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lation to that of Canterbury took place in 1828 . Never remarkable for brilliant talent , and singularly retiring in his habits and dispositions , he was gradually drawn forth by the demands of those positions of eminence in which Providence successively placed him ;—and thus grew continually in the general esteem , until he has left behind him , at last , a memory which will long be cherished among those of the church ' s
brightest ornaments . Within eight months of his elevation to the chair of St . Austin , he protested against the policy of the minister from whom he had received his appointment ; ancl when the principle of the great government measure of that year ( the Roman Catholic Relief Bill of 1829 ) came under discussion in the House of Lords , he moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months . Such a step may have been called personally and politically ungrateful ; but our primate said that at his consecration
he had sworn to stand by the church of England . His post as ecclesiastical leader required that he should exalt his " mitred front in courts and parliaments , " indifferent to the power of minister or monarch . Respectful towards both , but now fearless of either , he denounced the measure of the government as irreligious and revolutionary . * * Of his public or his private life little more remains to he related . Before he became Bishop of Londonlie married Mary Franceseldest
, , daughter of John Belli , Esq ., of Southampton . The issue of that marriage were two sons and three daughters . One of the Archbishop ' s sons was for a short time an officer in tbe Guards , but he died of consumption at the age of twenty . His other son only lived to be twelve years of age . - The Archbishop ' s eldest daughter married , in the year 1825 , Sir
George Beaumont , Bart , aud died in ten years after her marriage . Another of his daughters was married to a Mr . Wright , and a third to a Mr . Kingsmill . The latter years of the deceased prelate were not much distinguished from the general tenor of his life . The extreme quietude of his character induced some of his acquaintances to say , that he had never been young , therefore when he was really overtaken by old age his habits underwent little change . Even within a year of his decease he appeared in public almost as frequently as usualthoughof coursehe
, , , gradually ceased to preach , and very rarely during the last four or five years addressed the House of Lords . At length the infirmities attendant upon extreme old age became every day more apparent ; a severe attack of the prevailing epidemic shattered his enfeebled constitution . His malady , however , yielded to careful and able medical treatment , and he once more ventured to take carriage exercise , but the remnant of his
strength seemed to have quite departed , and , after a short time , he sank into a condition of irrecoverable debility . Had he lived to see this day ( the 12 th of February ) his grace would have completed the eighty-third year of his age . Plis funeral took place on the 19 th of February . The late Archbishop was a Freemason—honour to his memory!—If in high vocation , as the first spiritual peer of this great empire , he found no time to enter into the strict examination of our peculiar mysteries , or at any rateto give public testimony of his active serviceshis benevolent
, , character was the best practical illustration of their inestimable value . It had been our intention to have made searching enquiries into the masonic particulars of his career , but the recent occurrences have so riveted our attention , as to prevent our giving more than the following : —A knowledge of the pure spirit that tenanted the mortal coil of the deceased Archbishop , leads us to believe that he would have grieved over the recent
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
lation to that of Canterbury took place in 1828 . Never remarkable for brilliant talent , and singularly retiring in his habits and dispositions , he was gradually drawn forth by the demands of those positions of eminence in which Providence successively placed him ;—and thus grew continually in the general esteem , until he has left behind him , at last , a memory which will long be cherished among those of the church ' s
brightest ornaments . Within eight months of his elevation to the chair of St . Austin , he protested against the policy of the minister from whom he had received his appointment ; ancl when the principle of the great government measure of that year ( the Roman Catholic Relief Bill of 1829 ) came under discussion in the House of Lords , he moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months . Such a step may have been called personally and politically ungrateful ; but our primate said that at his consecration
he had sworn to stand by the church of England . His post as ecclesiastical leader required that he should exalt his " mitred front in courts and parliaments , " indifferent to the power of minister or monarch . Respectful towards both , but now fearless of either , he denounced the measure of the government as irreligious and revolutionary . * * Of his public or his private life little more remains to he related . Before he became Bishop of Londonlie married Mary Franceseldest
, , daughter of John Belli , Esq ., of Southampton . The issue of that marriage were two sons and three daughters . One of the Archbishop ' s sons was for a short time an officer in tbe Guards , but he died of consumption at the age of twenty . His other son only lived to be twelve years of age . - The Archbishop ' s eldest daughter married , in the year 1825 , Sir
George Beaumont , Bart , aud died in ten years after her marriage . Another of his daughters was married to a Mr . Wright , and a third to a Mr . Kingsmill . The latter years of the deceased prelate were not much distinguished from the general tenor of his life . The extreme quietude of his character induced some of his acquaintances to say , that he had never been young , therefore when he was really overtaken by old age his habits underwent little change . Even within a year of his decease he appeared in public almost as frequently as usualthoughof coursehe
, , , gradually ceased to preach , and very rarely during the last four or five years addressed the House of Lords . At length the infirmities attendant upon extreme old age became every day more apparent ; a severe attack of the prevailing epidemic shattered his enfeebled constitution . His malady , however , yielded to careful and able medical treatment , and he once more ventured to take carriage exercise , but the remnant of his
strength seemed to have quite departed , and , after a short time , he sank into a condition of irrecoverable debility . Had he lived to see this day ( the 12 th of February ) his grace would have completed the eighty-third year of his age . Plis funeral took place on the 19 th of February . The late Archbishop was a Freemason—honour to his memory!—If in high vocation , as the first spiritual peer of this great empire , he found no time to enter into the strict examination of our peculiar mysteries , or at any rateto give public testimony of his active serviceshis benevolent
, , character was the best practical illustration of their inestimable value . It had been our intention to have made searching enquiries into the masonic particulars of his career , but the recent occurrences have so riveted our attention , as to prevent our giving more than the following : —A knowledge of the pure spirit that tenanted the mortal coil of the deceased Archbishop , leads us to believe that he would have grieved over the recent