in Norfolk, vacated by the cession of the Rev. Richard Lockwood. The Rev. Maltyward Simpson, M.A. late fellow of Gonville and Caius College, is instituted to the Rec ory of Mickfield, in Suffolk, on the presentation of Daniel Simpson, gent.-The Reverend Richard Lockwood, M. A. is collated to the vicarages of Kessingland, and Lowestoff, vacated by the death of the Rev. Mr. Potter.-The Rev. J. S. Hewett, B. A. is presented to the vicarage of Cromer, and licensed to the curacy of Sherring ham in Norfolk, both in the gift of the Lord Bishop of Ely. The Rev. Thomas Barber, B.A. Fellow of St. John's College, is appointed clerk in orders of the parish church of Leeds, in the county of York, in room of the Rev. Hussey Holmes, M. A. and the Rev. Richard Foster, B. A. late of Catherine Hall, is appointed to the curacy of the same church, in the room of the Rev. Francis Fourness' Preston, M. A. retired, The Rev. Thomas Vere Chute, A.M. is presented to the Rectory of Moulton Magna, in the county of Norfolk, on the presentation of Willian Chute, Esq. The Rev. Ch. Burt, late of Wadham College, Oxford, is instituted by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the vicarage of Cannington, Wilts. The Rev. Edward Hamley, L.L.B. Fellow of New College, Oxford, has been instituted by the Bishop of Hereford, to the rectory of Cusop, on the presentation of the Earl of Oxford. The Rev. Mr. King, rector of Nuthurst and Fittleworth, in the diocese of Chichester has been presented by Earl Paulett, to the rectory of Lympsham, in Somersetshire, worth 1000). per annum. The Rev. Simeon Adams, L.L.B. is collated by the Lord Bishop of Norwich to the rectory of Owsden in Suffolk, by reason of lapse. The Rev John Gatliff, Fellow of the Collegiate Church, Leeds, is nominated to the rectory of St. Mary's in Manchester, vacant by the death of the Rev. D. Rash botham. His Grace the Archbishop of York has presented the Rev. T. Barker, jun. B. A. to the vicarage of Thirkleby, and nominated him to the perpetual curacy of Kilburn, both in the north riding of Yorkshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Barker, MONTHLY OBITUARY. Afiad ;sre, Colonel Road, T Malta, soon after he had he has left 40,000l. to his relatives, and 60,000l. to the different persons of his acquaintance. At Orleans, the Rev. John Dring, I.A. Chaplain to the Bishop of Chichester. At Harlington Rectory, Hampshire, Mr. Thomas Harris Richards, of Winchester College, eldest son of the Rev. Griffith Richards, B.D. Rector of that parish. A youth of a mild and amiable disposition. In the 84th year of his age, the Rev. John Peele, Vicar of Filney, and Rector of Bawsey, both in Nt. Foter's, Man errir, North Norfolk, and upper Minister of At his house at Eaton, Norfolk, the Rev. Thomas Taylor, Rector of Swardeston and Cringleford, the former is in the gift of Mrs. Berney, and the latter in that of the corporation of Norwich. The Rev. George White, Rector of Huntspill, Somersetshire, and formerly Fellow of Baliol College, Oxford. Suddenly at the Rectory House, Harvington, the Rev. Dr. James. From King's College, Cambridge, he was removed to the post of head master of Rugby School, and after 1788. Mr: Thomas Whittington, of Hillingdon, Middlesex, at the very advanced age of 104. He retained all his faculties as well to the very last hour as ever he did at any other period of his life, and could walk a distance of two or three miles with perfect ease. His long life was rendered remarkable by his very constant attachment to drinking, but he never had any other liquor than gin, of which he daily drank two or three glasses, till within a fortnight of his death. He was born in the reign of King William, and had a most perfect recollection of the person of Queen Amuc, of whom he often spoke. In the rebellion of 1715, he was employed in conveying troops and baggage, from Uxbridge to London. His remains were interred in Hillingdon Churchyard, near his father's, who died about forty years ago, exactly at the same age. Aged 84, the Rev. Joseph Lathbury, Rector of the parishes of Great and Little Livermere, in Suffolk, and formerly of Clare Hall, Cambridge. At Dover in America, a black man. named, Pompey, aged one hundred and twenty. William Robert Fitzgerald Duke of Leinster. His Grace died at his seat at Carton, in the county of Kildare. Though he did not possess those shining qualities that confer on, not receive, dignity from rank; he was affable, a fond father, an indulgent husband, and a kind master. year. He was in his fifty-fifth He had been married to Amelia Olivia St. George, only child of the late Lord St. George. She died in 1791, leaving a numerous family to regret her loss. The titles, honours, and estate, devolve to his son Augustus Frederick, laté Marquis of Kildare, now thirteen years of age, and for whom his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales stood sponsor. Aged 85, the Rev. John Briggs, M.A. Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester, and Rector of Methley. At Kirkby Overblow, in his 80thr year, the Rev. Charles Cooper, D.D. Rector of that place, and Prebendary of Durham Cathedral. At his country seat, Abbeyseis, Queen's County Ireland, the Right Hon. Viscount 'de Vesci. He is succeeded by his eldest son theHon. John Vesci. At his chambers in the Temple, aged 76, John Wynne, Esq. a bencher of the Middle Temple, and brother of Sir William Wynne of Doctor's Commons. In a wretched apartment on Saf fron Hill, an old beggar of the: name of James, who for many years: has implored charity in the public. streets, and was well known by the: long hoary beard that hung below his breast. Being aware of his dissolution, he sent for his only issue, a chimney sweeper, residing at Pentonville, who on his arrival removed a brick in the fire place;;, by the dumb motions of his father,. where he found gold and silver. specie to the amount of 1041.~ This penurious old man was born. in Devonshire, and was in hist younger days a tradesman at Exeter, which place he left in an insol→ vent state, in 1776, and has lived in London since that time by beg ging. So penurious was he, that on no account would he part with his day's produce, like others of his profession, but would make soup of the bones which he picked up, when he could not obtain his usual supply in his rounda. Mrs. Hays, a lady more than eighty years of age. She had resided upwards of thirty years in Pall Mall Court, Pall Mall, and retired to her chamber in the attic story, which she had selected as the most airy, attended by her servant, about ten o'clock; after which the servant retired. About eleven the most dreadful groans were heard at the back of the house; and, on the servants running out, they found their mistress, in her night gown, suspended to the railing, the spikes having entered her thighs about two inches above the knees, her back broke, and her skull fractured in two places. She expired almost instantly. It appears that she had been for some time in a state of second childhood, and, it is supposed, something alarming her in her sleep, she opened the window and jumped out. At Bath, in the 56th year of his age, George Lloyd, Esq. of York, barrister at law. At his seat in Kent, of the gout in his stomach, Sir Richard Glode, Knight. He was knighted during his sheriffalty for London. Mrs. Woolaston, wife of the Rev. F. J. Hyde Woolaston, Jacksonian Professor in Cambridge University,. and vicar of South Weald, Essex. At Dalkeith, R. Cochran, Esq. an American loyalist, and formerly one of his Majesty's judges in the court of common pleas for the province of New Jersey. Mrs. Eccles, relict of the late Rev. Mr. Eccles, rector of St. Mary le Bow, Stratford, Middlesex. Aged 74, Peter Hook, M. D. one of the physicians to the Norfolk and Norwich hospital ever since its first establishment. Mr. Samuel Walker, yeoman, bedel of law in the university of Oxford. TO CORRESPONDENTS. PHILALETIES still adheres to Bishop Pearson's interpretation of the controverted text 1 St. Peter iii. 18, 19, as preferable to that of the Bishop of St. Asaph. It is not for us to enter into the dispute; but if our correspondent Philalethes or any other will state some new arguments on the subject, we shall readily give them a place. Philalethes observes in his note to us, that "the London Curate (vol. iv. pp. 84, 85) hath quoted both opinions; and hath declined giving his own on either; perhaps by this time he hath made up his mind on the subject!" We shall have no objection to insert the observations mentioned by E. P. The Mishnical Tracts will be very acceptable. A Parishioner of Clerkenwell, flatly contradicts the assertion of our correspondent Eusebius, that a Collection in support of Mr. Foster's in terest was recommended at Lady Huntingdon's Chapel, and he calls upon Eusebius to name the other " Meeting House or Conventicle where a collection was actually made for the same purpose." -A “Yorkshire Curate" is welcome to enjoy