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EVERAL favours and valuable pieces, hitherto poftponed, fhall certainly appear in Ta CHRISTIAN'S MAGAZINE, No. 17, being

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Which will be published on the 16th of JANUARY, and will contain a great variety of articles, two elegant Engravings, and complete Indexes for the

VOLUME.

NUMBER XVIII. for JANUARY, among our ufual and much admired variety of original pieces, will include the character and portrait of the Moft Reverend Dr. Moore, the prefent Archbishop of Canterbury, elegantly engraved. Alfo an hiftory and defcription of the cathedral church of Oxford, with a view of that celebrated building.

We readily fubfe ribe to the abilities and pointed wit of Aminto; but having obferved the ill-tendency of his fubject, the indecency of fome pallages, and the extravagance of others, little remains to be faid in his favour..

The bumorous and fatyric powers of Senforius are fufficiently difplayed. His sketch of a reverend bufy-body is equally laughable and defcriptive. His conclufion is undeniable, which is all we can admit, "That we are blind to our own faults, and quick-fighted in difcerning the faults of others."

A Preceptor need not doubt of our paying a very particular attention to his extracts and judicious rictures; in our eye they appear as mines of gold, which though in fome parts are mingled with drofs, yet contain a vein of the richest ore, that will amply repay the labour of an inquifitive fearcher.

We think it a pity that certain fculking pick-pockets, who fend us obfcene letters, without paying the postage, are not amenable to our laws.

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The encomiums of Serviteur, from Oxford, are very flattering, and we give him full credit for his good intentions; but he will acknowledge it is our duty to reprefs a misjudging ardour, in difputable points of a religious nature, which frequently hurries us on, without allowing time for a mature deliberation.

The friendly and just remarks of a Well-wisher to THIS Magazine deferved our earlier notice, but in a muliplicity of other favours from correfpondents, they have hitherto efcaped our immediate obfervation

Non-can is pleafed to beftow upon us fome very warm epithets. His abufe is an honour; we defy his indignation, and fhrink not from his refentment; and fhould we be obliged to introduce his name, he may reft affured, it will be done in a manner not the most flattering to his vanity.

A Lover of Singularity has fully, difplayed his own conceit and vanity; but he would do well to confider, how much his private opinions tend to disturb the peace and order of fociety, which, though friends to the liberty of private judgment and free-thinking, we think is our indifpenfable duty to maintain.

We confefs our obligation to Amicus for his ingenious remarks, which have conveyed to us information that we could not have otherwife easily acquired. The profpect he has laid before us is exceedingly flattering, and, by the means of his affistance, we hope to obtain a more extenfive view.

A poor Curate has favoured us with obfervations equally candid and intelligent. He difcovers an intimate acquaintance with the heart, and we fhall give a ferious attention to his falutary maxims and useful leffons.

The Effay of B. L. has, agreeable to his request, paffed under our ferious confideration. The matter is good and ufeful, but the ftile is deficient in grammatical propriety, to corre& which would take up too much of our time.

In our opinion, the poetical epiftle of Senex is a mere juvenile attempt, as it is, in fome places, defective in point of harmony and diction, and, in others, the fentiments are weak and puerile.

A Soliloquy and Rhapfody, by a Son of the Quill. We do not remember to have ever seen any thing more contemptible than these two ridiculous attempts at wit, in which the most confummate impudence vies with the moft fenfeless obfcenity.

Under confideration W. W. of Bristol. Matt. Snave. An anfwer to an enquiry respecting the Locality of heaven, by P. A.; Puis; Amelia; Cappa; A Librarian; Calvin's adveeate; Prefbyter; A Lover of Truth; Clio; Stilling fleet; One of a Thousand; Investigator; Candide; Orthodox; 4. 2. And a number of other kind communications from friendly correl pondents.

Engraved for The New Christian's Magazine.

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TheRight Rev SirWASHBURNHAM,
D.D.LORD BISHOP of CHICHESTER

"Accurately Drawn & Engraved from an Original Picture
taken from the Life.

Published by Alec Hogg N16 Paternoster Row, Jan. 1.1784.

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nefs of converfing at his public table with his clergy, who are remark. able for their good fenfe, fociability, and humanity, among whom we cannot refrain from mentioning, as ftriking inftances, the worthy D. of CHICHESTER, and residentiary WEBBER, who was the duke of Richmond's domeftic chaplain, at Goodwood.

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In the course of our biographical ftrictures, we have had occafion to notice our flender ftock of materi als, and the obfervation is particularly applicable to the account of the life now before us: however we fhall endeavour to fupply this defect with fome particulars within Our own knowledge, and with others which have been tranfmitted to us, in an obliging manner, by a friend of the bishop of Chichester,

With regard to his lordhip's immediate predeceffors, his grandfather, Sir Denny Afhburnham, was created a baronet by king Charles Iiz the

the fecond; and ferved in feveral fucceffive parliaments for the town of Haftings, in Suffex, the first of the Cinque Ports. He had two fons, William, the eldeft, who was alfo a baron of the Cinque Ports, and reprefentative for Haftings in many parliaments. Dying without iffue, he was fucceeded in title and eftate by his younger brother Charles, the father of the present Sir Wm. Afhburnham. Sir Charles, Afhburnham died at Chichester, where he refided, we believe, about eighteen years ago; at whofe death the title and eftate devolved upon his lordship, the prefent poffeffor of them. This bishop has a feat at Broomham, in the eaft of Suffex, derived to him from his ancestors, in a lineal fucceffion for fome hundred years. This and the pleafantnefs

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children, when he is always one among the number of benevolent

contributors. His difcourfes on this and all other occafions abound with folid fenfe, and good argument. His voice is exceedingly harmonious, and his delivery strong, clear, chafte, and correct. If the gentleman, who has been fo oblig. ing to fend a few of the above particulars, refpecting this prelate, would be pleased to favour us with an extract or two from his rational fermons, he would, we are perfuaded, afford our readers a very agreeable and acceptable entertainment. As to his perfon, his lordship is tall and thin. His features are regular, and his countenance placid. His father, Sir Charles Afhburnham,died in a good old age, and Sir William is advanc

longevity, He is at prefent a widower, lady Afhburnham having acquitted this ftage of life a few years ago.

of its fite, may be the reason why hising apace to the fame period of lordship retires to Broomham, and gives it the preference to his palace at Chichester, for a fummer refi. dence. To the latter manfion his lordship generally repairs about Christmas time, and fpends the eve of winter in town, at his house in Albemarle street. the bishop's refidence at Chichester, his lordship keeps a public table for his clergy, where they find a cordial reception; nor are the poor forgotten, who are weekly partakers of his bounty. While upon his annual vifit, in his diocese, his lordship preaches at times in the cathedral; and generally a fermon for the benefit of the poor charity

The fee of Chichester is one among the number of fmall bifhoprcis, being rated in the king's book only at 677 s. 3d. but the annual income at prefent is, we believe, full fixteen hundred pounds per annum. A very refpectable body of prebendaries, canons, and vicars choral, live round its cathedral, in a kind of eafy retirement, to whom, and other genteel private families, many of the trading part of the city owe their chief fupport.

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