anyhow the sermon article was in great demand, and his kindly services did not rest there:—
——If any incumbent within 20 miles of London will dispose of his living, I can help him to a chapman.
——A rectory of £100 per annum in as good an air as any in England, 60 miles off, and an easy cure is to be commuted.
——A vicaridge and another cure which requires service but once a month, value £86. ’Tis in Kent about 60 miles from London.
And so on, proving that the clergy had not refused the friendly offer, and were fully as ready as the tradesman to avail themselves of this means of giving vent to their wants and requirements.
Houghton would occasionally do a little business to oblige a friend, though it is fair to assume that he participated in the profits:—
* For a friend, I can sell very