the due observance of the Sabbath, a religious duty upon which he laid much stress. In the beginning of 1833, debility compelled him to relinquish all his labours, excepting one sermon on the Lord's day. This he would not forego, being resolved, as he himself expressed it, "to die harnessed." On the 31st of March he preached, for the last time, on 1 Cor. ii. 7, 8. and felt so well that he engaged to preach to the Sundayschool teachers of Southwark on the following Tuesday. On that day, however, he was so languid that another took his place, but no sooner was the sermon ended, than he ascended the pulpit and pronounced an affectionate and fervent valedictory address. He died in the evening of April 11th, 1833, without a groan or sign of agony. His funeral was attended by a vast assembly. He was buried at his own request under the pulpit of Surrey chapel, and was followed to the grave both by clergymen and dissenting ministers.

Rowland Hill's personal appearance is well known to have been attractive and commanding in a high degree. In the prime of life his nobility of aspect won respect and admiration, and even at the age of eighty years his form remained unbent.

III-LITERARY SERIES.

Hugh Macauley Boyd.

BORN A. D. 1746.-DIED A. D. 1794.

HUGH BOYD was the son of Alexander Macauley, Esq. M. P. for Thomaston, in Ireland, and the intimate friend of Dean Swift. He was born in Ship street, Dublin, on the 10th of April, 1746. His father was extremely attentive to the education of his children; his son used to say that he was put very young to school, and soon became much attached to books. He was educated by the Rev. William Ball, whose school, among other distinguished scholars and characters, sent forth Lord Clare and Henry Grattan, who being nearly of the same age, were of the same class with our author. He was received as a fellowcommoner into the university of Dublin, by the name of Hugh Macauley, on the 8th of July, 1761. Here he is said, by his biographer, to have pursued his favourite studies with assiduity and success. He obtained his B. A. degree in 1765, after which he remained for some time in suspense about the choice of a profession. He inclined to prefer the army to the bar; as his eldest brother Alexander had already entered himself of the Temple; but after some consideration, he determined to follow the profession of his father. In the meantime, owing to his passion for play, and habits of dissipation, he became involved in pecuniary difficulties at the age of nineteen.

With all those embarrassments and habits, he came to London, before the decease of his father, in order to prosecute the study of the law But bis propensities carried him as often to St Stephen's chapel as to

which was ably answered by Scott, the author of the Commentary on the Bible. In 1821 Bishop Tomline published, in three 8vo. volumes, 'Memoirs of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt.' Bishop Tomline died on the 14th December, 1828.

Bishop Lloyd.

BORN A. D. 1784.-DIED A. D. 1829.

DR LLOYD'S father was rector of Ashton-sub-Edge, in Gloucestershire, and head of a well-known private academy at Peterley house. The future bishop was born at Downley in Bucks. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, and took the first place in a severe examination for the degree of B. A. in 1806.

In 1819 he was named preacher at Lincoln's inn, and appointed chaplain to the archbishop of Canterbury. In 1822, on the death of Dr Hodgson, he was appointed Regius professor of divinity at Oxford. On the death of Bishop Legge, in 1827, Dr Lloyd was elevated to the see of Oxford; but he enjoyed his high dignity only two years. died on the 31st of May, 1829.

He

Bishop Lloyd's reputation as a scholar stood very high, both in mathematical and classical learning. His most important appearance in his legislative capacity was on the second reading of the Catholic Relief bill, on the 2d of April, 1829, when he delivered an excellent and impressive speech in favour of the measure. The following is the peroration of this address as given in the Mirror of Parliament: "My lords, I hope I have not diminished the dangers of the Irish church: they are assuredly very great; but the question now before us is, not whether the church of Ireland is in danger, but whether the measure now proposed by his majesty's government is calculated to diminish or increase that danger. My lords, after what I have heard with great sorrow from the primate of that church, I will not venture to express a strong opinion on the subject; but this I must say, that I think I can see in this measure some faint gleam of hope, and hail the dawning of a brighter day. My lords, I hope that this measure will carry English capital into Ireland; and that Protestants will go along with it. I hope that those who have hitherto lived out of their country, in consequence of its troubles and disturbances, will, many of them, return thither, and encourage every thing that is peaceable and good. I hope that the Protestant ministers will now find a more willing audience, and their instructions a readier admission into the hearts of those who hear them. But, my lords, I will say no more on that point. This is the only part of the subject which has for some years past pressed on my mind, and made me hesitate as to the propriety of measures similar to the present; and let not, I beseech you, my doubting hopes influence your judgments on this momentous part of the question now before your lordships. Give to the church of Ireland your most solemn and serious consideration. Do not, I entreat you, treat with scoffs, or levity, or disrespect, the fears, perhaps the too just fears, of those who are alarmed and agitated for her safety. In the aristocracy of England the church of England has hitherto found her firmest guardians and supporters:

