gratitude of his parishioners, and that the Chapel may thus be regarded as his monument. Of him it may be truly said, in the words of one of those Fathers whose works he so deeply studied:—οἷον τὸν λόγον, τοῖον δὲ φασὶ τὸν τρόπον, καὶ οἷον τὸν τρόπον, τοῖον δὲ καὶ τὸν λόγον ἐπεδείκνυτο. The late Bishop OF CORK AND Ross.-During the twenty years (says a Correspondent) in which this exemplary Prelate presided over the diocese, there was an increase of fifty-three resident Clergymen, twenty-five new places of Worship, and eighty-one Schools, in which the Holy Scriptures are taught. For the last two years, owing to the declining state of the Bishop's health, the affairs of the diocese were superintended by the Rev. William L. Beaufort, his Lordship's son-in-law. His zeal and attention to the arduous duties of this highly responsible office; his anxious promotion of the spiritual interests of the diocese; and his kind and courteous deportment towards those with whom his situation brought him into contact, are all deserving of a record in the same page, which registers his lamented uncle's bright and successful labours in the Christian vineyard. Sewell, James Watkin, Evan Biddulph, V. Gueldon Sutton, C. .... and Plemstall, C. King, George Powell, Harry.. Rogers, Jas. D.D... Bp. of Ely Lichfield Duke of Rutland Sarum Rev. J. Rogers and South Cadbury, R. Somerset B.& Wells Frs. Newman, Esq. Stafford Lichfield J. Bateman, Esq. Sir J. Stanley, Bt. Derby Essex London Earl Brownlow, &c. Wilts } Chester Chester { Dr. Cramer has been admitted, with the usual solemnities, by the Rev. the Master of Balliol, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, to the office, &c. of Principal of New Inn Hall, vacant by the death of Dr. Blackstone. The office is in the gift of the Chancellor of the University. Thomas Tyssen Bazely, of Queen's College, and Thomas Johnson Ormerod, Gentleman-Commoner of Brasennose College, have been elected Fellows of that Society. Arthur Robarts Adams, Scholar of St. John's College, has been admitted to a Law Fellowship in that Society, vacant by the resignation of Dr. Casberd. William Borlase, Michel Exhibitioner of Queen's College, has been elected Scholar on that Foundation, Nicholas Pocock has been elected an Exhibitioner of Queen's College, upon Mr. Michel's Foundation. BACHELOR AND DOCTOR IN DIVINITY, By accumulation. The Hon. and Very Rev. Edward Grey, of Christ Ch. Dean of Hereford, Gr. Comp. MASTERS OF ARTS. Visc. Encombe, New Coll. Grand Comp. Rev. Lancelot C. Lee Brenton, Oriel Coll. BACHELORS OF ARTS. John Edwards, Jesus Coll. MARRIED. At Blithfield, Staffordshire, by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Rev. Arundell Bouverie, B. D. Fellow of Merton College, and third son of the Hon. B. Bouverie, to Fanny, second daughter of the late Walter Sneyd, Esq., of Keel, in the county of Stafford, and one of her Majesty's Maids of Honour. At Milton, near Abingdon, by the Rev. James Linton, Fellow of Magdalen College, John G. Hutchinson Bourne, M. A. ELECTIONS. Fellow of Magdalen College, and of the Inner Temple, Barrister, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of J. R. Barrett, of Milton, Esq. In a Convocation, it was agreed to accept the Bequest contained in the subjoined extract from the Will of the late Rev. Robert Finch, M.A. of Balliol College. Copy of the Bequest.-"I give and bequeath all my Books, Manuscripts, Statues, Busts, Bas Reliefs, Bronzes, Medals, Coins, Gems, Prints, Pictures, and Drawings, unto my Secretary, Henry Mayer, a native of Leghorn, in Tuscany, for the term of his natural life; and it is my will, and I do direct the said Henry Mayer to cause a full and true Schedule or Inventory of my said Books, Manuscripts, and other things, so given and bequeathed unto him for his life, as aforesaid, as soon as may be after my decease; and to sign the same, and transmit it unto Thomas Webster, Esq., of Queen Street, Cheapside, London, Attorney at Law. And at the decease of the said Henry Mayer, I give and bequeath my said Books, Manuscripts, Statues, Busts, and other things, unto the University of Oxford, upon condition that the whole be kept separate from any other collection, and be called and named Finch's Collection,' and be deposited in the Ashmolean Museum, or, if there be not ample space therein, in some other convenient building, where visitors and students may have access thereto. And in order that the aforesaid collection may not be deteriorated by neglect, I give and bequeath from and immediately after the decease of the survivor of them my said wife, Maria Finch, and the said Henry Mayer, unto the Warden of New College, the Master of Balliol College, the President of Trinity College, and the Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, and