Mr. Noel attached to his flock, that he refused the see of Calcutta, which was offered to him after the death of Bishop Middleton.

To doubt Mr. Noel's sincerity is as impossible as not to admire his unaffected charity and unwearied benevolence. He is free from anything like sectarian views, his dislike to which has, in our mind, hurried him too far. The converse of an error is not always the right, and in avoiding Scylla, we fear that Mr. Noel has not escaped Charybdis. It is with unaffected sorrow we remark, that in his intercourse with dissenting preachers, Mr. Noel has evinced considerable imprudence. All violence and intolerance towards those who differ with us in opinion is indeed most inconsistent with christian charity; but equally inconsistent with a clergyman's duty is it to make little of the distinction between a regularly ordained minister of the word of God (a priest of the holy Catholic Church), and a dissenting preacher, however sincere and pious. If there be anything in the idea of a church, and if ordination be more than an empty form, it is impossible that any brotherhood, further than what mere charity warrants, can subsist between them.

We may mention, in conclusion, that Mr. Noel, like many other eminent men, is largely indebted for his education to a pious and affectionate mother; and that he was not long ago appointed one of the chaplains in ordinary to Her Majesty.

CONCLUDING REMARKS.

Our task is now closed. It has been our endeavour to render still better known than they have heretofore been the great "lights of our church"-those whose learningwhose eloquence-whose high genius, and lofty devotedness of purpose have been made the agents in the diffusion of

religion-pure and undefiled-in the promotion of pietyfree from asceticism, and untinctured by enthusiasm

"Whose lives, more than preceptive wisdom taught;

The great in action, and the pure in thought.

In so doing, we would fain hope that we have "done the state some service." If history be philosophy teaching by example, far more is biography, seeing that it deals with individual man, and teaches those lessons which come home to the bosoms of us all-the great lessons that in integrity, perseverance, determination to overcome obstacles, and preparedness for all opportunities consist, with God's blessing, the great secret of human success.

The Church, whose history we have briefly portrayed, still exists-the record of her progress is before us-the mighty past we can comprehend, and the unseen future we can anticipate. That past gives cause for triumph-that future occasion for hope-hope that its bounds may be enlarged-that those by whom her blessings are now unfelt, will yet worship in her courts, and adore in her sanctuary. It should be our object to hasten the time of her final victory, when we may become in great essentials one people, when minor differences forgotten, and past sources of separation overlooked-the English church may be truly the church of England, and all christians, united in the bonds of brotherhood, may co-operate in forwarding the mighty work-the end of which will be, that "knowledge shall cover the earth, even as the waters cover the sea!"

INDEX.

For the Names of Prelates who have filled the vari us Sees since the Reformation,
see page 159.

chosen a member of the Royal
Society, 327; his "Vindication of
the Scotish Church and State;"
becomes a very popular preacher;
distinguished for the discharge of
his episcopal duties, 328; his death
and character; one of the great-
est ornaments of the English
church ib.

Burton, Robert, some account of,
314; his character by Wood;
his 64
Anatomy of Melancholy,"
ib.; pilfered by later writers, 315;
his eccentricity and death, 315.
Butler, Bishop Joseph, memoir of,

282; his education as a dissenting
minister, ib.; becomes a convert
to the doctrines of the established
church, 283; appointed clerk of
the closet to Queen Caroline; his
death and writing, ib.; his cha-
racter, 284; instance of his charity,
285.

C

Cambridge, University of, 94; an-
cient tradition respecting the origin
of, ib.; its incorporation, 95; out-
rages among the students at, 97;
repressed; suit instituted against
the chancellor by a student, ib.;
earliest charter of this univer-
sity, 98; frequent altercations be-
tween the townsmen and students,
100; daring tumults suppressed,
ib.; law, forbidding scholars of
either university from begging
without a licence, 101; visited
by a dreadful plague; Erasmus
invited to; the University re-
nounces the pope's supremacy;
hostilities between the townspeople

and students renewed, ib; Queen
Elizabeth's visit to, 102; James I.'s
visit to; the comedy of "Igno-
ramus" performed there, ib.; the
plague breaks out at Cambridge,
103; literary history of, 104; Greek
literature not cultivated at, till the
sixteenth century, 105; doctrines
of Wicliff taught at, 106; as dis-
tinguished for the pursuit of ma-
thematical as for classical studies,
107; principal officers of this uni-
versity, ib; discipline of the scho-
lars, 108; system of public exa-
mination pursued at, 109; profes-
sorships at, 110; encouragements to
learning, 112; scholarships at, 113.
Canterbury, Archbishop, the first
peer of the realm, 150; privileges
of, 151.

present archbishop of,

see HOWLEY.

archbishops of, 159.

Cardwell, Edward, B.D., 76.
Carey, William, D.D., Bishop of St.
Asaph, some account of, 391; in-
debted to the Duke of York for his
promotion; his character, ib.
Carlisle, present bishop of, see
PERCY.

" bishops of, 203.
Catherine Hall, Cambridge, founda-
tion of, 117.

Catholicism, Roman, restoration of,4.
Catholics, Elizabeth's severity against
6.

Ceremonies of the Church, the bi-

shops resist any alteration in the, 11.
Chafy, William, D.D., 120.
Challis, James, M.A., 111.
Chapman, Benedict, D.D., 114.
Charles II., restoration of, 10.
Charter House School, the, 30; foun-
dation of, ib.; period of admission

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