Director Pratley 7-2-52 79294 ADVERTISEMENT. THE following Sermon is printed exactly as it was delivered at St. Mary's, Cambridge, before His Royal Highness the CHANCELLOR, and the University of Cambridge, with the exception of the paragraph from p. 20 to p. 22, beginning "Nor are we," &c. which was omitted for the sake of brevity. I have accompanied it with Notes, tending to elucidate or unfold some points connected with the subject, I should not have added these, of course, had I not thought them interesting, and endeavoured to make them useful. They are chiefly on the highly important subjects of Methodism and the Catholic Question. They may perhaps excite a clamour from violent or enthusiastic sectarians; but I look only to the approbation of the enlightened and temperate, whose praise will be my highest reward. S. B. CORRECTIONS. P. 51. The reference to the first note should be p. 9. P. 83, l. 17.-For Catholic emancipation read Catholic communion. P. 88, 1. 3.—I should have also referred to the Bishop of Norwich's Speech in the House of Lords, in 1811, on the Catholic Question. Ibid. 1. 17.—In speaking of an Hon. Baronet, I have made use of an expression, which, on referring to Betham's Baronetage, I find is not strictly correct, and for which, as it may possibly lead to error, if unexplained, I must beg to apologise to the Hon. Baronet to whom I have applied it. Although Sir J. C. Hippisley's diplomatic services on the Continent were recognised by Government as eminently beneficial to the state, it does not appear that he was a regularly accredited minister. Still he seems to have acted under the authority of Government on various and important occasions.-See Betham's Baronetage, p. 332— 361, with the Notes. Sir John is a Bencher of the Inner Temple, and was appointed, with the Duke of Portland, Lord Grenville, and Mr. Pitt, one of the Trustees of the Marriage Settlement of the Princess Royal. I must beg the indulgence of my readers for any other errata which may have escaped my observation. |