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own persons were concerned, had little effect upon either, but that of exciting their laughter; and they have often been heard to make themselves merry with several passages of that

time.

Soon after he was advanced to the Presidentship of Magdalen College, he married the only daughter of Philip Burton, Esq. a lady for whom he always preserved the most inviolate affection. By her he had three daughters; of whom the eldest is married to the Rev. Mr. Selby Hele, and the youngest to the Rev. Mr. Hole. The unmarried daughter resides with Mrs. Horne, at Uxbridge. The former residence of this family near Windsor introduced him to the acquaintance of several great and respectable characters in that neighbourhood, particularly Sir George Howard, who received, and may probably have preserved, many of his letters*.

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I recollect in this place an accident which happened to one of his letters. He corresponded formerly with Mr. Price of Epsom, whose lady was the sister of Andrew Stone, Esq. By a mistake one of these letters fell into the hands of Mr. Stone; and it happened to contain some free remarks upon the lives and characters of courtiers. When this was lamented as an unfortunate circumstance, "No, no,” said Mr. Price,

In the year 1776 he was appointed Vice-chancellor of the University, and continued in that office till October 1780. His vice-chancellorship introduced him to the acquaintance of Lord North, then Chancellor of the University a nobleman, who to a fine temper and pleasant wit, had added such good principles and useful learning, that he found in Dr. Horne a person exactly suited to his own mind: and I suppose it owing to the united interest of Lord North and the present Earl of Liverpool, that he was made Dean of Canterbury. When this happened, he would willingly have quitted his cares at Oxford, and taken up his residence in Kent, his native county; but that a friend, to whose judgment he owed respect, would not agree to the prudence of such a step. As for the Dean himself, worldly advantage was no object with him; he lived as he ought; and, if he was no loser at the year's end, he was perfectly satisfied. This I know, because I have had it under his own hand, that he laid up nothing from his preferments in the Church. What he gave away was with such

secrecy, that

it

Mr. Price, "no misfortune at all-very proper those busy "gentlemen in high life should see what learned men think "of them and their situation."

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it was supposed by some persons to be little ; but, after his death, when the pensioners, to whom he had been a constant benefactor, rose up, to look about them for some other support, then it began to be known who and how many they were. He complained to one of his most intimate friends, how much it was out of his way to discover such objects as were worthy and proper, because he descended so little into commerce with the world; yet, said he, let any body show me, in any case, what ought to be done, and they will always find me ready to do it. So far as he knew, he did good; and often attempted it, when he could not know; which is more or less the case with every charitable man. The discernment of objects is the privilege of God alone; who yet doeth good unto all, where we know it not.

As often as he was at Canterbury, his time passed very pleasantly: he was in his native. country: the families of the place and the neighbourhood showed him the greatest respect, and were delighted with his company and conversation if he could have indulged himself with prudence, as he wished to do, he would have fixed himself there for the remainder of his life but he still submitted to the unsettled

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life of a pilgrim, between the two situations of his College and his Deanry: with every thing that lay between Oxford and Canterbury he was acquainted, and with little besides. In the year 1788 his constitutional infirmities began to increase upon him: "I have been more than ever harassed (said he) this year, for four "months past, with defluxions on my head "and breast; they have driven me to take the "benefit of the Headington air, this charming "season*, which, by God's blessing, will "enable me to get clear for the summer, I be"lieve. But, as I grow older, I shall dread "the return of winter. Do you know what "could be done in the way of preservative?

My good friends of the Church wish me to ❝continue here, and engage to do the business "of the Midsummer Chapter without me. I "am urged to get once more upon a horse-as "much like an ass as possible. Long disuse hath "now been added to an original awkwardness:

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however, by keeping to a gentle pace, I shall "avoid going off, as you remember it was my hap once to do, like a frog from a board." The visiting of some watering-place, Brighthelmstone,

*The letter is dated May 20, 1788.

helmstone, or Ramsgate, for the benefit of seabathing, had often been of great service to him.. But notwithstanding all that could be done, he grew old faster than his years would account for, being now only in his fifty-seventh year: so that when a design was formed of making him a bishop, he felt himself by no means inclined to undertake the charge of so weighty an office; and it was not till after much reasoning with himself, that he was prevailed upon to accept it. I do not remember, that I ever took upon me, while this affair was depending, to throw in one word of advice, for it or against it; but rather that I left all things to work, as Providence should direct *. It was a sincere afflic

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* Very soon after the nomination of Dean Horne to the See of Norwich, a clergyman of that city, calling upon a clergyman of the City of London, said to him, "Report "tells us, that the Dean of Canterbury is to be our Bishop." "Yes," said the London clergyman, "so I hear, and I am "glad of it, for he will make a truly Christian Bishop.""Indeed!" replied the other: "well, I do not know him "myself, being a Cambridge man; but it is currently re"ported at Norwich that he is a Methodist."-The same clergyman, when he became acquainted with his Bishop, was much delighted with him; and afterwards lamented his death as a great loss to the Christian Church in general, and to the Diocese of Norwich in particular.

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