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his public lectures. This plan Dr Burton (for he 

 proceeded to his degree of doctor in divinity, June 

 26, 1829) followed up with equal zeal and dili- 

 gence, devoting much of his time to the instruc- 

 tion of the future candidates for holy orders. Dr 

 Burton's death took place at Ewelme, on the 19th 

 of January, 1836. Dr Burton was appointed a 

 delegate of the university press on his becoming 

 professor of divinity. Of his utility and active 

 exertions in that capacity, the following list of his 

 publications bears ample testimony : An Introduc- 

 tion to the Metres of the Greek Tragedians. 8vo. 

 Oxford. This we believe was his first publica- 

 tion, and appeared in 1814. A Translation of a 

 part of Aristotle's Ethics, afterwards completed by 

 the present head master of Winchester School. 8vo. 

 1815. A Description of the Antiquities and other 

 Curiosities of Rome. 8vo. Oxford, 1821. Second 

 edition, with additions, 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1828. 

 The Power of the Keys ; or, Considerations upon 

 the Absolving Powers of the Church, &c. 8vo. 

 Oxford, 1823. Testimonies of the Ante-Nicene 

 Fathers to the Divinity of Christ. 8vo. Clarendon 

 Press, 1826. And again, with considerable altera- 

 tions, 1829. The Works of George Bull, D.D., 

 Bishop of St David's, collected and revised : to 

 which is prefixed his Life, by Robert Nelson, Esq. 

 4 vols. 8vo. Clarendon Press, 1827. An Enquiry 

 into the Heresies of the Apostolic Age, in Eight 

 Sermons, at the Lecture founded by the Rev. John 

 Bampton. 8vo. Oxford, 1829. An Attempt to 

 ascertain the Chronology of the Acts of the Apos- 

 tles, and of St Paul's Epistles. 8vo. Oxford, 1830. 

 The Greek Testament, with English notes. 2 vols. 

 8vo. Oxford, 1830; and again 1835. Testimonies 

 of the Ante-Nicene Fathers to the Doctrine of the 

 Trinity and the Divinity of the Holy Ghost. 8vo. 

 Clarendon Press, 1831. Remarks upon a Sermon 

 preached [by Mr Bulteel of Exeter College,] at St 

 Mary's, Feb. 6. 1831. 8vo. One Reason for not 

 entering into Controversy with an anonymous Au- 

 thor of Strictures. 8vo Oxford, 1831. Thoughts 

 on the Demand for Church Reform. 8vo. Oxford, 



1831. Advice for the proper Observance of the 

 Sunday. 12mo. London, 1831 ; and again in 1834. 

 Lectures upon the Ecclesiastical History of the 

 First Century. 8vo. Oxford, 1831. Lectures upon 

 the Ecclesiastical History of the Second and Third 

 Centuries. 8vo. London, 1833 These Lectures 

 were collected and printed in 2 vols. 8vo. Oxford, 

 1833, under the following title, " Lectures, &c. 

 from the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ to the Year 

 313.' Sermon before the University of Oxford, 

 on the 2lst of March, 1832, being the day appointed 

 for a general humiliation. 8vo. Sermons preached 

 before the University of Oxford. 8vo. London, 



1832. They are twenty in number, and were 

 preached between 1825 and 1831. The Benefit 

 of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper explained. 

 12mo. London, 1832; again in 1834. Pearson on 

 the Creed. A new edition, revised and corrected. 

 2 vols. 8vo. University Press, 1833. Thoughts 

 on the Separation of Church and State. 8vo. Lon- 

 don, 1834. 



Upon the death of Dr Elmsley, Dr Burton pub- 

 lished a new edition of the Medea and Heraclidae 

 of Euripides, with Notes selected from the MSS. 

 of that distinguished scholar. 8vo. Clarendon 

 Press, 1828. When his friend and patron, bishop 

 Lloyd, died, he superintended an edition of the 

 Greek Testament, with parallel passages, and the 

 Canons of Eusebius, commenced by that prelate, 



12mo. 1829; as well as completed an edition of 

 Cranrner's Catechism, the preparation of which had 

 been made by him, but the work left unpub- 

 lished. They were both published at the univer- 

 sity press ; the latter in 1829, 8vo. He was also 

 at the time of his death engaged in preparing for 

 the press a series of tracts in defence of the church 

 of England, more especially against the errors of 

 popery. Jeremy Taylor's Dissuasive was intended 

 to form the first of the series, and actually print- 

 ing; and he had also undertaken the superinten- 

 dence of a new edition of bishop Beveridge on the 

 thirty-nine articles, with the addition of that pre- 

 late's observations on the last six articles, supposed 

 to have been lost, but lately recovered, and now in 

 MS. in the library of the president of Magdalen. 



BUSHMILLS; a market-town in the county of 

 Antrim, Ireland, six miles N. E. by N. from Cole- 

 raine, and 125 N. from Dublin. It is the general 

 place of resort for persons visiting the Giants' 

 Causeway, about two miles distant. The town is 

 thriving, and it owes much of its prosperity to the 

 exertions of Sir F. W. Macnaghten, bart., whose 

 seat adjoins it. It already contains a commodious 

 hotel, a large distillery, paper and flour mills, &c. 

 Population above 500. 



BUTLER, CHARLES, an eminent lawyer and 

 voluminous writer, was born on the 15th of August, 

 1750, at the house of his father, Mr James Butler, 

 who carried on the trade of a linen draper in Pall 

 Mall. His uncle was the Reverend Allan Butler, 

 the author of " The Lives of the Saints," and se- 

 veral other able works. Bred up in the Roman 

 Catholic religion, he was in the first instance sent 

 for education to an academy kept by a Roman Ca- 

 tholic at Hammersmith, and afterwards removed to 

 an English Catholic college in the university of 

 Douay, under the care of secular priests. Having 

 highly distinguished himself at Douay, he returned 

 to England, and was entered at Lincoln's Inn in 

 the year 1775. Soon afterwards he became the 

 pupil of Mr Holiday, well known as a conveyancer 

 of that day. When he quitted the chambers of 

 Mr Holiday, the legal prospect for one holding his 

 religious opinions was sufficiently bounded. A 

 Roman Catholic could not be called to the bar, or 

 hold any official situation whatever. Under these 

 circumstances, he selected that branch of the law 

 which he considered as most suited to his taste, 

 and the exercise of his abilities, and commenced 

 practice under the bar as a conveyancer. He soon 

 obtained a very considerable practice, and acquired 

 the esteem and respect of his profession: indeed 

 his mild and conciliatory manners, his varied infor- 

 mation, and his extensive knowledge, could riot fail 

 to make his acquaintance and friendship much 

 sought for. 



The following is a list of his principal publica- 

 tions : " Essay on Houses of Industry," published 

 in 1773. " An Essay on the Legality of impres- 

 sing Seamen." " Notes to Coke upon Littleton," 

 his most celebrated professional work. " Horce 

 BibliccE," 1797. There have been five editions of 

 the HOTCE Biblicac ; and it forms the first volume 

 of Mr Butler's collected works. It has also been 

 translated into French. " fforee Jvridicts Subse- 

 civce ; being a connected series of notes respecting 

 the Geography, Chronoloy, and Literary History of 

 the principal codes and original documents of the 

 Grecian, Roman, Feudal, and Canon Laws," 1804. 

 This valuable work was reprinted in 1807, and is 

 included in the second volume of Mr Butler's 



