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           Wilberforce’s,whosepoliticsheadmired,andhadthatfamouscorrespondencewiththeReverendSilasHornblower,ontheAshanteeMission.HewasinLondon,ifnotfortheParliamentsession,atleastinMay,forthereligiousmeetings.Inthecountryhewasamagistrate,andanactivevisitorandspeakeramongthosedestituteofreligiousinstruction.HewassaidtobepayinghisaddressestoLadyJaneSheepshanks,LordSouthdown’sthirddaughter,andwhosesister,LadyEmily,wrotethosesweettracts,"TheSailor’sTrueBinnacle,"and"TheApplewomanofFinchleyCommon."

           MissSharp’saccountsofhisemploymentatQueen’sCrawleywerenotcaricatures.Hesubjectedtheservantstheretothedevotionalexercisesbeforementioned,inwhich(andsomuchthebetter)hebroughthisfathertojoin.HepatronisedanIndependentmeeting-houseinCrawleyparish,muchtotheindignationofhisuncletheRector,andtotheconsequentdelightofSirPitt,whowasinducedtogohimselfonceortwice,whichoccasionedsomeviolentsermonsatCrawleyparishchurch,directedpoint-blankattheBaronet’soldGothicpewthere.HonestSirPitt,however,didnotfeeltheforceofthesediscourses,ashealwaystookhisnapduringsermon-time.

           Mr.Crawleywasveryearnest,forthegoodofthenationandoftheChristianworld,thattheoldgentlemanshouldyieldhimuphisplaceinParliament;butthistheelderconstantlyrefusedtodo.

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