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(for his parents were dissenters of some sort) and 

 twice to a Sunday school ;" and said he, " Let me get 

 a little older, and I'll have less praying, and some 

 pleasure, for I have none now. God never intended, 

 I think, that we should worry him with prayers, 

 and hymn-singing, and neglect the exercise good for 

 one's health." 



Let it not be supposed that I advocate any neglect 

 of religious duties, but I do reprobate causing chil 

 dren, who are naturally volatile, to regard religious 

 duties, by their excess, as distasteful ; and thereby 

 lay the foundation of irreligion in the adult. No ! 

 let children be taught that it is degrading to themselves 

 to act improperly ; and not that punishment awaits 

 them if they do so, and they will grow up to be 

 honourable beings, ABOVE committing an action which 

 the inward monitor, their consciences, warns them, is 

 contrary to the true principles of moral integrity. 



In the Court of Queen's Bench, on 14th November, 

 1854, in a case of trespass, Bland v. Lipscombe, 

 the question involved was, the right of the inhabit 

 ants of Leatherhead to angle, with rods and lines, 

 from a certain towing path, on [the bank of the river 

 Mole : they pleaded immemorial custom to angle for 

 recreation and not for profit. The plea of the inhabit 

 ants was demurred to, on the ground that such an 

 gling must be for profit. The counsel supporting the 



