76] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Chancellor of the Exchequer's Motion respecting the Building of 

 Churches, — Dr. Phillimore's Motion relative to the Spanish ships 



engaged in the Slave Trade. 



ON March 16, the Chancellor 

 of the Exchequer having 

 moved the order ot the day for 

 taking into consideration that 

 part of the Lords Commissioners 

 speech which related to the 

 building of Churches, Mr. Tier- 

 ney gave notice that soon after 

 the holidays he intended to move, 

 that the sum granted by parlia- 

 liament for the erection of a mo- 

 nument to commemorate our vic- 

 tories by sea and land, be laid out 

 in the erection of a parish church 

 or churches. 



The Chancellor of the Exche- 

 quer said, that the subject to 

 which he was about to call the 

 attention of the House was not 

 connected with that alluded to by 

 the right hon. gentleman ; at the 

 same time he was far from being 

 disinclined to coincide with the 

 view of the right hon. gentleman 

 on this subject ; for he thought 

 that if they should communicate 

 with each other, it would be found 

 tliat they did not disagree. 



Mr. Tierney expressed much 

 satisfaction at what had fallen 

 from the right hon. gentleman, 

 especially as this idea had been 

 adopted in the quarter where it 

 could be most advantageously 

 carried into execation. 



The House having resolved 

 itself into a committee, that part 



of the speech of the Lords Com- 

 missioners which related to the 

 want of accommodation for pub- 

 lic worship, was read by the 

 Chairman to the following effect: 



" The Prince Regent has com- 

 manded us to direct your parti- 

 cular attention to the deficiency 

 which has so long existed in the 

 number of places of public wor- 

 ship belonging to the established 

 church, when compared with the 

 increasing and increased popula- 

 tion of the country. His Royal 

 Highness most earnestly recom- 

 mends this important subject to 

 your early consideration ; deeply 

 unpressed, as he has no doubt 

 you are, with a just sense of the 

 many blessings which this coun- 

 try, by the favour of Divine Pro- 

 vidence, has enjoyed, and with 

 the conviction that the religious 

 and moral habits of the people 

 are the most sure and firm foun- 

 dation of national prosperity." 



The Chancellor of the Exche- 

 quer began by expressing in the 

 warmest terms his satisfaction, 

 together with that of the public, 

 respecting the communication 

 from the throne which the Lords 

 Commissioners had been instruct- 

 ed to dehver by command of the 

 Prince Regent at the opening of 

 the present session. He went on 

 to say, that in support of a fact 



so 



