The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-08 00:00:00

CHIEF JUSTICE SIR H. BLOSSETT.

The following extract from the Calcutta
Gazette, describes so eloqu,,ntly the character of the late Sir
HlmaY IltmssETT, that we have great pleasure in present-
ing this ettlogium on so pious and learned a Judge.
"At the Cathedral, on Sunday, the 9th of February, 1922,
the Rev. Mr. Crawford preached a serrnon,lllustrative of the
Christian character of the late Chief Justice, Sir Henry Bios-
sett, from the 37th Psalm, and the 37th verse--' Mark the per-
fect man, and behold the upright ; for the end of that man is
peace.' The communion table, the pulpit, the pews of the
clergyman and that appropriated to the Judges, were hung
with black on the occasion.

Death finds us raid -our play-things—snatches us
As a cross nurse might do a wayward child,
From all our toys and baubles. His rough call
Unlooses all our favourite ties on earth:
And well if they are such as may be answered
In'yonder world, where all is judged of truly.

" The sermon had general application to the want of disposi-
tion in mankind to lay to heart that awful dispensation of Pro-
vidence, which is continually depriving us of our friends, and
affording, by daily and hourly proof, the fleeting nature, and
nothingness, of all human enjoyment.. We must, however,
confine ourselves to such parts of it, as referred immediately to
the character of this respectable :person, who* death has called
forth this affectionate tribilte to his memory.

"ltis ills bonus fiebilia occidit."
Mr. Crawford began by adverting to a passage in Isaiah,
where it is said, " the righteous perished and no man layeth it
to heart ; and the merciful men are taken away, none consider-
Inn that the righteous iii taken away from the evil to come ;"
and after commenting on the neeeeeity of payingearnest atten-
tion to the dispensation, and feeling humbled finder the be-
reavement, proceeded to the consideration of the Melancholy
event which a wise and inscrutable Providence, has caused to
happen lately among us. The Chief Justice of British India,
e man, who, setting mide religion from the high office rhich
he held, from his solid knowledge, and eminent talents, and
unceasing. industry, from the remarkable sweetness of his disc
position and manners was respected and venerated by all who
approached him.
" All sensible reflecting persons," he continued, "are enabled
duly to appreciate these endowments; but this was not the
brightest feature in his character. He was in every deed a
faithful humble servant of the crucified Saviour, one who
worshipped God in spirit and in troth—one who was a per-
fect and an upright man. So winch of the worth of his
character had been in various ways already displayed, that
few of his hearers would not concur in laying to heart his
• loss : and though there was here no father or mother, no brother
or sister, to weep from the feelings ,of natural, affection over
his grave, yet sorrow as deep le: that felt from the ties of
blood, and tears as bitter as those brethren shed, were elicit-
ed by the lees of such a man, whom to know was to love,
On his death-bed die blessed God most heartily for the happi-
ness, for the honour, of being descended from a pious mother,
she had led hint by the hand into the path of life, and had
anxiously pointed out to him the way of salvation. At that
awful moment he felt the unspeakable value of her instruc-
tions, and that with his latest breath he should thank and bless
her for them.—He was unremittingly dilligent in searching the
Scriptures. His Bible gave moat unequivocal evidence that the
Law of the Lord was his delight, that day and night he meditated
therein. The pages were not spotless white, and the binding
fresh and fragrant as others might be, for the former were
filled with notes and comments, springing from his own re-
flections, and the latter was worn and soiled by constant
use. It was thus that he obtained a knowledge of God's Holy
Will. Let those who surrounded his death bed witness,'
he said, ' what an affectionate anxiety he evinced for their
souls.' lit often addressedthem, impressing upon their minds
the importance of being truly religious; he wished them to
learn front his own case the great goodness of (Intl. On the
morning before he died, when ip extreme weakness, he desired
the two last chapters of the book of Joshua to be read, in the
presence of all assembled. He explained afterwards that as he,
like Joshua, was going the way of all the earth, he wished to
declare that be died in faith and fear of the true God, beseech-
ing those around him to do the same. Btit not only for' those
around him, not only for his near relations and friends, not only
for his own nation, did he feel this tender interest;—he loved,
he prayed most earnestly for the ?tools of the Wretched Hindoos
—wretched 'because not worehippinF the true God." .
Mr. Crawford, who came from btgland with him, and had
the best opportunity of knowing his character fully, said "that
he could be:tr ample witness to the intense interest he took in
the salvation of these people, which, when not aware how soon
he should be called away, he determined to promote by every
means in his power. Ile knew .what death was, that it had a
sting, but ti: hint this sting was taken away. the COliversa.,
tion was full of peace—peace was in all his thoughts; and such
was the stag of his mind, amidst much that would naturally
have the eflect of grieving, distressing, and terrifying, being
far away from the most dear to him, who would have edothed
his borrows to the utmost, tried by weakness and violent pain,
yet this upright and perfect man, said .Mr. CrawfOrd, "
Iws-
sessed his soul in peace, and in perfect Peace commended his
spirit into the hands of the God of truth, who bad redeemed
him."

