always enclosed a munificent contribution, he generally adverted to the probability of each of them being the last that he should be spared to write.

On the 25th of March, 1826, at one o'clock in the morning, after an illness which had confined him somewhat more than six weeks, this truly venerable Prelate died at his house in Cavendish-square, in the 92d year of his age, and the 57th of his episcopal functions.

It was stated that his decease occurring after twelve o'clock on the morning of the 25th, being quarterday, gave his representatives the emoluments of one half-year, which would not have been the case had he died before twelve the night preceding.

There is an original portrait of his Lordship in the series of the Bishop's portraits in Salisbury palace. There is an engraving by Jones, after Romney, 1786; another, from a medallion profile, in the European Magazine, 1790; a good engraving by C. Picart, from a drawing by H. Edridge, was published in Cadell's "British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits;" but a later likeness is one taken by A. Robertson, miniature-painter to the Duke of Sussex, and engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to her late Majesty) in Mr. Surtees's History of Durham. From the last the accompanying plate is copied.

The substance of his Lordship's long and curious Will shall now be given. It was proved, with two codicils, in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury on the 12th of April, 1826, by his great-nephews, the Hon. William Keppel Barrington and the Hon. Augustus Barrington, two of the executors, to whom administration was granted. The personal estate and effects were sworn under £160,000. The Will is written on forty-three sheets, and commences in the following terms:

"I, Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, being of sound health, both of body and mind, but not forgetful of the uncer

tainty of life, do hereby publish and declare this to be my last will and testament. My soul I commit to that Almighty Being from whom I received it, humbly hoping that He will mercifully pardon all the sins and errors of which I have at any time been guilty; and that He will deign to accept my imperfect services through the merits and mediation of his blessed Son Jesus Christ, the truth of whose Gospel I most unfeignedly believe, and for the benefits derived to mankind from whose doctrines, precepts, example, efficacious death, atonement, and intercession, I entertain the most devout and grateful sense.

"To relieve my executors from any doubts which they might otherwise have respecting the disposal of my remains, I desire that they may be interred, with the utmost simplicity, in the vault of Mongewell Church, should I die there, or at London; but if I die at Durham, or Auckland Castle, that then they may be deposited in the chapel at the last of those two places, without any vain pomp or idle parade. Should it please God to remove me out of this world by distemper, attended with uncommon symptoms, the cause of which, it is apprehended by the medical persons attending me, may be discovered by dissection, 1 expressly order that my body may be opened, and my case published for the benefit of my fellow creatures."

The Bishop gives his real estates at and near Bedlington in Durham, severally purchased of Sir James Riddell, bart. John Atkinson, Esq. Nicholas Tamperley, Esq. and William Watson, Esq. and taken in Exchange with Sir M. W. Ridley, bart. in trust for his great nephew the Hon. W. Keppel Barrington, and his heirs in tail male, the trustees being the Rev. Dr. Henry Philpotts, Rector of Stanhope, co. Durham, the Rev. James Baker, Chancellor of that diocese, and John Burley, of Lincoln's Inn, gent. And the tenants for life, or their trustees, are empowered to grant leases for twenty-one years.

"And whereas," continues his Lordship, "the state of health of my great nephew, Russell Barrington, having compelled him to pass every winter in a warmer climate than his own, has determined him to relinquish all thoughts of taking holy orders, the profession for which he had prepared himself, as he could not reconcile his mind to receive the emoluments of a profession when he could not conscientiously discharge its duties," an annuity of £200 for him is charged on the above estates.

His Lordship devises his house in Cavendish-square, which he holds for a long term of years by lease under the Duke of Portland, to trustees, to allow George Viscount Barrington to enjoy the same for life, and after his decease for such persons as are entitled to the freehold hereditaments at Bedlington and East Sleekburn, with power to demise the same for any term not exceeding five years.

The manor and advowson of Mongewell, the advowson of Crowmarsh, and all other the Oxfordshire estates, are given to

trustees, to the use of his great nephew Uvedale Price, only son of his late nephew Dr. Robert Price, and his heirs in tail male; in default of such issue, to trustees, to dispose of the same in the most eligible manner, the produce to be laid out in the purchase of lands and hereditaments in fee simple, in or near the parish of Shrivenham, or elsewhere in Berkshire, and conveyed to the same uses as his estates at Bedlington and East Sleekburn. His Lordship then states that, whereas he has lately purchased of Joseph William Ogle, of Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, a mansion called Warwick House, at Worthing, Sussex, with coach-house, stables, &c. and fixtures and furniture belonging, for the sum of £12,000 he gives the same to trustees, to allow Anne Elizabeth Colberg, of Cavendish-square (the com panion of the late Mrs. Barrington, and who has since resided with the Bishop), to enjoy the same for life, for her sole benefit, not subject to the control or engagements of any future husband, together with the furniture and fixtures; and after her death the whole to be sold*, and the produce paid to his executors, to be applied by them in like manner as his personal estate and effects.

The Bishop gives his own portrait by Robertsont, now hung up in the dressing-room at Mongewell, and the use of the china in the said dressing-room, to Miss Colberg, during her life; and all other his pictures and drawings in the said dressing-room, and the china in the china-room at Mongewell (and also his portrait by Robertson, and the china in the dressing-room after the death of Miss Colberg), he bequeaths to trustees, for preserving contingent remainders in the settlement of the family seat at Beckett, to permit the same to go as heir-looms with the family estate; and directs that such pictures, &c. shall not be removed from Mongewell until the mansion at Beckett be ready for their reception. He bequeaths to trustees for preserving contingent remainders in the mansion at Mongewell, all other the household furniture, linen, pictures, and other effects in and about the mansion at the time of his deccase, in trust, to permit the same to be enjoyed as heir-looms. And in default of male issue of Uvedale Price, whereby the mansion of Mongewell would be saleable, he directs that such chattels and effects should be likewise sold, and the proceeds applied in the same manner as the proceeds of the estate; provided that it shall be lawful for his great nephew Uvedale Price, or his trustees, to demise the sarne for twenty-one years.

