was on the same day admitted bachelor in civil law. The rev. J. C. Ebden, M.A. fellow of Trinity Hall, was on Wednesday last elected junior proctor for the year ensuing, in the room of the rev. F. W. Lodington, resigned. The rev. H. Robinson, M.A. fellow of St. John's college, was on the same day appointed a pro-proctor; the rev. D. Felix, of Trinity Hall, was also admitted bachelor of divinity; H. N. Jarrett, esq. of St. John's college, master of arts; and R. S. Battiscombe, esq. fellow of King's college, bachelor of arts. At a general ordination, holden at the cathedral church of Norwich, on Sunday last, the following gentlemen were admitted into holy orders: DEACONS. Thomas Beckwith, Corpus christi college, Cambridge; James Blomfield, Christ college, Cambridge; Walter Burroughes, B.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge; Charles Codd, B.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge; Salisbury Dunn, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge; Edwin Edwards, B.A. Jesus college, Cambridge; James Fowle, B.A. Wadham college, Oxford; William Frost, B.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge; Robert Edwards Hankinson, B.A. Corpus Christi college, Cambridge; Charles Wansborough Kennington, B.A. Queen's college, Cambridge; Robert Jay, Marescal college, Aberdeen; Richard Lubbock, B.A. Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; Charles David Maitland, Catherine Hall, Cambridge; Thomas Welby Northmore, M.A. Emmanuel college, Cambridge; Jermyn Pratt, B.A. Trinity college, Cambridge; John Jowett Stevens, B.A. Jesus college, Cambridge; Thomas Boston Wilkinson, B.A. Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. PRIESTS, Richard Cobbold, B. A. Caius college, Cambridge; William Thomas Goodchild, James Irvine, M.A. Mareschal college, Aberdeen; Gilbert Nicholas Smith, James Dewhurst Sprigge, St. Peter's college, Cambridge; Isaac Temple, M.A. Queen's college, Cambridge; William Samuel Parr Wilder, B.A. Caius college, Cambridge; William Hindes Wyatt, B.A. Pembroke college, Cambridge, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.-Died, aged 71, at the rectory house, near Marlborough, the rev. C. Francis, M.A. rector of that parish, and of Collingbourn Ducis, and chaplain to the marquis of Aylesbury. CHESHIRE. The lord bishop of this diocese has made a survey of all the churches to the extreme northern parts of his extensive jurisdiction. His lordship has been as far as Cockermouth, and has since proceeded on his important work. The returns are said to be very flattering, and the residence of the new clergy much more general than was expected. Several new churches are to be built, others repaired and beantified, and what is of more consequence, divine service is to be performed, and a sermon preached twice on every sabbath day, throughout the diocese. Devonshire.—Died, aged 50, the rev. George Moore, curate of the perpetual cure of Honiton's Clist, rector of Sowton and Peter Tavey, Devon, only son of the rev. archdeacon Moore. - DORSETSHIRE. Died, at Sherborne, aged 76, the rev. Charles Toogood. DURHAM.-Died at Durham, the rev. Dickens Hazlewood, rector of St. Mary the Less in this city, vicar of Ayliffe, minor canon and sacrist of the cathedral, and librarian of the dean and chapter of that church. GLOUCESTERSHIRE.-Died, at Didmarton, where he had resided 32 years, the rev. Morgan Deere, vicar of St. Lythan, Glamorganshire. HAMPSHIRE.-Died, the rev. Charles Bent Bairy, rector of Quarley. LANCASHIRE.-On the 18th of September, the lord bishop of Chester consecrated the new church, St. James's Rochdale, and inducted the rev. J. Faring, on the presentation of the rev. W. Hay. LINCOLNSHIRE.-Died, at the parsonage house, Waddington, the rev. J. Rawlins Deacon, B.D. rector of that parish 24 years vicar of Harmston and Rouston in this county, and formerly of Lincoln college, Oxford. Harmston and Rouston are in the patronage of B. H. Thorold, esq. of Harmston. Waddington is a valuable living in the gift of Lincoln college, Oxford. NORFOLK.-Died, the rev. John Buxton, rector of Carlton Rode. Died, at Downham Hall, in his 86th year, the rev. Peter Beauvoir, rector of Downham and Wickford. OXFORDSHIRE.-Died, at his lodgings in Clarendon street, Oxford, Joseph Harper, esq. D.C.L. many years a much respected member of Trinity college, and for some time deputy professor of civil law, in the University of Oxford, Mr. D. K. Sandford, B.A. of Christ church, Oxford, is elected professor of Greek, in the University of Glasgow.. The worshipful Joseph Phillimore, LL.D. M.P. chancellor of the diocese of Oxford, has appointed the rev. W. T. Garnett, M.A. curate of St. Peter's, Wallingford, to be his surrogate for proving wills, &c. &c. within the diocese. SOMERSETSHIRE. • The new district church, at Kingswood, in the parish of Bitton, the first completed in this county, under the late acts for building and enlarging churches, was consecrated by the lord bishop of Gloucester, on Wednesday, September 11. A very large concourse of the inhabitants and neighbourhood were assembled, and listened with the deepest interest to the solemn service of the day, and the peculiarly eloquent and pathetic manner in which it was delivered by his lordship. SURRY.-Died, at Ashted rectory, in his 64th year, the rev. William Carter, formerly student of Christ church. WARWICKSHIRE.