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notice by the publication of his journey to the Waldenses, which 

 took place in 1823. The late Bishop Barrington was so highly 

 pleased with it^ that he at once invited him into the diocese, and 

 presented him to a Stall in Durham Cathedral. In 1831 he 

 became Vicar of Norham. To the end of his life he continued 

 to take the warmest interest in the Waldenses, and he had the 

 happiness to live long enough to see them enjoy civil and reli- 

 gious liberty, after 800 years' persecution. In the discharge of 

 his duties as a parish priest he was incessant ; and although a 

 warm supporter of the Church of England, his mind was per- 

 fectly free from sectarian bigotry, and he ranked amongst his 

 friends good men of all denominations. The restoration which 

 he effected in the fine old Norman Church at Norham will be a 

 lasting monument of his fine taste. As an author, ' Our Pro- 

 testant Forefathers,' his ' Life of Felix Neff, Pastor in the 

 High Alps,' ' Vigilantius and his Times,' have made him justly 

 celebrated ; whilst his Romaunt version of the Gospel of St. John 

 has established his fame as a scholar ; and to him the working 

 classes are indebted for his 'Plea for the Peasantry of the 

 Border.' He died at Norham on the 10th of September, 1855, 

 in the 67th year of his age. He discharged the duties of Pre- 

 sident of the Club in 1851 ; and his noble countenance, so full 

 of benevolence and generosity, will not soon be forgotten by 

 those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. 



The Rev. Thomas Riddell, Fellow of Trinity College, Cam- 

 bridge, and Vicar of Masham, Yorkshire, was bom at Berwick, 

 in the month of January 1803, and died at Keswick, Cumber- 

 land, from a fit of apoplexy, on the 30th of September, 1855. 

 He was elected President in 1839, and contributed to our Trans- 

 actions a paper " On the Metamorphosis of the Balanus punc- 

 tatiLs of Montagu." As a scholar he stood deservedly high, 

 and our lamented President I know was always in the habit 

 of asking his assistance, when in doubt upon any classical 

 point. He had, for a little release from his duties as a minister, 

 taken a tour through Cumberland, when he was suddenly 

 seized at Keswick with symptoms of apoplexy, from which he 

 never rallied. In his death the poor lost a kind and considerate 

 friend ; and in the discharge of his duties he endeavoured, by 

 his example and precept, to bear witness that he believed in the 

 doctrines he taught. 



