diversion of thoughts derived from his occupation in the work. For two or three of his last years he was unable, from his complaint, to pass a whole night in sleep, and he made a constant practice of getting up at one or two in the morning for an hour or two, and of lighting his candle, and attending to his studies.

At the end of June he had a most serious and violent attack, which lasted some days. After this attack he felt clear that his life would not be much prolonged; and on recovering a little, he drew instructions for a fuller will, and set about making more complete arrangements than he had before made. He wrote to one of his partners to get the will completed without loss of time, as he was then more fit for such matters than he should be again : " and he spent his time between intervals of pain, in going over, and tying up, and endorsing and setting down full particulars about all his papers and affairs, and in writing a variety of letters, to be opened after his death, to different persons, on matters he wished attended to, or explaining views he thought important to be understood. The coolness and composure with which all this was done was marvellous. He settled the draft of a long will as if it had been a client's had parts re-copied and altered after it was engrossed; and, after it was signed, wrote two codicils with his own hand, to supply little matters he thought it best to leave expressed. His last codicil was a bequest of the printed copy and of the manuscript of his translation of the New Testament to his wife. When this was finished, he meddled no further with business, nor with those more laborious pursuits which to him were always as part of the business to be done. But, preparation having been the work of his whole previous life, he waited in quiet expectation, for the most mysterious passage in the soul's history, spending his time in cheerful conversation with his family and near relations, all of whom he had requested thenceforward to stay about him. An operation was thought of and nearly determined upon; and though he had a strong secret conviction that it was impossible he should survive it, nothing could be more cheerful than his readiness to undergo it. When it was at last abandoned at Sir Astley Cooper's instance, he then first stated he was quite sure they had decided rightly.

For the last three weeks he was slowly sinking, and upon the morning of the 19th of August ceased to breathe-so tranquilly that the precise moment of his death is not known, though it was watched for by his brother and attendants. He was buried at the New Cemetery, Highgate. Though he left no kind of direction, or expressed the slightest wish on the subject, the ceremony was arranged with as much of modesty and quietness as possible, in accordance with what most certainly would have been his desire; for, if he had an unpopular point of character, it was his reserve, and this reserve arose from a disgust and loathing, almost morbid, of any thing approaching to show or ostentation. Wide as his acquaintance and even influence was, it is to this point in his character we attribute his not being much more publicly and extensively known.

His great generosity should be mentioned. Though careful in his habits, and fully aware of the value of money, yet in matters of charity

which he approved, particularly those connected with education, he was most liberal. The writer has been himself a party to many applications to him for aid of this kind, and never remembers his not giving at least double what was asked; and many requests for a guinea, he remembers met by gifts of five. Yet so unostentatious were these, that he is very sure Mr. Taylor's immediate family were never aware of them.

His family and numerous relations, many of them themselves distinguished for literature or science, were greatly attached to him, and proud of their connection with him; and this attachment was if possible increased by important professional exertions (not necessary to be further alluded to) which he made for one of them during the last years of his life.

Mr. Taylor married in the year 1823, Ann, daughter of J. Christie, Esq., of Hackney. He has left a widow and an only daughter surviving. His father also is still living, though at a very advanced age. He had realised a handsome, though not excessive fortune. His executors are, one of his brothers, a pleader of eminence of the Inner Temple, (formerly a pupil of his own,) and two of his partners.

He, early in life, entered himself of the Inner Temple, and kept his terms. It was, we believe, a few years ago, his intention, had his health been tolerably good, but not altogether re-established, to have been called to the bar by way of retiring from practice; but he continued till his death a member of that class of the profession which he had first entered, and for the honour, reputation, and interests of which he felt always the deepest regard.-(From the Legal Observer.)

THE LATE MRS. BARBAULD.-NEWINGTON-GREEN CHAPEL.

Our readers will, no doubt, be pleased to hear, that a monument has been recently erected in this chapel, to the memory of this very talented authoress, and truly estimable woman. It is an elegant mural tablet, thus inscribed ::

In memory of

ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD,
Daughter of John Aikin, D.D.

and Wife of the Rev. Rochemont Barbauld,
formerly the respected Minister of this Congregation.
She was born at Kibworth in Leicestershire, 20th June 1743,
and died at Stoke Newington, 9th March 1825.
Endowed by the Giver of All Good

with wit, genius, poetic talent, and a vigorous understanding,
she employed those high gifts

in promoting the cause of humanity, peace, and justice,
of civil and religious liberty,

of pure, ardent, and affectionate devotion.

