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breathes throughout that pure spirit of mildness 

 and benevolence which so strikingly characteri- 

 zed the habits and life of its author. Dr. Tucker 

 died on the 28th day of November, 1807, aged 

 fifty-seven years ; and, a second edition of his 

 " Bermudian" was published here, by his widow, 

 in the following year. 



The well known inventor of the Saccharometer, 

 Mr. JOHN RICHARDSON, who was a native of 

 Folkes worth, near Stilton, carried on an exten- 

 sive business in this town as a porter-brewer, 

 for about thirty-four years. Although his pub- 

 lished works, which are justly celebrated and 

 have passed through several editions, were con- 

 fined to Treatises on the Theory and Practice of 

 Brewing, Mr. Richardson added to his scientific 

 knowledge, a general acquaintance with litera- 

 ture. He took a lively interest in every attempt 

 to advance the intellectual character of the town, 

 and with that view he associated himself with its 

 various Institutions which had the improvement 

 of the mind, and the cultivation of science, for 

 their object. He died at the neighbouring village 

 of Welton, where he had latterly resided, on the 

 28th December, 1815, at the age of seventy-two 

 years. His first publication, entitled " Thoughts 

 " and hints on the improved practice of brewing 

 " Malt Liquors/ 7 appeared in 1777. He after- 

 wards published, in 1784, his " Statistical Esti- 



