owners of the first estates of inheritance in the land. "The crown was then charged with the collection both of rent charges and instalments, and ample security was given to the clergy throughout Ireland for receiving 771. 10s. per cent. on the amount of the composition due to each. "Your Grace will observe that, under this plan, an arrangement was contemplated for the final settlement of the loan of a million advanced to the clergy, without any further pressure for repayment. Thus his Majesty's Government has manifested the most sincere desire, not only to relieve the clergy of Ireland from all immediate distress, but to provide effectually for the interests of that body, by an equitable and permanent arrangement. The failure of this arrangement for the present has produced all the difficulties which were foreseen, and which have been most deeply lamented by his Majesty's Government, more especially because those embarrassments are now beyond the reach of any immediate remedy. cap. "The Act of 3 and 4 Wm. IV., 100, is imperative with respect to the repayment of the instalment due on the 1st of November, 1834, nor is it in the power of the officers of the crown (without the authority of a new law) to relieve the parties affected by the law now in force. The time and mode of requiring this repayment has been the subject of communi cation between this Government and the Government in England, and I will direct the chief secretary, in a few days, to communicate to your Grace the instructions which have been received from the Treasury on these points. 84 Your Grace cannot doubt that will submit the representation of the Archbishops and Bishops to his Majesty's Government without delay. I am persuaded that the same anxious solicitude for the relief of the clergy of Ireland which I have expressed will prevail in the King's councils in England; but I am grieved to add my apprehensions that no effectual remedy can, at the present moment, be provided for this evil. I earnestly trust, however, that on the meeting of parliament all parties will unite in a calm, dispassionate, and steady endeavour to effect the final settlement of a question, every branch of which is now so clearly traced, that no reasonable obstacle can arise to obstruct a fair and impartial discussion, and a just and equitable decision of all its details. Until such a decision shall be established by law, no peace, nor order, nor prosperity, can be expected in Ireland; and, above all, no effectual protection can be given to the permanent security, dignity, and happiness of the clergy. It is no less a high obligation of duty towards my sovereign and my country, than a sincere and deeply-rooted sense of affection and grateful attachment, which renders me desirous of promoting the true interests and welfare of the clergy. This principle has been, and ever will be, the fixed rule of my conduct, by which all the measures of my government must be constantly guided; and it is my earnest request to your Grace, that you will be pleased to communicate this declaration to the Archbishops and Bishops who have signed the representation presented to me by your Grace. I have the honour to be, &c. "WELLESLEY." cellency did forward, the following reply To this representation, which is Ex was received from Lord Duncannon: "Whiteball, Nov. 3. "My Lord, I have had the honour to receive a letter from the chief secretary for Ireland, by your Excellency's directions, conveying to me the resolutions of the prelates of Ireland, and I can only observe, that however anxious his Majesty's Government may be for the best interests of the church, and however deeply they may feel for the distress and embarrassment of a portion of the clergy, they cannot reproach themselves, if the expectations under which the prelates state the loan to have been accepted, have not been realised his Majesty's Government having, in the last session, unsuccessfully proposed to parliament a bill which, in their opinion, tended to the restoration of order and obedience to the laws, which would have made an equitable arrangement for the composition of tithes, and have relieved the clergy from the repayment of the loan. I can only refer your Excellency to the provisions of the Act of Parliament, (3 and 4 Wm. 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THE press of matter does not allow the pristing the account of fees for consecration in the diocese of Lichfield, in this month. Perhaps the gentleman who has been kind enough to send them will, on re-consideration, see that they do not apply to the question referred to. The radical and dissenting papers accuse bishops of refusing to consecrate without enormons fees, and state that 3007. or 4007. is the ordinary expense. In the present case, the bishop's ancient fee is 61. 13s. 4d. In some dioceses it is 21. 