On Friday fe'nnight Mr. Farmer Taylor, of Chrift church, was admitted Bachelor of Arts.

Monday laft the Rev. Daniel Sandford, Mafter of Arts, of Christ church, was admitted Bachelor in Divinity, and Mr. George Strode, of Exeter college, was admitted Bachelors of Arts.

Tuefday laft the Rev. Daniel Sandford, Bachelor in Divinity, of Christ church, was admitted Doctor in Divinity.

Wednesday laft Mr. Charles Coombe, of Exeter college, was admitted Bachelor of Arts.

Thursday laft William Ward Jackson, of Christ church, Efq. was admitted Bachelor of Arts, Grand Compounder.

April 10.] Friday the Rev. R. S. Skillern, M. A. was elected, by the corporation, fecond mafier of Crypt grammar-fchool, Gloucefter.

April 17.] Tuefday fe'nnight Meffrs. John Auguftus Francis Simkinson, of Christ church, and William Beresford, of Worcester college, were admitted Bachelors of Arts..

Saturday, the last day of Lent term, the Rev. John Cleaver, of Brafenofe college, and Mr. Richard Faber, of Lincoln college, Bachelors of Arts, were admitted Mafters of Arts.

The whole number of degrees in Lent term was, one Doctor in Divinity, three Bachelors in Divinity, twenty fix Mafters of Arts, and forty-three Bachelors of Arts. Determiners, 142. Matriculations, 50.

The Rev. W. M. Whalley, of Upper Slaughter, Gloucefterfhire, is prefented to the living of Waltham Abbey, Effex.

April 24. Yesterday Mr. Sangar, B. A. fcholar of Trinity college, was elected fellow of Oriel.

The Rev. J. L. Warren is inducted to the vicarage of Wedmore, Somersetshire, upon the prefentation of the Rev. the Dean of Wells.

The Rev. James Phelps, A. M. is inftituted to the rectory of Alderley, and the Rev! Henry Bond Fowler, A. M. to the vicarage of Elmftone Hardwick, both in the diocefe of Gloucefter. The Rev. Matthew Surtees, A. M. rector of North Cerney, fucceeds to the prebendal stall in Gloucester cathedral, vacant by the refignation of the Rev. Dr. White.

The following arrangements have lately been made in regard to Ecclefiaftical Preferments: The Rev. Cha. Mofs, M. A. Canon of Wells, is prefented to the living of Whitchurch, Canonicorum, Dorfet. The Rev. W. Hunt, A. M. Chaplain to the Earl of Guildford, is prefented to the living of Castle Cary, Somerset, in the room of the Rev. Charles Mofs. The Rev. S. James, A. M. is prefented to the living of Alerton, in the room of the Rev. W. Hunt. The Rev. Mr. Phillott, is prefented to the living of Wookey.

CAMBRIDGE.

April 2.] Sir Edward Hamilton is admitted as a Nobleman at Emmanuel college. The Rev. E. Northey, Canon of Windfor, is inducted to the rectory of Nether Stowey in Somerfetfhire, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Windfor. The Rev. Robert Davers, B A. late of Caius college, is inftituted to the rectory of Bradfield St. George, with Rufhbrooke annexed, in Suffolk, on the prefentation of Sir Charles Davers, Bart. and vacated by the death of the Rev. Lawrence Wright. William Drury Lowe, Efq. has prefented the Rev. Nicholas Bayley to the vicarage of Spoondon, in Derbyshire.

The Rev. Thomas Calthorpe Blofield, B. A. is inftituted by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln to the vicarage of Bishop's Norton, in that diocefe, on the prefentation of the Rev. I Applebee, B. D. prebendary of Lincoln.

The Rev. Wm. Prefs Smith, B. A. is inftituted to the rectory of Waxham, with Palling next, the Sea, in Norfolk, on the prefentation of Sir George Berney Brograve, Bart.

April 9. The following Gentlemen were on Friday laft admitted Masters of Arts: Mr. Jofeph Hall Batten, and Mr. John Brown, fellows of Trinity college; Mr. Chriftopher Stannard, of St. John's; Mr. Thomas Gery Cullum, of Pembroke hall; Mr. William Cruttenden, and Mr James Leonard Jacksop, of Sidney college, and Mr. Frederick Apthorpe, of Jefus college,

William Ord, Efq. fellow-commoner of Trinity college, was the fame day admitted Bachelor of Arts.

