1777. "A Catalogue of the Coins of Canute King of Denmark and England, with Specimens," 4to. by Mr. Gough. "An Examination of the Arguments contained in Dr. Maclaine's Answer to Soame Jenyns, Esq. on his View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Chapel, and a Canonry of Windsor, 1756. He also held the vicarage of St. Mary's in Reading, which he afterwards exchanged for the rectory of Allhallows, Thames-street. Jan. 23, 1762, he was preferred to the Deanery of Lincoln, which he held with that rectory, where he constantly preached during his residence in London. In 1770 he took the degree of D. D. and in 1774, on the translation of Bp. Moss to that of Bath and Wells, he was promoted to the See of St. David's, whence he was removed, on the death of Bp. Warburton, in 1779, to Gloucester. With these he held the Deanry of Lincoln in commendam. On the decease of Bp. Keene, in 1791, he was advanced to the See of Ely, in which he sat for more than 27 years. He was a Prelate of exemplary worthiness, piety, and munificence. His administration of the Diocese was conducted with a paternal attention to his Clergy, among whom he was zealous, by constant friendly communication with them, to promote residence on their cures, and a faithful discharge of their sacred duties. Nor was it among the last objects of his care, that their glebe-houses should be duly upheld; and that these, in cases where the incumbent might plead a legal cause of absence, should be inhabited by the Curate. His charities, which were distributed both publicly and in private without ostentation, were very extensive. Old age and poverty, sickness and casualties, whenever they were made known to him, were always relieved; and with equal solicitude did he forward the education of the children of the poor in religious instruction and habits of useful industry. The stately and venerable fabric at Ely, over which he so long presided, was not less an object of his care. The present perfect state of the Western front, in which all the original ornaments are restored, of the Galilee, and of the arches under the great tower, is owing to his liberality. This also appears in other parts of the church, particularly in the painted glass, which he placed in the Western window; and in the new pulpit which adorns the space between the Octagon and Presbytery. His memory will be respected by his successors, for his munificent bequest of a very valuable and useful library, which is always to remain in the Palace for their use. He died suddenly, of an apoplexy, at the age of 78, at his seat at Forthampton in Gloucestershire, Aug. 26, 1809, where his remains are deposited in a vault which he had prepared for himself and his family. Bentham's Ely, Edit. 1812, Appendix, p. 12. He married Mary daughter of Dr. Isaac Madox, Bp. of Worcester, by whom he had nine sons and two daughters. Religion, Religion, with general. Thoughts and Reflections "An Address and Reply, &c. by Mr. Fleet.”—An "Six Discourses; to which is prefixed an Introduction, containing a View of the genuine antient Philosophy; of the natural and effectual Tendency of that Philosophy, and of Christian Morality, to all true Prosperity in this world; and some Observations on a Book lately published, intituled, A View of the internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. By Percival Stockdale," 8vo. 1778. "A List of the various Editions of the Bible, and *See Monthly Review, vol. LVII. p 273; vol. LVIII. p. 164. § This benevolent Prelate, Primate of all England, President of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, and of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, a Governor of the Charter-house, and Vice-President of St. George's Hospital, was seventh son of the fourth Lord Cornwallis, brother to the first Earl, and uncle to the first Marquis, and Dr. James Cornwallis, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. He was a twin-brother of the late General Edward Cornwallis, born Feb. 22, 1713; educated at Eton, afterwards Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, B. A. 1736, D.D. 1748, and, being one of his Majesty's Chaplains, and a Canon of Windsor, was consecrated Bishop. of Lichfield and Coventry, Feb. 18, 1749-50; appointed Dean of St. Paul's, Nov. 28, 1766; elected Archbishop of Canterbury, Aug. 13, 1768; confirmed at Bow church, Sept. 30; enthroned at Canterbury, Oct. 6; and sworn of the Privy Council next day. His Grace married, Feb. 8, 1759, Caroline, daughter of William Townshend, Esq. (third son of Charles second Viscount Townshend); but had no issue. He died, after a few days illness, in his 70th year, March 19, 1783. On the 27th his remains were interred in Lambeth church. Mrs. Cornwallis survived till the 17th of September, 1811. As Metropolitan, this good Prelate discharged way made ૧૭ + died lary 20th 1824. in his oth year 2. Litchfield a Coventry - 1781. he way Dean of Durham. 