-Died, at Warwick, aged 68, the rev. James Hall, curate of Radford Semele, in this county. Died, in the 68th year of his age, the rev. Millington Buckley, of Nottingham place, and Dolvor, Montgomeryshire. Died, the rev. Francis Parry, rector of Llanabar, and Llandanog, Merionethshire, and an acting magistrate for the county. MONTHLY LIST Private Devotions; or Prayers, principally intended for the private use of Christians. By Joseph Jones, M.A. 3s. Popular Lectures on the Bible and Liturgy. By Edward Hawke Locker, Esq. F.R.S. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Sermons on the Christian Character, with occasional Discourses. By the Rev. C. J. Hoare, A.M., Rector of Mitcham, and late Vicar of Blandford. 8vo. 12mo. 68. 9s. The Gospel Preacher; or, an Enquiry into some of the assumed and real Characters of the Evangelical Office: a Sermon preached at the Visitation, holden in the Parish Church of Swindon, on Wednesday, the 18th day of July, 1821, before the Rev. Matthew Marsh, A.M., Chancellor Died, at Swansea, aged 23, J. D. Thomas, esq. of Llwycoen, Caermarthen, and of Jesus college, Oxford. In the course of the month of August, the lord bishop of Llandaff held his PrimaryVisitations and Confirmations throughout his diocese, which were numerously attended. On Sunday, October 7, the lord bishop of Llandaff preached an admirable sermon at Neath church, for the benefit of the National School established in that town, when nearly 50l. was contributed towards that institution, a much larger sum than was ever before collected on any similar occasion. His lordship on Monday was present at an examination of the children, who acquitted themselves in a manner extremely creditable to themselves, and to their instructors, Mr. and Mrs. Cook, the highly respected master and mistress. Died, on the 20th ult. at Holyhead, in his 67th year, the rev. Mr. Evans, for 37 years curate of the parishes of Llanpethlu, and Llanwrog, Anglesea. Died, lately, very suddenly, the rev. Mr. Rumsey, vicar of Langunuidor, in the county of Brecon, and of Chapel Hill in the county of Monmouth. OF PUBLICATIONS. of the Diocese of Sarum, (officiating for the Archdeacon of Wilts,) and the Clergy of the Deanery of Cricklade, and published at their Request. By William Roles, A.M., Rector of Upton Lovell, Wilts. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Some of the principal Objections to Communion with the Established Church considered; in a Sermon, preached on September 23, 1821, being the Lord's Day immediately subsequent to the opening of a new and enlarged Independent Chapel, at Ashford, Kent. By the Rev. John Nance, D.D., published by Request. 8vo, 1s. 6d. Will Waver, or Radical Principles, a Tale. Part the First. Dedicated to the Author of "John Wildgoose." 12mo. 18. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. The Philosophical History of the Origin and Progress of the European Languages. By the late Dr. Alexander Murray, with a Memoir of his Life, written by himself, in two octavo Volumes. The Rev. T. Broadhurst, of Bath, will shortly publish a third Edition of his "Advice to Young Ladies on the Im provement of the Mind and the Conduct of Life," carefully revised, with some Additions. A short Treatise on the Summation of Series, by Increments. By the Rev. E. C. Tyson, M.A., Fellow of CatherineHall, Cambridge. Hints towards the right Improvement of the present Crisis. By Joseph Jones, M.A. POLITICAL RETROSPECT. THE harvest is now concluded, and the reports of its produce by which the nation was so much embarrass ed, are beginning to assume a consistent shape, It appears certain that the consumer need not be alarmed by the apprehension of a scarcity; nor the grower by the prospect of open ports. The quantity of corn is very large; but the quality throughout the midland counties, and several other districts, is as bad if not worse than the oldest farmers can remember. In the north and in the south the reports are more favourable, and as the stock of old corn is understood to be large, there is no doubt that the country may be supplied for another year from its own stores. The principal inconvenience which we apprehend is this the damaged corn of the late harvest will not make even in. ferior bread, until it has undergone a good deal of manufacturing from. the miller and the meal-man. And as the baker regulates his prices by the cost not of the wheat, but of the flour, it is possible, and probable, that the nation may buy their bread very dear, while the farmer sells his corn very cheap. This however is not the fashionable opinion upon the subject. Our statesmen and political economists, our farmer's journals and agricultural committees, have convinced the public that the general depreciation of the produce of land, ought to be attributed to the abundance of the two preceding harvests. And if this reasoning be correct, landlords and tenants have great cause to be thankful for the blight and mildew of the present season. But with all due deference to the high authorities whom we oppose by so saying, we must profess our utter inability to conceive how the landed interest at large, can be benefited by a scarcity. The rise in prices to which it leads, must be nearly if not exactly balanced by the deficiency in produce. And whether a farmer sells twelve bushels of corn at eight shillings the bushel, or eight bushels of corn at twelve shillings the bushel, can make very little difference in his receipts. The wealthy landholder, who is in possession of a well furnished stackyard, the growth of former and more favourable seasons, may of course be a great gainer by a deficient crop, but the majority of farmers through. out the country