lian Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford, Keeper of the Archives, Member of the Royal : 1795. He was Treasurer of that School, and anxiously attentive to its welfare; and he was, indeed, an eminently good Parish Priest in every other respect.--In a miscellaneous volume* reviewed in Gent. Mag. vol. LXXVI. p. 145, are four Letters from him to Mr. Granger, fraught with communications which indicate the cheerful and communicative disposition of the writer, who, in the last of them, strongly urges him to apply for preferment in the Church. With a moderate share of such preferment, however, Mr. Granger was, as he is truly styled in Lord Holland's Letter to him, "a very happy man." Had your Reviewer of the volume referred to, or had the Editor of it, been fully acquainted with his real character, his anxiety to obtain such preferment, and his servility to Horace Walpole, would not have been misreported by either. His friends, know, ing his real worth, were anxious that it should be rewarded, and were constantly pointing out to him such preferments as he might hold with the Vicarage of Shiplake; but no anxiety ever appeared in him to obtain them. Preferment was not his object, but information relative to his work which Walpole was eminently qualified to impart, and which he most liberally imparted. Surely the harsh term of servility is totally inapplicable to the humbleness, simplicity, and openness, of the guileless Granger. Some striking lineaments in his character appeared in Gent. Mag. vol. XLVI. p. 313, which ought not to have escaped the notice of the Editor of his Letters."-Those "striking lineaments," which had also been communicated by Dr. Loveday, shall here be given. "In your Magazine for May, I was greatly pleased with the due tribute of esteem paid, in p. 207, to the memory of the late Mr. Granger, who published a second edition of his instructive work last year, in four octavo volumes, which seems to have escaped your notice. It may not be amiss to add to the imperfect account already given of his death, that on the Sunday after Easter (when the Sacrament in the Church of Shiplake as well as on Easter Sunday itself) he was seized with an apoplectic fit while at the communion-table there, after having gone through the service of the desk and pulpit as usual; and, notwithstanding every medical assistance, died early the next morning, April 15. The time, place, and manner, of his death's stroke, which you justly stile enviable, gave occasion to the following truly elegant reflection of a friend, well deserving to be recorded: * "Letters between the Rev. James Granger, M. A. Rector of Shiplake, and many of the most eminent Literary Men of his time: composing a copious History and Illustration of his Biographical History of England. With Miscellanies, and Notes of Tours in France, Holland, and Spain, by the same Gentleman. Edited by J. P. Malcolm, Author of Londinium Redivivum, from the Originals in the possession of Mr. W. Richardson," 1805. < More Society, and Chaplain in Ordinary to King Charles II.* To which are prefixed, Memoirs of the Author, with some Original Anecdotes; and a Re 'More happy end what saint e'er knew! His Saviour's death in rapturous view, And unperceiv'd his own.' As I was lately reading Mr. William Thompson's fine poem, intuled, 'Sickness,' printed in 1745, 4to. the following lines, which are in the first book, struck me as remarkably applicable to Mr. Granger, who was an acquaintance of the Author, by whom they are applied to Sir William Clayton, Bart.; but for his name I have presumed to substitute that of Mr. Granger, and to alter the first words in the last line but one; which, as they stand in Thompson, are more adapted to a British Senator than to a person in private life : 'Murderous Apoplexy! proud With the late spoils of GRANGER's honour'd life: Firm as the fabled throne of Grecian Jove. Be just, O Memory! again recall Those looks illumin'd by his honest heart. Were it necessary to add any other description of Mr. Granger, Pope's well-known Epitaph upon Gay would fully characterize him. He was, in short, what it was his highest ambition to be, an honest man, and a good parish priest'." * To this Volume is prefixed a Portrait of Dr. Wallis, finely copied by Basire from that drawn by Cipriani, for Mr. Hollis's Edition of the Doctor's English Grammar. See vol. II. p. 447. + The Memoirs, which are copious and original, were compiled by Mr. William Wallis, his great-grandson, principally from the MSS. of his learned ancestor, who was born at Thingdon in Northamptonshire, Nov. 23, 1616; and after a long life, extended beyond the age of 87, died Oct. 28, 1808, and was buried