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ttosv to the ^ Ueged caiise of r ^ frismg the eerfcifijcate * , We had distinctly stated - at the time , and he now repeated vhis statement , that the fdelfoeiy of 'fi | e speech at the county me © fci » g ^ had no influence on his decision , . He utteriy declaimed being actuated on that occasion by any rfegard
to the speech . ., Though Jie was thus expUcit In ^ ivin ^> illative to an unfounded allegaticin , ^ Viraimt ^ 56 u ^ d to / state the teason iwktip fte . refused . > He fcdtfed dn a diacfetiattaiiy ipowcr , witii wliich his office was invested . He felt his Jmlgment weak , but he acted on the best of his knowledge if he
and discretion ; ^ nd erred , hiS terror was « € tn error dfI $ / hfe head , but not of thfe 'heart . He investigated fthfe case with dil % ence?—4 ie weighed the circumstanced withi 3 cra £ ulous 5 ctire- —he made ftfee nibst
anxious hi ^ uiriea into fa ' cts- ^ -he rec : ert ^ written letters denying the words attiibuted to the petitioner- — -he had received oral information of ^ a contrary description from those with whom he was in
habits of intercourse—not among the clergy , but the laity—and he had that information since confirmed by letters . One thing 'which ' weighed most with him , < mi& which he begged leave to mention , was , that the three clergymen who had signed the petitioner ' s ' bertilicate had sitocfe
declared that , When they signed that testimonial , they were ignorant of factfs which have subseaueiitly come to their knowledge ; that if they had known those iacts , they would not have -given their signatures ; , and that they'begged leave to withdraw these signatures . The
testimonial therefore fell to the ground , and he could not countersign what the ctergvmen refused to sign . And here he must controvert an opinion of the ttoble mover , that the counter-signature of the diocesan was only a security fbr the credibility of those who signed the
certificate . I « i his ( the Bishop of Exeter ' s ) opinion the cotmter-signatutfe of ^ he' diocesan did wot vouch for the general crejdiblitiy of the attesting clergymen , but for their particular knowledge of the reverentd person to whose character they bore tfcsthnony . When the diocesan signed the
testimonial ^ he became a party to it . With ^ hat inipr ^ ssion he ( the Revel'end Prelate ) refused tb « Countersign the eertificate of Mr . Jones , iand , tititil he was otheihvise convinced , he would still refuse . If the petitioner , as he had stated , had inj thte
suffer ^ d ^ ii ury by vefufeal / he might havohis remedy in tile udwrt&weldto . He bbggfed neaVe to « ay , i and he 'ttiight be vbrtwkM ifrhe was wro ^ g , * hat ! retirees was trot Miebartied > him Jn dite « cottf ^ «» f faw , dlf ^ HeN * asV 4 inj 4 itoi ^ * $£$ § &&& ; t ** t ^ v ^ w though tfce pteMtme * h&mtb ? & # y Hf * Ht * ^ fthel ft « vweml Prelttlfe ) rmfaWm it T * roti | f to 3 lgn Jliis i ceWMbaWo , * feif ^ ald
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still refuse his slgitat ^ e .- ^ The pethi 6 hc ' r went on to st ^ te , ^ t ^^ alii ^ ^^ ft ^ itfe this extreme degree of harshness ; he Whe Reverena delate ) stiH alloWea Mini to retain l 4 is ctite ; tt e ^ W-i knt % t was froin a % « er ^ matter oT ie € Mg . * T % e Reverend Prfekte then distinctly dcMefl -t ' fMtifc *^ had % ^ d to tfee petitioner ^ iie ittight ' refuse the cbttntc ^ sigH ^ tiiire ^ wfththe
out inquiry . Hfe ii ^ v ^ r a ^ serfif > n , b ^ c ? aUse lie never meant to act ttyoh ^ t . Cte fat * fcbniraly , he had eriterfed ^ into the incest arixious inqvtirie . s and therefore -would Hot hrtVe beeh i « o absurd U ^ to have Hfe
doiitradfeted tils own ^ rac tfee , was Engaged no less than three wee ^ s iu the investigation , afnd had obtained evidence sUfficietot to jwstifV him in what he had done .
TLwd ^ RSKiNE began by reading the certificate reqiiired to the character of a cl ^ r ^ man before institution , and contended that it ^ as only required to be sigtted by ihti ^ e who knew him , and that $ t was not necessary the clergyman him-Jself Should be ^ tiow-n to the didc ^ san . He instanced this In the ca « e of his owb
adn , whose eie * tificate had fyeeh coiiiitersigded Tn the Ho ^ ise 'Vf ; Wefettes who dW liot 'know 'him . He W 6 uld aftmit J thus far , tWat a Predate , * rho of his own knowledge waa acquainted With circuBistahces prejudicial to the charaictfer of a clergyman in his diocese , could not be Called oh to ^ ign testinlpiiials in favour of that individual ; because , in that case ,
it became a matter , not of fact , but of conduct . As far , tli ^ r ^ dre , as character was toiicerned , if it was urifavourable , it Would warratet a Bishop in reteing his couhter ^ sl ^ nature , ^ without alleging the acts of misconduct which induced him to do so . * fatois , in a court of justice , if the
testimony of a Witness was objected to , on ^ tecotirit ' Of his bad character , it was competent for the party Tucking that objection ^ to itfcfu ! re 1 tito the feefrierau char ^ a 6 tefr of the wijttaess , ^ but not to prove particular facts against Mm . The Right Reverend Prelate , fiow ^ v ^ i :, stated , that
he had im »! e ^ liiqu $ rles ^ ! rfesj [» ecting the petitioner , and that ftVite ^ dii aftcofiwt of partidiO ^ r f ^ sr ^ cdittn ^ iSac ^ fe * to him by otfefcfs , and not dn a ^ cotmt of general i&bka&ct , that he htta r ^ ifti ^ ia [ J f * is » ignataite , > % m 'ifh l * at ^ uT ( ia ^ netkbW Ers ' % m ) ^ tfiust ia » fe * Sii mmy W saying , mhvfn * m ? bWb&i ^ v iK ^ % * t ^ ev ^ rfend MaiLtortigd 1 pMM m / mmt . ^ He a - »»— -- -- — }
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438 ^ e ^ g % ^^ : ^ Pamw m ^^ .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/58/
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