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Method of ascertaining the geQuine meaning of the New Testa ment. By N. Nisbett, M. A. Rector of Tunstal. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

A Guide to Heaven, seriously addressed to all who believe the Gospel to be the Word of God. By the Rev. C. S. Hawtrey, A. B. Vicar of Widston, Monmouth shire. 8vo. 4s,

Thoughts on the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. 80. 3s.

A Treatise upon Tithes, containing an Estimate of every

titheable Article in common cultivation, with the various modes of compounding for the same. By the Rev. James Bearblock, A. M. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

A Declaration on certain Points of Religious Doctrine, as it was delivered extempore by William Dennison, a plain Farmer of Saffron Walden; with a Preface by

the Editor, and Observations addressed to the Reader. By Charles Payn. 12mo. 6d.

A Discourse on the Inspiration of the Scriptures. By the Rev Richard King, M. A. Rector of Worthen, Salop, and formerly Fellow of New College, Oxford. 8yo. 1s.

Lectures on the Acts of the Apostles: Explanatory and Practical. By Richard Stack, D.D. late fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. Second Edition, 8vo. 7s.

A Dissertation on the External Evidences of the Truth of the Christian Religion. Published in pursu ance of the will of the late Rev. John Hulse, of Elworth, Cheshire, as having gained the annual prize in 1804, instituted by him in the University of Cambridge. By the Rev, George Downing Whittington, of St. John's College, 8vo, 2s.

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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, AND ECCLESIASTICAL

PREFERMENTS.

HE Rev, Dr. Bathurst, is proTmoted to moted to the Bishoprick of Norwich, void by the translation of Dr. C, M. Sutton, to the see of Canter bury.

Dr. John George Beresford, Dean of Clogher, is promoted to the Bishoprick of Cork and Ross; and the Rev. Richard Bagwell, is promoted to the deanry of Clogher,

The Rev. Dr. Waddington, prebendary of Ely, is presented by the Hon, and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Ely, to the rectory of Northwold, in Norfolk, vacated by the death of the Rev. Dr.Hinton. The Rev, William Boldero, M. A, late of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, chaplain to the Prince of Wales, and to Earl Macartney, and rector of Woodford in Essex, has been instituted by the Hon. and right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Ely,

to the valuable rectory of Carleton in Cambridgeshire,

The Rev. Claudius Buchanan Vice-provost, of the College of Fort William in Bengal, and formerly a member of Queen's College Cambridge, has had the degree of L, L.D. conferred on him by Trinity College Dublin, and that of D, D, by the Universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Edin burgh.

The Rev. Brownlow Yorke, M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, is collated by the Hon. and right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ely, to the Rectory of Downham in the Isle of Ely, vacated by the cession of the Rev. Dr. Waddington.

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The Rev. Thomas Jack, B, D, Fellow of St. John's College Cam bridge, is instituted to the rectory of Forncet, St. Mary, and St. Peter Hh2.

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in the county of Norfolk, on the presentation of his grace the Duke of Norfolk.

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The Rev. Edward Hodgson, late of Benet College, Cambridge, and domestic chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London, has been present,

The Rev. Walter Brown, M. A. Chaplain to the Duke of Marlbo-ed by his Lordship to the vicarage rough, and rector of Woodstock, is of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. installed to a Prebend in Canterbury Cathedral, to which he has been presented by the King, on the demise of Dr. Vyner,

The Rev. Thomas Cripps, M. A. has been elected by the Grocer's Company, to the Mastership of the Free Grammar School of Witney, in Oxfordshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. George Seale.

The Rev. John Stewart, M. A. of Trinity College Cambridge, is elected second Master of the Charter House School.

The Rev. Thomas Mills, A. M. alternate morning preacher of Portinan chapel, and lecturer of St. Olave, Hart-street, Crutchedfriars, is instituted by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln to the rectory of Dembleby in that county, on the presentation of the Mrs. Buckworths of St. Martin's, Stamford Baron.

The Rev. John Watts of Northampton, is appointed Chaplain to the County Gaol at that place, void by the death of the Rev. E. Miller.

MONTHLY OBITUARY.

T his house in Park-street,

A Westminster, aged sixty

seven, Charles Townley, Esq. of Townley-hall, co. Lancaster, F.R.S. F. S. A. and one of the trustees of the British Museum. He was the eldest son of William Townley, Esq. and Cecilia his wife, daughter and sole heiress of Ralph Stau dish, of Standish, Esq. by Lady Philippa Howard, daughter of Henry Duke of Norfolk. He has left by his will 4000l. to build at Standish a museum to receive his valuable collection of antique statues, marbles, coins, and MSS.; which, if his bequest is not complied with, are to go to the British Museum, which must be deemed the most proper depositary for them. His house in Park-street, Westminster, was almost entirely filled with rude and bulky fragments of Egyptian architecture, intermixed with some of the most beautiful specimens of Greek and Roman models. The servants had directions to exhibit the collection

to all individuals of respectability who desired to see them. His collection of ancient medals was extremely valuable; and among his MSS. one-of Homer was collated in a late edition. His Etruscan antiquities have been illustrated, in two vols. 4to. by a Frenchman of the name of D'Ancarville, who affixed to the mythological representations a number of metaphysical and hieroglyphic meanings.

