"After the fatal accident had happened, the first moment I found him free from agony of body, I brought this conversation (alluded to above) to his recollection. He readily agreed with his former opinion; he expressed his hope in the goodness of God; he said, he received much comfort in reflecting, that however he might have acted, he had never really felt ill will towards any man. In the worst moments of bis pain, he cried out that he sincerely hoped the agonies he then endured might expiate the sins he had committed. When more at ease, he desired that I would pray by him, and that he might join by saying amen. This mode of prayer I several times repeated, during the few days it pleased God to spare him, whenever the laudanum or the pain had not so far confused him as to render his assent equivocal. I have dwelt, perhaps to some readers, tediously on this subject, because I have heard it asserted by some who would fain shelter their own follies under the authority of others, that Lord Camelford, after the most serious reflection, disbelieved religion, and doubted a life hereafter. I wish with all my soul, that the unthinking votaries of dissipation and infidelity could all have been present at the death-bed of this poor man; could have heard his expressions of contrition for past misconduct, and of reliance on the mercy of his Creator; could have heard his dying exhortation to one of his intimate friends, to live in future a life of peace and virtue: I think it would have made impressions on their minds, as it did on mine, not easily to be effaced." Many remarks have suggested themselves to our minds on reading this account; but the necessary limits of our work oblige us to confine our attention to one or two points. How infinitely superior in value is that knowledge of the gospel which thousands even of the lowest in this land possess, to the envied privileges of birth and fortune, and to the highest mental attainments. Its superiority, which is sufficiently evident in the preservation of its possessors from those wretched occasions of contention to which the modern man of honour is so often exposed, is most strikingly illustrated at the hour of death. Lord Camelford is said to have been "passionately fond of science," and to have "of late years acquired a prodigious fund of information upon almost every subject connected with literature." He seems not, however, to have learnt that fundamental principle of the gospel, a principle in which thousands of our religious poor could have instructed him, that it is not in the power of any agonies which we can endure" to "expiate the sins we have committed." The doctrine of an atonement, of a Saviour, of an intercessor with God, a doctrine surely most suitable to his Lord ship's case, was, as far as appears from this narrative, foreign from his mind. He would, therefore, but too naturally incline to derive his comfort from the contemplation of as many "counterbalancing virtues" (as Mr. Cockburne calls them), as his Lordship might fancy that he could set against his vices; and unless he were specially guarded against the error, he would endeayour to find a compensation in his acts of liberality, and in his exercises of natural sensibility, for the general irreligion of his. life; he would be apt to console himself by thinking that it was the mere love of reputation, (a motive which he would scarcely suspect to be wholly unchristian,) not the fiend like principle of revenge and malice, which had led him to the fatal spot; be would be disposed to say in his justification, that he had never really felt ill will towards any man," though it was too plain that he had not entertained a sufficient degree of good will to restrain him from the perpetration of murder. How diametrically opposed to the gospel of Christ all such grounds of consolation are might easily be shewn, and it would have been well if Mr. Cockburne had taken the opportunity of guarding his readers against them. But though the religious views of Lord Camelford seem to have been greatly clouded, and his repentance partial and unsatisfactory; and though no proof is afforded in the narrative of Mr. Cockburne that his Lordship, in his dying hour, had his faith fixed on the all-sufficient merits of a Saviour, we would by no means be understood to affirm that he certainly left the world in total ignorance of this leading doctrine of christianity, or