Let the young, nurtured by her writings in the pure spirit
of Christian Morality,

let those of mature years, capable of appreciating
the acuteness, the brilliant fancy, and sound reasoning

of her literary compositions,
let the surviving few who shared
her delightful and instructive conversation,
bear witness that this monument records
no exaggerated praise.

The literary and religious world are indebted, for this appropriate Testimonial, to Charles Rochemont Aikin, Esq., of Bloomsbury Square, Surgeon, Nephew to Mrs. Barbauld, and the adopted son of the worthy minister and his celebrated lady. The inscription was furnished by an elder nephew, Arthur Aikin, Esq., late Secretary to the Society of Arts, Adelphi.

We hail the erection of this monument as another symptom of the progress that has been of late made by the congregation meeting at the antique Presbyterian chapel on Newington-Green. With the assistance of the Unitarian public, they have placed their chapel in a state of handsome repair: they have considerably enlarged their library, and by the introduction of a department of general literature, much enhanced its value and usefulness; and they have commenced a Sunday School, which is already numerously attended, and promises complete success. The doctrinal lectures of their minister, the Rev. Thomas Cromwell, have also been the means of drawing unusual attention to Unitarianism in the neighbourhood; and attracted on every occasion full auditories. To all such "revivals" we unfeignedly bid God speed! especially when, as we understand is the case here, united efforts are made in the cause, not so much of a sect, as of the broad Christianity of Christ, consisting of two great elements, devotion to God, and Human Brotherhood.

Postscript to the Article in this Number, on the Colleges of the University of Cambridge.

To ensure a greater degree of accuracy in the calculation of the proportion between the total number of students admitted annually into Trinity College, Cambridge, and the number of students who obtain testimonials for ordination from that College, (see pp. 17 and 18 in this number of the Christian Teacher,) the following additional corrections are requisite :1. In p. 17, line 27, for 67 read 47.

2. In p. 17, line 35, for 433 read 413; and line 37, for 473 read 453.

3. In p. 17, line 36, for 50 read 100; and line 37, for 1389 read 1339.

The year 1840 in the table, p. 17, includes only the period from the beginning of January to the middle of November, at which time the numbers were collected; but in the nine preceding years, the whole of the twelve months in each year is included.

There were one hundred and twenty-one admissions into Trinity College in ten months and a half of the year 1840, and at the end of October 1840, there were one hundred and thirteen first year students or freshmen in the same college.

Hence the number of absentees from the number of admissions in ten months was only eight, and therefore ten absentees must be amply sufficient for the whole

year.

If an allowance of ten absentees be assumed for each year in the table, the number of admissions will be reduced to 1339 for the ten years; and the average number in each year will consequently be 134 nearly. With these additional corrections, the proportion of the total number of the students to the number of the divinity students, (p. 18, line 15,) will consequently be as 1339 to 453, in ten years, from 1831 to 1840, or as 134 to 45 nearly, or as three to one nearly, for the precise proportion of 3 to 1 would be the same as 135 to 45.

In general terms, it has been stated by an experienced officer of Trinity College, Cambridge, that about one-third of the students go into the church, one-third into the law, and one-third into other professions and occupations; and, indeed, at the

Postscript to the Article on the University of Cambridge. 129 present day, it can hardly be disputed, but that the lay students are decidedly more numerous than the divinity students, in Trinity College, Cambridge.

Even among the most numerous class of graduates, the Bachelors of Arts, the numbers of degrees taken exhibit nearly always a majority of the lay students over the divinity students in Trinity College, as will be seen from the following table of the numbers of the Bachelors of Arts, who graduated in the last five years, as members of Trinity College, in the University of Cambridge.

The educational importance of the various colleges in the University of Cambridge may be estimated from the numbers of students who usually give a preference to those colleges from which they expect to derive the greatest advantage. All the names of the students who came up in October 1840, to commence their first academical year, and who are termed freshmen, were published in the Cambridge University Magazine, for November 1840, and their numbers are as follows: