IN

GREAT BRITAIN.

1831-1835.

BY

CALVIN COLTO N.

IN TWO VOLUME S.

VOL. II.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS,

No. 82 CLIFF-STREET.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835, By HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York.

PRINTED BY WILLIAM H. COLYER.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

EXCURSION IN SCOTLAND

Page.

9

First impressions on entering Scotland-Scotch national charac-

ter-Holyrood-house-Charles X.-Duke de Bordeaux-Duch-

ess de Berri-Queen Mary-Edinburgh-Sterling-Castle

Campbell-Rumbling Bridge and Devil's Mill-Tragical Death

of a Brother and Sister-Perth-Dunsinane Hill and Birnam-

wood-Dunkeld-Grampian Hills-The Highlanders-Bag-
pipes-Inverness-Caledonian Canal-Neptune's Staircase-
Ben Nevis-Staffa and Fingal's Cave.

A narrow Escape-Dunluce Castle-Giant's Causeway-A Hus-

band's Tears-Dublin.

LONDON BEGGARS

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

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101

The King, Head of the Church-Episcopal prerogative merged

in the State-Wealth of the Church of England-Contro-

verted-Difficult to be determined-Modes of estimating it-

The probable amount-Compared with the Revenues of States

-Comparative expenses of Christianity in different Nations-

Revenues of the Roman Catholic Church-Ecclesiastical Sta-

tistics and Revenues of Spain-Ditto of France-The Eng-

lish Church aggrandized by a Separation from Rome-Distribu-

tion of the Revenues of the English Church-Church Patron-

age-Enormous Wealth of the English and Irish Bishops-

Wealth of the Irish Church-Compared with others-The

Church and the Army together-Tithe Litigations-Lord John

Russell's Opinion of the Church of Ireland-Tithe Slaughter

of Rathcormac-The sick Widow oppressed-The Rector im-

posing Tithes on a Dissenting Clergyman's Garden-Burden

of Tithes on the Poor-A case of Tithe augmentation near

London-Sale of Church Livings by Public Auction--A re-

markable Advertisement-The Last Wish of a Dying Woman

-Injustice to Dissenters-A Redeeming Feature.

Earl Grey-Lord Brougham-Daniel O'Connell-and Thomas

Welch Character-Poetry-Preaching-The Martyr Dog.

Kenilworth-Warwick-York Minster-Salisbury Steeple.