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    ^ . Richard Corrie 9 £Tq , —Rev. ' Y. Sc...

    Bcnh _Hampion . — - Mrs . j » _Pooler—Earl Gr * y JC _, Jj .

    life , that serenity for which sfie had all her days been distinguished was undisturbed . During this last period , her _sutrerihgs were ve > y great . She couldL not _hehvlonginc ; for her dismission , but 1 - r t

    still she was _resigned to the Divine wi'l and willing to _tiai _? _, til her _appointed time . Her religious views were _hL hly rational and consolatory . She looked tjpon God' as the _Father , and not the _^ Tyrant of his creatures . She had full _confidence in the divine _wi _.-dom and l i r

    goodness , and a firm per uasron , that all things _, whatsoever clouds and darfcjness hung over the present moment , were _working together for _good . She rejoiced in the Gospel of Jesus , as containing not on _' y the glorious assurance © f a resurrection from the dead , but every thing that if necessary in the war

    of Precept , _Rxampie \ and _Encouragement _^ to fit its followers both for this life , and that which is to come . By frequentl y returning pains , and at length , an almost utter incapacity of taking in atij _nutri-Jwenr , the lamp of life was exhausted , and

    • with scarcely a sigh or srtuggle this truly valuable Christian fell asl « ep in Jesus * _Her loss in society will be felt by a _r _unaber of persons to whom , almost be- ' yond her ability , * h _$ was a liberal and constant benefactress . Her income was

    limited , and as it was never large , she felt very sensibly the _pressure of the times : it was not however so much oh her own account , but that it rendered her less capable of doing that goodto the poor and afflicted which her liberal heait

    was always wishing . She early manifested a turn foT poetry , and an Impromptu which she pronounced upon the fir _& t _intelligence of that victory in which JLord Nelson lo _^ _-t his life , does . her _considerable credit- —she wai then %% yean Id .

    Two different _passions meet , Pleasure and ssurovv _. blend , We praise the JLord wlio _sav'd out Fleet , But mourn for Nelson ' s end .

    E . B . JLately died in Ireland , at the advanced age ofno years , PENIS _HAMPTON , the b iud bard of _Magiiligan . A few _liourc beforr his death , he tuned his harp , \ s \ order to have it in _readiness to entertain Sir H . lirlice ' s family , who were

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    expected to pass that way irt a few days _^ and who were in the _hafcit of stopping to hear his music : shortly after , however , he felt the approach of death , and _> _calXthg his _famjly around Kim , Ke resigned his breath Without a struggle ; _otingin ipGrtect possession of his _faculties t » the last monnent .

    Nov . 6 , at the _episcopal Palace , in Chichcster , aged 9 8 Mrs . POOLK , _delict of William Poole Esq . of the Hook —¦ This lady enjo _\ cd all her _faculties to the last , an : d died suddenly while _sitiing at table among her friends . _THie . foW lowing lines on the occasion of her death , have been attributed to Mr . Hayley . Hail and farewell ! dear venerable

    friend , Whose lengthen'd days without a struggle end , The placid angel who had blest thy v birth , Watched thec almost a century oa earth ; And led thee through the Christia * cares of life ,

    A tender stcp-dame , and a duteous wife ; - Then at thy _de-tined season to depart _Jojred _Yas the witness of so pure a V heart ) lExetnpt from mortal anguish to dismiss _^ ? rhy peaceful spirit to celestial bli . _^ s . Nov _* 13 , at his house called Fallow * den , near Alnwick , Northumberland , in

    the 79 th year of his _a-e , CHARLES EARL GREY , K . B . General of the Third Regiment of Dragoons , and Governor of the Island of Guernsey . His Lordship served at _tkebattte of Minden , and was the only surviving oflicer who served under General _Wolfc at Quebec , to-whom , he was Aid-du-Camp in 1782 , he was made a Knight or the Bath , on his appointment as Corrunandcr-in-Chief in America ; but , in come * _quence of peace being concluded he did not proceed thither . Me served a . so at the relief of _Ostctid , and _Nicupurt > in 1793 , and went , soon after , to the V \ tbt Indies , as Commander-in-Chief , with t"he Earl of _> t . Vincent , which _< vas followed

    by the reduction of Martinique , St . Lu ~ cie , and _Guadeloupe , in 1802 , he wai created Baron ; and in 1806 , Earl Grey . Fie has left four sons , of whom Viscount Ho wick succeeds him in the I eer : » _ge . _y and two daughters , the eldest , of when * is lady _filiaabcth _YVhitbiead .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1807, page 665, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121807/page/46/