CATALOGUE OF THE WORKS OF ARCHDEACON DAUBENY. 1. A Sermon delivered at St Margaret's Chapel, Bath, pointing out the necessity of some place of worship for the more free accommodation of the Parish of Walcot at large, and of the Poor in particular. 1792, 8vo. 2. A Sermon preached at the Visitation of the Archdeacon of Wilts. 1793, 8vo. 3. The Fall of Papal Rome, recommended to the consideration of England, in a discourse on Isaiah xlvi. 9, 10. 1798, 8vo. 4. A Guide to the Church in several Discourses, 1798; 2nd edit. with Appendix, 1804, 2 vols. 8vo. 5. A Letter to Mrs Hannah More, on her Strictures on Female Education; to which is subjoined a Discourse on Genesis xv. 6. 1799, 8vo. 6. A Sermon on Cruelty to Dumb Animals. 1799, 12mo. 7. An Appendix to the Guide to the Church,' in which the principal arguments in that work are more fully maintained, in answer to the objections brought against them by Sir Richard Hill, Bart. in his Letters addressed to the Author, under the title of An Apology for Brotherly Love.' 1800, 8vo. 8. Eight Discourses on the Connection between the Old and New Testaments, and demonstrative of the Great Doctrine of Atonement. 1802, 8vo. 9. A Letter to a Sound Member of the Church; with a Supplement, containing two Letters to the Christian Observer.' 1802, 8vo. 10. Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ, in which some of the false reasonings, incorrect statements, and palpable misrepresentations in a publication entitled The True Churchman Ascertained, by John Overton, A. B.' are pointed out. 1803, 8vo. 11. A Sermon on his Majesty's Call for the United Exertions of his People against the threatened Invasion. 1803, 8vo. 12. The Trial of the Spirits, a Caution against Spiritual Delusion. 1805, 8vo. 13. Sermons on Practical Subjects. 1805, 8vo. 14. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Sarum, at his Primary Visitation. 1805, 8vo. 15. A Sermon preached at Bath. 1806, 8vo. 16. A Sermon preached at Bath on the Fast-day. 1809, 8vo. 17. A Sermon preached at St Paul's, [London], on the Anniversary of the Charity Children, 1809, 4to. 18. Explanation of the Judgment delivered against the Rev. J. W. Wickes, for refusing to bury an Infant baptized by a Dissenting Minister. 1811. 19. Remarks on a Bill for better regulating Parish Registers. 1811, 8vo. 20. A Letter to the Rt. Hon. George Rose, on the same subject. 1812, 8vo. 21. Reasons for supporting the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, in preference to the new Bible Society, partly given in a Charge. 1812, 8vo. 22. Remarks on the Unitarian Method of interpreting the Scriptures. 1815, 8vo. 23. Sermons on various occasions. 1816, 2 vol. 8vo. 24. A Treatise on Schism-against the Catholics. 1818, 8vo. 25. A Sermon occasioned by a late desperate attempt on the Life of his Majesty, preached at Christ Church, Bath, in 1800, 8vo.-The event alluded to in this discourse was the insane outrage of Hadfield, who fired off a pistol at the King in Drury Lane Theatre. Archdeacon Daubeny also printed Charges to the Clergy of the Diocese of Sarum delivered in 1806, 1807, and 1813; and he was a contributor to the Anti-Jacobin Review. HENRY CLINE, F.R.S. HENRY CLINE was the son of a respectable tradesman in the metropolis, where he was born about the middle of the last century. He was destined for the profession of a surgeon, and after having received a suitable preliminary education, he was sent to prosecute his studies at St Thomas's hospital, in Southwark, where he became the pupil or apprentice of Mr Joseph Else, one of the surgeons belonging to that institution. His attention to the details of practice, and his researches in the various branches of science connected with the occupation he had chosen, were doubtless characterised by that spirit of industry and sagacity which conducted him to eminence, and of which he exhibited an illustrious example during the whole of his long professional career. Having completed the course of his medical education, he engaged in practice as a surgeon in the city of London; and for many years he resided in St Mary Axe, where he arrived at great and deserved reputation. He subsequently removed to Lincoln's inn fields, in which situation he continued till his death. During the active part of his life, he was for a great number of years one of the surgeons of St Thomas's hospital, in which office he succeeded Mr Else in 1780. He also gave lectures there during the winter season, on anatomy and surgery; and by his professional skill, he maintained the high character which former surgeons had imparted to the hospital; while his talents as a lecturer contributed to heighten its reputation as a seminary for education in the art of healing. * There was a peculiarity in the air and manner of this celebrated practitioner, which impressed those who approached him with the idea of his being endowed with imperturbable coolness and resolution. His powers of vision were in one respect imperfect, since he was so short-sighted, that he could not see an object distinctly, unless it was placed very close to his eyes. Yet he never used concave glasses. Indeed, like all whose visual * Monthly Repository, N.S. vol. i. p. 223, from Gentleman's Magazine. organs are similarly constructed, he might be said to possess a microscopic sight, and therefore wanted no artificial assistance, as by placing anything he wished to examine at a proper distance, he could not merely see it as distinctly, but even more so