rejected. It was merely in the capacity of his Lordship's librarian, or, rather, his literary and philofophical companion, in the hours that could be devoted to such pursuits, that Dr. Priestley be came an inmate with him. The domeftic tuition of Lord Shelburne's fons was already committed to a man of merit, and they received from Dr. Priestley no other inftruction than that of fome courfes of experimental philofophy. During this period, his family refided at Calne, in Wiltshire, adjacent to Bowwood, the country-feat of lord Shelburne. Dr. Priestley frequently accompanied his noble patron to London, and mixed at his houfe with feveral of the eminent characters of the time, by whom he was treated with the refpect due to his talents and virtues. He alfo attended his Lordship in a vifit to Paris, where he faw many of the most celebrated men of fcience and letters in that country; and he aftonifhed them by his affertion of a firm belief in revealed religion, which had been prefented to their minds in fuch colours, that they thought no man of fenfe could hefitate in rejecting it as an idle fable. Whilft he was enjoying the advantages of this fituation, in every afliftance from books and a noble apparatus for the purfuit of experimental inquiry, he also appeared in the height of his fame as an acute metaphyfician. In 1775, he publifhed his "Examination of Dr. Reid on the Human Mind; Dr. Beattie on the Nature and Immutability of Truth: and Dr. Ofwald's Appeal to Common Senfe." The purpofe of this volume was to refute the new doctrine of com man ferfe, employed as the criterion of truth by the metaphyficians of Scotland, and to prepare the way for the reception of the Hartleian theory of the human mind, which he was then engaged in prefenting under a more popular and intelligible form. They who conceive Dr. Prieftley to have been triumphant in argument on this occafion, agree in difapproving (as he himfelf did afterwards) the contempt and farcafm with which he treated his antagonifts, which they do not think excufed by the air of arrogance and felffufficiency affumed by these writers in heir ftrictures upon other reafoners. But this was not the only inftance in which he thought it allowable to enliven the dryness of controversy by strokes of ridicule. He never intentionally mifreprefented either the arguments or the purposes of an opponent; but he measured the refpect with which he treated him, by that which he felt for him in his own mind. (To be continued.} Died in Boston, on Monday 13th Auguft, greatly beloved and lamented, but particularly fo by his Church and Congregation, Rev. SIMEON HOWARD, D. D. Paftor of the Society at Weft-Boston, in the 72d year of his age, and 37th of his miniftry. Perhaps no one ever paffed through a life, fo occupied as his was, with fewer enemies, and more and fincerer friends; for he was fo amiable, diffident, and conciliating in his manners, that if he ever had any, they could find nothing in him to cenfure, while the latter had every thing to admire. Striving always for a confcience void of offence towards God and man, his whole life was an affemblage and one uniform exhibition of all the chriftian virtues. An ardent lover of his country, he was an early advocate for its freedom and independence; and he conftantly recommended the practice of the focial duties, as highly neceffary to its peace and glory :-And if he differed from fome in his political creed, it was in that mild and ingeniers manner, that his opponents were almoft induced to become his converts. In domeftic life he was the kind and cheerful hufband, the tender affectionate parent, and the meek condescending mafter. With a difpofition fo engaging, and a mind fo modeft and unafluming, and fhrinking as it were from the public eye, it is not to be wondered at, that the honours of many diftinguished focieties followed him in the retirement of the clofet, for we foon faw him the Pref ident of fome, and a member of almoft all thofe literary institutions, which are the ornament of our country. But amidst all thofe great public avocations, he did not forget the great bufinefs which he had undertaken to do. minifter of the gospel, we behold him, As a like his divine Master, both by precept and example, adorning the doctrines he profeffed. His fermons were always upon fubjects the most interesting and important to man; and they were written in fuch a luminous and elegant style, and delivered in fo ferious and devout a manner, that it was as impoflible not to liften to the preacher, as it was not to love and venerate the man, as a close, correct, and deep thinker. In the science of Divinity, perhaps there were few who equalled him, certainly not many who excelled him; and although he was not naturally eloquent, he was however copious in prayer, and uncommonly pertinent when occafion required it. In a word, no man of taste ever beard Dr. Howard, who did not with to hear him again, and no one ever knew him, who did not wifh with him a more intimate acquaintance. "He was a preacher, fimple, grave, fincere; The remains of Dr. Howard were entombed on Wednesday the 15th day, with every token of love and refpect for his memory. The corpfe was conveyed to the Weft-Bofton meeting house, which was dressed in sable habiliments, where the funeral fervices were performed. The Rev. Dr. Lathrop addreffed the throne of grace, in a very feeling and fervid manner, on the mournful occafion;-and an affecting and very pertinent difcourfe was delivered by the Rev. Prefident Willard, from part of Rev. ii. 10." Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." Hymns and an anthem were interfperfed in the fervices. The Committee, Members of the Church, and the Congregation, "from lifping infancy to hoary eld," preceded the corpfe to the place of interment; which was followed by the mourning relatives, a numerous body of the Clergy of all denominations of this and the neighburing towns, the late President of the United States, the Lieutenant-Governour, Chief Justice Dana, the Profeflors and other Governours of the University, the Prefident, Officers, and Members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Humane Society, and other Inftitutions, and a long train of private citizens. The pall was borne by the Rev. Prefident Harvard College, Rev. Dr. Lathrop, Rev. Dr. Eckley, Rev. Dr. Eliot, Rev. Mr. Porter, and Rev. Mr. Emerson. Many of the fhops and stores were clofed in the streets through which the proceflion passed. At Concord on the 1ft Aug. Dr. TIMOTHY MINOT, in the 79th year of his age. He was the fon of the pious and amiable Mr. Minot, who, for many years in that town, was employed as an inftructer of languages, and who was defcended from the ancient and respectable family of the fame name in the town of Dorchefter. Dr. Minot receiv→ ed the honours of Harvard College in the years 1747 and '50. He early devoted himself to the study of medicine, was an approved practitioner, and in the treatment of rheumatic and chronical cafes, eminent. He was one of the founders of the Middlefex Medical Affociation, and an officer of it until he died. As an inhabitant of the town in which he lived, he fustained with fidelity important offices. A christian by education and profeffion, he manifested the fpirit of his religion in the intercourfes of life. In the fociety of a beautiful and excellent wife, from whom he was feparated but a little while, he reared a numerous and refpectable family, to whom he has left a fair inheritance, and a good name which is better than precious ointment. At Rowley, Mrs. APHIA GAGE, Æt, 88, relict of the late Col. Thomas Gage. Her defcendants are 2 children, S6 gr. children, 32 great-grand-children, and 1 whole 77; of which 64 are now living. of the 4th generation, making in the At Berwick, (Maine) Elder DANIEL LIBBEY, Æt. 88. His defcendants are 16 children, 113 grand-children, and 72 great-grand-children; in all 201. Male. Fem. 2 Males Females Sex not returned - 30 Total 84 DEATHS. Complaint. Age. Aphtha 38 y. Asthma 37 y. 1 Accident 1 Canker-rafh . 4y. 1 2 1 7 2 IV. An English Differtation on"Duelling," by Andrews Norten. V. A Hebrew Oration on—“ Pride,” by Mofes Webfter. VI. An English Conference on"The influence of Painting, Mufic, and Oratory upon the Paffions," by Thomas Jeffries Eckley, Samuel Orne, and Jofeph Sprague. VII. An English Poem on-" Credulity," by William Freeman. Vill. Á Greek Dialogue on-“ Spartan Manners," by Nathaniel Morton Davis, Samuel Servall, and William SimmonNS. IX. An English Conference on"Water, Air, Heat, and Light." by Amos Clark, Benjamin Merrill, Charles Apthorp Morton, and Setb Newcomb. X. An English Oration on- The mutual influence of Government and Religion," by John Stickney. XI. A forenfic Difputation on this 1 question-" Whether the Law of Nature be equally applicable to Individ, uals and Nations," by Jofeph Emerfon Smith, and Albur Ware. 1 XII. An English Poem on-" The 2 influence of Poetry," by Jofeph Head. XIII. An English Colloquy on"The advantages of public over private 2 Education," by Samuel Cary and Benja min Ropes Nichols. 1 Total, 43 deaths; of which are,adults, 8 males, 20 females, and 15 infants. Bofton, Aug. 31. COMMENCEMENT. On Wednesday, Aug. 29, the annual Commencement of Harvard Univerfity at Cambridge was attended in the ufual forms. The following is the order of exercises for candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. I. A falutatory Oration in Latin, by Thomas Alpinwall. II. A forenfic Difputation on this question" Whether physical inability, voluntarily contracted, deftroy moral obligation?" by Oliver Brown and Jaaab Crafty. XIV. English Compofitions on various fubjects, by Robert Adams, Abd Boynton, Stephen Chapin, Abraham Eufiu, Benjamin Guild, and Jofeph Hovey. XV. An English Oration on"Reverence of Antiquity," by Samed Cooper Thacher, The third and