the pleasure of being the constant reader of a certain periodical miscellany, which one of our corres pondents has characterized as pernicious. But neither his opinion, nor that of any other person, however high and dignified, will induce us to withdraw the appellation, knowing as we do, who the persons are that have the management of that publication, and what are the principles and objects it is intended to promote. Sener and Merciniensis; the Meditations by Bishop HORNE; and se veral articles of Review are unavoidably postponed till our next. ERRATA. Page 199, line 10 after the word "are" insert as follows " methodistical or calvinistic and" THE ORTHODOX CHURCHMAN's MAGAZINE AND REVIEW, FOR NOVEMBER 1804. As the SPIRIT always guides, and instructs before he saves; and as he brings to Happiness only by the ways of Holiness; so he never leads to true Holiness, but by the paths of Knowledge. DR. SOUTH BIOGRAPHY. Some Account of the Right Rev. EDWARD CHANDLER, D.D. Lord Bishop of Durham. HIS learned and amiable prelate is stated by the au Tthored the History of Durham, to have been a na tive of Ireland*. He received however his academical education at Emmanuel College, in Cambridge, and in 1693, became chaplain to Dr. William Lloyd, the learned and worthy bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, afterwards of Worcester. His first preferment appears to have been a canonry of Litchfield in 1696. În 1706, In being then doctor of divinity, he was was made prebendary of Worcester, at which time he had also the rectory of Wem in Shropshire. On the 17th of November 1717, he was consecrated Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, from whence in 1730, he was translated to Durham. He held this last high dignity till July 20, 1750, when he died in Grosvenor Square of the stone (several large ones being found in his body when opened) and his remains were interred at Farnham Royal, in Buckinghamshire. He was then in his eighty-second year. Bishop Chandler married Barbara, the eldest daughter of Sir Humphry Briggs. One of his daughters was married to R. Cavendish, Esq.; another to Wadham Wyndham, Esq. and another to the Rev. Mr. Brotherton. *Hutchinson, Vol. I. page 574. Vol. VII. Church, Mag. Nov. 1894. Tt Whilst Whilst he was Bishop of Durham, he gave 50l. towards augmenting Monkwearmouth living, also 2001. to purchase a house for the Minister of Stockton, and 2000l. to be laid out in a purchase for the benefit of Clergymen's widows in the diocese of Durham. "It may be remembered (adds the same authority*) to the honour of Bishop Chandler, that he never sold any of his patent offices, though he was offered several hundred pounds by Mr. R. R. an attorney at D, for the clerkship of the Halmot Court, vacant on the death of Mr. John Mowbray, in 1735, which he nobly refused, and gave to his Secretary Mr. Whitaker, who was succeeded by Mr. Wyndham." Bishop Chandler was the author of several single sermons, preached on publíck occasions, but his principal work was "A Defence of Christianity, from the prophecies of the Old Testament, wherein are considered all the objections against this kind of proof, advanced in a late discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion." This learned treatise made its appearance in 1725, in one volume, 8vo. In 1728, it reached a third edition, to which are subjoined a summary view of the whole argument, and an Index of the texts explained. In the same year his Lordship continued the subject in "A Vindication of the Defence of Christianity, from the prophecies of the Old Testament, in answer to the scheme of literal prophecy considered: With a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Masson concerning the Religion of Macrobius, and his Testimony touching the Slaughter of the Infants of Bethlehem, with a postscript upon Virgil's fourth Eclogue, 2 vols. 8vo." His Lordship also wrote the Chronological Dissertation prefixed to Arnald's commentary on Ecclesiasticus, and a biographical preface to a posthumous work by the learned Dr. Ralph Cudworth, entituled "A Treatise concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality.' In Mr. Whiston's memoirs is the following letter by the Bishop, written in answer to one sent to him by that learned but eccentric man, on the date of Ecclesiasticus. MR. WHISTON, January 6, 1748-9. "I thank you for your learned remarks on the age of the eldest son of Syrach, which I am at present in no * Hutchinson. condition |