will not be satisfied then. God be thanked, that satisfaction is not in the gift of those Patrons; from them we are to expect nothing. The books I have found most useful in the Visitation of the Sick are Dr. Isham's Collection of Prayers for the Sick' (known by that name, though it doth not carry it), and Mr. Kettlewell of Death. Mr. Kettlewell's Office for the Penitent' is a book also very proper on that occasion."

12. From the Same to the Same.

"REVEREND SIR,

Orchard-street, Aug. 28, [1708.] "I see no reason why our Chair* should be offered to persons who are not fond of it, nor altogether fit for it; and the man who is, modestly speaking, the best qualified for it, and who has deserved of us all the honour we can do him, should in the mean time be overlooked. I cannot but think the strongest objection to him is, that he has been too zealous for that cause which begins to be less liked, since it has been less countenanced, than it was at first. I have heard indeed other objections made, such as I knew to be groundless, and such as will quickly appear to be so. That the promised and expected account of what was done the last Convocation was published, was one, to which you will see an effectual answer in print in a few days. That he had gone over to Lambeth, and there offered to come into their measures, was another, for which Dr. Gibson's authority was vouched. To this aspersion I can now give a satisfactory answer; for, because I found some stress laid upon it, I wrote a letter to Dr. Gibson about it, and received a very honest and kind answer, of which I here send you a copy. I have thanked him for the readiness and openness of it; so that there is a correspondence begun between us, and I shall perhaps in a little time come to be accused of offering to enter into Lambeth measures. Would the Author of the History of one Convocation, and of the Account of Proceedings in another, shew as much ingenuity as Dr. Gibson has done upon this occasion, we might hope in time to come to a better understanding with one another. I am returned to my own house in Orchard-street, where, when you come to town, I hope you will call upon, Sir, your humble servant."

"REVEREND Sir,

Chichester, Aug. 21, 1708 †. "I received the favour of yours by the last post, wherein you desire me to let you know whether I ever said to Mr. Gibson 'that Dr. Atterbury came to Lambeth, and offered himself to come into our measures, but was rejected. To which I take the first opportunity to return this plain answer: that I never did say so, either to Mr. Gibson or any man living. I might say, that, some years since, there was a private proposal from a

That of Prolocutor to the Convocation.

+ Subscribed on the back by Dr. Charlett: "G. Sm. 29 Aug. 1708. About a reflection passed upon Dr. Atterbury of his entering into Lambeth measures, but rejected."

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person of note, to make matters more easy and quiet in Convocation; and that mention was made of Dr. Atterbury as a person that might be very instrumental in it, and of his coming to Lambeth, as the first step towards it. All this, to my knowledge, is true; that is, that such a proposal was then made: but that it was made by Dr. Atterbury, much less that he came to Lambeth to offer it, or that he was at all privy to it, I never did say. By this post I write to Mr. Gibson, to let him know that this is what I said to him, and that if he mistook, and hath reported it otherwise, it is an injury both to Dr. Atterbury and me; and he ought, in justice to both, to undeceive as many as he has misled."

From E. THWAITES to Dr. CHARLETT.

"SIR, Queen's College, Nov. 25, 1707. "Mr. Gibson, of our College, was with the Doctor at Lambeth. He bid him say, that Dr. Atterbury came to Lambeth, and offered himself to come into their measures, but was rejected. E. THWAITES *."

13. From Dr. GEORGE SMALRIDGE to Dr. CHARLETT. "REVEREND SIR, Oct. 16, 1708. "You had sooner heard from me, but that my thoughts of late have been very much discomposed by several melancholy objects. On Friday the last week I lost a dear child, of whom was extremely fond; and all that knew him excused me for being So. I find all the philosophy I have little enough to make me easy on this sad occasion. The images do at present return thick upon me; but I hope in a little time to find them less afflictive. My wound would have been sooner healed, had it not been kept open by the occasions I have had to give others that comfort which I have wanted myself. On Tuesday I went with Mrs. Arbuthnot towards Brentford, to meet Dr. Gregory and his wife, who were expected that day from Maidenhead. My errand was, to inform them of the death of their girl, of whom they were extremely fond; they left her well when they went to the Bath, and she died on Friday was se'nnight. We met not the coach we expected; and when we returned, we found a letter was sent from Mrs. Gregory to her brother Dr. Oliphant, begging that he would come down to Maidenhead to the Doctor, who was very ill. She came to town on Thursday night a very disconsolate widow. The Doctor died on Tuesday morning, and was buried on Wednesday night at Maidenhead. A messenger was dispatched to Hambledon to fetch you to him, if you had been there. Mr. Lesley came from the Bath with him, and assisted him in his sickness, and in extremis. Dr. Arbuthnot from Windsor came to him. It seems he always told his wife that he should be but short-lived, and of late has often desired

