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of thmi inclined to assist in promoting the spread of those religious sentiments , which you and I consider nearly approaching Christian truth , by this means , and who were ignorant of the clogs and restrictions which the laws of their country have imposed
upon them , in the exercise of their power over their property , for this pur * pose * Doubtless there are many that come under this description , who read your valuable publication . By inserting the following extracts from a
statute passed in the 9 th of Geo . II . ( the SGth chap . ) you will put these good souls on their guard , and , perhaps , prevent the occurrence of a circumstance which would be unpleasant to yourself , were it to reach your ears , and would be injurious to our glorious
cause * By the above statute it is first en * acted , " That from the 24 th June , 1736 , no manors , lands , tenements , rents , advowsons or other hereditaments , corporeal or incorporeal , whatsoever , nor any su m or sums of money ,
good 9 , chattels , stocks in the public funds , securities far money or any other personal estate whatsoever , to be laid out or disposed of in the pur * chase of any lands , tenements or hereditaments , shall be given , granted , alieaated , limited , released , transfer *
red , assigned or appointed , or any ways conveyed or settled , to or upon any person or persons , bodies politic or corporate , or otherwise ^ for any estate or interest whatsoever , or any ways charged or encumbered by any person or persons whatsoever , in trust \
or for the benefit of any charitable uses whatsoever ; unless such gift , conveyance , appointment or settlement of any such lands , tenements or hereditaments , sum or sums of money or personal astute , ( other than stocks in the public funds ) be made by deed , indented , sealed and delivered , in the
presence of two or more witnesses , twelve calendar months at least bef&re the death of such donor or grantor , ( including the days of execution and death , ) and beenrollediu his Majesty ' s High Court of Chancery , within six
calendar months next after the execution thereof ; and unless such stacks be transferred in the public books , usually kept for the transfer of stocks , si * calendar nidnthf at least before the death of jwejifc grantor or donor , f in >
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eluding the days of transfer and death , } and unless the same be made to take effect in possession for the charitable use intended , immediately front tike making thereof , and be without any
power of revocation , reservation ^ trust * condition , limitation , clause or agreement whatsoever * yfrr the benefit oftlie donor or grantor , or of why person of persons claiming under him . "
By the third section of the act , " all gifts or transfers made in any other manner or fgtrm than is directed by this statute , " are declared to be « void . " w All gifts or transfers for valuable consideration actually paid , and bond fide made , are excepfced . r
It is almost needless to add , that it is provided , " That the act shall not extend to gifts or transfers to either of the two Universities * or any of the colleges or houses of learning within either of the said Universities , or to
or in trust for the Colleges of Eton , Winchester or Westminster , for . the better support and maintenance of the scholars only upon the foundations of the same colleges . " This is a matter of course , HJERESIARCHUS ,
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Spirit ef the Clergy . u Would it be right to involve the numerous adherents of the Church of England in tfae censure which may justly be attached to—what— -some individuals have practised in its support ?"—Mon . Reftbs . XI . 152 .
Sir , iMWfcSl , 1818 . CCIDENTALLY reverting , a jljL short time ag 6 , to a former volume of your Repository , [ X . 576 , } I was much struck with the tendency of some reflections closing a Review , which had not previously fallen under my notice , of the present Bishop of
London ' s primary charge to his clergy . I feel anxious to notice the subject as an act of but just exculpation of a numerous portion of individuals in the Establishment , the very contrary
spirit of whose conduct dnd opinions utterly exonerate them from all implication in the views * there ( and in as far as they mdy have any real existence deservedly ) reprobated by yotar Reviewer in tH ^ article in question . " ;' ¦ . ¦ ' - « . : ¦ ., . ¦ . ; v ^ ¦ ;>; .: ; , u , That there tnay be jiome itwlividua ?^ ( few , howeVer , it is to be hoped ) in
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 375, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/31/
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