The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-19 00:00:00

THE LATE BISHOP OF SNLISBURY.

The exemplary Prelate was the eldest son o
-the Rev. Joust. FISHEU, Prebendary of Salisbury, and Recto
-of Calbourn in the Isle of Wight. He was born in 1748. The
earlier part of his education was derived partly under his pa-
rental roof, and partly at St. Paul's School, London. anti it was
completed at St. Peter's College. Cambridge. In 1773 he was
elected a Fellow of St. John's Collage in the same University.
In 1781) he was appointed Preceptor to his. Royal Highness
Prince Edward, afterwards Duke of !Cent. In 1781 he was
made a Chaplain to the King, and in 1786 a Canon of Windsor.
This preferment he resigned in 1803, on being made Bishop of
Meter. In .1805 he was appointed Preceptor to her Royal
Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales ; and in 1807 he
was translated from the See of Exeter to that of Salisbury.—
Sincere and unostentatious in his piety, he was at all times de-
sirious to promote, to the best of his judgment and the utmost of
his ability, the cause of true religion and prae.ical benevolence.
Ever the firm and steady friend of all that was valuable in so.
ciety, his anxious wishes and active services were uncea
Es tablisingly
devoted to the security and prosperity of our shde
Church. He was an accomplished scholar and a sound divine ;
but the ordinary laborious duties of an extensive diocese, and
the extraordinary and important avocations to which his atten-
tion was imperatively ealled for a considerae per itsiod, l
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little leisure to employ his pen in 'literary bl
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superior merit, both as to, ability and integrity, was ad-
mitted and proclaimed by. the flattering attention he at
all times received from his Majesty King George the
Third; than whom no one was better able to discern, or more
willing to appreciate, what was truly and intrinsically valuable.
Of the good opinion his Majesty entertained of the
Bishop,no stronger proof could be given than that he was selected
4' to superintend the edcation of the Princess Charlotte of Wales,
the presumptive heir to the throne of these realists. With how
much credit he conducted himself in that arduous and import-
ant office, and how deeply the country was indebted to him
for the promising prospect of future public benefits, which
the acquirements of that amiable and illustrious Princes held
forth to the nation (although it pleased Providence to with-
draw her from us prematurely), is already sufficiently known,
.and will ever be gratefully remembered. .In the peculiar
duties of his diocese, the Bishop was most exemplary and at-
tentive. Anxious, not only to correct abuses, but to promote
what was beneficial to the general and local interests of the
Church, he was at all times most readily accessible to his
clergy. He was not merely their diocesan, but their father and
their friend. To every thing suggested to hint, he gave a most
willing attention and serious consideration, and his warmest
support and co-operation to all that was praiseworthy, and
tended to a laudable object. In the relations of private life,
they who experienced his excellent qualities, will bear testi-
mony in the poignancy of their feelings, to what i.. language,
they would find it impossible to express. Sufficeit to say, titat
with all that cheerful vivacity and engaging urbanity of man-
ners—theoverflow of a truly amiable and well-ordered mind—he
was invariably modest, humble, kind, benevolent, and charitable,
even to an extreme. In short,' in' the death of •the Bishop of
Salisbury, the Church has lost a zealous and firm support, so-
ciety a distinguished ornament, and his friends a blessing,
which none but themselves can adequately appreciate.—(Berk-,
Citronick.)