that he may not have found mercy from him, who is able and willing to save even to the uttermost, all that come unto God by HIM." God only knows the hearts of his creatures; and the inward feelings of the soul may possibly, at times, contradict the erroneous expressions of the lips. The gos pel, indeed, instructs us strongly to affirm, and to be exceedingly afraid of palliating, the evil of sin and the danger of error. It inspires a tender solicitude not unmixed with awful apprehension for the dying offender against the laws of God and of his country; but it also teaches us that repentance, though at the eleventh hour, if real is not unavailing; and that even a weak and dim faith, a faith which men can scarcely perceive to exist, may lay hold on the mercies of a Redeemer. The serious christian who makes the Bible his rule of judgment, will have little satisfaction, it is true, in contemplating the death of Lord Camelford; but after all, it is less fearful, in our view, than that of some proud and stoical, though perhaps very decent, philosophers; and bis Lordship's painful pillow is, perhaps, to be preferred to the more easy one of many a worldly, superficial, and unholy, but self-admiring, professor of the gospel. she possessed the true secret of happiness; and that, whatever anxious desires the love of fame may inspire in the breasts of the ungodly, the only wise and solid object of a christian's pursuit is so to live that he To the Editor of the Christian Observer. may "die the death of the righteous." MRS NEWTON, sister to the famous Chatterton, died on the 23d of February last. She had been known to me many years as a religious, humble, industrious woman; but having frequently visited her during her last illness, I was much struck with her piety and resignation, and even with her fortitude in suffering. A very short time before her death, and when she was almost reduced to a skeleton, by a consumptive complaint atteuded with peculiar circumstances of aggravation, I saw her surround ed with a little school of at least twenty children whom she was teaching to read with great patience and perseverance, though her voice was scarcely articulate from weakness. She was soon after con fined to her bed, and then it was that the benefits of christianity were most visibly displayed; for though oppressed with pain and weakness, and having only the bare necessaries of life, she manifested a thankfulness, a serenity of mind, and even a joy which it would be difficult to describe. On one occasion she thus addressed me"Oh, Madam, goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life;" and on my asking her if she felt her mind peaceful, she replied, "Yes, indeed, I only want patience to wait my Saviour's time I have done with the world." She then enumerated some of the many temporal mercies she had received. She likewise noticed the very seasonable supply she had just obtained from the sale of the new edition of Chatterton's works. And then with all the fervour of christian gratitude, she adverted to her spiritual blessings, and to the near prospect she now had of eternal res'. "I go to my Father," said she, "I can, therefore, fear no evil." I cannot help leading the minds of your readers to contrast the character aml death bed of Mrs. Newton with those of her brother. He possessed brilliant talents, which he miserably misapplied. His pride, which stands recorded by himself, was such as to lead him to commit suicide. He boasted of his unbelief; and when he found himself dying, he declared that he desired not the comforts of christianity, for he was no christian. Can any one read this account without feeling, that slender as were the mental acquisitions of Mrs. Newton, ("She knew, and knew no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew.") DEATHS. MARY. At Cookham, Berks, the Reverend Ri CHARD WELLS. At Wirkworth, Derbyshire, aged eightyone, T. WALL, Sexton of the parish; which situation he had held forty-nine years, and had buried seven thousand and thirty-six persons. Lately, at Port Elliott, St. Germain's, Cornwall, aged seventy-three, the Right Honourable LORD ELLIOT, Receiver Ge neral of the Duchy of Cornwall. Feb. 24. (Being only seven days after her husband) at Port Elliot, of an inflam mation in her chest, Lady Dowager ELLIOT, aged sixty-nine. : Feb. 16. At Brill, after a few days illness, the Reverend J. L. LITTLEHALES, LL. D. Rector