here let the church of Ireland find them too. On your care, and vigilance, and religion, let the united church of England and Ireland securely rest. Preserve her against the intrigues of the cunning, the lust of the avaricious, the violence of profligate and rebellious men. Preserve her inviolate against that day (a day which shall assuredly come), when Ireland shall, at last, be converted to a holier doctrine and a purer faith. Preserve her inviolate against that day, when the sons of Ireland, returning from a longer than Assyrian captivity, shall find that the temple of the Lord has been already built, and the foundations have been long since laid; and if ye shall do this, whatever may be the event of your deliberations, (as the event is assuredly in the hands of Providence,) still posterity shall say, that posterity, of whose judgment we have been not unkindly or ungenerously reminded,-posterity will say, that the peers of England, when they admitted the lay members of the Catholic body into the communion of the legislature, still did not put God out of the question, but went about Sion, and marked well her bulwarks, that they might tell them that come after."

Rowland Hill.

BORN A. D. 1745.-Died A. D. 1833.

ROWLAND HILL was born at Hawkstone, in Shropshire, August 23d, 1745. He was the sixth son of Sir Rowland Hill, Baronet. All that we know of his early childhood is, that he displayed that liveliness of disposition which in later life so strongly characterized him. It is worthy of remark, too, that he never learned to look upon this gaiety of spirit as a weakness or a fault, but to the end of life reverted with pleasure to the drolleries of his childhood.

There were six livings of considerable value in the gift of the Hill family, but so restricted that they could only be conferred on fellows of St John's college, Cambridge. As it was his father's wish that Rowland should enter the church, in which he fully acquiesced, he was sent to Cambridge, instead of Oxford, where most of his family were bred, in order to qualify him for presentation. He entered as a pensioner, but on a change of his designs, became a fellow-commoner, a class of students, who, from their superior rank and situation, are not eligible to fellowships.

One of the earliest acquaintance of Rowland Hill at Cambridge, was Berridge, the well-known itinerant clergyman, who, though he had a stated parish, and a private fortune, preached for many years in fields and farm-yards, through the counties of Cambridge, Essex, Hartford, Bedford, and Huntingdon. He rented houses and barns, maintained lay-preachers, and travelled at his own expense. Under his influence, Rowland Hill began to manifest a zeal which, though sincere, was too erratic to escape official censure. In addition to his labours among

the students, some of whom ascribed their conversion to his instrumentality, and among the sick and prisoners, he began to preach in Cambridge and the adjoining villages. In the midst of these personal exertions at Cambridge, he maintained a correspondence with such as were like-minded in the sister university. There, the opposition was

which was ably answered by Scott, the author of the Commentary on the Bible. In 1821 Bishop Tomline published, in three 8vo. volumes, 'Memoirs of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt.' Bishop Tomline died on the 14th December, 1828.

Bishop Lloyd.

BORN A. D. 1784.-DIED A. D. 1829.

DR LLOYD'S father was rector of Ashton-sub-Edge, in Gloucestershire, and head of a well-known private academy at Peterley house. The future bishop was born at Downley in Bucks. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, and took the first place in a severe examination for the degree of B. A. in 1806.

In 1819 he was named preacher at Lincoln's inn, and appointed chaplain to the archbishop of Canterbury. In 1822, on the death of Dr Hodgson, he was appointed Regius professor of divinity at Oxford. On the death of Bishop Legge, in 1827, Dr Lloyd was elevated to the see of Oxford; but he enjoyed his high dignity only two years. He died on the 31st of May, 1829.

