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Jiiiti ** i 9 * e tft&ii * ' sJfiIl % n potad , y&t fd ^^ e ^^ iaiared pounds sold he would run little risk of having a single ounce returned fbr Ids purchase . Was $ m jjti ^ ifiab le policy or was it co a * ikmp 0 le fraud I
• ¦ _ , ;¦ No . 9 / A person is left executor to the wijl oi ^ fiis deceased friend , and by the eve ^ ik pecoms guardian to his in * f ^ ch yd rein . The whole of their ^ PQperty i $ vested in some can al were
sl ^ a ^ w ^ S eli purchased with tig mt&Q&OQ of securing * them from un ^ eiffeiricojitii ^ encies , and without miy regard whatever ^ to speculative iipfovement , and , at five per cent
interest , would provide for their comforfafcJe maintenance and education , 3 n $ le&y $ little or nothing for superfluiti ^ About the sam e time the rage for the bubble companies seizes the public naind , and a rail-road is
projected which it is expected will totally ruin the said canal . The value of their shares sinks rapidly , so that lie cannot offer them for sale , but he tsikes a part ia the new scheme and to
bec 6 in , | BS ^ subscriber a large sum < W Ijjia qwn account . 1 $ it possible to reconcile his conduct with the first and leading principles of justice and h p jpauity ? It is generally urged that a || speculations of the kind are coin * n&M $ 4 wd pursued on the common
ppnoml ^ s of conjrnercial enterprise , and th ^ t all comp e tition is allowable 45 in every other channel of trade un 4 inveajU »^ nt- —tUat the purchaser ta ^ fg h \ p share of the risk and conscieptiousl y pockets the profits , be they whatever they may 5 but in this
case the orphans had no choice — their guardian is a voluntary contributor to their certain ruin 5 and thatch the scheme might proceed without
his eoncUrretice and support * ?^ ffl a ^ far as ; the influence of an Wi fHVidual cant coiopeirate , he aids the Ptiblic ^ ti ^ feelib g Opacity , and the in-W is ififlicfed > ' past remedy , should l plan be ^ rried into effect Or s « PHdtt that nb sui ? h c < yn ^ xion ^ bsmed bec ^ ceri hil a arid the ctiil-
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doing to others as we w ^ yisfei tteni to do to \ xs" ? fh offi ^ r wp r ^ can a , scrHpulous morali st e 6 n $ eiJt to increase his p roperty by means yvhim lie knows will assuredly be the ru , u £ of others ?
No , 10 * Suppose an executor to have had his trust in hand a considerable number of years , and has discharged its duties with the most scrupulous atod
exemplary correctness , fidelity and zeal . As age has gradually advanced upon him , so have his faculties imperceptibly declined , till year sue * eeeding to year his infirmities increase and his mind becomes lost iri
second childishness . During this slow progress , and before either himself or his friends were conscious of the falling off , he commits some fatal errors in the management of his own affairs ,
and in those of the trust , either by omissiou or inadvertence Arising 4 from defective judgment , and the esiate suffers material and irrecoveraBIe in *
jury as the consequence * Ifovv is the misfortune to be rectified / or on whom should it rest ?
No . 11 . A freeholder has a large estate in the close vicinity of a thriving town , which he divides into small allotments and lets on building leases for ninetynine years , thereby quadrupling immediately to himself the rental of the
ground , and ensuring eventually the buildings to his successors . After the lapse of twenty-five or thirty years it is discovered that his proprietary did not authorize him to grant such leases , and to secure
themselves the lessees are obliged to procure an act of parliament , which being opposed by the presumptive heirs , was obtained with difficulty aud considerable expense ; in addition tp the coprunon charges- The lessor , tio . wever , refuses to contribute a shiln
hng towanjs the , burden ^ pn the pie < i " ^ t vy ^ s , e ^ i r ^ ly . far ypur security th ^ $ He . txp ! plic # iott w $ 3 ; ** W 4 % ; , { | ie estate goes , ait my decease , into a
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1826, page 673, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2554/page/37/
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