1 "A Dissertation on the controverted Passages in St. Peter and St. Jude, concerning the Angels that sinned, and who kept not their first Estate. By Samuel Henley* [afterwards D. D.], Curate of Northall in Middlesex," 8vo. charged all the duties of that high office with attention, punetuality, and decorum. Being a true friend to the Constitution both in Church and State, his wish and aim was to preserve them both uninjured and unimpaired. In shining talents and extensive learning other Prelates may have been superior to him; but in good solid sense and understanding, and a right discernment of men and things, in prudence, moderation, and benevolence, in affability, candour, and hospitality, none of his predecessors have exceeded. May none of his successors fall short of him!-The following character of him was drawn by the Rev. Samuel Denne : "When Archbishop Secker, the predecessor of our late Diocesan, quitted his mortal honours, his funeral elogium was the laboured work of a Porteus. The tribute here paid to the memory of Archbishop Cornwallis is the production of a far humbler pen. It will be, at least, as sincere, but it will not be laboured. It is the spontaneous effusion of a Country Vicar, who never sought or received his Grace's patronage, but who admired and loved him for his amiable and endearing manners. There may have been Metropolitans superior to the late Archbishop in the profoundness of their erudition. His Grace and his predecessor, Archbishop Herring, had a very competent share of human learning. But they had each of them something better. To the utmost purity and benevolence of heart, they added the most affable and engaging deportment. No Bishop was ever more respected and beloved in his Diocese than was Dr. Frederick Cornwallis in the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. His elevation to Canterbury made no change in the gentleness and humanity with which he bore his faculties. The same liberality of soul distinguished his Grace, that had before dignified his Lordship. At Lambeth-house. from the instant that he entered its walls, that odious distinction of a separate table for the Chaplains was abolished. It remained for an Archbishop of high birth to declare that they should be constantly seated at the same board with himself. His board, upon public days, was princely. His hospitality was, in general, as noble as his own moderation in the enjoyment of it was exemplary. The courtesy with which he received those who had occasion to approach him, was not the affected politeness of a Court. It was the courtesy of Religion and Morality. It was the evident result of a good understanding and a consummately benevolent heart." * This eminently learned Orientalist, sometime Professor of Moral Philosophy at the College of Williamsburg in Virginia, and afterwards one of the Assistants at Harrow School, was elected F. S. A. in 1778; presented afterwards to the Rectory of Rendlesham "Observations made in Savoy, in order to ascertain the Height of Mountains, by means of the Barometer; being an Examination of M. De Luc's Rules, delivered in his Recherches sur les Modifications de l'Atmosphere,' by Sir George-AugustusWilliam Shuckburgh [Evelyn], Bart.*" 4to. sham in Suffolk; and in 1805 was appointed by the East India Company Principal of their then newly established College at Hertford. Besides the " Dissertation" noticed above, Dr. Henley has also published, Three Sermons preached in America: 1. At Williamsburg, May 1, 1771, for the Benefit of a Fund to support the poor Widows and Orphans of Clergymen in Virginia, 1772. 2. The distinct Claims of Government and Religion considered; before the Honourable House of Burgesses at Wilhamsburg, March 1, 1772.-1774. 