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Poetry ;" which had hecn announced for several years, and the 

 Anglo-Saxon portion of which was considerably advanced. He 

 was seized with apoplexy on the 10th of June, and died on the 

 following day; at the house of Stephen Groombridge, Esq. 

 FRS. at Blackheath. On the 20th, his remains were interred in 

 a spot chosen by himself, in the church-yard at Bath Easton ; 

 his brother, the Rev. W. D. Conybeare, and brother-in-law, 

 the Rev. Charles Davies, being chief-mourners ; and his parish- 

 ioners, with the clergy and gentry of the vicinity, attending the 

 ceremony. 



We cannot better terminate this article than with an extract 

 from the tribute paid to Mr. Conybeare's memory by his warmly- 

 attached friend Archdeacon Moysey. 



" His talents were of the very first-rate description. In lan- 

 guages, in poetry, in taste, he was distinguished far above his 

 contemporaries : in chemistry and mineralogy he possessed a more 

 than common degree of information. The writer of this slight 

 sketch speaks from intimate personal knowledge of very many 

 years, when he says, without fear of contradiction, that whether 

 as boy or as man, he never met his equal. His goodness of 

 heart was unbounded. No calamity of others came unheeded 

 under his eye ; nor was any thing which kindness could do for 

 another ever omitted by him. Nor can we wonder at this, when 

 we turn to the most valuable point, in a character valuable on 

 all points ; namely, his deep and unfeigned piety. There was in 

 him a spirit of true devotion, a singleness of heart, a purity of 

 ideas, which rarely, very rarely, have been found. Never did he 

 lose sight of the responsibility which he had taken upon himself 

 in the character of a parish priest. The multitudes who 

 attended his interment, both of rich and poor, bore just testi- 

 mony to the character of him who had been truly the father of 

 his parish ; the friend of the poor ; the comforter of the 

 afflicted. In his Saviour's path he trod with diligence on earth,, 

 and well may we trust that he has now departed to that fulness. 

 of joy which is prepared in that Almighty Saviour's presence for 

 them who follow his steps." E. W. B. 



