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Mr . Joseph Major . 1828 . Dec . 29 , aged 56 , Mr . Joseph Major , formerly Organist at Monkwell-Street Chapel , and daring the last four years at Finsbury Chapel . We are indebted to Mr . M . for an excellent " Collection of Sacred Music for Churches and
Chapels , " recently published ; and also for twelve original psalm and hymn tunes , printed , a few years since , for the benefit of the Charity Schools of the New Gravel-Pit Meeting , Hackney . The following paragraph appeared in the Morning Chronicle of Friday , Jan . 2 :
c * The late Mr . Joseph Major , whose talents as a performer on the piano-forte were almost unrivalled , enjoyed the iutiinacy of a large circle of the most respectable public characters of his time . Had he felt disposed to turn Autobiogrcrpher , few Memoirs would have been inore
entertaining . It is a curious fact , that he had dined with his old friend , Mr . John Bannister , for thirty-seven successive Christmas-days , and the veteran called ou him within a week of his death to lament that his severe illness prevented his joining the family party for the 38 th time 1 He has left many original compositions of a light nature , and some of a more serious and scientific character .
It was his delight , as they appeared , to dedicate them to his pupils and friends . They are all very creditable to his genius as a composer , but his marked and distinguishing excellence was extraordinary execution on the instrument . His skill in accompanying , and his power to instruct , were very advantageously felt by
many of our vocalists , especially by Incledon . As a master , few were ever more diligent , or more anxious for the improvement of their scholars ; as a friend , he was unwearied in act and word ~ , and as a man , sympathizing , kind , and generous almost to a fault—a fault more to be admired than many people ' s virtues . "
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Miss Sarah Lakin . On the last day of the last year , Sarah , eldest surviving daughter of the late Michael Lakin , Esq ., of Birmingham . Possessed of great kindness of disposition , and characterized by a warmth of
feeling which rendered her peculiarly alive to the endearments which spring out of the connexions of social life , she enjoyed in a high degree the esteem of an extensive circle of friends , by whom her loss will be deeply lamented . Those only who were bound to her by the clo-
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sest ties of kindred and affection , could duly appreciate that complete forgetfulness of self which led her to sacrifice her own happiness when she thought it likely to interfere with the comfort of others , or that constant principle of active kindness which marked her whole life . Her
last illness , though not protracted , was of a nature peculiarly distressing . The only consolation to her afflicted family under the severe bereaveineut which they have sustained is a firm trust in the rectitude of the Divine administration , and in the assurance derived from the gospel of Jesus , that her life of virtue and holiness on earth will be succeeded by a life of eternal happiness in heaven . Chesterfield . Jan . 13 , 1829 .
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Philip Meadows Martineau , Esq . 1829 . Jan . 1 , aged 76 , Phili p Meadows Martineau , Esq ., of Dracondale Lodge , near Norwich . The subject of this memoir was the eldest son of Mr . Daniel Marti neau , an eminent surgeon in the city of Norwich , who , dying at an early age , bequeathed his duties and his reputation to his sou ; who , having received an excellent professional education , settled in his native
city , in 1776 . The skill which was the natural consequence of his ardent love of his profession , soon secured him extensive practice . He rose to greater eminence than any of his predecessors of the name , and pursued a bright career of usefulness , houour , and prosperity , which was terminated only by his last illness . His name is well known and highly respected in the medical world . But on
his professional eminence this is not the place to enlarge . A detail of his splendid services to the public will doubtless be found in journals to which the subject ia more appropriate . As Senior Surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital , he couferred obligations on that institution which cannot be estimated , and will never be forgotten . In his private practice he was no less valued thau in his public
office . His pride and delight were in his profession . But though to this object he devoted his energies to the utmost , his mind was not absorbed by it . His recreations were various and refined . He had a great love for the fine arts , and exercised his ta 3 te in the formation and
embellishment of his beautiful estate at Hracondale , near Norwich . There , during the latter years of his life , he fixed
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1829, page 131, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2569/page/59/
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