this, Sir, was the desirable issue of the present controversy, and that all the distinguished characters concerned < in it, before they were separated by the great determiner ' of all questions, regarded each other with mutual re"spect, as scholars, as men, and as Christians, there can'not be the least doubt.' P. 33.

"Dr. Lucas of Ripple, who married one of the Bishop of Worcester's nieces, and who had been preferred by him on account of this connection, wrote an answer to Dr. Parr's Preface and Dedication of the Tracts by Warburton and a Warburtonian, entitled A Letter to the Rev. Dr. Parr, occasioned by his Republication of Tracts by Warburton and a Warburtonian, published for Robson and Clarke, 1789," (8vo. pp. 73.) "Dr. Parr has written, in his own hand, in the copy of the tract in his Library, 'From the author, whom I believe to be a man of wit ;' and in a notice before the title-page: A Letter to Dr.

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'Parr, very witty, supposed by a Prebendary of Dublin. "The book is said to be printed by Robson,' (and so it was ;) but Mr. Robson rejected it, as scurrilous in his 'opinion, from his knowledge of Dr. Parr's character; and of this circumstance he informed Dr. Parr in a very 'polite and friendly Letter. Before the publication it was sent to Dr. Parr by the author, with his written 'compliments, and was read by Dr. Parr with much en⚫tertainment from its vivacity, with no conviction from its arguments, and with calm contempt at the false and ' injurious insinuations contained in it. S. PARR, May, 2, 1792.' In the first instance, Parr does not appear to have been acquainted with the name or station of the real author, and never with his connection with Bp. Hurd. In another part of the book he writes, Dr. Lu

cas, Rector of Ripple, Worcestershire, wrote this Let'ter, Aug. 24, 1812.'* Such had been his little care, or little enquiry about the question, who wrote it. Dr. Lucas was the nominal author, but probably wrote a part down from the dictation of his venerable uncle. Perhaps he did not write himself what follows: - Little thanks,

* [The reader. on comparing the transcripts of these notices, which are inserted in the Bibl. Parr. 651, will find several discrepancies: he will easily perceive which of the printed notices, those in the Memoirs, or those in the Bibl. Parr., are the more correct; and he will have some proof of the difficulty of deciphering the hand-writing of Dr. Parr :

"From the author, whom I think a man of wit, supposed to be a Prebendary of Dublin." "This book is said to be 'printed for Robson;' but Mr. Robson, from his knowledge of Dr. Parr's character, rejected it as scurrilous; and of this circumstance he informed Dr. Parr, in a very polite and friendly Letter, before the publication. It was sent to Dr. Parr by the author, with his written compliments, and was read by Dr. Parr with much entertainment from its vivacity, with no conviction from its argument, and with calm contempt at the false and injurious intimation contained in it. S. PARR, May 2, 1792." " Dr. Lucas, Rector of Ripple, Worcestershire, to which he was presented by Bishop Hurd, wrote the Letter to me. S. P. Aug. 24, 1812." In p. 443, another copy of the Letter is mentioned, which contains the following Notice, not mentioned in the Memoirs: "The Letter to Dr. Parr was written by Dr. Lucas of Ripple, Worcestershire, and is a well-meant defence of his learned patron, Bishop Hurd. A Mr. Robson, hearing that Dr. Parr had been told he was the author, disclaimed being so in a very handsome Letter. The real author, Dr. Lucas, sent a copy of his book to Dr. Parr, who finds nothing in it to

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'therefore, are due to him, who, to gratify his own < spleen and malignity, plunges into the regions of oblivion, ' and with ruffian violence drags forth a reposing spirit of ' contention into new agitation and tumult.' And certainly the next paragraph is worthy of Hurd's manner: — If, however, Sir, you had been determined to mix a spirit ' of theological controversy of some sort, (which seems to have been the case,) it had been more for the credit of your incantations to have brought one of a more captivating form; one that might have answered your pur'pose by the allurements of novelty; and not, by the lowest degree of necromacy, a sort of palmistry, to have conjured up a dry, battered, antiquated spirit, a very hag, that by the bandying and repercussions of the disputants, had been absolutely worn out and put to 'rest.'

