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Article PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS. ← Page 9 of 23 →
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Parliamentary Analysis.
have permitted you to substitute for the necessary severity of a law , which has been suffered to expire , enactments of a milder character . " No part of my duty is more grateful to mv feelings than the mitigation of a penal statute in any case in which it can be effected consistently with the maintenance of order and tranquillity . " Gentlemen of the House of Commons , " I thank you forthe readiness with which you have voted the Supplies . " You have provided not onlfor the expenses of the yearand for the
y , interest upon the large sum awarded to the owners of slaves in my Colonial Possessions , but also for several unexpected and peculiar claims upon the justice and liberality of the nation . It is most gratifying to observe that not only have these demands been met without any additional taxation , but ( hat you have made some further progress in reducing the burdens of my people . " I am enabled to congratulate you that the terms upon which the loan for lhe compensation to the proprietors of slaves has been obtained , afford conclusive evidence of the flourishing state of Public credit , and of that general confidence ,
which is the result of a determination to fulfil the national engagements , and maintain inviolate the Public faith . " My Lords and Gentlemen , " I know that I may securely rely upon your loyalty and patriotism , and I feel confident , that in returning to your respective counties , and in resuming those functions which you discharge with so much advantage to the community , you will recommend to all classes of your countrymen , obedience to the law , attachment to the Constitution , and a spirit of temperate amendment , which , under Divine Providence , are the surest means of preserving the tranquillity , and increasing the prosperity which this country enjoys . "
HOUSE OP COMMONS . March 29 ft Immediately after the enforcement of the call , Lord John Russell entered on the great question of the Appropriation of the revenues of the Church of Ireland . His Lordship addressed the House at great length ; and after a retrospect of the events in Ireland , stated his intention of proposing that there should be instituted such a reform of the church of Ireland as would enable them to adapt its establishment to the spiritual instruction of those that belong to it , taking care in doing so to prevent
there being any unnecessary additions . That the present Church Establishment required reduction he thought no man could dispute . He therefore proposed that the House should undertake that reduction , and having accomplished it , that it should apply the residue to some object by which the moral and religious improvement of the people at large should be advanced , and by which they , the Irish people , should have reason to believe that the funds which were raised nominally for their benefit were in reality so applied . It was with this view that he meant to propose , through the medium of a resolution , that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House , in order to consider the present state of the Church of Ireland ,
and with a view of applying any surplus of revenue which might arise after adequate provision had been made for the maintenance of a requisite establishment to the general education of all classes of the people without reference to any religious distinction . Should the House agree to resolve itself into the Committee he required , it was his intention to propose a resolution embodying the spirit of his p lan of Church Reform , and on that resolution being reported he should move for an Address to the Crown , containing an humble entreaty that the King should enable his Commons to carry that plan into effect . His
Lordship concluded by moving the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Ward : — " That this House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House , in order to consider the present state of the Church of Ireland , with a view of applying any surplus of its revenues to the general education of all classes of the people , without reference to religious distinction . " Sir
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have permitted you to substitute for the necessary severity of a law , which has been suffered to expire , enactments of a milder character . " No part of my duty is more grateful to mv feelings than the mitigation of a penal statute in any case in which it can be effected consistently with the maintenance of order and tranquillity . " Gentlemen of the House of Commons , " I thank you forthe readiness with which you have voted the Supplies . " You have provided not onlfor the expenses of the yearand for the
y , interest upon the large sum awarded to the owners of slaves in my Colonial Possessions , but also for several unexpected and peculiar claims upon the justice and liberality of the nation . It is most gratifying to observe that not only have these demands been met without any additional taxation , but ( hat you have made some further progress in reducing the burdens of my people . " I am enabled to congratulate you that the terms upon which the loan for lhe compensation to the proprietors of slaves has been obtained , afford conclusive evidence of the flourishing state of Public credit , and of that general confidence ,
which is the result of a determination to fulfil the national engagements , and maintain inviolate the Public faith . " My Lords and Gentlemen , " I know that I may securely rely upon your loyalty and patriotism , and I feel confident , that in returning to your respective counties , and in resuming those functions which you discharge with so much advantage to the community , you will recommend to all classes of your countrymen , obedience to the law , attachment to the Constitution , and a spirit of temperate amendment , which , under Divine Providence , are the surest means of preserving the tranquillity , and increasing the prosperity which this country enjoys . "
HOUSE OP COMMONS . March 29 ft Immediately after the enforcement of the call , Lord John Russell entered on the great question of the Appropriation of the revenues of the Church of Ireland . His Lordship addressed the House at great length ; and after a retrospect of the events in Ireland , stated his intention of proposing that there should be instituted such a reform of the church of Ireland as would enable them to adapt its establishment to the spiritual instruction of those that belong to it , taking care in doing so to prevent
there being any unnecessary additions . That the present Church Establishment required reduction he thought no man could dispute . He therefore proposed that the House should undertake that reduction , and having accomplished it , that it should apply the residue to some object by which the moral and religious improvement of the people at large should be advanced , and by which they , the Irish people , should have reason to believe that the funds which were raised nominally for their benefit were in reality so applied . It was with this view that he meant to propose , through the medium of a resolution , that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House , in order to consider the present state of the Church of Ireland ,
and with a view of applying any surplus of revenue which might arise after adequate provision had been made for the maintenance of a requisite establishment to the general education of all classes of the people without reference to any religious distinction . Should the House agree to resolve itself into the Committee he required , it was his intention to propose a resolution embodying the spirit of his p lan of Church Reform , and on that resolution being reported he should move for an Address to the Crown , containing an humble entreaty that the King should enable his Commons to carry that plan into effect . His
Lordship concluded by moving the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Ward : — " That this House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House , in order to consider the present state of the Church of Ireland , with a view of applying any surplus of its revenues to the general education of all classes of the people , without reference to religious distinction . " Sir