* Subscribed on the back by Dr. Charlett: "A remarkable artifice of Dr. Maningham, by way of reflection on Dr. Atterbury,”

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her to be prepared for his being taken from her very quickly. When his last suit of clothes was made, he said he should not live to wear them out. When he went out of town he did not expect to come home again alive; and when he left the Bath to return, he thought he should not be able to reach the town. I am told that he has left his family in very good circumstances. I am afraid his tender concern for them was prejudicial to his health. He was an affectionate husband, a tender father, an excellent scholar, a man of great experience and prudence, of good temper, of sober and religious principles, and one whom those who had the happiness to be acquainted with him will much miss. I visited the widow yesterday, who bears her affliction with as much patience and resignation as can be expected. I hope her husband's friends will do what they can to make her loss less insupportable. I am, Sir, your humble servant, G. S." 14. From the Same to the Same. Dated Feb. 26, 1708-9. He notices a rumour of a repeal of the Founder's Statutes requiring Fellows of Colleges to go into orders, which was then supposed to be dropped, as all the Bishops, the Speaker, of the House of Commons, &c. have declared warmly and openly against it."I thought I had long since informed you, that Mrs. Gregory was very willing to be at the charge of erecting for her husband such a monument as Dr. Wallis's; that she leaves the ordering of it to the Dean of Christ Church; that she will procure an inscription to be made by Mr. Freind; that she has a picture of the Doctor, by which a bust may be graven, by such a hand as the Dean shall appoint."

15. From the Same to the Same. Dated July 14, 1709.

Recommends Dr. Griffin, a Physician of Dublin, to Dr. Charlett's courtesy. Dr. Griffin's object, to see the Physic Garden, "to take a pattern from thence for methodizing the Plants in a Physic Garden intended to be made at Dublin." Controversy between Christ Church and the University. Dr. Smalridge endeavours to heal the breach.

16. Dr. Smalridge's Character of Sir Simon Harcourt's Speech at the Trial of Dr. Sacheverell. 1709-10. (In Dr. Charlett's hand). "We had yesterday the noblest entertainment that ever audience had, from your friend Sir Simon Harcourt. He spoke with such exactness, such force, such decency, such dexterity, so neat a way of commending and reflecting as he had occasion, such strength of argument, such a winning persuasion, such an insinuation into the passions of his auditors, as I never heard. I will not pretend to say one word, for I am sure I could say nothing without spoiling it: I will only observe to you that, throughout his whole discourse, he spoke with approbation of the Revolution; allowed it to be an excepted case; and defended his client upon this ground that he had asserted the utter illegality of resistance without excepting any cases; and proved, from authority human and divine, from our Municipal Laws, from our Ho

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milies, from the testimonies of the Fathers, and Writers of our Church, from irrrefragable reasons, that it was lawful for a Preacher, that it was his duty, to lay down the general rule of non-resistance, without making any exceptions; which was very different from affirming it admitted of no exceptions. His speech was universally applauded by enemies as well as friends, and his reputation for a Speaker is fixed for ever. But then the mischief is, that this was his vox cygnea; for he is returned, and we heard him not to-day, and shall hear him no more. He was very ill on Thursday night, and, it is said, very weak when he spoke; but that did not appear from any thing he said, or from the manner of his speaking. His Speech you will see in publick; but you will not be able to conceive half the pleasure from reading, as we did from hearing it."

