INTRODUCTION:-Christianity peculiarly the worship of the people

Conduct of public men in respect of religious institutions

Tyburn or Tartarus the needful moral restraint of some persons

England--the only country to which ecclesiastical reform has not

extended.

The un-Christian conduct of the established Clergy--supporters of
aristocratic wars-favourable to the African slave-trade-not
favourable to education—not given to charity-and communi-
cate little useful knowledge to the people
Religious opinions determined by education...
Division of the subject

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I. ORIGIN AND TENURE OF CHURCH PROPERTY.

Origin and fourfold division of tithes

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New disposition of ecclesiastical property at the Reformation

Church property proved to be public property from legislative acts

Eagle's Legal Argument on tithes

Tenure of the clergy-same as other public functionaries ·

Clergy, tenants-at-will, may be ejected by their parliamentary

landlords

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II. PATRONAGE OF THE CHURCH.

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Dr. Lushington's error in considering advowsons private property 19

Evasion of the laws against simony

Jews and Infidels may select persons for the Gospel ministry

Instance of sale advowsons

Patronage among the bishops, the king, aristocracy, and gentry.. 21

Recommendations of the present bishops to promotion......

Examples of perversion of patronage by bishops Sparke, Sutton,

Clerical monopoly illustrated by examples..

Number of the clergy and number of preferments shared among

them

Singular division of parochial benefices into pluralities..........

More than one-third of incumbents pluralists

111. SINECURISM.-NON-RESIDENCE.-PLURALITIES.-

Dr. Johnson's employment before he received a pension

Primate Sutton's principle of church government..

The priestly motto on Lambeth window.

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Lectureships, public charities, surplice fees, new churches, and
other sources of clerical income.

General Statement of church revenues, from tithe, church fees, &c.

Revenues of the church monopolized by 7694 individuals

Impositions practised in repect of poor livings

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Question briefly stated-Bishops, Dignitaries, and Aristocratic Plu-

ralists, chiefly engross church income

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Church of England without Poor Clergy, unless it be curates

Proportion in which revenues are divided among the several orders

of clergy

Observations on unequal division of ecclesiastical revenues

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Comparative cost of Church of England and other churches...... 63

V. RAPACITY OF THE CLERGY EXEMPLIFIED.

Conduct of the rich clergy in respect of First Fruits. •

Rapacious claims of the London clergy •

VI.-ORIGIN AND DEFECTS OF THE CHURCH LITURGY.

Dr. Middleton's researches in church history

Similarity of Catholic and Church of England worship••••••
Opposite conduct of Whigs and Tories in respect of religion••••••

Defects in the book of Common Prayer

Preference of church service to the random out-pourings of the

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VII. NUMBERS, WEALTH, MORAL AND EDUCATIONAL

EFFICIENCY OF THE DISSENTERS.

Dissenters, like Roman slaves, never numbered

Number of places of worship and attendants ...

Comparison of moral and educational efficiency of Separatists and

Episcopalians....

A Dissenter's reasons for the non-payment of tithe

Tabular statement of religious denominations in England

VIII. WHO WOULD BE BENEFITED BY ECCLESIASTICAL

REFORM?

Church reform benefit the many and injure a few.

Unfitness of the Clergy for secular functions

Unequal extent of benefices ....

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Tithes should be commuted for an equivalent assessment on landlords

Opinions of Lord Brougham, Burke, Watson, and Paley, on tithes

Rights of lay-impropriators examined ......

Ought compensation to be allowed for Church Patronage?

Necessity of religious worship of some kind

Scotch example of church reformation

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ALPHABETIC LIST OF BISHOPS, DIGNITARIES, AND PLU-

RALISTS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Valuation of Sees and Dignities in the King's Book •

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Wealth bequeathed to their families by the bishops

Biographical notice of the late bishop Warburton

Injurious tendency of Act for composition of tithes

Pluralities, unions, and extent of benefices

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Statement of sums to be paid in lieu of tithes in several parishes,

the names of incumbents and patrons

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Return of parishes which have compounded, and total amount of

lay and clerical tithes .....

Ministers' money and church fees........

Estimate of the revenues of the Protestant establishment.

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Number of clergy among whom the revenues are divided

Constitution of the Deans and Collegiate Chapters

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Eight hundred and fifty individuals possess 3195 ecclesiastical

Tabular statement of church patronage
Non-residence of bishops and parochial clergy
Oppressiveness of the Tithe System illustrated..
Appointment of tithe committee in the House of Lords
Proportion of Roman Catholics and Protestants

State stipends paid to Dissenters-origin of Regium Donum.... 169

Intolerance of the church towards Dissenters and Catholics

Crisis of the Irish church at the close of 1831 .....

General conclusions on the United Church of England and Ireland 182

CHAPTER IV.

REVENUES OF THE CROWN.

Delusion practised in respect of the crown revenues.

Amount and appropriation of landed revenues

Expenditure on Regent-street, Charing-cross, Windsor Castle, &c. 193

Pickings from palace jobs

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Official statement of income and expenditure of landed revenues. 194