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USTIFICATION by Faith, a Sermon preached at the Primary Visitation of the Right Rev. Father in God Henry William, Lord Bishop of Chester, held at Richmond, in Yorkshire, August 22, 1804, and published at his Lordship's Request, by John Headlam, M. A. 4to.

Christian Beneficence, the Anniversary Sermon at the Meeting of the Society established for the Benefit of the Widows and Orphans of deceased Clergymen within the diocese of Durham, preached in the Cathedral Church of Durham, September 6, 1804, by Charles Plumptre, M. A. Rector of Long Newton, 4to.

Truths of the Christian Religion, being a Digest of the Faith, Duties, and Privileges of a Christian, from the Writings of Dr. Porteus, Lord Bishop of London, including a View of the Evidences of the -Christian Religion, with Obser-vations and Reflections, by a Member of the Established Church,

12mo.

An Enquiry into the Necessity,

Nature, and Evidences of Revealed Religion, by the Rev. Thomas Robinson, A. M. Author of a Plea for the Divinity of Christ, 8vo.

A Sermon on the abounding of open Profligacy and Immorality, preached at St. John's Church, in the Town of Hull, January the 22d, 1804, by the Rev. Thomas Dikes, LL. B. Minister of the said Church, and late of Magdalen College, Cambridge, 8vo.

Observations on the Causes of Non-residence, and on the Act of Parliament lately passed for its Prevention, by the Rev. S. Seger, M. A. 8vo.

The House of Mourning, and the House of Feasting, a Sermon preached before the Hinston Friendly Society, in the Parish Church of Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday, September 30th, 1804, being the Anniversary; to which are added, Psalm 133, and Hymns to be sung at the Funeral of a deceased member, by the Rev. J. Plumptre, A. M. Fellow of Clare Hall, and Sequestrator of Hinxton, 8vo.

the order of arrangement in the Andrometer could never be strictly adhered to in the application of our time, aud cultivation of our talents (if it were intended) is evi

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37-Eloquence perfect. 38-National rights defended. 39-The learned protected. 40-The virtuous assisted. 41-Compositions published. 42-Science improved. 43-Parliamentary affairs. 44-Laws enacted and supported. 45-Fine arts improved. 46-Government of his family. 47-Education of his children. 48-Vigilance as a magistrate. 49-Firmness as a patriot. 50-Virtue as a citizen. 51-Historical works. 52-Oratorical works. 53-Philosophical works. 54-Political works.

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OXFORD. Nov. 14. THE Rev. James Hook,, Nov. M. A. of St. Mary Hall, was admitted Bachelor of Laws.

15. The Rev. William Lee, M. A. of New College, and Rector of New Stampford, Essex; and the Rev. James Roberts, M. A. of Lincoln College, Rector of Yatton, Vicar of Much Marle in the diocese of Hereford, and Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, were admitted to the accumulated degrees of Bachelors and Doctors in Divinity.

The Rev. James Ford, B. A. of Trinity College, was admitted Master of Arts And Mr. John Munden, of Queen's College, was admitted Bachelor of Arts.

16. The Rev. John Rawbone, B. D. of Magdalen College, and Rector of Hatford, Berkshire, was mitted Doctor in Divinity.-The Rev. Johu Pearce Mauley, Bachelor of Laws of St. Mary Hall, was admitted Doctor of Laws Grand Compounder. The Rev. Frederick Anson, B. A. of All Soul's College, was admitted Master of Arts.

- 22. The Rev. William Church, of Trinity College, and Mr. Thomas Daniell, of Christ Church, were admitted Masters of Arts.-Messrs. William Russell Oldnall, and Atha wasius Lasser, of Christ Church. were admitted Bachelors of Arts.

CAMBRIDGE.

Messrs. Gimingham, Day, and Wodehouse, M. A. are elected Senior Fellows, and Mr. William Okes, B. A. Junior Fellow of that society.

The Rev. S. Clarke, of Jesus, is admitted to the degree of Bachelor in Law; and the Rev. Wiliam Wilkins, Fellow of Caius College, to that of Master of Arts.

Martin Davy, M. D. Master of Caius College, resigned the office of Vice-Chancellor of this University, in which he is succeeded by the Rev. John Torkington, D. D. Master of Clare Hall.-The latter served the office in 1785.

The Sermon at Great St. Mary's, on the 5th of November, was preached by Dr. Pearce, Master of Jesus College.

The Seatonian prize, (the subject Moses viewng the promised land) is this year adjudged to the Rev. Mr. Hoyle, M. A. Librarian of Trinity College.

The subject of the Norrisian prize for the present year, is," The internal Evidence of the Religion of Moses.

Robert C er Haselfoot, LL.B. of Trinity Hau, is elected Fellow of that society.

- 13. Mr. Edward Polehampton, Fellow of King's College, Messrs. John Bricke Combe, and John Barwick, of Bene't College, and Mr. William Williams of Peterhome, were admitted to the degree of Master of Arts.

Mr. Joseph Pilkington Brandreth, of Trinity College, was admitted Bachelor of Physic.

The Rev. John Haggitt, B. D. of Clare Hall, is empowered by dis pensation to hold the Rectory of Addington in Buckinghamshire, together with the Rectory of Fen Ditton in Cambridgeshire.

The Rev. Charles John Chap man, M. A. Fellow of Bene't College, is unanimously elected Upper Minister of Peter's Mancroft, Norwich, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Peele, deceased.

The

The prizes of twenty-five guincas each, to be expended in books, given by Mr. Buchannan to the gentlemen of Eton School, on the subject of the new college founded at Calcutta by Marquis Wellesley, are adjudged as follows:

For the best Greek Ode, to Mr. T. Rennell, King's scholar, son to the Master of the Temple.