17. From the Same to the Same. (No date, but received by Dr. Charlett June 10, 1710.

Requests Dr. Charlett's interposition for Mrs. Gregory, who complains of losing by the house her husband had as Professor. She thinks also that disrespect is shewn to the memory of her husband by the distribution of sixty copies of the Apollonius to Mr. Halley, out of which the University allot her only 15: whereas the part which Dr. Gregory undertook was, she saith, by him compleated, and by her sent to the University." The Dean of Christ Church declines ordering the monument.

Dated

18. From Bishop SMALRIDGE to Dr. CHARLETT. March 27, 1715. Thanks Mr. Willis for a draught. Wishes to know whether the University would give a diploma degree of D. D. to Mr. Harris, M. A. of Oriel College, Clerk of the Closet to his Highness the Prince of Wales. Also, whether the University would present to the Princess books to the amount of 20 or 301. of the best English Divinity, to be sent to Hanover for the instruction of the Divines there.

19. From the Same to the Same. Dated June 20, 1717. On the disturbances at Oxford and Cambridge. Rumours of various impeachments in London.

20. From the Same to the Same. Dated April 3, 1716.

On the various modes of Service at the Churches in London on the Sunday before Easter, which fell on the same day with the Feast of the Annunciation.

21. From the Same to the Same. Dated May 2.

Agrees with Browne Willis on the propriety of removing Cardinal Wolsey's ashes to a more decent repository *; but doubts whether there be authority for supposing those mentioned to be

The proposal was, to remove the remains of this celebrated Cardinal from the Abbey of St. Mary de Pratis at Leicester, where he was buried, to Christ Church, Oxford. See an interesting correspondence on this subject in "Letters of Eminent Persons," &c. from the Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Museum, 1813, vol. II. pp. 16—20. See also the "History of Leicestershire, vol. I. pp. 273, 274. Edit.

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the authentic remains of Wolsey. Miscarriage of a proposed Address to the King from the University of Cambridge.

22. From the Same to the Same. Dated May 17, 1716.

On the expulsion of some Christ Church men for drinking the Pretender's heal h. Approves of the proposed Septuagint, and likes the specimen of type and paper. "I believe we may expect from Dr. Leigh very learned and useful annotations, who has by him all the materials which Dr. Grabe prepared, and who is himself very conversant in biblick learning."

23. From the Same to the Same. Dated Christ Church, June 11, 1715. On the right of the Universities of Judicature in civil and criminal causes.

24. From the Same to the Same. Dated March 23, 1715-16. The Duke of Devonshire a great friend to the Universities in the House of Lords. "He declared that he would as soon consent to a Bill for divesting him of Chatsworth as for depriving the Universities of their privileges."

Dated Lady day 1717. witnesses, &c.

Dated April 6, 1717.

25. From the Same to the Same. On the riots in Oxford, perjury of 26. From the Same to the Same. Walker, Author of the St. James's Evening Post, examined before the House of Lords. Tuckey, Printer of the Flying Post, examined; said the Author was George Ridpath.

27. From the Same to the Same. April 10, 1717. Recommends Mr. Schurer, Professor of Eloquence at Bern, who comes to collect English books for that University.

28. From Bishop SMALRIDGE to Dr. BARON, Vice-chancellor. "REVEREND SIR, June 25, 1717.

"I just now hear from one, on whose intelligence I can depend, that Sir William Whitlock is in a very dangerous state, and not likely to live long. It will become all, who wish well to the University, to have our thoughts upon a proper successor, a person of experience and gravity, one who is entirely in our interest, and able to support it, one against whom the Government can have no exception, and who will be acceptable to, and agree with, his Colleague. I believe you are of the same sentiment with me, that no one better answers this character, no one at any time, and especially at this juncture, could be more proper for us to pitch upon, than our worthy friend Dr. Clarke*. If you are of this sentiment, I beg of you, that you and those who are of the same opinion with you, would forthwith apply to him in your own name and mine (and I believe I might add, the name of every one who wishes well to the University) and earnestly

George Clarke, D. C. L. Fellow of All Souls; Judge Advocate General (who had been Secretary at War to King William, and one of the Lords of the Admiralty to Queen Anne) was elected Member for the University in 1717, on the death of Sir William Whitlock, and continued their Representative till his death in 1736. EDIT.

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