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to occupy the large church which had been erected for that remark- 

 able man. From that time till the spring of last year Dr. Hamilton' 

 retained his position as Pastor of Eegent Square Church, preach- 

 ing in the same building, though, at the disruption of the Scot- 

 tish Establishment in 1843, he associated himself with the party 

 who now constitute the English Presbyterian Church. Besides 

 the numerous duties connected with his large and scattered con- 

 gregation, he was very active in the conduct of the general business 

 of the church. His laborious life, during the 26 years he was iu 

 London, told seriously on his constitution ; and when disease was 

 superadded, great alarm was entertained by his friends as to the 

 result. In May 1867 his growing iadisposition and nervous pro- 

 stration obliged him to relinquish active work. Though occasionally 

 rallying during the course of the summer, he never really improved. 

 After being coniined for some months to his bed, he died at his 

 house in Euston Square on the 24ith November 1867, at the age 

 of 53. 



Dr. Hamilton was the author of numerous works on theological 

 subjects, which have taken a high position, and obtained a very 

 great circulation. In all these, as well as in his public discourses, 

 he made large use of his extensive acquaintance with the Natural 

 Sciences ; and everywhere the precision and accuracy of his know- 

 ledge was remarkable. The extent and nature of his scientific 

 attainments may be seen by an examination of his memoir of the 

 naturalist James Wilson of Woodville, or of the pages of * Ex- 

 celsior,' a periodical of which he was editor, or, especially, of the 

 botanical articles in Principal Eairbairn's ' Dictionary of the 

 Bible,' which were among the last works in which he was en- 

 gaged. 



Dr. Hamilton was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society on 

 the 1st February 1848. 



Admiral Theobald Jones, F. G.S., was born in Dublin, in the year 

 1790, the second son of the Eev. J. Jones. He entered the navy 

 on the 1st of June 1803 as first-class volunteer, in the 'Melpomene' 

 frigate, and in the course of the following year was twice engaged 

 in the bombardment of Havre. In 1805 he joined the ' Euryalus,' 

 a 36-gun frigate, and in 1807 was on board the ' Ajax ' when that 

 sliip took fire and blew up near the Island of Tenedos. He there- 

 upon joined the ' Endymion,' one of the British ships that forced 

 the passage of the Dardanelles. On his return to England he was 

 actively employed in service in the North Sea, Channel, and Me- 



