Additional Notes. 491 



demy, vol. vlii. Reflections on the Style and Manner of some 

 late German Writers, and on the Tendency of their Pro- 

 ductions. By William Preston, Esq. M. R. I. A. 



American Episcopate, p. 368. 



Among those who signalized themselves as writers in favour 

 of the introduction and support of an American Episcopate, 

 the name of Mr. John Vardill ought not to have been 

 omitted. Mr. Vardill was born and educated in the city 

 of New-York. In the year 1762 he was admitted into King's 

 College, as it was then called; and having passed, with high 

 reputation, through the usual course of academic instruction, 

 he received the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts, and 

 remained in the college for the purpose of prosecuting his 

 studies, preparatory to his application for orders in the Epis- 

 copal Church. 



In the year 1773 he was elected Fellow of the College, 

 and Professor of Natural Law ; and, towards the conclusion 

 of that year, went to England for ordination, where he has 

 since remained. In early youth he discovered a very con- 

 siderable poetical genius; and several of his publications in 

 this way, at different periods of his life, have been received 

 with much applause. He bore a conspicuous part as a writer 

 at the commencement of the contest between this country 

 and Great-Britain; and in the dispute relative to the introduc- 

 tion and establishment of Bishops of the Episcopal Church. 



Dr. Seabury. p. 369. 



As Dr. Samuel Seabury was the first Episcopal Bishop 

 that ever resided in the United States, it is thought proper to 

 present the following additional information respecting him, 

 which has been communicated to the author since the ac- 

 count in the above-mentioned page was printed. 



He was born in 1728, and passed through the regular 

 course of education in Yale College, where he graduated in 

 1751. In 1752 he went to Scotland for the purpose of s:u- 

 dying Medicine; but soon afterwards turning his attention to 

 Divinity, he went to London, where he was ordained a Dea- 

 con, Dec. 21, 1753, by the Bishop of Lincoln, at the re- 

 quest of Thomas Sherlock, Bishop of London; and a 



