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tttfday week preceding , to mend the cage in which ^ , r ? rtitle rsn ^ ke , lately imported into England , was exhibiting to £ he public . 3 « ng somewhat intoxicated ^ he was so imprudent astoteazethe snake with his rule > which , he , unfortueately , dropped in the caie , and then madly opened the door to get it •* upon which the snake darted at him , and bit him between the fingers of his right hand . His hand bled and then swelled , and after a few days
mortified causing the most excruciating pain . His strength at last totally failed him , and he expired . Died , Nov . 18 , at his house in Queen Street , Southwark , in the 93 d year of his age , STEPHEN LOWDELL , Esq . He was of the medical profession ,
and practised with reputation and success for near 50 years , in London and its vicinity- He was interred on Sunday the 20 th , at Worshi p Street , by the Rev . j f . E z / ans amidst a concourse a £ weeping attendants . He was a rationally pious and a most benevolent man . Mr . Evans founded his funeral address
on Acts viii . % . Devout wen carried Stephen to bis burial , and made great lamentation over him . A large part of his property is bequeathed for charitable purposes . In him were exemplified the three Christian graces , Faith , Hope , and Charity . :
On the 31 st of October , died at Manchester , where he went to receive the medical aid and fraternal solicitude of Dr Jarrold , Mr . WILLIAM JARROLD , of Mannijnygtree , Essex . His death is not only sincerely lamentedby
his family , but also by all who know hpw to appreciate sound judgment , upright principle , ardent attachment to the cause of civil and religious liberty , and a warm concern for the good of others , joined ' to an unremitting discharge of the duties of master , husband ,
and parent . October 30 , at Burlington House , ^< i 7 x , the DUKE of PORTLAND . This nobleman' was lineall y descended fifrni Count * Bentinefc , ' who came into ingteiid in the traia of Ki , ri £ William ,
* wtYii 6 itot illiberally rewarded by rank arid riches for having ldfV his lordship in the - province of puelderland . The late duke succeeded to the title ; upon the aea ^ tikis ' father in x 7 * 5 * r His mother , ^^ hd ^ aAi ^ h ^ f of" Pbpe ' s Loi ? d Oxwd a ^ pipeari to . have possessed an ele-Wft /** S «* ' *** «* $
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and correspondent of . the late . Mrs .. Montague , and had . the honour of pa 7 tronising T that IibeTaX-mindtdecrlesiastllc , Co ^ rayer . She had collected a very" extensive museum of anti < jjEtes , which was exposed to . public sale on her decease in X 7 % 5- u The Duke of Portland possessing no oratorical talents , was little known to
the public till 1782--, when he became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , during the short Rockinghaniadministratipn . With them he retired , but in the neKt year > on the ill-starred coalition 1 ie was appointed First Lord of the Treasury . Oh the ascendancy of Pitt , a few months after ,
he was again displaced , and regarded as the head , in point of rank , p { the Whig Opposition . In 170 , 4 * however , he imbibed his protege ^ Mr . Bu-rJc ' eV alarms at the . progress of the JE ^ repcJi Revolution , and condescended ! to sejrjre ^ ^ under MjfePipt , as one of the Secretaries of State . i 1 H With him he ' sunk in x 2 o f , ~
when Mr . Addington became Lord of the ascendant , and would probably have rim sen no more into power , had he not encouraged the alarming cry of " No Popery ; , * ' His gr ^ ce became again First Lord , and retained the office till a ^ few months before his death ; though he was not considered as giving to his colleagues any assistance , but wjiat they , migh $ : derive from his rank and fortune . He nad
suffered extremely from the stone , ancj at length submitted to an operation which was skillfully performed , hut ; h . c died in a fit almost immediately after . The Duke of Portland has never been mentioned as possessing any distinguished literary talents , though Mr ; Burke is said tohave 6 poken highly . of his skill in epistolary writing . He succeeded Lord JNorth as Chancellor of the Uni
versity of Oxford . On Sunday , the 29 th of October , died in Bridport , after a short illness , Miss PHEBE HOUNSELJL , the eldest daughter' of . Mr . John HouH 6 eil r deceased , and Mrs . Phebe Hounsell still living s and a * £ rand * daughter of cheRdv . Thomas Collins , for many years a pious , candid , and beloved minister , -to > a <
respectable society of Protestant f > issouters in this place . She possessed strong feelings and a generous heart ; Was ollbm * p » aryr both for filial duty to her patffcnrs , and a steady and ardent : attachment to those for whom she prafc&sed rrhjn < fohip % She vvae ever ready to reptc ^^ n the hap-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 693, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/43/
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