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Hackney, Oct. 25.

THE diffident and recluse habits of

him whose Monument is now transmitted to you (See PlateII.) never would have permitted him to assent to that publicity which your pages will give it, had it been possible to have asked his consent for its insertion; but, that being impossible, and he being removed far from the approbation of mortals" his virtues may be descried" in this affectionate memorial; and it is but justice to add, that those

whose tribute of affection have raised

it, deserve that notice which their attention claims, filling as they do their several stations in society with respect. It is holding forth to the rising generation what duties they owe to those who have to their juvenile years paid such scrupulous and affectionate attention, as to produce the man useful to himself, to society, and to his country. How far a sense of gratitude is due from every good man to his instructors, would be best found by consulting his feelings: it is, how

ever, to be seen in his conduct and actions.

The Monument, as raised in the church of Bishops Waltham, records a grateful and an affectionate tribute to one, who has sent forth into the world pupils who fill at this time various situations, well: pupils who have fought and bled for their country, in distant regions as well as on the Peninsula (a spot that will be ever memorable for the struggles of a brave people, and for the generous assistance of our country). The annexed description was made by a pupil; and is submitted for insertion by

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visits beyond a walking distance. He visited all his parishioners, exhorting, reproving, consoling, instructing them.

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"The last six years of his life he was unable to officiate publicly; and was obliged to obtain assistance from the Rev. Charles Cooper, a clergyman who resided in the parish on a small patrimonial property, with whom he divided his salary, making up the deficiency from his savings. Mr. Bold's previous saving of 51. annually, for the preceding four or five and forty years (and that always put out to interest) enabled him to procure this assistance, and to continue his little charities, as well as to support himself, though the price of boarding was just doubled upon him from his first entrance on the cure, from 87. to 161. a year. But, from the annual saving even of so small a sum as 51. with accumulating interest during that term, he not only procured assistance for the last years of his life, but actually left by his will securities for the payment of bequests to the amount of between two and three hundred pounds of which 100%. was bequeathed to some of his nearest relations; 100l. to the farmer's family in which he died, to requite their attendance in his latter end, and with which a son of the family was enabled to set up in a little farm; and 401. more he directed to be placed out at interest, of which interest one half is paid at Christmas to the poorer inhabitants who attend at church; and the other for a sermon once a year, in Lent, on the duty of the people to attend to the instructions of

the minister whom the bishop of the diocese should set over them.'

"This very singular and exemplary clergyman, whose character it is impossible to contemplate without admiration, died Oct. 29, 1751. He wrote for the

use of his parishioners the following practical tracts: 1. "The sin and danger of neglecting the Public Service of the Church," 1745, 8vo. one of the books

distributed by the Society for promoting Christian knowledge. 2." Religion the most delightful employment, &c." 3. "The duty of worthily communicating." History of Leicestershire, Vol. IV. p. 975.

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the prayers with her on that occasion. In the first place, because the Rubric (which is the Clergyman's guide) does not forbid an unmarried woman to use it. In the second, because a woman so unfortunately situated, has more reason than any other to return most hearty thanks to God, who, though she has sinned against him, has graciously supported her in that most trying hour. And thirdly, because think it most highly indecent that a solemn act of thanksgiving to God should be degraded to the mere certificate of human conduct; becoming, by this means, a merely complimentary human form, instead of a sacred solemn act of religion. Let it also be remembered, that we are told, "that those who are well need not a physician, but those who are sick;" and on what occasion these words were spoken by such high authority. Are those who have sinned to be driven from the House of Prayerfrom the Throne of God---the God of Mercy? D.

ttt We are much obliged by this often thought on what he recommends; worthy Correspondent's hint, and have but the task would be far more difficult than he imagines; neither could we possibly spare the article he advises us to omit.

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Mr. URBAN,

Oct. 8.

YOUR Correspondent C. from

Grantham makes an inquiry, for an answer to which I should presume that a reference to the Rubric prefixed to the Form of "Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth" would ground for rejecting any party presuffice. There appears not the least Senting herself to offer such "thanks," but what might be thought equally child presented for Baptism, who must to apply to the case of an illegitimate

be "suffered to come unto Christ;" any such rejection being surely not in the breast of an individual, as the officiating minister. The criminality on her part being the object of a due process elsewhere, I should think any one unfounded, as well as unkind, in

I whether a Clergymalus justified in making himself responsible for a ne

refusing to return thanks to God for the safe delivery of an unmarried woman, I should myself be inclined to think, that although he is not liable to any ecclesiastical censure (that I am aware of) for so doing, yet that it would be highly improper to refuse to offer up

gative which might preclude a woman, perhaps more sinn'd against than sinning," from encouragement to return from the error of her way. I should suppose a sense of shame much more likely to restrain a woman from presenting herself under such cir

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cumstances in such a situation before a congregation, than hardened habits to embolden her in appearing to defy the censure of all present; where one should charitably hope that the "great pain and peril of childbirth," and the confinement following her preservation from it, might have induced her to avail herself of that leisure for reflection on the conduct which occasioned it, and might tend to her amendment in life. She is more likely to think, from the form which our Church adopts, that " Religion requires a woman should return thanks to God in a public manner for so great a deliverance," according to the argument in Burn's Ecclesiastical Law (article Child-birth), than to know, that "if she would not be churched at the proper time, she might be forced to it by ecclesiastical censures." I apprehend there would be no danger in modern times, of a woman, whether married or single, being "excommunicated for contempt *" for "refusing to conform, when coming to be churched, to the custom of being covered with a white veil;" which is, it seems, the "canonical" interpretation of the words in the Rubric, "decently apparelled." A recent Act of the Legislature has made the fear of appearing in white apparel of another fashion rather obsolete, or unnecessary in most cases.

