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and uncommonly cheerful. On 

 the evening of Sunday, November 

 6, he was attacked with a very pain- 

 ful disease, which though the skill 

 and attention of Messrs. Cline and 

 Addington succeeded in mitigating, 

 they could not remove. During 

 this severe illnessjhispatience, com- 

 posure, and resignation, were truly 

 exemplary. The activity of his 

 mind continued with him to the last; 

 and to the last moment he was sen- 

 sible. On Monday morning, De- 

 cember 5, he was, at six o'clock, 

 remarking on something that was 

 passing ; at a quarter past six, he 

 gently closed his eyes on this life, 

 with a look of affection and tender- 

 ness to those of his family, who 

 were then surrounding him. He was 

 buried at Islington, on Tuesday, 

 December 13. Three mourning 

 coaches, filled with his relatives, 

 and a few of his most intimate 

 friends attended him to the grave. 

 To these were unexpectedly added, 

 in the square, seven other mourn- 

 ing coaches, filled with those friends 

 who were desirous of thus publicly 

 manifesting their esteem for him, 

 and accompanying him to his last 

 abode in this world. The church 

 was filled, and the sorrow for the 

 loss of such a man was abundantly 

 visible. 



At Carlisle, on Wednesday, No- 

 vember 2, Mr. Chisholm, archi- 

 tect, aged 28. He was a native of 

 Aberdeen, in North Britain, in the 

 university of which he received the 

 elements of physical and moral sci- 

 ence, on which his professional stu- 

 dies were grounded. The activity 

 of his mind was shown in the great 

 progress which he made in archi- 

 tecture.engineering, and those parts 

 of natural philosophy connected 

 with them. But while he was stu- 



dious to advance himself in his 

 profession, he did not neglect those 

 ornamental studies which qualify a 

 man to take a part in elegant and 

 polite conversation. His taste v/as 

 improved by reading the best poets 

 of ancient and modern times ; and 

 he had formed a style of writing 

 which evinced a brilliant fancy and 

 a poetical imagination. Mr. Chis- 

 holm, till a few days previous to 

 his death, enjoyed good health, and 

 was ever active in promoting and 

 superintending the works on which 

 he was employed. On the Thurs- 

 day preceding he was out taking 

 different levels on the river Caldew, 

 from which the projected water- 

 works were totaketheirsource. On 

 Sunday he went on a visit to John 

 Losh, esq. of Woodside,frora which 

 place he returned home indisposed ; 

 shortly after, his illness increased, 

 and though the best medical assis- 

 tance was administered, and every 

 attendance that friendship or hu- 

 manity could dictate, yet his disor- 

 der proved mortal, and deprived 

 the world of a man of integrity and 

 of worth! It has too often been 

 our lot to lament the aspiring ge- 

 nius cut short by the hand of 

 death, and to mourn for the va- 

 cuum which it leaves behind it; 

 but never could regret or lamenta- 

 tion be more feelingly bestowed 

 than on the subject of this short 

 memorial. From the union of mo- 

 ral excellence and ingenuity in his 

 profession, from the amenity of his 

 manners, and from the justness of 

 his observations, he had conciliated 

 universal esteem, admiration, and 

 respect; and never did the grave 

 close upon a man more useful, nor 

 more entitled to the esteem and re- 

 verence of his survivors. It is sup- 

 posed that he died in consequence 



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