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script traslation of the holy scrip- 

 tures into the Manks language; the 

 impression of which, comprising 

 aU the books of the Old and New 

 Testaments, with two of the Apo- 

 cryphal books, he also superintend- 

 ed at Whitehaven, in the capacity 

 of corrector; to which, on the re- 

 commendation of the last-mentioned 

 gentleman, he was appointed by the 

 society for promoting christian 

 knowledge ; the patrons of that im. 

 pression, as of every subsequent re- 

 ligious work connected with it. Dr. 

 Kelly also superintended the print- 

 ing of an edition of the Book of 

 Common Prayer, and Bp. Wilson's 

 Treaties on the Sacrament, all in 

 the Manks language, and, in the 

 course of his labours in tliis vine- 

 yard, he had transcribed all the 

 Books of the Old Testament, three 

 several times, before he had attain- 

 ed his 22nd year ! On the comple- 

 tion of this charitable work, begun 

 by Bp, Wilson, who, likeBede, by 

 his piety and virtue, acquired the 

 appellation of venerable; and pro- 

 moted by the active zeal of his suc- 

 cessor, Bp. Hildesley, Mr .Kelly was 

 ordained, upon a title from the epi- 

 scopal congregation at Ayr, where 

 he resided, respected by all who 

 knew him, until the duke of Gor- 

 don engaged him to be tutor to his 

 son, the marquis of Huntley, whose 

 studies he superintended at Eton 

 and Cambridge ; and afterwards he 

 accompanied that young nobleman 

 on the tour of the continent. Soon 

 after his return, Mr. Kelly graduat- 

 ed at Cambridge ; and again visited 

 the continent, with two other of 

 his pupils. In the course of a few 



former of which he resigned some 

 years since. From the time that he 



entered into the ministry, it might 

 truly be said that he made the vo- 

 cation of holiness honourable. He 

 has left behind him a monument of 

 his erudition in the Celtic, in a 

 grammar of the ancient Gaelic, or 

 language of the Isle of Man, which 

 was expected to be followed by a 

 much larger work, a Manks Dic- 

 tionary, wiiich was unfortunately 

 consumed in the fire at Messrs. Ni- 

 chols' some months ago announced 

 as being nearly ready for the press. 

 A large edition, the fourth, of the 

 Book of Common Prayer, printed 

 under the patronage, and by the 

 munificence, of the Bible Society, 

 from the corrected copy of Dr. Kel- 

 ly, was finished at Whitehaven, 

 and sent to the Isle of Mao, and 

 only about six weeks ago. Of 

 twenty-seven clergymen, concerned 

 in the translation of the Manks 

 Scripturessincetheyear 1760, three 

 only are now living. These are the 

 translators of the books of Judges 

 and Ruth ; Ecclesiastes ; and the 

 Minor Prophets, from Joel to the 

 end. 



At Greatness, near Sevenoaks, 

 aged 86, Peter Nouaille, esq. the 

 oldest member of his majesty's 

 court of lieutenancy in the city of 

 London. This gentleman's grand- 

 father was descended from an an- 

 cient family in France, and came 

 over to this country from Nismes, 

 in Languedoc, at the revocation of 

 the edict of Nantz, having sacrific- 

 ed a considerable property in that 

 country, in common with many 

 others, who, upon that occasion, vo- 



months after his return, he was pre- luntarily left France for the sake of 



sented with the rectory of Arnleigh, their religious principles. Mr. N.'s 



in Essex ; and afterwards, to that of father resided at Hackney, and was 



Copford, in the same county ; the amerchantofconsiderableeminence 



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