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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 
SIR, 
OUR Magazine having recorded at 
different times several valuable 
reports and returns, us presented to the 
houses of parliament, which otherwise 
would not have been attainable, however 
desirable by the greater part of your rea- 
ders, I send you for insertion a copy of 
Various queries, as sent by the late secre- 
tary of state, Earl Spencer, to the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland, for his distribu- 
bution amongst the: established clergy of 
that country, together with the returns 
made thereto from the different dioceses, 
as well as the answers and observations 
made thereon,from the bishops. At atime 
when so much argument and discussion 
has been made on the state of the sister 
kingdom, particularly that of the esta- 
blished clergy, it is presumed the re- 
cord of the inclosed will be found ex- 
tremely interesting. 
In consequence of a letter from Earl 
Spencer, to the Lord Lieutenant of Ire- 
land, dated June, 1806, the following 
queries were addressed by the several 
archbishops to the bishops in their re- 
spective provinces, viz. 
1. What is the number, and what are 
the denominations of the ‘benefices in 
your diocese? 
2. How many - parishes are compre- 
hended in each benefice, and what are 
the denominations ? 
8. Are the parishes contiguous to, or 
how far distant from, each other ? 
4. What is the estimated extent of 
such as are contiguous ? 
5. When were the parishes united 
into one benefice, and by what authority? 
6. Should such union be continued or 
dissolved, or would any other distribution 
of the parishes, comprehended within any 
union, be expedient? 
7. Has the incumbent cure of souls in 
all parts of his benefice? 
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8. How many churches are there in. 
each benefice, what are their present 
condition, and in which of the parishes 
do they stand? 
9. State the names of all the incum- 
bents. : 
10. Where does each incumbent re- 
side? 
11. What cause is there for the non- 
residence of suchas do not reside? 
2. By whom are the duties dis- 
charged? 
13, Is there any glebe-house within 
the benefices ? ) 
_ 14. In what parish is the glebe-house 
situated ? 5 
15. What glebe-lands belong to the 
benefice? 
16. Are they contiguous to, or how 
far removed from, each ether ? 
17. How near are they to the church, 
or in cases where there is no church in 
repair, how near are they to- the scite of 
the old church? 
18. What livings are in the different 
dioceses of a value too small to afford to 
resident incumbents the means of com- 
fort, and by what mode may the condi- 
tion of each be improved ? : 
19. Whatis the allowance now given 
to curates in case of permitted non-resi- 
dence of the incumbent, and the num- 
ber of curates, resident or non-resident, 
upon their cures ? 
20. What is the best method of re- 
medying-the evil in each particular cure 
of non-residence? 
21. What are the powers which now 
exist of enforcing residence, or which it 
may be necessary to recommend to the 
legislature to provide for the purpose? 
22, What 1s the best mode of apply- 
ing such funds as are now. applicable, 
or hereafter may become so, to the pur- 
pose of building or repaizing of churches, 
or vlebe-houses, or the iaprovement of | 
glebes, or otherwise ? 
23.What regulations appear to be pro- 
per to be established by law, or other- 
wise, to prevent unions, perpetual or 
episcopal, from being henceforth. impro- 
perly made, and to,,,preserve churches 
and glebe-houses from dilapidation, when 
there are more than one in the united 
parishes ? 
24. What can be suggested, in addi- 
tion to the: foregoing queries, for the im- 
provement, protection, and support, of 
the church. of Ireland ?s/) yicin i) ors 
The following is an. abstract.of the 
answers as received from the diflerent 
bishops :-— bath 
DIGCESE; 
