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LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

E are happy to learn that MR. GRANVILLE SHARP has in the Press a small volume, illustrative of his rules respecting the definitive article from the Old Testament. A new edition of his former book has just issued from the Press, containing, among other additions, a close reply to the letters of the writer calling himself Gregory

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Mr. HAYLEY, we understand, is employed in writing the life of Romney the painter.

A new edition, considerably improved and enlarged, of Dr. WATKINS'S Biographical Dictionary will make its appearance about Christmas.

We hear that under the auspices of his Grace the Duke of Athol, the Lord Bishop of Man, and the Legislature of the Island, (who are all heartily disposed to promote so good and useful a work) a new im, pression of the Manks Bible, &c. will probably be entered upon in a short time. We are not yet prepared to name the Committee who are to undertake the revision, &c. The original (and we may add the venera. ble) College, which formerly discharged this important duty, was composed of the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop Hildesley; the Rev. the Vicar General Wilkes; the Rev. the Rector, Curghey; the Rev. the Rector Moore; and the Rev. Dr. Kelly.-Their meritorious labours are not to be forgotten; nor is there a doubt, that from the acknowledged zeal and abilities of the Manks Clergy, of the present day, suitable successors will very readily be found."

We also hear that the Rev. Dr. Kelly, of Ardleigh in Essex, (the only surviving member of the Committee above-mentioned) is at this time on a visit to his native isle, after an absence of several years.

A Latin translation will shortly be published in Italy, of the im portant papers and memoirs of Antonio de Leone e Gamar, who lately died at Mexico, where he was attached to the office of Secretary of State. He possessed the most ample collection that ever existed of an cient Mexican monuments of every kind, statues, idols, talismans, and MSS. on deer-skins, &c. He was distinguished by his intimate knowledge of the calendar, the chronology, and the gnomics of that civilised people, who have yet been considered as plunged in a gross and degrading ignorance; but who, on the contrary, without any intercourse with the Old World, have made considerable progress in arithmetic, astronomy, mechanics, and other sciences.

Lord Elgin procured, in Greece, remains of antiquity sufficient to fill 200 chests. On board the ship, wrecked-off the isle of Cerigo, were eleven of those chests, with all the manuscripts. Ten thousand pounds have been already expended in endeavours to weigh up the vessel. The following is a correct estimate of the yearly expenditure of the Russian government under the head of public instruction:

1. For four universities

2. For forty-two colleges (gymnasia)
3. For four hundred and fifty schools

Rubles.

520,000

236,000

563,450

Sum total 1,319,450

In addition to this sum the Emperor has allowed 25,590 rubles per an num, for extraordinary charges of the Committee of Public Instruction at Petersburgh, and 22,000 rubles travelling expences, for the commissioners appointed to inspect and examine every year the state of the uni, rsities.

LIST OF NEW THEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS.

A Dialogue between a Methodist and a Churchman, respecting a

call to preach the Gospel, the new Birth, the doctrine of Assurance, and other religious subjects.-8vo.

Essays and Sermons on Select Subjects; to which is annexed a Discourse on the nature of the christian religion. By John Buddo, A. M. 8vo.

The necessity and benefit of preaching the gospel. A Sermon preached at the visitation of the Right Rev. Father in God, Beilby Lord Bishop of London, held at Brentwood, June 1, 1803. By the Rev. Sir A. Gordon, bart. M. A. 8vo.

A discourse in the defence of the Country delivered in the parish church of Cleaver in the county of Berks, on Sunday, August 7th, 1803. By the Rev. M. M. Luscombe, A. B. 8vo.

A Sermon preached in the parish church of St. Nicholas Deptford on Monday the 6th of June, 1803, before the Hon. Corporation of Trinity Brethren. By the Rev. Gerrard Andrewes, A. M. 4to.

The good effects of an united trust in the arm of flesh and in the arm of the Lord; a Sermon preached at Caxton, Kent, July 31, 1803. By the Rev. Charles Moore, M. A. Rector of Caxton.

God and our Country, a Sermon lately preached at Gigglewick and Leeds by Rowland Ingram, D. D. Master of Gigglewick Gram mar-school, and late Fellow of Sidney College, Cambridge, 8vo.

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CHURCH PREFERMENTS.

HE Dean and Chapter of Bristol have presented the Rev. B. E. Sparke, D. D. Dean thereof to the valuable living of St. Augustine in that city void by the death of Dr. Casberd.

The Rev. R. Crutwell is appointed Chaplain to the Conqueror man of

war.

The Rev. John Flamank, B. A. is instituted to the vicarage of Saxthorpe, in Norfolk.

The Rev. Henry Williams is licensed to the perpetual curacy of Wanlisden, in Suffolk, on the nomination of Nathaniel Barnardiston, Esq.

The Rev. Mr. Whitear, Fellow of St. John's college, Cambridge, is presented by his Grace the Duke of Norfolk to the Rectory of Sterston, vacated by the death of Dr. Frampton.

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The Rev. Henry White, son of Dr. White, physician at Bury, is elected Afternoon Preacher of St. Mary's, Rotherhithe, Surry.