of Grendon Underwood, and perpetual Curate of Brill and Boarstall, in Buckinghamshire. Feb. 18. The Reverend WASHBOURNE Cooxz, Rector of Hatford, Berks, and of Hardwick, Bucks. Lately, at West Hallam, in Derbyshire, the Reverend THOMAS CLARKE, Rector of that place, and Vicar of Normanton, in Nottinghamshire. Feb. 18. Of the scarlet fever, ELIZABETH, the fourth child of Dr. Lambe, of King's-road, Bedford-row; and on the 21st. Mrs. LAMBE was carried off in the thirty-first year of her age, by the same disease. The Reverend CANNING HELDEN, Rector of Weeting All Saints, and Weeting St. Mary's, Norfolk. Feb. 21. At Kirchberg, at the same hour, after a very short illness, FREDE RICK EDWARD, the reigning Prince of Hohenloe, and the Princess his consort. The Prince had reached his sixty-seventh and the Princess her sixty-ninth year. Lately, at Bath, the Reverend JoHN HowLETT, Vicar of Great Dunmow, Essex. Feb. 24. At Potton, Bedfordshire, the Reverend Mr. WoODHOUSE, Rector of Moor Monckton, in Yorkshire, and perpetual Curate of Dunton, Bedfordshire. Feb. 23. At Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, the Reverend THOMAS KEELINGE, of that place. March 8. The Reverend ALEXANDER LITCHFIELD, Rector of Noke, Oxfordshire, and of Wadhurst, Sussex. March 9. In Harley-street, in his eightyfourth year, the Bishop of KILDARE, who Yet, in possessing the faith of a christian was also Dean of Christ-church, in Ireland. Lately, aged forty, Mrs. MARY TURNER, wife of Dr. Turner, Dean of Norwich. March 16. In his seventy-fifth year, the Reverend SAMUEL LYSONS, A. M. forty-eight years Rector of Rodmarton and Cherrington, in the county of Glouces ter. March 19. In St. James's-square, his Grace John Duke of Roxburgh, Marquis of Beaumont, and Earl Ker, of Wakefield, &c. &c. His Grace was principal Groom of the Stole to his Majesty, Head Lord of the Bed Chamber, and K. T. Dying unmarried, the title of Duke of Roxburgh is extinct. Lord Bellenden is heir to some of his Grace's estates. Same day, in Great George-street, Westminster, RICHARD PEPPER ARDEN, Lord Alvanley, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. March 20. Dr. RELPH, senior Physician to Guy's Hospital. March 22. General Sir WILLIAM FAW CETT. He was one of the oldest Generals in the British service, and rose from a very low situation in the army, through his own merit alone. By his death, there become vacant the lucrative office of Governor of Chelsea College, the colonelcy of the third regiment of Dragoon Guards, and a red ribbon. At Sparkhill, near Birmingham, Mrs. CORRIES, wife of the Reverend John Cor ries. At Stratton, Norfolk, Mrs. Everett, one of the people called Quakers, at the advanced age of one hundred. She has left living, her lineal descendants, seventyseven children, grand children, and great grand children. Jan. 19. At North Berwick, GEORGE DALRYMPLE, Esq. Lieutenant-colonel of the nineteenth regiment of foot, and Colonel in the army. Jan. 28. At Pisa, the Right Honourable Lady MARY EYRE, relict of the late Thomas Eyre, Esq. of Hassop, in Derbyshire, and sister to the late Henry Earl Fauconberg. Lately, Mad. ELPHINSTONE, widow of the late Sir Samuel Elphinstone, of the Russian navy. Feb. 23. At Kilmurry, near Thomastown, aged ninety-eight, the Countess Dowager of CARRICK, sister to the Earl of Shannon, and mother of the present Earl of Carrick. Feb. 28. In Margaret-street, Cavendishsquare, in child-bed, MELISSA, the wife of Captain James Mackenzie, daughter of the late P. Powney, Esq. M. P. for Wind sor. • Feb. 29. In James-street, Buckinghamgate, GEORGE THOMPSON, Esq. formerly a commander in the East ludia service, aged seventy-four. March 1. At the Lawn, South Lambeth, Mrs. BUCKLEY, aged twenty-six. March 2. In New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, JOHN HORROCKS, Esq. M. P. for Preston, Lancashire. March 3. At Stamwell Cottage, Middlesex, JOHN FREDERICK DUBOIS, Esq. Lately, at Dover, Lieutenant-colonel SHEE, of the first battalion of Cinque Port Volunteers. Feb. 14. EDWARD DARBY, Esq. of Bloxham, near Banbury, aged sixty-five; he had come that day from Oxford; a few minutes after alighting from the coach, he was seized with a fit of apoplexy, in Ludgate-street, and immediately expired. Feb. 15. GEORGE SUTION, Esq. of Kelham, Nottinghamshire, M. P. for Bramber. Feb. 15. At Grantham, Mrs. L. C. Custy only remaining sister of the late Sir John