Obituary.

est of the two sons of Mr . Daniel Fell , who , in consequence of an ill-treated rheumatic affection , was obliged to suffer one of his arms to be amputated , and who procured a maintenance by keeping a day and evening school . About 45 years since , he often walked from six to ten miles on the Saturday afternoon ,

and on the Sabbath preached and expounded the scriptures to small assemblies ofthe peasantry , in the obscure villages near Lampleugh . He was much respected : for he was a pious man , endowed with a good understanding and a facetious disposition : in fine , he was <" ' an Israelite without guile ; " an honest

man , " who -went about doing good . "His son , the subject of this , notice , was brought up in the the business of a taylor , and came with letters of recommendation to London , where he was immediately employed by a native of Cumberland , of the same trade , a person whose hospitable and amiable disposition , in fostering juvenile merit , will be long remembered with gratitude and respect . Mr . Fell had been but a short

time in the metropolis , when his taste for literature and his serious turn of mind attracted the notice of a gentleman , whose liberality placed him at the academy at Mile-end , then superintended by Dr . Walker . Mr . Fell was , at this time , in the nineteenth year of his age ; but , by abridging the hours usually

allotted to rest and amusement , and proportionably extending those of application to his studies ; and , by the assiduous exercise of a quick , vigorous , and comprehensive mind , he made rapid advances in learning , gave his tutors and patrons the utmost satisfaction ; and , in due time , was appointed to preach to a

congregation at Beccles , near Yarmouth . He was afterwards invited to take upon himself the pastoral office in a congregation of Protestant dissenters , at Thaxted , in Essex , where he was not only extensively useful , and greatly beloved by his congregation , but his amiable deportment , and diligence in all . the duties of his station , attracted the regard even of all the respectable persons of the established church . At Thaxted , Mr . Fell boarded and educated a few

young gentlemen , among whom was the only son of his early patron . It was during his residence there , that he distinguished himself by the rapid

production of some well written publications , which conduced to establish bi s character as a scholar ; one jif these was his reply to ' Farmer's Treatise on the Demoniacs . ' After he had thus happily resided several years at Thaxted , he was unfortunately prevailed upon to remove to Homerton , near London , to be

the resident tutor at an academy , appertaining to the class of dissenters called ' Independents . ' The discipline among the pupils had for some time been relaxed , and it waS not improved by the arrival of the new professor . He himself was guilty of a contempt of the Sabbath , in presuming to read a

newspaperon the Lord ' s day ; in consequence of which he was expelled from his station , without being heard in his own defence . He had scarcely left the academy ere those of hisfriends who had not obtiguelyy viewed his conduct , had , unknown to himsubscribed one hundred guineas

, , which sum , it was proposed , should be paid to him annually ; and that his talents might not be unemployed , they proposed that he should annually deliver a course of twelve lectures , on the

Evidences of Christianity . ' Four of them were delivered at Dr . Hunter's Meeting in London Wall ; they were preached extempore to very crowded auditories ; and a great number of subscribers pressed forward to support the design . Mr . Fell ' s anxiety , however , to please and edifhis hearerswith the grief at the

y , stigma which had been attempted upon his character , preyed upon his spirits . After an obstinate illness , which baffled all medical assistance , he , at length , without a sigh , departed this life , and his remains were interred at Bunhillfields , on Friday , zid September , fol-. lowed bfourteen coaches

y , containing many of fhose worthy persons , who , so much to their honour , had stepped forward to succour persecuted merit . Lately , at Paris , Citizen Bernard Pelletier , member of the National Institute , of the society of Pharmacians in Paris & c . & c . & c . Since the

, year 1792 , he had a share in the publication ofthe ' Annals of Chemistry , vvhkh tie enriched wi-h many new facts , and well drawn memoirs . He was possessed of much urbanity of manners , profound knowledge , and was indefatigable in his . exertions for the advancementof science ,