480 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



At Sunderland, in his 62d year, 

 ihe rev, William Paley, D. D. arch- 

 deacon of Carlisle, sub-dean of Lin^ 

 coin, rct^or of Bishop's Wear- 

 mouth, prebendary of Durham, and 

 prebendary of Pancras in St. Paul's, 

 "A most venerable and distinguished 

 chara6ier, as a sound reasoner, a 

 well-read scholar, and an excellent 

 divine. lie %vas educated at Christ's 

 college, Cambridge, where he took 

 the degree of B. A. 17f>3, with great 

 distinction, M. A. 1766, S. T. P. 

 1795, and tutor of the college. His 

 works have experienced that bril- 

 liant success to which their very ex- 

 traordinary value entitles them. 

 The first of them, except two or 

 three single sermons, was his highly 

 celebrated " Principles of jMoral 

 j'hilosophy," first published in one 

 quarto volume, 1785, and since fre- 

 qnently re-printed, with corrections 

 and improvements, in two 8vo. vo- 

 lumes. Of this work the author of 

 '^ Memoirs of Living Authors'' ob- 

 serves : — " The rijjcst schoolman 

 may read it with instruction and de- 

 light, while it contains amusement 

 for the most volatile fancy. It has 

 obtained the author one distinction 

 among others, singularly glorious, 

 and, most probably, unparalleled ; 

 we mean, the circumstance of its 

 chapters being very frequently sub- 

 jefls for disputations, in the schools 

 of one of our universities, at the 

 same time with the seftions of the 

 immortal Priucipia of Newton, or 

 with chapters of the celebrated 

 Essay of I^ocke. Thus the distin- 

 guished honours which such tran- 

 scendant characters are proud to re- 

 ceive after death, were conferred on 

 Dr. Paley while alive. The style of 

 this work is admirably adapted to 

 its subject, and is, perhaps, one of 



the best models, for the imitation of 

 youth, which can be found in our 

 lang\iage ; while the fine reasoning, 

 the pertinency of illustration, the 

 strong integrity of jiidgment, and 

 the great comprehension of mind, 

 which pervade it, may be fit objects 

 of its emulation, provided it duly 

 estimates the labour of thought and 

 ajjplication, necessary to such ac- 

 quisitions, and form not, after all, 

 too sanguine hopes of reaching such 

 perfection." His Ilora; Paulinae, 

 and Natural Theology, are held in 

 equal estimation with his Moral 

 Philosophy. Dr. P. was born at 

 Peterboroiigii, in July 1743, where 

 his father Avas then minor canon of 

 the cathedral, but removed soon 

 after to fJiggleswick, in Craven, 

 and on a brass plate, in the middle 

 of Gigglcswick church, is this in- 

 scription : 



Here lies interred 

 The rev. William Paley, B. A, 

 54 years 

 Master of this free-school; 

 Who died Sept. 29, 1799, 

 Aged 88 years. 

 Also Elizabeth, 

 The wife of the rev. \^'illiam Paley, 

 Who died March 9, 1796, 

 Aged 83 years. 

 26th. At Ilarrowgate, the hon. 

 Mrs. Massey Dawson, rell(5l of the 

 hon. James Massey D. late of Ire- 

 land. 



28th. At Parson's-grcen, co. 

 Middlesex, Mrs. Milner, wife of 

 William M. esq. eldest son of sir 

 William M. bart. She was daugh- 

 ter of the late right hon. Theophilu* 

 Clements, and grand-daughter of 

 the right hon. John Beresford. 



29th. At Huntingdon, Mrs. 

 Montagu, wife of rc-aradmiral M. 

 and only daughter of Thomas Cop*' 