2s., and always a mere inconsiderable sum where there is any payment at all. Consequently the charge is a mere slander. With respect to the expenses attending the making and registering of conveyances, deeds of endowment, &c., it might be very right (if it would be safe as to property) that an Act should be introduced, doing away with these sources of expense. But while the law requires that, for the safe conveyance of property.certain deeds should be made out, and should be registered, the lawyer who does the work must be paid for that work; and the only fault, unless his charges are higher than those which are regular in the legal profession for such work, is in the law of property, and has no reference to bishops' or to clerical fees. Unquestionably every needless source of expense, in the erection of churches and chapels, should be done away, and the subject should be fairly canvassed. If the gentleman who has sent the papers should wish to pursue it, the pages of the Magazine shall be open to him. But there appears to the Editor considerable awkwardness in copying a lawyer's bill, as it would, if not explained, be in appearance an attack on the professional character of an individual, as guilty of overcharging. Neopuroc is received, and his style and thoughts strongly recommend his letter; but it is not desirable to open a controversy on Baptismal Regeneration. Mr. Meymott's letter, and those of " M. N.," 2, "R. W. B.," "X.," "A. B.," on Mr. Dymond's pamphlet, "E.," on St. Matthew, "R. S.," and "B.," on the Rubric, are received. The Editor sympathizes fully with the complaints of the excellent Welsh Layman, as to the neglect of the liturgy, and of all forms. Where such charges can be brought home, and wilful disobedience to the church proved, this, as well as moral charges, should be laid before the Bishop. He fears that the Bishops have not the power of enforcing what the layman recommends, as to preaching, useful as in many cases it might be. "X. Y. Z.'s" pamphlet was never received. "T. S's" offer is gladly accepted. Very many thanks for the Bocking Papers. The several appeals for aid to building churches or parsonage houses, at Colchester, Swallowcliffe, and Portland, Jamaica, in this Number, will, it is hoped, gain attention. Mr. Oxlee's letter, a most excellent one on the Time and Manner of Noticing Dissent, and the Bishop of Gloucester's speech, are in type. "A. B. C.," on the Irish church, "Caurus," "Lochiel," were unfortunately too late for this Number. A Correspondent states that a statue of Kean, the actor, is about to be erected in Westmiaster Abbey, and expresses the general surprise and anger felt, that, when place for a monument to Lord Byron was justly refused on high moral grounds, place should be given to one who has no claim at all, and who outraged public decency in every way. Surely before anger is felt or expressed, some pains should be taken to ascertain whether such a report can be true. Two most excellent works, the second part of Mr. Hull's book on "Ecclesiastical Establishments," and the "Autobiography of a Dissenting Minister," ought to have been noticed in this Number. They are warmly recommended to public notice. The Publishers of the British Magazine beg to state that they shall always feel glad if the cause of the church can be served by other journals adopting, and thus giving circulation to documents which originate with the British Magazine. But it is only a part of justice as well as of courtesy that there should be an acknowledgment of the obligation. Now a laborious statement as to the subscribers to various religious church charities was printed lately in the "Christian Remembrancer," and has since been circulated in the various newspapers. This statement was drawn up for the British Magazine, and appeared in it in March, 1833! There was another reason why the obligation should have been noticed. The statement in question was at the close of a very long and laborious series of calculations, signed R. W. B. As the Durham charities were especially noticed, no one who knew the church could doubt for a moment that the whole credit was due to Mr. Bamford, of Sherborne Hospital, whose laborious diligence cannot be too highly spoken of. An acknowledgment, therefore, was especially due to him as well as to this Magazine. Erratum.-In the last Number, p. 527, line 12, for Council of Foulkes read Council of Trullus. INDEX TO VOLS. V. AND VI. A. ADDRESSES of Thanks to the King for his Address from the Clergy to Archbishop of Antichrist, Eastern and Western, vi. 164, 306. Sons of the Clergy, v. 765; Clergy Orphan Antiquities:-Knights of Malta, Extracts from Association of the Friends to the Church of Augmentations, a summary of the benefices in B. Beer Houses, property invested and persons in- Behaviour in church, friendly advice on a Beverly, Mr., an exposition of, by Professor Beverley Minster, Letter from the Rev. J. Birmingham Union, the Elder, v. 190; Town Births and Marriages, v. 107, 243, 378, 502, vi. 55, 279. Books, New, v. 119, 258, 394, 515, 641, 770; 382. Butler, Bishop, Monument to, vi. 351. C. Cambridge, Declaration of Tutors at, vi. 85. Canterbury, Archbishop of, reply to the Me- Case of the Dissenters, Answer to, v. 331. |