with, exactly seven times; that is to say, in vss. 89, 205 bis, 318, 329, 421, 475. And in every one of those places, without exception, the Geneva MS., as copied by Monsieur Favre Bertrand, exhibits the same word. The Geneva MS., in which it is said, "we read cum instead of au," contains au seven times in the Lesson, and cum just twice; that is to say, cum in v. 343, and con in v. 300. And in both these instances the English edition may be said to tally with it; for in v. 300, the preposition has been entirely omitted by the copyist or the printer, to the destruction of the sense, and in v. 343, it is plainly printed thus,

E li home e las fenas lical eran cun lor.

Whether this observation has been hazarded by Monsieur Raynouard, or whether it be one of the renseignements for which he is indebted to Monsieur Favre Bertrand, it may be pronounced to be, in every point, utterly devoid of the shadow of foundation. The correspondency of the two (pretended) manuscripts, in respect of the preposition with, appears to be perfect.

The manuscript was lodged in Cambridge library but about three weeks before the death of Oliver Cromwell; and it is not probable that it remained there much longer than till the spring of 1659, when it became apparent that Richard was unable to govern the country. After the Restoration, it is obvious that Morland and his party could have no power of getting any documents abstracted from the University library; and in all probability, the Puritan librarian to whom he consigned it, and from whom he obtained it back, was then sent (as the saying is) to the right about. If he was not, he kept his place by changing his principles; and would never have compromised himself by surrendering his treasures to the Geneva faction. Besides, a great and somewhat sudden change came over the spirit of Samuel Morland himself, upon the king's return. He forgot all about "the Mene Tekel upon the walls of the palaces and banqueting-houses" of the royal family; and recollected how he had always opposed and abhorred the plots of Cromwell and Thurloe against the king's sacred person. Morland then ceased to bewail the tribulations of the poor Vaudois, or (as he used to say) to be "grieved for the afflictions of Joseph." But he got himself a baronetcy,+ a pension of 500l. a year, and the places of gentleman of the bedchamber, and civil engineer to the king. And, in his latter capacity, he devoted the mechanical talents, in which no man surpassed him, to adorning palaces, on whose walls he no longer saw the writing of God's finger. He even went over to "the tabernacles of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Amaleck and the Philistims, with them that dwell at Tyre," and exhibited his inventions, and offered his services, to Louis XIV. It follows, from this state of the case, that Sir Samuel Morland, Bart., &c. &c. &c., would by no means have been likely, himself, to strip the Cambridge library

* The numbers of vss. refer to Raynouard's edition, being the only one in which they are numbered. That numeration agrees with the version about to be subjoined; but not with Morland's edition, in which the verses have not been correctly distinguished.

+ See Biogr. Univ. art. Morland.

of the valuables with which he had had the merit of endowing it. The courtier of Windsor and St. Germain's would, perhaps, have manifested but an imperfect recollection of Monsieur Jean Leger's features, had they chanced to meet one another again. But at all events, he would not have robbed his own country, and its institutions, to which he had now attached himself, in order to accommodate the Calvinists of Geneva. We may rest pretty well satisfied, that the missing books were got back out of Cambridge library, and one or more of them returned to Leger (by whom they had all been originally furnished), in the interval between the death of Oliver and restoration of Charles; and before Morland had changed his politics, or knew that he should have an opportunity of so doing with advantage.

ANTIQUITIES, ETC.

DISPOSAL OF HIGHER CHURCH PREFERMENT.

(Continued from vol. xviii. p. 636.)

THE extracts following are a continuation of those given in the last Number, from the Letters of Primate Boulter. They are, to a most painful degree, full of the party politics of "the English interest" and "the Irish interest;" the former of which the primate strongly espoused, in opposition to the party headed by Dean Swift. "Notwithstanding Dr. Boulter's real zeal for the welfare of Ireland," says the writer of his life in the Biographia Britannica, "he thought that the benefit of that country, and the service of his Majesty, would best be secured by chiefly promoting persons from England to places of high trust and authority. This point of maintaining and supporting the English interest is what he presses again and again upon the ministers of state at home. It was, likewise, his grace's opinion, that those who opposed the measures of government, of the rectitude of which he was bimself fully convinced, ought not to find their account in it, or be bribed to a compliance for the future." There was too much ground for apprehending this latter abuse of church patronage, if the following account may be credited of what passed between the minister of the day and Bishop Atterbury. "It was believed that pains were taken to conciliate him, and that Mr. Walpole expostulated with him in a friendly manner, thus:- Why don't you restrain yourself when in the house?' I cannot.' Then, why not stay away?'— 'I have no excuse.' 'Yes, my lord, say you have the gout?'-'İ not. You may; I often do. Be quiet, and I undertake to give you, privately, 50007. per annum, to which you shall succeed till Winchester falls. This good advice [qu.] and generous intention," continues the narrator of this story, "was rejected, and Walpole, in revenge, ruined a man he admired."* And it cannot be doubted that

