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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 i a 32X L: i : t 4 8 6 ii&i «M>:i'. § ?* — '-'«- f.: Li re o C E- ~ =: ^ ~ 3 o c _. -• eL ^ » en v> CL, iri Oa c' '-■ " ^ re £ J-5 en CO en » Istl V (Jr-'/ 3r(l Session, 5tli Purliument, PETITK Of the Reverend Francis Clerjiyinen of the Unite land and Ireland, Diocc certain arrears due then {Hon. Mr. Ca OuDEKED, bj/ the Lkoislati Printed, \\.\th March, \i. Printed, 2Mh March, 1857 TORONl PRINTED BY JOHN LOVE] lession, 5tli Parliament, 20 Victoria, 1^57. PETITION he Reverend Francis Evans and others, erjzyinen of the United Church of Eng- id and Ireland, Diocese of Toronto, for rtain arrears due them as Missionaries. {Hon. Mr. Cameron.) :ked, b// the Lkgislative Asskmbly, to be rinted, h'lth March, 1857. TED, 2iUh March, 1857. Co "3> TORONTO : ^TED BY JOHN LOVELL, YONGE STREET. -ilrfJ^JssflS^a H I •S; I is ^' •"^ T to them on the faith of the Imperial Government. ? nml therefore )our Petitioners humbly pray that t the arrears of income to which they are equitably sterling, for the remainder oi their lives. $ And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will I T.T. I» Diocese of Toronto, C. W., February, 1857. { To lilt" llonoiiiblo tl Tim Pc'litim of (/if nil ill the Diuccii IUmiii.v Sii ukiii : Tint ill ill" ' iirly sfttli' K jrlaiul mill Iri'llllKl WCTf s f,ir llic l'n>|ii«!iii"ii "I' <'i'' ' «r hi\llCII lIlUllMlllll IMIMIllN 'I'liiil prior 111 I'll" yi'i'r Missiiiiiiiin*. !iim1 lli.it ril\ii ill Fitifil.uwl.iir it"" AfTcnl in iIkiI thi'y «iiimM ri'cc'ivc an tliu |)<)^•^l•^.'.i^>ll ul l-'libC', iir That, ill l^.i-, the I'arl C(iiiS((iiuIICf llii'irdi, lilt' S(i (Jiivc tiiiiii'iit (j^iaiit. Tiiat till- Sncti"y iiivl i liaril>lii|) (if siiliji'Ctinij to a Ciiat llrilaiii. in llii' st-rvii till- I'ailli 1)1' tlif i-niiiiiiiiaiic tlit'M' ii|iri'si iiliitiiiii^, iiiiii r mill tluirl'ifi', airi>ii;',-t ml Si,i'iity I'litirrly li'mi lln' ili. stfiT.iit,', lis tlif |i('iisii)iis (il Tliat tiny riiMlinc'l tlic f'uliuiial ri'iMiii'is ilirrc. iif liiciil- ; 1)111 lliat ni)(.ii in\(" hal.iiii s 111 till' Mi-^i iiiarii"-, llii-iiiM Urs rilii. laiitly ('i)iii| stcrliiin 111 i 17(1 Mtciliiig, ill acMiai cMiiiluyiiiiiit, .Inly cnsc With all i.l tin' iiiiilfi> 'I'liat liy ciijiaiiii!,' ti) [i of I;-) jiiT criit., M Illy tliril {iuvrniiiii'iit fully ailiiiiltcil tlif ox[K(lati.,ii (whicli hui wluiifMT the ri'Miurcis liu Crown would bo fully sustu That even the reiicwe former income.* from the li the par of exchange yield reney, niakiiip in thiit one sterling, siiljecling tiiem t That the Imprrinl Ac Clergy Reserves, expressi; any way pledged, and thai PETITION. To llio II(»ii()raI>lc tlio Leufi lative Assouihl)' of ('unmlu, in ParliuiiK lit asseriiblccl ; Tkt: Peiithm of lit i' unilfrMif/nrii, Ch'rgijmcn of the L'uited Church (f lliujldud and Irclond, ill the JJiucL'ne of Toronto, — III Mtii.v Sji u i:iii : 'lint ill til" I iirly Hi'tllo'iipnt (if ('(ipcr Ciinnilii, tlip rcli^'iiuM wniits iif tlio iDcriilH'ri uf tin- I'liitrd ("hnicli iif !•! (,'1 111(1 ;iti(| Ircliind were Miiiiilicd hy \l i«^iiiiiiirics ii|>|i(iiiii('(l iimlir tlic iiiitlidrily (pI " llu' V'ciu'nililc the Soiicly Ciir ilic I'ni|i;ij5;iti()ii (if till" (i m|ii'l In {■'(irfi;{ii I'arti," wliicli S'lck'ty (U'rivcd \U r.iii !■!, in |iiirt, I'rii n an amm il gaiaf. Ill siMi ell iliiiiiMiiii! |iiiiiM(|i sterling tViiiii tin- Imprriiil Cidvcrnmcnt. 'I'liat iiiidi- 111 the year ISIV), the Sinii'ty usually (rr.mii-il twii liiii'iln (I |i(iiiiiiK stcrliiii^ |icr aiimini tii its .Mis-iiinaiir«, luiil ili it n lyiii;; in i^,\iA fiiitli on the ( liiiiiaiioe nl t'lc l.ii|iirial grunts, tin- S.icii'ty liy il'. Sicrciary ill l-ii);laiiil, (ir its A(.'('iit ill Caiiaila, tin- lliNliii|i (iCl^tncln'i', eiilcrcil iiitn |iii«itivi' i'ii;{.i;{i'iiu'iit-i vvltii tlu! uiiilrrsi^'iifil, thai they «liiiiiM reiiivc an annual -.alary iif fj )» Hlcrlin^', tiigi'tlier willi «iiy advuulam'S wliicii iiiiglil attriie lium tliL' ]i()SM'>hii)ii of f^lebt"., or tin- coiilrilmtioiis id' tlic |ic'0|ilu. That, ill Is;','J, till' I'arliaiiicntary grant lic;^aii to ho rcdiircd, and finally erased to he paid in Ho4 i that in roiiMiinener tlKTiol', the Society was iiiiMhIc to redoem the pledg.'S made tn their Mi>siuiiaries un the I'uilh iif the (Josii iniient uraiit. 