than most other people. However, this singularity of vision, which induced him to bring objects of investigation almost into contact with his face, appeared rather strange to those who saw him for the first time, when performing a surgical operation. The steadiness and address which he exhibited on those occasions were truly admirable, indicating a perfect command of his faculties, and a distinct foresight of the progress of the proceeding, And so well had he weighed the circumstances of every case, and anticipated the consequences of every circumstance which could occur, that rarely indeed was he baffled in the exercise of his art for the benefit of his fellow-creatures, by any accident for which he was unprovided. His lectures were clear, methodical, and full of information. He displayed no splendid and imposing theories, to interest the imagination and excite the wonder of his pupils. He dealt more in facts than in doctrines; and by lucid description and accurate and impressive reasoning, he convinced the judgment, and at once supplied the rudiments of knowledge, and indicated the sources, while he stirred up the spirit of improvement. In the more practical part of his lectures, he did not dwell on extraordinary cures and fanciful experiments; but gravely and plainly represented the symptoms and phenomena of diseases, and described the operations or other methods of cure adopted, candidly reporting instances of failure as well as of success, and extracting from the former, as well as the latter, lessons of the utmost utility to the student. Though he was no friend to hypothetical speculations, and experimental researches destitute of practical application, he was ever ready to afford the assistance of his time, talents, and influence, in support of all genuine improvements in the art of healing. Hence, when Dr Jenner had discovered the very extraordinary and anomalous effect of the cow-pox in rendering the constitution insensible to the variolous contagion, Mr Cline was among the first in the profession who entered into the views of that ingenious physiologist, and to him was due the honour of introducing into the metropolis the practice of vaccine inoculation. While his colleague at St Thomas's, Mr Birch, actuated by a predilection for some hypothesis relative to the inoculated small-pox, was issuing pamphlets and protests against vaccination, the subject of our eulogy displayed his native liberality, benevolence, and intellectual superiority, in yielding his patronage and professional ability towards the establishment of an innovation in medicine which would secure a large portion of lasting fame to a contemporary practitioner of the art which he cultivated with so much advantage to himself and to mankind. In his office as anatomical and surgical lecturer at St Thomas's hospital, Mr Cline for many years had the able assistance of Mr (now Sir) Astley P. Cooper, who was married to his niece; and to him he wholly resigned his lectureship in 1811. He also relinquished his post of surgeon to the hospital in 1812, and was succeeded by Mr Benjamin Travers. He died January 2nd, 1827, at his house in Lincoln's inn fields, in the 76th year of his age. "His death was occasioned by a gradual bodily decay, consequent upon an intermittent fever, under which he had for some time laboured-more than three years previous to his decease. During his decline, which was attended with extraordinary emaciation and weakness, he retained his mental powers in a remarkable degree, and possessed a vigour of intellect and liveliness of fancy, and a cheerfulness of disposition, which made life desirable.” * The following reflections on the private and professional character of Mr Cline, contained in a brief biographical notice first published in the Gentleman's Magazine,' display much feeling, liberality, and correctness of sentiment: "He was eminently successful as a private practitioner. It might be invidious to say that he was the first of the learned surgeons of his day, but it is apprehended that every person competent to form a judgment will readily admit that he had no superior. It is believed that no such person will maintain that he was inferior to any one of them, with respect to acuteness in discovering and ascertaining disease, soundness of judgment, skill in operating, the number, together with the rank of his patients, and, above all, with respect to the confidence with which he inspired them. He was regarded by his professional brethren with good-will, and esteem, and respect, in a remarkable degree; and his patients looked upon him as a friend, as well as a professional adviser. It would perhaps be difficult to name a person whose intercourse, in the way of his profession merely, gave occasion to an equal number of private friendships. He was indebted for this success very little to adventitious circumstances. It was principally owing to his skill and knowledge; it was owing likewise, in a considerable degree, to his general talents, to his strength of mind, and to the mildness of his manners. "His feelings, both selfish [personal] and social, were ardent, his imagination lively, his intellectual faculties powerful; but the exercise of all his feelings and powers was under the complete control of his will, so that he was able to exhibit, and he did exhibit habitually, in his countenance and deportment, an equanimity not to be disturbed by accident, and a mildness and kindness of disposition which conci * Id. ibid. |