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      for * which MS . he paid 650 gumeas and refused a thousand , that , it is said , were < affered by the University of Oxford for the precious relic , so anxious was he to complete hj $ Greek MSS . by an addition which renders them almost invaluable :

      indeed his library is altogether one of the most magnificent private collections in ISurope . This now passes into the posession of his son , the- Rev . Charles Parr Burney , of Greenwich , and we cannot Ihelp expressing a liope that he will not

      allow it t « be dispersed ; ou rather , that lie wiH not suffer the rare thing's in it io be purchased for the purpose of enriching foreign libraries . They are so truly valuable , that it would be a precious acquisition for the Bodleian Library , or the Museum .

      Dr . Burney is the second luminary , in that bright constellation of learning ' formed by Poison , Parr and himself , that has now disappeared from our view . His family hare all been conspicuous \ his father , the Historian , of Music , and friend of Johnson , was one of the most elegant writers of that age \ his brother , Capt .

      Burney of the Navy , wh ® accompanied Cook in his two last , long , enterprising- , and perilous voyages , is one of the first geographers that this country possesses , a fact well supported by his voluminous and elaborate History of Voyages of Discovery ; and Mad . D ^ Arblay , his sister , has equally distinguished herself by her well known writings .

      Dr . Burney was a Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies , Chaplain to his Majesty , Rector of Deptford , and of Hooe , in ' K . en 1 , and also Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral .

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      December 28 th , at Fi ami ing-ham , Mrs . Toms , wife of the Rev . S . S . Toms , of that place . Her age was great , she having been born in the year 1730-40 , a year memorable for the hard winter . Infirmities had for some time been growing upon her , more however to her own sensible conviction

      than to that of her dearest friend : but her firmness of mind and long settled habit of order and diligence in business carried her on usefully , to her own comfort and that of her household , until Thursday , Dec . 25 th , when she enjoyed her'dinner and seemed as well as usual , but was soon after seized With ller mortal illness . She languished

      till the Lord ' s day morning " , and then sweetly fell asleep in Jesus $ and God will bring * her with him in the great ' day , for truly J ^ he was a righteous and good woman 5 she feared the Lord from her youth , and had ev ® r rested satisfied with the simplest and most rational views of religion anil OhristSstnity . The funeral took place Jan . 4 , the Rev , Mr . Perry , of Ipswich , officiating-. ' ' j ' ' . i * * v * * t \ ' j <; ¦ - ¦

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      Suicide of Dr . Black * : All oub' readers ^ says The I ) uhli ? i Evening Post ,, are acquainted with the name of Dr . Black 5 all know that as a light of our Presbyterian church , he was one of the most eminent ia the north * . of Ireland , and that as a political character he has filled no inconsiderable space ia

      the history of Ireland . The following * particulars we have derived from a letter , dated Londonderry , December 4 :-r * The Reverend Dr . Black , who , you know , was a leading member of the General Synod of Ulster , Guardian ai * d Treasurer of the Widows' Fund * Treasurer and

      Distributor of the Regium . Donuniy &c . walked out of his house about midday , aauisuai with him , and transacted business ^ without any visible chang-e in ! m dep . ortu ? e&t except that he appeared somewhat more thoughtful and downcast . About a quarter before four o'clock lie walked to the

      wooden bridge , and after he passed through the toll-gate ,, and had proceeded about half way across the bridge , he took off his outside coat and hat , which he gave to a boy who was near him , and immediately threw himself over the side railing' iuto the river Foyle . The boy gave a shriek , and raised an alarm , but there being no person

      near at hand , it was some time before any one could even attempt to lender assistance . The body was seem twice at the top of the water , and those who had the best opportunity of viewing . * it say , he struggled against swimming-, and endeavoured to p ! ung * e downwards . The entire population assembled in less tliau twenty-minutes , but

      the body had then totally disappeared . The dead grapples , ' &c . were immediately set to work , but to no purpose ; indeed , the dusk of the evening-, and now the darkness of the night , prevents all hope of the body being discovered , at least till tomorrow . The cries of i \ is family would grieve any " one . The whole city is at this

      moment as if panic-struck . The Doctor preached a most excellent ' sermon ia the Meeting-House here ' last Sunday . . No one £ an tell , and few venture to give an opinion , aft to the fcause of this melancholy lousiness , tie wallowed in woAdly riches and appeared perfectly ba , ppy in % ls •" ¦ domestic affairs . * 1 L ^ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ i ''' ' ' : " ¦ ' ' ' ' ¦ - '' ' -

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      Obituari /* ° —Mr $ a Xom $ o >™ I ) n JBlaeka ST

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      1818 * Jan . 17 , aged 20 , after a ^ Illness of near / y three weeks , Charles Kirkpatrick , youngest son of the late John-Kirkpatrick , Esq . of Mo ant Pleasant , in the

      Isle of Wight . This interesting young man died in London , where he was preparing ; himself most actively and reputably for commercial life . His remains * weve in » terred in Bmnhill Fields ^ intlieTamily vault of Mr . Joseph Travers ..

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1818, page 67, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2472/page/67/