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Obituary.
above 40 years aii useful minister among the Dissenters at Sydenham , and well known by several literary works . He engaged in controversy with Dr . Wm . Bell , the celebrated prebendary of Westminster . At Siloth , in the Abbey Holm , aged Si , Mr . / Henry Willis , farmer . He
had devoted a ! most every hour that could be spared from his labour , during the course of so long a life , to the devout and serious perusal ofthe Holy Scriptures ; in which it will not appear extraordinary that he was versed above all men , when it is known that he had read , with the most minute attention ,
all the books ofthe Old and New Testament eight times ; and had proceeded so far as the book of Job in his ninthlecture when his meditations were terminated by death . June r . Killed in an action with the Insurgents near Slievebuy mountain , county of Wexford , Ireland , Colonel
Lambert Walpole , Deputy Adjutant-General in that kingdom . He married Margaret second daughter of the late Lord Clive , by whom he has left two daughters , who , with their amiable molher , are in Dublin . He was an officer of distinguished abilities , and shol through the head , in the front of his detachment , by a strong party of the enemy . 4 . At Dublin , in consequence of the
wounds he received in the scuffle at his apprehension for high treason , Lord Edward Fitrgerald , brother to the Duk .- of Leinster and Lord Henry F . and fifth son of James fifth Duke of Leinster , bv Emilia-Mary Lenox , sisterof the present Dukeof Richmond . He was born October 15 , 1763 : represented
Athy in Parliament , and was dismissed from Ihe army , 1792 . On the night of Friday , the ist instant , the pain and spamis he suffered brought on a very great lowness , which made those about him consider him in danger . On Saturday he seemed to have recovered the at lack : but on that night
he was again affected with spasc . is . These , however , subsided again on Sunday morning . In the evening his aunt , Lady Louisa Conolly , and his brother , Lord Henry Fitzgerald , got leave to see him , and were left alone with him .. His mind had been agitaied for two days , and his sensibility enough exhausted not to be overcome by the sight of these near relations , but it
seemed a pleasure to him . . It is sufficient to say , that this melancholy interview passed in such expressions of tenderness as , in his weak state , hewas able , between long intervals of silenc . e , to utter for them , his wife , mother , and family ; but continually looking at his aunt and brother with
smiles and expressions of pleasure in his countenance , and frequently embracing them . His senses often appeared lo be lulled , ' and he did not seem to know what his situation was . For a short time his talk rambled , butwas soon again composed . When they left him , and said they would return in
the morning , he said , 'Oh ! do ! 'but did not express any uneasiness at their , going away . The surgeon sent word next morning , that , very shortly after they went , the last convulsions came on , and ended at two o ' clock on Monday morning . Before his relations had been allowed to see Himhe had
fre-, quently composed his mind with prayer , was very devout ; and , as late as Sunday evening , got the surgeon to read in the Bible the death of Christ , the subject selected by himself ; and he seemed much composed by it . The followins
is the verdict ofthe coroner ' s jury : ' We are of opinion that the deceased , came by his death by an effusion of water in Ihe left side of his thorax , and infiammalion ofthe lungs on that side , occasioned , as appeared to us upon the testimony of four eminent surgeons , by fever brought on by great anxiety of
mind , aided by two wounds inflicted on the right arm by two pistol balls found lodged over the scapula of lhat side . ' His lady ( the celebrated French Pamela , a natural daughter , by Madame Genlis , of the late Duke of Orleans , whom he married , 1792 , at Tournay , in Flandersand bwhom he had a son
, y , born October 28 , 1794 ) is inconsolable , and at times somewhat delirious- ; she has obiaiued permission to reside in England r / iih her noble relatives , the Dukes of Richmond and Leinster . At Carlciv , Ireland , Sir Edward Crosbie , Burt . He was executed , under the operation of martial lawin
con-, sequence of his criminal intercourse with the Rebel army ; was at the head of a very ancient family , but of an impaired fortune ; brother ioMr . Richard C . the aeronaut , who first ascended with a balloon in Ireland , and was taken up at sea almost drowned ; and had by
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Obituary.