The following Gentlemen, Bachelors of Arts of St. John's college, were on Monday laft chofen fellows of that fociety: Meffrs. Ralph Tatham, Henry Martyn, Morgan Jones, Reginald Bligh, John Fofter, and Robert Remmett.

The Rev. J. Brown, M. A. fellow of Magdalen college, is prefented, by his Grace the Duke of Rutland, to the vicarage of likeston, in Derbyshire.

Mr.

Mr. White, B. A. of Queen's college, is elected a fellow of that fociety.

The Rev. Jofeph Dixie Churchill, M. A. late of Pembroke hall, is inftituted to the rectory of Blickling in Norfolk, on the prefentation of the Hon. W. Afheton Harboard and Lady Caroline Hans his wife.

The Right Hon. Lord Lilford, of St. John's college; the Hon. Mr. Leflie, of St. John's college, fon of the Countefs of Rothes; the Hon. Littleton Powis, and the Hon. Frederick Powis, both of Trinity college, brothers of Lord Lilford, were on Friday laft admitted honorary Mafters of Arts.

The Rev. John Newling, of Ford, near Shrewsbury, B. D. fellow of St. John's college, is prefented, by Sir Richard Hill, to the valuable rectory of Ditchingham, in Norfolk, vacated by the death of the Rev. Mr. Maffey, of Chefter.

The Rev. John Ramiden, of Doncafter, has been prefented, by the Duchy Court of Lancaster, to the valuable rectory of Ackworth, in Yorkshire, vacated by the

death of the Rev. A. P. Newman.

The Rev. J. F. B. Bohun, M. A. is licensed to the perpetual curacy of St. Michael South Elmham, on the nomination of the Rev. Bence Sparrow, of Beccles.

April 23.] The Rev. Thomas Todd, B. D. one of the fenior fellows and tutor of Emanuel college, is prefented, by the mafter and fellows of that fociety, to the valuable living of Brompton Regis in Somerfetfhire.

The Rev. John Walker, M. A. fellow of Peter houfe, is elected a fellow of Trinity hall, in the room of the Rev. Thomas Bourdillon, who is promoted to the living of Fenftanton cum Hilton.

The Rev. William Cooper, M. A. fellow of St. John's college, and chaplain to the Earl of Macclesfield, is inftituted to the rectory of Weft Raifen in Lincolnshire. The Rev. Mr. North, fon of the bishop, has been installed a prebendary of Winchefter cathedral.

The Rev. William Thompson, M. A. affiftant mafter in the fchool at Louth, is unanimously elected into the head mastership of the grammar-fchool at Alford, var cated by the death of the Rev. William Ellis.

The Rev. Edward Vaughan is presented by the Lord Chancellor to the vicarages of St. Martin's and All Saints, Leicester.

On Wednesday, the the 21st of April, the Rev. Dr. Huntingford kiffed his Majefty's hand, on being appointed to the fee of Gloucefter; Dr. Beadon being promoted to that of Bath and Wells, vacated by the death of Dr. Mofs.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

OBSERVATIONS on the Fall," by Cephas Lincolnienfis, fhall appear in our next. Want of room has hitherto precluded the infertion of his valuable paper. Received.-The Letter fubfcribed L. That of THEODOSIUS, That of Z. Z. on the Blagden Controverfy. The caufe of which we lament exceedingly. But does our worthy and refpectable friend think that we should be justified in holding up two refpectable characters to public reprobation, merely on hearfay evidence. "Quo non aliud velocius malum ?" He may have been rightly informed. We, however, believe, that all the circumftances relating to this fad bufinefs have not come to his ears. We are obliged to him for his other communications, to which we shall

attend.

ECCLESIE ANGLICANA AMICUS has our thanks for his friendly offers. We think that E. A. A.'s complaint is unfounded. Tumult and irregularity may fometimes unavoidably happen at confirmations; but they are in general folemnized with becoming decency and order.

