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was adopted as a test for the society accordingly, viz., « I 
profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ his 
Eternal Son the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, 
blessed for evermore; and do acknowledge the holy scrip¬ 
tures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine 
inspiration.” 
He was well esteemed by his brethren, whom he continued 
to edify by his ministry and example to the end, dying, after 
a short confinement, by infirmity, at the age of 86. Besides 
several writings chiefly controversial, he left some memoirs 
of his life, which were printed in one volume, 8vo., in 1725. 
WHITEHILL, two hamlets of England, one in Oxford¬ 
shire, the other in Kent. 
WHITEHILLS, a considerable fishing town of Scotland, 
in the parish of Boyndie, in Banffshire, situated on the sea 
coast, about half way between the towns of Banff and 
Portsoy. Population about 460. 
WHITEHORN, a parish of Scotland, in the county of 
Wigton ; 8 miles long, and 4 broad, occupying the extremity 
of that peninsula of Wigtonshire formed by the bays of 
Wigton and Luce. Population 1935.—2. A small island of 
Scotland, near the south-east coast of the county of Wigton. 
Lat. 54. 46. N. long. 4. 27. W. 
WHITEHORSE, a post village of the United States, in 
Hunterdon county, New Jersey. 
WHITE HORSES, cliffs on the south coast of Jamaica 5 
20 miles east-south-east of Kingston. 
WHITE HOUSE BAY, a bay on the west coast of the 
island of St. Christopher, a little to the north of Guiana 
point. 
WHITEHURST (John), was born at Congleton, in Che¬ 
shire, in 1713, and brought up to the trade of his father, who 
was a watch-maker. At the age of 21 years he visited Dublin, 
in order to acquaint himself with the construction of a curious 
clock 5 but being disappointed, he engaged in business for 
himself at Derby, about two or three years after his return, 
where he distinguished himself by a variety of ingenious 
pieces of mechanism ; and he thus established a reputation, 
which caused him to be consulted by all persons who wished 
to avail themselves of superior skill in mechanics, pneuma¬ 
tics, and hydraulics. In 1775 he was appointed, without 
any solicitation on his own part, stamper of the money 
weights; which office required his removal to London, 
where he spent the remainder of his days, and where his 
house was the resort of scientific men of various descriptions. 
In 1778 he published his “Inquiry into the original State 
and Formation of the Earth, of which an enlarged and im¬ 
proved edition appeared in 1786, and a third in 1792. In 
May, 1779, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. 
In 1783 he visited Ireland, to examine the Giant’s Causeway, 
and the northern parts of the island; and the result of his 
inquiries was annexed to his work above-mentioned. Mr. 
Whitehurst, having been for some time subject to the gout, 
was at length carried off by a paroxysm of it in the stomach, 
in February, 1788, in the 75th year of his age, at his house 
in Bolt-court, Fleet-street. As a man of science, he was much 
respected by all who knew him; but he was still more 
estimable on account of his moral qualities. His papers on 
Chimneys, Ventilation, and Garden-stoves, were collected 
and published in 1794, by Dr. Willan. His papers in the Phi¬ 
losophical Transactions, printed afterwards in the collection 
of his works in 1792, were the following: viz., “ Thermo- 
mefrical Observations at Derby,” in vol. lvii.; “ An Account 
of a Machine for raising Water at Oulton in Cheshire,” vol. 
lxv.; and “Experiments on ignited Substances,” vol. lxvi. 
Hutton's Math. Diet. 
WHITE INLET, or Boca de Ratones, an inlet on the 
east coast of East Florida. Lat. 26. N. long. 80. 20. W. 
WHITE ISLAND, an island in the South Pacific ocean, 
near the east coast of New Zealand, north of Cape Run¬ 
away. Lat. 37. 31. S. long. 182. 36. W. 
WHITE ISLAND, a small island in the Atlantic, near 
the south-east coast of Nova Scotia. Lat. 42. 55. N. long. 