above 40 years aii useful minister among the Dissenters at Sydenham , and well known by several literary works . He engaged in controversy with Dr . Wm . Bell , the celebrated prebendary of Westminster . At Siloth , in the Abbey Holm , aged Si , Mr . / Henry Willis , farmer . He
had devoted a ! most every hour that could be spared from his labour , during the course of so long a life , to the devout and serious perusal ofthe Holy Scriptures ; in which it will not appear extraordinary that he was versed above all men , when it is known that he had read , with the most minute attention ,
all the books ofthe Old and New Testament eight times ; and had proceeded so far as the book of Job in his ninthlecture when his meditations were terminated by death . June r . Killed in an action with the Insurgents near Slievebuy mountain , county of Wexford , Ireland , Colonel
Lambert Walpole , Deputy Adjutant-General in that kingdom . He married Margaret second daughter of the late Lord Clive , by whom he has left two daughters , who , with their amiable molher , are in Dublin . He was an officer of distinguished abilities , and shol through the head , in the front of his detachment , by a strong party of the enemy . 4 . At Dublin , in consequence of the
wounds he received in the scuffle at his apprehension for high treason , Lord Edward Fitrgerald , brother to the Duk .- of Leinster and Lord Henry F . and fifth son of James fifth Duke of Leinster , bv Emilia-Mary Lenox , sisterof the present Dukeof Richmond . He was born October 15 , 1763 : represented
Athy in Parliament , and was dismissed from Ihe army , 1792 . On the night of Friday , the ist instant , the pain and spamis he suffered brought on a very great lowness , which made those about him consider him in danger . On Saturday he seemed to have recovered the at lack : but on that night
he was again affected with spasc . is . These , however , subsided again on Sunday morning . In the evening his aunt , Lady Louisa Conolly , and his brother , Lord Henry Fitzgerald , got leave to see him , and were left alone with him .. His mind had been agitaied for two days , and his sensibility enough exhausted not to be overcome by the sight of these near relations , but it
seemed a pleasure to him . . It is sufficient to say , that this melancholy interview passed in such expressions of tenderness as , in his weak state , hewas able , between long intervals of silenc . e , to utter for them , his wife , mother , and family ; but continually looking at his aunt and brother with
smiles and expressions of pleasure in his countenance , and frequently embracing them . His senses often appeared lo be lulled , ' and he did not seem to know what his situation was . For a short time his talk rambled , butwas soon again composed . When they left him , and said they would return in
the morning , he said , 'Oh ! do ! 'but did not express any uneasiness at their , going away . The surgeon sent word next morning , that , very shortly after they went , the last convulsions came on , and ended at two o ' clock on Monday morning . Before his relations had been allowed to see Himhe had
fre-, quently composed his mind with prayer , was very devout ; and , as late as Sunday evening , got the surgeon to read in the Bible the death of Christ , the subject selected by himself ; and he seemed much composed by it . The followins
is the verdict ofthe coroner ' s jury : ' We are of opinion that the deceased , came by his death by an effusion of water in Ihe left side of his thorax , and infiammalion ofthe lungs on that side , occasioned , as appeared to us upon the testimony of four eminent surgeons , by fever brought on by great anxiety of
mind , aided by two wounds inflicted on the right arm by two pistol balls found lodged over the scapula of lhat side . ' His lady ( the celebrated French Pamela , a natural daughter , by Madame Genlis , of the late Duke of Orleans , whom he married , 1792 , at Tournay , in Flandersand bwhom he had a son
, y , born October 28 , 1794 ) is inconsolable , and at times somewhat delirious- ; she has obiaiued permission to reside in England r / iih her noble relatives , the Dukes of Richmond and Leinster . At Carlciv , Ireland , Sir Edward Crosbie , Burt . He was executed , under the operation of martial lawin
con-, sequence of his criminal intercourse with the Rebel army ; was at the head of a very ancient family , but of an impaired fortune ; brother ioMr . Richard C . the aeronaut , who first ascended with a balloon in Ireland , and was taken up at sea almost drowned ; and had by