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however, was morality, and which he 
explained, in its Several combinations, 
in such a manner as had never ap- 
peared before. 
f A LATE BISHOPRIC ! 
- Crujan, bishop of Man, was elevated 
to the prelacy by the late Duchess of 
Athol, and he was almost the only 
instance of a bishop who never gra- 
duated higher than a Bachelor of 
Arts. His origin was very humble,— 
his father, being jailor of Omagh, in 
the county of Tyrone. Crujan had 
been in‘his earlier days chaplain to a 
regiment, and inthe island of St. 
Lucia he married a widow, with whom 
he received a handsome fortune. At 
the time of his appointment to the 
bishopric, he was preacher and reader 
to asmall chapel in the environs of 
Liverpool. His obtaining the see was 
the effect of a singular circumstance : 
the Duchess of Athol was always in 
great difficulties, and, when the see 
fell vacant, she was residing in Bath. 
A Mrs. Caleraft, formerly housekeeper 
to the family, was then living in Liver- 
pvol; and. the duchess, conceiving 
this might. be no bad place for a spe- 
culation among the clerical funds, 
applied to her old confidant to make 
due enquiry, where she might. proba- 
bly light on a good chap for the epis- 
copal preferment,—one ‘hat would 
bleed freely. Mrs. C. cast her eyes 
immediately on Crujan; she knew he 
Was possessed of the means, and she 
had no doubt of his inelination to ob- 
tain what St. Paul himself acknow- 
ledged, even in his time, to be a 
desirable object. Accordingly she 
gave her hints in imine: she told Mr. 
Crujan that the see was vacant,—that 
her grace the duchess had heard a 
most excellent character of him. 
Crujan bowed, and hoped her grace 
would never have any cause to alter 
her good opinion of him. ‘The parson 
had been an old soldier, (as far as be- 
img chaplain to a regiment,) and un- 
derstood trap! ‘‘L have not the Ieast 
doubt of your. gratitude, Mr. Crajan, 
as well as of» your moral and religious 
character,” replied Mrs.. C.. ‘* Trust 
not,” answered his-reverence, putting 
his hand 4o ‘his heart.—“dI knew you 
were just the man the duchess wanted, 
(rejoined the old jJady); I will forth- 
with notice her of the communication - 
between us; and the result will be, 
(vising’ from her chair in all stately 
form;) that I may announce, dector, 
Stephensiana, No. XXIV. 
[Dec. 1, 
that you will be Bishop of Man.” The 
doctor (as he was now suddenly gra- 
duated by the good dame,) ‘expressed 
suitable acknowledgments, and so 
forth. After a few more meetings, 
when the parties were supposed per- 
fectly to understand one another, 
Crujan was regularly appointed by 
her grace,—in a letter communicated 
to her correspondent,— Bishop of Man. 
After. the appointment, however, the 
duchess thought it was now time to 
consider of the quantum of remunera- 
tion,—any direct specified engagement 
of the kind had hitherto been delicately 
avoided; but her grace thought it as 
well to look after the rouleaus betore 
she finally fixed her seal to the Viati- 
cum. Just as Crujan, or the doctor 
so graduated, was preparing to set off 
to Bath, to pay his homage to her 
grace, the busy housekeeper. made 
her appearance, and avowed her old 
mistress’s orders, ‘“‘to know how far 
his gratitude would carry him?’ .The 
doctor (whose countenance presented 
one of the most saturnine complexions, 
blended with a peculiar austerity of 
physiognomy, marked with the strong- 
est Roman outline,) very deliberately 
replied, ‘‘As far as man could go, 1o 
express his obligations to her grace. 
He would first proceed to Bath, and 
then, if her grace had proceeded to 
London, he would lose no time in——” 
‘Bless my heart, doctor, (replied: the 
old lady, interrupting him,) you mis- 
understand. me: her grace expects 
you will come to the point, in respect 
to the sum you propose giving her, as 
a proof of your gratitude. As to driving 
after her, post haste, merely to thank her, 
doctor, that is ail a humbug, give me 
leave. to say.” —‘‘ Madam, (said Cru- 
jan, gravely and solemnly,) do you 
come to insult me?” ‘‘ Indeed I do 
not, Mr. Crajan, (for here she was 
pleased to vacate his doctor’s degree) ; 
but, if your reverence does not come 
down with a good round sum, her 
grace. desires me to inform-you, that 
she will never confirm) her appoint- 
ment of you to. the Bishopric of Man.” 
It were useless here to enter farther 
into this curious negociation. Mr. 
Crujan sentto the Duchess®the conse- 
eration oath of a bishop, together with 
several direct passages which he had 
carefully extracted from her letters to 
Mrs. C, and, having threatened to 
publish the whole, besides laymg the 
case before his Majesty's Privy Coun- 
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