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vioudy to this he had been appointed preleftor of poetry, 

 prodlor, and in 1782 Regius profedor of Greek. In this 

 fame year he was made prebendary of Salifbury, canon 

 Chrift-church, and Regius profcflTor of divinity ;^ and 

 1783 reftor of Ewclme. 



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of 

 lid in 

 In 1799 he was elevated to the 

 bi'lhopric of Oxford, from which he was tranflated to tliat 

 of Bangor in 1807, and then to the metropohtan fee of 

 London in the year 1809. Notwithllandmg thefc high pre- 

 ferments he paffed a great part of his hfe in the univerfity of 



Oxford, and it was generally believed that when he was ele- Carolina, bounded N.E. by Orange, and N.W. by Guild- 

 ' fee of Oxford, the univerfity was complimented ford. Tiie number of inhabitants is 10, 1 12, and they are 



Cliarler-houfe ; trullce of the Brilifli Mufeum ; dean of the 

 Chapel royal ; vifitor of Sion college ; and provincial dean 

 of Canterbury. Gent. Mag. 



Randolph, in Geography, a poft-town of America, in 

 Mad'achufetts, formed ot the S. precindt of Braintree, in 

 Norfolk county, in the year 1783 ; 15 miles S.E. of Bolton. 

 The inhabitants are mollly farmers, but manufafture large 

 quantities of Ihoes for mark't. 



Rakdoj.i'H, a county of Hillfhorough diftri£l, in North 



moltly Quakers ; the other denominations are Prefbyterians, 

 Baptills, Methodifts, and Univerfalills. Their good land 

 produces 40 or 50 bufhels of Indian corn, or 20 of wheat, 

 per acre. The chief town >s Afliborough. 



Randolph, a county of Virginia, bounded N. by Mo- 

 ' ~ ' ~ "" The number of inhabit- 



vated to the 1 _ - . , . . 



with the nomination by the crown. His lordlhip was author 

 of many fingle fermons, and charges delivered on different 

 occafions : alfo of " De Gra;cK Lingus Studio Prsleaio 

 habita in Sehola Linguarum," 1 783, and " Concio ad Clerum 

 in Synodo Provinciah Cantuarienfis Provincis ad D. Pauli," 

 1700. His lordfliip was a zealous promoter of the Na- 

 tional fehools in oppofition to thofe founded by Lancaller, 

 and he was underftood to be a violent opponent to the bible 

 fociety, and to the fpread of what has been termed SecSarifm. 

 One of his lad works was a Report of the Progrefs made 



by the National Society, to which the general committee two branches, waters the E. arid W 

 ref-rred in terms of gratitude, at their firft meeting after has a large bed of iron ore, two for; 

 ^ -' ' - latell — 



his lordfhip's deceafe,"iii the following terms ; " wliofe 

 employment had been to ftate, for the information of the 

 public, the progrefs of a work to which he had contributed 

 his time, his labour, and his counfels, th« committee could 

 not fail to entertain a common fentiment of profound regret 

 for the lofs which they have fultained, and to cherifli in their 

 minds the livelieft recolleftion of the fervice which has been 

 fo fuccefsfully fulfilled by him in this fecond report. They 

 wilh, therefore, to add to this document, defigned for ge- 

 neral circulation, their fenfe of vi'hat is due from the public, 

 and themfelves, to the memory of one who was a conftant 

 and affiduous promoter of this falutar/ inftitution, from its 

 firil eftablifhment to the lad hour of his hfe — The committee 

 truft, that this teftimony, though limited to a fingle objeft 

 in the large field of paitoral duty in which he was inceffantly 

 engaged, may ferve to denote the benefits which have re- 

 fulted from his prompt, unwearied, and effeftual exertions." 

 The following is the charafter drawn of him by Mr. arch- 

 deacon Jefferton, and which alludes to his zeal for the church 

 of which he was an aiflive member. " Fearlefs now of being 

 cenfured for mercenary adulation, or reproved by uncon- 

 fcious merit, a juft tribute may be paid to the charadler of 

 that departed and exalted prelate, v. ho is, and will be, mofl 

 lamented where he was bell and moft entirely known. This 

 opportunity, therefore, is willingly embraced of offering a 

 heart -felt condolence to the minillry of the diocefe on the 

 affefting and important lofs, which, in thefe perilous times 

 of contending fefts and unfettled opinion, has arifen to them, 

 and to the church : — To them, in the premature privation 

 of a diocefan, firm in his fupport of ecclefiaftical authority, 

 but confiderate in its application ; eminently verfed in the 

 letter of ecclefiallical law, but hberal in its praftical con- 

 ftruftion, reluftant in interference, but determined in duty, 

 flow in the profeffion of fervice, but prompt in its execution ; 

 difintererted in patronage, unwavering in meafurcs, correft 

 in judgment, attentive in counfel, and kind and compaf- 

 fioiiate to dittrefs : —To the church, in the premature pri- 

 vation of a father, dihgent in her rites and fcrvices, but 

 tinoftentatious in piety and devotion ; found and unrelaxing 

 in her doftrines and faith, but difcreet in zeal, and compre- 

 henfive in charity ; ever vigilant in defending her interefts, 

 ever forward in aiTerting her privileges, and ever able in the 

 affertion and the defence." The bifhop died fuddenly on 

 the 28th of July 1813. He was one of the governors of the 



nongalia, and S. by Pendleton, 

 ants is 2854. 



Randolph, a poll-town in Orange county, Vermont, 

 being the 4th town W. of Tiietford, on Coimefticut river. 

 The number of inhabitants is 2255. White river, by its 



. fide of the town. It 

 ges, and a flitting mill. 

 The congregational meeting-houfe has a lleeple, and is large ; 

 47 miles from Rutland. 



Randolph, a county of the Indiana territory. 



Randolph, a town of Morris county, in New Jerfey, 

 containing 1 27 1 inhabitants. 



RANDOM, a townfliip of Effex county, in Vermont, 

 W. of Brunfwick. 



Random IJIand, a fmall ifland in Trinity bay, near the 

 E. coaft of Newfoundland. N. lat. 48^ 15'. W. long. 



53° 40'- 



Random-Wc/, a fhot made when the muzzle of a gun is 

 raifed above the horizontal line, and is not defigned to Ihoot 

 direftly, or point-blank. 



The utmotl random of any piece is about ten times as far 

 as the bullet will go point-blank ; and the bullet will go 

 fartheil when the piece is mounted to about forty-five de- 

 grees above the level range. 



The fpace or diftance of the random is reckoned from the 

 platform to the place where the ball firft grazes. 



R ANDOW, in Geography, a river of Brandenburg, which 

 runs into the Ucker ; three miles S. of Uckermunde. 



RANDS, a lake of Norway, in the province of Agger- 

 huus, 35 miles long, and two broad ; 20 miles N. of Chrif- 

 tiania. 



RANDSBERG, a town of Sweden, in Weft Goth- 

 land ; 76 niil'-s E. of Uddevalla. , 



RANDYCHOAR, a town of Bootan ; 18 miles N. of 

 Beyhar. 



RANEA, a town of Weft Bothnia ; 60 miles W. of 

 Toraea. 



RANELAGH, Rotunda and. Gardens, built and opened 

 for mufical performances and public amufements in 1 742. 

 The building was ereCled in the fpacious garden belonging to 

 the refidence, at Chelfea, of lord Ranelagh, one of the mi- 

 nifters of Charles II., when paymafter of the army. 



It was planned by the late Mr. Lacey, afterwards joint- 

 patentee of Drury-lane theatre with the great aftor Garrick. 

 At the firft opening of this ftupendous building, feveral 

 experiments were made in placing the orcheftra, in hlliiig it, 

 and in the time of performance, before it was fettled as an 

 evening promenade. Tne orcheftra was at firft placed in 

 the middle of the rotunda. The performance was in a 

 morning ; and oratorio choruflcs chieHy furniftied the bill of 

 fare. Sir John Barnard complaining to the magiftrates, 



that 



