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opened at Leith, near Edinburgh; on which occasion a Serinon was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Lloyd, Hebrew Professor at Cambridge, on Matt. xxviii. 20. "Lo! I am

with you always, even unto the end of the world;" which discourse was highly approved of by a very crouded and respectable audi

ence.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE AND CHURCH PREFER

MENTS.

OXFORD, APRIL 16.
HIS being the first day of

Cabbell, B. A. of Exeter College,
was admitted Master of Arts.

Messrs. Benjamin Dent, of Worcester College; Richard Walton White, and Thomas Davies, of Merton College; Blakley Cooper, of Wadham College; and Thomas Wynter Mead, of St. John's College, were admitted B. A.

The same day in Convocation, the Rev. William Marshall, of Baliol College, and the Rev. Richard Budd, of Corpus Christi College, M. A. were admitted Proctors of the University.

The Rev. William Warrington, and the Rev. John Mousley, of Baliol College; the Rev. John Graham, and William Nicholas Darnell, of Corpus Christi College, were admitted Pro-Proctors. 17. The Rev. George Frank Blakiston, B. D. of St. John's College, and Rector of Belbroughton, in the Diocese and County of Worcester, was admitted Doctor in Divinity.

The Rev. Thomas George Clare, M. A. of the same College, and late Proctor of the University, was admitted Bachelor in Divinity; and Mr. Richard Scott, B. A. of Braseose College, was admitted Master of Arts.

The Rev. John Woodburn, M. A. is preferred to a minor canonry

chester, on the resignation of his father.

The Rev. Michael Dupré, B. D. is appointed second Master of the Royal Free School at Berkhamstead, in Hertfordshire, on the Promotion of Thomas Dupré, M. A. to be head Master thereof.

The Rev. John Richardson, of Hemsworth, is appointed head Master of the Free Grammar School at Old Malton, in the County of York.

The Rev. John Yeatman, M. A. Vicar of East Brent, in Somersetshire, is preferred to a Prebendal Stall in the Cathedral Church of St. Andrew, in Wells.

The Rev. Livingston Booth is presented to the Vicarage of Gwennap, in the County of Cornwall, void by the Death of the Rev. Mr. Radford.

The Rev. C. Francis is promoted to the Prebend of Lyme and Holstock, in Salisbury Cathedral.

The Rev. W. Wilton, M. A. Rector of South Stoke, Sussex, is presented to the Vicarage of Kirdford, in the same County.

The Rev. Matthew Murfitt, M. A. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, is presented by the Master S$ 2

and

and Fellows of that Society, to the valuable Vicarage of Kendal, in Westmoreland, vacated by the death of the Rev. Mr. Robinson.

The Rev. Daniel Twining, M. A. Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, has been collated by the Bishop of Lincoln to the Rectory of Stilton in the county of Huntingdon.

The Rev. George Naylor, Vicar of Bramford, is instituted to the Rectory of Byton, in Herefordshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Benjamin Barrow.

collated, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich, to the Rectory of Ashby and Obey, with Thirne, in Norfolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth.

Lord Derby, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has presented the Rev. J. Colman to the Rectory of Swafield, void by the death of the Rev. Mr. Meux.

The Rev. Thomas Woodforde is inducted to the Living of Pointing, ton, Somersetshire, on the presentation of Lord Willoughby de

The Rev. H. Bathurst, LL. B. is Broke,

MONTHLY OBITUARY.

Account of the Rev. SETH THOMPSON, M. A.
See Vol. IX. p. 316.

MR. THOMPSON entered

early into orders, and at the time of his death had been nearly half a century in the ministry. About the age of twenty he entered at Clare-Hall, Cambridge, as a stu dent; and regularly proceeded B. A. in 1756, and M. A. in 1759. He took no academical honours at the time of his degrees; belles lettres having for him more charms than the predominant studies of the university. Mr. Thompson's preferments were few; two moderate livings, and the chaplaincy of Kensington palace, we believe, comprised them all. In the prime of life, Mr. Thompson's eloquence as a plain, practical preacher was very justly admired. His setting sun possessed (or rather evinced) less heat; but its rays were equally luminous. His powers of oratory were, indeed, great; but his in

nate, invincible modesty made him latterly shun every opportunity of being admired. The death of his son Archer, about a year ago, undoubtedly gave the blow that laid this venerable man in his grave; for, though he bore his son's lo-s like a christian, he mourned it inwardly with inexpressible grief. Mr. Archer Thompson was the light of the good man's eyes. Bred under his tuition from infancy to boyhood, he quitted the paternal roof for Eton, well-grounded in classical rudiments. At Eton he distinguished himself as an elegant latin poet in a great variety of pleasing exercises. From school, in his nineteenth year, he went to his father's college, where he soon obtained a scholarship, exhibitions and prizes. He proceeded B. A. in 1791 (when he was a senior optime in the academical honours) and M. A. in