to their successors in office for ever, all my monies vested in the 3 per cent. South-Sea Stock, the yearly interest of which I enjoin shall be divided into two equal portions, of which one moiety shall be employed in maintaining and preserving the collection, and the other moiety in purchasing useful objects to increase the same." CAMBRIDGE. The Rev. S. Lee, B. D. Professor of Arabic, has been elected, without an opponent, to the Regius Professorship of Hebrew, vacated by the death of the Rev. Dr. Lloyd. His Royal Highness the Chancellor has been pleased to appoint Mr. John Crouch Yeoman Bedell to the University, in the room of the late Mr. W. Jiggins. PRIZES. The late Dr. Smith's annual Prizes, of 251. each, to the two best proficients in mathematics and natural philosophy among the Commencing Bachelors of Arts, have been adjudged to Messrs. Samuel Earnshaw and Thomas Gaskin, both of St. John's College, the first and second Wranglers. GRACES. A Grace has passed the Senate, "To affix the seal to a petition to both Houses of Parliament, in favour of the bill for an exchange of lands for the site of the Botanic Garden." The Syndicate authorised by the Senate to offer the Old Printing Office premises. to the Master and Fellows of Catharine Hall, for the sum of 7000l., have reported to the Members of the Senate that the offer has been accepted, the estate remaining subject to the payment, on the part of the University, of the rent-charge to Queen's College during the remainder of the existing lease. The Syndicate re-appointed for the purpose of considering and reporting to the Senate how the funds may be raised to defray the expense of erecting a New Library, &c., have reported as follows: "That it appears to them expedient to make provision for raising the sum of 30,000l. in order to defray the expenses of erecting that part of the intended buildings which it is proposed to execute at present. "That, from an examination of the University accounts, and reports of Syndicates appointed to inquire into the finances of the University, they consider that the University chest may, without inconvenience, furnish the sum of 8,000l. towards the above object....... £8,000. "That the Master and Fellows of Catharine Hall having agreed to purchase 'The Old Printing Press' for the sum of 7,000.; this sum will also be applicable to the above purposes as soon as this property can be transferred* £7,000. ..... "That in their opinion the remaining 15,000. may be raised by granting an annuity for thirty years, not exceeding 900%.; to meet which annual payment, they conceive that the University may safely engage to appropriate thereto the Edw. Morton, Esq., M. B., L.M. Trin. Coll. HONORARY MASTERS OF ARTS. The Hon. W. H. A. a'Court, St. John's Coll. (son of Lord Heytesbury) The Hon. Major Henniker, St. John's Coll. (son of Lord Henniker) Peter Robert Charles Burrell, St. John's Coll. (son of the Hon. Lindsey Burrell) BACHELORS OF ARTS. William Hadfield, Caius Coll. MARRIED. At Brixton, the Rev. Thomas Philpotts, Fellow of King's College, only son of John Philpotts, Esq. M.P. to Mary Emma Penelope, only daughter of the late Ulysses Hughes, Esq., of Grovesend, Glamorganshire. At Colton, Lancashire, J. J. Rawlinson, Esq. M. A. of the Inner Temple, Barristerat-Law, and Fellow of Trinity College, to Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. John Romney, B. D. of Whitestock Hall, in the county of Lancaster. * As the Museum of Anatomy and the Lecture Rooms of the Chemical and Anatomical Professors, are part of the property sold, it will be incumbent on the University to provide equivalent accommodations elsewhere. If the Museum of Comparative Anatomy should be included in the New Building, and that of Human Anatomy with Dissecting Rooms be annexed to the buildings in the present Botanical Garden, it is conceived that the expense thus to be incurred would be very moderate. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. The importance of making known the Tracts occasioned by the state of the country, must be our apology to many friends for our present silence upon the merits of their works. For an answer to the first question of "C. C." we refer him to p. 15 of the Society's Report; to the second we reply, it is going through the press as fast as possible. "P.S." and "E. B." have been received. We applied for the three Numbers by " E. E." but were told they had been returned. THE CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER. APRIL, 1831. REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. ART. I.—]. The Life of Reginald Heber, D.D. Lord Bishop of Calcutta. By HIS WIDOW. With Selections from his Correspondence, Unpublished Poems, and Private Papers; together with a Journal of his Tour in Norway, Sweden, Russia, Hungary, and Germany, and a History of the Cossaks. 