Dec. & Jan. METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY W. CARY, STRAND, From December 26, 1829, to January 25, 1830, Loth inclusive. Fahrenheit's Therm. 8 o'clock Day of 11 o'clock Night. Fahrenheit's Theim. DAILY PRICE OF STOCKS, From December 29, 1829, to January 27, 1830, both inclusive. South Sea Stock, Jan. 15, 1044.-New South Sea Ann. Jan. 16, 937. Jan. 23, 924.-Jan. 27, 927. J. J. ARNULL, Stock Broker, Bank-buildings, Cornhill, late RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. J. B. NICHOLS AND SON, 25, PARLIAMENt-street. London Gazette Blackburn-Bolton Chelten.2.-Chest. 2 Colchester-Cornwall Coventry3 Cumberl. Derby 2-Devon Devonport-Devizes Doncaster-Dorchest. Dorset --Durham 2 Essex-Exete: 5 Gloucest.--Hants 3 MINOR CORRESPONDENCE. We have communicated Mr. Beard's letter to the writer of the article complained of; and his answer is as follows:-"Mr. Beard had certainly no idea of meeting with a razor in the critic, a Trinitarian Clergyman of the Church of England. The latter is bound by the canons and his ordination vow, to support the doctrine of the Church to which he belongs; and that doctrine is, that unless Christ be God as well as man, the atonement is not efficacious. The main point of Mr. B.'s letter is a denial, that the Unitarians argue à priori concerning Deity; but how is it possible for them to impugn the doctrine of the Trinity, without predicating, that there cannot be a Triune Deity, the possibility of which even Hume admits? As to other points of his letter, many Clergymen are of opinion (and not without reason) that Unitarianism tempts its followers to commit the sin against the Holy Ghost; and therefore is the most pernicious form of Dissent. Concerning the insults in Mr. B.'s letter, the Clergy every day meet with rampant sectaries of all kinds, and if they know their duty, only pray for the conversion of them, in common with Jews, Turks, infidels, and heretics." A. Z. A. is informed, that his MS. copy of Bishop Lake's dying Declaration, was copied from "A Defence of the Profession which the late Right Rev. John late Lord Bishop of Chichester, made upon his deathbed, concerning Passive Obedience and the new Oaths; together with an Account of some passages of his Life, by Rob. Jenkins, 1690," 4to; and that the said declaration, or "profession," is quoted by Mr. Dallaway, in his memoirs of the Bishops of Chichester, History of Sussex, vol. I. p. 91. A CONSTANT READER asks for "some particulars relative to the pedigree, arms, &c. of the family of Barnham, of Boughton Monchency, Kent. Hasted mentions several of the family. The baronetcy became extinct some time in the latter part of the 17th, or the earlier part of the 18th century." In the Appendix to the late edition of Debrett's Baronetage, the baronetcy is stated to have lasted only from 1663 to 1685. The following are corrections of our recent Obituaries, &c.December, p. 559, The family name of the Marquess of Headfort is not Taylour: all the family write their name Taylor. The former mode of spelling has obtained place in the Peerages probably from confusion with the Earl of Winterton's name, Turnour. In the same article, for Kello read Kells; and for Longford, Viscountess Langford.-P. 571. The late Archdeacon Heathcote lost his wife, the daughter of Dr. Wall, after the birth of one son; and he contracted a second marriage with Miss Beadon of Stoneham, a relation of the late Bishop of Bath and Wells, by whom he had five children; who live to deplore the loss of both parents, Mrs. Heathcote having died a short time before the Archdeacon.-Ibid. The Rev. John Strange Dandridge, was M. A. of Worcester College, Oxford, where he was formerly on the foundation. It was another clergyman of the same names (we presume his father), and who is now Rector of Rousham, Oxfordshire, and Siresham, Northamptonshire, that was of Emanuel College, Cambridge.-P. 636, for the county of Ross, read Roscommon.-P. 647. The Rev. John Wilde was son of John Wilde, esq. of Harnage, by Miss Dodd, a lady of an ancient family. Besides the third portion of Pontesbury, he held the ministry of Albrighton Chapel near Shrewsbury; where he was a forcible and energetic preacher, and had formed a Sunday School. He died on the 16th Dec. and his remains were interred in the Church of Cound.-January, p. 76, a. 19 from bottom, for Barrymount read Barrowmount; b. 11 from bottom, for Hon. John Spencer read John Spencer, esq... and for niece read cousin.-P. 77, b. the three lines, beginning "The Viscounty of Fenton," were intended to conclude the article.-P. 79, h. 37, for James Dupré, of Whilton Park, read Josias Dupré of Wilton Park.-P. 87. Mr. Goring's second wife was Miss Luxford, not Saxford; and his third wife was not his cousin, being the daughter of Dr. Ballard by another wife, a daughter of T. G. Waller, esq. of Winchester. Ibid. Mr. Chamberlayne died at Weston Grove near Southampton; he never resided at Cranbury Park. He was not the son of the late Lady Holland, nor was she ever married to his father (into which mistake we were led by Debrett's Peerage, under Zouche); but only to Mr. Dummer and Mr. Dance (afterwards Sir Nathaniel Holland), by neither of whom had she issue. Mr. Chamberlayne the elder was solicitor to Mr. Dummer, and acquired the latter's munificent bequest from personal regard, not, it is believed, from any affinity or family connection. On occasion of King George III. visiting Winchester school in 1778, the late Mr. Chamberlayne was selected to deliver a speech to his Majesty. The last paragraph, on the erasure of the words "his mother," will be correct.