cannot be in this situation; and their losses must more than counterbalance the profit of the select few. If a nation be really benefited by a scanty crop, the least fertile should be the most va. luable, for it has bad crops every year, to the incalculable advantage of consumers and growers. The Quarter's Revenue to Michaelmas, has turned out highly favourable, and the consequence is, a material rise in the Funds. We are assured, indeed, from various places, that the manufacturers are fully employed, and that the number of hands now at work is as great as before the peace. Wages of course are lower; but the lower price of the necessaries of life renders this circumstance easily supportable. We are prevented, by want of room, from enlarging upon these topics; but we have no hesi tation in congratulating the country upon its prospects; we can have no doubt that the experience of one other year, is all that is now wanted to complete the exposure, of those false prophets, who have assured us so repeatedly, that our destruction was at hand; and have frightened half their countrymen by the loudness of their warning voice. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. M. and Alpha shall appear. Catholicus; O.; I. P.; T. R, B, and C. C. have been received, and are under consideration. THE CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER. No. 36.] DECEMBER, 1821. ORIGINAL SIN. THE Controversy of which we are now to take our leave, has extended through the greater part of the present year. It sprung from three Essays with the signature N. R., which appeared in our 27th, and 28th, and 29th Numbers. And when the doctrine of those Essays was censured with severity, by several able correspondents, we declared our intention to publish any remarks with which we might be favoured either in reprobation or in defence of the Essayist, and to take an opportunity of reviewing the whole. As the third volume of our Journal is drawing to a conclusion; and the writers who have favoured us with their remarks have had ample opportunities of explaining their sentiments-the time has arrived for redeeming our pledge. But we cannot refuse to insert an explanatory letter from N. R., which has reached us while these observations were preparing for the press, and which is subjoined to them for his own and the reader's satisfaction. For ourselves, as the letter makes no material alteration in the opinion which we have formed respecting the Essays, we shall content ourselves with alluding to it very slightly. At the same time, we are happy to find that the interpretation which we had put upon the for'mer communications of our correspondent, is sanctioned and confirmed by his concluding explanation. We proceed to make some remarks upon his original papers. REMEMBRANCer, No, 36. [VOL. III. He asserts (Christian Remem→ brancer, p. 129), that "no benefit has been obtained by attributing to hu man nature those degrading properties which are frequently ascribed to it," "by describing us as totally corrupt; not only as having a proneness and propensity to evil, and be. ing very far gone or removed from righteousness, but as actually sinful by the very nature which God gives us." This proposition may be fairly considered as the sum and substance of N. R.'s doctrine; and while we are disposed to think that there is an inaccuracy in the wording of the passage, we deny that there is any fair ground for charging it with Socinianism or Pelagianism. It de clares the frailty of human nature in the very words of the Church herself, and it proposes to understand and interpret them after the manner of her wisest and most esteemed sons. But referring to the distinction which our Articles and Homilies most expressly make between original and actual sin*; it applies this distinction not only to our actions but to our natures, and intimates that the latter is not sinful. If the writer had contented himself with saying, that our nature is not utterly corrupt and polluted (and probably this was all that he in tended to say), no just objection could have been made to his doo trine. But by neglecting to observe the proper limits of the fore-mentioned distinction, he has fallen into an error, which pervades his Essays, and of which we shall have more to say hereafter. Remembering then that the writer's object is to oppose the exaggerated statements which are so often put forth upon the subject of Original Sin, we shall find no difficulty in appreciating the latter part of his labours. are very far gone from " original Ja In his second Essay, he contends And this was the real meaning of our ingenious Essayist; his words carefully interpreted will bear no other meaning. His third and last Essay which has been so severely handled by another correspondent, bears' additional testimony to the accuracy of this interpretation. The drift of it is to shew that "being inimical to God," " hating goodness,” and "having no spark of righteousness," are qualities which cannot be ascribed to man as he is by nature. "It vindicates the character of man from the charge of being evil totally and continually and from his real nature,” (Christian Remembrancer, p. 250.) and maintains that men do not hate God until bad examples, bad suggestions, bad habits of their own acquiring, produce an indisposition to religion." Then indeed comes all that evil which actually does disgrace and vilify our nature, and which is declared concerning men in strong and full general expressions in the Scripture, but which is falsely attributed to the |