'I'lial the Siieieiy and the ( 'i.lnnial atithnriti.M, carni'sily reprrscntpd to the Imperial (jovcrnment the extreme hardship nl snhjcetiii!,' tn a hiss nl' inrunie Mi'.sinnaries in the ( '.'lollies, many nl wliuiii had left their holIll•^ in (Jiiat l;rilain,iii the service of the Snciely, and under engagements, whieli the Snriiiy hid enntrneted sol. ly on the (aitli of the eoniinnance of the I'arlianieiitary grant, that ihe Imperial (Jovernnieiit admitted the force of thcM' represi nliitions, and reeoLMiized ihejiistiee of prnteeling pirsnnn in neliial cinploymeiil from loss of income, nnii thiiifioe, iin'on<;st olh r arratigeiiicnts I'ur the rest of Hrili^h Xorth America, they engaged to relieve the Soeiity entirely fioni tliei hargi- of the Missionaries' stipend-, in l'|i;ier Can. ill , and ol thj future payment of i;.')') hlerl'.ng, us the pensions of their widows. 'Ihat lliry emilioi.i tliesi- crigagenieiits in Canaiia to the I'liper I'rovince ; heeaiKO iis they jtnted, ihey had C.iliinial ri'Minici's llurc. i.f whieli the ( liT;.ry lliserves firiiiid a part, fnen wh..iice they eoiil.l meet ihese eii;;.ige- liieol-; hnl that npi'ii inve'ligaliiig th.'s,. resonreis. th y loiind ihein i ladeipiale to me; t the full am .iliH ol the sal, nil s ol the MiNsi maries, and ilieiclore, whil • they Inlly a.lmiiled th- jn.tiee an I equity of the cliii.us, they felt theiiiselws relii. lanlly eonip.lii.d to rediie.' ilie salaries wliieh the nndersigne I had previously enjoyed, Irom L'J "> Sterling to £ 1 7i > sterling, which hitl.T sum tiny pledged tin elves to pay to those MIsMoinnies wli.i were ill aciiial einpliiynient, duly 1st, iN.i^.and who had previously lieeu in the receipt of X'-MO sterling, as hid lieen the C.T.e Witl; all id tin' iindeisigm d. } 'ihat hy enga^iing to p.iy .'"•"i per rent, of their original siilaric*, and pleading in justification of the reduction of ITi per cent., m lely their inahilily to niake it goi d from the risoiiiees ut their command in the Colony, the (government liilly admitted the e(piily of the claim lor the lull amount ol In') per cent., mid moreover justilieU the ex[ieetatii,n (which had lieen also held out to them by their venrrahle Uisliop, the good Uoetor Ste"arl) that wlkiiever the resources Ironi whence the .So pc, cent, was paid would near the additional charge, tlie (ailli ui the Crown would be fully sustained, and the full amount of their original salaries he made good. That even the renewed pledg? made hy the Impcrinl Ooveniment in l.SiU, to pay th m ^i> per cent, of their former income.* from the lir.st of July, lft;!:i, was not for many years fully redeemed, for whereas XI 70 sterling ut the par of exchange yield.s £20 ) lOs. 8d. currency, yet fir many years they were only paid X'S.S li.s. 8d, cur- rency, niakiiig ill this one particular an nnnual loss of £17 Ills, currency, and, together with the reduction ot £30 sterling, subjecting them to an annual loss altogether of £54 Os. cinreiicy. That the Imperial Act of 1853 giving permission to the Colonial authorities to legislate upon the subject of the Clergy Reserves, expressly reserved all the rights of present incumbents to which the faith of the Ciown is in any way pledged, and Ihut your Petitioners urge that these claims as part ol their just rights, originally covenanted to tlifni on the f.iilli of ihx Impprial fiovvriiini'iii. ilo clenrly cnnio witliiti ihc fiplril of thnt ronrrvntion <>r niiil tlii'ri'liirc )Miir I'rlilinnrrt liiiriilily (irjiy t'liit llicy nmy l)f> iilliiMrcil friini tlie proci-cil') of tlio ^'Icr^y lie till- iirrciii'H of iiicoiiK- ici wliicli ilicy iirc i'({uiiu>ily oiititleJ, aaJ may oUo bo pvriuittcU lu cuiiiniutu lur til tturling, for (III- ri'iiiuiiulrr ol tlu-ir livci. AiiJ your I'ftitiuiiert, at in duty hound, will crcr prny. Dlotcse of Toronto, C. W., Fcbriinry 1>,m. FRAxrr-^ r, VAN'S Miiiioi WILLIAM LKKMINO lit WoodliouWi Mlit'«(,„. 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