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      December 25 , aged 68 , Jane , eldest daughter of the Rev . W . Willets , of Newcastle-under-Line , and second wife of the Rev . W . Turner , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . The many excellent and admirable qualities , both of the understanding and the heart , by which she was endeared to those who enjoyed the privilege of her intimate society , might justly have called forth from some of them a more

      extended memorial , if her own , perhaps extreme , dislike of publicity had not imposed a restraint upon the natural expression of their feelings . They , however , to whom she well supplied the place of a mother , by the most unremitting and affectionate performance of a

      mother ' s duties , wonld feel it to be a violation of the reverence which they owe to her memory , if they failed to record their gratitude to the instructress and guardian of their childhood , the assiduous cultivator of good principles and habits , and the judicious friend and adviser of maturer years .

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      December 27 , aged 41 , Ann , wife of T . A . Ward , Esq ., of Park House ( near Sheffield ) . The sterling worth of this truly amiable woman , could be known only by those with whom she was intimate . Withdrawn by the delicacy of her constitution from that society which she was so well fitted to improve and adorn by her virtues and her talents , she

      contented herself m the privacy of her family , which she" enlivened by her cheerfulness , and instructed by her example ; fulfilling every domestic duty with the exemplary correctness of a true Christian . By the few who did know her intimately , she was loved and esteemed as a kind and zealous friend , anxious for their welfare and happiness , whatever sacrifices and exertions it might cost her to promote them . —Sheffield Independent .

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      [ By Miss Lucy Aikin . ] On Tuesday morning , January 9 th , died , after a short illness , deeply regretted , Elizabeth 0 . Benger , author of several interesting and popular works , chiefly biographical and historical .

      This admirable and excellent woman , a rare instance of female genius struggling into day through obstacles which might well have daunted even the bolder energies of manly enterprise , was born

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      at the city of Wells , m 1779 . Her father , late io life , was impelled by an adventurous disposition to enter the navy , and ultimately became a purser . The vicissitudes of his fortune occasioned , during many years , a distressing fluctuation in the plans and prospects of his wife and

      daughter ; and his death abroad , m 1796 , left them finally with a slender provision . For some years after this event , Miss Benger resided with her mother in Wiltshire , where she had many affectionate friends and relations who never lost sight of her .

      An ardour for knowledge , a passion for literary distinction , disclosed itself in her early childhood , and never left her . Her connexions were not literary ; and her sex , no less than her situation , debarred her from the means of mental cultivation . The friend who traces this imperfect sketch has heard her relate , that in the want of books which she at

      one time suffered , it was her common practice to plant herself at the window of the only bookseller ' s shop in the little town which she then inhabited , to read the open pages of the new publications there displayed , and to return again , day after day , to examine whether , by good fortune , a leaf of any of them might have been turned over . But the bent of

      her mind was so decided , that a judicious though unlearned friend prevailed upon her mother at length to indulge it ; and about the age of twelve , she was sent to a boy ' s school to be instructed in Latin . At fifteen , she wrote and published a poem , in which , imperfect as it necessarily was , marks of opening genius were discovered .

      At length , about 1802 , she prevailed upon her mother to remove to London , where , principally through the zealous friendship of Miss Sarah Wesley , who had already discovered her in her solitude , she almost immediately found herself ushered into society where her merit was fully appreciated and warmly fostered . The late Dr . George Gregory , well known in the literary world , and his valued and excellent wife , were soon

      amongst the firmest and most affectionate of her friends . By them she was gratified with an introduction to Mrs . Elizabeth Hamilton , of whom she gave , many years afterwards , so interesting a Memoir ; and soon after , to Mrs . Barbauld , and to the late Dr . Aikin , with the various members of whose family , and especially with her who now inscribes , with an aching heart , this feeble record of her genius and virtues , she

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      126 Obituary . —Mrs . Turner . —Mrs . fPard . E - ^ Miss . Bengei

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      Mrs . Turner .

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      Mrs , Ward .

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      Miss Elizabeth Benger .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1827, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1793/page/46/