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    was then one of the Ministers of Glasgow , and one of the commissioners ; a gentleman well known in the learned world , and afterwards Principal of the University of Edinburgh . A

    remarkable expression in one of Dr . Wishart ' s letters to Mr . Robertson was : iC The commissioners have made several other regulations for the good order of the University and preventing tyranny for the future . " To be continued . }

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    CAMBRO-BRITISH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . JAMES OWEN , —This very respectable Cambro-briton , was born Nov . I , 1654 , at a lonely farm-house called Bryn , in the parish of Abernant , about eight or nine miles from Caermarthen , and not far from the road which leads from that town to Cardigan . In the very same house , many years before , was born the memorable James Howell * y and , probably , also his brother Bishop Howell * . The family of the Howells still exist in

    pronounces to be an excellent piece ; " and which tlie writer of this thinks well deserving the attention of the Unitarian Societies formed to promote Christian knowledge and the practice of virtue by the distribution of Bocks . * James Howell was born about the year 1596 , at Bryn in the parish of Aberrant , Caermarthenshire ; his father , whose name was Thomas Howell , was a clergyman , and minister of that parish ; but he removed , I think , afterwards tp Wangamarch , in Erecknpckshire , from whence he sent his son James to the

    freeschool at Hereford , arid afterward to Jesus-coliege , in Oxford , his eider brother Thomas being then Fellow of that Society , and became afterward King ' s Chap " lain and Bishop of Bristo | . James having taken the degree of B . A » in 1613 , left the University , and removed to London , where he became Steward to a Glasshouse in Broad-street , by the procurement of Sir Robert Manse 11 . The proprietors , with a view of improving their manufactory , were induced to send an agent abroad , who should procure the best materials and workmen , and they fixed upon James Howell for that purpose . He accordingly set out in 1619 , and returned in

    i 6 zi , after visiting the principal places in Holland , Flanders , France , Spain , and Italy , and executing his commission to the satisfaction of his employers . He had also in the mean time acquired no small knowledge and skill in divers modern languages . « ' 1 thank God ( says he in one of his letters ) I have this fruit of my foreign travels , that I can pray to him every day of the week in a separate language , and upon Sunday in seven . " Soon after his return he resigned his place at the Glass-house , and went again abroad in another capacity . In 1623 , during his absence , he was chosen Fellow of Jesus-college in Oxford , upon the new foundation of Sir Eubule Th el wail , for he had taken care to secure his interest there all

    along . He returned to England in 1624 , and was soon after appointed Secretary to Lo : d Scrope , who was made Lord President of the North . This post brought him to York ; and while he resided there , the Corporation of Richmond , without any application from him , and against several competitors , chose him one of their representatives in the parliament which commenced in 1627 . In 1632 he went Secretary to Robert Earl of Leicester , in his Embassy to Denmark . In 1635 he was

    employed in Fiance by Secretaiy Windebank ; after which he was for some years out of employ . In x 6 $ <) he went to Ireland , and was well received by the Earl of Strafford , who afterward employed him as assistant e ' erk , upon some business to Edinburgh , and afterward to London ; but ail his hopes from that quarter were ruined by the fall of Strafford , which happened soon after . In 1640 he was dispatched upon some business to France , and the same year was made clerk tif the

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    172 Biographical Sketches .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1806, page 172, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1723/page/4/