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m ^ atary on IheBpi&les of Paul * " in the very ; handsome- form which the first or 4 to edition ,: lately published , exhibits ,. * - * la his political sentiments , Dr . Pett was * as might have been expected from his family and his education , a Whig , and
friendly to every real and salutary reform . He rarely expressed strong indignation * except when the arrogant assumptions of oppressors , and the invasion of the inde * pendence of nations , and of the rights of man were the topics of conversation . His best affection * were with the nations
now struggling on the continent of Europe for their liberties , aud he expressed to the writer , not long before his death , that he felt too keenly on this subject for his own comfort . — -The opinions , both political and religious , of Dr * Pett ^
had their root in benevolence * and hence they produced no unpleasant feelings towards such of his acquaintances and friends as differed widely from himself in both * No one could be " more remote in belief from the Roman Catholic relu
gion : yet he sympathized with the Roman Catholics as far as they were oppressed for conscience ' , sake , and would have scrupled no exertion within- his power on their behalf . When the absurd and hypocritical cry of ' * No Popery " prevailed in 1813 and 1814 , and a petition echoing it was got up in the parish
of Hackney , he associated with a few neighbours to ascertain the practicability of a parochial meeting in order to pro * test against - the measure : through the prejudice of the many , and the timidity of the better-informed , it was found that public opposition would be fruitless or rather injurious to the cause of liberality ; but Dr . Pett was not satisfied without
making some attempt to stem the torrent of bigotry , and accordingl y * having ob * tained permission of the author , he was chiefly instrumental to the reprinting of a considerable impression of Mr . Charles Butler ' s admirable Address to Protestants /* ( inserted in our Vllith volume , pp » 149 , &c ) , and to the circulation of
it , by leaving a copy at every respectable house in the parish . In the same liberal spirit , he was a subscriber to the Roman Catholic School at Somer ' s Town , where he also sometimes attended gratuitously in the exercise of his profession ; induced to this partly , no doubt , by his friendship for the excellent patroness , Miss
Trelawoey * daughter of Sir Harry Trelatvney , with whom in earlier life he was very intimate , and for whom , amidst all the Barpnefa vicissitudes of faith , he entertained sincere respect . —This brief met moir wiU appear to grangers to be a panegyric ; the writer cau only say that be < puld not trace the life of Dr . Pett
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withput lallidg $ &t £ M&i £ sttami 4 fe bad * doubtless , bis defects ; tout they derogate little from bis vtfortfu > v # fck yn& * ., ** Jias been said , vecjr diflefent * aafl Jas diffidence might sometinie ^ ^ esembl ^ weak ^ ness . Akin to this failing , was occasional indecision of niin < I „ ieMiog to
procrastination . Judging favourably && *« - man nature , and warm in im affections , he reposed-too large a confidence in some whom he admitted io % is fflUiidftbipk By constitution he w ^ is extremely irritable , aud this temperam € &P / ijiigh t * though of late years more rarefy * be occasionally
seen in his language and manners : this natural disposition- being considered , it is wonderful that he should have obtained such a command over himself , Q , nd acquired such an habitual kindliness of demeanour : the fact shews the power of his benevolent principles and feelings ,.
and deserves to be recorded in recoin- * meodation of the rare * because difficult * and therefore meritorious virtue of , selfgovernment * On the whole , Dr . Pett was an extraordinary instance of moral goodness . In any one good quality be might have many equals , though few superiors , but in the aggregate of his
character he excelled most persons . He had his peculiar place in society * in which his death / has created a total blank . No one can be expected to be to his friends and . neighbours exactly what he was . By all that knew him ,- it will be long before he i £ thought of without pungent regret * or spoken of without strong emotion . A . .
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Dr . T . F . Middletor * . . ( See Vol . XVIL p . 772 . ) 1822 . July 8 , at the Presidency of Calcutta , after a short but severe illness *
in the 53 d year of lite age , the Rev . Tho * t mas Famshaw Midolbtqn , D » D . > F » R . Si His . Lordship was in the full possession of his health on the preceding Tuesday , when he visited the college . On the day of his death , he was considered fp have
passed the crisis of hi » disorder , and to be out of danger . ; at half-past seven he was thought much better than before , but at eight he was aeteed with a violent paroxysm of fever , a . pd at eleven o ' clock he expired , to the great grief of all w * io had the honour of his acquftijatance ^ .
Dr . Middleton was bornin Jan > 17 $ 9 > at Kedleston , 3 n Derby 3 hire v a ^ nd vitas the only ^ b ild of the R ® y . Tbpiniis ^ d 4 iQton ^ xf $ mt , place- , H « vvas e ^ jic ^^ ejl at Cbfistfe Hospital uniterJ ., tbft m& Amip Une of tha Rev ^ J ^ i n ^^ ^ wy ^ r ^ ha )^ beept not Inaptly termed the Busby ; of
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142 ObiiiM * & <* - ** J ® r * T . K ~ & ® ddleton .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1823, page 112, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1781/page/48/
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