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    frigtte , indefinite * uncertain operatic ^ M' % ^^ i ^^ flS 3 % 3 o ¥ ffie W jfciences of members of the profession Whose mMbcVtt U W $ tii& $ ' ' Wrkml late . They would be surprised at finding that the elWgy of ^ ri ^ la ^ dw ^ ie present day are governed , * pro tanto , by the synodical constitutions of Otlio apd Othobon , die papal legates in the reign , of Hemry the Third , and by the provincial constitutions of Boniface ,, Peccham , and Mepham , and other Archbishops of Canterbui'y in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries . 'VPb . 45 , 46 .

    Several attempts have been made ( of which a good historical summary is given ) to supply the deficiency , but without effect . In short , with regard to the canons , no one can say on what authority they rest , nor which of them are even in z modi 6 ed way to be considered binding and subsisting . " The most complete and effectual remedy , " it is observed , *— perhaps I may add , the most constitutio ? ial remedy , would be the appointment by the crown of a commission similar to that which was constituted in the reign of

    Edward the Sixth . " We see no necessity for having recourse to any peculiarly ecclesiastical constitutions of the sort . Parliament is perfectly competent to provide any such regulations as the church ( considered as one of the institutions of the state ) may require for its internal regulation . 3- The subject of Church Endowments is a more delicate one , and our

    author repeats the assertions which several of his brethren have zealously pressed against the charge of extravagant riches in the church , that , if equally divided , the average provision for each benefice would fall below a proper remuneration for an educated and respectable clergy . We doubt the correctness of these calculations , the materials for which are very conjectural ; but at least the reasoning is open to the obvious remark , that it

    admits the objectionable feature of excessive disproportion at present existing , and the great overpayment which takes place in some cases . How , on the present system of church patronage , any remedy can be applied , it is very difficult to see ; place that patronage where you will , while it remains so lucrative as it often is , other considerations must influence its disposition

    than a regard to fitness on the part of the person appointed for his post ; but it is plain that , as matters now stand , it is quite an affair of accident whether a cure requiring the most exemplary qualifications is fortunate enough ; to be filled once in a century by a person at all adapted to it ; and that the parties likely to be the successful candidates for Buch preferment as the higher prizes of parochial benefice afford , are not likely to be suited in habits and

    education to supply the spiritual wants of the great majority of the population of which they are the nominal pastqr ^ . Our author , attending to soipe of ^ tbe niinor evils , and those most easily rectified , proposes spme J Hdicioiji ^^ pp Hcatipns , of the " secondary sinecures " in cathedrals , anil of ;^ Onie ^ to pa * rochial benefices having thelargest work and the least emolument , and some oth& tri&surgs ^ are obviously

    desirable and perfectly feasjblfe , - ' r-i vTi <» i . r . ¦¦>•¦ / s T » ' 4 . He approachesM ^ Wttenditojlsulg ^ ct qf c f Gkwrth PhiraltiieS y *'' tts ( o which he admitsthat i r » ih » ml .. » I >!> k" <|<{ u- • }' » •¦ ¦ - " "' " ¦ ••>¦ """' ¦ . " By aU tho&e wlw >< JW wnfrienfllyi to tjhc Church of England , and by many

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 827, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/27/