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JACOB BELL. 



1859. Hastings. His complaint, however, had too strong a hold ; not 

 tertocer- only were the old symptoms unimproved, but debility and 

 tions. emaciation were added to them. He continued, however, to be 

 actively occupied ; the proceedings in Parliament with reference 

 to the sale of poisons bill he watched with the utmost vigilance ; 

 the meetings of the council of the Pharmaceutical Society he 

 still attended with regularity, though unable to speak louder than 

 in a whisper ; an exhibition of his pictures for the benefit of the 

 Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution, of which he was 

 President, was organized during his sojourn at Hastings. In 

 May he removed to Tunbridge Wells, where he had the pleasure 

 of unexpectedly renewing a friendship of childhood, in fre- 

 quently meeting the estimable incumbent of Trinity Church, the 

 Rev. Edward Hoare. On the 18th May he presided at the 

 anniversary meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society, for which 

 occasion, being unable to speak, he had prepared an admirable 

 written address. At the meeting of the council held on the 1st 

 of June he again presided, but it was for the last time. Ha- 

 rassed with cough and debilitated by want of nourishment, which 

 the diseased state of his throat prevented him from taking, his 

 feebleness increased day by day. His mental activity, however, 

 remained unimpaired, and so little did he regard his weakness, 

 that up to the last he did not keep his bed or desist from 

 writing and conversation. But the vital powers were fast 

 ebbing, and upon the evening of Sunday, the 12th of June, he 

 Death. expired. His remains were interred in the cemetery of Tunbridge 

 Wells, in a spot which he himself selected, adjoining the grave 

 of the late Dr. Golding Bird. 



Character. OD reviewing the life of Jacob Bell, cut short, alas ! at the 

 early age of forty-nine years, there are many points of interest that 

 present themselves to our consideration. Blessed with more than 

 average natural abilities, these innate advantages were developed 

 by a good education. His natural taste for the fine arts was 

 carefully cultivated, and when he had the means of gratifying it, 

 he did so with intelligence and judgment. An early training 

 in business gave him practical experience in the affairs of life, 

 and also strengthened his habits of industry and perseverance. 



