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Deaths Jbroad, 



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fervid, and all he faid was marked by a cha- 

 rafler of Cncerity, which produced the in- 

 tended effeft on the mind cf his hearers. If 

 he was, however, too theatrical in his gef- 

 ture, it mud be confidered that he addrefled 

 himfelf to » mifcelhneous audjence, and that, 

 in general, fuch a body of auditors are more 

 caught by the manner than the fubftance of 

 ■what they hear. He was at all times ready 

 to exerc his great powers in forwarding the 

 objects of benevolence, and the charitable in- 

 ftitutions for the relief of our fellow fub- 

 jcfts in Ireland, will, perhaps, fcverely fuf- 

 t'er.by the lofs of fo able and fo zealous an 

 advocate. This diftinguiflied ornament of 

 the church was originally a Roman Catholic 

 prieft, but his good fenfe enabled him to fee 

 file errors of Popary, and be became a zea- 

 lous adherent and powerful fupporter of the 

 Froteftant faith. In his private charafter he 

 v^ai not lefs eitecmed and beloved than in his 

 public capacity he w.-.s extolled and admired. 

 He had advanced very littic beyond the me- 

 ridian of life when the world was thus un- 

 fortunately deprived of his fervices in the 

 caufe of religion and humanity. His fune- 

 ral was attendee! by an Vmmenfe concourfe of 

 the nioft refpeftable citizens, including al- 

 moft every frie.nd to hununicy and genius in 

 Dublin. Ti.e cliiidren of the feverai ch?.- 

 rity fchools w.»lked ia proccffion ; among tie 

 reft, 150 female orphans belonging lu Mrs. 

 Latoucht's fchool, whofe caufe he fo often 

 and fo eloquently pleaded, and who. In him, 

 may be faid, a fecond time, to have loft a 

 father. No iefs than 1400). was coUefled 

 at a finjle fermon preached by him for that 

 inftitution. A .*^ull and accurate Acount of his 

 Life and Writings appears in the volume of 

 Public Characters for the current year, 



HEATHS ABROAD. 



At N3W Rochelle, in America, in the 69th 

 year of his age, Sa.T.uel Pintard, efy. former- 

 ly a captain in his Britannic Majclty's 15th 

 Kegimcnt i.f foot. He v/as a defccndant of 

 the French Proteftants, wlio, on tlie revoca- 

 tion of the cdift of Nantz, fought an afylum 

 in America from religious pcrfecution. Very 

 early in life he entered a volunteer in She- 

 riff's roj;imcnt cf Provinci.ils, raifed lor the 

 defence of the frontiers of the province of 

 New York. With the garrifon of Ofwego, 

 ■which ftirrender;d to GeneraV Montcalm in 

 the year 1756, he was fent a prifoner ot v.ar 

 to Oiiehcc, and from thence to France. On 

 his exthtnge he obtained an cnfigncy in the 

 2.5th regiment, and fcrvcd the remainder of 

 tlie war in Germany. He was defperatcly 

 wounded at the battle of Minden, by the 

 thrult of a bayonet, which pierced juft above 

 the groin, and the difchargc of a ball, wiiich, 

 paffmg through his body, fhattcrcd in its 

 courfe the fpinal bone, incnmpad'ei in the 

 ftandard which he had the honour to bear, he 

 f',11, ajij was h?ft tor dead in the field of ac- 

 tion. A vigorous conftitutioii and undaunted 

 fpitits aided the fvrgcjn's ikill tu cl;cdt a 



c-ure, at firft jironouaced impoffiblc. The 

 confequences of this dangerous wound, of 

 which he never entirely recovered, v/er« 

 acutely experienced during the fatter period 

 of his life. Worn out with debility and in- 

 firmity, a painful ftate of exiftcnce, protract- 

 ed far beyond expectation, was at length ter- 

 minated, without a ftruggle and without a 

 groan. In his private character, Captain Pin- 

 tard poflefl'ed all that urbanity, franknefs, and 

 benevolence, peculiar to the veteran long 

 converfant in courts and camps He was 

 beloved and refpcfted, and died lamented by 

 his family and friends. His remains, convey- 

 ed to New York, of which he was a native, 

 v.'ce dcpofited in the tomb 0/ his anccfiors in the 

 cemetry of the French church Du St. 2-Tput, 



The Right Rev. Father Gab;:;l Gruber, 

 General of the Society of Jefults. He was 

 born at Vienna, and entered that fociety at 

 an early age. He djftinguifhcd liimfelf by 

 his abilities in the fcienccs and in the libera^ 

 arts. He praftifed and ta^jght luccefTively, 

 rhetoric, hiftory, mathematics, hydraulics, 

 chemillry, architeflure, and medicine, i:i 

 which he obtained the degree of Dotlor. 

 His recreations were phyfical and chemical 

 experiments, drawing a.id painting. On the. 

 fuppreflion of the fociety, the Emprefs Maria 

 Therefa took him into her fervice, and en.. 

 truftcd to him the fuperintendance of (hip- 

 building at Trie(>i;, as well as the draining of 

 the Sclavonian tind Hung-arian morafTes. As 

 foon as he learned that the fociety contlnved 

 t J cxilt in the RulTia.a Empire, under tlic pro- 

 tection of the govdrnment, he joined the 

 fociety at Polocz, wh-re he applied himfelf 

 to his favourite ftudies, lor feverai years. 

 Being fent to ft. Pererlburgh feverai times 

 on the bufmefs of the fociety, he gained the 

 cftcem of their Imperial Majefties. In 1802 

 he was eleftcd General of the fociety, and 

 fhewed much tranquillity and pevfcverance 

 in very arduous and trying circumilances. 

 By his exertions the order increafed in Ruflia, 

 and was reftorcd in the kingdom of Naples. 

 His amiable and philanthropic behaviour, 

 and the variety and extent of his kno>vledge, 

 procured him many friends, as well as the 

 confidence and good wijlofmenof the hijjhefl: 

 rank, who are deeply affliiSled at his death. 

 With thofe abilities and information which 

 form a great mind, he united the piety and 

 virtue of a true member of a religious order. 

 On his deceafc a writing was found, in which 

 he nominates, purfuant to the ftatutcs of the 

 Order, the Right Rev. Father Anthony 

 Luftig, alTiftant and provincial, to govern the 

 fociety as vicar-general, until the election of 

 a fuccelfor. 



Mr. Juftice Cochran, of Upper Canada j 

 who on the 7th of October, 1S04, ciiibarkei 

 at Vork, on Luke Or.l nio, in the Speedy, a 

 government fchooncr, commanded by Captain 

 Paxton, for the purpole ol going to NewcalUe, 

 cillant yo miles; where he vvuS to iuvc held 

 a court on tJit loth, ili:> fellsw paUcn^ers 



were 



