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aga lover of truth, and of every virtue which 
eharacterizes the exalted Christian, he was 
eminently conspicuous. In the pulpit he 
inspired reverential awe, and the plain, easy, 
yet neryous style of his discourses, never fail - 
ed to make a due impression on the mind of 
his hearers, and ofien awakened the feelings 
of those who had hitherto lived ina state of 
thoughtless inditterence respecting their fu- 
ture existence : 
_ With aspect mild, and elevated eye, 
Behold him seated on a mount serese 
Ahove the fogs of sense, and passion’s storm: 
Ail the black cares and tumults of this life, 
Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, 
Excite his pity, not impair his peace. 
At Malta, in the 27th year of hisage, Mr. 
Theodore Galton, second son of Samuel G. esq. 
of Dudson, near Birmingham. He was re- 
turning from along voyage, undertaken from 
a‘classical taste, and in search of knowledge, 
to the coasts of the Mediterranean, and varti- 
cularly to Asia Minor andGreece. He had 
been daily°and impatiently expected by his 
anxious friends, and was actually supposed to 
be on board the vessel that brought the ac- 
' count of his decease. This young man is 
deeply and deservedly regretted. Few per- 
sons have been so strikingly distinguished for 
those attractive qualities and graces'of the 
mind that ex¢ite regard 3; and for those disin- 
terested and generous petfections that retain’ 
it. A school may be considered as the epi- 
tome of the world, where the future charac- 
ter is first unfolded and made known, A 
native dignity, that scorned a meanness, or a 
- thisrepresentation, or any plausible duplicity, 
soon distinguished him. A high sense of ho- 
nor, atid all the magnanimous virtues that 
stamp the mind with true nobility, excitedin 
his equals at school a kind of idolatry to- 
wards him. Even his preceptors felt the 
force of his character; kis superiors learnt to 
yespect and honor him 3 communicating to his 
parents exultingly, from time to time, extra- 
ordinary instances of his great and feeling 
mind, and of that sacred observance of truth 
in its unperverted simplicity, which raised 
him in after life above little, designing men. 
Such was the basis of his future character; a 
character which never abandoned him, but 
Which might be said to have grown with his 
manly growth, and to have strengthened with 
Wis ‘advancing years. ‘The same influence of 
a superior nature that was ‘feit by his early 
connexions and associates, was felt ever after 
in future life by all who approached him. 
Those who obtain dominion over the youthful 
mind through fear, could never succeed in 
debasing his; but many undue advantages 
were obtained through the medium of his 
- affections. It was a pre-eminent excellence, 
and it distinguished him from the cradle to 
the grave, that to a Roman spirit he united 
she most affectionate sensibilities. He might, 
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perhaps, in some instances, haye merited that 
observation which is made by Fielding, ree 
specting Aljlworthy, that the best of heads 
was misied by the best of hearts!” The 
phlegmatic and cold may consider this as 
censure ; such censure is distinguished praise. 
Mr. Theodore Galton was never known to 
have lost.the affections of a friend. The 
regard he had once excited, was.a feeling 
deeply established in the heart; and the boy 
who had been attached to him, however early 
the period, became soimperceptibly more and 
more, as life advanced. Nor was he remem- 
bered with indifference. even by those who 
had not seen or heard of him during long 
periods of time==he was thought of with re- 
gret, for scarcely was his equal to be expected 
in future life! He never had a personal ene= 
my 3 though upon one or two occasions of his 
life he had been ill used, from motives of 
interest, by designing and sordid minds. He 
was, howeyer, not capable of a malignant 
feeling; he was never known to have hare. 
boured a resentment 3 he was often known to 
have entirely forgotten that he had been in- 
jured: he was capable of being made angryy 
but his anger was not the retaliation of low 
passions. It was the indignation of a noble 
mind that spurned at a meanness, or at any 
injurious suspicion that cast a sliade over the 
open day-light of his own conduct. His com- 
manding figure, and the Grecian contour of 
his features, might have been considered by 
the sculptor as models for his art. The dark 
shade of his hair and eyes, and the manly 
red and white of his complexion, gave a brii- 
liant effect, and added a rich lustre to his 
face. These personal advantages were how- 
ever forgotten, and, as it if were, lost in the 
captivating influence of his manners and 
countenance. No human features were ever 
lighted-up with more beaming splengors, 
with more intelligence, or with finer sensibi- 
lities; always awakened to the occasion. Hig 
mind was seen in its emanations; it shone 
forth externally, and its brightness seemed 
like a light to surround him. In every so- 
cicty he was a distinguished ohject ; and his 
superiors in age, in Class, and even in attains 
ments, felt themselves flattered by his notice, - 
This influence was.never weakened by habit ; 
it was felt by those who lived with him 
equally as by others. Almost every person 
who had accidentally met him as a stranger, 
left him with the feelings of a friend. This 
was exemplified in the following fact. A 
gentleman, who had never before seen Mr. 
Theodore Galton, spent one morning with 
him, by chance, notlexg before he lefc Eng- 
land. When the same gentleman after- 
wards saw in the public papers the account of 
his death, he burst into tears! Those who 
possessed a congenial nobility of mind, felt 
the influence of his character peculiarly, 
Mr. Simmons, a merchant from Smyrna, and 
a stranger to Mr. Theodere Galton, embark- 
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