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and countenance. No human fea- 

 tures wereever lighted up wilhinore 

 beaming splendours, with more in- 

 telligence, or with finer sensibili- 

 ties, always awakened to the occa- 

 sion. His mind was seen in its 

 emanations, it shone forth exter- 

 nally, and its brightness seemed 

 like a light to surround him. In 

 every society he was a distinguished 

 object, and his superiors in age, in 

 class, and even in attainments, felt 

 themselves flattered by his notice: 

 this influence was never weakened 

 by habit, it was felt by those who 

 lived with him equally as by others. 

 Almostevery person who had acci- 

 dentally met him as a stranger, left 

 him with the feelings of a friend ; 

 this was exemplified in the follow- 

 ing fact : — A gentleman who had 

 never before seen Mr. Theodore 

 Gallon, spent one morning with 

 him by chance, not long before he 

 left England : when the same gen- 

 tleman afterwards saw, in the pub- 

 lic papers, an account of his death, 

 he burstinto tears. Those who pos- 

 sessed a congenial nobility of 

 mind, felt the influence of his cha- 

 racter particularly. Mr. Simmons 

 a merchant from Smyrna, and a 

 stranger to Mr. Theodore Gal- 

 ton, embarked in the same Tuni- 

 sian vessel from, Malta. When Mr. 

 Theodore Gal ton was given over by 

 the physicians, and the fever declar- 

 ed highlyinfectious, Mr.Simmons, 

 who was performing quarantine 

 in liie same apartment, was offered 

 another for his own preservation, 

 but Mr, Simmons refused to aban- 

 don him, and he continued to sleep 

 where he was, and to attend him 

 08 he had throughout, with nn as- 

 siduous care until the last, being 

 fixed to the spot by his anxieties, 

 although Mr, Theodore Galton's 

 invaluable friend and travelling 



companion, Dr, Sacheverel Dar- 

 win, was there, and watched him 

 unremittingly night and day at 

 the hazard of his own life. This 

 short account flows from a heart 

 warmed by the virtues of no com- 

 mon character; and also from a 

 wish inspired by a sense of justice, 

 that such a character should not 

 pass away unknown and unno- 

 ticed, merely because coincident 

 events are wanting to bring it 

 more publicly forth. But the 

 public can never fully know or 

 appreciate Mr. Theodore Galton 

 as he appeared in private life, 

 bringing joy and animation, and 

 diffusing brightness round a circle 

 of friends at home, where he was 

 an ornament and a pride to his 

 family. He rarely sought pleasures 

 in public, or spent an evening from 

 home, but passed his leisure hours 

 in the attainment of knowledge, 

 and in the delights of elegant li- 

 terature. He had been led to a 

 love of study, after his school edu- 

 cation was over, by some events 

 of his life, but principally by a 

 mind which had acquired a dis- 

 cerning taste, and that was capa- 

 ble of the richest cultivation. It 

 was necessary to have resided un- 

 der the same roof in order to have 

 seen ho wdeeply his deportment: had 

 interested every class.throughouta 

 large family ; tor his heart and be- 

 haviour were governed by sym- 

 pathies that were in accordance 

 with the feelings of those who 

 wanted protection or who wanted 

 support. Every friend and every 

 domestic felthis gentlekindness, a 

 kindness rarely combined with the 

 strong energies of such a charac- 

 ter ; but he possessed very oppo- 

 site perfections, and such as are 

 not often brought together i n bright 

 assemblage in one mind. Those 

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