They likewise appointed him an annuity of 80l. as an acknowledgment of his past services, and as some consolation under that misfortune which drove him into retirement. But the greatest compliment which they paid him was, to solicit the Minister for a vacant stall in the cathedral of Worcester; to which he was appointed in 1797, and occupied, with the Rectory of Harrington, in the same county, till his death, an event which is thus recorded on a monument of white marble in the South aile of the Cathedral: "Sacred to the memory

of THOMAS JAMES *, Doctor in Divinity,

heretofore Fellow and Tutor of King's College in Cambridge,
sixteen years Head Master of Rugby School
in the County of Warwick,

and afterwards Prebendary of this Church:
a sincere disciple of Christ,

with all the meekness and humility of his Master;
and guileless,

if ever such there were among the sons of men.
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one,
without the smallest spark

of scholastic pride or acrimony;
and with what zeal, labour, and felicity,
he dealt out the treasures of his learning
for the benefit of the rising generation,
the present age knows and acknowledges,
and succeeding ages will feel with gratitude;
while so singular was the attachment,
the veneration, and filial love of his Scholars
for their Master, their Friend, and their Parent,
as hardly obtained belief

but from those who witnessed it:
strict himself in the exercise of every duty,
yet compassionate to the failings of others,
he held that virtue the most sacred,
which is indeed of all the most comprehensive,
the love of human kind.

Having at his Church of Harrington, on Sunday the
23d day of September, 1804,

exemplarily discharged the duties of his pastoral office,
at midnight, on a sudden call of his Master, scarcely
wakened from the restless sleep of this world,
he slept in peace everlasting, aged 55 years.
This memorial of his virtues was erected
by his widow, ARABELLA JAMES.

*There is a handsome portrait of Dr. James, engraved by the contribution of some gentlemen who had been his scholars.

The

The Rev. JOHN FARRER.

This eminent Schoolmaster and pious Divine was born, in 1735, at Bousfield, in the parish of Orton, Westmoreland, of respectable parents, who possessed a small independent patrimony: his mother was a descendant of the same family as the celebrated Joseph Addison. He was educated by the Rev. Richard Yates, M. A. of Appleby, where he was contemporary with Dr. John Langhorne, and Dr. Collinson (since Provost of Queen's College). He afterwards became assistant to Mr. Yates, and in his 20th year removed to Newcastle upon-Tyne to conduct a school upon his own account. In the year 1760 he was admitted into holy orders, and appointed Master of the Grammar School* at Bishop Auckland. In 1762 he married Frances, daughter of Sir William Richardson, Bart. by whom he had an only child, a daughter (Margaret), married to James Forster, Esq. of Carlisle.

In 1765 he was nominated to the Perpetual Curacy of Witton-le-wear; and, not long after, to Hamstarley, by his worthy patron and friend, John Cuthbert, Esq. of Witton Castle. Here he continued in the assiduous discharge of his duties as a Parish Priest, and Schoolmaster, 28 years. In the former capacity he was a popular and much-admired Preacher; his discourses were perspicuous and energetic; he enjoyed the advantage of a full, clear, and harmonious delivery; and his own life was an illustration of the doctrine he taught. In the latter, his character is so ably delineated in the quotation from Quintilian inscribed on his monument, that all who were under his care can bear witness to its truth.

* This was

"the School near Auckland," one of the best in England, at which Mr. Bayley (Literary Anecdotes, vol. IX. p. 741) was an assistant.

In the year 1793 he had the misfortune to lose his wife, who was buried at South Church (where a neat mural monument of white marble is erected to her memory); and this heavy domestic calamity, perhaps, induced him to accept the Rectory of Sunderland, offered him by the Bishop of Durham, though the duty was very great, and the emolument at that time but moderate. From this charge, however, which was too much for his years and declining health, he was relieved (greatly to his own satisfaction, though not in a pecuniary view) by his appointment to the Vicarage of Stanwix, a small village near Carlisle, which enabled him to become an inmate with his son-in-law and daughter, settled in that city, whose filial affection anticipated every wish, and alleviated every care; and here, after a useful and well-spent life, and no long illness, he departed this life November 23, 1808, in his 73d year. He was buried at Stanwix, where a plain stone was set up, with an inscription written by himself.

