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to propose them now for Consideration, agst the time of the Committee.
The Bill was referred back to the Judges, who had drawn it. Ld. Ch.
Justice Lee desired, that I would give them the Heads of my Remarks;
which I did: & the Bill was brought back by them, considerably alterd.
After this, I do not remember, that I spoke much concerning it in the
House: but see the Papers relative to it. It went down to the House of
Commons, who made many Amendments: & the Lords, though not
approving them all, agreed to them all, that the Bill might pass.
This Year Dr Lowths Book de Poesi Habraeorum was published. He
sent me a Present of it. I returned him with my Thanks a good many
little Remarks: of which he made in his next Edition some use, & a more
obliging mention, than they deserved.]
June 8,9 we went to Cuddesden. I gave this year another present of
20 11 to Dr Daniel Scott. My good Friend Bishop Berkeley dying at
Oxford in January, his Widow & Son & Daughter spent the Summer
with me, 2 )[and I gave his Son, after I was made ABp, the Chancellorship
of Brecknock, the Vicarage of Bray, & the Rectory of Acton, 3 of
my options.] I gave Dr Kennicott the Vicarage of
FOLIO 46 Culham, & paid the Fees of his Admission. On the first of
1753-54 October we left Cuddesden for St Pauls. This Summer
Mrs & Miss Talbot going {in my coach) to Chipping-
Norton Races, where was a great meeting of the New Interest; & Mr
Knollys of Thame, who was of the Old Interest, going with them upon
the Course; it was reported, that I was there in a laced Coat. In the
beginning, we were for some Days at the Duchess of Somersets at Percy
Lodge.
f)[[In the Beginning of this Year, the Jew Bill had passed, with little
or no Opposition. But a great Outcry against it being made, it was
thought advisable, that the Duke of Newcastle should move for the
Repeal of it, on the first Day of the Session the next Winter. And he
desirous to be seconded by a Bishop, the Bishops met, & pitched upon
me. Accordingly I seconded him in a Speech, which had the good
Fortune to be remarkably well received: though Ld Westmorland said,
he thought I spoke against the Repeal: for I had said more in Favour of
the Bill than he had ever heard before. I spoke afterwards for a Clause to
disable Jews from being Patrons of Livings; which some think they may
But the Desire of the House for the simple Repeal prevailed: & I was
advised not to divide it on the Occasion. I also defended Bp Sherlock
against some rude Attacks of Lord Temple in relation to this Bill, 2)[for
which I had the Bishops Thanks: & Lord Temple afterwards made an
apology for what he had said.] See my Papers. The monthly magazines
pretended to print my Speeches on this & other Occasions; one under
the Name of the Bishop of Odfrox, the other under that of T. Octacilius
Crassus. But neither of them had almost ever any one thing that I said.]]