For the best Latin Verses, to Mr. G. Richards, King's scholar, son to the Rev. Mr. Richards of Winchester.

The verses are to be printed, and to to be lodged in the archives of the college at Calcutta.,

The Rev. Charles Henry Tusnel, B. A. late of Trinity College, Cam bridge, is elected to the Vicarage of All Saints, Northampton, vecant by the death of the Rev. Edward Miller.

The Rev. Stephen Hartley is collated to the Vicarage of Hope, in Derbyshire, ou the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield.

The Rev. Samuel Bennet, M. A. fate of Queen's College, Cambridge, is collated by the Lord Bishop of London to the Vicarage of Great Wakering, in Essex.

The Rev. Henry Bell, late of Trinity College, Cambridge, is instituted to the Rectory of Bawsey, in Norfolk, on the presentation of Anthony Hammond, Esq. and vacated by the death of the Rev. John Peele.

The Rev. R. Prosser, D. D. Rector of Gateshead, has been collated by the Lord Bishop of Durham to the vacant stall in that cathedral.

The Rev. Thomas Webster, Vicar of Alfreton in Derbyshire, and formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge, is presented by William

Allwood Lord, Esq. to the Vicarage of Tibshelf, in that county.

The Rev. John Hayter, late of King's College, Cambridge, and Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, is appointed by his Majesty the King of Naples, a member of the Royal Herculanean Academy.

The Hon. and Rev. Jacob Marsham, D. D. formerly of King's College, Cambridge, has been nominated by the Right Hon. the Earl of Egremont, to the Rectory of Kirkby Overblow, in Yorkshire, vacated by the death of the Rev. Dr. Cooper, and worth 12001. per ann.

The Hon. and Rev. Archibald Hamilton Cathcart, Prebendary of York cathedral, is presented by Lord Mulgrave to the Rectory of Methley, in the same diocese, worth 1000l. per ann.

The Rev.Richard Williams, M.A. late of Christ's College, Cambridge, Rector of Bulphan in Essex, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Moira, is presented by his Lordship to the Rectory of Markfield, in Leicestershire.

The Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry has collated the Rev. C. Buckeridge, Batchelor in Divinity, to the Prebendal Stall of Wolvey, in the cathedral Church of Lichfield, vacant by the death of the Rev. G. A. Thomas, LL. D.

The Rev. Thomas Calthorpe Blofield, B. A. is instituted to the fourth part of the Rectory of Fulmingham. in Norfolk, on the presentation of John Seaman, Gent.

The Rev. John Bowman is elected Assistant Minister of St. Peter's Maneroft, Norwich.

The Rev. Arthur Benoni Evans is instituted to the Vicarage of Brockthrup, Gloucestershire, on the cession of the Rev. Samuel Sadler."

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VIIE Rev. Richard Graves, A. M. Rector of Claverton, Somersetshire, aged 90.

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Mr. Graves was the younger son of Richard Graves, Esq. of Mickleton, in the county of Gloucester, where he was born in 1715. His father was esteemed a very learned man, and a good antiquary, being honoured with the appellation of "Gravesius Noster" by Hearne, the Oxford Autiquary; and Mr. Ballard, who wrote the lives of "The Learned Ladies," speaks highly of him, in a manuscript letter, preserved in the Bodleian Library, as a gentleman endowed with every good quality, admirably skilled in the Roman and British antiquities, an excellent historian, antiquary, and medalist;" and adds, "that he had made vast collections towards the history and antiquities of that part of the vale of Evesham where most of his estates lie, which he had collected, at great pains and expence, from Doomsday-Book and from the manuscripts and records in the Tower and divers other places. Those papers, after his death, came into the hands of his friend, James West, Esq. late President of the Royal Society, at whose decease they were sold, in 1772, to the Earl of Shelburne." He died in September 1729, and has an elegant epitaph in the church at Mickleton, written by his friend Mr. West.

The Rev. Richard Graves, the subject of this article, received the first part of his education under a Mr. Smith, the curate of the parish, at whose house he reckoned among his school-fellows Mr. How ard Hastings, the father of the celebrated governor of Bengal,

At about the age of thirteen, he was sent to Abingdon school, in Berkshire, and from thence he was chosen scholar of Pembroke College, Oxford.

Soon after he went to reside at Vol. VII, Churchm. Mag.

college he was invited to a small and sober party of young men, who amused themselves in an evening in reading Greek, and drinking water. Here he continued six months; and they read over Epictetus, Theophrastus, Phalaris, &c.

But, as a scholarship of Pem broke afforded a small supply towards the expence of an university education, Mr. Graves tried his fortune at All-Souls' College, where he was elected fellow, in 1736.

Here he became particularly intimate with Sir William Blackstone, who followed him, within two or three years, from the same college.

Soon after his being chosen at All-Souls,' instead of pursuing his theological studies, as he had intended, he conceived the idea of studying physic, which he thought a more genteel profession; and, as preparatory to that study, went through two courses of anatomy in London, with that celebrated anatomist Dr. Nichols. But at the end of the second course he was attacked by a nervous fefer. After the lecture, the Doctor took him into his study, and read to him his case in Hoffman. "There, (says he) now go to bed, and sweat there these six weeks."--This he literally did; but in spite of assafoetida volus," and all the cordial medicines, of the shops," nature was so far exhausted, that, if another physician, who was called in, had not ordered him a glass of sack every day and a toast, he could not have survived the experiment.

This severe discipline, left him in so languid a state, that he thought fit to relinquish the medicai line, and resume the study of divinity; and in 1740, took orders. Mr. Graves's elder brother was acquainted, at the Temple, with Mr. Fitzherbert, the father of the late Sir William Fitzherbert, and of Lord St. Helen's, who was going Ddd