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gentleman, and a divine, uniformly 

 displaying a judicious taste, an 

 amiable deiJortment, and instructive 

 example, he was adniirod and loved 

 by all who courted and enjoyed his 

 society; especially those of whom 

 he was a distinguished archetype — 

 . the man of education, the polished 

 companion, the benevolent friend, 

 and pious Christian. Cloathed in 

 the invincible armour of the latter, 

 Le received with triumph the assaults 

 of the last enemy of mankind ; and 

 it is no small consolation to his 

 mourning friends, that great as had 

 been the excellence and utility of 

 his life, they were surpassed by the 

 fortitude he displayed, and the hap- 

 piness he enjoyed, in the hour of 

 impending death. He was a native 

 of Scotland, and son of a minister 

 in Ireland. He published, 1752, 

 a sermon, preached Dec. 5, 1751, 

 on the death of the prima' of Orange, 

 Lam. iii. 28, 29. In 1765, his mas. 

 terly translation of Mosheim's Ec- 

 clesiastical History made its first 

 appearance, in 2 vols. 4to. dedi- 

 cated to William prince of Orange. 

 It experienced a most favourable 

 reception, and was reprinted, 1758, 

 in 6 vols. 8vo. in which form it has 

 had several subsequent editions. The 

 additions to the quarto edition were 

 published separately the same year. 

 Few publication^, on tiieir first ap- 

 pearance, have been more generally 

 read than Mr. Soauie Jenyns's 

 " View of the Internal Evidence 

 of the Christian Religion." Dr. M. 

 addressed tb that gentleman a series 

 of letters, 1777, in l2mo. written 

 to serve the best purposes of Chris- 

 tianity, on a due consideration of 

 the distinguished eminence of Mr. J. 

 as a writer, of the singular mixture 

 of piety, wit, error, wisdom, and 

 paradox, exhibited in his publica- 



tion, and of his defence of Christi- 

 anity on principles which would lead 

 men to enthusiasm or to scepticism, 

 according to their different disposi- 

 tions. His only publications since 

 are 2 fast sermons, 1793 and 1797. 

 It will be no reproach to this wor- 

 thy man's memory to add, that he 

 was brother to the highwayman who 

 went by the name of '^ The Gen- 

 tleman Ilighwayman," and had been 

 a grocer in Welbeck-strcet, and 

 was executed at Tyburn Oct.3, 1752, 

 attended by Dr. Allen, a presbyte- 

 rian minister, who published an ac- 

 count of his behaviour. J[is bro- 

 ther early renounced him, though 

 he made all the interest he could for 

 him, and wrote a letter to him af- 

 ter condemnation. Dr. M. was sup. 

 posed to be, for many years, the 

 principal editor of the foreign arti- 

 cles in the Monthly Review. 



At Winchester, the rev. James 

 Bandincll, D. D. rector of Ncthcr- 

 bury, with Bedminster, co. Dorset, 

 worth 6001. a year. 



20th. At Bath, the hon. George 

 Browne, captain in the Bedford- 

 shire militia, and brother to lord 

 Kilmaine. 



About 3 o'clock in the afternoon 

 of the 24fh, Charles Birch (late 

 servant to Mr. Leadbetfer, of Little 

 Dalby, near Melton Mowbray) was 

 found near the foot-path leading 

 from the latter place to Scalford, 

 with his skull fractured in so shock- 

 ing a manner, that a considerable 

 quantity of the brain issued from 

 the perforation, and he was other- 

 ways much bruised : one of the 

 pockets of his breeches (which is 

 supposed to have contained a 101. 

 Stamford bill and some cash) was 

 cut out and taken away. At the 

 time he was found, the blood was 

 llowing copiously from his w ounds, 



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