his auspices, and at his own expense, the neighbouring moun→ tains, up to their very summits, were clothed with wood of all descriptions, particularly the larch. Of this favourite tree, he planted many millions, and obtained on that account, not only the applause of all men interested in the improvements of their native country, but the gold medal of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, &c. His leisure moments were also occupied at intervals, with literary pursuits, and he is said to have been busily employed for many years past in writing a "History of his own Times." The good Bishop, who had now attained almost a patriarchal age, began, of late years, to stoop, and exhibit symptoms of decay. A fit or two of apoplexy, warned both himself and family of his impending fate; and he at length uttered his last sigh at Calgarth Park, in the county of Cumberland, amidst the woods he had planted, and the hills where he was born, on July 5th, 1816. Thus died Richard Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, in the 79th year of his age. As a divine, he must be allowed to have been orthodox; for although a friend to reform, he broached no new tenets, but was a vigorous, able, and zealous supporter of the established church. In his person, he was tall, stout, mus cular, and dignified. As a bishop, he was always the patron of unfriended merit, and added dignity to the bench, by his learning, his intelligence, his ability, and his independence. As an orator, his action was graceful, his voice harmonious, and his delivery both chaste and correct. As a writer, he displayed a great knowledge of composition; his style was neat, and even elegant, while his diction was pure and argumentative. But it is as a controversial writer that he is entitled to great, deserved, and undiminished praise. In all his contests, he made use of the language befitting a scholar and a gentleman; and he both detested, and scorned to imitate, the vituperative attacks of those who, by recurring to scurrility and personality, forget the first duty of a Christian divine. List of the Works of the late Dr. Watson, Lord Bishop of Llandaff. 1. Ricardi Watson, A. M. Coll. S. S. Trin. Soc. et Chemiæ Profess. in Acad. Cantab. Inst. Chemic. in Prælect. Acad. Exp. Pars Metallurgica, 8vo. 1766. 2. An Essay on the Subjects of Chemistry, and their General Divisions, 8vo. 1771. 3. An Apology for Christianity, in a Series of Letters to Edward Gibbon, Esq. the Historian, 12mo. 1776. 3 editions. 4. Chemical Essays, 2 vols. 12mo. 1781.; since published in 5 vols. 12mo. 5. A Letter to Archbishop Cornwallis, on the Equalization of the Revenues of the Church of England, 4to. 1783. 6. Visitation Articles for the Diocese of Llandaff, 4to 1784. 7. Collection of Theological Tracts, selected from various Authors, for the use of such of the younger Students of the University of Cambridge, as are intended for Holy Orders. N.B. His Lordship, on this occasion, acted merely as 8. Sermons on Public Occasions, and Tracts on Religious Subjects, 8vo. 1788. 9. Considerations on the Expediency of revising the Liturgy, and Articles of the Church of England, 8vo. 1790. Anon. 10. An Apology for the Bible, in a Series of Letters addressed to Thomas Paine, 12mo. 1796. Many ed. 11. An Address to the People of Great Britain, Svo. 1798. 12. Substance of a Speech intended to have been spoken in the House of Lords, 8vo. 1803. 13. Thoughts on the intended Invasion, 8vo. 1803. 14. Miscellaneous Tracts on Religious, Political, and Agricultural Subjects, 2 vols. 8vo. 1815. Also a variety of papers in the Philosophical Transactions, and in the Transactions of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. CHARGES AND SINGLE SERMONS. 15. An Assize Sermon preached at Cambridge, 4to. 1765. 16. A Sermon preached at do. on the 29th of May, 1776. 4to. 17. A Sermon preached at do. on the Anniversary of His Majesty's Accession, 4to. 1776. 18. A Sermon preached at do. on the Fast Day, 4to. 1780. 19. A Discourse delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Ely, 4to. 1780. 20. A Sermon preached before the Lords, in Westminster Abbey, on the 30th January, 4to. 1784. 21. Visitation Articles for the Diocese of Llandaff, 4to. 1784. 22. The Wisdom and Goodness of God in having made both Rich and Poor; a Sermon, 4to. 1785. 2 editions. 23. Address to young Persons after Confirmation, 12mo. 1789. 24. Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, in 1791. 4to. 1792. 25. A Sermon preached in 1785, for the Westminster Dispensary, with an Appendix, 4to. 1792. 26. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, 4to. 1795. 27 & 28. Two Sermons preached in the Cathedral of Llandaff, 4to. 1795. 29. A Sermon preached in the Chapel of the London Hospital, 4to. 1802. 30. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, 4to. 1802. 31. A Sermon preached in the Church of St. George, Ha nover Square, before the Society for the Suppression of Vice, 8vo. 1804. 32. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, in June 1805. 4to. 33, 34, & 35. Two Sermons, and a Charge, in Defence of Revealed Religion, 8vo. 1806. 36 & 37. Two Sermons, constituting a second Defence of Revealed Religion, preached at the Chapel Royal, 8vo. 1807. 38. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, 8vo. 1808. PART II. NEGLECTED BIOGRAPHY; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND ANECDOTES OF SEVERAL DISTINGUISHED ENGLISHMEN AND FOREIGNERS. No. I. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM JONES, M. A.* F. R. S. OF LONDON AND COPENHAGEN; AND ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S LATE JUDGES IN BENGAL. "He was a pearl, too pure on earth to dwell, And waste his splendour in this mortal shell."-From the Arabic. THE subject of this memoir is entitled to no common share of attention. His name is intimately connected, and that too in a variety of different ways, with what chiefly concerns mankind with law, morals, poetry, languages, literature, and the sciences. He was eminently distinguished as a scholar, a philologist, a judge, and a patriot: and the minutest facts relative to his history are accordingly precious. - * It may doubtless appear singular to some, that this memoir should be inserted under the head of "Neglected Biography," when a life of Sir William Jones, by Lord Teignmouth, has already passed through one quarto, and six octavo editions. But, whoever is acquainted with the subject must allow, that although the political principles of the late lamented Judge constituted one of the principal features of his character; yet, they are only slightly mentioned in some instances, while in others, they are either wholly omitted, |