The original letter of Bp. Warburton mentioned by our Somerfetfhire correspondent, will be acceptable.

The communication of R. R. and of other poetical friends, will be received with pleafure; but we are fearful that, aided as we are from all quarters with more impor tant materials, we must be fparing in our offerings to the Mufes. In this number we have found it neceflary to omit inferting what we promised to give.

It was fuggefted to us, by fome of our friends, that, in order to make our publication a complete mifcellany of ufeful reading, an account of the PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS, of DOMESTIC and FOREIGN OCCURRENCES, &c. was wanting. We have not only attended to this fuggeftion, but have exceeded it. For in this number, an additional half fheet is given, in order to comprize whatever events may be deemed important. These will be regularly collected, and it is prefumed, not thought to be irrelevant to the profeffed defign of this magazine.

ERRATUM. In page 98, line 6, for Hatchard, read Williams,

THE

ORTHODOX

CHURCHMAN'S MAGAZINE,

For MAY, 1802.

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit, in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

1 COR. XIV. 20.

LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON.

(Continued from page 172.)

THIS Dr. Middleton published his famous "Hiftory of the Life of Cicero," which was received by the public with great applaufe. Mr. Warburton took the firft occafion to compliment his friend upon it; and, as in the concluding part of that work Dr. M. had controverted the account given of Cicero's philofophical opinion, in the first volume of the Divine Legation, he takes notice, that he had a more particular pleasure in the laft fection, as he was more particularly interested in it; and then proceeds to moralize in the following manner. "We, perhaps, fhall neither of us be esteemed orthodox writers. But this we fhall do, we shall give an example to the world, which orthodox writers rarely do, and perhaps of more ufe to mankind, than most of the refined fubjects they engage in, that we can differ in many important points, and publicly avow our difference, without the leaft interruption of the declared friendship and efteem we bear to each other." This was the spirit that actuated both of these ingenious men. So that their whole temper feems to have refolved itself into a principle of general candour. Yet, within a month or two, a fresh difference of opinion taking place, and neither fide being willing to give way, our two candid friends cooled infenfibly towards each other, and appear, thence-forward, to have difcontinued their correfpondence. A memorable inftance of our common weakness! which fhews how little ftrefs is to be laid on those profeffions of candour, with which our letters and converfations overflow; and how impoffible it is for any lafting friendship to fubfift between men of oppofite principles and perfuafions, however their feelings may for a time be diffembled, or difguised even to themselves, by a fhew of good breeding.

For a contrary reafon, the conformity of their fentiments, the friendship between Mr. Warburton and Mr. Pope became every day closer and Vol. II. Churchm. Mag. May, 1802.

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more confidential. In the beginning of this fummer they vifited Oxford; where a degree of Doctor of Divinity was intended for the divine, and that of Doctor of Laws for the poet. But either envy or intrigue defeated this fcheme, and the brighteft geniuffes of the age retired with indignation. "We fhall take our degrees together," fays Pope, "in fame, whatever we do at the univerfity."

Mr. Warburton fuggefted many alterations and improvements of Mr. Pope's moral writings, and particularly advifed him to ftrike out every thing in them that might be fufpected of having the leaft glance towards fate or materialifm, which he confented to, we are told, with extreme pleafure*. It was, alfo, at this time that he concerted with him the plan of the Four books of the Dunciad†. Mr. W. edited the four books of the Dunciad in 1743, and with so much satisfaction to the author of them, that Pope afterwards engaged him to sustain the like office with regard to the reft of his works.

His attention was turned towards that numerous hoft of answers which the Divine Legation of Mofes had brought down upon him. And, as all could not receive, nor the greater part deserve, his notice, he determined to felect a few of the most refpectable, out of the gross body of affailants, and to quit his hands of them at once in a general comprehenfive answer. This was done by "Remarks on feveral occafional Reflections," in two parts; the former publifhed in 1744, and the Second, in 1745, and both executed in fuch a manner as was not likely to invite any fresh attacks upon him.

