The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-15 00:00:00

THE NATT?).AL REGISTER.

111 E PLAGUE.

A report having b .en wickedly or foiAishly circulated,
tint tub less a disorder than the Plague had bet-n conveyed
into Wapping, and was there ragint4, we arc happy to have
it in our power to publish the following authentic contra-
diction, among othess which have been received, to so
alarming a statement • _ _ _

tPPING Arc. 13. 1113.

A p:lngranli having cppeared in the Star of this day, slat hey. H
lignant frvdr to have made its appearance to Wapphig, teel it our
duty to tukr the earliest opportimi y of acquaitiling, the public., that
t!tere is no foundation tOr such stateinew, and that there has been but
ate burial ha ibis parish since the $1.4 of July last.

IO}IN lIARRIOI', Resident Magistrate of the Thames P.:-
lice.
J PARSONS. D. D. Rrctnr.
Al. EXA N DER GI rmoN. Cliiireliwnrdon
MICHAEL. WATSON, Sidesinati, for TunmAs Nu ssuct,
Cliiirelt% drit
RICHARD MOUNT. CHARLES CiTRTIS 11.1)111.itnritc.
11. HOLLOWAY. S nzt%.,,1 t‘i the Univeisal 31euied
Institution, 23, Burr-Street, \j'el►l►ing.

The late,t acccunts from Malta state, that the Plague,
which it was hoped had simewhat abated, had as,uincd
more malignant appearance:-,

" lIA!.1 A, Jus F 18. \Vt. tire sorry. to car, that Cie Phivie
eekin become very sirnlrnt. Ttie repot t iur the laq i‘i(nly-f our liotir
is a,' kti as ever : Si; lICW C:l3t'S have nrentled, and :W
weather is win oali ht,t and sultry. No heat or ve,,,el Iron: t hi. is 1-
11)Wrd to colllllllllllCille ‘4 ill! Sicily : the It lcr•
nowt' the I•1,1nd prevt tit it. and Several ha t t v.:turned it It.
Cred upon. Yoo luove min 11 t,, tear. VlO2-
I ntl, Irlrlirularls atter the last Convoy that felt 1;113 only flirt e ddjt,
before the Plague brt,kr out."

The Duke of Cum ft ERLA sD pacsed through Bei lin on the
19th ult., as Earl Aam AGn, one of his Royal Highness's real
titles,

Letters from an officer on hoard the Africaine, dated
Bomhay„Tan. 8, 1812, mention, that the most immediate
and effectual treaseres would be taken to captute and de,ttoy
the American trade in the ledian and Chinese seas. With
a view to this object, the "as to sail fur the Chi-
nese Seas the day after the dlte of tho,e letters.
We are spay to learn, by letters tiOnt Bombay, dated
Mardi the 12th, that a dreadfill scarcity prevailed there at
that period.—The opulent native; have acted nobly to sup_
port the fugitives; but their benevolence for want of other
aid, was nearly eNhansted.
Lisbon and Cadiz Mails arrived last Ih=ldnV.—.?'apets
rrOm the latter place contain an Order. ti.dares•ed by Marnuis
W Et. LIN GT ONI to his army, prescribing the conduct to he
observed by the troops in Oh. Ftench vibiges on the frontiel.
Ile justly deprecates the idea of taking vengeam c on the
people of France for the atrocities commived by the troops
of BuoNAPAn rE in Stain, and orders receipts to he given
as uvual for the supplies required of the Drench inhabitants,
in order that they may he paid for by the Commissaries.
The Pone's Nuncio has been sei.t out of Spain. and his
tensno,all.ies have been seized, for continuing to intrigue
against the Spani•li Government, on accoont of the Decree
for 'abolishing the Inottis'tion. A Spanish Pa!,er regards
the conduct of this Prelate ;r the rnineipal cause for the
rejectiOn of the Catholic Bill by our Patliament.--A pro-
posal bid been made in a secret sitting of the Cortes, for
removing tlPt Assemhly to Sevilo.
%v.*. have at last rrytti rc ii an are°, et, thong!,
tory one. of tlie motion 4 of Commodore,
has eannwed four of r Green!andmee, and w;
by the Aluxandria igate now the mast t
but wit hoot success : he was then crns,disl.,
%lard. 'The Alexandria lrs'sluce returned to

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v;i4 ailt.v%t4tti. vna%rti
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as' sal: to ILC vit:4:-
Leith. •

THE N TTONAL

lUSTROSPECT
OF THE

egocopal ebaratter

OF THE LATE

RIGHT REV. JOHN RANDOLPH,

.at• 4111.,./Ift

Concluded from our last.

