1647. He wrote certain fermons on the Woman of Canaan, or the Trial and Triumph of Faith, and dedicated them to the magiftrates, minifters, and inhabitants of Newcastle upon Tyne, thanking them for their fingular refpect to his dear brother William Durant, who was carrying on the work of the gofpel among them in that town. Granger's Biographical Hiftory, v. ii. p. 27.

William Durant married the fifter of Sir James Clavering, bart.

Anno 1663, Mr. Thomas Davifon was appointed lecturer of All-Saints, with a falary of one hundred and fifty pounds per annum. He is, fays the biographer Wood, fuppofed to have published a fermon on "The Fall of Angels," preached before the mayor and magiftrates of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1685, 4to.

April 24, 1761, Hugh Moifes, A. M. morning lecturer. The common-council, on giving him this appointment, politely added, that "Mr. Moises was appointed to this lectureship as an acknowledgment of his good fervices to the grammar-school of the town, and that it was a final reward for his eminent industry, and the exertion of his very distinguished abilities."

CURATES OF ALL-SAINTS.

This is reputed one of the largest cures in the kingdom; but we will not trouble our readers with a detailed lift of the names of all who have filled that office.

A. D. 1380, John de Harpham is named as curate in this church.

Robert Croft, in the year 1407, was appointed

curate,

After

After a fucceffion of many others, we find,

A. D. 108, Cuthbert Ellifon, M. A. chofen curate, and afterwards removed to the vicarage of Stannington. He was the author of two fermons, entitled "The Babler;" alfo of a paftoral between Corydon and Thyrfis, and another little pleasant piece, named "A Trip to Benwell." 8vo.

He

Henry Bourne, A. M. fucceeded in 1722. was author of "Antiquitates Vulgares," and "The Hiftory of Newcastle." As this work is in many hands, and is upon the whole an informing book on the fubject, we fhall add a few notes refpecting the life of this reverend author. Gyll's interleaved copy of Bourne's History fays, that "Henry Bourne was the fon of a taylor, and, after fome time spent at fchool, was bound an apprentice to a glazier in the Side, in Newcastle; but, difcovering a difpofition towards letters, was, after he had lived two or three years with his master, emancipated from his fervice, again fent to fchool, and from thence he was removed by the aid of fome perfons who knew him, and admitted a fizar, about the year 1720, at Cambridge; where obtaining orders, he was appointed curate of this church, in which place he remained till his death in the year 1733.

THE NEW CHURCH.

The occafion of building this handfome ftructure is fet forth in the preamble to the act of parliament as follows:

"Whereas the church or parochial chapel of the parish of AllSaints, in the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, and which parith extends into the county of Northumberland, is a very ancient building, and is become fo decayed and ruinous,

that

that it is unsafe for the parishioners to attend divine service therein; and it is neceffary the fame fhould be taken down, and a new church built, and alfo that the cemetry, or church-yard, which is too fmall, fhould be enlarged, and proper avenues made thereto; and whereas, for the purposes aforefaid, it will be neceffary to purchase certain lands, houses, or tenements; may it therefore please your majefty," &c. &c.

In confequence of the above, an advertisement was inferted in the Newcastle papers, for plans of a church capable of holding fifteen hundred people. The candidates were, Mr. Stephenfon, of this town, Mr. Harrison, of Lancaster, and fome others. As the conteft lay between thefe two gentlemen, a fhort description of their plans, (made by a friend to fcience at the time) may not be out of place.

He begins by obferving, that he thinks he has feen the fenographical, or ground part of both, at Rome, being that of two noble ftructures in that Mistress of the fine arts.

The plan of Mr. Harrison, he obferves, is a femicircle; before the chord-line of which is a portico of four Doric columns, fupporting a pediment, on the two extremities of which is a small minaret or fleeple.

Mr. Stepher fon's plan is an elipfe, with a colonade of coupled columns, of the Ionic order, the length of the whole fouth front; over the colonade an attic, from which rifes a dome.

It is the farthest from our wish to give offence to thefe gentlemen, (who have arifen to eminence in their profeffion) as the fine remains of Grecian and Roman architecture are confidered as the pureft fource from which the prefent artists can take their ideas.

We fhall now proceed to defcribe the church, as

it is finished, the plan having been confiderably al. tered from what was at firft intended.

This truly grand church is constructed in a stile very different from the ancient Gothic churches. It is of a circular form, adorned, quite round, with ornamental architecture, exceedingly beautiful and rich.

The front is towards the fouth, and fet off with a grand colonade, fupporting a porch lofty and fpacious, with fuperb columns of the Ionic order. A fteeple or spire rifes above the front, nearly of a height with St. Nicholas' fteeple, but conftructed in a different manner. It gradually rises from the fquare tower, or bafe, by feveral ftages of most beautiful pillars, and terminates by a large gilded vane.

The fteeple is adorned with a clock, made by Mr. Thwaites, of London, and of fuch ingenious workmanship as to excite univerfal admiration. It has three dial-plates, with gnomons and hour-figures, richly gilded, fo large as may be feen at a great dif tance. In the front, the hours are diftinctly feen from Gateshead. It chimes every quarter of an hour, repeating the number of quarters after the hour.

The fet of bells were catt on purpose, in London; and being formed of the beft proportion of metals, their found is sweet and harmonious, and they are capable of ringing a great variety of changes.

The mafon-work was conducted by Mr. Thompfon, and the carpentry-work by Mr. Peter Paxton.

In fhort, this church is one of the most striking refemblances of the Grecian and Roman architecture, is a chief ornament in the modern improvements of Newcastle, and will be, for ages, a proof of the good taste and munificence of the parishioners of that parish. The expence (which is faid to be great) in building

this new church, was raised by a poundage, according to the above act of Parliament, upon the inhabitants of the parish.

There is a beautiful area, fown with grafs, and planted with poplar and other ornamental trees, with a border of flowering fhrubs, which give a lightnefs and elegance to the whole building.

The church-yard is eastward from the church; it is full of tomb-ftones, infcribed to the memory of many of the firft characters in Newcastle, both of ancient and modern times. It is fupported, on the east and north, by a wall of vaft height.

Chapel of Eafe to All-Saints.

ST. ANN'S

Stands in the vicinity of Sandgate-street, on a gentle declivity. After the reformation, it was neglected and fell into decay, but was repaired in 1682. A lecturer was then appointed, who was to preach every Sunday morning, and expound the cathechifm in the afternoon, for which he was to have thirty pounds per annum. At prefent it has two lecturers, one allowed forty, and the other fifty pounds per annum, by the corporation. This chapel was rebuilt by Mr. Newton, architect, with the ftones of the old wall which formerly ran along the Quay-fide. The defign is plain, with a light fteeple, and a good clock. It was confecrated by bishop Trevor in 1768, having been built and endowed by the corporation.

Dr. Fawcett preached and published the confecration fermon.

From the first preacher in this chapel, Mr. John Rawlett, in 1682, to the prefent, the Rev. Mofes Man

ners,