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love and efteem of his inftruttors: His talents 
for Latin and Greek verfification were parti- 
cularly remarkable,and are known to the public 
by fome mafterly fpecimens in the elegant 
fele€tion of Latin and Greek poetry, entitled 
Mufe Etonenfcs. Being elected a fcholar of 
King’s College, Cambridge, be removed to 
that univerfity in 1756. He there profe- 
euted his fiudies with unabated ardour, and, to 
his former accurate acquaintance with the 
claffics, he added a competent knowledge of 
mathematics. In 1759, he was chofen fel- 
low 3 proceeded regularly to his degrees of 
B.A. in 17713; M.A. 1774 7D.D 1786 ; and 
became one of the public tutors of the college 5 
which office he held for feveral years. Mr~ 
James however found the air and fituation of 
Cambridge injurious to his health; and, on the 
fefignation of the head-mafterfhip of Rugby 
fchool, by Dr. Burroughs, in 1776, was in- 
@uced to offer himfelf as a candidate for that 
Gtuation, which he fucceeded in obtaining. 
@Whrovgh the remiftnefs of his predeceffor, 
Mr. James, foundthat a reform in the difci- 
Pline, and fyftem of teaching, adopted in that 
inftitution, was highly neceflary. ‘This he 
immediately commenced, and fuch was the 
@uccefs of his exertions, and the reputation he 
aéquired, that from an hundred, the number of 
pupils was foon augmented to three hundred. 
@ few yeais after his removal to Rugby Mr. 
James married Mifs Elizabeth Landor, of Co- 
ventry, who died after an union ‘with him 
ef three or four years. Dr. James was deeply 
e@i&ed at her lofs ; and it was not until 
fome years afterwards that he formed @ con- 
wetion with Mifs Caldecott, of Rugby, which 
@erminated in marriage. In 1794, his healch 
began to be impaired by unremitted fiady and 
dnceffant attention to the eoncerns of the in- 
ftitution, over which he prefided. Still he 
was, unwilling to follow the advice ef his 
Siends, who advifed him to refign his fitua- 
fion, But his health ceatinuing to decline, he 
was In 1793, prevailed upon to retire from the 
arduous duties of an office which he had held 
for fixteen years, with fuch credit to himfelf, 
and fuch advantage to thofe entrufted to his 
care, In confequence of his Icong and meri- 
torious fervices, the truftees applied to the 
minifter, requefting that Dr. James might be 
sewarded with fome preferment, and he was 
jn. confequence appointed toa prebend in Wor- 
eefter Cathedral, together with the living of 
Biarvington. Dr. James’s time was fo totally 
accupied with the concerns of his {chco) that 
he never prefented the public with any lites 
gary work of confequence. He, however, 
blifhed a Compendium of Geography, which 
gs a very comprehenfive and accurate peisorm. 
mance, and is principally ufed at Rugby fchool. 
Hie was likewife the author of an Explanation 
of the Sith Book of Euclid, by algebra; and 
eftwo Sermons publithed in 1799 ; one of 
which was preached at the Mufical Meeting 
of the Three Choirs ef Worcefrer, Hereford, 
wad Gloucetige 5 and the ether oa a public faft 
rer efordppire——Gloucefter fries 
[Nov. 1, 
day. By his firft wife Dr. James has left 
two children, a fonjand a daughter. The 
former has been breught up to the law, and 
the latter was married, in 1803, to the Rev- 
Dr. Wingfield, late head-mafter of Weftmin= 
fter. fchcol and prebendary of Worcefter.. By 
his fecond wife he had feveral children, one 
of whom is now-a member of Chrift Church, 
and another of Oriel College, Oxford. 
HEREFORDSHIRE- 
Died.) At Pool-kall, near Bromyard, aged 
92, Mrs. Cave, mother of the late Joho 
Cave, efg. of Brifiol. 
At Titley, the Rev. Mr. Gueft, M.A. 2 
canon refidentiary of Hereford cathedral, vicar 
of Lugwardine and Staunton-upon-Wye, and 
perpetual curate of Titley, all in this county. 
At Hereford, fuddenly, Mrs. Butler, wi- 
dow of the late —— Butler, efq. and daugh- 
ter of Mr. Carwardine, formerly of Preiton: 
Wynne. She had pafled the evening cheer- 
fully with fome friends, when fhe fell back im 
her chair, and inftantly expired. 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 
‘Application isintended to be made to par* 
liament for an act to inclofe the commonable 
lands in the parifh of Longney. 
The new road through the parifhof Twy- 
fing is completed at an expence of 100c]-and 
is now open for ufe, By this alteration the 
diftance from Worcefter to Tewkibury is 
fhortened half a mile, anda road dangerous 
from its narrownefs and frequent turnings is 
changed for one that isftraight, open and hand- 
fome. Other important alterations in the 
principal road from Worcefter te Gloucefter is: 
likewife in the contemplation of the truftees 
of the Tewksbury diftri€t, for promoting the 
convenience and fafety of the public. 
Marrizd.| Mr. Thomas Pearce, woolftap« 
ler, of Minchingham, to Milfs Ann Keylock. ‘ 
At Bilton, Mr. John Buth, of Berry-houfe, 
Deynton, to Mifs Harris, daughter of Mr. 
Harris, of Briftol.—The Rev. Edward Jones, 
of Brockworth, to Mifs Elizabeth Owen, 
daughter ef the late Rev. Mr. Owen, ef 
Wrexham: :; 
At Gloucefier, Mr Thomas Crowther New- 
by, attorney at law, of Jermyn ftreet, Lon- 
don, to Mifs Ady, fzcond daughter of Mr. 
Ady, of the former city. 2 
At Preftbury, Mr. Jefeph Cotterell, oF 
Bishop’s Gleve, to Mifs Mary Otwood. 
At Weltbury-on-Trim, the Rev. John 
Turner, rector. of Hagley, Waorcefterfhire, te 
Mifs Baker, cideft daughter of the late Jere 
miah HKaker, efq. of Redland Court, near 
Briftol. 
Dicd.] At Gloucefter, aged 62, Edward 
Stephens ‘fames, gent.—Mifs Cox, eldef 
daughter of the late Mr. Cox.—-Mr. Thomas." — 
Leighton, grocer. 
At Gloucefter, aged 43, Mr. John Coren, 
lieutenant and adjutant of the 1ft regiment 
of Herefordfliire volunteers; to the formation 
and diicipline of which corps he very materi- 
aliy costributed when it was firl railed. 
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