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Obituary.
Lately , at Pickwick , near Bath , the Rev . David Jardine , a dissenting -minister ofthatcity . He did honour to the divine , scholar , . and gentleman . His philosophy was no less active aud fervid than his love of knowledge . The qualities Af his heart were not behind those-oLbis understanding . His morals
kept pace with his intellectual proficiency . Superior to prejudices himself , he ever treated those of others with clue tenderness : the advocate of candour , without being himself uncandid ; refusing assent to established doctrines , yet professing his own with becoming diffidence dissenteryet no
dog-; a , ^ , matist ; a non-conformist , yet a stranger to envy ; a sectary , without thc rage of proselytism ... To him the petulance of the infidel , and the moroseness of the bigot , were objects of equal dislike ; nor was he less offended by the scoffs of the one , than by the anathemas of thc other .. He appreciated too
well the imbecilities of the human faculties , he > -as too sensible of that darkness which veils the most important objects of speculation , to feel rancour or alienation of soul , from those , whose opinions varied most from his own . He knew that the most ignorant are always Ihe most'fonvard to dogmatise and to !
decide . He was destined to su , ; p'y a model in most things , a warning in few . Possessed of every domestic blessing , of ample competence , of valuable friendship , and general estimation ; mixing the pursuits of knowledge with the occupation of a gentleman , he seemed the happiest of men ; when a premature end deprived his mourning relict , and infant offspring , of the tenderest of husbands and the best of
fathers . Lately , aged 72 , the Rev . Mr . Jervis , of Suffolk , many years pastor of a congregation of protestant dissenters at Ipswich . He died with the composure and dignity of a Christian , after a short illness , which he bore with exemplary patience and resignation . His
disinterested integrity and benevolence procured him a very general esteem and respect while living , and his death is sincerely lamented . Lately , at Bronfield , aged 74 , the Rev . L . Bourn , vicar ; of whom it may be affirmed , from his extraordinary virtues and endowments , that , in him ,
the poor have lost a father , the church an ornament , and mankind a friend . Lately , aged 77 , Mrs . Jopson , relict of Ihe late Lawrence J . Esq . pure in heart , beneficent without ostentation , and , in every sense of the word , a truly good woman , allowing for human frailties . She was fully prepossessed , that whenbin the
ever she should die , it would _ month of March ; this she often mentioned with great composure , and perfectly free from superstition . —She died March 22 , and , it is somewhat singular , that all her relations , whom her friends have any knowledge of , died in that month
. Lately , at Bewdley , Miss Collins , an amiable young lady ; her death was occasioned 6 y the circumstance of her clothes catching fire , in passing too near the fire :, notwithstanding the best medical assistance , she only languished , twelve hours . Latelyat Buryaged 85 Mrs .
, , , Bailey ; she had been afflicted with a lingering illness of some years continuance , in consequence of having been formerly overturned in a stage coach ,, when a steel pin was driven into her
head ;—from the effects Of this accident she never afterwards perfectly recovered . Lately , at Leicester , after a short illness , at the house of her son ( Mr . J . Throsby ) -Mrs . M . Throsby . second wife of the late Mr . Alderman T . . who served the office of mayor in 1759 . She
was born the first year in the present century ; and for several years prior to her death , had been the oldest person in Leicester . Since 1750 she had generally enjoyed a good state of health , and walked in her garden only a few days previous to her decease . Through life she had been abstemious in her
mode of living , and she . retained the use of her faculties nearly to the last . Lately , at Husband ' s Bosworth , trie Rev . RiDavies , chaplain to F . Turvillc , Esq . and formerly professor of philosophy and the mathematics , at the University of Doway in Flanders . He ranked high as a scholarhaving studied
, the abstruser sciences with unremitting attention ; and , as a Christian minister , he ever testified an ardent zeal for the edification of his hearers , and a tender commiseration for the sufferings oi mankind at large .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
Lately , at Pickwick , near Bath , the Rev . David Jardine , a dissenting -minister ofthatcity . He did honour to the divine , scholar , . and gentleman . His philosophy was no less active aud fervid than his love of knowledge . The qualities Af his heart were not behind those-oLbis understanding . His morals
kept pace with his intellectual proficiency . Superior to prejudices himself , he ever treated those of others with clue tenderness : the advocate of candour , without being himself uncandid ; refusing assent to established doctrines , yet professing his own with becoming diffidence dissenteryet no
dog-; a , ^ , matist ; a non-conformist , yet a stranger to envy ; a sectary , without thc rage of proselytism ... To him the petulance of the infidel , and the moroseness of the bigot , were objects of equal dislike ; nor was he less offended by the scoffs of the one , than by the anathemas of thc other .. He appreciated too
well the imbecilities of the human faculties , he > -as too sensible of that darkness which veils the most important objects of speculation , to feel rancour or alienation of soul , from those , whose opinions varied most from his own . He knew that the most ignorant are always Ihe most'fonvard to dogmatise and to !
decide . He was destined to su , ; p'y a model in most things , a warning in few . Possessed of every domestic blessing , of ample competence , of valuable friendship , and general estimation ; mixing the pursuits of knowledge with the occupation of a gentleman , he seemed the happiest of men ; when a premature end deprived his mourning relict , and infant offspring , of the tenderest of husbands and the best of
fathers . Lately , aged 72 , the Rev . Mr . Jervis , of Suffolk , many years pastor of a congregation of protestant dissenters at Ipswich . He died with the composure and dignity of a Christian , after a short illness , which he bore with exemplary patience and resignation . His
disinterested integrity and benevolence procured him a very general esteem and respect while living , and his death is sincerely lamented . Lately , at Bronfield , aged 74 , the Rev . L . Bourn , vicar ; of whom it may be affirmed , from his extraordinary virtues and endowments , that , in him ,
the poor have lost a father , the church an ornament , and mankind a friend . Lately , aged 77 , Mrs . Jopson , relict of Ihe late Lawrence J . Esq . pure in heart , beneficent without ostentation , and , in every sense of the word , a truly good woman , allowing for human frailties . She was fully prepossessed , that whenbin the
ever she should die , it would _ month of March ; this she often mentioned with great composure , and perfectly free from superstition . —She died March 22 , and , it is somewhat singular , that all her relations , whom her friends have any knowledge of , died in that month
. Lately , at Bewdley , Miss Collins , an amiable young lady ; her death was occasioned 6 y the circumstance of her clothes catching fire , in passing too near the fire :, notwithstanding the best medical assistance , she only languished , twelve hours . Latelyat Buryaged 85 Mrs .
, , , Bailey ; she had been afflicted with a lingering illness of some years continuance , in consequence of having been formerly overturned in a stage coach ,, when a steel pin was driven into her
head ;—from the effects Of this accident she never afterwards perfectly recovered . Lately , at Leicester , after a short illness , at the house of her son ( Mr . J . Throsby ) -Mrs . M . Throsby . second wife of the late Mr . Alderman T . . who served the office of mayor in 1759 . She
was born the first year in the present century ; and for several years prior to her death , had been the oldest person in Leicester . Since 1750 she had generally enjoyed a good state of health , and walked in her garden only a few days previous to her decease . Through life she had been abstemious in her
mode of living , and she . retained the use of her faculties nearly to the last . Lately , at Husband ' s Bosworth , trie Rev . RiDavies , chaplain to F . Turvillc , Esq . and formerly professor of philosophy and the mathematics , at the University of Doway in Flanders . He ranked high as a scholarhaving studied
, the abstruser sciences with unremitting attention ; and , as a Christian minister , he ever testified an ardent zeal for the edification of his hearers , and a tender commiseration for the sufferings oi mankind at large .