1794. He soon succeeded also by his merit alone to a fellowship: and was almost immediately admitted to orders. Never, perhaps, did so young a clergyman so rapidly attain celebrity. Lectureships, morning and evening preacherships, and innumerable charitable institutions, seemed emulously to contend for the preference of Mr. Archer Thompson's choice. Uncommon exertion in his sacred profession hurried him to dissolution in the very zenith of his reputation. His lungs were impaired, a quick decay ensued, and he died! Mr. Seth Thompson christened his son's child on Wednesday, the 2d of October, 1805, when he appeared very unwell; on the Monday follow ing he breathed his last. His remains were deposited in the family grave, on Mr. Archer Thompson's coffin, early in the morning of Monday the 14th. They were carried by eight poor men, and attended by the Rev. Mr. Ormerod, the Rev. Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Thompson's two surviving sous. A funeral sermon was preached on Sunday, the 20th, by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, B. A. F. A. S.

Farther particulars of Mrs. ELIZABETH CARTER, noticed in our last number, p. 237.

Her father, Nicholas Carter, D. D. was rector of Ham, 1734; of Woodchurch, 1755; vicar of Tidmanstone, from 1730 to 1755; and curate of Deal Chapel, from 1718 to his death in 1774. He distinguished himself by his zealous adherence to Dr. Clarke's notions on the Trinitarian doctrine, and wrote some pamphlets on the subject.

Mrs. Carter discovered very early in life the superior cultivation which her mind had received from the superintendence of her father. Her only brother, Henry, received his classical education from her

before he went to Canterbury School; from which he was admitted of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1757; and proceeded B. A. 1760; M. A. 1763; and was presented by Sir George Oxendon, Bart. to the Rectory of Wittenham, iu Berkshire. Mrs. Carter has published all the works of Epictetus which are now extant; consisting of his Discourses, preserved by Arrian, in four books; the Enchiridion, and Fragments, translated from the original Greek, with an introduction and notes, by the translator, one volume quarto, 1758, by subscription, and honoured with a long list of very distinguished names. The learning and ability which she displayed in the execution of this task are well known, and have received merited applause. It was afterwards reprinted in two volumes duodecimo, and at Dublin in octavo. In 1762 she published Poems on several occasions, in one volume octavo, (reprinted in duodecimo,) These. poems were published at the desire of the late Earl of Bath, and are celebrated among the verses of the good Lord Lyttleton, who had read them in manuscript. Her two papers in the Rambler, were number 44, which consists of an allegory, wherein religion and superstition are delineated in an admirable manner; and number 100, which is an excellent letter on modish pleasures, bearing the signature of Chariessa. These papers were highly esteemed by Dr. Johnson.

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part of his life he travelled with the sons of the late Lord Holland, which nobleman became his patron. In 1764, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to the Empress of Russia, and the same year Ire received the honour of knighthood. In 1766, the King of Poand conferred on him the Order of the White Eagle, and the year following he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of Rus

sia.

He soon afterwards returned to his own country, and was employed as Secretary to Lord Townsbend, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, In 1768, he was chosen to represent the Borough of Cockermouth, in the Parliament of Great Britain, but the same year he obtained a seat in the Irish Parliament for Armagh. In 1769, he was sworn of the Privy Council of Irelend, and he continued in that kingdom during Lord Townshend's adminis aration. In 1772, he was nominated a Knight of the Bath. In 1774, he was chosen Member of Parliament for the Boroughs of Air, Irwin, Rothsay, Campbeltown and Javerary; and the next year he was appointed Captain-General and Governor in Chief of the Islands of Grenada, the Grenadines, and Tobago; in which post he continued till the year 1779, when, on the capture of those islands, he was sent prisoner to France. In 1776, his Majesty advanced him to the Peerage, by the title of Lord Macartney, Baron of Liffanoure, in the County of Antrim. After having served his country in Russia, Ireland, and the West Indies, a new scene opened, and in 1780 he was called upon by the East India Company to take charge of their affairs at Madras, where his conduct obtained such universal approbation, that in 1785 he was appointed Governor-General of Ben

gal. But this office, lucrative as it was, he declined accepting, and returned to England in January following. In 1786, the East India Company came to resolutions highly honourable to his Lordship's conduct, after which it is stated, "that some compensation should be made to his Lordship, and it will be a proper reward for such distinguished services and strict integrity to grant his Lordship an annuity of fifteen hundred pounds during the term of his natural life." In 1792, he was chosen to go on an embassy to China, which mission engaged near three years, and of which an account was published by Sir George Staunton, secretary to the legation. His Lordship, after his return to Europe, resided some time at the court of the exled King of France; and in 1794, was created an earl of the kingdom of Ireland; and in 1796, a Baron of Great Britain. His Lordship married in 1768, Jane, Daughter of the late Earl of Bute, by whom he had no issue.

