But favouring and assisting to the end. W SAMS. AGON. v. 1708. ITH seemliest dirge to sooth thine ear, No melancholy verse, O NELSON, shall the generous Muse I'll mourn thee not; tho' short thy day, If two proud nations' hosts subdued; If thy fond country's joint acclaim, That name from INDIAN CUBA sounds And TEN'RIFFE'S mountain isle; Oft as BRITANNIA's navies ride His deeds shall veteran Valour speak, The theme shall Piety renew, And as she bids the sea-worn crew Vol. IX. Churchm. Mag. for Nou. 1805. 3 E Show Shew how in conquest's dazzling hour, Buriton, Nov. 10, 1805. R. M. LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. AROCHIAL Discourses upon PARO the Advent of Christ. &c. To which are added two Assize Sermons. By W. U. Reynell, M.A. 5s. An Essay on the best Means of civilizing the Subjects of the British Empire in India, and of diffusing the Light of the Christian Religion throughout the Eastern World; to which the University of Glasgow adjudged Dr. Buchanan's Prize. By John Mitchell, A. M. Minister of the Gospel, Anderston. 4to. 15s. Discourses on various Topics relating to Doctrine and Practice. By the late Rev. T. Kenrick. 2 vols. 8vo. 16s. T LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. HE Bishop of Landaff is about to publish a new edition of his Apology for Christianity, and his Apology for the Bible, in one volume octavo; to which will be added, two Sermons in Defence of Revealed Religion. Mr. Morrison, of Perth, is printing a work, in two volumes octavo, entituled, Bibliotheca Sacra; or, a Dictionary of the Holy Scriptures; explaining the various Terms, Doctrines, Histories, Characters, Ordinances, Institutions, Laws, Precepts, and Figures. in the Sacred Oracles; to be illustrated with Maps, &c. The Rev. Robert Fellowes has in the press a Body of Speculative and Practical Theology, 2 vols. 8vo. also, a Volume of Poems, chiefly translations from the German. Mr. Cumming's revised edition of FELTHAM'S RESOLVES, which we noticed in a former number to be preparing for the press, is expected to appear in January next The Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, have offered to the Students of that University, a premium of ten guineas for the best composition in Latin verse; and ten guineas for the best English poem on the Death of Lord Nelson. Lord Berwick, understanding it to be the wish of the parishioners to to make some improvements in the body of the abbey church, Shrewsbury, by putting up a window of stained glass at the east end, over the communion-table, and by erecting an organ of suitable dimensions for the service of the church, has expressed his intention of contributing one hundred pounds towards both these objects; adding, at the same time, that if both could not be undertaken at present, he was desirous of providing, at his own single cost, for the stained window over the communion-table. The estimate of the expence, according to the best calculation that can be made, is, for the stained window 50l. and for the organ 400l. The salary of an organist can be provided for out of the funds of the parish without any farther assistance. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE AND CHURCH PREFER MR OXFORD, Oct. 31. MENTS, R. Philip Williams, Student in Law of New College, was admitted Bachelor of Laws. The Rev. George Knight, B. A. of St. Edmund Hall, admitted Master of Arts. Messrs. Henry William Rawlins of Baliol College, and John Pegler of Worcester College, were admitted Bachelors of Arts. Nov. 4. Messrs. William Clarges and Richard Berens, Bachelors of Arts; and Messrs. Charles Wrottesley. of Christ Church; and C. Shipley of Brazen Nose College, are elected Fellows of All Soul's College. 7. The Rev. Henry Draper, B. A. of St. Edmund Hall, adinitted Doctor of Divinity; and Mr. John Richard Ingram of Pembroke College, is admitted Bachelor of Arts. 14. The Rev. William Vansittart of Christ Church: John Liptcott, Gregory Hicks and Samuel Mence of Trinity College; and Henry Card of Pembroke College, Bachelors of Arts; are admitted Masters of Arts. -Mr. Walter Vicary of Magdalen .College, Student in Music, is admitted Bachelor in Music. -Messrs. Benjamin Parsons Symons of Wadham College, James Mayo of Pembroke College, and William Ashmand Pruen of Worcester College, are admitted Bachelors of Arts. CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 31.-William Hunt, Esq. Barrister at Law, and Fellow of King's College, was this afternoon unanimously elected Assessor in full Senate. The Commissary accepted the office of Assessor in 1790, for his own honour,~ and has now resigned it for the honour of his benefactor the University. On no occasion has there been an instance of a succession in office inore honourably obtained. Mr. John Hussey of St. John's, and Messrs, Thomas Hyde Ripley, and Martin Theckeray, Fellows of King's College, were admitted Ba chelors of Arts. The Right Hon. Lord Byron was admitted of Trinity College. The Rev. Robert Gwilt, M. A. a junior Fellow of Cain's College, is elected a senior Fellow of that society. Nov. 4. The Rev. Joseph Turner, D. D. Master of Pembroke Hall, and Dean of Norwich, was chosen Vice-chancellor for the year ensuing. A grace having passed the Senate to the following effect: "That those to whom the Sunday afternoon turns, and the turns for Chritsmasday and Good-Friday are assigned [to preach at Great St. Mary's.] shall from the 30th of November 1805, to the end of May 1806, provide no other substitute than such as should be appointed in con3 E 2 formity formity with that grace," the following persons have been elected, each for the month to which his name is affixed: December, the Rev. the Master of Jesus College. January, the Rev. Mr. Jackson, February, the Rev. Mr. Horn- April, the Rev. Mr Browne, Sid ney. May, the Rev. Mr. Browne, senior, Trinity. Samuel March Phillips, Esq. M. A. Sidney College, has been elected Fellow of that Society. Viscount Merton, son of Earl Nelson, is admitted of Christ College, under the care of the Rev. Mr. Hopkins and the Rev. Mr. Browne. The subject for the Norrisian Prize Essay for the present year, is, "The External Evidence of the Religion of Moses." The Rev. J. R. Roberts, A. M. Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, is instituted by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the Rectory of Hornblotten, in Somersetshire, The Rev. T. Tordiffe is instituted to the Rectory of Holcombe, on the presentation of J. D. Greenhill, Esq. The Rev. Edmund Dawkins is instituted to the Prebend of Netherbury-Ecclesia in the Cathedral of Salisbury, vacant by the death of Dr. Dumaresque; and the Rev. J. H. Jacob, to the Prebend of Ruscomb, Southbury, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Dawkins. A dispensation has passed the Great Seal, enabling the Rev. William Hanbury, M. A. Chaplain to the Earl of Upper Ossory, to hold the Rectory of Upper Langston, in the county of Leicester, together with the Rectory of Harborough Magna, in the county of Warwick, vacant by the death of the Rev. Peers Newsham Clerk. The Earl of Breadalbane has been pleased to appoint the Rev. John Proctor, B. A. of Brook-end House, Hertfordshire, and late of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to be one of his Lordship's domestic Chaplains. is The Rev. Henry Pattersou, B. A. instituted to the Rectory of Drinkstone, in Suffolk, on his own petition, he being the patron thereof. The Rev. William Carpenter Ray, LL. B. is instituted to the Vi carage of Pakenham, in Suffolk, on the presentation of the Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe. The Rev. J. N. B. Bohun, M. A, Rector of Depden, is licensed to to the perpetual curacy of Rum burgh, with St. Michael, South Elmham annexed, in Suffolk, on the nomination of the Rev. Bence Bence. The Rev. John Cooke, Head. Master of the Free Grammar-school in Birmingham, has been instituted to the Rectory of Bryngwynn, in the county of Monmouth, and disocese of Landaff, on the presenta tion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Abergavenny. The Rev. Temple Frere, M. A is instituted to the Rectory of Fin ningham, in Suffolk, on the presen tation of John Frere, Esq. The Rev. Mr. Dana is instituted to the living of Aston-Botterel by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, on the presentation of the Earl of Darling ton. The Rev N. Gibbs Walford, M.A. domestic chaplain to the Earl of Guildford, is instituted to the uni ted Vicarage of Frieston with Butterwick, in the county of Lincoln, on the presentation of Lady Dry den of Canon's-Ashby, in North amptonshire. The Rev. Edward Evans, of Sha well, Leicestershire, has been instituted, by the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, to the Vicarage of Hilmorton, in Warwickshire, on the the presentation of Mrs. Yardley. 19. Thomas Edwards, LL. D. of Doctor's Commons, was sworn in a Fellow of Trinity-Hall, in the room of the late Mr. Robinson. The Rev. Michael Thomas Becher, M. A. Master of the Grammarschool at Bury-St. Edmunds, and Fellow of King's-College, Cambridge, is presented by the Provost and Fellows of King's-College, to the Vicarage of Wotton-Wawen, in Warwickshire, vacated by the death of the Rev. Daniel Gaches. The Rev. Christopher Whitehead, Rector of Eastham-Hanleys and Orleton, in the county of Worcester, is instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, to the valuable Rectory of Puddleston and White, in that county, upon the presentation of Mrs. Frances Dale, widow of the late patron and incumbent, the Rev. Dr. Dale, deceased. The Rev: B. W. Salinon, Rector of Caister, next Great-Yarmouth, is instituted to the Rectory of Thrigby, in Norfolk, on the presentation of Robert Woolmer, Esq. The Rev. John Ward, M. A. i instituted to the Rectory of Occold, in Suffolk, on the presentation of William Whincop, Esq. The Rev. Thomas Williams, B. A. is instituted to the Vicarage of Weybread, in Suffolk, on the presentation of the Rev. John Edge. MONTHLY OBITUARY. OFF cape Trafalgar, on the the direction of the Hon. Constan coast of Andalusia, about 30 leagues S. S. E. of Cadiz, and near the straits of Gibraltar, in the moment of victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain, the Right Hon. Horatio Lord Viscount NELSON of the Nile, Vice-Admiral and commander in chiet of his Majesty's ships in the Mediterranean, &c. This distinguished hero was the son of the Rev. Mr. Nelson, rector of Burnham-Thorpe, in Norfolk, and born in the parsonage-house of that parish, Sept. 29, 1758. He was placed early at the school of North-Walsham, in that county, from whence he was taken at the age of twelve years by his maternal uncle, Captain Suckling, of the royal navy, who made him midshipman on board of his own ship, the Raisonable, of sixty-four guns. This was at the time when a rupture was apprehended between this country and Spain, on account of the FalkJand Islands; but the difference being compromised, young Nelson returned to his friends. In 1773, a voyage of discovery was undertaken towards the north pole, under tine Phipps, afterwards Lord Muigrave; and though special orders had been issued by the Admiralty, that no boys should be allowed on board; our enterprising youth prevailed upon Captain, now Admiral Lutwidge, to admit him into his ship as his coxswain. In this perilous voyage, he shewed his fearlessness of danger in a remarkable manner: for when the ships were closely hemmed in on all sides by immense bodies of ice, some of which were mountainous, he perceived a large white bear at a distance, on which, slipping down the ship's side unperceived, he pursued the animal, which he shot, but found it extremely difficult to bring off his prey: however, he persisted in his endeavours, and at length was descried by some of the crew, who hastened to his relief. When he came on board, the captain rebuked him severely for the risk he had run, and asked him what could induce him to quit the ship on such an hazardous enterprise; to which he cooly answered, "that he only wanted the skin for his father." On his return to England he at tained |