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shire, and for the last 18 years, lec- 

 turer of St. Martin's, Birmingham. 

 To great classical learning, he 

 added a considerable knowledge of 

 the Hebrew, the Syriac, and some 

 modernlanguages, and an extensive 

 acquaintance withecclesiastical law. 

 He was a zealous supporter of the 

 Constitution, in Church and State, 

 and made himself known in the lite- 

 rary world, by several publications 

 on theology, politics, and ethics.— 

 By all who knew him in private life, 

 he was highly esteemed for his in- 

 tegrity', his hospitality, his con- 

 stanc)', his ardour as a friend, his 

 kind and anxious attention to the 

 poor, and his most amiable disposi- 

 tion as a husband and a father. 



At Mymunsing, an eastern dis- 

 trict of Bengal, on the 28th of 

 April in the 25th year of his age, 

 Henry Tovvnly Roberdeau, esq. 

 register of that zillah upon the 

 honourable company's civil esta- 

 blishment. He was the son of Mr. 

 Roberdeau formerly of Kenning- 

 ton, and nephew of the late alder- 

 man le Mesurier. He was a young 

 gentleman of distinguished and 

 most promising literary attain- 

 ments, and had attracted favour- 

 able notice in India, for his poetical 

 talents. Eminently qualified by 

 study, judgment and assiduity in 

 the judicial line of the Company's 

 government, he had risen in rank at 

 the earliest possible period ; and 

 was, for his superiorly-meritorious 

 conduct, on the eve of being far- 

 ther rewarded by a promotion which 

 would have effected his return to 

 England with a liberal fortune, at 

 a very early age. Inured to the cli- 

 mate from before hissixtcenth year, 

 he had been blessed with perfect 

 health until attacked by the fatal 

 fever, which in ten days terminated 

 the fairest prospect and the fullest 



hope, ever fostered by success and 

 merit ! His private virtues were 

 fully consonant to his more public 

 traits of character. To a suavity of 

 manners, and a condescending ur- 

 banity not to be exceeded, he 

 united the strongest filial affection 

 and fraternal kindness, which were 

 evinced by an almost-fatherly pro- 

 tecting attention to his two younger 

 brothers (both upon the Company's 

 Bengal establishment), the elder 

 of whom being officially stationed 

 with him, had the mournful satis- 

 faction of performing towards him 

 the last duties of mortality. His 

 afflicted relatives in England (who 

 partook of munificent tokens of his 

 regard) can only alleviate their 

 deep-felt sorrow for his untimely 

 loss, by the indelible and soothing 

 remembrance of his many virtues ; 

 and with the full and most heart- 

 reviving persuasion, that for so 

 much excellence, " there is ano- 

 ther and a better world." 



At Walthamstow, in hisSlst year, 

 David Barclay, esq. the only surviv- 

 ing grandson of Robert Barclay, of 

 Urie, author of the celebrated Apo- 

 logy for the Quakers. He was bred 

 to business in the city of London, 

 and was long at the head of a most 

 extensive house in Cheapside chief- 

 ly engaged in the American trade, 

 and the affairs of which he closed 

 at the commencement of the revo- 

 lution. He was, at that time, as 

 much distinguished by his talents, 

 knowledge, integrity, and power.as 

 a merchant, as he has been ever 

 since in retirement by his patriot- 

 ism, philanthropy, and munificence. 

 We cannot form to ourselves, even 

 in imagination, the idea of a charac- 

 ter more perfect than that of David 

 Barclay. Graced by nature with a 

 most noble form, all the quali- 

 ties of his mind and the heart cor- 

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