He bequeaths to trustees £10,000, to be placed in stocks immediately after his decease, to pay the interest of the same to George Viscount Barrington for his life; after his decease to Elizabeth his wife during her life; and after the decease of the

This house was afterwards, by consent of and arrangement with the trustees, advertised for sale. + See before, p. 621.

survivor, in trust to their children, to be paid to them in equal shares.

His Lordship then states that, upon the marriage of his great nephew, William Keppel Barrington, with the Honourable Jane-Elizabeth Liddell, daughter of Thomas Henry Baron Ravensworth, the Hundred of Shrinham, alias Shrivenham Stallpits, and divers property in Berkshire, the estates of his said nephew and great nephew, were assigned and limited to uses or upon trusts in strict settlement, under some of which the daugh, ters and younger sons of his said great nephew by Jane-Elizabeth, his wife, might eventually be intitled to a portion or portions amounting £20,000, £30,000, or £40,000, as the case might happen. His Lordship now bequeaths 15,000, to be invested in the public funds within three months of his decease, there to accumulate during the life of his said great nephew, or to the full term of twenty years, and on the coropletion of the accumulation, to be applied in discharge of the said portions, and in exoneration of the hereditaments charged therewith; provided that, if before the expiration of the period of accumulation the accumulated fund should be sufficient for the purpose intended, the accumulation should immediately cease.

He gives to George and Mary-Ann Price, children of his nephew Barrington Price, £1000 each, to be invested and paid to them on coming of age; to Ann their sister, now wife of John Lyon, Esq. £1000 for her own use, independent of her husband (and the same condition to apply to bequests to any other married woman). He gives £4000 to be laid out in the stocks, in trust for all the children of Barrington Price (except the before named, and Frances wife of Wm. Heysham, Esq.) to be divided in equal shares and paid on their coming of age, accumulating in the mean time. To his nephew Robert Price £1000.

"And I give," says his Lordship, "to my niece Frances, widow of Christopher Bernard, Esq. to whom I had intended to give £1000, but as her circumstances have so considerably altered as to make even such a legacy of no importance to her, I do hereby, with undiminished affection, and as a mark of my sincere regard, give her £100 only." To his great niece Sophia, wife of the Honourable William Jervis, .£500. To ThomasBarrington Tristram, son of his niece Lovisa Cook, by her late husband the Rev. Thomas Tristram, 1060; the other two sons of his said niece having already received from him a like sum of £1000 each. To his great niece Louisa Cook, daughter of his niece Louisa Cook by her present husband, £1000. To Frances Heysham £500 only, he having already given £500 to her father for her use on her marriage.

He gives to his much valued and est eemed friends, Dr. Thomas Burgess, Bishop of Salisbury, Durell, M. A. Rector of Mongewell,

100; to the Rev. David 1,00; to Henry Phillpots,

and Rev. James Baker, £500 each, as an acknowledgment for their trouble in the execution of the trusts of his will. He gives John Burley ₤100; to the Rev. George Townshend, Prebendary of Durham, and Rev. William Stephen Gilly, of Tavistock-place, Tavistock-square, clerk, 100 each, as a mark of his regard.

He gives to the British Museum his Complutensian Bible and Aldus' Greek Septuagint and New Testament bequeathed to him by his most valued friend the Rev. Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode. He bequeaths to the trustees for preserving contingent remainders in the settlement of the family estate at Becket, all his books at Mongewell, Auckland Castle, and elsewhere, in trust to permit the same to be enjoyed as heir-looms, empowering and requesting his nephew the Viscount, but not laying him under any obligation, to select out of his books at Auckland Castle, such as he should think would be of use to Bishop Cosin's Library at Durham, and present the same; and as to the pictures of the Cornaro family, of Bishops Cosin and Crewe, and all which should be at Auckland and Durham Castle at his decease, he gives them as heir-looms to the see of Durham.

He gives to Miss Colberg various articles of plate and dinner service, such as twenty-four table spoons, twelve dessert knives and forks, twelve dessert spoons, twenty-four tea spoons, two gravy spoons, one soup spoon, two sauce ladles, one carving knife and fork, one large tea-pot, one small tea-pot, one pair of sugar-tongs, two pair of candlesticks "used by me in reading," one pair of plain higher candlesticks, three hand candlesticks, and iny late wife's travelling coffee-pot, knife, fork, and spoon in a black leather case. He gives all the remainder of his plate upon trust to be held as heir-looms.

He gives to Miss Colberg £500, to be paid within one month after his decease. He give to his great niece Jane, wife of the Rev. Octavius Piers, now resident near Weymouth, the sum of £1,000 for her separate use; and bequeaths £3,000 upon trust, to be invested in 3 per cent. consols, the dividend to Jane Piers, during her life, and afterwards divided between her children.

The following bequests are next made to several charities:To the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, £1,000; to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, £1,000. To the Clerical Orphan Society, £1,000. To the British and Foreign Bible Society, 500. To the National School, Baldwin's Gardens, for the instruction of poor children on the Madras system, £1,000. To the Missionary Society for Africa and the East, £500. To the Society for the Deaf and Dumb in London, £500. To the School for the Indigent Blind -in St. George's Fields, £500. London Fever Institution,£500. St. George's Hospital at Hyde-park-corner, £500. Middlesex Hospital, £500. Institution called the Stranger's Friend, £500. Refuge for the Destitute, situate at Middlesex House, Hackneyroad, £500. Society for the Suppression of Vice, 500. Phi