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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
t ATELY , at Calcutta , in Bengal , JL J after a few days' illness , Sir James Watson , kt . orie of the judges -of the Supreme Court of Judicature . Sir James was the son of a Presbyterian minister , who was for niany years con beefed with a congregation of Protestant tiissentors , in the borough of
Southwark . He was educated for ihe ministry , at the academy , then at Mile-Etui , under the care of Or . Conder and Dr . Walker . When his academical studies Were completed , he settled with a congregation at Gosport , and officiated for some years as its pastor . He there married ayomigf .-idy of good fortune ,
either in possession or expectation . About the same time he entered himself at one of the inns of court , abandoned the ministry , arid devoted himself to the-study of the law . He was , in due course , admitted a barrister , received a diploma of Doctor of Laws ,
and was chosen a fellow of the -Royal Society . In the exercise of his profession , he traversed the western circuit , and inconsequence was chosen recorder of the borough of Bridport ; and , about thc commencement of Mr . Pitt ' s administration , its representative in parliament . His politics and those of his
constituents became soon after bis election discordant . Mr . Watson ( who had been appointed aserjeant ) directed his views to the Supreme Court in India , and long aspired to the office of a judge . In the pursuit of this object lie was very zealous in his endeavours to attract notice at the India House ,
and uniformly devoted to the support of ministerial measures . On the death of Mr . Jones , to whom he must have proved a very uueq-sal successor , he wan appointed to the office of judge ; but lis died immediately after his arrival at Calcutta . What was th .
true cause of his death has not yet been ascertained ; but the event was very unfortunate to a large family , that depended upon the attainment of an object which he had long pursued . His practice iu this country was never very considerable : and as he had reason Id
expect the office of judge ; when a vacancy occurred , he probably never paid much attention to it . His abilities were neither rrtedn nor distinguished . He was never very assiduous in his application to business . Having one object in view , he laboured to attain it , by entering , on all occasions , With ardour ,
into Indian politics , and by an uniform support of the measures of administration . His natural disposition wasamiable ; and he appears to have been sincerely lamented at Calcutta . Lately , at Harrowgate , T . Hutchinson , M . D . F . A . S . he was an useful man in the line of his profession . He had , in
the course of many years' experience , made a number of acute observations oa the nature and efficacy of the Harrowgate waters ; so that his loss will be severely felt by those who are obliged to have recourse to the Spa . In other respects , he was a man of taste and literature ; hadmadean extensive collection of specimens of natural history , and possessed a well-furnished museum , which
was ever open to the inspection of the virtuoso and antiquarv . Lately , near Beverley , R . Jefferson , who , jrom eccentricity ' of character , was generally known by the nickname of ' Bobbera of Moleswoith-. ' Sixty guineas were found concealed in the floor , at the foot of his bed , which
he had bequeathed to a young woman who attended him , and who went by the name of' Bobber &' s wench . ' At Hampton Green , at the age of 26 years , after a severe and painful illness , terminating in a dropsy , Luke Gardiner , Esq . of the kingdom of Ireland ; by whose decease , a very large
and valuable estate , in and about the neighbourhood , of Dublin , devolves to his three sisters , as co-heiresses . Lately , of an apoplexy , at lus'house in Southampton-buildings , Mr . Edward Kimpton , surgeon , aged 21 years . The fine of this gentleman affords a striking instance of tbe uncertainty of human plans and events ' , on the Wednesday preceding his death he was unanimously elected surgeon to the London Dispell-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
t ATELY , at Calcutta , in Bengal , JL J after a few days' illness , Sir James Watson , kt . orie of the judges -of the Supreme Court of Judicature . Sir James was the son of a Presbyterian minister , who was for niany years con beefed with a congregation of Protestant tiissentors , in the borough of
Southwark . He was educated for ihe ministry , at the academy , then at Mile-Etui , under the care of Or . Conder and Dr . Walker . When his academical studies Were completed , he settled with a congregation at Gosport , and officiated for some years as its pastor . He there married ayomigf .-idy of good fortune ,
either in possession or expectation . About the same time he entered himself at one of the inns of court , abandoned the ministry , arid devoted himself to the-study of the law . He was , in due course , admitted a barrister , received a diploma of Doctor of Laws ,
and was chosen a fellow of the -Royal Society . In the exercise of his profession , he traversed the western circuit , and inconsequence was chosen recorder of the borough of Bridport ; and , about thc commencement of Mr . Pitt ' s administration , its representative in parliament . His politics and those of his
constituents became soon after bis election discordant . Mr . Watson ( who had been appointed aserjeant ) directed his views to the Supreme Court in India , and long aspired to the office of a judge . In the pursuit of this object lie was very zealous in his endeavours to attract notice at the India House ,
and uniformly devoted to the support of ministerial measures . On the death of Mr . Jones , to whom he must have proved a very uueq-sal successor , he wan appointed to the office of judge ; but lis died immediately after his arrival at Calcutta . What was th .
true cause of his death has not yet been ascertained ; but the event was very unfortunate to a large family , that depended upon the attainment of an object which he had long pursued . His practice iu this country was never very considerable : and as he had reason Id
expect the office of judge ; when a vacancy occurred , he probably never paid much attention to it . His abilities were neither rrtedn nor distinguished . He was never very assiduous in his application to business . Having one object in view , he laboured to attain it , by entering , on all occasions , With ardour ,
into Indian politics , and by an uniform support of the measures of administration . His natural disposition wasamiable ; and he appears to have been sincerely lamented at Calcutta . Lately , at Harrowgate , T . Hutchinson , M . D . F . A . S . he was an useful man in the line of his profession . He had , in
the course of many years' experience , made a number of acute observations oa the nature and efficacy of the Harrowgate waters ; so that his loss will be severely felt by those who are obliged to have recourse to the Spa . In other respects , he was a man of taste and literature ; hadmadean extensive collection of specimens of natural history , and possessed a well-furnished museum , which
was ever open to the inspection of the virtuoso and antiquarv . Lately , near Beverley , R . Jefferson , who , jrom eccentricity ' of character , was generally known by the nickname of ' Bobbera of Moleswoith-. ' Sixty guineas were found concealed in the floor , at the foot of his bed , which
he had bequeathed to a young woman who attended him , and who went by the name of' Bobber &' s wench . ' At Hampton Green , at the age of 26 years , after a severe and painful illness , terminating in a dropsy , Luke Gardiner , Esq . of the kingdom of Ireland ; by whose decease , a very large
and valuable estate , in and about the neighbourhood , of Dublin , devolves to his three sisters , as co-heiresses . Lately , of an apoplexy , at lus'house in Southampton-buildings , Mr . Edward Kimpton , surgeon , aged 21 years . The fine of this gentleman affords a striking instance of tbe uncertainty of human plans and events ' , on the Wednesday preceding his death he was unanimously elected surgeon to the London Dispell-