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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 .

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY, Article 4
WISDOM AND FOLLY: A VISION. Article 12
HISTORY OF THE GYPSIES. Article 19
CHARACTER OF THE POPE AND MODERN ROMANS. Article 22
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE GREAT EARL OF MANSFIELD. Article 25
DEVELOPEMENT OF THE VIEWS OF THE FRENCH NATION. Article 29
A VOYAGE Article 34
PRESENT STATE OF THE SPANISH THEATRE. Article 36
A WONDERFUL AND TRAGICAL RELATION OF , A VOYAGE FROM THE INDIES.* Article 38
ON APPARITIONS. Article 41
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FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 44
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 46
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DOMESTIC NEWS. Article 74
OBITUARY. Article 78
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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 .

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