Five Advowsons were offered for sale on Tuesday by the
Duke of Norfolk's trustees, who have just subscribed 110,000 towards a Catholic Cathedral in Westminster. One living yielded 2792 a Tear, another £815, a third £200, a fourth £723, and a fifth £204. Not one of the five was sold, and the only serious offer was £3,500 for the second, less than five years' purchase. A good many gentle- men were present, but it appears that people with money have talked themselves into a belief that the Church of England is to be abolished, and the auctioneer was pestered with questions as to the guarantee against confiscation. This fall in the value of advow- sons, supposing it to be real, will be an excellent thing. It will enable Parliament to invest the parishioners with a veto upon a bad or unacceptable nomination.
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