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Northumberland and Durham 
been made. He was the son of that Rev. 
IVlr. Sowden, of Rotterdam, whose attention 
to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, led lier 
to present him with the manuscript copy of 
hfcr famous Letters, purchased by the Bute fa¬ 
mily, but surreptitiously published. He was 
brought up in the navy. 
The Rev. Matthcsv Rawt, D D. master of 
Charter-House school, See. and an eminent 
scholar. He had been for some weeks con¬ 
fined by a complaint, over which it was 
thought he had triumphed, when a fever in¬ 
tervened which in two or three days baffled 
all medical skill, and terminated his most 
valuable life. He filled the important stai 
tion of master of Charter-house school tor 
nearly twenty years, and it was his intention 
to retire from the arduous duties of the situ¬ 
ation. The governors had presented him to 
the rectory of Hallenbury, and the honour- 
■able society of Gray’s-inn, had elected him 
their preacher. But he was cut off in the 
very prime of life, from the retirement ter 
which he was so honourably entitled J and to 
which he would have contributed so essen¬ 
tially to the support, to the influence, and to 
conciliation, of the established church by 
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his learning, his exertions, and his example. 
Never did a human being possess a heart 
of more mild or more purely Christian 
virtues. He gained such an ascendency 
over the minds of his pupils by tbe gen¬ 
tleness combined With the dignity of his de¬ 
portment, that they revered in him at once 
the benignity of the parent and the awe of 
the master. They bad, in the contemplation of 
his retreat, employed themselves in the means 
of testifying their lively sense of gratitude and 
affection towards him ; and on the day after 
his death the school was to re-assemble. 
What an afflicting scene it must be to all the 
warm, generous, and ardent youths, whom 
it has been the study of the departed and 
eToquent mastskr to inspire with the love of 
virtue, to meet, only to assemble round, his 
bier! Many have been the losses which the 
public have lately sustained of great and good 
men ; but no man has been thuspreraatureijr 
taken from us more truly great and valuable' 
by every consideration of classical learning, 
sound piety, active benevolence, indepen¬ 
dent spirit, and zealous patriotism, than Dr. 
Ralne. 
PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 
WITH ALL THE MARRIAGES and DEATHS; 
Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South, 
Communications for this Department of the Monthly Magazine, 'properlif ur^ 
thenticated, ana sent free of Postage, are always thankfaily received. Thole are 
more particularly acceptable which describe the Progress of' Local Improvements of 
any Kind, or which contain Biogmiphical Anecdotes or Pacts relative to eminent 
or remarkable, Characters recently deceased. 
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
a meeting of the clergy of the diocese 
of Durham, held at Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, on Thursday, the 5th day of Septem¬ 
ber, 1811, the Rev. the Archdeacon of Dur¬ 
ham in the chair, it was resolved— 
1 . That ignorance of religion, and a con¬ 
sequent disregard of its sanctions, may be 
reckoned among the chief causes of pro* 
fligacy. 
2 . That increased attention to the religious 
education of all the classes of society, and 
more particularly of the infant poor, is the 
Only remedy that can be applied to this evil 
with any hope of permanent reformation. 
3. That the facility of giving instruction 
tu youth has been much advanced by the di.':- 
covery of a mode of tuition, conducted 
through the agency of the scholars them¬ 
selves. 
4. That the greatest benefit which mankind 
«Bu derive from this interesting dis««vevy, 
consists in its application to the purposo of 
and religious instructions. 
5. That the direction and superintendence 
of religious instruction, and a diligent appli¬ 
cation to the means offered for its improve¬ 
ment, constitute a very essential part of the 
pastoral office. 
6 . That, animated by a strong sense of 
this important duty, we have lor some years 
contemplated, with thankfulness, cJle zealous 
exertions, and liberal contributions, of the 
Lord Bishop of this diocese, for the instruc¬ 
tion, support, and extension, of the new sys¬ 
tem ol education, at Auckland, Durham, and 
many other places. 
7. That, amongst other acts of munifi¬ 
cence, we distinguish, with a lively interesr, 
that ample and permanent provision which 
his Lordship has made in the Barrington 
school, at Auckland, for training masters, 
who are enabhng themselves to c.mpioy their 
talents in spreading, throughout the oiocese, 
the application of this powerful method, un¬ 
der the direction and care of the parochial 
clergy. 
S. That it is highly proper that we should 
express 