According toe decree, dated Carlton Ilouse,
the oth of June last, and published at Brunswick on the
the Regency of the Duchy of Brunswick is to cease on the,
30th of October this year, and the Clovermnent to be given into
the bands of his Serene Highness Prince CHAULES, the reign-
ing Duke.
Mr. Itoritscritto left town on Saturday for
Paris; to be present at the conclusion of the con-
tract for the French loan.. •
IMPORTANT Ait tSTS.—We noticed In our Pub-
lication of Wednesday last, that information of a most decided
stamp, and in the present times of deep and awful interest, had
been obtained in the neighbourhOod of Castletownroche—the
issue of which has been the apprehension of abbot fifty persons,
concerned from time to time in ell or most of those diaholi.
cal acts that have disgraced this county for several months
past. The flight of many others, who knowing their close
connection with those infamous proceeding's, and-tad no other
means of saving themselves, evinces the extent of their eye.
tem—and the confession of those, that have been taken up
:mare than sufficiently establishes the truth, that' life and pro-
perty were their sworn objects. So far has eome -to our know-
ledge, as well as other more particular information, which the
same prudential motives that guided us in our former notifica-
tion of this transaction induces us for the present to oppress.
—(Cork Conditution.)
SNUFF-TAKING.—It is asserted that it would be
diflienit to find a case where 'a confirmed snuff-taker was known
to die by apoplexy ' • and that the apophlegmatizant system, or
' sternutories which cause an evacuation of serous or mucous
humour by the nostrils, are the best anti most efficacious pre-
ventative of apoplexy. The extension of the knowledge of this
discovery may be highly valued by the medical profession, if
it cannot be denial that all snuff.takers ate exempt from
apoplexy, .
Da.swir Loosts.-7•A hand.lootn, on a new con-
struction, and which has received the appellation of .‘ Dandy.
loom,'s has been introduced at Blackburn. Its principal advan-
tage over the Common hand-loom consists in its being much
smaller, and in the application of a crank, by which, as in steam
looms, the number of picks of weft in an inch is regulated,
and the cloth consequently matte more even. We .understand,
also,' that the new hand-loom weaves the yarn without dress.
ing, which is tart expensive process ; whilst,. by the use of a
copshuttle, the necessity of vinniiinz the weft Is superseded....
The loom measures only about 36 inches in depth, from the
cloth to the yarn-hewn, and its cost in wood is about s6s. or
3fis. or in iron Ns. CAI. A fair weaver, with tolerable exertion,
will weave a piece of 24 yards in eight or nine hours. By many
manufacturers, we understand, the improvement is considered,
of some importance. Indeed, it is conceived that it will ulti-
mately supersede the hand-loom on the old conetruction ; and,
perhaps, on sonic particular goods, successfully contest the fur-
ther progress'of power-looms. -

COl2O Nates INoursT.—Yesterday an Inquest
was held at the Pe►titentiary, on the body of
Jonathan a convict, aged 17, who it ap-
peared died of disease and ulceration.—Verdict
" Natural Death."
%MCKIM/ ACCIDENT AT TARYINe---OD Sun•
day afternoon week, a little girl, about eight
years old, only child of John Garner, happening
to go into the, house of a neighbour, with, a few
cherries in her hand, a boy, about ten years old,
taking up a gun in his hand, said he would shoot
her if she would not give him some. Not knowing
that the piece was loaded, he u►►fortunately
pulled the trigger, when the contents were
lodged in the poor child's head ; she expired in-
stantly, to the great grief of her parents. e'er.,
diet*" Accidental Death."