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"There is a good deal of humour, and wit perhaps not

blame, but a very rash, invidious, and groundless charge of having written some puffs, in the Newspaper, about his own learning and his claims to ecclesiastical preferment. S. Parr."

From these notices it does appear that Dr. Parr was aware that Dr. Lucas had received his preferment from Bishop Hurd, though he might not know of the relationship between Dr. Lucas and his learned patron.'

It is evident that the title-page of Dr. Parr's own copy, received from the author contained the words, Printed for Robson and Clarke; but in my copy the original title-page has been cancelled, and the substituted one has, Printed for J. Bew, Bookseller, Paternoster-Row.

The words, Prebendary of Dublin, should perhaps be Prebendary of Durham; but I cannot discover that there was any such personage. E. H. B.]

But these

of a very high kind, at pp. 61, 62, 63, etc.* light missiles were not the proper weapons for assailing him; and Dr. Lucas would have done himself more honour, had he come forward in person boldly, and employed his whole powers, (and they were highly respectable,) in defending or avenging the character of his patron.+

*["If, however, I were to set to work on so momentous a task, I should certainly be inclined to adopt the instrument, which you yourself have condescended to use, the antithesis, as excellently contrived to give you, the object of praise, an higher estimation in the eye of the reader, by contrasting it with the baseness of the object of degradation, And really the heights and the depths, the ups and the downs, which you present us with, are so very entertaining, that I cannot forbear attempting something of the like kind; and I promise not to offend by too many metaphors. I feel some reluctance, however, in reducing

t["The Rev. Robert Lucas, D. D. of Trin. Coll. Cam., Rector of Ripple, and Vicar of Pattishall, Northamptonshire: -1. Homer's Hymn to Ceres, translated into English Verse, with Notes critical and illustrative: to which is prefixed A Translation of the Preface of the Editor, DAVID RUHNKENIUS, Lond. 1781, 4to. 3s. ; 2. Three Sermons on the Subject of Sunday-Schools, with an Appendix containing Rules etc., to which are added A few Hints on Parochial Clubs, Lond. 1787, 8vo 2s. ; 3. Two Sermons preached in the Cathedral Church of Worcester before the Judges of Assize, Lond. 1792. 8vo Is. 6d. ; 4. A Sermon preached at Worcester at the Music-Meeting, Lond. 1794, 8vo. 1s. ; 5. Occasional Sermons Lond. 1810, 2 vols. 8vo. 10s." Dr. Watt's Bibl. Brit.

The two Assize-Sermons are now before me; they are elegant, eloquent, and sensible; the style bears a great resemblance to the style of the anonymous pamphlet. I will lay two

"After the Bishop of Worcester's death, Letters from a late eminent Prelate to one of his Friends were published in 1808-9, containing 257 of Warburton, and 26 of Hurd, all characteristic of the school and of the writers. In Letters 28, 29, 30, 45, 46, 74, 88, 89 96, 102, 104, 154, 164. W. 75, 79, 92, 94, 97, 182. H. there is an

any one so low as the necessity of the case requires, except myself. In the choice of this situation, I confess artifice is blended with whim, as I hope, from a view of your own greatness and my littleness, that I shall be able to escape the heavy displeasure, which might otherwise fall upon me. The variety of your style can only be estimated by the number of schools you have studied. Now and then we see a glimmering galaxy from the reflection and fascination of Bishop Taylor's. There is plenty of Burke's expansion, and Middleton's exuberance. We see but little, however, of Addison's mild and unsullied lustre, or of the manly elegance and graceful harmony of Bp. or three striking extracts before the reader: :- "Decrees, however, which cut away the outward trappings and ornaments of rank, cannot mingle their possessors with the multitude. They cannot level and debase the mind, which still retains its aspiring elasticity; and, like a spring depressed by an incumbent weight, is continually endeavouring to reach its former elevation. The French revolutionists now feel the unconquered and growing force of this despised power. Property and character begin to exert their natural and unavoidable influence. Those gradual and varying heights, which formerly met the eye, and diversified and adorned the country, have been overwhelmed, it is true, with an irresistible torrent of confusion; but, when the troubled waters have spent their force and passed away, the same eminences will probably again appear in their accustomed stations. To gain the great and important object, the liberty of the country, there was no need of the violence. All parties