augurate that his wits were intended for some very active part upon the stage of human life, as it afterwards proved.

In the year 1758 he was appointed junior proctor of the university; on the 27th of April, 1759, he took the degree of B. D. and on the 28th of January, 1764, that of D. D. His health continued tolerably good, till the time of his proctorship: and here it ought in justice to be remembered, that he made one of the best proctors ever known in the university of Oxford. He was strict in the exercise of his office; but his strictness was accompanied by so much mildness and goodness, that he was equally beloved and feared. His duty called upon him to visit and inspect the houses of poor and disorderly people; in one of which he took the measles, and suffered much by that distemper. The time at which this accident happened was, in one respect, rather unfortunate; for he was confined at the time when he should have resigned his office by a personal attendance in the theatre. Dr. Thurlow, the late bishop of Durham, being at that time collector, delivered the Latin speech, at the close of which he spoke to this effect: "As to the late proctor, I shall speak "of him but in few words, for the truth of which I "can appeal to all that are here present. If ever "virtue itself was visible and dwelt upon earth, it was

"in the person who this day lays down his office." Which words were followed by a universal clapping. It was fortunate in one respect that he was not present; for thus it came to pass, that full justice was done to his character.

On the 27th of January 1768, on the death of Dr. Jenner, he was elected president of Magdalen College in 1771 he was appointed chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty; which appointment he held till he was preferred to the deanry of Canterbury, on the 22d of September 1781: and on the 7th of June 1791 he was consecrated bishop of Norwich in Lambeth chapel, on the translation of Dr. Bagot to the see of St. Asaph. After he became president of Magdalen college, he adhered to the interest of Mr. Jenkinson, (now earl of Liverpool,) a little to the disturbance of his academical peace. Mr. Jenkinson had been one of his contemporaries at University College: a gentleman, who, from his first appearance in the university, always promised to do something, and to be something, beyond other men of his time. It was not possible that two such young men as he and Mr. Horne could be near neighbours without being fond of each other's company. The friendship once formed was ever after preserved: and when Mr. Jenkinson, though well known to be of what was then called the court party, offered himself to represent the

university in parliament, his two friends, the president of Magdalen, and the master of University College, voted for him without success. Their departure on this occasion from what was then thought the old and proper interest of the university, brought upon them some animadversions from a few of the warmest advocates on the other side; and little scurrilous witticisms flew about against them both in the newspapers; which, so far as their own persons were concerned, had little effect upon either, but that of exciting their laughter; and they have often been heard to make themselves merry with several passages of that time.

Soon after he was advanced to the presidentship of Magdalen College, he married the only daughter of Philip Burton, esq. a lady for whom he always preserved the most inviolate affection. By her he had three daughters; of whom the eldest is married to the reverend Mr. Selby Hele, and the youngest to the reverend Mr. Hole. The unmarried daughter resides with Mrs. Horne, at Uxbridge. The former residence of this family, near Windsor, introduced him to the acquaintance of several great and respectable characters in that neighbourhood, particularly sir George Howard, who received, and may probably have preserved, many of his letters.

• I recollect in this place an accident which happened to one of

In the year 1776 he was appointed vice-chancellor of the university, and continued in that office till October 1780. His vice-chancellorship introduced him to the acquaintance of lord North, then chancellor of the university: a nobleman, who to a fine temper and pleasant wit, had added such good prineiples and useful learning, that he found in Dr. Horne a person exactly suited to his own mind: and I suppose it owing to the united interest of lord North and the present earl of Liverpool, that he was made dean of Canterbury. When this happened, he would willingly have quitted his cares at Oxford, and taken up his residence in Kent, his native county; but that a friend, to whose judgement he owed respect, would not agree to the prudence of such a step. As for the dean himself, worldly advantage was no object with him; he lived as he ought; and, if he was no loser at the year's end, he was perfectly satisfied. This I know, because I have it under his own hand, that he laid up nothing from his preferments in the church.

his letters. He corresponded formerly with Mr. Price of Epsom, whose lady was the sister of Andrew Stone, esq. By a mistake one of these letters fell into the hands of Mr. Stone; and it happened to contain some free remarks upon the lives and characters of courtiers. When this was lamented as an unfortunate circumstance, "No, no," said Mr. Price, no misfortune at all-very "proper those busy gentlemen in high life should see what learn"ed men think of them and their situation.".

What he gave away was with such secrecy, that it was supposed by some persons to be little: but, after his death, when the pensioners, to whom he had been a constant benefactor, rose up, to look about them for some other support, then it began to be known who and how many they were. He complained to one of his most intimate friends, how much it was out of his way to discover such objects as were worthy and proper, because he descended, so little into commerce with the world; yet, said he, let any body show me, in any case, what ought to be done, and they will always find me ready to do it. So far as he knew, he did good; and often attempted it, when he could not know; which is more or less the case with every charitable man. The discernment of objects is the privilege of God alone; who yet doeth good unto all, where we know it not.

As often as he was at Canterbury, his time passed very pleasantly: he was in his native country: the families of the place and the neighbourhood showed him the greatest respect, and were delighted with his company and conversation: if he could have indulged himself, with prudence, as he wished to do, he would have fixed himself there for the remainder of his life: but he still submitted to the unsettled life of a pilgrim, between the two situations of his college and his deanry: with every thing that lay between