HARE, JULIUS CHARLES, a distinguished English divine and controversialist, was born in 1796, and was one of the sons of the Rev. Robert Hare, rector of Hurstmonceaux and vicar of Ninfield in Sussex, who was the sou of Dr. Francis Hare, bishop of Chichester. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; was a fellow of the College; and graduated B.A. 1816, and M.A. 1819. In 1832 he was instituted to the rectory of Hurstmonceaux (a living belonging to his family); in 1840 he was appointed Archdeacon of Lewes; in 1851 he became one of the prebendaries of Chichester ; and in 1S53 he was uominated one of her Majesty's chaplains. He died at Hurst monceaux on the 23rd of Jauuary 1855. Such are the principal external facts in the life of a man whose personal influence in his day was very great, and who has besides left some contributions to our literature. His first literary appearance of any note was in 1827 when, in coujunction with a younger brother (the Rev. Augustus William Hare, M.A. of New College, Oxford, and rector of Alton Barnes, Wilt shire, who died in 1834), he published a volume of miscellaneous thoughts and observations entitled Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers.' (Subsequent and enlarged editions of this work have been published; and also a 'Second Series' uuder the same title). In 1828, in conjunction with the Rev. C. Thirlwall, afterwards bishop of St. David's, alr. Hare appeared as translator of Niebuhr's History of Rome,' from the German. Of his subsequent publications, the following are the more important:—' The Children of Light : a Sermon, 1828; A Vindication of Niebuhr's History of Rome from the charges of the Quarterly Review,' 1829 ; Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge,' 1839; The Victory of Faith, and other Sermons,' 1840 ; • The Better Prospects of the Church : a Charge to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Lewes,' 1840; 'The Unity of the Church : a Sermon,' 1845 ; ' The Mission of the Comforter, and other Sermons,' 2 vols., ; ' The Means of Unity : a Charge,' 1847;
A. Letter to the Dean of Chichester ou the Agitation excited by the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the See of Hereford,' 1848 ; • The Duty of the Church in Tithes of Trial ; 'a Charge,' 184$ ; ' The True Remedy for the Evils of the Age : a Charge,' 1849; ' Education the necessity of Mankind : a Sermon,' 1851 ; 'The Contest with Rome : a Charge,' 1852; ' Vindication of Luther against his recent English assailants (H. Hallam, Esq., J. H. Newman, W. G. Ward, and Sir liamiltou),' 1854. From this list it will be seen that Arch deacon Hare's chief activity was in theological literature and ecclesias tical controversy. In the church he was regarded, along with his friend Mr. Maurice, as being at the head of what has been called "the broad party," as distinct from either the "high " or the " low." The liberality of his opinions In philosophy and his tolerance of religious differences, may be inferred from the fact of his having been the intimate friend of the late John Sterling, whose remains he edited, with a long and affectionate memoir in 1848. It was Mr. Carlyle'e dissatisfaction with his memoir, as an account of his friend, that led him to write his 'Life of Sterling.' Mr. Hare's memory is held in high veneratiou, not only by those who regarded him as an ecclesiastical leader, but also by many who had learnt to respect him as an earnest thinker ou social and philosophic subjects.