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AT Dover , Kent , the 17 ( 1 b of J ^ ne , 1815 , Ma . James Pierce , in the 2 i 5 i . li vear of bis ibge . A decline of w ' lieh , jJas the symptoms had been long : opy-oren-i :, terminated his life . He sustained Lis illness fortitude whilst ^ jsi marked
with -, r gnrnon liis gradual descent to the tomb . He gave pleasing indications ihut religion hud touched his heart , and had he Jkxmi spared there is every reason to believe that he would have derated himself to the interests of a rational and scriptural piety . As a member of the community he was
characterised by frankness ot manners , liberality of sentiment and an undeviating integrity . His remains were interred in the family \ ault of the "burial-ground belonging- to the General Baptists , by the Rev . B . Marten , who delivered an impressive oration on the brevity of life , the certainty of death and the awful ness of future judgment . Mr . Samuel Dobell , Sunday evening , July the 2 nd , preached a funeral sermon from Job xxvii . 11 . / will teach you by the hand of
God—that which is icith the Almighty will I not conceal . The house was crowded and the discourse , suited to the melancholy occasion made a deep impression on the hearts of the hearers . The deceased was the last surviving * son of the late
muchesteemed Mr . Sampson Pierce , of Dover , who was-ever ready to succour the distressed , and who was perseveringly active to promote the interests of religion . The widow and her two daughters affectionately cherish their memory . The world passeth atvqy and the fashion thereof- —but he that doeth the will of God abideihfor ever . J . E .
Died , at Portsea , September 15 th , at the age of 22 years , Sarah Louisa Chaldecott , daughter of Mr . Isaac Chaldect > tt , Surgeon to tbe Garrison of Portsmouth , ettd grand-daughter of the late Mr . George Smith , the eminent Landscape Painter , of
Chichester , a portion of whose genius she wemed to have inherited . A fortnight hefore the solemn event which terminated her short but valuable life , she was in health , and with an engaging" sprightliness enjoying" and contributing to the purest pleasures of social intercourse . Being * endowed by
nature with superior mental capacities , she had , under peculiar disadvantages , made peat attainments , having * , principally by her own application , acquired a thorough knowledge of the English language , and a proficiency in the Frencji . lu the ino « t pure and elegant female accomplishments we had , by the same means , arrived at con-• w « mble perfection . In music , her vocal power * , which combined sweetness with c ¦ Mte expression , were the delight of all * w beard tkem overfed . With history
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tiud general literature she w& % weU a * qncinted , and "being gifted with an excellent rrieniory , her conversation v / ss peculiarly iTiteiv- ^ iio- —I- ' rcEi ! it , while the young" derived pleasure ; , those of more mr ~ ture agf . and jv . dgnieat often ohtsiiued int . provement . S ! -e was not unnoticed by tra
nstises , several m » m ] l pieces Lavm ^* occasi * onally appeared before ths puLlTc . Slie had been several times eti ^ a g-ed in the task of 'lciuestic educatiori , in which her coiisc ^ entions assidniiy was ever rewarded by the evident iriiprovement of her ympils , ahd hy tlieir warmest affection . But she possessed another excellency , which was prized by herself and her friends above all
othershe r firm adherence to virtue and religion . In the first , she was most correct and exemplary , in every situation . In the latter , she was grounded from personal inquiry and mature reflection . The two important principles on which her opinions were founded , and from which her consolations
were derived , were the Unity of the Divine Being- , and the essential perfection and benevolence of liis character . The one preserved her from perplexity in religious worship , the other from the dread of futurity . To heaven she could look , as ta *> abode of her Father , the author of every bleesirjg * , rightly estimating- the gospel as th * most in valuable of his gifts : aud under such
views , and influenced by such principles , was habitually prepared for his summons ; hence , though her warning * was short and her passage painful , she evinced no terror , none of that frightful disquietude which other views often create . She trusted inth £ word of God , and with serenity and resi gn nation , inspired by the best hope of thjg Christian , almost impererj » t * f \ Oy breathed Tier last . Being a nioiubftr of the General
Uaptist Society , her remain- ; were interred * on Sunday the 17 i . h , in the aisle of the Chew pel in St . Thomas ' s Street , Portsmouth , by Mr . Joso'li Breut , her respected friend and pastor . Of the samo famil y , three other chiUhen oi * the most promising talents , havfr fallen a prey to death , within u few years * " *
a brother of 14 years , a sister of lf > , mul another brother of 18 , who hud just served his term an a midshipman in the Royal Navy , and was returning * from a foreign station , being-entrusted with the command of a prize , captured by another slii ; , which could not spare hands to navig * a . $ u her , when he was overtaken by a storm at sea ^ and has never since been heard of .
Lately , in Italy , of a fever , the Rev . Jottfc Chetwode Eustace , author of the Classical Tour in Italy . Few work * of equal magnitude , and on a subject unconnected with the , feeling's or occurrences mi tbe day ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1815, page 591, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1764/page/59/
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