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ed by capt. Chaloner Ogle, being on a cruize, fell in on the 7th inst. 250 leagues to the westward of Cape Finifterre with the Subtile, a French frigate, of 16 guns and $4 men, from Ile Maurice, which he took, and has brought her into Plymouth,

THURSDAY, August 27.

Letters from Conftantinople give account of a dangerous infurrection having hap pen'd here. High difputes began in the divan, but on what fubject is not positively mentioned; and the Janiffaries and mob immediately took part in the difpute"; which has occafioned a great deal of bloodshed. Some letters fay it was occafioned by the emiffaries of France and Austria attempting to break the Pruffian treaty with the Porte.

Letters from Paris are full of the refolutions of the parliament of Paris against the Jefuits, depriving them of their privileges and prerogatives...

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William Caftell, Efq; to Mifs Frome. Jofeph Peacock, Efq; to Mifs Cuffe, Henry Cornwall Legh, of High-Legh, in Chefhire, to Mifs Hopkinson.

Mr. Alex. Dowdall, merchant, to Mifs Bermingham.

Maurice Bernard, Efq; to Mifs Gordon. Philip Bedingfield, to Mifs Forefter, of Norwich.

Rev. Mr. Roberts, to Mifs Pitt, of Gloucefter-street.

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Capt, Corbett, to Mifs Mytton.
DEATHS.

Duke of Douglas, in Scotland.

The Lady of Welbore Ellis, Efq;

John Newel Efq; in Ireland, aged 127, grandfon of Old Parr, of England, who lived to 152 years of age.

Simon Mackenzie, of Scotsborn, Efqz Morgan Lambert, Efq; at Epping. Mrs. Congier, a Jew Lady, dropped down fuddenly, while drinking tea, at Hackney.

Walter Harris, Efq; vicar-general of the diocefe of Meath, in Ireland.

Mifs Light, of Baglake, Dorsetshire.
Dr. Mackenzie, at Sutton Colefield.
Lord Delvin, son of the Earl of West-
meath.

Corke, in Ireland, aged 116 years.
John Lyon, at Bandon, in the county of

The Marquis of Carmarthen, eldest son to the Duke of Leeds.

Dr. Best, Rector of St. Laurence, near Guildhall.

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PROMOTIONS.

Earl of Hindford, one of the 16 Peers of Scotland.

Earl of Bute, Chancellor of the Univer fity of Aberdeen.

The Hon. Sir Jofeph York, Ambaff. extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary to the States-General of Holland.

Lord Anfon, Admiral and Commander, in chief of his Majefty's forces.

Duke of Manchester, Lord Chamberlain to her future Majesty.

Lord Cantulupe, Vice-Chamberlain to the fame.

Dr. Leatherland and Dr. Akenside, Phy ficians to the intended Queen.

Capt. Harcourt, Equerry to her intended Majefty.

Dr. Pringle, Phyfician to the intended Queen's houthold."

De Greg, Efq; Sollicitor-general to the Queen.

Col. Ryan's Lady, a gentlewoman of the bed-chamber to the Queen.

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CARDINAL POOLE.

Benoist Sculp

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HEN we confider in what esteem the characters of many men would be held by pofterity, had not a blind and bigotted zeal in religion hurried them into fuch actions, as have justly drawn on themselves the hatred and deteftation of mankind; we cannot but lament the weakness of their minds, the narrowness of their fouls, and their little acquaintance with the true fpirit of the Chriftian religion, which breathes nothing but charity and love to all men; and that fo many illuftrious deeds of a great man's life fhould be often fullied by fo dire a fuperftition, as to have caufed him to perfecute a brother, for differing only in fome fpeculative points of no confequence to our eternal welfare. We cannot but deplore the infirmity of human nature, which could be fo abfurd as to fuppofe that the Divine Being could not be pleafed with a pure and earnest devotion, flowing from the heart, unless accompanied with this or that ceremony. Some ceremonies may be useful to preferve decency and order; but to make September, 1761,

them an effential article of faith, is an amazing proof of the infatuation and imbecility of men. What an idea muft they have of the Divine Being, to fuppofe he could be delighted to behold Chriftians armed with the fword against each other, and by that means hurting religion in the moft eflential manner, when they ought to have been jointly pouring out their praifes to heaven for being enlightened with it, and endeavouring to heal their, divifions, and reconcile their differences like brethren, not quarrelling about them like bitter enemies, running after a thadow, and difputing about ceremonies, and nice opinions of little importance, not as men defirous of being convinced of the truth, but to maintain them right or wrong; and all the while neglecting the fubftance, the improvement of their lives! for, unfortunately, it has very plainly appeared that those who have ufed a furicus zeal of perfecution on account of religion, have in general had as little of it as any, and been men whofe lives would not bear a fevere fcrutiny. The true caufe of perfecution has moft times proceeded not from Lil

