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aiding public credit; I did not indeed clearly see how, if the fullvalue was given for the tithe, that credit would be assisted thereby.I remember having said to Mr. Arthur Young on the occasion,that I for one never would give my consent, and that I thoughtthe houses of parliament never would give theirs to the sale ofthe tithe, unless its full value was paid for it. “ Then,” said he,“ there is an end of the whole business; for unless the people inthe west, who are now most clamorous against tithe, are allowedto purchase at the price they now pay by composition, they willon their knees beg Mr. Pitt to let things continue as they are.”I sent to the Archbishop the following observations on the pro-posed plan, to be communicated to Mr. Pitt: —

“ The Bishop of LandafF is of opinion, that an income arisingfrom the funds will neither be so permanently secure, nor so inde-pendent , as one arising from tithe.

“ He is further of opinion, that the proposed change will muchaugment the influence of the Crown; which augmentation, heconceives, will be ultimately ruinous alike to the just prerogativeof the Crown, and the liberty of the subject.

“ Notwithstanding these distant and contingent dangers, heapproves of the plan, on the ground of its tendency to amendthe morals of the people, by extinguishing the discontents oftensubsisting between the clergy and their parishioners, on account oftithes, and on the principle of its promoting the agriculture ofthe kingdom.

“ He considers the particulars of the plan as well arranged ingeneral; but he thinks that a fair valuation of the great andsmall tithes of each living should be made by proper cornmis-

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