on the taxes to be taken the Ministers are entitled to great off, proceed to remark on the grand praise for this measure. It was also question, the intended tax on the funds. wise and just to change the tax from The tax to be taken off from the news-cotton goods to raw cotton; because, papers, though I myself, and for my in the former shape, it was savagely own interest, care not a straw about unjust towards the working people, the matter; though I know that it will and gave rise to frauds enormous. be neither gain nor loss to me, I see The conscientious manufacturer paid this reduction of the tax with pleasure; the duty honestly; those of a contrary because, in the first place, there ought character did not pay a tenth part of to be no such tax, and, in the next what they ought to have paid. But, it place, because it will give a famous is the total abolition of the tax upon blow to that newspaper monopoly candles which gives me the greatest which has been such a disgrace to the pleasure. If they had added an abolicountry, and has done it so much mis- tion of that on the malt and the hops chief. The Bloody Old Times winces and the soap, I would, to be sure, have under it; and well it may; for it lops gone to Downing-street, and have stood off a good half of the value of that bare-headed in the rain to thank them.