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to the ^ Society .: « for * tfee Suppression of Vice , ite * ^ Court proceeded to sentence the Defendant to four months * imprisonment , at Hie same time praising tl ^ general conduct of the Defendant dtfrlng the prosecution .
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Im the Court of King ' s Bench , Westrainster , June 1 , Lord Sondes brought an actioti against *— ft » JErcH £ ft ; Clerk , to recover damages on a bond for 12 , 000 / . The defendant had -been travelling tutor
to Lord Sondes , who > in 1814 , presented him with the living of Kefctering , in Norths amptohsliire ; taking froiri'hini the bond above described , to enforce his resignation of it as soon as either © f his
lord--ship ' s younger brothers should be qualified to hold it . This condition , which the bond was to provide for , was brought about in 1820 , when Mr . Fletcher was required to resign in favour of the Hon .
W . Watson , one of the plaintiff s wothers . He refused ^ however , and . cori . tended that the bond was void on the ground of simony . The action-was aces > rdingiy for the amount of damages conditioned in the bond . F 0 r the defendant
it was alleged , that he had quitted a valuable curacy to accompany Lo , * d Sondes in his continental tour , on the understanding that he should be presented to the fir ^ st living that ^ came into the gift of his noble pupil , —that when he was
presented to the living of Kettering , subject to the hard condition or the bondi 4 t was understood that jbe should hold it until Lord Sondes couro give him some other preferment which he might absolutely enjoy—which engagement had never been performed . That ^ iti point of law , the bond in question was void as against
ecclesiastical policy , which directed that tlfe union between a clergyman and his parishioners should not be broken at the caprices of individuals , but should be severed only by death . —That , at all
events , so many deductions were in Suifcy to be made from the sum stated the bond , as would make the damages merely nominal . Witp ^ ages proved the net value o £ the jiving ## * $ »» 746 / . per
annum . Mr . Mqtgfr& p' \ Mf * ' ' 4 he Equitable Insurance Omce ^ 3 $ 0 m thM the living was worth to the wfeildant , at his time of life , ten ' years' ptttfbhase , but to the Hon . W . Watson , a young man of 24 , it was worthy 24 years' purchase , which
would give % 0 , 440 / . The counsel for the plaintiff ( ScarlettX denied ihe premise of another living . H £ would have the Jttry to judge which pai » ty was likely to make an imprudent bargain , and * to s-uffetr-by the cunning of the other—a young riobleznan just entering life , or a clergyman of
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niatu * e years , classical education , aiid knowledge of' the worfii ; 'TRe poKcy which had been iinpute ^^ lo tKe ch urch had no existence . Was ^ trtre tfia | ! a clergyman was married to his first JivMg , and might never afterwards have
Intercourse with other parishes ? If so , there could be no preferment- —no ndeari could ever be made a bishop , and translations could - exist no longer . The offer was agairi repeated , that if Mr . Fletcher would resign , the bond should be cancelled . The Lord Chief Justice charged the fnry , that
at present they were not " called on to give any opinion as to the legality of the bond . They were not compelled to give the whole penalty , but might make such deductions as they thought fit . In his opinion , the way to estimate the value of the living was in reference to the life of Mr .
Watson , and not of Mr . Fletcher . They had no power to compel' Mir , ' Fletcher to resign ; but they must give compensation $ n money to Lord Sondes , not because ^ aoney was strictly a compensation , but because , as in some other cases , it was
the only one which they could render . The jury , after inquiring whether Mr . Fleteher could not be obliged to resign , and'receiving an answer in the negative , assessed the damages at 10 , 000 / . The defendant afterwards moved for a new trial , but this was refused .
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A meeting to 6 k place at Edinburgh a short time ago to take into consideration the state of the Greeks y when Dr . M'Crie , the biographer of John Knox , moved a series of Resolutions , of whicji the following are two : " That the name and history of the Greeks are associated with recollections of the most sacred nature ,
and excite in the breast of the scholar , the patriot and the Christian , a deep and lively interest in the fate of that once illustrious , but long oppressed and degraded people . "— " That a subscription be immediately opened for the relief of those Sciots who survive the massacre , and such other Greeks as may be placed in similar circumstances . " A
considerable sum is said to have been immediately subscribed . A meeting for the same purpose was called at Glasgow , but put off for a time lest any political discussions should manifest an appearance of party during the King ' s visit .
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Sunday Tolls . The General Turnpike Act , which takes effect on the 1 st of January next , provides for the exemption of Presenters from Sunday Tolls in going to and from their usual places of worship . Bat the
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7 f 8 Intellig £ nte >^ heg&l . Miscellaneous .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 718, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/62/
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