Rev. Thomas Towerson Church, vicar of Telpham, Sussex, and late curate of St. Pancras. He was of Sidney College, Cambridge; B. A. 1773; M. A. 1776.

Of a bilious complaint, heightened to a fever by the alarming illness of his eldest son, in his 44th year at Solihull, in the county of Warwick, of which place he had been curate about 20 years, and his father, the Rev. Richard Sutton Yates, D. D. (who died in January, 1789, and whose only son he was) rector for nearly the same period (when the living came to the present

present rector, Mr. Curtis), the Rev. Richard William Yates, M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford. The worthy son of a venerable sire, he was an affectionate husband, a tender father, a kind brother, a good master, and a steady friend. In attention to his pupils, unwearied; in communicating religious instruction to the younger pool, patient and persevering; in promoting the spiritual and temporal welfare of those of riper years, frequent and earnest; in discharging the various duties of his sacred office, regular, zealous, and even exemplary. The writer of this sincere but imperfect tribute to departed worth has the satisfaction of knowing that, in the melancholy indulgence of his own feelings which gave rise to it, he is only expressing the general sentiment of the neighbourhood in which he lives, Of this, indeed, a most unequivocal proof was given on the Friday following, when nearly all the principal parishioners, dressed in black, attended their much regretted Pastor to the grave, notwithstanding his express desire that his funeral should be as private as possible. With difficulty the rector performed the funeral service; and a pathetic expressive tribute was paid to his memory on the Sunday following by the Rev. Mr. Eyre, master of the freeschool. Mr. Y. after a long and early attachment, married the only child of the late Dr. Barnardiston, master of Bene't College, Cambridge, by whom he has left two sons and two daughters,

In Canada, aged 102, Vtyenti Fohis, a native of China, and brought to America in early youth. He is said to have descended from the race of the ancient Chinese Emperors; and, being of strong powers of mind and body, instituted in Canada a society by the name of "Rousticouche," in imitation of those of his native country, and in Europe; several branches

of which are now in existence in the United States. Some of the objects of these societies are to obtain and preserve the curiosities of Nature, to forward the Arts and Sciences, and to practise Olym pic Games, &c.. It was in the act of attempting to throw an iron spear, weighing 60 pounds, at a mark 20 feet off (and which he effected) that he came by his death, having produced a violent hæmorr hage.

At Kirlingbury, aged 90, Mrs. Anna Maria Griffiths, widow of the Rev. Walter Griffiths, late rector of Gayton. The poor of the town and the vicinity of her residence, some of whom were daily objects of her muniticence, have lost in her an active friend and be nefactress. She has bequeathed 100!. to the charity, for the relief of widows, &c. of clergymen within the diocese of Peterborugh; and 501. to the general infirmary of Northampton.

The Rev. Daniel Parslow, curate of St. Giles in the Fields, and late of Hampstead, while preach. ing a charity-sermon, in Welbeck Chapel, was struck with an apo plectic fit, which, within a few hours, terminated in his death. Mr. P. was a clergyman of exemplary character, constant and zealous in the discharge of his ministerial duties, and much respected both by his parishiouers, and by all who knew him; and, what is most melancholy to add, has left behind him, to mourn his irreparable loss, and destitute of all means of subsistence, a widow, pregnant, and ten young children. His friends, deeply affected by the truly pitiable situation of this helpless family, have very forcibly recommended this distressed case to the publick in general, by informing the benevolently disposed, that donations, both for the immunediate supply, and for the future provision of Mrs. Parslow and her children, would be thankfully ac

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cepted, and applied under the care of proper trustees, to be nominated by the Lord Bishop of Chichester, the worthy rector of the parish, to their permanent advantage. Mr. Page, the undertaker, not only took upon himself the whole expence of the funeral, which was attended by a very respectable suite of carriages, but contributed his proportion to the subscription, which amounts to 60001.

At Beccles, aged 72, the Rev. Mr. Safford, rector of Mettingham, Suffolk. He was of Trinity College, Cambridge, B. A. 1755.

At Baldock, of an apoplexy, aged 60, the Rev. Caleb Hill, chap lain to the Marquis of Salisbury, and upwards of thirty-one years rector of that parish, where he was highly respected by his congregation as pastor, and no less for lis philanthropy, leaving many that partook of his munificence to regret their loss. He was of Catherite-hall, Cambridge; B. A. 1770, M. A. 1773; and married a widow lady, with a jointure of 1000l. per annum. The living is in the gift of the crown, and worth only 701. per annum, yet Mr. Hill did all the duty without a curate.

