The English Clergy (And I Fear Those Still More Particularly Who
Live In London) Are Noticeable, And Lamentably Conspicuous, By A
Very Free, Secular, And Irregular Way Of Life.
Since my residence
in England, one has fought a duel in Hyde Park, and shot has
antagonist.
He was tried for the offence, and it was evident the
judge thought him guilty of murder; but the jury declared him guilty
only of manslaughter; and on this verdict he was burnt in the hand,
if that may be called burning which is done with a cold iron; this
being a privilege which the nobility and clergy enjoy above other
murderers.
Yesterday week, after I had preached for Mr. Wendeborne, we passed
an English church in which, we understood the sermon was not yet
quite finished. On this we went in, and then I heard a young man
preaching, with a tolerable good voice, and a proper delivery; but,
like the English in general, his manner was unimpassioned, and his
tone monotonous. From the church we went to a coffee-house opposite
to it, and there we dined. We had not been long there before the
same clergyman whom we had just heard preaching, also came in. He
called for pen and ink, and hastily wrote down a few pages on a long
sheet of paper, which he put into his pocket; I suppose it was some
rough sketch or memorandum that occurred to him at that moment, and
which he thus reserved for some future sermon.
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