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a wealthy Dutch merchant, a woman of graceful and 
refined manners, and considerably more accom- 
plished than ladies of her day usually were: she 
survived her husband many years. The Rev. John 
Kinderley died the 10th of April 1775, aged 69: 
his widow lived to the great age of 91, and died in 
1799. They had two children: Frances, the mo- 
ther of Sir James Smith, whose exemplary conduct 
through life requires no eulogium here, for her 
memory is still cherished by a numerous circle of 
friends and relatives ; her life was protracted to the 
great extent of 88 years, when, without bodily in- 
ming, V.D.M., who had been minister of the English church at 
Leyden, and was patronized by the Prince of Orange. He pub- 
lished a poetical essay on the death of King William; but Mr. 
Fleming is more remarkable as the author of a prophecy de- 
duced from the obscure and highly poetic visions of the Apo- 
calypse, contained in a ‘‘ Discourse concerning the Rise and Fall of 
the Papacy,” printed in 1701. The following passage was noticed 
soon after the commencement of the French Revolution by the 
editors of some London newspapers; and being received with 
suspicion by many readers, Sir James having in his possession a 
copy of Mr. Fleming’s work, which descended from his prede- 
cessor Mr. Raining, he took it with him to London, for the pur- 
pose of showing it to his incredulous friends. 
“There is ground to hope that about the beginning of another 
such century, things may alter again for the better ; for I cannot 
but hope that some new mortification of the chief supporters of 
antichrist will then happen; and perhaps the French monarchy 
may begin to be considerably humbled about that time: that 
whereas the present French King takes the sun for his emblem 
and this for his motto, Nec pluribus impar, he may at length, or 
rather his successors, and the monarchy itself (at least before the 
year 1794), be forced to acknowledge that (in respect to neigh- 
bouring potentates) he is ever singulis impar.” 