Aged 84, the Rev. George Bayliffe, forty-four years assistant-minister of Sheffield, and more than thirty-four years perpetual curate of Ecclesall. He was born at Kirkby-Lonsdale, in Westmorland, October 25, 1721; had his grammar education at Sedbergh, in Yorkshire; took orders in 1744; became curate of Ecclesfield in 1745, where he continued, upon a small income, during fifteen years, deservedly loved and esteemed by all his parishoners. His wife died Jan. 26, 1801, aged 82, by whom he had nine children, four of whom survive him, two sons and two daughters. His eldest son, Thomas, of St. John's college, Cambridge, B. A. 1778, is now vicar of Rotherham; and his youngest son, Wil

liam, of Trinity college, Cambridge, B. A. 1783, is now rector of Blore, in Staffordshire. On Sunday the 16th of January, he was chearfully preparing to give assistance to a clergyman at the church, when he hastily called in his daughter, and said "Nanny, I am struck with death!" uttering nothing intelligible afterwards but "the church!" and remaining in a state of insens sibility till the Thursday following, when he expired, deservedly rẻ. gretted by his numerous friends.

At Hereford, the Rev. Edmund Barry, rector of Sutton, vicar of Weston Begard, and one of the minor canons of Hereford cathedral, formerly of St. John's-college, Cambridge, where he proceeded L. L. B. in 1783. His death was occasioned by a fall from his horse.

Aged 28, the Rev. Francis Williams, curate of the parish of St. Paul, in the city of Exeter; which he had served for near four years preceding his death, to the satisfaction, and, it is to be hoped, for the benefit of the inhabitants. His amiable manners, united with strict integrity, endeared him to his acquaintance, while his belief in the Christian religion, and his sense of the responsibility of his office, was evident from his impressive manner of executing his professional duties: but it was more particularly evinced by his endeavours to impress his young friends with the truth of Christianity, by his conversation, and his advice on their choice of reading, to obtain a more solid faith than could arise from a mere belief, without examination; and his purity of life gave additional force to his recommendation. To the poor his conduct was truly benevolent; and while he tried to lessen the pains of death, by consolation, he relieved the evils of disease by pecuniary assistance.Through his exertions, a school was established by subscription, for the education of the poor children of his cure, a characteristic of pure benevolence;

benevolence; which marked his conviction, that nothing could ensure their happiness so much as an education founded on religious and moral principles.

In Magherabeg, near Dromore, the self-taught poet William Cunningham; who, while he was a poor weaver-boy, having received the first rudiments of education at one of the Bishop of Dromore's sunday schools, had, by reading such books as he could borrow, made so considerable a progress, that, in the autumn of 1800, he presented his lordship with a copy of verses, requesting the loan of books. The Bishop, struck with the marks of genius displayed in this poem, res-, cued him from the loom, and placed him at the diocesan school of Dromore, where his application was so diligent that, in about two years and a half, he had read the principal Lat. and Greek classicks. Being thus qualified to superintend the education of youth, which had been the object of his wishes, he was received, early in 1804, as an assistant teacher in the academy of the Rev. Dr. Bruce, of Belfast, where he was distinguished for his diligence and skill in preparing the boys under his care to be examined before the last summer vacation. But by this time, such strong symptoms of a consumption had appeared in his tall, thin, and slender frame, that he could not any more return to his charge, and his declining health confined him to the house of his poor mother, near the turnpike gate, between Hilsborough and Dromore, where he continued to experience the kindness of his former patron, and was most generously attended by Sir George Atkinson, an eminent physician in Hilsborough; but his case was beyond the reach of medical aid, and terminated fatally. He was interred in Dromore church-yard, on the 29th, having nearly completed his 24th year, being born March 19, 1781. Cunningham, though

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very unlike, in his bodily frame, to Dr. Goldsmith, who was short and not slender, so strongly resembled him in the face, that, when he stood near the profile of the doctor, his portrait seemed to have been drawn for him.

The Rev. James Wilkinson, vicar of Sheffield, and prebendary of Rippon, whose death we mentioned in last month's obituary, page 158, was the son of Andrew Wilkinsou, Esq. of Boroughbridge: he had his grammar education at Beverley School, and was admitted of Clare Hall, Cambridge, where he took the degree of B. A. in 1752; M.A. in 1755; and in October 1754, he was presented to the vicarage of Sheffield.

On the medical staff at Sudbury, after a short illness, in the prime of life, Robert Allen, M.D. of University College, Oxford. He was greatly respected, both as gentleman and a scholar,

At his father's house in Sudbury, aged 22, John Gibbon Newman, B. A. of Caius College, Cambridge.

At Winchester, in the prime of life, Sir Thomas River's Gay, bart. late of Pembroke Hall, Cam bridge, whose excellent endowments, and amiable, manners, made him loved and respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He received from nature a superior understanding, which was studiously and successfully cultivated during his residence at the University, and matured by judicious observations on men and manners in various parts of Eu-. rope.

At his parsonage near Stevenage, the Rev. Mr. Ward, formerly of Queen's College, Cambridge, B.A. 1791; M. A. 1794.

At Laceby in Lincolnshire, the Rev. John Beatniffe, formerly of Sidney College, Cambridge, where he proceeded L. L. B. in 1787.

At St. Olave, Southwark, much regretted, and truly respected, Mrs. Blenkarne, wife of the Rev.

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