His Pupils have testified their regard for him by placing a handsome monument to his memory (by Bacon, jun.) in the church of Witton-le-wear. It is composed of a pyramid of black marble in the back ground, and an urn in white marble, partly shaded with drapery, in the front.

On an open book on the base of the pyramid is inscribed,

A good Minister
of Jesus Christ,
nourished up
in the words
of faith, and of
good doctrine,

an example of
the believers
in word, in con-
versation, in
charity, in spirit,
in faith, in purity.

On the left of the book a scroll, with

"Sumat ante omnia Parentis erga Discipulos suos animum, ac succedere se in eorum locum, a quibus sibi

liberi traduntur, existimet. Ipse nec habeat vitia nec ferat. Non austeritas ejus tristis, non dissoluta sit comitas; ne inde odium, hinc contemptus oriatur. Plurimus ei de honesto ac bono sit sermo; Nam quo sæpius monuerit hoc rarius castigabit. Minime iracundus, nec tamen eorum quæ emendanda erunt, dissimulator; Simplex in docendo, patiens laboris, assiduus potius quam immodicus. QUINTILIAN, lib. ii. cap. 2.

On the tablet, in Roman capitals :

Sacred to the memory of

the Reverend JOHN FARRER,
Minister of this Parish,

and Master of the School in this village. Having faithfully discharged these important duties for twenty-eight years,

he resigned his school, A. D. 1794,
on being appointed to the rectory of Sunderland
near the Sea,

from which he removed in the succeeding year
to the Vicarage of Stanwix, near Carlisle,
where, firm in faith, and full in hope,
he closed a pious and beneficent life
November 23, A. D. 1808, aged 73 years.
On this hallowed ground,
distinguished by his active services

in illustrating and impressing the solemn truths of the Gospel,

his Pupils have raised this monument
as a testimony of their gratitude and affection
for his truly paternal care and diligence

in teaching them the principles of liberal and useful knowledge,

and in training them up in the paths of religion and virtue.

Mr. Farrer published several elementary books for the use of schools; and also a Sermon preached at the Visitation of the Lord Bishop of Carlisle in the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, Carlisle, 25 June 1798, from Matthew v. 16.

The

The Rev. THOMAS WILSON,

Rector of Claughton in Lancashire, Minister of the Chapels of Clitheroe and Downham in that County, and Master of the Free Grammar School at Clitheroe, is well known to the Learned World as Author of "An Archæological Dictionary; or, Classical Antiquities of the Jews, Greeks, and Romans, alphabetically arranged; containing an Account of their Manners, Customs, Diversions, Religious Rites, Festivals, Oracles, Laws, Arts, Engines of War, Weights, Measures, Money, Medals, Computation and Division of Time, &c. 1783*;" which he dedicated to Dr. Samuel Johnson†.

* Notwithstanding some slight defects, this is a very useful performance; for, though Potter's "Archæologia," and "Kennet's Antiquities," as Mr. Wilson remarks, are deservedly held in high esteem, yet the former seems rather calculated for the man of erudition than for the student, and the latter is silent concerning several useful articles.

+ Who thus acknowledged the compliment:

"REV. SIR, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, London, Dec. 31, 1782. "That I have so long omitted to return you thanks for the honour conferred upon me by your Dedication, I entreat you with great earnestness not to consider as more faulty than it is. A very importunate and oppressive disorder has for some time debarred me from the pleasures, and obstructed me in the duties of life. The esteem and kindness of wise and good men is one of the last pleasures which I can be content to lose; and gratitude to those from whom this pleasure is received, is a duty of which I hope never to be reproached with the final neglect.

"I therefore now return you thanks for the notice which I have received from you, and which I consider as giving to my name not only more bulk, but more weight; not only as extending its superficies, but as encreasing its value.

"Your book was evidently wanted, and will, I hope, find its way into the schools; to which, however, I do not mean to confine it; for no man has so much skill in antient rites and practices as not to want it.

"As I suppose myself to owe part of your kindness to my excellent friend Dr. Patten, he has likewise a just claim to my acknowledgments, which I hope you, Sir, will transmit.

"There