in the choir of St. Mary's church, at Oxford, where there is a handsome monument, with a brief inscription in Latin, of which the following is a Translation : "Here sleepeth JOHN WALLIS, S. T. P. Savilian Professor of Geometry, and Keeper of the Archives at Oxford, who left immortal Works. He died Oct. 28, A. D. 1703, aged 87. John Wallis, Esq. his Son and heir, of Soundess, in the County of Oxford, erected this Monument to his Memory." To this Volume is prefixed the fine Portrait of Dr. Wallis, noticed in vol. II. 447. com commendatory Introduction, by the Rev. Charles Edward De Coetlogon*, M. A." 8vo. * Son of the Chevalier Dennis De Coetlogon, Knight of St. Lazare, Member of the Academy of Angers, and Author of a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, published in 1740. The son imbibed the first principles of an excellent education in Christ's Hospital; whence he proceeded, with indications of subsequent worth, to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; B. A. 1770, M. A. 1773; Coming into public life, Mr. De Coetlogon acquired and attached the particular patronage of the late Earl of Dartmouth, and Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe. Being appointed Assistant Chaplain to the celebrated Martyn Madan at the Lock Hospital, he soon became eminent as a popular Preacher, and published several single Sermons; "The Divine Message; or, the most important Truths of Revelation represented, in a Sermon upon Judges iii. 20; designed as an Antidote to the dangerous and spreading Evils of Infidelity, Arianism, and Immorality, 1773," Svo. "National Prosperity and National Religion inseparably connected, 1777," 8vo. "The Nature, Necessity, and Advantage, of the Religious Observance of the Sabbath, illustrated, &c.; for the Encouragement of a Society for suppressing the Profanation of the Lord's Day, 1777," 8vo. "Youth's Monitor; or the Death of Mr. John Parsons; preached Aug. 17, 1777, at St. Sepulchre's," 8vo. "The Death of the Righteous a public Loss; a Token of Respect to the Memory of the Right Hon. Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, late Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, 1778," 8vo. "A Seasonable Caution against the Abominations of the Church of Rome, 1779," 12mo. Scripture Doctrine of Grace explained, in a Commemoration Sermon upon the Conversion of St. Paul, 1780," 8vo. “Repentance and Remission of Sins in the Name of Jesus illustrated; before the Sheriffs of London, to about 300 Prisoners, of whom 23 were under Sentence of Death, 1784," 8vo. In 1789 Mr. Alderman Pickett, on being elected Lord Mayor of Lon don, appointed Mr. De Coetlogon his Chaplain; and, in that capacity, he preached, the ten following Sermons: "The Test of Truth, Piety, and Allegiance: a Sermon delivered on the Day of Sacramental Qualification for the Chief Magistracy of the City of London, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, and Sheriffs; containing a Defence of the Test Act." "Religion and Loyalty, the grand Support of the British Empire: a Sermon delivered in the Cathedral of St. Paul, January 30, 1790; before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c. &c. being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I." "The Essential Deity of the Messiah; and the great Importance of that Article of the Christian Faith to every conscientious Member of the Church of England considered; in a Sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Jan. 24, 1790, VOL. IX. I 66 The being "An Analytical Essay on the Greek Language; being the first Sunday in Hilary Term." "Scriptural Views of the National Establishment, considered as the Church of the Living God, and as the Pillar and Ground of the Truth; a Charity Sermon, preached before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c. &c. at the Opening of St. Michael's Church, on Sunday the 28th of March, 1790, being Palm Sunday; containing a liberal Defence of the Doctrines, Liturgy, and Ceremonies, of the Church of England." "The Harmony between Religion and Policy, or Divine and Human Legislation: a Sermon delivered before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Judges, &c. at St. Paul's Cathedral, on Sunday the 25th of April, 1790, being the first Sunday in Easter Term." "The Surprize of Death: a Commemorative Sermon on the Character, Sufferings, and Crucifixion of the Son of God, delivered in St. Paul's Cathedral, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c. &c. April 2, 1790, being Good Friday." "National Gratitude for Providential Goodness recommended, in a Sermon preached before the Right Hon, the Lord Mayor, &c. &c. May 29, 1790, being the Anniversary of the