Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . he introduction ofwritten examinations for fellowships and annual elections toscholarships—were inspired by a genuine desire for the welfareof the College ; but in many of his disciplinary measures he acted on his own authoritywithout consulting hisstatutable counsellors, andhis rule was arrogant,arbitrary, and feuds accordinglyarose, which came to ahead in 1710, when thecomplaints of the
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . he introduction ofwritten examinations for fellowships and annual elections toscholarships—were inspired by a genuine desire for the welfareof the College ; but in many of his disciplinary measures he acted on his own authoritywithout consulting hisstatutable counsellors, andhis rule was arrogant,arbitrary, and feuds accordinglyarose, which came to ahead in 1710, when thecomplaints of the Fellowsled to the question beinglong debated before the courts of law, as to whether theCrown or the Bishop of Ely was the general visitor ofthe College according to the Statutes. At last, in 1714,Moore, Bishop of Ely, after a trial extending over six weeks,ordered a sentence of deprivation to be prepared, but, before hecould pronounce judgment, he died on July 31st. Queen Anne 1 De Babrio (177(i), quoted in Maehlys Bentley, p. 117. n. 44. 2 Watsons Life of Porson, p. 28. The tardy recojrnition of Bentleysvictory was first pointed out in Professor Jebbs Bentley (1882), pp. HORACE AT CAMBRIDGE.(jr. King, Useful Miscellanies, 1712.) ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIP, 1570-1742. 87 died on the day following. The next Bishop of Ely, Fleetwood,declined to interfere; but under his successor, Greene, a freshattempt was made in 1728 to obtain a visitation of the College;in 1734 Bentley was sentenced to be deprived of his mastership,but this could only be effected by the vice-master, who preferredto resign and was succeeded by Bentleys devoted adherent,Walker. Further litigation ensued, which was terminated bythe death of Bishop Greene in 1738. To return to Bentleys literary labours. In 1700 he con- Bentieystributed an important appendix to the edition of Ciceros ^^^^Tusculan Disputations by John Davies, Fellow of Queens, andthereby proved himself the first among the moderns to under-stand
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