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Copy Of A Letter. From The Rev. Dr. Sturges,
COPY OF A LETTER . FROM THE REV . DR . STURGES ,
' CHANCELLOR OFT 1 IE DIOCESE OE WIN'CHESTEII , TO JOHN WILMOT , ESQ . CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SUFFERING CLERGY OP FRANCE , REFUGEES IN THESE DOMINIONS .
¦ SIR , IMMEDIATELY on my return home , t set about the enquiries - " - I promised ¦ you to make , respecting the French Priests in this place and nei g hbourhood ; and the result of them is such as I think will give you pleasure . . ' The unfavourable reports , both in conversation and in print , concerning the conduct of these unfortunate menrelated chieflto the
, y following particulars : —Ordinations at the King ' s house—young Students , not Ecclesiastics , making a great part of the number there , or at least young Ecclesiastics of the Lower Orders-r ^ their activity in making Converts in this place and nei ghbourhood—their dispersing small English Tracts for the purpose , and having a Press at . their command .
I will lay before you the information I have received with respect to alt these particulars . The clay after my return , 1 had a long conference with Mr . MARTIN , on the two first Ordinations , and . the qualities of the persons in the King ' s house . He told me there had been ( as we all knew ) three Ordinations , but the last was two years ago . One
was by the Bishop of ST . POL DE LEON , the only one he has holdeu in England . In all these three , the number of persons ordained was thirty-three from seven French Dioceses ; thirty-two of these were before irrecoverably fixed in tlie Ecclesiastical profession , ancl the remaining one was appointed to a Low Order , which did not fix him , lust left him at liberty to betake himself to any other way of life . This account of the Ordinations seems to me to clo away tlie
offensive part of them ; which was , " that without necessity , there beingno function for such persons , when ordained , to perform , fresh men should be engaged in the Ecclesiastical profession , and be made to subsist as such , on the Charity of this Country , being precluded thereb y from gaining their subsistence by any other means . As'to tlie Studentsnot EcclesiasticsMr . MARTIN assured me there was
, , only one person of that description in the King ' s house , and who was to leave it in the course of this week . This person has not lived on the charity , but his board is paid by the Grand A icaire of Baienx , who lives iu London , and is brought to account . All besides are Ecclesiastics , and as to their age and ranks as such , 1 have befoie me a VOL . vj . H . r
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Copy Of A Letter. From The Rev. Dr. Sturges,
COPY OF A LETTER . FROM THE REV . DR . STURGES ,
' CHANCELLOR OFT 1 IE DIOCESE OE WIN'CHESTEII , TO JOHN WILMOT , ESQ . CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SUFFERING CLERGY OP FRANCE , REFUGEES IN THESE DOMINIONS .
¦ SIR , IMMEDIATELY on my return home , t set about the enquiries - " - I promised ¦ you to make , respecting the French Priests in this place and nei g hbourhood ; and the result of them is such as I think will give you pleasure . . ' The unfavourable reports , both in conversation and in print , concerning the conduct of these unfortunate menrelated chieflto the
, y following particulars : —Ordinations at the King ' s house—young Students , not Ecclesiastics , making a great part of the number there , or at least young Ecclesiastics of the Lower Orders-r ^ their activity in making Converts in this place and nei ghbourhood—their dispersing small English Tracts for the purpose , and having a Press at . their command .
I will lay before you the information I have received with respect to alt these particulars . The clay after my return , 1 had a long conference with Mr . MARTIN , on the two first Ordinations , and . the qualities of the persons in the King ' s house . He told me there had been ( as we all knew ) three Ordinations , but the last was two years ago . One
was by the Bishop of ST . POL DE LEON , the only one he has holdeu in England . In all these three , the number of persons ordained was thirty-three from seven French Dioceses ; thirty-two of these were before irrecoverably fixed in tlie Ecclesiastical profession , ancl the remaining one was appointed to a Low Order , which did not fix him , lust left him at liberty to betake himself to any other way of life . This account of the Ordinations seems to me to clo away tlie
offensive part of them ; which was , " that without necessity , there beingno function for such persons , when ordained , to perform , fresh men should be engaged in the Ecclesiastical profession , and be made to subsist as such , on the Charity of this Country , being precluded thereb y from gaining their subsistence by any other means . As'to tlie Studentsnot EcclesiasticsMr . MARTIN assured me there was
, , only one person of that description in the King ' s house , and who was to leave it in the course of this week . This person has not lived on the charity , but his board is paid by the Grand A icaire of Baienx , who lives iu London , and is brought to account . All besides are Ecclesiastics , and as to their age and ranks as such , 1 have befoie me a VOL . vj . H . r