Restoration of King Charles II.; containing Strictures on the Reformation, Restoration, and Revolution." "The True Citizen characterized: a Sermon delivered before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c. and the Liveries of the several Companies of the City, at the Parish Church of St. Mary le Bow, Cheapside, September 29, 1790, being the Day of Election of the Chief Magistrate of the City of London." "God and the King: a Sermon delivered in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c. &c. Oct. 25, 1790, being the Anniversary of his Majesty's Accession to the Throne." "Pious Memorials a Public Good; a Sermon preached in St. Paul's Cathedral, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c. &c. Nov. 5, 1790;" all which were published by order of the Courts of Aldermen and Common Council. Subsequently collected into a volume, these Discourses, which had attracted much attention in the delivery of them, were greatly canvassed and they will be found almost equally pertinent to the present state of the British Empire, both Civil and Ecclesiastical. : Mr. De Coetlogon was soon after presented to the Rectory of Godstone in Surrey (vacant by the death of the famous John Kidgell); and has since published" The Grace of Christ in Redemption, enforced as a Model of sublime Charity; in a Sermon preached at St. Giles's, Cripplegate, on Sunday, Dec. 3, 1793; and published by particular Desire, for the Benefit of the Spitalfields Weavers, 1794." [The Design of this Discourse was, to add to a collection then making, and which was rendered necessary by the uncommon dissresses of more than 20,000 objects, men, women, and children; pining in a state of ex treme want; not arising from indiscretion, idleness, or profligacy, but from a defect in a particular branch of commerce."] The Life of the Just, exemplified in the Character of the late by Richard Payne Knight*, Esq." 4to. Rev. W. Romaine, A. M. 1795." The " Portraiture of the Christian Penitent," in two volumes; an excellent volume of " Sermons on the Fifty-first Psalm ;"" The Temple of Truth, 1800," and "Studies adapted to the Temple of Truth, 1809," which were extended to three volumes. Not having seen Mr. De Coetlogon (with whom, when Lord Mayor's Chaplain, I had some occasional intercourse) for nearly quarter of a century, I feel much pleasure in transcribing the following paragraph from a recent publication : "Mr. De Coetlogon remains as a noble specimen of the genuine extemporary school. He stands 'As when of old some Orator renown'd In Athens, or free Rome, where eloquence Flourish'd, since mute, to some great cause address'd, Motion, each act, won audience, ere the tongue.' MILTON. Nothing of person can be delineated more interesting than the figure of this Preacher. His height, form, manner, and gesture, all speak him great. There is apostolical impressiveness in him. These requisites form, however, his inferior worth. It is the pearl of great price,' which is found in him, that makes him all that he is. He knows nothing of a refined Religion; of the still modernising Theology of these times; of an accommodated, and accommodating, scheme for the salvation of men. It is in the old way, through the old truth, that he pleads for life! The powers of Mr. De Coetlogon are great. Whether he be estimated as to manner or matter,-as to the great and high importance of what he says,-talents and learning he most unquestionably both possesses and exerts. It has been confidently rumoured, without denial, that the same able genius bore its full share of contribution towards those classical citations which adorned the celebrated Pursuits of Literature,a rumour that will not easily be discredited by any person who attentively peruses the Notes to his National Jubilee. Respecting Divinity, besides his Tracts and Sermons, the opinions of Mr. De Coctlogon are explicitly avowed in the Theological Miscellany, in seven volumes, which was edited by him; and may also be inferred from the manner in which he urged into notice the Treatises of President Edwards, especially those on Original Sin, the Freedom of the Human Will, and his History of Redemption." Onesimus, or the Pulpit, vol. II. p. 57. *The classical and philosophical attainments of Mr. Knight have long been generally acknowledged; and his publications very generally known. Of the earliest of them, "A Disquisition on the Worship of Priapus, 1786," with several Plates, as it was never printed for sale, though copiously distributed, I shall not here enlarge. The Author himself would, perhaps, rather wish it to be suppressed. The "Analytical Essay on the Greek Language" displays considerable reading and learning. He |