3. In 1776, on the Anniversary of the Founder of the College. Also "Observations on the Subject of the Fourth Eclogue, the Allegory in the Third Georgic, and the Primary Design of the Eneid of Virgil; with incidental Remarks on some Coins of the Jews, 1788." His "Explanation of the Inscription on a Brick, from the Site of Antient Babylon," is printed in the Archæologia, vol. XIV. p. 205; and he was the Editor of "An Arabian Tale, from an unpublished Manuscript [by William Beckford †, Esq. of Fonthill]; with Notes, Critical and Explanatory [by Dr. Henley], 1786."— *This gentleman was educated at Rugby School, in Warwickshire; and from thence, in 1767, removed to Baliol College, in Oxford, under the instruction of that very eminent tutor, and most excellent man, the Rev. Charles Godwin, B. D. After a residence of more than six years, on leaving College, Sir George made the tour of France and Italy for three years, during which period, amidst a variety of objects of his attention, he made a great many philosophical observations, particularly on the heights of the Alps, and on the structure and quality of the atmosphere, some of which are recorded in the foreign journals, and in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London, of which he was unanimously chosen a Fellow during the first year of his absence, viz. in 1774. In 1775, he was admitted into the Academy of Sciences, Belles Lettres, and the fine Arts, then subsisting at Lyons. In 1777, soon after his return to England, he was made a Member of the Society of Antiquaries of London; and at the general election in 1780, was chosen representative in Parliament for the county of Warwick, which very honourable situation he continued to hold for five successive Parliaments. + In September 1797, was published in the European Magazine a long account of William Beckford, Esq. of Fontbill, in which is the following passage: "Two anonymous works in prose, The Lives of the Painters, a fictitious jeu d'esprit, written at 16 years of age, and the History of Vathek, a learned specimen of Oriental Customs, were published several years ago, and were extremely well received, though without the sanction of the Author's name." Besides "An Account of the Kingdom of Thibet, by John Stuart, Esq. F. R. S." 4to. Besides the Pamphlet noticed in p. 16 (which was afterwards published in the Philosophical Transactions, vol. LXVII. p. 513), Sir George communicated to the Royal Society, "Comparison between his and Col. Roy's Rules for the Measurement of Heights with the Barometer, 1778." (LXVIII. p. 681.) "On the Temperature of Boiling Waters, 1778." (LXIX. p. 362.) "An Account of the Equatorial Instrument, 1793. "An Account of some Endeavours to ascertain a Standard of Weight and Measures, 1798. (See vol. II. p. 638, vol. III. p. 623.) Sir George married, in 1782, to his first lady, Sarah Johanna, one of the three daughters of John Darker, of Gayton, in the county of Northampton, Esq. and for many years Member of Parliament for the borough of Leicester; but this lady dying in a few months afterwards, to the great grief of every body that knew her, was buried in Shuckburgh church; to the South wall of which is affixed a handsome monument, consisting of a sarcophagus of white marble, on which is placed a figure of Memory in affliction, leaning on an urn, on the plinth of which are these words: "Heu! quanto minus est cum reliquis versari, quam tui meminisse !" Behind it is a pyramid of dove-coloured marble, from the top of which is suspended the arms of Shuckburgh impaling Darker. On the tablet of the Sarcophagus is this inscription: "Near to this place repose the remains of Lady Shuckburgh, wife of Sir George Shuckburgh, Bart. and daughter of John Darker, of Gayton, in the county of Northampton, Esq. whose unaffected innocence, and singular sweetness of manners, were the delight of all who knew her. Her piety and purity of heart a bright exception to the general dissipation of the age; (if I knew how) I would describe, that after-ages, who should see this, might reverence She died at Bristol, April 10, 1783, after an ineffectual trial for some months of those medicinal waters, and every other aid that human assistance, and the tenderest affection, could bestow; closing a period of 28 years, in a continued course of duty and affection to her parents, her husband, and her God. Sir George afterwards took to his second lady, Oct. 6, 1785, Julia Annabella, one of the two daughters of James Evelyn, of Felbridge, in the county of Surrey, Esq. and sole issue by his first wife, Annabella Medley, which family of the Evelyns had VOL. VIII. C flourished |