The Rev. J. Church, M. A. late Fellow of Caius college, Cambridge, is instituted to the vicarage of Great Mattishall, with Pasley annexed, in Norfolk, on the presentation of the Master and Fellows of that college.

The Rev. George Capper, M. A. late of Trinity college, Cambridge, is instituted to the Rectory of Gosbeck, St. Mary, in Suffolk, on the presentation of John Vernon, Esq.

The Rev. G. Turner, B. A. is instituted to the Rectory of Monew. den, in Suffolk, on the presentation of C. Arcedeckne, Esq.

The Rev. Jos. Sharpe is instituted to the Rectory of Market Weston, in Suffolk, on the presentation of W. Hill, Esq.

Vol. V. Churchm. Mag. for Sept. 1803.

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The Rev. J. Rowley, M. A. is instituted to the Rectory of Brent Elleigh, St. Mary, in Suffolk, on the presentation of Mrs. Mary Goate, widow.

The Rev. T. H. Hume, M. A. Rector of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, is elected a Canon Residentiary of Salisbury Cathedral, in the room of the late Rev. M. Kerrick.

The Rev. Charles Ekins is installed into the Prebend of Slape in the same Cathedral.

The Rev. George Mathew, M. A. of Trinity college, Oxford, and alternate preacher at the Magdalen, is appointed by the Earl of Bristol, to be one of his Lordship's domestic chaplains.

His Majesty's Letters Patents have been passed under the Great Seal of Ireland, for the Translation of the Right Reverend Dr. William Knox, Lord Bishop of Killaloe to the Bishopric of Derry, vacant by the death of Frederick, earl of Bristol.

MONTHLY OBITUARY, WITH ANECDOTES OF DISTIN

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GUISHED PERSONS.

JULY 7.

T Antigua, in the West-Indies, Mr. William Dow, son of the late Rev. Mr. Dow, minister of Blairgowrie; a young gentleman of very amiable dispositions, and excellent abilities.

AUGUST 1. At sea, on board the Mercury, Dickson, on his way from Trinidad, Mr. Archibald Sinclair, youngest son of Mr. Alexander Sinclair, of Liverpool, in the 21st year of his age.

Lately, at Bourdeaux, the noted Irish traitor, Napper Tandy.

In Queen-street, Westminster, after a week's illness, in his 58th year, Mr. William Woodfall, whose memory will long be revered by a very large circle of friends, and whose death is an irreparable loss to his family. Mr. W. made himself so eminently useful by the employment of his talents as a journalist, and by the character and distinction which his reports of the parliamentary debates acquired, that the public will desire to possess the history of a person who so long, so zealously, and so largely contributed, to their information. He was early placed by his father under Mr. Baldwin, of Paternoster-row, to learn the art of printing; from whose house he went back to his father's office, and assisted in the printing and editing of "The Public Advertiser." He became so warm an amateur of the drama, that, to gratify his penchant for the stage, he inade an excursion into Scotland, and performed several times for his amusement in the company of a Mr. Fisher. He used to relate many pleasant anecdotes of this jaunt, the most fortunate event of which, however, because it constituted the future happiness of his life, was his marriage with a most amiable woman, with whom he returned to the metropolis about 1972, and engaged himself as editor of "The London Packet." From this he was called by the proprietors of "The Morn ing Chronicle" to the double station of printer and editor, which he filled with much credit to himself until the year 1789, when he com menced a paper called "The Diary" on his own account. Mr. Woodfall had the merit of being the first writer who undertook to detail the re ports of the debates in the two houses of parliament on the night of the proceedings. Before his time a very short sketch of the debate was all that the news-papers attempted to give on the same night, and the more

