pealed to decide on the peculiar circumstances of his case. Every Wykehamist is well acquainted with the intricacies of it; the Bishop avoided delivering an opinion on it, by persuading the young man to submit to the new regulations. The death of this prelate, in 1781, again unsettled Dr. Jeans's sanguine hopes of preferment; but he was at last fixed at Deepden, in the New Forest, Hants; which benefice he afterwards exchanged for the livings of Sheviac and Antony, in Cornwall; though, at the time of his decease, he retained only the rectory, with his respectable appointment at Amsterdam. There his loss must have been at all times severely felt; but at this eventful moment it is irreparable, and most justly and universally deplored. Dr. Jeans, having last Spring committed his wife and daughter to the protection of their friends in England, zealously devoted himself to the professional duties such a station demands at this awful crisis; and he would not abandon the flock his well-directed labours had, for these four years past, so effectually cherished and increased. Well grounded in the principles of Christian Faith, no one more assiduously poured the balm of comfort into the afflicted and wounded soul, or excelled more in every work of charity and love. The weight of his example, combined with the eloquence of his style, and impressive manner of delivering and enforcing the momentous truths of our holy Religion (which he sought diligently to make wel come to all), greatly augmented the numbers of his flock, and to so vast an extent, that it became necessary to consider of enlarging the place of public worship appropriated to the English Epis copal Church at Amsterdam, which, by these means, overflowed. Dr. J. conscious that his talents were usefully employed, and touched with the various marks of veneration and regard he experienced at Amsterdam, felt himself called upon to continue at this important post, which his lamented death has left vacant. He possessed an ardent and well-cultivated mind; and his keen relish for all literary as well as elegant social pursuits made his company much sought after in the best circles, where the continued flow of animal spirits he was blessed with produced always delight and admiration. Nor did any one of congenial habits ever find him less interesting or animated in the seclusion of a remote solitude; even there the energies of his active spirit found out resources to be intent upon, that kept the mind free from listlessness and stagnation. Dr. Jeans had been collecting materials, some months previous to his decease, in order to prepare, it is supposed, a new Account of the States of Holland, &c.; but it is feared that his notes and remarks are not suffi ciently digested and arranged to permit an Editor to give them to the Public as the posthumous work and plan of Dr. Jeans; though his papers on the subject must be of value, since he was particularly well adapted for such an undertaking. Directing his enquiries with ardour and judgment, he investigated, with the most patient and persevering assiduity, the facts he ascertain ed; and thus gained most correct and valuable information upon all the local circumstances attached to the place he chanced to inhabit; and he had also the happy talent of communicating it forcibly to others, in a lively and striking manner. At Baldock, Herts, aged 82, the Rev. Edmonds Pym, formerly of Christ college, Cambridge, B. A. 1744. At Canterbury, the Rev. Joseph Price, vicar of Littlebourn, Kent. As the Rev. Mr. Gilbert, of Kentchurch, Yorkshire, was out shooting with some friends, near Goitree, Monmouthshire, on proceeding down the side of a wood with one of them, and being a little advanced before him, by some accident, his friend's gun went off, and lodged nearly the whole charge in the side of the back part of Mr. Gilbert's head, tearing away his ear. The unfortunate gentleman instantly fell; and the feelings of his friend may be imagined, but cannot be described, on beholding the dreadful spectacle his lacerated head presented. He was conveyed to a farm-house, where he lingered till the morning of Nov. 1, and then expired. He was sensible to the last; awaited death with the most Christian resignation, and repeatedly signified that he freely forgave the unfortunate author of the acci dent. He was 45 years of age, and universally beloved and regretted. His remains were interred at Kentchurch, followed to the grave by an immense concourse of people, whose tears bore ample testimony to the sincerity of their grief. In Rutland-court, Charterhouse-square, aged 79, the Rev. Matthew Raine, vicar of St. John's, Stanwick, and rector of Kirby-Wiske, co. York. In his 73d year, greatly regretted, the Rev. Thomas Bowen, nearly 49 years rector of Pulham St. Mary the Virgin, and of Pulham St. Mary Magdalen, in Norfolk. His tithe feast for the former parish was on the day he died, when he was well enough to assist in receiv ing the same, but expired about 10 o'Clock at night. These livings are in the gift of the crown. He was of Trinity College, Cambridge, B. A. 1759; M. A. 1762. At Peppard, of an apopletic stroke, in his 66th year, the Rev. Robert Jones, rector of that parish. The living is in the gift of the principal and fellows of Jesus College, Oxford. After a lingering illness, Mr. Mott, B. A. of Baliol College, Oxford. He was a young man of excellent character, and of considerable talents. The Rev. Andrew Pern, rector of Abingdon and Clay, near Royston, and an active justice of the peace. He was formerly of St. Peter's College, Cambridge. B. A. 1772. END OF VOL. XIII. T. C. Hansard, Printer, Peterborough-Court, Flect-Street Schism, danger of. V Valerius Maximus, remarkable ac- 34 196 Virgil, on a passage in...... 33 W 323 Wake, abp. memoirs of .... 401 214 York, Cardinal, memoir of .... 236 246 431 Z Scripture, on the application of 428 Zechariah, on the prophecy of 100 Selden, anecdote of Sequestration, on Sharp, Mr. credulity of.. Sheldon, abp. memoir of 325 106 81 Sick, on the visitation of the 114 100 the.. on the ... on being moved by 376 OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. A Portraiture of Quakerism: by A Second Letter to the Right Hon. |