Cust, Bart. and aunt to the Right Honourable Lord Brownlow. Same day, at West Woodhay House, Berks, Lady SLOPER, relict of Sir Robert Sloper, K. B. Feb. 16. At Dover, Mr. SMITH, father of Sir Sidney and Mr. Spencer Smith, the English Minister at Stutgard. Same day, at Clifton, the Lady of Henry Waddington, Esq. New Bridge-street. Feb. 17. At his house in Gay-street, Bath, (which he had recently purchased for his future residence,) Mr. Parkinson, Dentist, of Racquet-court, Fleet-street. He went to bed the preceding evening in perfect health. Feb. 18. At Exmouth, Dr. JAMES CHICHESTER M'LAURIN, physician to the forces, and late physician to the embassy at Paris. Feb. 15. At Edinburgh, Dr. THOMAS GILLESPIE, physician. Lately, at Edinburgh, in his seventieth year, Mr. JOHN GIRVIN, author of several useful tracts on national industry and improvements. Feb. 17. At Brentleigh Hall, in Suffolk, aged ninety-five, MARY, the widow of Edward Goate, Esq. of that place, and daughter of Thomas Barnardiston, Esq. formerly of Wiverstone in Suffolk. Lately, at Bath, NICHOLAS OWEN SMYTHE OWEN, Esq. of Condover Park, Shropshire. Feb. 19. At Sidmouth, the Honourablę NATHANIEL MARCHANT, of the Island of Antigua, one of his Majesty's council there, and an assistant justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Feb. 21. At Claydon, in Suffolk, ANKETELL SINGLETON, Esq. Lieutenantgovernor of Landguard-fort. Feb. 22. JOHN CALVERT, Esq. Member for Huntingdon, at his seat, Albury Hall, Herts. Same day, in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, JAMES PHILLIPS COLLIER, Esq. aged thirty-five years. Feb. 24. In Grosvenor-place, the Countess of UPPER OSSORY. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Cry of injured Texts; BOETHES; and A CHURCHMAN's first paper, will obtain place. A CHURCHMAN'S Second paper we do not think it right to admit. The cominunications of B. V.; AMICUS; C. L.; G. M.; and G. F., will appear as soon as possible. T. H.; C.; EDWARD ASIATICUS; C. F.; and the letter of the Reverend T. CLARKE, will be inserted, if possible, in our next number. Q. may be assured that we have not forgotten our promise respecting Mr. Daubeny's late work. We hope in our next number to gratify his wishes. CLERICUS LONDINENSIS ought to have transmitted a copy of his work, as he is anxious we should review it. We have not yet seen it. We must refer A CURATE OF THE NORTH to our first volume, p. 92, for a resolution of his difficulties. We shrink from the discussion which his letter opens. When we stated in our Answers to Correspondents last month, that it was our rule "to insert no anonymous reviews," we did not mean to say, as a correspondent supposes, nor do our words imply it, that we reviewed no anonymous works. J. R. must see that the expression "baptized in the name of the Lord Jesuɛ," furnishes no argument that the Apostles did not use the form of words prescribed by our Lord (Matt. xxviii. 29.), that expression being evidently intended not to describe the form of words which had been used; but to assert the fact, that certain persons, having received the doctrines of Christ, had been admitted into the Christian Church by baptism. We cannot possibly admit the anonymous and unauthenticated personalities of A FRIEND TO GOSPEL TRUTH AND ORDER. J. T. ought to transmit his remarks directly to his Friend. G. W.'s paper has not come to hand. We have no hesitation in acknowledging to E. H., that we are considerably afraid of exciting debate on such nice points as he has brought before us. Could we perceive the connection which the proposed discussion has with "some of the most important questions lately agitated," we should be less indisposed to enter upon it. We shall, however, give the most candid attention to any thing he may suggest on that sub ject. In the mean time, we think it right to go so far as to say, that, in our opinion, there can be no true faith without repentance, nor any true repentance without faith; although, unquestionably there may be in the case of a true penitent, such a deep self-abasement on account of his sins, as makes him slow to believe and apply the promises of the Gospel. In reply to T. C. C. we conceive that the Rubrick allows of some latitude in the case mentioned by him. The Remarks of A SINCERE FRIEND OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, on the inconsistency of the British Critic, in our next. H. ought