Memoirs of the Right Rev. Daniel Corrie, LL.D., first Bishop of MadrasCorrie, Daniel
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Memoirs of the Right Rev. Daniel Corrie, LL.D., first Bishop of Madras
Corrie, Daniel
Church of England -- Bishops -- Biography; Church of England -- Missions -- India; Corrie, Daniel, 1777-1837
GOVERNMENT RETRENCHMENTS--PLAN FOR A COLLEGE--DEATH OF
MR. THOMASON--ABOLITION OF SUTTEE--ARRIVAL OF BISHOP
TURNER. _page 446_
CHAPTER XVIII.
DISQUIETUDE CONCERNING THE ANGLO-HINDOO COLLEGE--DEATH
OF BISHOP TURNER. _page 481_
CHAPTER XIX.
ARRIVAL OF BISHOP WILSON--BAPTISM OF NATIVES--
ORDINATIONS--VISITATION OF THE UPPER PROVINCES. _page 519_
CHAPTER XX.
DELAY IN HIS NOMINATION TO THE BISHOPRIC--NARROW ESCAPE
FROM DEATH--SUMMONED TO ENGLAND--VISITS THE CAPE AND
ST. HELENA--HIS CONSECRATION--INTERVIEW WITH THE
KING--ARRIVAL IN MADRAS--VISIT TO TANJORE AND
TINNEVELLY. _page 563_
CHAPTER XXI.
CHURCH-BUILDING FUND--SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE IRISH
CLERGY--THE MADRAS GRAMMAR SCHOOL--MEMORIAL TO
GOVERNMENT--PRIMARY VISITATION--DEATH OF MRS.
CORRIE--ORDINATION--DEATH OF BISHOP CORRIE. _page 603_
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CHAPTER I.
HIS EARLY LIFE--AND MINISTRATIONS.
Daniel Corrie, the subject of this Memoir, was born on the 10th of
April 1777, and was the eldest surviving son of the late Rev. John
Corrie, for many years Curate of Colsterworth, in the county of
Lincoln, and Vicar of Osbournby in the same county, and afterwards
Rector of Morcott, in the county of Rutland. The history of the early
part of Mr. Corrie’s life will be best told by the following extract
from his private Journal, dated on his twenty-seventh birthday:--
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