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detailed reports were deferred to some subsequent day. Blest with most retentive memory, Mr. Woodfall undertook the fatiguing and dif ficult task of giving a detail of the proceedings on the same night., Without taking a note to assist his memory, without the use of an amanuensis to ease his labour, he has been known to write sixteen columns after having sat in a crowded gallery for as many hours without an interval of rest. He took pride in this exertion, which brought him more praise than profit. It wore down his constitution, which was naturally good; and when other papers, by the division of labour, produced the same length of details with an earlier publication, he yielded the contest, and suffered his Diary" to expire. Since that time he employed his talents in various publications. He sought, in the decline of his life, to be ap pointed Remembrancer of the City, an office for which he was peculiarly qualified. But private friendships and superior interest prevailed. Mr. W. possessed all the virtues of private life that endear a man to society, and was particularly distinguished for his literary talents. His memory was uncommonly retentive; and, were it not for this quality, he would probably have risen to affluence in a world upon which he entered with a competence, and left in very humble circumstances. Aided and incited, however, by this advantage, he explored a path hitherto unknown, and commenced a career of great but unprofitable labour, that of reporting the debates of parliament from the strength of his memory alone, unassisted by notes or any artificial means. In this line he attained the highest degree of celebrity, as well for the fidelity of his report, as the quantity and rapidity of his execution. In 1784 he was invited to Dublin, to report the debates upon the Commercial Propositions; at which time so great was his fame, crowds followed him through the streets, eager to catch a glimpse of a man whom they considered as endowed with supernatural powers. Mr. W. was also devoted to the study of the belles lettres, and, as such, was the intimate friend of Garrick, Golsmith, Savage, and all the other members of the old Literary School, of which he was one of the very few remaining difciples. He was so passionately fond of theatrical representations as never to have missed the first performance of a new piece for the last forty years, and the public had so good an opinion of his taste, that his criticisms were decisive of the fall or fortune of the piece and the performer. Unfortunately for himself and his family, he placed all his hopes on the most precarious species of property, and became the proprietor of a news-paper, which his talents raised to eminence ; but the talents of no individual could secure it a permanent station upon that eminence. The paper fell, and with it fell his hopes. Though disappointed, he was not to be diverted from his favourite pursuits. He was constant in his attendance at the bar of the House of Lords, which he had visited so lately as July 27. Although he was far advanced in life, he was active, animated, and in full possession of his mental faculties, with out the appearance of any considerable waste of his physical strength. To a large family, entirely dependant upon his industry, his death is therefore an unexpected, deplorable, and afflicting event. As, however, the circle of his acquaintance was as wide as the circle of polished life; as he was known by almost every man of rank, fortune, and literary acquire ments in England; and as he was loved by many of them, and respected by all; it is hoped that their regard for the man will not be buried in his grave, but that it will survive, and shew itself in acts of kindness to his sorely-afflicted family. His remains were interred on the 6th, in St. Margaret's church-yard, Westminster.

2.] Aged 68, Mr. John Saville, vicar-choral of the cathedral-church of Litchfield. This melancholy annunciation of the loss of an excellent inan, very generally known, and, where known, always beloved, will

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excite the sympathy of genius, and the tear of friendship.

Pre-eminent were his abilities as a vocal performer, from the rare union of feeling with science, of expression with skill. The commemoration of Handel, and the remembrance of Saville, will live together. From this well merited praise Eulogy turns with delight to the virtues of the heart; and her tablet is not the record of flattery when it exhibits him as pious, generous, friendly, ingenuous, intelligent, and sincere.

At Dorking, Surrey, in his 76th year, John Hoole, esq. of Tenterden, Kent, formerly auditor to the East India Company, but had retired upon an annuity; a very amiable and estimable man in his private character; a respectable member of the republic of letters, a gentleman of taste, a reputable author, and a good scholar. He first displayed his poetical talents in an elegy on the death of Mrs. Woffington, the celebrated actress. He translated the works of Tasso, Ariosto, and Metastasio, if not with congenial fervour of imagination, yet with correctness, elegance, and taste. He was the author of three dramatic pieces, the tragedies of Cyrus," "Timanthes," and "Cleonice, Princess of Bythinia." The first two pieces were derived from Metastasio. They were performed with tolerable success, particularly the tragedy of "Cyrus," the fable of which is very interesting, and which was animated by noble sentiments, well expressed. This play had the advantage of being supported by the talents of Powell, in the zenith of his fame; by those of Smith, when he was a great favourite with the public; and by those of Mrs. Yates, when she was in the maturity of beauty and theatrical repute. The tragedy of "Cleonice" was by no means so successful. Indeed, it fell a victim to the severity of criticism, which has capriciously suffered many worse performances to enjoy a better fate. Mr. H. conducted himself very liberally on this occasion, by returning a considerable part of the money which he had received for the copy-right, alledging, that, as the piece was not successful on the stage, it could not be very profitable to the bookseller, and ought not to be a loss.

At William's-field, near Edinburgh, whither she had gone for the benefit of sea air, Mrs. Christina Lawrie, spouse of Mr. Alexander Wilson, bookseller, Glasgow, and daughter of the late Rev. Dr. George Lawrie, minister of Loudoun. Her amiable and benevolent disposition, her warm and affectionate heart, joined to an enlarged and accomplished mind, most justly endeared her to all her friends. Her death will be long and sincerely regretted, but by none more than by those who knew her best.

8.] In his 61st year, after a life of dissipation and pain, at Newington, Surrey, the Rev. Wm. Collier, senior fellow of Trinity college, Cambridge, where he was many years a public tutor, rector of Orwell, co. Cambridge, Hebrew professor 1771 to 1790. The distresses in which he involved himself compelled him to leave the University, and to publish, by subscription, "Poems on various Occasions, with Translations from Authors in different Languages; dedicated to Prince William of Gloucester; 2 vols. 12mo, 1800.

14.] On board the Lord Nelson Indiaman, 14th August last, William Spottiswoode, esq. of Dunipace, in consequence of wounds received that day in an action with the Bellona French privateer. His brother commanded the Lord Nelson, and to render the circumstance more distressing the son and daughter of the deceased were passengers on board.

On board the same ship was killed lieutenant-colonel Peter M'Gregor Murray, one of the heads of the ancient house of M'Gregor. About thirty years hence, he went out to India, in the humble capacity of surgeon's mate.--On his passage, he was insulted by one of the officers of the ship; to whom, after his arrival in India, he sent a challenge,

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