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    the Cambridge Intelligencer , a Journal- wjri'ch h ^ cla very > vtfidecirculation , and was distinguished for > ike * boldness , of its spirit , mude some severe remarks upon it , and charged the bishop , oq authority which he judged unquestionable , with being a preferment-hunter . The Bishop shall relate the cousequence :

    " In a few days after I had made this speech , I set forward into Westmoreland . Whilst 1 was on the road , Lord Grenville brouglit ' to the bar of the House of Lords , one Flower , of Cambridge , for having * been <* uihy of a breach of privilege , in

    publishing' something' against my speech ; what that something' was I never deigned to inquire . The punishment inflicted by the House was ,, as I remember , imprisonment for six months , and a fine of £ 100 . I sent the following- letter to Lord Grenville on . the occasion 5 . for I thought myself the m ^ re obl iged to hini as I had no acquaintance vvith His Lordship , and was wholly ignorant that I had been the object © f Mr . Flower ' s abuse i— ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ " CalgarthPark , Kendal , May 10 , 1799 . u My Lohd ,

    " I yesterday learned from the newspapers what has passed in the House of Lords relative jto Mr . Flower . I am sensible that your Lordship has taken up this matter from your g-reat attention to the public service ; yet I must beg you to allow me the liberty of returning * you i « y thanks for the protection which you have

    thereby afforded to myself . " I am an utter stranger to the person and 'character ' of Mr . Flower , and wholly ig-norant of the mag-nitnde of his offence ; I cannot , therefore , with propriety , interfere in soliciting" a mitigation of punishment ; but if any application should be made to the House for that purpose , I will trouble your Lordship to say that the Bishop of Landaff , as an individual , will feel much more satisfaction in forgiving * the man ' s malignity , than in avenging" it . ' " " I have the honour to be , &c . " R . LANDAFJP . " " Lord Grenville * s Answer- dated I )

    ropmorey May 14 , 1799 . " My Lord , ic I was this morning' honoured with your Lordship ^ s obliging" letter . In the instance to which it relates , I have only discharged a public duty , but it was with pleasure that I availed mvself of the

    occasion to express my respect for th ^ character of a person , whose exertions in the defence of relig-ion are , I am persuaded , thereat cause of the scandalous an 4 unprovoked calumnies agaiust him . If any application

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    is made to the House , in behalf of -Mr . Flower , I , will , not fail to ofeey yoqr Lordship ' s commands . , ; . » ..: .,. -.: -. « ; .. . ,, ^ i . am &c . ;;/ . ;; . " ., _;¦¦; , ; ¦¦ . . - .., :.- ; . « GiiENYiixE ^ ^ P p ; 327 , 32 S . ) V By an extract of a letter to the Duke of Graft 6 ii , p . 3 SO | it iipfpears that Dr . Watson had written ^ aiid once shewn to- His Cirace an riEgsay

    on Original Sin , as one of a series of theological essays , \ designed forrpfitb ^ lication , but that the Work . ^ fas Wltrnaately abandoned from a \ hatred of eontention , and a persuasions that the freedom of , tbe writer ' s researches

    would have exposed him fo much censurei andt have invol ved- him in most uncharitable altercation kvrth tht ignorWaty ' ike intolerant and the ^ w ? - thodtw . The Bishop furth $ r < avows , that bi § farming pursuits left him now no ** leisure to become learned "

    enough fco do full justice to controverted points in theol € > gy . * ^ We pass over many pages relating to agriculture and the Board of Agriculture * in which also , according to the Bishop , Mr . Pitt ' s little personal resentments have been fek , " and come

    in pp . 340—343 , to a letter from Dr . Watson to Mr . Wilbecforce , reconiinendjng to this pious gentleman , and through hint to his friend Mr * Pitt 9 two measures for improving the morals of the people ; the first , the building and endowment of new and

    free churches ; the second , ( which is stated , as we give it , in italics , the prevention of the travelling of waggons and stage-coaches on Sundays . Mr . Wilberforce , in reply , condoles with the Bishop on his being neglected , ( a new instance of neclect had just

    occurred in the Bishopric of Barigor being given to another , ) and expresses himself on this account both surprised and vexed . The correspondence leads the Bishop to record other compliments , and to make new protestations of his independence and indifference to Court favours .

    At the instance of Mr . Hayley , who was a correspondent of his , the Bishop wrote , in 1797 , an interesting letter to the poet Cowper io tranquillize his mind , at that time much depressed . Pp . 346 , 347- We are not told whether it produced any or what effect . There is in pp . 357—360 , a letter to the Duke of Grafton on the subject

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    Review . — Life of the Bish ^ ^ Ijmdc ^ ff ^ 2 Q&

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 205, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/53/