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afterwards thought himself much better , but unfortunately the relief which medicine coulql afford was only ternpofaryi and intimation of . his sitnation was conse quen'tly sent oif to Mr . Losh ' s family , when his son and Dr . Hutchinson immediately sefc out to attend him .- —They arrived o ^ —Satu rd ay ^ nightr ^ an * d ^ Mrr ~ ir ~ waT capable of recognising them , but he soon afterwards became insensible , and slumbered till three o'clock on
^ J ^ onday morning , when he expired . ^ Vfhus has descended to the tomb , in the seventy-second year of his age , one of the worthiest men , and one of the brightest ornarnents that Newcastle possessed , and whose place in society will long , we fear , remain unoccupied . High-minded , honourable , ^ ancj iniiependent in- his
public conduptj- ^ warni-hearted , affectionate j and benevolent icrprivate life ,- —and mild afjd ~ 4 inas # uming in both , —he wa ^ arjdan ^ Lybeloved by his friends , ^ an ^ held ^| njhe highest estimation , byalfwho iiad any intercourse with hiiru In him the poor and unfortunate were sure to find a
liberal benefactor , not only with his purse , but what was frequently of . infinitely more value , with his ^ advice * and professional assistance ; and the grief whichis now depicted in every countenance around his late abode feelingly proclaims the loss . of a kind master and indulgent landlord .-r-Emmentl y qualified , by his talents and His extensive information , to take a lead in public affairs , Mr .
Losh has long been looked up to as the head of the Whig party in this town , and has always shown himself the willing and the ablet advocate W every measure which had for its object-the - moral , politicar , or ~ intellectuai improvement of mankind . Accordingly , in almost every public meeting that has been held in th-is town during the la ^ t ; thirty years , whether of a , local or general character , whether to advance , the cause of civil and religious liberty , to resist oppression , to reform the institutions
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of . the country , to promote the spread of education and knowledge , to alleviate the suffgrlng-s of his fel low * creatures by acts of charity and benevolence , or to increase the prosperity ah'd local advantages of the district in which he lived , Mr . Losh sustained a leading and an effective
'pUrtp '^ Iri early lffe he Was an active member of . the society of ' the Friends of the People , ' and , in conjunction with the late Mr . Tierney , drew up the celebrated petition for Parliamentary Reform , which was presented by Mr . Grey in 1793 . Through the whole of his life he continued
firmly attached to the same cause , and , through good report and bad report , ever manfully and fearlessly maintained his principles , without regarding whora he might please ° r whom he might displease by so doirrg He was also the author of several
political publications of acknovvledged merit , and had the good fprtune to en | o ^^ of the leading political characters of his time , with many of whom he maintained a regular correspondence . ' Mr . Losh was the third son of John Losh , Esq ., of Woodside , near Carlisle , where he was born in the year 1762 . He received his school education under the Rev . Mr . Gas *
kin , at Wreay , and afterwards under the eminent mathematician Mr , Dawson , of Sedbergh , from whose tuition he was removed to Trinity ¦; Gollege > Cambriclge , where he had for his fellow-students the present Earl Grey , and several other distinguished persons . On leaving Cambridge , Mr . L . entered Lincoln ' s Inn , and in due time was called to the bar .
Shortly after this , the delicate state of his health * obHg ; ed ™ him to ~ reside for some years in B&th , where he contracted a close and intimate friendship with . several eminent persons , particularly with Dr . Bed does , Col , Barry , and the Rev . Richard Warner . In 1797 , Mr . Losh settled in Newcastle , " and in February , in the following year , he married Cecilia ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1833, page 383, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2627/page/31/
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