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On Monday , Feb . 16 , at the advanced age of 80 years , at his house in Albion Street , Newcastle upon-Tyne , Mr . William Robson , formerly a ship and keel builder on the North Shore . In early life he had the management of the keels
belonging to the extensive colliery at WilliHgton , belonging to Messrs . Bell and Brown , and in the discharge of his important duty he had the courage to attempt , with happy success , the introduction of a system of moral discipline among the -keelmen employed in that
concern ; a class of men not in general remarkable iov orderly and good conduct . By this he engaged the high esteem of his employers , aud the almost devoted gratitude of the men . During the latter years of his life , after he had
retired from business , the same goodness of heart and benevolence of disposition impelled him to devote much of his time to the exercise of acts of charity and mercy among the poor and unfortunate , who ever found in him a kind friend and
generous benefactor . His modes of doing good were indeed numerous and varied , according to the various circumstances of individuals . In cases where any disastrous accident or severe misfortune had befallen a worthy individual or family , by which their prospects in life were blasfed , and themselves likely
to be reduced to a state of indigence and destitution , this worthy philanthropist , whose business and religion was to do good , was frequently known to interpose his kind offices to avert the stroke of calamity ; and when his own funds were inadequate to the extent and urgency of the case , he solicited from house to house the aid of his numerous
acquaintance in behalf of the sufferers , thus mitigating their sorrows and alleviating the weight of their misfortunes . Solicitous also for the education of the
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poor , and the moral improvement of the rising generation , he greatly contributed by his exertions to the establishment of the Royal Jubilee Schools ; and the success of that useful institution was very much indebted to his continued
indefatigable exertions tor its interests . His general usefulness and assiduity was acknowledged by the subscribers , by his being annually re-elected a member of their committee . As connected with this
public institution , which does so much honour to the town , his death will be felt as a public loss ; while the numerous objects of his bounty must long venerate his memory .
In the concerns of religion his condnct was equally exemplary , though it might not be so popular ; but that was not his concern . Impressed with an ardent zeal for the true interests of religion , he was equally an enemy to bigotry , superstition and priestcraft , and contributed much to
enlighten the minds of those within the circle of his acquaintance , on the most ; important subjects connected with hu ^ man happiness . Renouncing entirely at \ civil authority in matters of ' religion , he built not his faith on human creeds , and alike despised the dogmas of priests :
his theology was wholly drawn from the Scriptures , and there only be wished to learn his duty to God and to his neighbour . In short , his religion was " to do good . " In his religious profession he was an Unitarian Christian of the Bap * tist denomination . On the minds of
young persons he was particularly assiduous to impress the great practical truths of Christianity ; and he hail a particular affection for serious , ingenuous young men , whose minds he found unsophisticated and undebau-ched by the popular dogmas of superstition . Such
were the peculiar objects of his attention and tender regards ; and his highest happiness was to direct and assist them in their honest inquiries after truth . Some oi these while they continue to revere his memory , acknowledge that they owed to him the highest obligations . J . M .
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gret at the conduct she had witnessed in that assembly , concluding by withdrawing herself froRi that connexion . She , then , immediately joined the Seceders , known as a Christian Assembly , meeting at No . 6 , East side of Moornelds , of which society she remained a member till her death . She was belored and respected
for her active usefulness , and her loss has been severely felt by that Church during the last year—a year ot sorrow and paiu , borne by her wiih Christian fortitude , the agonies of . which terminated a short time before her decease , and her latter moments might from their tranquil nature be considered as falling asleep , but it was the sleep of death .
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114 Obituary , —Mr . William Robsoh . —Miss Anne Rkhardso
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NerAtcastle , Fed . 22 . Feb . 17 , aged 47 , Miss Anne Richards , daughter of the late Mr . Thomas Richards , silversmith , of this place . If the great end of life be improvement and
happiness , and example be one of the most efficacious means of promoting these desirable attainments , it follows , that obscurity and retirement are not presumptuously violated , by selecting from those stations such instances of merit as fall
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1824, page 114, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2521/page/50/
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