• Noble's Continuation of Granger's Biogr. Hist., vol. iii., p. 81.

can

a promotion to the Irish bench was a resource to which the ministry had learned to look, as a mode of disposing of an inefficient supporter or a "troublesome" opponent at home. The entreaties which we find repeatedly in the primate's letters, against any proceedings of this kind, we have good reason to think were not uncalled for.

With regard to the appointment of natives of England or Ireland to bishoprics in the latter country, the following notice of Queen Elizabeth's practice will not be out of place here. It shews with how much consideration and wisdom such matters were ordered, when everything was done by the advice of the spiritual heads of the church, as was the case in the days of Parker and Whitgift.* Queen Elizabeth, as Bishop Mant observes, in his History of the Church of Ireland, "seems to have followed the rule, for the most part, of placing Englishmen in those sees, the occupiers of which were brought into more immediate communication with the government, and occasionally in others, where their services appeared likely to be useful; but allowing, at the same time, a general preponderance to the natural claims of the Irish clergy. Thus, of the five appointments which she made to the primacy, four were given to Englishmen; one of whom, also, Adam Loftus, filled the only vacancy which occurred during her reign in the archbishoprick of Dublin. But two appointments to each of the other archbishopricks of Cashel and Tuam were bestowed on Irishmen. To speak summarily, out of about fifty-two nominations to Irish bishopricks, made by Queen Elizabeth, sixteen were of persons from the other side of the Channel, including one Welshman in the number; twentyeight were natives of Ireland, of whom twenty-four were of originally Irish families; the remaining eight are doubtful; at least I have not ascertained them."+

To return, however, to Primate Boulter and his times. Notwithstanding his strong opinion as to the maintenance of "the English interest," it would appear, from the early letters contained in the last Number, that he was for "gradually" strengthening it, and not by a too sudden turning of the stream of patronage, creating opposition among the body of bishops on the bench who were natives of Ireland; while, at the same time, he contended for a steady adherence to that which he conceived to be for the true interests of the country, deprecating the departure from it for any of those temporary and unworthy objects which, from time to time, as we have seen, would tempt a ministry, like that which was then in power, to dispense its patronage in other channels.

With regard to the appointment to the bishopric of Cloyne, to which the greater part of the extracts given in the last Number refer, it is satisfactory to find that the person then promoted from the deanery of Cloyne (Dean Maule) has the character, given him by an independent authority, of a "most worthy man." It is mentioned further, to his praise, that he "was one of the first promoters of the Protestant Charter-schools in Ireland for the reception and education

Vid. sup. vol. xi. p. 144, &c.

+ History of the Church of Ireland, vol. i. pp. 284, 5.

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of children of papists, which have met with general success."* appears, from Dean Swift's correspondence, that his party entertained great expectations of his being preferred on this occasion. written from Twickenham, July 15, 1726, Swift says, "As to what you say about promotion, you will find it was given immediately to Maule, as I am told, and I assure you I had no offers, nor would accept them. My behaviour to those in power has been directly contrary since I came here." "The dean," says the annotator on his letters," alludes to the general expectation which was entertained that he would gain some promotion through the favour of the Princess of Wales. It was even reported that he had been offered the bishop

rick of Cloyne."

