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Obituary.
OB ITUARY .
THE late French General , La Harpe , lost his life by an unfortunate mistake . He fell by the hands of those who tenderly loved birn . After the passage of the Po , his advanced guard being attacked by a strong body of the enemy of much superior force , he flew to bring it off . This object accomplished , he
returned to his head quarters : but his escort , which was composed of Hussars , owing to the darkness of the night , was taken for a detachment of Hulans , and assailed by a discharge , of which Daharpe became the victim . He was born in the Paye dc Vaud , in . 1754 ,, and served in France during
the Revolution . Success always crowned the operations with which he was entrusted . He marched always in the advanced guard , or at the head of a column , and had never before received any wound . He possessed much intrepidity and coolness—knowledge and uncommon activity— the eloquence of the heart , and resistless affability . He was poor , temperate , and disinterested . Of austere manners , and had no
passion but for Liberty ! Buonaparte , in announcing his death , treated his eulogium in a few words : " ¦ The republic has lost a man who was devoted to its interests , the army one of its best Generals , and every soldier a companion . " He has left six children , and the
oldest , who is but sixteen , has already distinguished himself in the army of Italy . The late Mr . John Nicholson , bookseller , of Cambridge , ( Vide our Obituary of the last ¦ month ) died of a lingering complaint of stranguary and stone . By unremitting attention to business for
upwards of 45 years , he had acquired considerable property , and was in the University better known by the name of " Maps or Pictures , " from his constant habit of offering those articles at thedifferentchambers . He established a very capita ! circulating library , including most of the lecture-books read in the University , and also many of the best and scarcest authors in various E
other branches of literature ; by which means the students were enabled to furnish themselves with the works of the best writers at a small expence . He presented to the University a wholelength portrait of himself , loaded with books , which hangs in the staircase of the public library , and under it a print
engraven from it . Lately , in his 23 d year , after a very tedious and painful illness , Mr . Joseph Webster , jun . of Loughborough ; a youth of exquisite natural talents , refined by good education . He was born April 13 , 1774 ; and , at the usual period of life , was articled to a surgeon
of eminence , with every fair promise of becoming himself an ornament to that respectable profession ; but , unfortunately , in a very few months , he was afflicted with an abscess in the loins , probably from the Psoas muscle ; which continued till worn-out nature could no longer resist the shock . Disabled by bodily infirmity from pursuing even the most moderate exercise , and . unavoidably confined to the house , he sought
refuge in an elegant amusement , for which he seemed peculiarly formed ; and , from copying trifling prints , soon acquired a facility of acotnplishing much higher productions , till at length there was scarcely any thing which his pen or his pencil could not match . His own hand-writing was remarkably neat ; and
he with great readiness imitated any other . Landscapes , animals , vegetables , heraldry , seals , maps , portraits , and even historical pictures , were multiplied by him for daily amusement . His patient perseverance can only be conceived by those who have seen his performances . He copied very early Prior's large map
cf the county of Leicester with the utmost precision ; and made also a beautiful transcript of that wonderful and almost unknown tract of country , Charnwood Forest . Three charming prints of Peters's he had repeatedly copied ; the Resurrection of a pious Family from their Tomb at-the last Day ; ah Angel carrying the Spirit of a Child to Paradise ; and the Spirit of a Child arrived e
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
OB ITUARY .
THE late French General , La Harpe , lost his life by an unfortunate mistake . He fell by the hands of those who tenderly loved birn . After the passage of the Po , his advanced guard being attacked by a strong body of the enemy of much superior force , he flew to bring it off . This object accomplished , he
returned to his head quarters : but his escort , which was composed of Hussars , owing to the darkness of the night , was taken for a detachment of Hulans , and assailed by a discharge , of which Daharpe became the victim . He was born in the Paye dc Vaud , in . 1754 ,, and served in France during
the Revolution . Success always crowned the operations with which he was entrusted . He marched always in the advanced guard , or at the head of a column , and had never before received any wound . He possessed much intrepidity and coolness—knowledge and uncommon activity— the eloquence of the heart , and resistless affability . He was poor , temperate , and disinterested . Of austere manners , and had no
passion but for Liberty ! Buonaparte , in announcing his death , treated his eulogium in a few words : " ¦ The republic has lost a man who was devoted to its interests , the army one of its best Generals , and every soldier a companion . " He has left six children , and the
oldest , who is but sixteen , has already distinguished himself in the army of Italy . The late Mr . John Nicholson , bookseller , of Cambridge , ( Vide our Obituary of the last ¦ month ) died of a lingering complaint of stranguary and stone . By unremitting attention to business for
upwards of 45 years , he had acquired considerable property , and was in the University better known by the name of " Maps or Pictures , " from his constant habit of offering those articles at thedifferentchambers . He established a very capita ! circulating library , including most of the lecture-books read in the University , and also many of the best and scarcest authors in various E
other branches of literature ; by which means the students were enabled to furnish themselves with the works of the best writers at a small expence . He presented to the University a wholelength portrait of himself , loaded with books , which hangs in the staircase of the public library , and under it a print
engraven from it . Lately , in his 23 d year , after a very tedious and painful illness , Mr . Joseph Webster , jun . of Loughborough ; a youth of exquisite natural talents , refined by good education . He was born April 13 , 1774 ; and , at the usual period of life , was articled to a surgeon
of eminence , with every fair promise of becoming himself an ornament to that respectable profession ; but , unfortunately , in a very few months , he was afflicted with an abscess in the loins , probably from the Psoas muscle ; which continued till worn-out nature could no longer resist the shock . Disabled by bodily infirmity from pursuing even the most moderate exercise , and . unavoidably confined to the house , he sought
refuge in an elegant amusement , for which he seemed peculiarly formed ; and , from copying trifling prints , soon acquired a facility of acotnplishing much higher productions , till at length there was scarcely any thing which his pen or his pencil could not match . His own hand-writing was remarkably neat ; and
he with great readiness imitated any other . Landscapes , animals , vegetables , heraldry , seals , maps , portraits , and even historical pictures , were multiplied by him for daily amusement . His patient perseverance can only be conceived by those who have seen his performances . He copied very early Prior's large map
cf the county of Leicester with the utmost precision ; and made also a beautiful transcript of that wonderful and almost unknown tract of country , Charnwood Forest . Three charming prints of Peters's he had repeatedly copied ; the Resurrection of a pious Family from their Tomb at-the last Day ; ah Angel carrying the Spirit of a Child to Paradise ; and the Spirit of a Child arrived e