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      i ^ iostly i ^ eciated ' dpi higfc ^' esteeme ^ [* $£ & m unt 0 ttiif > t ^ d vbrflie , inflexible integrity * and uiulevTafing , consistency of i ^ acter , ^ all cqntlntuj to be fceia in jkQttX estipiatibri . '^ tr . Joyce was ft very acti ve and' useful

      member of " T&e Unitarian Society , " and fiatf for a treat number of years acted as its S&fetary ; wfilch office He had resigned but Jhtery sbori tiiae before bis decease „ This wbffcby and excellent mart died affcis house dfffig hgate , on Friday the 21 st . of June .- ^ - Hivittg dined from honie oil that day with some friends , amongst whonxhe conversed

      with his usual frankness and cheerfulness of temper ; on his return to < his femiiy' in the evening between nine aud ten o ' clock , be complained of pain inthe stomach ; and , after lie ? t » a # j | up pa ^ sofa ^ for a ^ ittle tiniey iii a dosing posture , JVfvs * Jo ^ ce , oil go \ ng near him , * oi |« inaile'the * awful aiscovery

      # f the affecting change which had already lakeu place , fie , had breathed his last . Leeds ^ .. T , J . «

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      June $ 9 , in the 78 th year of bis age , after a protracted suffering of near five { years under a severe pan ^ tlytic affection , David Williams , Esq . Founder of tbse Literary Fund . The writings of this gen * - tleman were , as to several of tbeni , oil subjects so important , that we . hope to-be able to take further notice of the Author *

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      July $ . RjCHARX ) i * RJtf SL £ ? SH ^ ttlDAN , Esq . early * and jd ^ tly telebrate d ! lor bis literary accoi ^ pji $ hrnerits ; and ' especially W 4 rainatic genius . ' and for n ^ gi e thaii 30 ; Jf member . of the ^ rit ^ n S ^ ate ; : H ^^ as pprn in . "l 75 t , ^ t " QtiilcaJ near TOlin , of a iTa ^ long ^ iilixi ^ tea V « th tbe Ut , crary histpry of irela'n ^ . At 6 jyears

      « Age he * wa ^ brought id' England and Plajced ftt HaWpw , Schoolj ilndeP ^ hxi tul-« on of t ) r ; S ^ mner . ftfe ept £ re& at tlie Middle Temple , but declined being called feffe e Bar ^ hj ^ vi ng uttacjiejl himself very early to classical and dranoatic literature .

      When only l s he eri $ Lg $$ $#$ H ^ fr ^ n ^ *? tranglating from t " hV " Greek * the Kp ^ tles a . ^ isti ^ us . In 177 ^ be produced his f # W * y , 7 % i 2 Uikhil 1 ui * tlie' hext year ^ Wuenced hi 3 long connection with i& ^^^ i ^! - ^ ^ df thc p | k ° "

      ^ K- i ^ Qy . Mr . - ' lNiei ^ dM cam e iiito wiitefeto , ' ^ fere , it is bM justice ^ tb r ^« U ^ ct , that be Was generally found sup-

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      porting' the great taterg&s 6 f civil and religious ' liberty . Soon as he had taken ^ liieat he d ^ tiiigtiisHed' himself by aniltiadverting tin the unconstitutional employment of 'the militafy duiirtg the riot * . The Regency and the Tried of Hasting afterwards called ftirth Ins shining talent * His speeches on the latter occasion ,

      especially that in Westroinstetf Hall , have been applauded by all political parties . During the short periods in which Mr . Fox was Minister , Mr . Sheridan shaved in the administration , first as his private Secretary , and afterwards as Treasurer of the Navy . 1

      Such vraai the ' jntblic ' life of this possessor of many talents . We will not reverse the medal and describe a . life which has been too ; justly represented as * * rather a warning than an e $$ niple ; ' * , « f JSfar draw his frailtiesftorn . their drea 4 . abode . "

      Tl ^ ose jvho e b een blessed , w ith a more favojured , though less Jbrilliant lo ^ , and who possess •*• The sirigle talent well ' -employedJ * let such be content and grateful .

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      At iMapchester , aged 82 , Thomas Heni ^ y , Esq . President of the . Literary and PlwloaujpUical Society of Manchester , Fellow of the Royal Society of London , and Member ' of several other learned Societies both in this country and abroad . As a practical and philosophical Chemist , he obtained la high and merited reputation .

      His contributions to that science ,, besides a small volume of Essays , and his Trans * lations of the earjy Writings of La \ t > isier r which he first introduced to-tbe notice of the English public , consist of Memoirs , dispersed through' the Transactions of the various Societies to which he belonged , and relative to those parts o ^ C hem istry

      that are purely scientific , ami to thosewhich , have , reference ta the useful ^* arts . On iv < subject iatinaately cop ^ nect ^ d with the success , of the jCotton Manufacture ( the employment of Mordaunts or Bases UfcPyeing )* Mr Heqry was the % st who tUought aii 4 Avrot © philosophically . In , tfoe rJ iitvoduction , of the ? new , mode of

      . Pl eaphing , , ' wJbicjtt , has vvor | &e 4 an entire revolution , in , u ^ at ^ , and occasioned an iucpoorparably quieter circulation pf capital , he was one of the earliest and iiost siiccesBfal agents . Ift ' adtfithnr ^ nrTfie'tftta ^ tirnentS connected with his profession , ne had cdltivated , to no inconsiderable

      degree , a taste for the Fine Arts ; he- had acquired a knowledge of hilfoi » ical ''eVetffTVe-r n ^ urknble ' foT \ t& e )« t ^ nt « f ^ ftccwratty y KM We had derived , from rtadibg ^ afkl - i * etfec ~ tion , ' opinjond , W ' whidi he was ^ teadil f atlfitm&j ort topics of poiitirttl , itibtak i and religtous enquiry , &e <*** l J *? ea / s ^ Jt ? lie , retired from the practice cfc * M * ReiA <* J * i *

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      Obilmru . ^^ JBisk ^^ L&fidaffi ^^ tl . B . Shefld $ n > JE * f .- ± 'F : Henry , Esq . 43 $

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      July 4 . At his seat , Calgarth Park , Westmoreland , at a . very advanced age , Dr . Richard Watson , Bishop of I ^ landaif , Regius Professor of piyinity in the Uniter ^ ity of Cambridge , and Archdeacon of Ety . bf the life ana writings of this Wninent * man We tope to give some account id aMiuVe ^ rtiinber . ;

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1816, page 435, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2454/page/63/