the eleventh exercifes were omitted by reafon of the fickness or abfence of performers. After the performances of the candidates for the first degree, an English Oration on-" Imitation" was delivered by Mr. Benjamin Pierce, The following young gentlemen were then made Bachelors of Arts. Robert Adams, William Afpinwall, Thomas Afpinwall, Jonathan Bafs, Abel Boynton, John Brewer, Oliver Brown, Elijah Brown, Henry Brown, Joves Buckminster, Samuel Cary, Stephen Chapin, Jabez Chickering, Amos Clark, Jaazaniah Crosby, Thomas J. H. Cuth, HI An English Conference on"The evils arifing to fociety from Avarice, Indolence, and Ambition," by Honey Brown, Jabez Chickering, and Ting, Timothy Davis, Nathaniel Morton Milig Davis. Davis, Thomas Jeffries Eckley, Abras ham Euftis, Mark Farley, William Freeman, George Washington Frye, Ebenezer Greenough, Benjamin Guild, Charles Chauncy Haven, Jofeph Head, Jacob Hewins, Jofeph Hovey, Leonard Kimball, John Law, Samuel Livermore, John Loud, John Merrill, Benjamin Merrill, Charles Apthorp Morton, Seth Newcomb, Benjamin Ropes Nichols, Andrews Norton, Samuel Orne, Jofeph Otis Ofgood, Phineas Page, Wyman Richardfon, Samuel Ripley, William Scollay, Samuel Sewall, William Simmons, Jofeph Emerfon Smith, Jofeph Sprague, John Starr, John Stickney, Jeremiah Stimpfon, Bezaleel Taft, David Tappan, Samuel Cooper Thacher, Samuel Ruffell Trevett, Athur Ware, Owen Warland, Mofes Webster, Jonathan Wild. MASTERS OF ARTS. In Courfe-John Stevens Abbot, Jo fiah Adams, Wilkes Allen, William Bartlett, William Chandler, Samuel Mather Crocker, Jacob Abbot Cummings, Edward Cutts, Thomas Dawes, John Dix, John Forrester, Abel Fox, Timothy Fuller,John Gorham, Robert Hallowell, Moody Kent, Luther Lawrence, Henry Newman, Charles Chauncy Parfons, Benjamin Pierce, Elias Phinney, William Bant Sullivan, George Sullivan, Enoch Sawyer Tappan, William Starkey Titcomb, Nathaniel Williams. Out of Courfe.-Mofes Little, A.B. 1787. William Biglow, A. B. 1794. William Ballard and Rufus Wyman, A. B. 1799. Horatio Bean and Timothy Boutell, A. B. 1800. Mafiers of Arts of Dartmouth College ad- Samuel Ayer Bradley, Daniel Webster. On the 15th Aug. was attended the first Commencement of the University of Vermont in Burlington, when were had the following performances. FORENOON EXERCISES. 1. Declamation in Greek, by John H. Chaplin. 2. English Oration on Agriculture, bg Afabel Langworthy. 3. Dialogue on the Languages, by Henry Borwick, Platt Newcomb, and Arch'd Hyde. 4. Declamation on the word "Why," by Satterlee Clarke. 5. Forensic Disputation on this queftion-Whether party spirit be beneficial to a nation? by Ezra C. Cross, and Gardner Child. 6. Declamation, by Lewis Jobnfon. 7. Dialogue, by Caffius F. Pomeroy, and James L. Sawyer. 8. English Oration on Aftronomy, by Warren Loomis. 9. Dialogue, by E. C. Gross, J Strong, and G. Child. 10. Declamation, by C. F. Pomeroy. 11. English Oration on the origin of party, by S. Clarke. this 12. Declamation, by J. L. Sawyer. 13. Forenfic Difputation on queftion-Whether an extensive territory be beneficial to a republican gov ernment by 7. H. Chaplin and J. Strong. 14. English Oration on the progrefs of improvement, by Oliver Hubbels AFTERNOON. 1. The falutatory Oration, by Charles Adams. 2. A forenfic Difputation on this question-Whether practifing phyficians are advantageous to mankind? by Wheeler Barns and Jairus Kennan. 3. Law-Cafe, by L. Johnson, H. Rufus Wyman, Abel Fox, John Gor- Bofiwick, and S. Clarke. ham. Honorary Doctorates conferred. 4. Difpute on this question-Whether capital punishments in civil govern ments be the best preventatives of crimes? by 0. Hubbel and A. Langworthy. by W. Barns. 6. English Oration on the evils of party fpirit, by C. Adams. 7. English Oration on Happiness, by Juftus P. Wheeler. 8. Valedictory Oration, by J. Kennan 30.1172 ENE Cloudy morning. 30.175 E by N fprinkling A. M.-At M. and after clear. 88.30.169 SE 3 Fair-fome clouds-rain in the evening, and fome thunder and lightning. 8 29.970 WNW Rain, early in morning -fome fprinkling afterwards. Alternate clouds Fair. Hazy fome parts 8 30. 71 SSW Cloudy-fome fprinkling. Cloudy-rain in evening, attended with lightning. 8 29.971 NW Cloudy mot of the day. 8 29.961 WSW Fair and clear. Hary in 2 29.9 76 Wbys the evening. ss. 29.8 72 NNÉ to 29.9 66 Cloudy till 2 of the P. M. Afterwards fair and clear. Fair-clear. Hazy in the evening. Cloudy all day. Some Sprinkling. In evening high 8 30. 71W 152 0.83 SE $8.30.78 S 1030. 73 8 30. 70V 162 30.8W SS 30. 78 SW JAC 30. 741 Cloudy, and high wind Cloudy A. M.-Clear and fair P. M. 8 30.155W Cloudy morning-Faif& clear after to of the A.M. ss. 29.9 81 SSW 10/29.9/79 The wind is obferved at 8 of the A. M. 1 P. M. and at funfet.The mean ftate of the thermometer this month, by the foregoing ab fervations, is 70,6. The afcription of an ode to C. P. Sum ner, Efq. in our table of contents for July, was a mistake of the printers. |