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 478 CLEAVER prepared to withstand such hostility, and to derive con- solation from the approbation of his friends, and the still more important judgment of his own conscienee. We turn with pleasare to the amiable qualities mani- fested by the bishop in private life. The objects of his charity were numerous, and he bestowed his benefaetions with such privacy, that it might be truly said his "left hand knew not what his right hand gave." Being a member of the linen board, he availed himself of the means of doing good presented to him, and by getting wheels and reels for the poor about Clogher, he put it into their power to maintain themselves by the exertion of honour- able labour. The bishop left behind him many manuscripts, the fruits of his literary industry, but not in a state fit for the press. As a member of the learned societies to which he be- longed, he maintained a correspondence with men of the first eminence for literature aud science. To the learned printer, Mr. Bowyer, he made a present of the copyright of all his works published in England. His Lancashire estate he bequeathed to his nearest relation, Richard Clay- ton, Esq. chief justice of the common pleas in Ireland; but the principal part of his fortune fell to Dr. Barnard, who had married his niece MRs. CLEAVER, ITE of the Archbishop of Dublin, born at in Ireland, and descended from one of its ancient and most honourable families. This lady stands so high in the records of excellence, that it maty truly be said, " When the eye saw her, it blessed her;" when the ear heard of her, it was in the chorus of praise and admiration : her was united all the warmth and liberality of the Irish, with the solidity, energy, and fortitude of the Englishi character. Munificent in her donations, yet her benevolence was as extensive as her generosity was unbounded; unosten- tatious in her charities, as in alf her actions, she concealed