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At Gorhambury, near St. Alban’s, the 
Right Honourable Fames Bucknell Grimston, 
Viscount Grimston, Baron of Dunboyné, in 
the kingdom of Ireland, Baron Verulam, of 
Gorhambury, in the county of Hertford, 
Great Britain, and a baronet, D)C.L. and 
F.R.S.. His lordship was born ih 1747, and 
was éducated at Christ Church, ‘Oxford He 
succeeded his father in the family titles and 
estates In 1773, and the foilowing yeat mar- 
ried Harriet Walter, grand-daughter of Lord 
Forrester, whom he survived. but a few weeks. 
In 1784 he was returned knight of the shire 
for the county of Hertford, and on the disso- 
lution of that parliament was created an Eng- 
lish peer by the title of Baron Verulam: He 
is succeeded by his only son James Walter, 
born in 1775, who, in right of his mother, 
lately inherited the barony of Forrester iu 
Scotland, and in August, 1807, married Lady 
Charlotte Jenkinson, daughter of the late 
Earl of Liverpool... The family seat of Gor-, 
hambury Abbey was once ‘the mansion of 
the. venerable Bacon, Lord Verulam, whcse 
gallery inscriptions and several “curious por-~ 
traits are still extant. At this place the de- 
ceased nobleman Kept a considerable farm in 
his own hands, and proved himself a skitful 
and spirited encourager of agricultural im-* 
provements. . 
' The Rev, F. Eqards,a dissenting minis- 
ter of the unitarian denomination. 
drowned early inthe month 6f September, 
1808, whilst bathing in an arm of..the sea, 
near Wareham. This truly good man, and 
highly usc:ul teacher of religion, was born 
anuary 1,.1768, at Ipswich, where his fa- 
ther, the Rev. David Edwards, was pastor 
of a dissenting congregation of the calvinistie 
ersuasion, Itisreported, that in early life, 
he was designed for naval employment, and 
with that view was some time atsea. Short 
however this might be, it is certain he after- 
wards uniformly discovered that intrepidity, 
generosity, and nobleness of spirit, for which 
the British mavy has been so long’ and so 
justly celebrated. Being as weil prepared as 
young men usually are for entering on a 
course of academica] education, he commen- 
ced his studies fur the ministry at a seminary, 
then supported at Hoxton, by the trustees of 
the late Mr. Coward’s will, under the direc- 
tion of Dr. Savage, Dr. Kippis, and Dr. 
Kees; and-in the year 4765, removed to a 
Similar institution at Daventry upon the same 
foundation, where he completed his education. 
It may be properto remark here that at fliese 
Seminaries every advantage except one was en- 
joyed, that could be requisite to prepare yuung 
men for the successfel discharge of ministetial 
duties; and it is surely singular, that, upon 
that one, their popularity, and consequently; 
the extent of their usefulness, chiefly de. 
pended, On the theory and practice of élocu- 
tion, mo lectures were given; no examples 
afforded; no exercises required. ‘Ithis study, 
80 essential to the success of public speaking 
- Montary Mac., No. 182. 
Account of the late F ep, J. Edwards, 
He was” 
-and divine: 
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was, and no doubt still is, in similar institue 
tions, wholly neglected; and to many a man 
of real talents, both natural, and acquired, 
the consequence has been, consignment to 
obscurity, and comparative insignificance for 
life. Mr. Edwards, however, shewed his 
good sense by devoting a considerable portion 
of his time, during his academical course, to 
the improvement of the capital advaatage 
which nature had given him, in a powerfvt 
and melodious voice, for the acquisition of a 
delivery, that might fix his attention, and 
give the best effect to his pulpit instructions. 
This circumstance, as well as the excellence 
of the first discourses he delivered, excited 
, considerable expectations of him as a preacher, 
which were not afterwards disappointed. At 
first, the art of the speaker was ty much tod 
visible; but when practice and experiénce 
had ripened and mellowed his talents for elo- 
cution, every degree of stiffness and forma 
lity was nearly worn off, and his delivery 
was at once easy, and in the highest degree 
forcible and impressive In his bést days, he 
was always heard with great attention, and 
the younger part of his audience, who are 
usually most inclined to impatience under 
public instruction, were accustomed to say, 
though he was in the hahit of delivering 
long discourses, and though familiar with 
his manner, they were never wearied. Du- 
ring the time he spent in preparation for the 
ministry, he was also remarkable for the 
regularity of his behaviour, for strict integ- 
rity, for a consciencious though unostenta- 
tious regard for religion; and for ardour, 
firmness, independence of mind, and geal 
for truth, by which he was distinguished 
through the rest of his days, and thus ren 
dered an ornament to his sacred, and truly 
honourable profession. His first setticment 
as pastor of a congreg>tion, was at Gateacre, 
near, Liverpool. In the year 1791, a year 
mace memorable for ever in Enghsh history, 
by the bitter and unrelenting persecution of 
one of the greatest and best men this country 
could boast of; he réceived a unanimous invie - 
tation from a large, and respectable congre~- 
gation at Birmingham, to officiate as colleague 
with this deservedly eminent philosopher » 
A fever, however, to the at- 
tacks of which he was afterwards liable, pre- 
vested his‘immediate removal; and, during - 
that jnterval, the riotsalluded to took place, 
which finally ended in the voluntary banish- 
ment of Dr, Priestiey, into the wilds of 
America, and thus was: removed one of the 
principal inducements of Mr. Edwards, a3 
he himselfobserved, to settle at Birming- 
ham, namely, that he might enjoy the be- 
nefit of the converse, advice, and example 
of this intrepid friend of truth, science, and ~ 
religion: His colleague in this situation for 
a few years, gwas the Rev. David Jones; 2c 
that time well known, and highly respected 
for his spirited, and able publications in the 
cause of freedum,*political and religious, and 
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