4 OCTOBER 1957, Page 23

!tije Opertator

OCTOBER 6, 1832

THE demand for Church Reform is no ephemeral party cry, but springs from the settled determination of the more respectable and independent classes of society, not to permit corruption any longer to rule in places where the interests of religion ought ex- clusively to be consulted. It will be impossible to stave off an effectual reform in our Ecclesiastical Establish- ment much longer. A more equal and rational distri- bution of its property, and the abolition of sinecures, are becoming absolutely necessary for its preserva- tion.