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tharles jLa t : vsZ > ji . - ~ -Rt ' v * Frdficis Sberrat . —Fhrence O ^ Sulli'vJn , — -Mus Eliza . Gregory ,
JRcu . John Hodg son . —Mrs . Esther JBalhle ^ .
fcnore abstruse doctrines of chemistry , in elucidating the language , and ex > - p laining the allusions and the prophetical parts of scripture , ** forgetting that the sacred writers " always adapted their language to the popular ideas and the general prejudices of mankind . " Some of Mr . K . ' s conclusions are
curious enough . He maintains " that John the Baptist was an angel , the same who formerly appeared in the person of Elijah / * —that «« the sun is one of the mansions of heaven * and because of its near
connexion with our earth , more immediately our heaven ^'—that "this globe is continually approaching towards the sun , and will at length approach so near as to be ignited and become a
comet , "—and that " the p lace of punishment is the centre of the earth which is the bottomless pit . " Amidst these fanciful conjectures is one , which some
reflecting persons may perhaps consider as far more rational , that " the day of judgment will be a long period of deliberate arrangement that rnay last a thousand years . " The author of " The Pursuits of Literature , "
refers to some passages in the " Morals of Criticism" as almost prophetic of political events which have occurred fcince their publication . In 1 796 , Mr . K . amused the public and discovered no small credulity as well as learning by his " Remarks concerning stones said to have fallen from
the clouds in our days * " In 1798 , he published " Remarks on the f-igns- of the Times , ** continued by a supplement . In this publication the author endeavoured to shew that " recent discoveries in natural history and philosophy , and the political events then passing in
Europe , had literally accomplished some of the obscure and emblematical scripture prophecies . " These Remarks called forth the animadversions of Bishop llorsley , in his" Critical Disquisitions on the xith chapter of Isaiah , in a . Letter ** to the author .
April 19 , at Manchester , ag $ d 79 , CHARLES LAWSON , M . A . some time Ft / How of Corpus Christi College , Oxford , and for more than 43 years th ^ Head-Master of the Free Gra m * « iar School . Man « heit « : r . 4 t in this ar-
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duous situation he displayed a dignity and propriety of conduct , and a fixed princip le of action that could not fail to conciliate the esteem and affection of his pupils , and the warm admiration of his fellow townsmen . The
extensive literary abilities which he possessed , were © f a higher class than are usually met with , even in the most distinguished of our preceptors . —His colloquial talents , and the suavity of his manners , were Jhighly conspicuous , and irresistibly endeared him to that numerous and respectable body of friends , by whom his memory will long be praised , wept > and honoured " *
April , at Swanwich , Dorsetshire , aged 95 > the Rev . FRANCIS SHERRAT , minister of the Baptist congregation there , nearly 60 years . April , at Beerhavqn , Ireland , FLOREN CE O'SULLIVAN , aged in year .-, JrjLe was born in the reign of King William , ar . d retained his sight , hearing " , and the use of his faculties to the last
moment . He was a man possessed of generous tender feelings , and is greatly lamented by % 15 nephews and nieces . — Cal . Merc . April , " at ^" rikham , Oxfordshire , Miss ELIZA GREGORY , the elder of two sisters of that name , remarkable for their untaught pioficiency in the art of drawing , and particularly in delineating flowers from nature . Their first efforts
"were made under circumstances unusually depressing , and with the rudest materials . They have long supported , with the fruits of their ingenious labours , an aged , and widowed mother . " April , at Dunken-hall , near Blackburn , Lancashire , the Rev , JOHNF
HODGSON , upwards of 30 years Catholic-priest at that place . <• Having an independent fortune , lie made it an indis [ ensible duty to himself , to devote the emire income of his place to charitable purposes , without regard to sect or opinion . ' *
aoth , April , died , at West-Bromwich , in Staffordshire , in the 87 th year of her age , Mrs . ESTHER BULflXEY . This ladyT on the maternal side , was grand * daughter of the pious and learned Mr . Matthew Henry , by his third daughter , Esther , who married Mr . Thomas BuLk-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1807, page 281, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2380/page/57/
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