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fifteetver % i # tee& thousand pounds , under a parliamentary arrangement which took jxlace during the lifetime of Dr * Robinson . So
considerable was the expenditure of that , prelate fop the improvement o $ his diocese , as well as of the cathedral and palace at Armagh * exclusive of very munificent
donations from his own private purse , that an act of parliament was passed empowering hhn to establish a species of mortgage on his see , by which his heirs should receive a fine of fifteen or sixteen
thousand pounds from his immediate successor , and the heirs of succeeding prelates smaller fines , decreasing in a fixed ratio , till the whole mortgage should be dis * changed * The large sum which
Archbishop Nswcome had to advance , he was enabled to pay without any inconvenience out of $ A $ private for tune , which he had managed with prudential economy , while in his various situations he
h # d upheld the dignity of the epis <^ pal -character , by a liberal attention to the demands of benevolence and hospitality . In his new situation he maintained the
same character whicn had rendered hipn the object of universal respect and esteem at Dromore , Qssory , and Waterford . It is true , that the rank to which he was elevaled obliged him to as .
sume greater state in his manner of living and appearance , and to mix more in public life , than was jpeyfecily agreeable to his wishes ; but he conducted himself through
tbose s ^ oes with same pro-Rri ^ y rtvbich governed him in all Jjifr intercourse with the world , rejoicipg when he was enabled to withdraw J rojiv them to riie efijoy - meot of dormice felicity , and ( Lbe
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pursuit of his beloved . studies . In the year 1795 > the archbishop published bis " Primary Charge , " in quarto , which calls the atten * tion of the clergy to a very im * portant and much neglected part of the pastoral care , that of occasional and private instruction . With equal good sense , knowledge of the world , and zeal for the
interests of practical religion , the author points out in it the qualifi . cations for the duty which he recommends ; the opportunities for private instruction which arise from the ordinary course of the clerical duty , and those which
accidentally offer themselves ; and the manner of communicating i rv * stmction to different descriptions
of persons . This charge was the last publication of the worthy prelate during his lifetime , who , to the deep regret of all good men , died at Dublin on the 11 th of
January , 1800 , in the 7 lst year ofhisage . We shall not repeat the encomiums which in the preceding narrative we have bestowed on the erudition . zeaL and
services in the cause of sacred li te * rature , faithful indefatigable discharge of his episcopal duties , and admirable personal endowments and amiable qualities of Archbishop Newcome , but coijclude in applying to him the
character which he has given of Bishop Burnet in his pastoral charge : be was " an incomparable prel&lf , equally conspicuous for his knowledge , his labours , and his piety /' It is almost needless to add , that such a man as we have seen Dr .
Newcome to have been , peculiarly endeared himself in his domestic and friendly relations . Soon after the archbishop ' s death , the stores of biblical literature
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Memoir of Arc A bis Aop Nero come . < 56 X
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1814, page 261, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2440/page/5/
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