41G CLERGY IN THE LOWER HOUSE. 



Brought forward, 206 



Clergymen, .... 8 



Mechanics, .... 8 



Lumber-dealers, ... 4 



Painters, .... 3 



Physicians, .... 3 



Civil-engineers and surveyors, . 4 



Hat-makers, ... 4 



A variety of trades, two each, . 20 



Do. do., one each, . 34 



Among these last there is one who designs himself 

 gentleman being the only one, I suppose, who lives 

 entirely upon realised property. The lawyers, in num 

 ber 24, and the editors of newspapers, 9, are influential 

 bodies. What strikes us most is the number of clergy 

 men, of whom there are 8 in the lower, and 1 in the 

 upper house. They are all, as one would suppose, given 

 to speak, and in both houses aspire to lead. Mr Upham, 

 senator for Salem, a native of St John in New Bruns 

 wick, and formerly a Unitarian clergyman, is considered 

 one of the most eloquent and able men in the upper 

 house, where I had the pleasure of hearing him speak. 

 In the lower house, on the same day, I listened to a 

 Calvinistic Presbyterian clergyman, who is said to have 

 much influence with his brother members. 



It is by no means unusual for clergymen of the Uni 

 tarian persuasion to forsake the Church for the State 

 House, to aspire to, and to attain, the highest offices of 

 the State. Such was the career of Mr Everitt, formerly 

 governor of Massachusetts, and minister to England. 

 Indeed, when we consider how small the emolument is 

 that clergymen usually obtain in New England, and the 

 limited scope which the clerical career in most of the 

 sects presents to a worldly ambitious man we cannot 

 wonder that the profession should be sometimes forsaken 



