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Such was the Reform which he would support.---He would advocate no mock Reform.

Mr. Lamb, (who was proposed by Mr. Macdonald) although he admitted himself to be far inferior to Sir Samuel Romilly, thought himself equal to Mr. Hobhouse. His principles were, Retrenchment, Economy, a greater extension of Suffrage, and a shorter duration of Parliaments.

The High Bailiff then called for a show of hands for each candidate; for Mr. Hobhouse, the show of hands was very general, and only not universal.

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F. Marshall, Printer, 31, Kenton Street, Brunswick Square.

THE

CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN'S

Magazine.

MARCH, 1819.

Memoirs of the Vicars
Apostolic.

(Continued from No. XIII. Vol. 2.)

Midland District.

IV.

JOHN HORNYOLD. This ornament of Douay College was born in the early part of the last century, and was descended from the ancient family of the Hornyolds, of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. For many years he served the Missions of Grantham in Lincolnshire, and Longbirch in Staffordshire. His zeal for the salvation of souls, his prudence, and extensive learning, induced Bp. Stonor to select him for his Coadjutor in the Episcopacy; and he consecrated him in 1753 by the title of Bp. of Philomelia. On the death of his Colleague, Bp. Hornyold succeeded to the charge of the Midland District, and endeared himself to his flock by his impartiality and apostolic zeal and charity. This saintly Prelate was called to the reward of his labours on 26th of December, 1779. He was buried in Brewood Church; but though no inscription perpetuates his memory, he will live in the following monuments of his genius and piety:

VOL. II.-No. XIV.

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I. Explanation of the Decalogue. which appeared in 1744.

II. Explanation of the Sacra

ments.

III. Explanation of the Creed.
IV. Catechism for Adults.

An interesting Sketch of Bp. Hornyhold's life was inserted in Keating's Directory of 1818.

V. HON. THOMAS TALBOT, the fifth son of George the 14th Earl of Shrewsbury, was born the 14th of February, 1727. He imitated the example of his elder brother James, in embracing the Ecclesiastical state. When Bp. Hornyhold found himself incapable from age and infirmity to visit his extensive Diocese, he decided on choosing the Honourable and Reverend Thomas Talbot for his Coadjutor. The choice was a thunderbolt to this humble and laborious Missionary, and nothing but a principle of obedience could induce him to accept the mitre. He was consecrated in 1766, by the title of Bishop of Acon. During the period of his episcopacy he enjoined the affectionate attachment of his flock, and the respect of the public, by his meekness, humility, and univerM

sal benevolence. For some years before his death, his health was in a declining state. He died at Bristol on the 24th of February, 1795, and was interred in the Catholic Chapel of that city. A brass plate

affixed to his tomb-stone bears the following inscription:-

Illus mus ac Rey mus THOMAS EPUS ACONEM. ex Nob: Famil: TALBOT COMITUM de Shrewsbury. Natus die 17 Feb: Vic. Ap. in Districtu Anglia Medio, An. 16. Obiit An. ætatis 68, die 24 Feb. 1795.

VI.

CHARLES BERINGTON was born in Shropshire, A. D. 1748. At an early period of life he was sent to Douay, where he distinguished himself by his literary abilities. After a regular course of studies he removed to Paris, where he took his degree of Doctor of Divinity. On his return to England Bp. Thomas Talbot, V. A. of the Midland District, chose him for his Coadjutor, and at Longbirch con

secrated him Bishop of Hiero Cæsaria, a town in Lydia, the 1st of August, 1786.

Unfortunately, this Prelate became the Clerical Committee man, in the grand controversy that divided the English Catholics, concerning the terms of an oath which was intended to be forced on the body. By acting in opposition to the rest of his colleagues, he unquestionably meant very well, and hoped that in endeavouring to conciliate all parties, matters would not be driven to extremities. But he ought to have known, that in the course of duty we should not turn to the right or the left; that such attempts at conciliation never prove successful; and that Religion is much too old to be accommodated to novelty.

Dr. Berington succeeded Bp. Talbot in the charge of the Midland District, Feb. 24, 1795, but governed it a very short time, dying suddenly on the 8th of June, 1798.

Bp. Berington was buried in the Parish Church of Brewood. On a plain mural Tablet is the following Inscription :

Christrian Stranger,

Here,

Among the Ashes of the Faithful,
Repose the mortal remains
of

The Right Reverend CHARLES Berington,
Doctor of the University of Paris,
and

Roman Catholic Bishop of the Midland District
In this Kingdom.
He was descended from the ancient Fam

of

The Beringtons of Moat-Hall,
In the County of Salop.

Having worn an unsought, unsullied Mitre,
(Only, alas! for a few years,)
At the age of fifty,

He expired--and Mankind lost a Friend:

For

Generous he was and Hospitable,
And merit was sure of his smile.
His Piety, like his Principles,
Was Primitive and without show.

