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greater personal favorite with the King than any of the ministers, was declared Secretary of State, and the Earl of Carlisle was sent for to be the Lord Privy Seal. The ministers soon took the alarm, and had a meeting all together at Lord. Harrington's, where they agreed upon the measures they would pursue, and the next day they all went to Court and one after another resigned their respective places. Such was their fidelity to their old Master, when a rebellion was raging in the midst of the kingdom; they would rather all desert him in the hour of distress and danger, than any of them should be deprived of the fits of their places. This was more than the King had expected, he was by no means prepared for such an event, he was with all his courage really intimidated by so many resignations, and may be said in a manner to have resigned himself; for his whole scheme was suddenly disconcerted, Lord Granville was dismissed within a few days, and the old ministers were all restored to their places with fuller power than before. The King was as much chagrined and vexed as he was provoked and angry at his disappointment, and begged and entreated of Lord Bath to avenge his cause by writing a full account of the whole transaction. One of his expressions was "Rub "it in their noses, and if it be possible, make them ashamed." Such an account was accord

ingly writtten, which was copied fair by Lord Bath himself with some additions and alterations, and was conveyed in safety to the King. In little more than a week it was returned by a faithful friend with the King's approbation in his own hand-writing, and a verbal desire that at a convenient season it might be published. But it is not known what is become of these papers. Lord Bath himself had occasion to look for them some time before his death, being desirous to communicate them to Bishop Pearce, but could not find them. After his death diligent search was made for them every where, but all to no* purpose, they could no where be found. It is well known that after Lord Pulteney's death he burnt abundance of papers. It is to be feared, that in his disturbance and confusion of mind, not knowing well what he did at that sad juncture, he committed these with the rest to the flames; and by these means most probably this curious piece of history was destroyed and lost.

In the spring of 1747, Dr. Newton was chosen lecturer of St. George's Hanover-square, in the room of Dr. Savage deceased. Dr. Savage in his younger days had travelled with an Earl of Salisbury, to whom he was indebted for a considerable living in Hertfordshire; and in his more advanced years was a lively pleasant facetious old man. One day at the levee George I. asked him, how

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long he had stayed at Rome with Lord Salisbury? Upon his answering how long, Why, said the King, you stayed long enough, why did not you convert the Pope? Because, Sir, replied he, I had nothing better to offer him. Having been bred at Westminster, he had always a great fondness for the school, attended at all their plays and elections, assisted in all their public exercises, there grew young again, and among boys was a great boy himself. The King's Scholars had so great a regard for him, that after his decease they made a collection among themselves, and at their own charges erected a monument to his memory in the cloisters. Upon his death, Dr. Newton inmediately declared himself a candidate for the lectureship. Dr. Gregory Sharp had some thoughts of opposing him ; but finding him to have many friends in the parish, and to be particularly supported by the Lords Bath and Carpenter, he very soon desisted, and was glad to succeed to the lectureship upon Dr. Newton's quitting it. When the election was made of Dr. Newton, the vestry book was signed by the following Noblemen and Gentlemen.

In the month of August following, he married his first wife Jane the eldst daughter of the Rev. Dr. Trebeck, an unaffected modest decent young woman, with whom he lived very happy in mutual love and harmony near seven years. As they had no children, they continued to board in the parsonage house with Dr. Trebeck, having the best apartment for his pictures, and being freed by the prudent good management of Mrs. Trebeck from all care and trouble of housekeeping; which he thought no inconsiderable advantage, being much of the mind of the famous Mr. Boyle, who would never have his studies interrupted by any household affairs, and was certainly master of more time and leisure by being only a boarder in the house of his sister the Countess of Ranelagh.

In this same year 1747 he had also the satisfac tion of seeing his friend Dr. Pearce advanced to a bishopric, which he had long deserved. The bishopric, which, of all others he most desired was Peterborough; and he had at several times declared to his friends, and likewise intimated to the ministers, that if he could but obtain that bishopric, he would readily relinquish all his other preferments without wishing to retain any thing in commendam. But Providence saw fit to dispose of matters otherwise, and sent him farther to a better bishopric, to Bangor upon the promotion of Bishop Hutton to the see of York,