THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT REVEREND BEILBY PORTEUS, D. D. LATE BISHOP OF LONDON. BY THE REV. ROBERT HODGSON, A. M. F. R. S. Rector of St. George's Hanover-Square, and one of the NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY EZRA SARGEANT, THE LIFE OF DR. BEILBY PORTEUS, BISHOP OF LONDON. UPON the merits of the venerable Prelate, of whose writings a new and complete edition is now presented to the world, the public sentiment has long and justly decided and it is under the impression, that whatever relates to him will be read with interest, that a History of his Life is here prefixed. I could much have wished that the task of preparing it had fallen into abler hands: but thus far I feel justified in saying, that it has been drawn from the most authentic sources, and certainly with no intention to raise his character by undue panegyric. The portrait of such a man is best delineated in the simple colouring of truth; and it has |