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Atx>ut the same time a aociety had been formed at Manchester, under the auspices of the rev. John Clowes,* rector of St. John's, in that town. In 1788, Mr. Uindmarsh and a few others engaged a chapel in Great Eastcheap, which was opened on January 27th ; his father, the lev. James Hindmarsh, who had received the doctrines, through the instrumentality of the son, officiated in the pulpit, and the late Mr. Isaac Hawkins, who had also been in Mr. Wesley's connexion, as a local preacher, in the desk. In 1790, Mr. Hindmarsh commenced a periodical, bearing the title of the New Maga- zint of Knowledge concerning Heaven and Hell, which title he altered, after some time, to that of the New Jerutalem Journal. Having seen it advisable to withdraw altogether from secular business, he retired, in the rear 1810, to Man- chester, where some liberal admirers of his talents warmly solicited him to engage regularly in the ministerial office : he saw it his duty to comply. A large and neat chapel was built for him, in Salford, where he speedily attracted many ad- mirers, and drew together a considerable congre- gation. For about sixteen years he continued in the active duties of his office, both as a most effective missionary and a stationary preacher. At length, about 1826, finding his strength of body and activity of spirits less adequate than formerly to his arduous duties, he finally with- drew into retirement, preaching only upon par- ticnlar occasions, in London, and different parts of the country. After relinqnishing the pro- fession of printing, Mr. Hindmarsh for some time enga^d in business as a stock-broker, during which period, by an artfully laid plot, he lost a considerable sum of money. For toe pro- tracted period of upwards of half a century, Mr. Hindmarsh cheerfuUv devoted his time, his learning, his talents, bis influence, and what he
- The Rev. John Clowes was born in Manchester, Oct.
to, 1743, O. S. He was the foorth son of Joseph Clowes, esq., a barrtster. He was educated at the Oranunar S^ool of Manchester, and at the age of 18, his father was persuaded to send him to Cambridgre. He was entered a pensioner of THnitj coUege, where he porsueii his acade- mical stodies with the perseverance and ability which •Ustlnriilahed all that he undertook in afterlife ; for in the year 1700, when be took his degree, he was the eighth wrangler on the Tripos Paper, proving that he was no Cdrdinarjr protclent in mathematical attainments; and that he was eqnallr disttngoished as a classical scholar. Is ahown \tj his gaining one of the two prizes given by the members of the universitr to the middle bachelors, for the best dissertations in Lattn prose ; and again, the follow- ing year, when he was senior bachelor, the flrat prize for a similar dissertation. About this time he was elected a fellow of his college, had many private pupils, and was higUy respected. In the midst of this career of worldly diranetlon, the church of St. John, Manchester, then bonding, at the sole expense of the late Edward Byrom, esq., was oltcni him by the patron ; which he accepted, and continued its rector, refusing more than one offer of high preferment In the church, for the long term of sixty- two years.— In the spring of the year 1773, he became acquainted with the theological works of the bon . Emannel BwedenborK, and ttom that time he dedicated all the •oecgies of his powerful mind to the publication of those doctrines, both in the pulpit and by the press. During the latter years of his life he resided wholly at Warwick ; and there, tdcseing to the last moment of oonadoosneas those around him, and blessed by sllwho came within the circle of his affections, he deputed this life on the SStb May, 1831, in the eighty-eighth year of his age.
could secure from but scanty meant! of support, to his religious service. He maintained in all the relations of life, as a husband, a father, a minister, and a friend, that uncompromising integrity, that devotion to duty, that ardent attachment, which combining with true Christian piety and even child-like humility, commanded the universal affection and respect of all who had the privilege of his association. He died at Gravesend, in Kent. His published works were rather numerous ; and the most admired of them, after his Lettert to Priestley, is bis Vindication of the New Church, in answer to Mr. Pike, a Baptist minister of Derby,
1836, Jan. 7. Died, John Fletcher, who for more than half a century was the proprietor and printer of the Clutter Chronicle. He waa bom of humble, but reputable parents, at Hal- ton, in the county of Chester ; he was the archi- tect of his own fortime, and rose, by the force of his genius and talent alone, to considerable emi- nence among scientific men, and to the dis- tinguished honour of having twice filled the office of chief magistrate of that city. The history of his life is curious and instructive, and furnishes an important practical lesson of the value of temperance, prudence, persevering industry, unsullied probity, and uncompromising integrity, in alt the relations of social life. It will suffice to say, that in him, his servants of every degree, and ti^ose who were in any way dependent upon him, lost a liberal and con- siderate master ; his fellow-citizens, an upright and intelligent magistrate ; the cause uf public and private charity, a munificent benefactor; and the community among whom he lived, a kind- hearted and a benevolent man. His frame, long attenuated by many years of severe bodily suffer- ing, was gradually wasted away by his inabiliQr to take any nutritious aliment; but his mental faculties continued unimpaired until within a few moments of his dissolution. He departed this life in the eightieth year of bis age.
1836, March 25. 5 Will. IV. c. 2. An Act to amend 39 Geo. III. c. 78,* for preventing the mischiefs arising from the printing and puBlisb- iiig newspapers, and papers of a like nature, by persons not known, and for regulating the print- ing and publication of such papers in other res- pects ; and to discontinue certain actions com- menced under the provisions of the said act.
1835, March 26. Murdo Young, proprietor of the Sun, London daily newspaper, received from the tradesmen of Sheffield a present, con- sisting of a morocco case, containing a beautiful specimen of Sheffield manufacture, for the man- ner in which he forwarded, by express, the parliamentary intelligence upon 'the division of the house of commons for the choice of speaker. Mr. Young likewise received a present from the liberal parW of Manchester.
1836, March. Henry Winter, editor of the Public Ledger, published at St. John's, New- foundland, was set upon by five or six ruffians.
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