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to a principal Doctrine , advanced and maintained by him and his Assistants . Svo . 1753 . 2 . An Hebrew and-English Lexicon , without Points . To which is added , a methodical Hebrew Grammar , without Points , adapted to the Use of Learners . 410 . 1763 . 3 . A Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament ,

To ivhich is prefixed , a plain and easy Greek Grammar . 410 . 1759 . 4 . The Divinity and Pre-existence of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , demonstrated from Scripture ; in Answer to the first Section of Dr . Priestley ' s Introduction , to his History of early Opinionsconcerning Jesus Christ ; together with

Strictures , on some other Parts of that Work , and a Postcript relative to a late Publication of Mr . Cfilbert Wakefield . Svo . 17 S 7 . Mr . Parkhurst was many years fellow of Clarv Hall , Cambridge , where he took the degrees of B . A . 174 S , and M . A . 1752 . Latelyat Hampstetfthe Rev . G .

, , Travis , archdeacon and prebendary of Chester , rector of Handley , and vicar of _ Easthnin , both in Cheshire . This gentleman , the son of Mr . T . of Roy ton , in Lancashire received the rudiments

of his education at Manchester school , under Mr . Purnell , and tyas admitted a sizar in St . John ' s College , Cambridge , in 1761 , under Mr . Abbot . He took his degree of batchelor , in 1765 , and that of master in 176 S . He was justly celebrated for his various knowledge , and particularly for his familiar

acquaintance with the tythe laws ; to which , if lie had uniformly directed his researches , he might have passed through life with credit , or at least without literary censure . Unhappily , however , for his reputation ,, be undertook a task , for ivhich he was by no means qualified , viz . to vindicate the - much disputed

passage in 1 John v . 7 . and met with able antagonists , who exposed his want of critical acumen in every part of the controversy . Mr . Travis bad not beet * familiarly accustomed either to Greek manuscripts , or to works of sacred criticism . He was , consequently , on entering into this province of theological

polemics , a Tiro , compared with his antagonists . Griesbacb , Porson , Marsh , and Pappelbaum , convicted him , at every turn , of palpable misinformation , if not misrepresentation . He was , jiowever , of a temper-not to be daunted ;

assertion was heaped on assertion , and the stronger the proof appeared of his imperitia , the stronger wasiSTs pertinacity . His labours , however , have proved not a little useful to the world , having excited a closer attention of learned men to the MSS . of Stephens , to the Valesian Readings , and the MS . at Berlin ,

& c . relative to the authenticity of the present text of the Greek Testament , than had been hitherto paid to those subjects . To his attempts to defend a disputed reading , we may probably be indebted for the restoration of the text to its original purity . Though a pluralistand a man of respectable talents

, , Mr . Travis had little of the stiffness of a churchman about him , being remarkably affable , facetious , and pleasant to all . The universality of his genius was evinced by the various transactions in which he was concerned , and in all of which he excelled—presiding one day with propriety and ability at the

head of a canal couu ^ iltee , the next superintending the sale of a lot of oxen , and the third , collecting , in his library , arguments iu support of the doctrine of the Trinity . In his manners ,, the

gentleman and the scholar were gracefully arid happily blended .. He was be-Ioved and lamented by a very numerouscircle ofacquaintance . Lately , at Mons , in the department of Jemappe , Citizen Varon , administrator of the department , and well known as a man of letters . He has been a

very useful associate in many valuable works , iti literature and tbe arts , and particularly in the celebrated travels of Vaillant into Africa ; tlie editing of which was entirely by himself . He b „ d spent many yearsat Rome , in translating the great work of tbe Alibi- Vv'inci . lcman , the Monumer . ti Inedili . At the

time of the infamous assassination of liassevile , he was obliged to leave that city , with his fellow-countrymen . The enlightened patriotism and amiable manners which he evinced in the dis-. charge of his last public function , had conciliated the affections of the conquer * ed Belians .

g Lately , in Cecil-street , F . Eyre , Esq . many years an eminent Solicitor for Plantation Appeals , f ' ormerlya Representative in Parliament for Great Grimsby , and joint patentee with Mr . Stfahan as King ' s Printer .