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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.
87
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.