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    nrent , a copy of one in his handwriting , shews the number and respectability of his congregation . Baronet 1 Esquire ..... * .... 1 Gentlemen 12 Tradesmen 1 ( ? Yeomen .. 76 Late comers , labourers , servants , &c . 687 793 Votes for Knights of the Couh ^ fe . 96

    He has been mentioned ^ possessing an influence over the manners and conduct of the inhabitants almost unbounded . An old native of the village described it to the present writer in the following manner : " If he shook his stick at the Hall Green , ( the place of his residence , ) the boys trembled as far as the town lane end " ( distant half a mile ) . His tomb is near that of Mr . Angier , and is inscribed with an epitaph commemorative of his worth and usefulness .

    After the loss of Mr . Buckley , a lamentable series of congregational divisions occur , and a manifest want of suitability in the ministers that were chosen to succeed him . Mr . Burgess and Mr . Stop ford divided the congregation , but neither of them stayed long . The 'Rev . R . Robinson

    was next appointed , who left his previous situation at Congleton to settle here . He seems to have possessed much fondness for appearing before the public as an author . At Congleton he preached a sermon against " Popish Projectors , " and drew up a small " Scripture Catechism , " both of which he published . He removed from Dukinfieid to Dob Lane , near Manchester , and there printed two sermons occasioned by the then high

    price of corn . This put him to some inconvenience , as it drew upon him the animosity of the interested and rich speculators in that commodity . His next removal was to Hatherlovv Chapel , where he entered into an

    agreement with a Manchester printer , ° f the name of Whitworth , to edite for him a copy of the Bible . It was to appear in numbers , and he procured a diploma of D . D ., that his name might come before the public xv ith more advantage in the tifle-pa ^ e ° f tUework . . He was interred in his ovvn orchard [ at the parsonage of Ha *

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    tbwlowy where his place of sepulture is yet to be SQttu , The next J || as * Mr . Gladstone , a Seotcaman , 'fphose extreme culpability in seducing the servant woman % f the gentleman in whose house he

    boarded , soon drove him away - The next was the Rev . Mr . Helme , who came to this place from St . Helens , in Lancashire , and , conformably to the wishes of the congregation , he was induced to resign in favour af the Rev . William Buckley , the only son of their former so much esteemed

    pastor . Mr . Buckley had quitted trade to which he had been destined , and at a mature age devoted himself to an academical education , for the purpose of healing the divisions of the congregation as their minister . He prosecuted his studies at Daventry , under the care of Dr . Ashworth , then the theological tutor , * for whose character he always expressed the highest regard . The tea-cup and saucer used by him at Daventry were the

    constant accompaniment of his breakfast service through the remaining part of his life . His ministerial labours were continued for about twentyseven years , and like a good pastor elsewhere , u He ne ' er had changed nor wished to change his place /' His studious and sedentary habits in advanced life , rendered him too nervous and unfit to discharge his pastoral duties either with comfort to himself , or that satisfaction he had been accustomed

    to give to his flock . His resignation , therefore , elevated him in the esteem of those around him . He had through life sustained a most blameless and respectable character , was much esteemed by his brethren in the ministry , and the last mournful office that

    consigned his remains to the tomb was performed by his most particular friend the late Dr . Barnes . It may be remarked of this congregation generally , that the pastor has always been a character venerated and beloved by them , but the high priest has excited feelings of a contrary description .

    Mr . Buckley ' s successor waa a young man of much promise , from the academy at Swansea , the Rev . ? See Moil . Repos . XVII . 164 .

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    History of the Presbyterian Chapel , Dukinfteldy Cheshire . 683

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1823, page 683, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1791/page/3/