At Devonshire-house, Piccadilly, in the 45th year of her age, Geor giana, Duchess of Devonshire. Her Grace was Daughter to the late Earl Spencer, and Sister to the present Countess of Besborough. She was born in 1757, and married to the present Duke in 1774. Her Grace was possessed of superior accomplishments, and was the author of some elegant pieces of poetry.

At Bishopton, in the County of Durham, the Rev. Richard Tinkler, Vicar of that place.

At Workworth, in Northumberland, Mrs. Bates, relict of the late Rev. Dr. Bates, Rector of Whalton. She was in apparent good health, reading the morning service to her sister, who was very ill, when she dropped down dead!

At Lichfield, aged 91, John Allcock, Mus. Doct. He was born ́

near

near St. Paul's, London, April 11, 1715, was organist at Plymouth five, and at Reading eight years; installed vicar-choral in the Cathedral Church of Lichfield, Jan. 22, 1749; created Bachelor of Music, June 10, 1755; and Doctor of -Music in 1765, at Oxford. He was organist at Sutton Coldfield and Tainworth twenty-five years.

At Crowcombe, Somersetshire, the Rev. Alleyne Walter, LL. D. Rector of that parish, aged 82.

At Exmouth, Devon, the Rev. George Davidson, Vicar of Staindrop and Cockfield, Durham.

The Rev. Charles Kendall, Vicar of Tolland, and one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Cornwall,

At Birmingham, Mrs. Maria Teresa Twist, in the 104th year of her age; she retained her faculties to the last; and what is remarkable, at the age of fifty she took to wearing spectacles, and wore them nearly thirty years, when she left them off, and at the age of 102 she could read a newspaper or print as small, without glasses.

The Rev. Thomas Craster, Rector of Kettlethorpe, and Vicar of Thorpe on the Hill, and Ashby Puerorum, all in the County of Lincoln. He was formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge, B. A. 1766, M. A. 1771.

At Bodney-Hall, Norfolk, Madame de Mirepoix, aged 49. This lady, descended from one of the most distinguished families in France, forsook early in life the retirement and austerity of a monastic life. From the storm of the French Revolution the Benedictine Convent (of which she had been superior 22 years) sought shelter in Eng and, and found an asylum at Bodney, where, for the last 15 years, the nuns have been occupied in educating Catholic young ladies.

At Fyfield, Berks, after a long

and painful illness, the Rev. Joha Weaving, of Hampstead Norris, aged 30, desertedly regretted by his relatives, friends, and all who knew him.

At Bristol Hot-wells, the Rev. P. Honywood, Raymond.

At Stonesfield, of which parish he was Rector, the Rev. Mr. Gregory, of Horley, near Woodstock, aged 40.

At Ashe, near Basingstoke, aged 60, the Rev. George Lefroy, Rector of that parish, and of Compton, in Surry. He was of All Souls College, Oxford, of fourder's kin; M. A. 1771; and was a younger son of Anthony Lefroy, Esq. an eminent merchant of Leg horn, and a great collector of curiosities. He was a most valuable member of society, and highly esteemed and respected by a numerous acquaintance, for his strict principles of religion, the integrity of his conduct, his polite manners and knowledge of the world, his sound understanding,the warmtha of his affections, and the firmness and activity of his friendships. He suffered about fourteen months ago, one of the severest afflictions that can befal humanity, in the death of the most accomplished and amiable of wives; an event which he never overcame, and which, after repeated paralytic attacks, brought him to the grave. The living of Ashe is in the gift of his family, and Compton in that of Mrs. Brydges, of Canterbury.

At Brentford, in undeserved obscurity, Joseph Payne, Esq. barrister at law, and LL. B. of Queen's College, Oxford. In his youth he had been a pupil of the celebrated Greek scholar, Dr. Thomas Morell, and contributed a subordinate aid to the compilation of his Thesaurus. He displayed such early specimens of vigorous intellect and superior talent, that his relatives, who were respectable inhabitants

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