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name of the Colebrook Dale Com- 

 pany, in v.'hich he raised an am- 

 ple pioperty, which, in his hands, 

 was the instrument of larger and 

 more diffusive beneficence than 

 can easily be paralleled in any 

 station of life. His charities, un- 

 limited by the distinctions of sect 

 or party, were extended as far as 

 his careful and assiduous enqui- 

 ries could detect suitable objects, 

 and were commonly distributed 

 without any knowledge of the 

 hand which supplied them, ex- 

 cept by the secret agents of his 

 bounty. Such were his modesty 

 and humility, that they woidd not 

 suffer him to assume merit from 

 what he regarded as an indis- 

 pensable duty, and he considered 

 himself as the mere steward of 

 the superfluity which Pi'ovidence 

 had bes-towed upon him. At Bris- 

 tol, where he resided during the 

 latter part of his life, he was re- 

 garded as a general good ; and 

 the regret inspired by his loss was 

 participated by all ranks and de- 

 nominations. Besides the honom" 

 paid to his memory by a numerous 

 attendance at his funeral, a gene- 

 ral meeting of the inhabitants of 

 the city was convened by public 

 advertisement, at which a reso- 

 lution tmanimously passed for 

 instituting a philanthropic asso- 

 ciation under the title of Reynolds's 

 Commemoration Society. 



12. Mrs. Otway, relict of ^'^ice- 

 adm. O. 



Sir fVm. Codrington, bart. in his 

 78th year. 



14. GencralJohn Levescn Gowtr, 

 aged 47- 



15. Paul Cobb Methuen, esq. of 

 Corsham House, Wilts, which he 

 had decorated with one of the 

 finest collections of pictures in 

 England. 



16". Sir James Wrh^ht, bart. in 

 his 70th year. 



18. Philip d'Auvergrie Prince de 

 Bouillon, Vice-adm. of the Red, in 

 his 81st year. 



11. In his 87th year. Sir Robert 

 Gunning, bart. formerly minister 

 at the courts of Denmark, Prus- 

 sia, and Russia. 



24. John Manley, esq. Vice- 

 adm. of the Red. 



29. Ladii Susannah Wombwell. 



Rev. Wm. Bell, D. D. Senior 

 Prebendaiy of Westminster, in 

 his 85th year. This learned di- 

 vine was educated at Magdalen 

 college, Cambridge, in which uni- 

 versity he obtained considerable 

 distinction. He became domestic 

 chaplain to the Princess iVmelia, 

 aunt to the present King, through 

 whose interest he obtained a pre- 

 bend of Westminster in 1765, and 

 two years afterwards proceeded 

 S. T. P. by royal mandate. He 

 acquired several other prefer- 

 ments ; and made himself known 

 to the public by various publica- 

 tions. That for which he was 

 principally distinguished was "An 

 Attempt to ascertain and illustrate 

 the Authority, Nature, and De- 

 sign of the Institution of Christ, 

 commonly called the Lord's Sup- 

 per," 17S0, 8vo. In this work 

 lie chiefly adopted the opinions of 

 Hoadly on this sacrament ; and it 

 produced a letter addressed to him 

 by Dr. Bagot. Dr. Bell followed 

 up the subject by " An Enquiiy, 

 whether any doctrine relating to 

 the nature and effects of the 

 Lord's Supper can be justly found- 

 ed on the doctrine of our Lord 

 recorded in the 6th chapter of the 

 Gospel of St. John," 1790. In 

 1787 he was the Editor of a cu- 

 rioui tract by the late Dr. Cou- 



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