In 1748 Mr. W. reprinted the Alliance, with many corrections and improvements; and dedicated it to Lord Chefterfield, who, going this year Lord Lieutenant to Ireland, was defirous of taking him with him, as his first chaplain. Mr. W. declined the offer; he had reasons for fo doing; but he felt the civility, and made his public acknowledgments for it, in the way just mentioned.

In 1746, Mr. Warburton united himself in marriage to Mifs Gertrude Tucker, an accomplished lady, and neice of his friend Mr. Allen. And foon after, the preacherthip of Lincoln's Inn happening to become vacant, Mr. Murray, then Solicitor General, eafily prevailed with the learned bench to invite fo eminent a perfon as Mr. Warburton, to accept that office.

From the time of his marriage, Mr. Warburton refided chiefly at Prior Park. Here he enjoyed a fplendid retreat, health, leifure, and affluence; the beft of company, when he chose to partake of it; and every accommodation which could be acceptable to a man of letters. His ambition was, alfo, gratified with the higheft perfonal reputation; and, in due time, he fucceeded to the chief honours of his profeffion. In the year 1747, appeared his edition of Shakespeare's works, which he had undertaken at the inftance of Mr. Pope. This edition awakened a spirit of criticism, which, from motives of envy at his rifing fortune, harraffed him in every thape of dull ridicule, and folemn confutation. His illuftrations of the poet's fenfe, were frequently not taken; and his corrections of the faulty text, not allowed.

In 1750, Mr. Warburton fent forth an admirable book, entitled JULIAN,

Preface to his works.

+ Pope's Works, Vol. IX. Letter CX. note.

or,

or, "A Difcourfe concerning the Earthquakes and fiery Eruptions which defeated that Emperor's attempt to rebuild the Temple at Jerufalem.”

This valuable work took its rife from Dr. Middleton's Enquiry concerning the miraculous Powers in the Chriftian Church. In 1751 he appeared again as a critic and commentator, in the noble edition he gave of Mr. Pope's works. We are henceforth to fee him in his proper office of divine, which he resumed when Mr. Pope's volumes were out of his hands. He published a set of sermons, which had been preached by him at Lincoln's Inn, during the period of 1752 and 1767, these he entitled Principles of Natural and Revealed Religion," in two volumes.

There had been a friendship, of long standing, between Mr. Warburton and Mr. Charles Yorke, cultivated with great affection and esteem on both fides; the fruit of which appeared in 1753, in the offer of a prebend in the Church of Gloucefter, by the Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. Some, who were curious in obferving coincidences, and meant to do honour both to the patron and client, took notice that the stall to which Mr. Warbur ton was preferred, was the fame in which the Lord Chancellor Notting ham, that great patron of all the learned churchmen in his time, had placed Dr. Cudworth: Such a striking fimilitude was there apprehended between the two divines, authors of "The Intellectual System," and The Divine Legation!"

His next flep was to a ftall of more value in the Church of Durham, conferred upon him by Bishop Trevor, at the request of Mr. Murray (now Attorney General) in 1755. He had been made chaplain to the king the year before, and Archbishop Herring prefented him with a doctor's degree. An honour well beftowed upon, and richly deferved by, him.

Lord Bolinbroke died in 1751, and his philofophical works were published in 1753. Every one knows the principles and prefumption of that unhappy nobleman. Dr. Warburton had very early penetrated the views of Lord Bolinbroke; and, obferving fome tincture of his principles art fully inftilled into the Efay on Man, but without the knowledge of the author, had incurred his immortal hatred by making the difcovery, and, in confequence of it, by reasoning Mr. Pope out of his hands*.

He planned the View of his philofophy in Four Letters to a Friend†, and in writing it, has furpaffed himself; the reasoning and the wit being alike irresistible, the strongest and keenest that can be conceived. In 1755 he printed the two concluding letters of the View, with an Apology for the two first, which now ftands, in Bishop Hardy's quarto edition of Dr. Warburton's works, as a prefatory difcourfe in vindication of the whole work. The View was univerfally read and admired. The followers of Lord Bolinbroke and his philofophy hung their heads; the friends of religion took heart; and these big volumes of impiety funk immediately into utter con tempt.

(To be continued.)

* Works, Vol. VII. p. 839.
+ Mr. Allen, of Prior Park,

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