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At Scarborough, aged 40, Mr. J. Short, 
of the New Inn.—Aged 25, Mr. W. Clark- 
fon, jun.—Aged about’ 60, Mr. R. fef- 
* ferfon, many years proprietor of the wag- 
gons from Scarborough to York.—Mrs. Hu- 
gill, widow.—Mr. K. Robinfon, thip owner. 
—Mifs Wocdhall, fitter of J. Woodhall, efq. 
banker. . ’ 
At Chigwell, in Effex, aged 67, Mrs. A. 
Pead, fifter of the late B. Pead, eiq. of Hull. 
Mr C. Willis, fon of Mr. Willis, of Lin- 
ton Lock; he was unfortunately kilied by 
the pafling through of a vefiel, in confe- 
quence, of the lower gate cloughs being 
drawn up before the upper gates were fhut, 
by which he was caught between the clip- 
ping part and gate fwing, and crufhed in- 
ftantly to death. 
At Malton, in his 63d year, Mr. C. Hall, 
merchant.—In her g4th year, Mrs. Leake, 
mother to Mr. Leake, of Hard Farm, near 
Leeds.—Mits J. Ward, youngeft daughter of 
Mr. Ward, of Chapel Allerton, near Leeds. 
In Ruffia, Mr. B. Goodwin, late fhip- 
chandler, of Hull. 
At Blubber Houfe, where fhe had gone 
for the benefit of her health, Mrs. Cryer, 
wife of Mr. Cryer, druggift. 
Aged 65, J. Waterhoufe, efg. of Well 
Head, near Halifax.—Mr. T. Hirft, of Clay- 
ton, near Bradford.——Mrs. Wilfon, relict of 
the late W. Wilfon, efg. of Allerton, Gled- 
how, in the Weft Riding —At Heeley, near 
Sheffield, Mr. T. Chapman 3 he has left the 
principal part of his property in charitable . 
egacies. 
“At Rothwell, near Leeds, Mr. S. Smithfon, 
attorney, and many years fteward to the R. H. 
Vifcountefs Irwin —Mr. §. Mufgrave, of Al- 
lerton Grange, near Leeds.—Mr. J. Braithe 
waite, of Afkbank, near Bedale.—Mr. S. 
Crompton, eldef fon of Jofhua Crompton, 
efq. of Echolt Hall, near Bradford. 
At Ribftone Park, the feat of Sir,H. Good- 
ricke, bart. Mrs. Orby Sloper, wife of O. 
Sloper, Efq, pay-mafter of the 4th regiment 
of light dragoons.—R. Carr, efq. of Gilling, 
near Richmond. 
At Caftleford, near Leeds,- very fuddenly, 
Ar, J. Hartley, of Swillington. 
At Rotherham, in the prime of life, Mrs. 
Robinfon, wife of Mr. Robinfon, officer of 
excife. Oo 
In the twenty-third vear of his age, 
Mr. John Rofs.—The untimely death of a 
youth of worth and talents is always an in- 
terefting fubjeét of contemplation! but the 
circle which loved and refpected him, though 
they acutely feel his lofs, may think it 
proper to mournin filence. When his worth 
and talents were of fo eminent an order as 
to render their poffeffor fecure of a diftin- 
guifhed place in the fcale of moral and intel- 
Jeétual merit, and were fo direéted as. to 
promife extenfive ufefulnefs to fociety, phi- 
lanthropy mourns over the lofs, and friend- 
fhip feeis a right to perpetuate his memory, 
Yorl fire 
[Aug. I, 
to hold him up as an objet deferving of imi- 
tation. Such was the fubjeét of this Me- 
moir. His character well deferves an abler 
delineator ; correétnefs, however, thall fup- 
ply the deficiency of judgment. John Rofs 
was born at Rotherham, Nov. 19, 1778. 
His parents have no title to diftin€tion from 
the itation they hold in fociety; but their 
honeft induftry and modeft excellence have 
obtained, what riches alone could never have 
fecured-—the efteem- of all. who know them. 
John was the fourth fon of fourteen chil- 
dren. At his birth he had no apparent figns 
of life, and was laid out for interment ; but 
the accoucheur, whe had been immediately 
called away, returning after fome time, ex- 
erted himfely fuccefsfuily in reftoring fuf- 
pended animation. He was afterward a very 
healthy child, and never had any ilinefs till 
nearly fixteen years old.—-When he was three 
years old, he could not articulatea word; and 
if, when he made the attempt, he was noticed 
by any of the family, his bafhfulnefs pre- 
vented him from repeating it for hours. 
When about five or fix years of age, he’ had 
the habit of applying the mafculine pronoun 
to females, and the feminine to males. 
This, with ofher peculiarities, induced the 
neighbours to fufpedt that he would prove art 
idiot: even his parents feem to have fallen 
into the fame opinion. 
be out of the way at home, than from any 
expectation that it would be advantageous to 
him, The fears of his friends: proved 
groundlefs. He foon became extremely. de- 
firous of acquiring knowledge; and during 
the whole time he remained at that fchool, 
(which was nearly nine years), his uninter- 
rupted application rendered unneceflary even 
the. common injunctions to attention) Mr. 
Ramfbottom, the teacher under whofe tui- 
tion he was placed, confiders him as the beft 
pupil he ever had. His parents are mem- 
bers of a fociety of Wefleyan Methodifts, 
John was of courfe brought up in their per~ 
fuafion ; and fo early as his eighth year, be- 
gan to “have very ferious impreffions. —The 
candid philanthropit, however hoftile his 
tenets to thofe of the Methodifts; muf re- 
fpect them for their unwearied and beneficial 
zeal; their advocates, however, muf admit, 
that there have been periods when that zeal 
was intemperate. Such was the period we 
are {peaking of ; and their frequent and ves 
hement denunciations of eternal torments, 
had fo ftrong an effect upon John’s mind 
that he was thrown into the moft dreadful 
agonies.—-If any have experienced the hor- 
rors of religions melancholy, they, and they. 
only, will be able to eftimate the mental 
fufferings. which the poor child endured, 
He always went to bed! with reluctance, 
fearing that in the morning he fhould open 
his eyes in hell—he deemed it a fin to allow 
himfelf the flighteft degree of levity—he 
ufed frequently to leave his friends, that he 
might 
At that age he was - 
firft taken to {chool, rather that he might. 
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