-P. 93. Lady Isabella Boyle died Dec. 24. Mr. Kenyon at his death was Captain half-pay 25th foot. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. FEBRUARY, 1830. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. Mr. URBAN, NEW TRANSLATION OF ZECHARIAH, C. IX. Feb. 2. I HAVE frequently observed with pleasure the manly spirit with which you have stood forward in the cause of religion. This induces me to believe that what I have here to of fer for a page of your Miscellany, will be in accord with the general tenor of it. It is not as a poetical composition that I wish to obtrude it upon notice. One who has attempted poetry in his youth, may be allowed to dwindle into a translator in advanced life, and you will find me to be little more than a poetical commentator. With hints derived from Bishop Lowth, and some conjectures of my own, I would fain believe that I may have rendered intelligible to your serious readers a chapter of Zechariah, who yields to few of the Hebrew prophets, for the awfulness of his predictions, poetical imagery, and tender and affectionate appeals. The three events, the successes of the Maccabees, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the conflicts which the Jews may have to sustain upon their restoration to their once highly favoured city, as also the victorious result of them, and their conversion at that time, are sometimes abruptly placed in juxta-position, and expressed in terms of Pindaric force and brevity; so that it requires much attention to detach them, and discover the great richness they derive from the comparison, or contrast observable in this arrangement. The clear understanding of these predictions becomes exceedingly interesting in the present momentous times, not merely as a matter of curiosity, but as an inducement to seriousness. ZECHARIAH, C. IX. The burthen of the Lord's portentous word And Israel looking heavenward, shall expect, ment. On either confine Hamath, just where Syria Hamath shall fall. Thou further distant be strong, Yet not impregnable,-thy gold and silver But none remain in Askelon to weep. ledge The mighty God: these Judah shall esteem Shall treat them as the Jebusite-of old, Of angels shall encamp around my temple; sion cease, With pitying eye since I regard my people., 100 Intrusive Clergymen, and In pomp shall pass thy walls, and enter in. Shout, shout aloud, Zion, behold, he comes! Just, and the sinner's justifier, lowly, Borne on an ass's foal, to thee He brings Salvation, and to all who own His sway. Jerusalem shall war no more, nor Ephraim Direct the horse, the chariot, or the bow. Messiah's voice shall hush the world to peace, [nion Compose the heathen, and his vast domiShall from Euphrates reach earth's distant bounds; ['sea. Truth, peace, and bliss, prevail from sea to And as for thee, whose sons are prisoners, Deep in the pit of sin, to whose parch'd lips The current of life's waters is denied, I call them forth. His blood has ransomed them ; With this red dye He sealed your covenant. With double blessings I'll requite your pains. Fall on the ranks of Macedon, while flashing shafts Shall hasten their discomfiture, the blast roar [own. Shall mark His presence, and protect His By the Lord's help 'twas thus the stripling David [vails, Laid low his mightier foe. Their shout pre- As victims heap'd upon the altar lie. As jewels in a crown; their radiant light From distant lands shall draw them proselytes. Jehovah, good as great, His bounty sheds On those he favours; rich with corn and accounts relating to a gentleman "of high clerical accomplishments," may possibly have been intended as a description of what lately occurred in the West of England, though it does not perfectly agree with all the facts. The case was this. At the request of several churchmen and dissenters, the respectable Curate of a markettown attended a meeting in an adjacent parish, to endeavour to form a Bible Association. This parish, though inhabited by many very respectable farmers, was peculiarly destitute of the Scriptures among the poor. It had scarcely a benevolent society within its limits, and happened at that time to be undergoing a change of Ministers. The new Curate had just arrived; he had been informed of the proposed meeting, and invited to preside; and had expressed himself ob liged for the invitation, but declined being present, merely on the plea of urgent business. He found time, however, to come with a gentleman farmer, and interrupted the meeting, promised that the poor should have Bibles gratis, and did as much as he could to prevent the establishment of the Association. To this day five Bibles have not been distributed. The Diocesan is known to be unfavourable to the Bible Society, and complaint was quickly dispatched to him (it is not said by whom) of this intrusion. The consequence was, a strong hint to the intruder from the learned Bishop, of the impropriety of such an interfer ence. In the same town, a great wrestling match had been projected to take place offered to the victors. The same rethat very week, and large rewards were spectable Curate, prompted by a sense of duty, exerted himself also on that occasion. His discourses were eminently calculated to discourage a spectacle so unworthy of a Christian land and a civilized age; and he had a reasonable hope that few of his hearers would attend. But what was the result? The wrestling took place, a vast deal of drunkenness and profligacy en from a neighbouring sea-port; and the scene was not indeed honoured, but disgraced by the presence and countenance of a Clergyman from an adjoining parish, and many of his people: No remonstrance from the Diocesan followed this intrusion; proba |