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    this places , where I met with a verjf striking object , and of a nature not very coinihbn . Going into a cl € rgyinan * s house , ( of whom I had frequently heard , . but never had any personal acquaintance with , ) I . found him sitting at the head ot a long square table , such as are comntonly used in this country by the lower

    class of people , dressed in a coarse blue frock , trimmed -with black horn buttons , a checked shiit , a leather strap about fclfcj | eek for a stock , a coarse apron , and a pair of great heavy wooden soled shoes , plated with iron to preserve them , ( which we call clogs in these parts , ) with a child upon his knee , getting his breakfast . His wife , and the remainder

    of Ms family , which consists of nine ehiKlren , "were some of them employed in waiting on each other ; the rest in teazing and spinningW wool , at which trade the parson himself iv accounted a proficient ; and , moreover , when , it is made ready for sale , will lug it , by 16

    or 32 lb . weight at . a time , upon his back , and on foot , seven or eight miles to market , even inf the depth of "winter . I was not so mqph surprised at alPthis as you may possibly be , having heard a good deal of it related before , but I must con * fess myself astonished at the alacrity and good humour that appeared both in the

    parson and hk wife , and more so at the sense and ingenuity of the parson himself . My curiosity prompted me to make an inquiry into his benefice , with atli his temporalities , of which he gave me , I really believe , a very true and just account , which is as follows . His fixed salary ( which has of late years been

    augmented by Queen Ann ' s Bounty dropping to it ) is now betwixt ten and eleven pounds a year . About this time he visits his neighbours , ( who are very fond of him , ) , who present him with a fleece or two of wool each , which gratuities he tells me may amount , in the whole , to the value of three pounds .

    The remainder of his income and all his temporalities consist in some small matter of cash he had left him as a legacy , I believe ; and , what is very surprising , of some which , he ^ had , spared out of his income , besides maintaining hia family , whicK is now placecj out at interest , and wfrich interest , when added to his benefices and the gratuities above-mentioned , will no ^ make the whole 30 I , per annum . It ama ^ e ^ me to t ; h ink how he procures a maintenance for such a femily put of §• small a patter , and yet he does , to

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    the admiration of * all ^ that know ^ hint . ' Mis industry causes him to be loved by his flock , his honesty to be trusted his function to be respected by them , and his genius to be a-dmired by every ope . Having lately observed in the papers an extract of a -will of Anthony Brucer , Esq . wherein he leaves most part of his

    effects to clergymen not possessed of 40 L per annum in spirituals and temporals , I think if any could be procured from i ^ for the parson 1 have been here describing , I dare almost say , that it could not be Bestowed upon a more deserving clergyman ; and if yourself did but hear and see as much in regard to him as I

    have done , 1 am sure you would take the utmost pleasure in serving such a man . As you -will have the first information whether any thing will be performed by the trustees for that charity , in pursuance of tne will , ana wnen ? is

    if you think t ^ iere any prospect of getting something for him ? and will please to advise thereupon , I will take care to procure such credentials for him as may be requisite , and shall think the favour as done to , 5 ir ^ ybur W * s , . FOM ) .

    Extract of a letter from Mr . Collinson , of Lancaster , to tho Rev . Mr . Brouglitgw , of Bartlctt ' s Buildings , [ Hoiborn , London . ] ¦ ' . * Fib . 4 , t ? S 5 * Upon my return hither I wr « te to Mr . Walker , of Seathwaite , the poor

    clergyman you motioned to iwe , desiring he would send me a particular account of the value of his curacy * and the , number of his family ; and from hini I have just received the enclosed answer . I also wrote to Mr . Cobjierson , a clergyman who lives in the neighbourhood of Mr . W . to let me know Mr * W / s

    character / and how he behaved ,, &c . which he has done in the letter which I here enclose . Mr . Cooperson is a person of great worth and integrity > and acts ai ooejpf our surrogates , and is therefor ^ wjunown to me , so that I can depend

    upon the truth of his letter . You will , I doubt ifot ; from ihese papers , be of opinion , fjiat Mr . W . is not unworthy t £ e reg | gll y ou , have ; been pleased . U > shew him , and that , ne 4 wrvcs , ej ^ ou ^ raecment . , I | f cam g ^ ivc jou atfpfima ^ information in this affair , or can be . any

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    10 Account of Mr . Robert Walker \ Oumtetf ^ aihwqit

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1808, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2388/page/10/