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    Mr . R . Heron . —E . Kin % ^ Esq . T . R . 5 V

    the heart ; her zeal was active and under tli ^ influence of an informed judgment ; her's was that charity which thinketh no evil , and that seekcth not her own , for she ; respected and cherished piety wherever she found it while she

    confined not her benevolence to a party . Those gospel promises which had animated her in the discharge of religious duties through life , were her comfort ia sickness and in death . Her afflictions were borne with that patience which ciid honour to Christianity ; her fortitude was undeviating ; and in the full

    expectation of dissolution she declared , her hopes of immortal life centered in the mercy of God . She has left an affectionate husband and seven children to bemoan her irreparable loss . Her remains were attended by the-Clergyman of Long Suttou , and two DissentingMinisters , to the Buryine ; ground belonging to the

    Unitarian Chapel at Sutton , where an affectionate and impressive discourse was delivered on the mournful occasion , by the Rev . R . Wright , of Wisbeach . The Chapel was crowded with a deeply affected audience ; and it was supposed more than two hundred persons were

    unable to get in , who had come to testify their esteem and regret . We were hiippy to find the members of the Establishment , and Dissentersat large , uniting in this tribute of respect to the memory ,, and regret at the decease of this excellent woman . G . S .

    April 13 th , Mr . ROBERT HERON , author of the History of Scotland , Tour to the Highlanders , and several works of merit . " He was a native of Scotland and bred to the Church , and beinga young man of promising abilities was patronized by Dr . Blair , -who appointed him his assistant , in which capacity he officiated for some time . He war ; a man

    of multifarious erudition , and during-his residence in Scotland , wrote , translated , tnd compiled several reputable woiks in various branches of literature . His -views of church-preferment not answering his expectation , he abandoned his native country and came to London , ¦ where his talents soon procured him the countenance of some eminent booksellers

    as well as the friendship of literary men . He was for some time the Editor of two jiewspapers , the Globe and the Press . l * att year he begakd a newspaper called

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    the Fame , the failure of which involrecr him in pecuniary difficulties . These pro- * bably produced that disorder which terminated his life in the Fever Institution /*

    April 15 th , at Edinburgh , in the 89 th year of his age , Mr . WIJLLIAM PEEBLES , Teaching Master of the Orphan Hospital in that city for above aS years During that long period he discharged the duties of his station with singular fidelity and unwearied attention .

    Remarkable for unaffected piety , gentleness of manners , humility , and self-denial , he was well fitted for training up the youth in religious knowledge , instilling into their minds a sacred regard to truth , and forming them for early habits of in - dustry . He shewed the utmost tenderness and affection for the children under

    his charge , who venerated him as their parent . His counsels and example , equally excellent and impressive , will long' be remembered . He lived beloved and respected , and died sincerely regretted by

    an extensive circle of friends and acquaintance . His memory will especially be revered by the managers , and by every person who has taken an interest in the institution of the Orphan Hospita l * Caladonian Mercury .

    April 16 th , aged jz , EDWARD KING , Esq . F . H . S . He was also Fellow , and for some time President , of the Antiquarian Society . Mr . K . was a Barrister of JLincoln \ s-Irin , but nothing is recorded of him under that character , except that " in his attendance on the circuit he defended a

    lady from a faithless lover , and successfully offered her hi * haQ . d . " He inherited from his uncle an ample fortune , which enabled him to devote himself to literary pursuits . His publications were numerous , chiefly on Britibh Antiquities . Many of them appeared in different volumes of the

    Archeologea . In Theology , he" maintained some singular opinions , which he gave to the world in % vols . 4 to . published in 1788 and 1801 , entitled *• ' Morals of Criticism , tending to illustrate some few passages in the Holy Scriptures , upon Philosophical principle * and an enlarged view of things . '"

    The object of the author appears to have been " to apply the modern improvements i « philosophy , and even ths

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1807, page 280, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2380/page/56/