2 vols. 4to. Pp. xv. 684; viii. 636. London Murray. 1830. Price 31. 13s. 6d. 2. The Last Days of Bishop Heber. By THOMAS ROBINSON, A.M. Archdeacon of Madras, and late Domestic Chaplain to his Lordship. Madras and London: Jennings & Chaplin. 8vo. Pp. xii. 355. 1830. Price 9s. : 3. Sermons preached in England, by the late Right Reverend Bishop Heber, D. D. Second Edition. London: Murray. 1821. 8vo. 9s. 6d. 4. Sermons preached in India, by the late Right Reverend Bishop Heber, D.D. London Murray. 8vo. 9s. 6d. (Continued from p. 143.) Of the character of Heber (the next subject which we purposed to examine) we shall observe generally, that its most eminent features may be embraced in one description-the love of God and the love of man. If we may be allowed to borrow a felicitous expression from the Quarterly Review, we shall say (with the same protest against misrepresentation) that "Heber was born a Christian." We have already seen in what spirit he received an academical honour, which, to most young minds, would have been almost intoxicating. But the germination of this principle is visible at a much earlier period. When three years old, travelling with his parents on a stormy day, and in a mountainous country, his mother proposed to leave the carriage and walk. Little Reginald immediately observed, "Do not be afraid, mamma! God will take care of us." He very early became sensible of the necessity and importance of prayer, and was frequently overheard praying aloud in his own room, when he little thought himself within reach of observation. His sense of his entire dependence upon God, and of thankfulness for the mercies which he received, was deep, and almost an instinct planted in his nature; to his latest hour, in joy as in sorrow, his heart was ever lifted up in thankfulness for the goodness of his Maker, or bowed in resignation under his chastisements; and his first impulse, when afflicted or rejoicing, was to fall on his knees in thanksgiving, or in intercession for himself, and for those he loved, through the mediation of his Saviour.-Vol. I. pp. 3, 4. Heber's, indeed, was a piety of the rarest, as well as purest kind. His zeal was in the highest degree fervent, yet it was perfectly intelligent, and wholly untinged with enthusiasm. It was that pure spirit of "quietness and confidence" which breathes in the offices of the Church which he adorned. It was that redundant well-spring of love, which pours forth its gratitude to the Creator upon his sentient creatures. His philanthropy, like his piety, was manifested at a very early age. The following account refers to his thirteenth year:— His natural benevolence and charitableness were fostered, and, as far as possible, directed by his parents. Though much disliking cards, he would occasionally, when at home, join in a round game with his young companions, because it was the rule of his family to give the winnings to the poor; and he was always ready to promote every plan which was suggested for such an object. Of his own money he was so liberal, it was found necessary to sew the bank notes, given him for his half-year's pocket-money at school, within the lining of his pockets, that he might not give them away in charity on the road. On one occasion, before this precaution had been taken, he gave all the money he possessed to a poor man, who stated that he was a Clergyman, but that, having lost his sight, he lost his curacy, and his means of subsistence. This person afterwards found his way to Malpas, and from his recognition by the servant who had attended Reginald to school, this act of beneficence was made known to his parents, for of his own deeds he never boasted; and, as was remarked by the old servant, who mentioned the circumstance, "his left hand knew not what his right hand did.”—Vol. I. p. 7. This disposition in after life was only enlarged, methodized, and regenerated. Few passages of the "Life" are more interesting, or more expressive of Heber's perfect love of his fellow-creatures, and none are more favourable specimens of his relict's literary powers than that which we subjoin. After his marriage, Mr. Reginald Heber settled on his rectory, and entered, at first unassisted, on the cares of a large parish. His first act was to extend through the year an afternoon sermon, which had, till then, been confined to the summer months. In order to devote himself more entirely to the discharge of his parochial duties, he, in a great measure, withdrew from the society of that world by which he was courted (though with the friends of his youth he kept up occasional intercourse and frequent correspondence,) and he made those talents which, in almost every sphere of life, would have raised him to eminence, |