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Rev . R . Trotter- *** W . Hurry , Esq . ^— jfe&n SymotidSy L . L . D . —Piter Kenned p M . D . — Rev . ¥ . Urzvick .
Feb . 10 , at Morpeth , aged 75 , the Rev . ROBERT TROTTER , 51 years the much-respected Minister of a dissenting" congregation in that place .
Feb . 15 , at Normanston , Norfolk , aged 67 , WILLIAM HURRY , Esq . formerly an eminent merchant and ship-owner of Great Yarmouth . He was a Dissenter and a Unitarian , a friend of civil and religious liberty , much respected for integrity and benevolence . ' He has left numerous descendants . ! One of his sons is Mr . lves Hurry , who has been for nearly 4 years detained at Verdun in France , under circumstances of peculiar severity and injustice .
Feb . 17 , at St . Edmund ' s Hill near Bury , aged 77 , JOHN SYMONDS , L . -L . D . Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge , having succeeded Gray the Poet in 177 I 9 under the patronage of the Duke of Grafton , Chancellor of that University * with whom he always lived in habits of intimate acquaintance . He was also for many years Recorder of Bury .
Besides other ^ Tracts , Dr . S . published in 1777 , ** Remarks on the History of Colonization of the free States of Antiquity , * ' 4 to . and communicated to Young ' s " Annals of Agriculture" several articles on the Italian mode . of farming . But the writings by which he is most distinguished are those which have procured him a respectable rank among 'Biblical Critics , and for which , as
might be expected , he has passed through evil report and good report . In 1789 , he published " Observations on the expediency of revising the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostlesy * 4 to . He compares our common version with several translations in different languages , and points out
its principal delects , contending that a version of the scriptures should bs as literal as the genius of the English tongue will allow . In the preface the author takes occasion to express in very affectionate terms , his respect for the character of Mr . Harmcr , then lately deceased and well-known by his < c Observations on divers passages of Scripture" with whom he was connected , Iry near neighbourhood as well as by congenial pursuits . At the same time with Dr . S ' s" Observations , " were published " Hints sub-
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mitted to the serious attention of the Clergy , Nobility and Gentry , newly associated , by a Layman , " who has been generally understood to be the respectable nobleman before mentioned . These Hints which proposed a re visa ! of the established creeds and service as a most powerful means of national reformation * called forth " an Apology for the Liturgy and Clergy of the Church of England , " by' a Clergyman . This alarmed churchman in opposing the author of the . Hints , is not sparing of his invectives against Dr . S . who took occasion to defend himself on the publication of " Observations on the
expediency of revising the present version of the epistles in the New Testament' * , which appeared in 1794 ,.. and was the completion of his plan - There is some account of the controversy excited by the Hints in the ist volume of the memoirs of Wakefield , who wrote a pamphlet upon the occasion . Dr . S « is quoted with great re pect by Arcnbishop Newcome , as one of his authorities in the ie Historical View of the English Biblical Translations . "
Feb . 17 , at Aylesbury , after an illness of a few days , PETER KENNEDY , M . D . " He was a -native of Ireland , but received his education on the continent , where he acquired a perfect knowledge of the French and Italian languages ^ which he spoke with fluency and precision . . After ' residing at Rome fyr a considerable time , he came to England and settled at Aylcsbury , where lie continued till the time of his death . He was an
affectionate husband . As a companion his society was entertaining , and his temper cheerful . Blest with , a handsome competency , and fond of retirement , he did not aeek extensive practice , bat was at all times forward to afford professional assistance to the poor and afflicted . He published an account of the distemper in the Aylesbury Guol in 1784 . "
Feb . 26 , Rev . THOMAS URWiCK , ( see p . 161 ) Concerning this truly re * spectable divine , it may be added to the account with which one of his friends obliged us , that his religious opinions were by no means what are called orthodox , nor could he , we apprehend , be justly said to believe a Trinity in any sense . He w ; is at the same time unaccustomed in his di > -
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1807, page 215, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2379/page/47/
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