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1822 . Sept . 3 , at Benares , of debility Lieutenant-Col . Wilford . This egainent scholar has been long . . celebratedas { , ta , most learned and-indefatigable cultivator of the Asiatic History and Literature . He was one of the earliest members of the Asiatic Society , and soon distinguished himself by his contributions to
their researches ; his extensive erudition and unwearied diligence received the highest encomiums / from Sir William Jones , and secured the favourable notice of Warren Hastings , by whose encouragement Lieutenant Wilford was inducea to
address his whole attention to those studies , to which , with a perseverance superior to all selfish considerations , he devoted the rest of his life . ' His zeal has reaped its reward ; his labours have been the theme of praise in all the leading languages of Europe , and his authority has become the basis . on which the ablest scholars of the \ $ est r ^ ppse their speculations * The name of Wilford is , in short ,
identified with the reputation of Great Britain , and is one or the many proofs she may adduce that her Indian empire has not been exercised in vain .
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the Blue Coat Softool , " 8 iro . 1807 . "A Sermon , preached at ! St . Chad's , Shrewsbur-y ^ for £ he , Benefit of the Boys'Sunday School in tha | - Parish / ' 8 vo . 1810 . —( Gent . Mag . ) * Mr . 'Ej&pn also : published " Sermons , on Various Subjects , " in 2 vois . 8 vo .
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—• 15 , at his residence at Bishop * s Hully near Taunton , in the 64 th year of his age , the Rev . Samuel Greathf . ed , F . S . A ., formerly minister of the Independent congiegatioa- at Newport Pagnell , and for sometime editor of " the Eclectic Review ; a man of considerable learning , and of great activity and fnfluence in his own religious denomination . i i ^ fci
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Feb . 5 , aged 72 , Richard Greaves Townley , Esq ., of Fulbourn , one of the Deputy Lieutenants' and Magistrates of the county of Cambridge . Mr . Townley was npt , in the common acceptation of the terpa , . " an . active magistrate , " but he was an upright one . In his political
life , he was a WJiig of the old school ; and such was his nice sense of the high degree of liberty the people ought to enjoy , that , although possessed of extensive property , he wQuld never even ask a tenant , or a tradesman with whom he dealt , for a vote in the support of that interest to which he himself was attached .
He is succeeded m ^ his principal estates by his eldest son , Greaves Townley , Esq . —( Gent . Mag . )
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i > ... A ? 5 $ 1 , at Tavistoch , in his 71 st year , Mr . Samu £ { , Lang , a member of the society at the Abbey Chapel . It may be observed , that this good and worthy man is entitled to the character of a Christian , to
which he was rno ^ t zealous attai n , as a devout disciple of Jesus . Inured from iris youth to the vicissitudes of an infirm and delicate st ^ te of health , he was blessed by t ) iVirie Providence with resources ,
arising irona the valuable . endowments oi , hia /< fa& Wart ipd / nli ^ a \| d fro m the tytfaifihg sblkce > afroifi £$ 'hiw in his sufffertags , by We tiiii ^ rmfnm of a sister , *< lfedr& fdV ^ dve ^ tty ^ md unwearied in ministering to . retfeve her afflicted brother ,
tif jq ®^*> Z < i « Pw «*®> his tranof ^ . ;^ N 4 HpMtttic- vtftewiue , Jeffe rson ttnd Adjawa , qelineatipg an exquisite por-
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1823 . Jan . 10 , at Portsmouth , aged 45 , the Rev . John Ey ^ x > n , M . A ., twenty years vicar of Wellington and Eyton-on-Wildmore , county of Salop , being presented in 1802 , by T . Eyton , Esq . He was of St . John ' s College , Cambridge , where he took the degrees of B . £ . 1799 ; M . A .. 18 ** . He was a man whrmt *
character was marked by independence of mind and suavity of manner ^ . As a minister , he was eloquent , hnpressive and persuasive ; and his labours have been attended with great success , in that very populous neighbourhood , where his death is now and will be long lamented . . H&
was the author of several ltsllgiou $ arid moral tracts , and of the following ser-. mons , &c . . " On the Victory of ^ Tm&lgar , ' 8 vo . 1805 . " Christ ' s 8 erm 6 n on the Mount , with a Course of Questions and Answers , explaining that Portion of Scripture / ' 12 moif 1805 . " Jt ^ wo Sermons , at Birmingham , for the BeiM ^ t of
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— 4 , at Calcutta , the . venerable Henry Lloyd Loring , D . D . Archdeacon of Calcutta , in consequence of a violent attack of cholera morbus , which baffled all medical skill . He appears to ' have been highly and deservedly esteemed , and is sincerely lamente d *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1823, page 176, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1782/page/48/
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