"A good life hath its number of days,

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But a good name shall continue for ever.". Eccles. 41. This Tribute was paid to his Memory, By his affectionate Brothers Thomas and Philip Berington. He died June 8, 1798.

VII.

GREGORY STAPLETON was born at Carlton in Yorkshire in 1748, and received his education at Douay College. After the Members of this venerable Establishment were compelled by the Revolutionists to abandon the French territory, he was appointed the first President of that part of the Community, who settled themselves at Old Hall Green, now St. Edmund's College, in the County of Hertford. In 1801 he was nominated to the charge of the Midland District, which had been vacant nearly three years, and was consecrated by Bp. Douglass, at St. Edmund's College, on the 8th of March, in that year, by the title of Bp. of Hiero-Casarea. But he wore his mitre for a short time; for soon after the treaty of peace was signed between his Britannic Majesty and the French Republic, in Oct. 1801, he was induced to repair to the Continent, to settle the affairs of the English Clergy, and was taken off by sickness at St. Omer's, on the 23rd of May, 1802.

VIII.

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JOHN MILNER. To sketch the life of this giant in literature, and the most redoubted champion of orthodoxy, would require a volume. Unquestion

ably he is the greatest antiquarian, and not improbably the most successful controvertist, that even Douay College has ever produced. He was born in London, on the 14th of Oct. 1752. After the unwearied and able discharge of Missionary duties for the space of five-andtwenty years at Winchester, he was appointed to the charge of the Midland District.

Bp. Gibson consecrated him in St. Peter's Chapel, Winchester, on the 22nd of May, 1803, by the title of Bp. of Castabala, a city of Cilicia.

Dr. Milner deserves well of the Catholic Church, and will blaze in history as a star of the first magnitude.

(To be continued.)

Memoir of Dr. Chamberlain, Bishop of Ipres.

MR. PALMER,

As your Magazine is a repository of materials for illustrating the history of the English Catholic Church, perhaps you will insert the Epitaph of the Right Rev. Dr. George Chamberlain, whose singular merits obtained for him the Bishoprick of Ipres. His precious remains were deposited in the centre of his Cathedral Choir, under a white marble slab.

Hic jacet
Georgius, Sextus
Iprensis Episcopus.
Vixit

Annos LVIII. Mens. 1. Dies XVIII.
Obiit xix. Decemb. MDCXXXIV.

This eminent Prelate was
universally admired for his un-
affected piety and profound eru-
dition. As an orator he shone
unrivalled in the Low Countries,
and could preach with as much
ease to himself in Italian, or
French, or Spanish, or Dutch,
as in the English language. By
his last Will and Testament he
left a third part of his property
to the poor of Ipres-another
part to his Cathedral, and the
remainder to his heir.
placid hope and tranquillity
which he evinced on his death-
bed, edified all who approached
him. "Mori non timeo, (he
exclaimed,) quia bonum Domi-
num habemus." See p. 366.
tom. i. of Flandria illustrata ab
Antonio Sandero. Cologn, 1641.
also p. 75, vol. iii. of Dodd's
Church History.

The

Sidronius Hosschius, S. J. has sung in melting strains the death of his right reverend friend. Perhaps some of your poetical correspondents would favour us with a translation of his charming Epicedium, which begins "Phæbe Pater"-the Elegy "Orba suo," and the Ecologue "Raptum immaturo." I remain, Sir,

YOUR CONSTANT READER.

Analysis of the "Lettres
d'Atticus."

MR. EDITOR,

d'Atticas," dedicated to his present Most Christian Majesty, Louis XVIII. As the book is rare and curious, the following Analysis of the Letters may be acceptable to the readers of your interesting Journal. The Letters are five in number.

I remain, Sir,
Yours,

S. C.

In the first the Author sets out with regretting the general want of Magnificence, but more especially of Solidity in the modern edifices of the United Kingdom. The Nations of Antiquity erected Monuments which still attest their power and greatness; the Pyramids of Egypt excite our wonder and admiration; the walls of Coliseum proclaim the wealth and magnificence of the Roman people:- whereas England, the richest and most commercial nation of the globe, presents very few structures to record to future ages her comparatively infinite resources. Look at St.

Paul's Cathedral-Surely it is not what you would expect from the Metropolis of this mighty Empire-from the Emporium of the World. Its Architect, Sir Christopher Wren, was perpetually stunned with the clamours of niggardly economy and retrenchment-he was compelled to confine his sublime ideas-to curtail again and again, not to overstep a limited estimate. St. Peter's Cupola at Rome is com

I have lately met with a small posed of durable stone-the

book in 12o, entitled "Lettres

Dome of St. Paul's, in London,

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