A B I B L I O G R A P H Y O F ACH EVE R E L S L. ‘ 1 F . PRE ACE . h as deeply touch ed the of En land mus worth t f L people g t be y k V ' of s n n aflair of clo e atte tio . The Dr . Sacheverell occupied the greater ar of a s ss n of am n aus n p t e io parli e t, c ed i de scribable enthusiasm accompanied by popular r o s a in r f n i t , nd the wo ds o a great co tem orar s r an f r r w s o u p y hi to i , o th ee eek to k p ’ all men s thoughts so that all other busi ” n ss r a v e was at a stand . The g e t wa e of f n s n w s ut in s n eeli g oo holly pas ed, b pas i g it deluged our libraries wi th a flood of the worst- printed books that English literature has known . The matter and sentiments of these volumes do not indeed wholly belie e r u war ar h u s ns in th i o t d g b, yet t e q e tio volved were great ; and if th e central figure i s unw r of i ts a th s n rs n n o thy pl ce, e by ta de o e the less saw i n Sacheverell the champion of r r us and a r a a au a g eat eligio g e t politic l c se. A brief account ofthe circumstances leading up to and attending the trial will be a neces ar ke to ra w f s s y y the bibliog phy hich ollow . For the arran ment of this am hlet se e 8 ge p p p . Henry Sacheverell was born i n 1 6 7 2 at ar r u w r was u a at M lbo o gh, he e he ed c ted the rammar s an w n was s n g chool, d he ce he e t i n 1 68 to a a n xf r . 9 M gd le College, O o d At the university he does not seem to have s n u s e m s f bu f r n ra m r di ti g i h d hi el , t o ge e l e it was e w of hi s in 1 0 1 elected F llo College 7 , a s n w r a ne un 1 1 po itio hich he et i d til 7 3 . r i s not wan n v n us ar e v The e ti g, e e th e ly, i dence of that stubborn grain in the young ’ Sacheverell s nature o f which he gave more f r n 1 abundant proo in later yea s . I 693 he was brought up before the President and admonished propter contumaciam e t con temptum erga Decanum Artium and we m ay remember that it is a man wh o knew a a n s n af er v n s of 1 68 M gd le oo t the e e t 7 , wh was un r the n u n of Dr. u o de i fl e ce Ho gh , a nd who enjoyed the close friendship of s n w m w find a r on Joseph Addi o , ho e l te the un m r m s n r a r of N on - r s s an co p o i i g p e che e i t ce. While holdi ng the vicarage of Cannock he was appointed by popular election preacher ’ av ur s u war i n 1 0 but at St. S io , So th k, 7 5 , r a n n 1 0 attracted no gene al ttentio u til 7 9 . n t a ar in an assiz s rm n at r I h t ye , e e o De by n u us 1 th and w s i s ron er lan o A g t 4 , ith t ll t g ’ . au s a ra on . th guage at St P l C thed l Nov s , r n n f an x r m n he delive ed opi io s o e t e e ki d. I n three ways he challenged notice : as a High Churchman he declared th e Church of England to be i n danger from false ” r r n an a m a a ns r us b eth e , d decl i ed g i t eligio tolerance ; as a Tory he upheld the principle — of N on resistance without acknowledgi ng any 5 possible exception to it ; and as a strong ar c r r sur r p tisan he atta ked the Lo d T ea e , r u r s but a sma n w Godolphin. It eq i e ll k o l edge of the politics of the time to see h ow each of these positions involved peculiar ffi u n a its f n r i n rn di c lty, a d pl ced de e de tho y w s I r a n th ay . n the fi st he ch lle ged e oppo s i u of a as w as of w it o Ho dly, ell the hole body of Dissenters ; by the second he raised s a u s ns w r N on- r s s tho e delic te q e tio , hethe e i t ance was compatible with Revolution prin ” ’ ci le s on w a as s h e u n s r to p , h t b i t Q ee ight ru was r s in and w r a sm in le e t g, hethe J cobiti any form could be entertai ned by loyal subjects ; while the third could only be successfully carrie d through on the assum — p tion of a Tory reaction which had indeed se t i n but o w ns h , f hich the sig ad hitherto n an l n b ee fe w d equivoca . Rou d these and s m ar n s s s s an i il poi t the peeche , debate , d pamphlets circled ; and it is no wonder that th e Queen herself hesitated i n h er line of a n. us of mm ns w v r ctio The Ho e Co o , ho e e , sh owed no such vacillation they boldly did e verything that was calculated to defeat their n n s . An m m n r o w e d i peach e t of D . Sache ve re ll before the House of Lords was voted n aft r mu a ur n w a d e ch del y, d i g hich the Ch urch and the Tories were gathering round r am n r a n W th ei ch pio , the t i l bega m est h -t ns r a on a t 1 1 0 . m i te H ll, Feb. 7 , 7 The Mana g ers for the House of Commons opened the ’ m a m n a r s uns f i pe ch e t, S cheve ell co el ollowed, an d he him self delivered a speech so different m his usua s an s s fu fro l tyle, d o kil l and re 6 fin d a w n ra a ri u e , th t it as ge e lly tt b ted at the m r ur n ana r ha ti e to Atte b y. Whe the M ge s d r a was ransf rr eplied, the deb te t e ed to the us of rds and in en o n ar Ho e Lo the d, M ch 2 rd 1 1 0 a v r was lar ui 3 , 7 , S che e ell dec ed g lty by the Upper House by sixty- nine votes to f - fity two . The sentence suspended him from r a n for r ar n r r h p e chi g th ee ye s, a d o de ed t e ’ St . Paul s sermon to be burnt ; but its le nity was n n w o ly too evide t, and it as accepted throughout the country as a victory instead f f r o a de eat . Not only was Sacheve ell feted w r r m but a ss ur i n he eve he oved, ddre es po ed from all parts of the country to the Queen i n support of his principles . I n point of fact f it was the af air of Dr. Sacheverell which turned out the Whig Ministry and brought i n r un r ar i n N ov . 1 1 0 the To ies de H ley 7 . I n 1 1 w n rm of r ars 7 3 , he the te th ee ye had ’ x r a ua n of .