1807.] 
from Pettenwien, in the county of Fife, 
in quest of independence; and, if we 
mistake not greatly, resided during many 
years in Cockspur-street, where they 
kept the British coffee-house. On their 
demise, or removal, this establishment 
was carried on under the superintendance 
of a daughter. 
To a Scotchman, there is something ir- 
resistibly mviting in the name of an in- 
stitution, originally endowed in a foreign 
land by one of his own kings; and ac- 
cordingly it was to Baliol College, Ox- 
ford, that Mr. Douglas repaired, after 
the usual prefatory studies, which are 
said to have originated at the grammar- 
school of Dunbar. There are in this 
College a certain number of exhibitions, 
to which the University of Glasgow may 
appoint ; and we at one period were led 
to suppose, from a variety of circum- 
stances, that one of these had been thus 
granted. We have been assured, how- 
ever, from undoubted authority, that the 
nomination originated not in Scotland, 
but at Oxford, in consequence of a lapse, 
or neglect.* 
On a recurrence to a copy of the Re- 
gister, we find that Mr. Douglas obtained 
the degree of M. A. October 14, 1743, 
when he was twenty-two years of age. 
t was not until a distant period that he 
aspired to higher honours, which shail be 
noticed in due time. 
Having been intended for the church, | 
the student in divinity now applied him- 
self with indefatigable attention to ac- 
quire a sufficient knowledge of theology ; 
how far he succeeded on this occasion, 
those acquainted with hisdife and conver- 
sation can best*tell, As no fairy pro- 
spects of preferment opened to his fasci- 
nated eyes, and no visionary canonical 
vistas seemed to be cut into crosiers, and 
other emblems of episcopacy, after the 
manner of that day, Mr. Douglas thought 
proper to search for a livelihood in ano- 
ther country. Accordingly, soon after 
he bad taken orders, he was appointed 
one of the chaplains to the army,t and 
* It appears, from a paper drawn up by 
the bishop’s son, that Dr. Douglas, in 1736, 
was first entered a commoier of St. Mary 
Hall, and remained there until 1738, when 
he removed to Baliol College, on being elect- 
ed an exhibitioner, on Bishop Warner’s foun- 
dation. 
+ He occupied this situation in the third 
regiment of foot-guards. Anterior to this, 
he had visited both France and Flanders, 
chiefly with a view of acquiring a facility in 
the French language, ; 
Memoirs of Dr. Douglas, late Bishop of Salisbury. 
563 
was present in that capacity at the bat- 
tle of Kontenoy, in 1745. A colonel, 
who was his namesake, and perhaps also 
a relation, asked him, on this occasion, 
if he, who was “ also a Douglas,” did 
not mean to make a charge with the re- 
giment ? But his ardour could not display 
itself on this occasion, even if his clerical 
functions would have permitted; for he 
was entrusted with all the most valuable 
property of the officers with whom he was 
acquainted, accompanied with injunce 
tions to dispose of it according to certain 
directions, in the event of their not sure 
viving that day. 
Among those gallant men who perish- 
ed in this action, wasa gentleman named 
Lort, a major in the Welsh Fusileers, 
whose son carried a pair of colours in the 
same regiment, which suffered more than 
any other at the beginning of the action. 
The father, anxious for the honour of his 
child, who had never been engaged be- 
fore, narrowly watched his behaviour, 
and, observing him to bend his head a 
little at the first discharge, which proved 
a very dreadful one, exclaimed, ‘ Young 
man, if I survive this day, I will bring you 
toa court martial for that!” The youth 
behaved with distinguished gallantry 
throughout the remainder of the engage- 
ment, but the father fell a few minutes 
afterwards. It is hoped the introduc- 
tion of this anecdote will be pardoned 
even in thelife of a bishop, in favour of 
the memory of & brave man, 
Soon after this memorable event, Mr. 
Douglas returned from the Continent, 
and, after spending some little time at Ba~ 
lio! College, he was ordained a’ priest: 
for he had hitherto only been in deacon’s 
orders. So little patronage did he enjoy 
at this period, that we find him for 
many years drudging as a humble cu- 
rate, first at Tilchurst, near Reading in 
Berkshire, and afterwards at Dunstew, 
in the county of Oxford. 
While performing his duties with ex- 
emplary patience and decorum in the 
latter of these parishes, a new career 
was opened to his ambition, by means 
of the Earl of Bath. This nobleman, 
better known as William Pulteney, and 
for a long period one of the first orators 
of the House of Commons, after the toils 
of a long opposition, had at length tasted 
of the sweets of poweryand the lethean 
draught had the same efféct on him as on 
many other pretenders to public virtue, 
both before and since: he bad forgotten all 
his promises in favour of liberty, and the 
people! Hisonly child, Lord Pulteney,wvas 
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