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P 4 t 8 Qf Count Lambreehtb , and published 4 gr hk heir . - «—** I was born on the 20 th of November , 1753 ; I took my Licentiate ' s degree iu 1774 ; in 17779 I was appointed a Professor of Law in the University of Loiu vain . After going through the requisite
examinations , I obtained the degree of Doctor in 1782 . In the years 1788 and 1789 , I visited the different universities of Germany * I undertook this mission at the command of Joseph II ., who bore the unusual character of a philosopher on the throne . I was enjoined to lecture * after toy return , on a subject
hitherto neglected at Louvain , viz ., the Laws of Nature and of Nations . It was principally from the conversation of the professors in the universities I had visited , that I derived my political principleslha | I acquired that love of liberty anff that hatred of arbitrary power , which will glow in my breast till its last sigh . I consider it the highest privilege that caq be eujoyed on earth , to depend on the laws alone , and not on the caprice of
man " In 1793 I took up my abode at Brussels , to practise in the honourable and independent profession of an advocate . After the conquest of the ttelgic Provinces by the French , I was successively a municipal officer ia the city of Brussels , Member and President of the administration of the Geutral and Superior Belgic Provinces , &c . ; lastly , on the formation of the Senate I became a member of that body , to which very importaut functions were intrusted . How many indulge themselves in chimerical visions of happiness in the publicity after which they aspire !
i gloried in again becoming a private French citizen , after having thus acted my part on the political stage . In the year 1819 , however , two considerable de ^ partments , that of the Bas-Rhln and the Selne-Infe * rieure , elected me as their representative in the Chamber of Deputies . In this they conferred on me the most distinguished honour a Frenchman can receive ; and I request them to accept my most heartfelt acknowledgments . " After having related , in these few
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doice ; stic . Manchester fyUege , York-The Thirty-seventh Animal Meeting of the Trustees of this Institution was held in ( die Cross-Street Chapel RrOoma , Manchester , on Friday the i * t of August
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words , tie principal events of his life , M . Lamttrechts concludes this man uscript ( the last he wrote ) with his religious and political" creed- Every feeling of his admirable mind is laid open to the reader , who must behold with the liveliest emotion this virtuous man looking back from the brink of the grave , a » d giving instructions to his fellow-men worthy the pages
of a Fenelou . The sufferings of M . Lambrechts , after a . long and painful illness , were terminated on the 3 rd of August , 1823 ; he breathed his last iu the arms of M . Charles d' Outrepont , his intimate friend , whom he appoiuted his residuary legatee . By an article in his will , M . Lambrechts left a large endowment to an institution for blind and sick Protes .
tants . To avoid the appearance of intolerance , he declares that . he makes this bequest in favour of Protestants only , because he found that blind persons of that religious persuasion were no longer admitted at Quinze-f ^ ingts . He also
bequeathed two thousand francs to the Institute , requesting that literary body to propose , as a prize-subject , a discourse on Religious Liberty , and to present that sum to the author who should be judged worthy of the prize .
M . Lambrechts published , in 1815 , a work eptitled , Political Principles ; and , ia 1818 , he wrote a pamphlet , full oi erudition and of just views , in answer to the work of the Abb 4 Frayssinous on the Concordat . —~ Rev * Encyclop .
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Th-k celebrated Carnot has died , after a painful illness , at Magdeburg , where he had taken refuge since 1815 . He was one of those men who have done honour to France , and retained , amidst many seductions , his character for honesty and firmness * He was a member of the
Executive Directory , and of the Academy of Sciences , and a Lieutenant-General in the French army . He accepted of no conspicuous public employment under the regime of Napoleon till the French territory was invaded . He was born ou the 13 th of May , 1753 .,
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last ; Gieorge William Wood , Esq ., inthc Chair . The proceedings of the Committee , sii > ce the last Annual Meeting of the Trustees , Wele read , aj > p * oved of , a * confirmed . ' ' J The accounts of thte Treasurer w « r
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£ § 2 Intelligence . —Mmmhester College , Yarh *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1823, page 552, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1788/page/56/
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