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      M * . ZIMMERMAN , a mer-A chant of Koenigsburgh , who died lately in his 73 rd year , seems to have rivalled in charitable donations many of those characters for which England j s so famous . He was a native of Dantzic , and was the sole maker of his own fortune . During the course of his life , among other acts of

      liberality he had given 12 , 000 florins to fee church-school of the old town of Koenigsburgh , 12 , 000 florins to the Reformed Church-School , and another sum of 13 , 006 florins for the erection of a school on the Haberhefberg . He also gave 450 O florins to the community of the Old Town Church for

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      FOREIGN . TIE late King of Sweden has published a very curious address . He says , he has received the Grand Seignior ' s permission to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land : in consequence , he invites ten persons to

      accompany him , one from each of the nations of Europe : they are to wear black robes , to let their beards grow , take the style and title of Black Brethren , and are each to be attended by

      a servant in black and grey livery . Notice of the willingness of an indivi 4 ual to accompany him , is to be published in some paper printed in tfce country to which he belongs ; and all the Black Brethren are to assemble

      at Trieste , on the $ 4 th of June . The Morning Chronicle , from which we extract the above , adds , Sir Sidney Smith , we suppose , has volunteered in his service .

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      the purchase of a burial-ground . By his last will he increased the capital of a hospital for widows , established by his wife , with a sum of 15 , 000

      florins : he also left to the poor of the Mennonite * Community , of which he was a member , 15 , 000 florins , and to the city poor-chest 2000 florins . His other legacies were a bequest of 220 , 000 florins to the Old Town

      Merchant Society , towards a foundation , out of which might be paid annuities of 300 florins each to fifteen widows of decayed merchants , and annuities of 130 florins each to forty poor men or widows of other classes . Morning Chronicle , Jan . 11 , IS 15 .

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      berwell ; B . B . Beddome , Esq . Walworth , Joseph Stonard , Esq- Stamford-hill > Henry Way mouth , Esq . Wandsworth-common ; James Esdaile , Esq . Bunhill-row * , William Alers , Esq . Fenchurch-street ; John

      Addington , Esq . Spital-square ; Thomas Stiff , Esq . New-street , Qoventgarden ; Joseph Bunnell , Esq . Southampton-row ; William Hale , Esq . Homerton j William Burls , Esq . Lothbury ; George Hammond , Esq . Whitechapel i Samuel Jackson , Esq .

      Hackney y William Esdaile , Esq . Clapham-Common ; James Gibson , Esq . Highbury-place , Islington ; Robert Wainewright , Esq . No . 3 , Gray ' s-Inn Square ; Joseph Ben well , Esq . Battersea j Edward Busk , Esc ] . Pumpcourt , Temple ; John Bentley , Esq . Highbury . ^

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      Obituary.

      OBITUARY .

      Intelligence.

      INTELLIGENCE .

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      MR . PARKES , the author of the " Chemical Catechism" has now in the press a series of " Chemical Essays , " which he designs to publish in four pocket volumes , including a variety of explanatory notes and a copious index . These Essays are writin a familiar style , so as to suit those readers who are not yet proficients in chemical science , and they embrace an assemblage of curious and interesting subjects in the economy of nature ,

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      DOMESTIC . A List of the Committee of Deputiesf appointed to protect the Civil Rights of the Three Denominations of Protestant Dissenters , far the year 1815 . ILLIAM SMITH , Esq . M . P . WChairniati , Park-street , Westwunster ; JohnGurney , Esq . Deputy air

      ^ "man , Serjeant ' s Ian ; Joseph ^ uttertfg ^ Esq . Treasurer , Camber-; ph James Collins , Esq . Deputy ^ reasnrer < , Spital-square -JT y .. Rutt , jj fl- Bromley , Middlesex j Ebenezer Pwtland , Esq . Clapham-common ; kamael Favell , Esq . Grove-hilL Camvol

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      * The Menonites are the General Baptists of Germany , Russia , and Holland , and are for the most part Unitarians and Universalists . They are said to be numerous in Friesland \ and many of their ministers are distinguished for their learning and worth .

  • Citation
    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1815, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1757/page/57/