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April 28 , at Liverpool ^ Mr . Joseph Hancox , second son of Mr . James Haiicox , of Birmingham , and grandson of the Rev . James Hancox , formerly a respectable Dissenting Minister of Dudley , in Worcestershire . James Hancox :, father
of the subject of the present notice , was an extensive iron master in the neighbourhood of Birmingham , during a period peculiarly disastrous to persons engaged in such undertakings . He was a man of . strict honour and undeviating principle ,
qualities which , in the imperfection of this world ' s institutions , do not always contribute to pecuniary advancement . At his death he was possessed of little properly to bequeath to his children : but he had taken care to endow them with
a liberal education , and his last legacy was an unsullied namc * At an early age Joseph Han cox selected Liverpool as bis place of residence , and there entered into commercial engagements , in the course of whkh he had occasion to visit America more tfean once , as well as different parts of the Mediterranean . But it is not our intention to
trace his progress- in these' pursuits , but rather , at tire termination of his career , to offer a brief sketch of his character , as a farewell tribute to his memory . Mr . Hancox possessed most of the qualifies requisite to give him consideration and influence ia the circle in which
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he moved ; he had travelled aod seen the world * and consequently bad the itifor . ination and manners of a gentlemaa . He had a sound understanding , a » d a clear conception of the subjects in which society is wont to take an interest : and he possessed a talent for conversation which enabled him to impart his own inipvessions to others . As a man of strkt probity and integrity of principle , his reputation was permanently high . Jn his more general and social character , he was the advocate of free discussion ; jealous of every encroachment upon tlie independence of the subject , and a friend to all liberal institutions . Jn religion , Mr . Haucox was an Unitarian ; free from the bigotry of sects and synods , and allowing to every one the same freedom of sentiment which he claimed for bimsel ? . In the year 1815 , the society of Paradise-Street Chapel * in Liverpool , published a volume of Hymns , intended principally for their own use , in the arrangement and compilation of
late Hev . Pendlebury Houghton , the elegance of whose compositions is so well known , did not scruple to solicit the benefit of Mr , Hancock's opinion and suggestions , before he committed to the press some of his latest publications .
Occasionally Mr . Hancox did not scruple to mingle with the noisy aud bustling politics of the times ; being a steady and consist en t Reformer . Bis notions of the
which JVJr . H . took an active part ; revising nearly the whole , besides contributing several original compositions from his own pew . He was , indeed , from hh talents as a critic , peculiarly well qualified for the task of revision : and the
right and extent of suffrage he might carry somewhat farther than some of his Whig friends , with whom he was in the habit of associating : but , as he thought proper to judge for himself , so he cheerfully conceded to others the same privilege . He wais , however , rather a private than a public character ,- and ft was in domestic retirement or in social intercourse that he was most known and best appreciated . During his last iilrtess he discoursed with animation upon the signs of a more enlightened and liberal spirit which were observable , not only in the
national legislature , but in the local politics of the town in winch be lived : contemplating with evident satisfaction that gradual but substantial improvement which lias been forced into the administration of all persons holding authority , by the powerful influence of public opinion . Mr . Hancox was in the 44 th year of his age , and had been married about ten years . He has teft behind him a widow
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Mar , 27 , at his house in Green Street , Grostoenor Square , in the 85 th year of his age , George Musgrave , Esq ., fomwrly ineniber for Carlisle , > iu the county of Cumberland , Vice-President of the Magdalen Hospital , &c . In the several
relations of private life , his exemplary conduct , graced by the constant practice of every Christian virtue , will stand recorded in most affectionate remembrance ; while , as a zealous and most liberal supporter of public charitable institutions—to three
of which , the Magdalen , Bridewell and Blind Society , he has bequeathed the sum of , £ 100 severally—his loss will be de ~ plored with that real sorrow which gilds the memory of the just man aud th ^ good . —( Newspapers . )
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of what must he the eve » fc of her disease ; and who knew with what calmness and composure she awaited the slow but certain approaches o ( the last great change . In all the relations of * life her example is
invaluable , and her loss irreparable \ and those who have suffered from this bereavement , can have no consolation but in the recollection of her virtues , and in tlie hopes which , as Christians , that recollection affords them-
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SQ 2 Obituary .- ^ Ge&rge M&sg-rave , Esq . —Mr . Joseph Hancoa \
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1824, page 302, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2524/page/46/
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