D. D.

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Throughout his Charges to the Clenzy, whether of Bangor
or London, BISHOP RANDOLPH repeatedly touched on those
doctrinal conceptions wherein he differed from his oppo-
nents. Evangelical ministers have, he thought, "assumed
this name most arrogantly a: to themselves, and uncharitably
as to others: for every grad Minister will in,ist most on
that part of 11e'velation ,which he thinks most edifying to his
audience ; and if he teaches, on the whole, the whole of
Christianity, no man has a ri4ht to say that his preaching
is'not evangelical." Accordingly, during his first Charge
to the ( leggy of London, his Lordship contends that " the
notions of sudden conversion, absolute election, and the
utter insufficiency of our own righteousness, are not the
means of producing christian innocence and simplicity of
life ;" to which notions, in his Charge to the Clergy of
B:Ing r, he opposes "tit:: eomta t duty, the lablrious ex-
ercise of repentance,—as a proud distinction between the
genuine dtctiine of his Church, and sudden and special
conver ions. Firmly as I Lelie‘e myself," the Bishop adds,
"in the doctrine, propel ly unfit rstlod, that it is filth alone
that ju,tifieth, and that nothing 'e s than the blood of Christ
can provoie remission of sins, yet I believe that the thing
most generally useful to the bulk of Christians is to incul-
cate the necessity' of an holy and good life, on christian
principles."
Differing thus from the evarg,..lical ministers even as to
the tenets they held, and unieservedly disapproving of the
practices to which tht it abettors so frequently resorted, with
the view t.f strengthening and extending their cause; was
it not naturally to have been expec cd of the present
prelate,when translated to the metropolitan see, that he
would omit no methods which might tend,. conformably with
tis k:dgment, to check at least the further increase of
the sectarists? Whatever difference of opinion has obtained
as to the propriety or expediency of the measures by which
he eniearouied to counteract them, especially the evan-
gelicists, his Lordship certainly is entitled to the merit of
conscieto ions consistency.

Evangelic:sin had called for counteraction. Divested
.of par•y spleen, there is not an equi•ahle individual who can
defend the conduct of the new sectaries as it regards the
establi bluetit. Methodism is by them said to be rampant.
Glorying in this avowal, "it is possible," they hint, " that
• the Dignitaries of the Church may be at a loss to decide
whether the services of the eoangetical class shall be accepted
pr rejected; but, we are persuaded, the people will feel no
difficulty in determiniil whether to continue their attendance
at the plac es from whence they are banished. Should the
secession from the Established Church," they add, become
so general as tha' its services are no longer the objects of
popular suffrage, it will be deprived of its firmest support !"
Such is language of the rising opponents of the church;
laAguage sufficiently alarming at any time, but which,
courted with events, must awaken more than ordinary
soliciticde in the breasts of those to whom the conservation
of the national religion is peculiarly entrusted.
Bishop Randolph was equally explici' on what is perversely
called the Catholic Quevion. Conceiving that the Catholics
possessed of all commop civil rights,"

Eras Tm.

and that they are also indulged in " the full and free eojay.
ment of their religious worship, at which point toleration
ends," his Lordship objects to giving them an equal share of
power, because, amongst other reasons, " it invades a fund.
amental principle 'of the Constitution,—even that, by
which the civil power incorporates with itself that church of
which it most approyes; so as to maintain religion and good
order, amongst its.. subjects, hy. the instrumeotality of the
same, inviting and encouraging them to uniformity with it.
It is a consequence of such incorporation, that it gives not-
only establishment, but also superiority and ascendancy to
it, so as to maintain its authority. and secure it un the
utacks of those who, by acquiring power, might take
advantage of any sudden opportunity, or fluctuation of
opinion, -to weaken or overthrow it. In this view it is,"
observes his Lordship, 46 that I think we are all, clergy and
laity. concerned in this question ; as we value our happy
constitution, and seek to preserve it in the entire. unimpaired."
Towards the close of August 18 10, Bishop Randolph held
his primary Oidin,,tion, at Fulham Chinch, when about
thirty candidates for the ministry were invested with holy
orders. An approptiate sermon was addressed to them ;
and the Service itself—.certainly the most interesting one
that man has compiled or could compose !--was administered
with due solemuity, and with some impression.
Actuated by the sentiments which his charges had developed
to the world, his Lordship was persisting in the line of duty
he had marked out, and, unmoved by opposition, super-
intending the affairs of his diocese with a vigorous hand,
when his course was suddenly arrested, and finally tenni-
'rated by ah attack with whose very nature he was unae7
quainted, and of which he was not apprehensive. Although
he was subject to rather severe fits of the gout, he did not
remit his usual duties, mid had actually confirmed many
persons at Ware, in Hertfordshire, the day preceding his last,
when, as he was takh;g'his usual ride, while on a visit to one
of his sons, at the Rectory of Much-fiadham, he gave a loud
shriek, and fell from his horse to the ground, being struck
with apoplexy, of which no previous symptotns had appeared.
Other attacks came in fatal succession, from four till neatly
seven o'clock; yet in the interval between the first and
second attack, from the hour of two o'clock to that of four,
44 he was indulged by a merciful Providence with such a
return of his rational powers as enabled him to signify he
was not unwilling to die ; and, although he manifestly felt
for his afflicted family, who were a sembled round him, his
mind was composed, tranquil, and happy." His Lordship
expired at a quarter before seven o'clock, in the evening of
Wednesday, July the 28th, 1815, in his 64th year.

Thursday, August the sth, the mortal remains of Bishop
Randolph, having been conveyed from Iladham, were inter-
red at Fulham, amongst many of his greatest predecessors,
and deposited by the side of Bishop Gibson. The funeral
service was performed by the Rev. m. Wood, (formetly
his Lordship's chaphin), Vicar of Fulham, in a most solemn
and impressive manner, his own feelings being evidently
much affected.

It would be unpardonable to question the integrity of
his Lordship's ends, or the devotion of his mind. 'Devout
as Randolph; indeed, was the epithet applied to him by no
mean judge of his species, and who appears to have written
with no intention to flatter the mitre.

Viewed as a preacher, Bishop Randolph ministerially
inculcated the sentiments he maintained in his charges, Ilis
style was plain. Energy he had, %%hen the occasion
demanded it ; brit he was quite removed (tom any approxi-
mation to eloquence. Ills best sermons were rather levelled
at the head, than addressed to the heart. Learning had

of li elaud "are already