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ia every year , equally between other $ ix poor persons of the said parish , whether housekeepers or not , at the discretion of the trustees ; but no one person is to partake of the interest of both funds at the same time . £ 1 , 000 , ditto , to the minister ,
churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Little Jtlford , in the county of Essex , upon trust , to pay the dividends and interest thereof , as the same shall become due , unto the poor of the said parish . £ 1 , 000 , ditto , to the parish of St . Gabriel * Fenchurch Street , to be applied in the same manner . £ 2 , 000 , ditto , to the parish of Christ Church , Surrey , to be applied in the
same manner . , £ ' 5 , 000 , ditto , to the President and Committee of the Corporation of Sick and Maimed Seamen in the Merchants ' service , upon trust , to pay the interest thereof for the benefit of the sick and maimed seamen .
£ 200 to the company of glass-sellers , to be distributed to the poor of the said company * at the discretion of the master and wardens . And , £ 100 to the poor of Allhallows Staining , Mark Lane .
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Deaths Abroad . 1821 . Jan . 10 , ( O . S . ) at St . Petersburg , from a fever contracted in visiting one of the gaols of that city , Mr . Waltbr Venning , at the house of his brother Mr . John Venning . He was a member of the ic Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline , " the committee of
which have placed on their records a tribute to his memory , of which the following is an extract : ** Mr . Venning joined the committee soon after the formation of the Society , and very essentially contributed by his exertions to the success of their labours . He was
indefatigable in visiting the gaols of the metropolis , and ever earnest in his endeavours to restore the criminal , but especially the youthful offender , to the paths of religion and virtue . During his late residence in Russia , a period of nearly four years , his time has been unceasingly devoted to the amelioration
of the gaols m that country . He presented to the Emperor Alexander a memorial forcibly pointing out the great national benefits that result from the improvement of prison-discipline , and the wisdom and practicability of rendering
punishment the instrument of reformation . The justice of these views was acknowledged ; and to carry them into execution , an Association was formed at St . Petersburg , under the imperial sanction . This Association has been produc-
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Latcly , in the Poor-house of St . Giles ' s in the Fields , the Rev . Mr . Platel , formerly of Trinity College , Cambridge , bachelor of civil law , and late curate of Lyes , in Hampshire . Being without any
engagement during the last three years , he sunk into the most abject distress . His death was ultimately occasioned by a wound in the foot , which had been too long neglected . — - —Christian Remembrancer .
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Lately , at Bath , in the Abbey Churchyard , aged 65 , Mr . William Mevler , bookseller , and joint proprietor and editor of The Bath Herald , of which he had been the principal conductor from its first establishment in 1762 .
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—— ^ " ^ mmm ^ i ^^ - ^ Lately , Mr . James Hayes , of Great Surrey Street , Blackfriars , who has , by his will , left the following extensive charitable donations , viz . : ¦—£ 3 , 000 Bank Stock to Bethlem Hos ~
pital . £ 10 , 000 , three per Cents , reduced , to Christ ' s Hospital , to be distributed in annuities of £ 10 each to blind persons , according to the late Rev . Mr . Hetherington ' s Deed .
£ 10 , 000 , ditto , to Christ ' s Hospital , for the general uses of the charity . £ 5 , 000 , ditto , to the London Hospital . £ 5 , 000 , ditto , to St . Luke ' s Hospital for Lunatics . , £ 5 , 000 , ditto , to the Deaf and Dumb Charity . , £ 5 , 000 , ditto , to the School for
Indigent Blind . , £ 5 , 000 , ditto , to the National Society . £ 4 , 000 , ditto , to be , by his executors , transferred into the name of the Vicar for the time being of the parish of Barking , in Essex , and three other persons to be nominated by the vestry of the said
parish , upon trust , to apply the interest of £ 2 , 000 , part thereof , on the 12 th February , in every year , equally between sijt poor housekeepers , of Barking who do not receive support from the parish ; and the interest of the remaining £ 2 , 000 , to fipply the same on the 12 th of Feb .
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— - ^—Lately , at Beauniaris , Anglesea , at the close of his 82 nd year , the Rev . Hugh Davies , B . A . F . L . S ., since 1778 rector of the above parish , afterwards , in 1787 , of Aber , of which being unable , through his advanced age , conscientiously to
discharge the duties , he voluntarily resigned it in the year 1816 . He lately published in 8 vo . an ingenious scientific work , entitled " Welsh Botanology . "
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24 years an active magistrate in the Isle of Ely .
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252 Obituary . ~» Rev . Mr . PlateL—Mr . Meuler . ^— Jttr . Hayes .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1821, page 252, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2499/page/60/
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