As far as matter of fact goes, in support of matter of opinion, I can only say, that your present Correspondent recollects his own having, in the course of officiating for nearly half a century past, had occasion once, at least, to exercise his own discretion in such a case. The only distinction he remembers to have made was, what he had sometimes made according to the circumstances of the families, where he was acquainted with them, as to the event of the then Child-birth, or the number of children of married persons, in reading the 116th or the 127th Psalm, as left to his option. He would add, that the party so admitted was a pauper, where the accustomed offering" was declined in course, as in the case of paue pers usually. Perhaps it may be deemed on this occasion not impertinent to this subject, if he mentions, that it is sometimes requested of the Clergy to church, as it is "commonly called," the woman in her chamber. See Burn, ut supra.

I recollect on such an application, the late Mr. James Merrick, of Reading, formerly Fellow of Trinity College in Oxford, being consulted as a most respectable adviser, and an impartial one, as having, though in orders, no parochial cure in his charge. It seemed to him an absurdity, that any person should think of returning public thanks in private; and he quoted, as a matter somewhat similar, an instance of a Curate being pressed, and unwilling to refuse, when requested to administer public Baptism of an infant in private; instead of the usual address "to the God-fathers and God-mothers on this wise, Ye have brought this child here to be baptized," he said, "Ye have brought me here to baptize this child." E. J.

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Res angusta domi. Mr. URBAN,

S a friend to the Education of the

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general, I shall beg leave to insert in your widely circulated Magazine, some few observations, which, I conceive, might promote, not their inte rest alone, but conduce also to benefit the publick at large: since the effect of good education is felt not merely by the individual, who in a variety of ways reaps the benefit personally, but communicates to an unnumbered multitude some fruits of his acquisition in the school of learning.

Without any farther introduction to the importance of my subject, I would propose, that as every parish in the kingdom has its appropriate parochial minister, by whom the Poor have the Gospel preached to them, so should every village, and every parish, have a School-master, or School-mistress, either licensed by, or approved of, the Bishop of the Diecese. For the support and maintenance of such School-master or mistress, the stipend, I think, might with great case be so provided, as not to press materially upon any one subject contributing to so beneficial an institution.

The several ways and meaus by which I would meet the expenditure of so extensive a charity, would be by raising, under the authority of the Legislature, the following different con tributions.

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To begin with my own profession: Let every non-resident Clergyman, without exception, be required to pay into the hands of his archdeacon,' or diocesan, one shilling in the pound, according to the annual value of his benefice. If he be possessed of more than one, as a pluralist he would not be aggrieved by paying some small proportion from each for the good of the publick.

Adopting a measure, which, till very lately, prevailed in the establishment of his Majesty's household, when every chaplain who was promoted to a deanery or a bishoprick, made a donation of some piece of plate to the chaplains' table, let it be provided, that every clerk who should be preferred to a stall in a cathedral, or canonry, or deanery, or bishoprick, should be required to contribute a certain sum ad valorem.

From the translation of Bishops might arise an additional resource, to feed the stream of this public charity. As a minor provision, where no one with justice could complain, be it exacted from every rector and vicar, not answering to his naine at the archdeacon's and at the bishop's visit ation, that he pay a certain small fine. In lieu of the additional fees which we are accustomed to pay at a bishop's primary visitation, let the charity in question reap that benefit.

Upon this last article, I have to request that I may be indulged with a short digression, and to leave upon record in this printed page, that the fees which we formerly paid at the primary visitations of the two preceding Bishops of London, were remitted by our present liberally-minded Dioeesau; and I request that it may further be added, as a pleasing remembrance of his hospitality, that he invitation which was given to dine with his Lordship by the chaplain was ttended with no expence whatsoever. This was a novelty, to which, in other imes, we were perfect strangers.

In assistance to those contributions hich I have proposed to be levied pon the regular Clergy, let every ay-rector, and every Impropriator, pon his succeeding by inheritance to, ☛ by purchasing, such revenue of the hurch, be required to pay his first uits, as we do his tenths likewise nually, as the Clergy of the Church stablishment do; and instead of what e pay for procurations, synodals,

&c. let him pay a stipulated sum for the support and encouragement of these little schools of village learning.

Charged with none of the expences of presentation, institution, and induction-qualified by no preparatory academical education; and under no restriction of age, or sex, or condition; for, the infant in his cradle, the spinster at her distaff, or the soldier in his camp, or the seaman afloat, or the manufacturer at his loom, may equally possess what the strong hand of power wrested from the Church-"Tros, Tyriusve fuat, nullo discrimine habetur"

subject to no simoniacal disqualification in buying and selling their right of tithe exempt from all parochial residence, and fettered with no expence in providing for the duty of the Church-it should seem, that those who are admitted to all these privileges and advantages beyond the benefit of the clergy, would cheerfully and readily contribute their quota towards promoting so benevolent an institution as that of educating the infant children of the Poor.

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My next proposal, I doubt, will appear too unpopular to encourage any prospect of success. I should propose to derive from every landed estate, where the proprietor never resided, three pence in the pound from the rent received. priety of the measure appears very obvious, from the number of family mansions which have lately been pulled down to the ground, to the heavy loss of the Poor, and to the injury of all the tradesmen in the neighbourhood; and not less, also, from the consideration, that on the Tenants' Day, when the steward receives the annual or half-yearly rents for his principal, seldom or never is he authorized to leave a guinea behind him for the industrious and laborious cottager.

As a further aid, to promote that plain and simple education hereby intended, I would recommend a Sunday Toll, to be collected at every turnpike throughout England, for carriages of every description, for horses, mules, asses, sheep, and oxen.

In mercy to the post-horse, so licentiously and wantonly abused by the driver, as well as by too many of our Legislators in each House of Parliament, who profane the Sabbath by travelling on that day, to the great

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