to have named the periodical work from which he extracted the letter sent to us. The Lady spoken of by H. R. has acted, as we think, with propriety. V. H.; S. K.; C. J.; T. and G.; H. G.; and AMEN, have come to hand. Number 26, page 91, col. 1, line 18, col. 2, line 2, page 94, col. 1, line 19, dele the comma after Arias. from bottom, after p. 103 insert see also frag. No. CCCCLXXII. p. 181. page 105, col. 1, line 36, and page 106, col. 2, line 7, from bottom, for page 128, Bone read Boni. line 29, from bottom, for Honestus read Honestas. Present Number, page 130, col. 1, line 5, from bottom, for purity read parity. page 140, col. 2, line 22, from bottom, for text read test. page 144, col. 1, line 14, for truth read faith. page 154, col. 2, line 18, from bottom, after power insert for that purpose. page 160, col. 1, line 18, from bottom, for he read the author. ! page 162, col. 2, line 4, insert Price 2s. HE following character is extractthe funeral of the Countess of Carbery, (the lady of Richard, Earl of Carbery, who died in the prime of life, in the year 1650,) by the pious, learned, and eloquent Dr. Jeremy Taylor; and published in a collee tion of his discourses in folio. As it may not be known to some of your readers, you may, perhaps, deem it worthy of a place in your valuable miscellany. I have taken the liberty of retrenching a few passages from the original, which were irrelevant to the purpose of this extract, and have exchanged an obsolete word or two for others of a more modern, but similar signification. To the whole I have subjoined a few observations, with a view to point out the peculiar excellencies of the character which is here exhibited; and to recommend them more particularly to the attention and imitation of your female readers. "I have now done with my text, but am yet to make you another sermon. I have told you the necessity and the state of death; it may be, too largely for such a sad story; I shall, therefore, now with a better compendium teach you how to live, by telling you a plain narrative of a life, which if you imitate and write after the copy, it will make, that death shall not be an evil, but a thing to be desired, and to be reckoned amongst the purchases and advantages of your fortune. When Martha and Mary went to weep over the grave of their brother, Christ met them there, and preached a funeral sermon; discoursing of the resurrection, and applying to the purposes of faith, and confession of Christ, and glorification of God: we have no other, we can have no better precedent to follow; and now that we are come to weep over the grave of our dear sister, this rare CHRIST. OBSERV. No. 28. personage, we cannot chuse but have tate, and some to exercise, "I chuse not to declare her extraction and genealogy; it was, indeed, fair and honourable; but having the blessing to be descended from worthy and honoured ancestors, and herself to be adopted and ingraffed into a more noble family, yet she felt such outward appendages to be none of hers, because not of her choice, but the purchase of the virtues of others, which although they did engage her to do noble things, yet they would upbraid all degenerate and less honourable lives than were those, which began and increased the honour of the families. Accordingly, myself have been a witness of it, how this excellent lady would, by an act of humility and christian abstraction, strip her self of all that fair appendage of ex terior honour which decked her person and her fortune; and desired to be owned by nothing but what was her own, that she might only be esteemed honourable according to that which is the honour of a christian and a wise person. "She had a strict and severe education, and it was one of God's graces and favours to her. For being the heiress of a great fortune, and living amongst the throng of persons in the sight of vanities and empty tempta tions, that is, in that part of the kingdom where greatness is too often expressed in great follies and great vices, God had provided a severe education to chastise the forwardnesses of a young spirit and a fair fortune; and intending to secure this soul to himself, would not suffer the follies of the world to seize upon her by way of too near a trial, or busy temptation. "She was married young; in pass ing through which line of providence she had the art to secure her eternal interest, by turning her condition into Ce |