HISTORY!) OF SEUROPE. 
ord Auckland felt great doubts 
en which side heshould vote ; he saw 
great danger in allowing the sus- 
pension suddenly to drop $ ; but he 
thought it would be much better to 
ghorten the period of the suspension 
demanded. 
The bishop of St. Asaph, wished 
the bill to go into a committee; 
although he thought it might be 
- hecessary to propose many amend- 
y to prop 
ments there, before it would be a 
fit bill for their lordships to pass; 
he wished the bill to be of a shorter 
duration; and expressed his fears, 
that the vicar or the rector often 
took the curate along with him, to 
énjoy the sports of the field, and 
left their parishes without any 
minister. 
The lord chancellor defended the 
bill, and instanced the case of the 
rector of Bow church, whoalthough 
he discharged most punctually the 
duties of his office, was obliged to pay 
nine several penalties for non-resi- 
dence, although there was no parson- 
age house in the parish! On the 
other hand, there were clergymen 
who held great livings, that seldom 
or neverresidedon them. He feared 
that the operation of this bill, might 
in some degree tend to injure ma- 
terially, several most deserving cu- 
rates, who were now employed by 
non-residing rectors. He warmly 
defended the conduct of his brother, 
«Sir William Scott) in bringing in 
this bill. 
The bill was committed for the 
next day ; when the bishop of St. 
_ Asaph again rose and declared him- 
self generally averse from bills of 
Suspension; which were contrary 
to the principles of an enlightened 
legislature : he wished that some 
permanent system should be at 
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once adopted : he had heard much 
of the hardship of men of-great 
talents, buried in an obscure vica- 
rage, and being obliged to throw 
away the pearls of their eloquence 
and erudition, to a swinish pea- 
santry; he thought, those who 
were not above accepting livings 
among the peasantry, should not be 
above instructing them: he there- 
fore moved that the suspension 
should be continued to the 13th of 
May, instead of the 8th of July. 
The lord chancellor admitted, 
that bills of suspension were to be 
avoided, except in cases of great 
necessity ; he thought there was a 
greater chance, that a general mea- 
sure of that sort, desired by the 
reverend bishop, would be brought 
forward before the eighth of July, 
than before the thirteenth of May: 
he therefore npptscd the amend- 
ment. 
The bishop of Diachane: wished te 
extend the duration of the bill te 
the 8th of July; he bestowed the 
utmost praise on the learning and 
abilities of the honorable gentle- 
man, (Sir William Scott) who had 
brought in this bill, and he thought 
the measure ought, as much as pos- 
sible, to be left in his hands. 
Lord Alvanley, was also against 
the amendment ; in the hopes, that 
before the expiration of the time 
mentioned, some general system 
might be introduced in a bill, in- 
stead of the statute of Henry VIII, 
which was now in force. 
Lord Auckland wished, that a 
general provision should be made, 
to regulate the subject: he thought 
if their lordships would but attend 
their duty in that house regularly, 
they might originate and frame a 
bill for the purpose, which woultl 
probably 