In another letter, written from Twickenham, July 20, Swift says to his friend, Dr. Stopford-"The people in power have been civil enough to me; many of them have visited me. I was not able to withstand seeing the princess, because she had commanded, that when I came hither, as news said I intended, that I should wait upon her. I was latterly twice with the chief minister; the first time by invitation, and the second at my desire, for an hour, wherein we differed in every point: but all this made a great noise, and soon got to Ireland, from whence, upon the death of the late bishop of Cloyne, it was said I was offered to succeed, and I received many letters upon it; but there was nothing of truth, for I was neither offered, nor would have received, except upon conditions which would never be granted. For I absolutely broke with the first minister, and have never seen him since; and I lately complained of him to the princess, because I knew she would tell him. I am, besides, all to pieces with the lord lieutenant, whom I treated very roughly, and absolutely refused to dine with him. So that, dear Jim, you see how little I shall be able to assist you with the great ones here, unless some change of ministry should happen. Yet when a new government goes over, it is hard if I cannot be some way instrumental.Ӡ

It may be necessary, in order to explain the relation in which matters stood at this time between the lord lieutenant and the primate, and the struggles in which, it will be seen, the latter commonly prevailed, to state under what circumstances Lord Carteret held the situation of lord lieutenant. He had for some time "headed a party in the cabinet against the influence of Walpole, and was suspected of having inflamed the dispute concerning Wood's patent, by caballing with the Brodericks; and Walpole, ingenious in his revenge, contrived to have him sent as lord lieutenant to Ireland, for the very purpose of carrying through that measure. Carteret could only prevent his utter disgrace at court by accepting this painful preferment . . . . When Wood's patent was resigned, Lord Carteret was still permitted to re

Vide Swift's Works, by Scott, vol. xvii., p. 44, note. See also Bishop Mant's History of the Church of Ireland, vol. ii. pp. 385, 455. f Ibid. pp. 45, 6.

Traces of rivalry between Lord Carteret, when secretary of state, and his brothersecretary, Townsend, appeared in letters cited in an earlier Number. pp. 496, 7.

Vid. sup.

tain the nominal authority; while the real government of Ireland was vested in Dr. Hugh Boulter, who had been advanced from the bishopric of Bristol to be primate of Ireland."*

"" TO THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.

"Dublin, Jan. 2, 1726[-7].

"MY LORD,―The archbishop of Cashel died this morning, about five o'clock, after a few days' indisposition from a cold. The person I would recommend to succeed to Cashel, and who is willing to remove, is the bishop of Derry, † to whose bishoprick I would recommend the bishop of Meath, as a successor; and to his bishoprick the bishop of Dromore; and to his, Dr. Cobb, bishop of Killala. If this scheme goes on thus far, I would recommend Dr. Skirret for the bishoprick of Killala; and if he is not pitched upon, Dr. Howard, Dean of Ardagh.

If it be thought proper to send some bishop from England to Cashel, Derry, or Meath, I should be sorry if any one should be sent because of his little worth, or troublesomeness there, for such an one will do the English interest a great deal of mischief here; and I hope it will be considered whether he be one that is likely to agree with me. I am, &c.

"P.S. I have reason to believe the bishop of Derry will not be fond of removing to Cashel, if the bishop of Meath be not thought of for his successor; and in that case the bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh § is a very proper person to remove to Cashel: and either the bishop of Dromore or Fernes, to Kilmore; or, in that case, Kilmore and Ardagh is worth the acceptance of an English bishop, being reckoned at better than 2000l. per annum.” ||

"TO THE SAME.

"Dublin, Jan. 21, 1726[-7]. "MY LORD,-I have had the honour of your grace's of the 12th, and am extremely obliged to his Majesty and the ministry for the weight they have been pleased to give my recommendations with his Majesty upon the vacancy of the archbishoprick of Cashel. I can assure your grace I had no other view, in the several parts of that scheme, than promoting his Majesty's service, by obliging a number of persons that are all very well affected, and will, I doubt not, fill their respective new stations to the satisfaction of his majesty's friends here.... I am, &c.T

"Dr. Godwin; he was soon afterwards appointed, another vacancy having happened, by the unexpected death of Archbishop Nicholson."

|| Ibid. pp. 117, 118. A similar letter to Lord Carteret follows, pp. 118, 119. In another letter to Lord Carteret, dated Jan. 3, the primate writes "The archbishop of Cashel dying last Sunday morning, we have, by a messenger yesterday, sent your excellency what recommendations we thought proper on the occasion; and I troubled you with a letter in particular."

In another letter, written to the lord-lieutenant, Jan. 16, the primate says, "I am glad the bishops are likely to be made according to the scheme settled with your excellency when you was here."

Ibid. pp. 124, 125.