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March 19 , at Perth , ogee ! 62 , Mr . Walter Mijxer , of that place , merchant ; a man , not a little remarkable for the incidents of his life , but still more no for the singular energy of his mind and character . He was one of the most zealous
and distinguished of the partizans of reform in Scotland , in the early part of the war , against Republican France , and was arrested at the same period with Muir , Gerald , Fysche Palmer and others ; but the prudence and moderation of his
previous conduct , exempted him from the rigorous-penalty inflicted on these gentlemen . Although assiduous in the harassing details of his business , and conspicuously attentive to liis family duties , he also cultivated literature with uncommon
ardour and success . His early education had been very limited ; and his after occupations were not only in utter discordance with study , but also precluded in a great measure the leisure and retirement which , with others , is an essential requisite of literary improvement ; but the natural
strength and vigour of his mind supplied the place of all those props and aids which weaker intellects require ; and enabled him to attain to a degree of sound And discerning intelligence which is seldom
reached . His views of things were clear and comprehensive ; and his speculations , on every subject to which be directed his attention , were profound and original ; he contcinplated his objects from a point of view peculiarly his own ; and although
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this might not in some instances have been the most happily chosen , and his lights in others might have been comparatively imperfect , yet his powers of vision wer <* eminently strong , his perceptions clear and accurate , and his deductions from them precise and forcible . He was the author of several political essays , which , with the events and circumstances which called
them forth , have now lost their interest ; but bis work , entitled " Physical and Metaphysical Inquiries , " will remain a lasting- monument of his genius and power of mind . ? This production , though from peculiar circumstances it may be little known , is highly estimated by those who
are capable of appreciating * it , for the novelty and originality of the author ' s Tiews , and for the acuteness and strength of argument with which the subjects treated of , are followed out ; and although they may not agree with him in the general results he endeavoured to deduce from his
speculations and inquiries , and in the principles he founded on them , yet they will acknowledge themselves gratified and instructed by the clearness and profundity of his views and reasorfings , and by the extended range and power of thought evinced bv him . It was bis intention to
liave continued and enlarged these inquiries ; and it is to be regretted , that his declining health for many years past , and the increased difficulties of his other occupations , prevented their completion . As
a . man , bis conduct and feelings were regu * lated by the most rig'id moral principle 5 his integrity was never questioned or impeached ; and by those who kuew him intimately , his memory will long * be cherished and revered . M .
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March 28 , at his father ' s house at Brentford , in his 25 th year , Mr . Sjlvanes Ronalds , late Chymical Operator to the Apothecaries * Company .
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29 , Mr . James Rait , who for more than forty years was a preacher and advocate of the glorious doctrine of Universal salvation to the fallen race of man ; an exemplary instance of disinterestedness in giving liis rare talents gratis , in many places , and of late years to an admiring congregation , assembling at
# For an account of this work , 8 vo . volume , published in 1806 , see Men-Repos . If . 156 and 274 9 and also 361 and 465 .
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On the 13 th ult . at Rome , on his travels through Italy , after a short illness , greatly regretted by his fa-mily and friends , Wii ,-T . IAM Whittbed , Esq ., barrister at * Jaw , of Lincoln ^ s-Inn , and only son of Thomas Whittred , Esq ., of Newnham , near Carahridge . He was a gentleman of ability in his profession , and much endeared to
an extensive circle of acquaintance by his social qualities , urbanity of manner , and goodness of heart . He is entitled to the grateful remembrance of his townsmen , of Cambridge , for his late spirited efforts to break through the corrupt corporation influence . For some few years past , he had devoted much of his time and attention
to the cultivation of his estate of Spinney Abbey , in the parish of Wickeu , in his native county $ wfciere the grandfather of the celebrated Dr . Isaac Barrow lived and acted for forty years in the commission of the peace , and where Henry Cromwell , second son of the Protector , took up bis abode , as a retreat from the world , after the Restoration .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1819, page 268, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1771/page/56/
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