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any peculiar love to religion in the perfecutors, nor yet always from a deceitful conviction of even the truth of thofe doctrines they would forcibly impofe (which is the only excufe, and a very, very, miferable one it is, that ever can be alledged for it) but in general, from ambition, from intereft, from a fordid love of lucre, and because their doctrines are the foundation of their luxury, opulence, and power, and the fupport of them. It is thofe who have been governed by fuch powerful motives, that have been the fondeft of perfecutions, who have impofed on the understandings of others, and carefully infufed into them a perfecuting spirit, as the only method of fuftaining their own fordid ends.

Cardinal Reginald Pole, whofe life we now propofe to relate, lived in those unhappy times, when religious difputes were at the height; when men were denied that natural right of liberty of confcience we now happily enjoy; and many fuffered the most excruciating torments, rather than efpouse those opinions they deemed to be falfe, or wound their confciences by profeffing to believe fuch doctrines as they were perfuaded had no divine foundation. It was the humanity and moderation of cardinal Pole, his averfion to violent methods, hatred of perfecutions, and defire of bringing back the people to the church of Rome by mild and gentle ufage, recommended in a reformation of the Romish, clergy, in manners and difcipline, that have gained him the admiration of pofterity, and will caufe his name to be ever mentioned with honour, whilft his opponent Gardiner, and the rest of that infernal perfecuting tribe, are detefted, and hated by every honeft man, indeed by all the world. Happy would it be, could it be faid cardinal Pole was in every refpect free from blame, or that he had never fuffered himself to be forced into fome meafures contrary to his own nature, by thofe who were his fuperiors in ftation, but greatly his inferiors in piety, candour, and humanity; we mean the popes. But this will be mentioned in the courfe of his life.

Cardinal Pole was defcended from the blood royal of England, both by his father and mother, being a younger fon of Sir Richard Pole, lord Montague, knight of the gaiter, and coufin-germain to king Henry VII. and of Margaret his wife,

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daughter of George duke of Clarence,
younger brother to king Edward IV. He
was born in the year 1500, at Stoverton
cattle in Staffordshire, and was placed at
the age of 7 years in the monastery at
Shene, near Richmond in Surry, to be in-
ftructed in grammar by the Carthufians.
Having remained there five years, he be-
came a nobleman of Magdalen college,
Oxford, where an apartment was affigned
him in the prefident's lodgings.
his cradle, the greatest care had been taken
to form his mind and manners; and the
famous Thomas Linacre, and William
Latimer, two of the greatest masters in
thofe times, of the Greek and Latin
tongues, were appointed his principal
preceptors. The former of these was one
of the most learned physicians in Europe.
He projected the foundation of the college
of phyficians, afterwards entered into
holy orders, and was reckoned one of the
brightest geniuses; a man who poffeffed an
unusual knowledge in different parts of
learning, and of a very exemplary life.
William Latimer was alfo one of the
greatest men of that age; a master of all
facred and profane wrisings, and an excel-
lent divine. They were the joint restorers
of polite literature, and the learning of the
ancients in England, and were in every re-
spect the most suitable men to educate and
instruct fuch a young nobleman; who was
defigned from his very birth to make a
great figure afterwards in the world. Un-
der their directions and affistance, he made
a very confiderable progrefs in his studies;
and having obferved the regular exercise,
he took [anno 1515] the degree of
Batchelor of arts, and petitioned the con-
gregation for leave to wear fuch a habit
and robes, as were suitable to his birth, and
to be admitted into the public library.
Some time after he entered into deacon's
orders, and [anno 1517] was made pre-
bendary of Rofcomb, in the church of
Salisbury, to which was added [an. 1519]
the prebend of Yatminster Secunda, in
the fame church; the deanery of Wim-
bourne monaftery, or Minfter in Dorfet-
fhire; and that of Exeter in Devonshire.
These early promotions were the effects of
the munificent temper of Harry the eighth,
his relation, who directed his breeding to
the church, with a design to raise him to
the highest dignities in it. Nor was he
undeferving of the royal bounty. To a

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