Mr. Aglionby, as chairman of the Committee on the First Fruits and Tenths of the Clergy, brought up the report of the whole House, by which it was resolved:—
That it is expedient to make provision for the abolition of the First Fruits and Tenths of the Clergy as at present enforced in England and Wales, after the next avoidance; and in lieu thereof to levy an assessment of one-tenth part of the clear annual value upon all archbishoprics and bishoprics, and all dignities and benefices and other spiritual promotions above the clear yearly value of 300l., to be applied in the first instance to the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor clergy, and afterwards to the building and re-building of churches, and to such other purposes as may conduce to the interests of religion, and that a bill be brought into Parliament grounded on this resolution.
§ Mr. Goulburnsaid, that having already explained his sentiments on this measure, he should move to negative the report.
§ Mr. Baineswould merely say, that in the bill, which, with the leave of the House he should introduce, it was not his intention to adhere rigidly to the assessment of annual Tenths, though he conceived that this would generally be considered very productive. He should, however, leave it to the House, in the progress pf the bill, to regulate the amount of payment to be made out of the higher livings for the augmentation of the lower, and to award to the labouring clergy such proportion of the real annual income of all livings above 300l. a-year, when they ceased to be held by the present incumbents, as Parliament might think necessary to maintain the station of the labouring clergy, and to secure to them and their families a competent support.
§ The House divided on the question that the report be brought up:—Ayes 46; Noes 54: Majority 8.
| List of the AYES. | |
| Aglionby, Major | Bellew, R. M. |
| Archbold, R. | Bewes, T. |
| Barnard, E. G. | Bridgeman, H. |
| Barry, G. S. | Brotherton, J. |
| Busfield, W. | Staunton, Sir G. |
| Collier, J. | Stuart, Lord J. |
| Elliot, J. E. | Strickland, Sir G. |
| Heathcoat, J. | Style, Sir C. |
| Hector, C. J. | Tancred, H. W. |
| Hobhouse, T. B. | Turner, E. |
| Hume, J. | Vigors, W. A. |
| Hutt, W. | Walker, R. |
| James, W. | Wallace, R. |
| Knight, H. G. | Warburton, H. |
| Lemon, Sir C. | Ward, H. G. |
| Lister, E. C. | White, A. |
| Lushington, C. | Wilbraham, G. |
| Martin, J. | Williams, W. |
| Pechell, Captain | Williams, W. A. |
| Pendarves, E. W. | Worsley, Lord |
| Roche, W. | Yates, J. A. |
| Rundle, J. | |
| Slaney, R. A. | TELLERS. |
| Smith, J. A. | Baines, E. |
| Somerville, Sir W. M. | Aglionby, H. A. |
| List of the NOES. | |
| Bagge, W. | Mackinnon, W. |
| Bentinck, Lord G. | Mahon, Lord |
| Bramston, T. W. | Neeld, J. |
| Broadley, H. | Nicholl, J. |
| Brownrigg, S. | Palmer, G. |
| Clay, W. | Palmerston, Lord |
| Courtenay, P. | Peel, J. |
| Cripps, J. | Polhill, F. |
| Dalrymple, Sir A. | Pusey, P. |
| Darby, G. | Reid, Sir J. R. |
| Eaton, R. J. | Rose, Sir G. |
| Egerton, W. T. | Russell, Lord J. |
| Eliot, Lord | Shaw, F. |
| Ellis, J. | Sheppard, T. |
| Estcourt, T. | Somerset, Lord G. |
| Freshfield, J. W. | Stanley, Lord |
| Gaskell, J. Milnes | Vere, Sir C. B. |
| Gordon, R. | Vernon, G. H. |
| Graham, Sir J. | Villiers, Lord |
| Grimston, Lord | Vivian, J. E. |
| Hamilton, Lord C. | Wodehouse, E. |
| Harland, W. C. | Wood, Colonel |
| Henniker, Lord | Wood, Colonel T. |
| Hepburn, Sir T. | Wyse, T. |
| Herries, J. C. | Young, J. |
| Hodgson, R. | |
| Holmes, W. | TELLERS. |
| Hope, hon. C. | Fremantle, Sir T. |
| Irving, J. | Goulburn, H. |
§ Report thrown out.