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Copy Of A Letter. From The Rev. Dr. Sturges,
note from Mr . MARTIN himself , in which he says , there are only twenty-nine who are not Priests ; so far is it from " being true , " that at least two thirds of . the whole number are improper " objects of the Charity . " I cannot hesitate a moment in giving Mr . MARTIN full credit for the truth of this account . Not onl y his character and situation , but his whole manner and expressionwhile we were talking over these
, tilings , could not fail to give any one a strong impression of his sincerity and openness . I have enquired personally of all the Parochial Ministers of this place , and they all agree in assuring me , that , to their knowledge , no cause of complaint has arisen since COUVET ' case , about a quarter of a year ago : ancl it should be remembered , that in the course of a
year preceding , this was the single case discovered which admitted of proof , in a place where there are between 800 and 1000 French Clergy . COUVET was treated as he deserved , by being sent out of the kingdom ; and as every person should be treated who could so far abuse the Benevolence of this Country . It has been said that the neihbouring villages are full of French
g Priests . I have made it mj '* business within these two or three days to visit most of them , ancl have made personal enquiry of almost every Parochial Minister . The villages which encompass tin ' s place are Weeke Sparsholt , Headborne Worthy , King ' s Worthy , Martyr Worthy , Itchin Abbas , Easton , Chitcombe , Marested , St . Cross and
Littleton , Twyford , Comp ton , and Horsley ; none of them , except the three last , have ever known or seen any of the French Priests , unless in their occasional walks , nor have they been admitted ( as far as is known ) into any house ; indeed a general dislike to them prevails in most of these places . At Twyford there is a Mr . MARGIN , a most respectable inoffensive man , well known to Mr . WILLIAMS , Prebend of Canterburyand Rector of Comptonhe is esteemed bhimancl
, ; y , teaches his daughter French . In the ' same house with him lodge two Ecclesiastics of an inferior class , equally inoffensive . At Compton there is a poor man , who received a blow 0 : 1 his head from some villain while he was reading in a field , and was forced to retire from the noise ancl crowd of the King ' s house to this place , where he is notyet recovered from the effects of the blow ; and at Horsely there
is one who lives with a School-master , ancl assists him ; a worthy man , well respected by the better part of the nei ghbourhood , and in high estimation , as I am informed , with Dr . GAUNTLETT , Warden of New College , Oxford , ancl Vicar of the parish . Otterborne , about four miles offj I have not enquired at . I have heard it said there are French Priests therebut they are not likely to
, frequent this spot , because just by is the seat of an old Catholic family ( Mr . SMITH ' ) which has always had a resident Priest of it ' s own , and now has Mr . AVAI . MESLEY , who is ( I believe ) a Titular Roman Catholic Bishop ancl an Apostolic A ^ icar . AVith respect to their getting and dispersing English controversial Tracts , Mr . BURDON , the principal Bookseller of the place , tells me that he had frequently ap-
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Copy Of A Letter. From The Rev. Dr. Sturges,
note from Mr . MARTIN himself , in which he says , there are only twenty-nine who are not Priests ; so far is it from " being true , " that at least two thirds of . the whole number are improper " objects of the Charity . " I cannot hesitate a moment in giving Mr . MARTIN full credit for the truth of this account . Not onl y his character and situation , but his whole manner and expressionwhile we were talking over these
, tilings , could not fail to give any one a strong impression of his sincerity and openness . I have enquired personally of all the Parochial Ministers of this place , and they all agree in assuring me , that , to their knowledge , no cause of complaint has arisen since COUVET ' case , about a quarter of a year ago : ancl it should be remembered , that in the course of a
year preceding , this was the single case discovered which admitted of proof , in a place where there are between 800 and 1000 French Clergy . COUVET was treated as he deserved , by being sent out of the kingdom ; and as every person should be treated who could so far abuse the Benevolence of this Country . It has been said that the neihbouring villages are full of French
g Priests . I have made it mj '* business within these two or three days to visit most of them , ancl have made personal enquiry of almost every Parochial Minister . The villages which encompass tin ' s place are Weeke Sparsholt , Headborne Worthy , King ' s Worthy , Martyr Worthy , Itchin Abbas , Easton , Chitcombe , Marested , St . Cross and
Littleton , Twyford , Comp ton , and Horsley ; none of them , except the three last , have ever known or seen any of the French Priests , unless in their occasional walks , nor have they been admitted ( as far as is known ) into any house ; indeed a general dislike to them prevails in most of these places . At Twyford there is a Mr . MARGIN , a most respectable inoffensive man , well known to Mr . WILLIAMS , Prebend of Canterburyand Rector of Comptonhe is esteemed bhimancl
, ; y , teaches his daughter French . In the ' same house with him lodge two Ecclesiastics of an inferior class , equally inoffensive . At Compton there is a poor man , who received a blow 0 : 1 his head from some villain while he was reading in a field , and was forced to retire from the noise ancl crowd of the King ' s house to this place , where he is notyet recovered from the effects of the blow ; and at Horsely there
is one who lives with a School-master , ancl assists him ; a worthy man , well respected by the better part of the nei ghbourhood , and in high estimation , as I am informed , with Dr . GAUNTLETT , Warden of New College , Oxford , ancl Vicar of the parish . Otterborne , about four miles offj I have not enquired at . I have heard it said there are French Priests therebut they are not likely to
, frequent this spot , because just by is the seat of an old Catholic family ( Mr . SMITH ' ) which has always had a resident Priest of it ' s own , and now has Mr . AVAI . MESLEY , who is ( I believe ) a Titular Roman Catholic Bishop ancl an Apostolic A ^ icar . AVith respect to their getting and dispersing English controversial Tracts , Mr . BURDON , the principal Bookseller of the place , tells me that he had frequently ap-