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    tare attainments , he pursued his studies with great diligence and success . He remained at this seminary a year longer than the usual period , advantHSceously employed in theological pursuits , and in the study of the Scriptures , occasionally officiating as a ' preacher it * the neighbouring eongregaiions . It . -appenrs , from the very exact minutes wlii ^ h Mr . Townsend

    made - of his engagements from the commencement of his ministry to the dose of it , ihat when he left this respectable institution , he was much and usefully occupied in supplying vacant congregations , and more fixedly as the assistant of the Rev . W . Whitaker , minister of Call-Lane Chape ] , Leeds , in which ' situation he continued a vear and a hnlf . Mr . 1

    Townsend-was afterwards engaged , for nearly the same time , in conduct * ing the religious services of the cowgregation at Narborough , in Northamptonshire , * by which society he was invited io become their minister , which be declined . His first

    settlement as a stated minister was with the congregation at Rotherhatu , Yorkshire , in the year 1776 , of which society he was ordained pastor April 17 , 1777- About two - years" aftefwards , Mr . T . married Miss Moult , the eldest

    daughter of the Rev . Samuel Moult , whom he succeeded as minister of the congregation at Rotherhnm . In the year 17 ^ 7 , Mr . Townsend removed to Fairford , in Gloucestershire , where

    he officiated to a small society till the close of the year 1796 , when he removed to Ealand , near Halifax , Yorkshire . After a period of eighteen years , having lost his wife , and-feeling the approach of some of the infirmities of

    age , he was desirous of withdrawing from staled service , and resigned his charge July . 24 , 1814 . Be continued a " short time in the neighbourhood , and occasionally assisted his brethren ,

    till he removed to Mansfield , Nottinghamshire , to reside with his daughters , where he spent the remainder of his life , at hi ] ( i mes ready to engage in any service suitable to his age arid declining health ; and especially desirous

    of promoting any plan of utility and benevolence . He was a man of considerable learning and abilities . His reading was extensive , and he was well ac ^ qwiiited ' - wfth the best- writer * upoii

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    riiofral and * religious subjects- As a preacher , his manner and delivery were not the most engaging or popular ; but his sermons were plain , serious and practical , often affectionate and impressive ; and in conducting'the devotional service , wli ^ n the occasion required , he was peculiarly happy in adapting his expressions to the

    circumstances of the society or of ' individuals ' . He was the author of some single sermons and small tracts , which do credit to his sentiments and feelings * particularly by the interest which they manifest for the welfare of the rising " generation . He was educated in the tenets of Calvin ; but his inquiries terminated in a full conviction of th «

    truth of the simple doctrines of the gospel , which are usually denominated Unitarian , of which he was the mild , but steady and consistent advocate . His last illness , which was severe ami

    painful , he bore with great fortitud e and patience , expressing art earnest wish , that evrry tendency to the contrary feeling might be noticed awd repressed by his children , of whose assiduous attention and kindness he

    was fully sensible , receiving them with affection and thankfulness . He retained his faculties almost to the last hour , and was particularly gratified by art interview with his son , Mr .

    Samuel Towrisend , of Brompton , Middlesex . With his . daughters he conversed with much tranquillity , sensible of the near approach of his death , not Unconscious of his own errors and

    imperfections , ( and from error and imperfection , alas ! no one is exempt , ) but happy in himself , and in the belief of those important truths , which he considered as the leading and interesting doctrines of Christianity . j . w : Mansfield , August 14 , 1819 . ^

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    Death of Professor ~ Playjair . ~ . Professor Playfair , who has been for some time past in a declining state of health , died at his house in North Street * Edinburgh , oil Tuesday mornittg .

    His death is ' universally regretted . W&ginan ever perhaps deserved or GlrnKkft a larger share of the public e&twtit ; By the world at large , he was respected for his great and various acquirements , both in literature atKf science , while to the circle of hiar private friends he was in a peculiar

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1819, page 513, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1775/page/53/