Cl. 56. W. 
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WHITEKIRK, a parish of Scotland, in Haddingtonshire, 
united to Tynninghame.—Also a small village in that parish; 
9§ miles north-east from Haddington. 
WHITE LADY ASTON, a parish of England, in Wor¬ 
cestershire, near Worcester. 
WHITE LAKE, a post village of the United States, in 
Bethel, New York. 
WHITELAND, East, a township of the United States, 
in Chester county, Pennsylvania. Population 779. 
WHITELAND, West, a township of the United States, 
in Chester county, Pennsylvania. Population 635. 
WHITELE'AD, s. . White lead is made by taking sheet- 
lead, and having cut it into long and narrow slips, they 
make it up into rolls, but so that a small distance may re¬ 
main between every spiral revolution. These rolls are put 
into earthen pots, so ordered that the lead may not sink’ down 
above half way, or some small matter more, in them: these 
pots have each of them very sharp vinegar in the bottom, 
so full as almost to touch the lead. When the vinegar and 
lead have both been put into the pot, it is covered up close, 
and so left for a certain time; in which space the corrosive 
fumes of the vinegar will reduce the surface of the lead into 
a mere white calx, which they separate by knocking it with 
a hammer. There are two sorts of this sold at the colour 
shops, the one called ceruse, which is the most pure part, 
and the other is called white lead. — Quincy. 
WHI'TELIMED, adj. Covered with white plaister.— 
Ye white-lim'd walls. Titus Andronicus. 
WHITELI'VERED, adj. Envious; malicious; cowardly. 
—Whitelivered runagate, what doth he there ? Shalcspeare. 
WH1TELOCK (Bulslrodej, a lawyer and statesman, was 
born in London in the year 1605, and finished his education 
as a gentleman-commoner of St. John’s College, Oxford. 
Being destined for the profession of the law, he pursued the 
study of it under the direction of his father, sir James White- 
lock, who was one of the justices of the King’s Bench. As 
he had a taste for the fine arts, be was nominated as one of 
the chief managers of the royal masque presented by the inns 
of court to Charles I. and his queen in 1633, of which he has 
given a florid description. He became soon distinguished 
in his profession at the bar, and was frequently consulted by 
Hampden, when he was under prosecution for resisting the 
imposition of ship-money. In 1640 he was elected as a re- 
resentative for Marlow in the Long parliament; and though 
is principles were favourable to the measures which then 
engaged the public attention, he concurred with Selden and 
others in deprecating a resort to arms; but when the house 
had determined_for war, he accepted the post of deputy- 
lieutenant for the counties of Oxford and Buckingham, and 
appeared at the head of a gallant company of horse raised 
among his neighbours. Nevertheless, he was always averse 
from a civil contest; and, in January, 1642-3, he was one 
of the commissioners appointed to treat of peace with the 
king at Oxford; and, in 1644, he was one of those who pre¬ 
sented to the king propositions of peace agreed upon in par¬ 
liament ; and the king’s ‘answer was, at his majesty’s request, 
drawn up by him and Holies, for which they were accused 
of high treason by parliament, but extricated themselves with 
honour. As a member of the assembly at Westminster for 
settling the form of church government, he avowed himself 
in opposition to the divine right of presbytery. He also op¬ 
posed the power of excommunication assumed by the presbj'- 
terians; being always, like Selden, an enemy to violent ex¬ 
ertions of church power by any party; and he was an in¬ 
variable advocate of legal rights, and an opposer of arbitrary 
power, assumed or exercised in either house of parliament. 
To Cromwell lie was so agreeable, that he was one of the four 
members of parliament appointed to meet him after his fa¬ 
mous victory at Worcester, in 3 651. Whitelock avowed 
himself steadily attached to monarchy, as a part of the state 
which could not be dispensed with, and as interwoven with 
the laws of the country; and he therefore suggested, that 
the late king’s eldest or second son should be sent for, and 
enter into terms for securing the liberties of the nation. 
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