Bishop Lloyd's reputation as a scholar stood very high, both in mathematical and classical learning. His most important appearance

in his legislative capacity was on the second reading of the Catholic Relief bill, on the 2d of April, 1829, when he delivered an excellent and impressive speech in favour of the measure. The following is the peroration of this address as given in the Mirror of Parliament: "My lords, I hope I have not diminished the dangers of the Irish church: they are assuredly very great; but the question now before us is, not whether the church of Ireland is in danger, but whether the measure now proposed by his majesty's government is calculated to diminish or increase that danger. My lords, after what I have heard with great sorrow from the primate of that church, I will not venture to express a strong opinion on the subject; but this I must say, that I think I can see in this measure some faint gleam of hope, and hail the dawning of a brighter day. My lords, I hope that this measure will carry English capital into Ireland; and that Protestants will go along with it. I hope that those who have hitherto lived out of their country, in consequence of its troubles and disturbances, will, many of them, return thither, and encourage every thing that is peaceable and good. I hope that the Protestant ministers will now find a more willing audience, and their instructions a readier admission into the hearts of those who hear them. But, my lords, I will say no more on that point. This is the only part of the subject which has for some years past pressed on my mind, and made me hesitate as to the propriety of measures similar to the present; and let not, I beseech you, my doubting hopes influence your judgments on this momentous part of the question now before your lordships. Give to the church of Ireland your most solemn and serious consideration. Do not, I entreat you, treat with scoffs, or levity, or disrespect, the fears, perhaps the too just fears, of those who are alarmed and agitated for her safety. In the aristocracy of England the church of England has hitherto found her firmest guardians and supporters:

here let the church of Ireland find them too. On your care, and vigilance, and religion, let the united church of England and Ireland securely rest. Preserve her against the intrigues of the cunning, the lust of the avaricious, the violence of profligate and rebellious men. Preserve her inviolate against that day (a day which shall assuredly come), when Ireland shall, at last, be converted to a holier doctrine and a purer faith. Preserve her inviolate against that day, when the sons of Ireland, returning from a longer than Assyrian captivity, shall find that the temple of the Lord has been already built, and the foundations have been long since laid; and if ye shall do this, whatever may be the event of your deliberations, (as the event is assuredly in the hands of Providence,) still posterity shall say, that posterity, of whose judgment we have been not unkindly or ungenerously reminded,-posterity will say, that the peers of England, when they admitted the lay members of the Catholic body into the communion of the legislature, still did not put God out of the question, but went about Sion, and marked well her bulwarks, that they might tell them that come after."

Rowland Hill.

BORN A. D. 1745-died A. D. 1833.

ROWLAND HILL was born at Hawkstone, in Shropshire, August 23d, 1745. He was the sixth son of Sir Rowland Hill, Baronet. All that we know of his early childhood is, that he displayed that liveliness of disposition which in later life so strongly characterized him. It is worthy of remark, too, that he never learned to look upon this gaiety of spirit as a weakness or a fault, but to the end of life reverted with pleasure to the drolleries of his childhood.

There were six livings of considerable value in the gift of the Hill family, but so restricted that they could only be conferred on fellows of St John's college, Cambridge. As it was his father's wish that Rowland should enter the church, in which he fully acquiesced, he was sent to Cambridge, instead of Oxford, where most of his family were bred, in order to qualify him for presentation. He entered as a pensioner, but on a change of his designs, became a fellow-commoner, a class of students, who, from their superior rank and situation, are not eligible to fellowships.

One of the earliest acquaintance of Rowland Hill at Cambridge, was Berridge, the well-known itinerant clergyman, who, though he had a stated parish, and a private fortune, preached for many years in fields and farm-yards, through the counties of Cambridge, Essex, Hartford, Bedford, and Huntingdon. He rented houses and barns, maintained lay-preachers, and travelled at his own expense. Under his influence, Rowland Hill began to manifest a zeal which, though sincere, was too erratic to escape official censure. In addition to his labours among the students, some of whom ascribed their conversion to his instrumentality, and among the sick and prisoners, he began to preach in Cambridge and the adjoining villages. In the midst of these personal exertions at Cambridge, he maintained a correspondence with such as were like-minded in the sister university. There, the opposition was