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industry of the Church to repel them . * " The meanest and most ignorant of the people , " he goes on to lament , are now united to employ themselves in inquiries for which they are by no means qualified " Sedition , his Grace further represents ,
keeps pace with schism , which latter evil he expects will be remedied by the measures taken for building new churches . A million of money has been voted for this purpose by Parliament , and there is a voluntary association in aid of this legislative design i but the good Archbishop says that " the number of subscribers has
hitherto been singularly small . " He then adverts to the education of the poor , which he asserts must be confided to the direction of the parish-priest , or there will be ci hazard to the Church and State ; " complains of " the mistaken liberality" which would u leave religion to assert its own rights ;" and directs the clergy to look for the interference of Parliament on behalf of
Churchof-England education , and in the mean time to protect the poor from ** the misguidings of the < c sturdy enemies" of Church and State , who " would introduce a mode of education in direct opposition to
both . " Calculating on this future interference , as well as on the effect of measures already adopted , the zealous metropolitan solaces himself , and cheers the clergy with the persuasion , that " in a few years tlie difficulties and labours of ministers will be
greatly diminished , and their principal duties brought nearer to the strength of man" that the progress of dissent will be checked , and there will be restored to the Church u many involuntary seceders , who , when the doors of our places of worship , " he adds , " are more widely opened , will
gladly re-enter them . " This charge was , no doubt , applauded by the clergy ; an , d we presume tliat parts of it jnust have been received with a smile by some of the assembled churchwardens of Kent , amongst
whom were not only I ) issenters , but also Dissenting ministers . These latter departed from the Visitation , we presume , charged with excellent matter for their n ^ xt Sunday ^ sermons .
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arrd William Pole Tylnej Long WelJesJey , Esq ., started as candidates for the county of Wilts . After a severe * contest of eight days , Methtien and Wellesley were declared the sitting members , with a determination on Benett ' s part to come forward at the next opening for the county .
This his determination met with the warm support of all his friends , amongst whom John Dugdale Astley , Esq ., a Major in the Wiltshire Militia , ranked as one of the first A . few weeks ago , Mr . Methnen tendered his resignation * by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds , and a new writ was issued for another member for the county of Wilts .
Whether an understanding had taken piece on the subject between Major Astley and Mi * . Methuen , before it was known to other people , must remain in partial darkness ; but it was soon buzzed about , that counties could be bought as easily as rotten boroughs ; that a long purse and a family name could send what member they pleased to the CommonsV House of Parliament .
These reports soon obtained greater credit from Mr . Astley having written to another of Mr . Benett ' s friends the following letters :
" Notion , June 29 . u My dear Locke , " Methuen retires , and your humble servant , urg'ed by the kindness of his friends , offers himself ., " Yours most traly ,
" J . BUGDALE ASTLEY . u Wadham Locke , Esq . " This letter not being answered , was fol lowed by : another thus : " Notion , Monday , July 5 , 1819 . * Dear Locke ,
u I shall call on you early on Thursday , to beg you to accompany me tlirough Devizes . 1 trust you will have no objection . Every thing depends on the respectability of attendants , &cc . &c . &c . ii Mum—Mum—Mum . ic Yours verv truly , " JL D . ASTLEY .
" Wadham Locke , Esq By the bye , I ought to have mentioned that though both Astley and Benett are members o ^ the sect established by law , yet the one , it is said , is tinctured with bigotry , whilst the otlier is fiee and liberal in his views . These things could not
escape notice ; therefore , in their squihs and placards , Beuett was charged with Atheism , and Astley with persecution . Proofs were demanded , and facts were sought after ; and the following ; matters were brought u >
light : tc John Bricker , of the parish of Lacock , in the county of Wilts , on his oafli satth , that on Good Friday * April 9 , 1819 , Mi . Astlcv threatened to withhold from him
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Intelligence Miscellaneous . The late Wiltshire Election . S \ g
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The late Wiltshire Election * Sir , Important matters connected with the Dissenting- interest , and even the Unitarian cause , have been blended with the recent
election of a Member of Parliament for the county of Wilts . If you think the following- brief statement worth preserving i" your valuable Repository , it is at your service , from A WILTSHIRE FREEHOLDER .
August \ % 1819 . At the last General flection for 1818 , Pa ul Methuen , Esq ., John Benott , Esq .,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1819, page 519, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1775/page/59/
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