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Miss Butler's form was elegant, her countenarce intelligent and expressive, and her movements graceful. In her hand-writing there was much beauty; her taste had been improved by her proficiency in drawing; when she occasionally joined in the dance, she could not but be admired; and when she played on the piano-forte, the effects, produced by her correctness of judgment, her delicacy of ear, and the skilfulness of her hand, were not unfrequently heightened by the clearness and melody of her voice. Her manners were polished and pleasing; she had a very obliging and delightful disposition; and, a vivacity and sensibility were perhaps its chief characteristics, and, as she had much activity of mind, her company was courted, and she diffused animation and happiness throughout the circle in which she moved. But, alas! she had a heart too susceptible of the finer feelings of our nature! The too eager contemplation of the supposed scenes of future happiness which had recently opened upon her mind, the powerful effect produced by the consequent congratulations of friends, and the conflicting feelings created by the prospect of her union with one to whom she was attached, and by her regret at leaving a parental roof where she had been happy and kindly treated, gave rise to a nervous affection of the mind, which, as her constitution was delicate, speedily terminated in her death. How important, therefore, and how highly necessary is it (especially for females of a similar age and of an equal sensibility) not only that the repulsive principles of our nature, fear, anger, and aversion, should be strictly regulated, but also those lovely pas sions, hope and joy, which sometimes successively delight and dazzle and overwhelm

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That we should maintain the perpetual ascendancy of reason, and keep under controul even our mildest and most pleasurable emotions, is a maxim on which we should never cease to act. We are frail, and constantly touch the threshold of eternity. Even the sunshine of the mind may be converted into a destructive blaze.

Turn, hopeless thought! turn from her:thought repell'd

Relenting rallies, and wakes ev'ry woe. Snatch'd ere thy prime, and in thy bridal hour!

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derived by that county from the exertion of his talents, presented him in 1808 with an embossed silver goblet, ornamented with the emblems of agriculture, the cover surmounted with the figure of Justice, holding the ancient steel-yard. The meeting held for this pur pose, on the 11th of March, at the Angel Inn, Norwich, was attended by Thomas William Coke, esq. president of the Norfolk Agricultural Society, and many gentlemen of fortune in the county, and a most respectable body of yeomen. After dining together, Thomas Dusgate, esq. rose, and addressing bimself to Mr. Kent, in a short but appropriate speech, stated, that he was deputed by the farmers and friends to agriculture in the county of Noriolk, to present him with this cup, as a token of their respect and esteem, "for his integrity and impartiality between landlord and tenant, in his profession as a surveyor of land, and for his liberal and upright attachment to the interests of agriculture." He then presented the cup, with the above inscription, to Mr. Kent, who, in his reply, gave the following account of his professional life: "My happy destiny threw me very early in life into what I may call the very lap of agriculture. In the capacity of secretary to Sir James Porter, at Brussels, I had an oppor tunity to make myself well acquainted with the husbandry of the Austrian Netherlands, then supposed to be in the highest perfection in any part of Europe. No spot was there to be found that was not highly cultivated. The industry of the Flemings was astonishing, and their care in collecting every sort of manure that could be usefully applied was highly commendable.

Coming to England in the

year 1766, Sir John Cust, the then speaker of the House of Commons, requested of me. some written account of the Flemish husbandry, with which he expressed himself much pleased: and he and my first great friend, the elder brother of the late Lord Anson, who was the true friend of merit, and the encourager of science wherever he found it, advised me to quit the diplomatic path, and apply myself closely to agriculture, in which I had a handsome promise of assistance from the latter; I did not hesitate a moment in adopting their advice. About this time [ made a most valuable acquaintance with the late Benjamin Stilling fleet, one of the greatest naturalists we had, who was considered as the English Linnæus. It was he who impressed ue with the importance of taking Nature for my guide, and of learning to deduce my ideas of the value of land, not from local enquiry which might misle.d my judgment, but from the wild plants and grasses; as these would invariably express the voice of nature. cordingly, where I found the oak and elm as trees, and the rough cock's-foot and meadow fox-tail as grasses, I was assured that such land was good. And where I found the birchtree, the juniper-shrub, and the maiden-hair,

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and creeping bent-grasses, I was equally certain that such land was poor and steril. In the year 1775, I published my "Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property," in which I characterized and described a great number of different sorts of land, by what grew upon them, and suggested the must obvious means of improving them. I fatter myself this book has been the cause of considerable improvement, and will of more when I am mouldered into dust. I now found myself employed as a land valuer upon a large scale; but it is my satisfaction to reflect that I did not undertake this office till I had satisfied my own conscience that I was capable of it. When agentleman put his estate into my hands, I considered it was the highest trust he could repose in me; it was leaving it to me to mite out his fortune by allotting him what I thought proper upon the object submitted to me. It was therefore incumbent on me to take care of his interest, at the same time there was another person who had an equal claim to justice from me, which was the occupier, who had a right to be recompensed for his labour, judgment, and capital. In weighing these interests where there was doubt, I confess I gave the turn of the scale to the latter. Acting thus, the landlord and tenant in general expressed reciprocal satisfaction. I am much flattered by your approving of me as a land valuer, and presume to hope, that you will also consider me as a land improver. Allow me to say, that the embankment between the Lincolnshire washes, which secured land from the sea, to the amount of 200,0001. in value, was principally brought about and effected by my advice, and there are many thousand acres of waste land in different parts of the kingdom, that likewise owe their improvement to me. It is now forty years, gentlemen, since I have been closely connected with this county. I have had the satisfaction to make a vast number of valuable friends, and if I have any enemies I trust they are but few. I have always acted from a conscientious consideration of the business laid before me; and Shakspeare, the great judge of the human heart, says, "Above all be to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not be false to any man."

[Further particulars of the Rev. Ralph Harrison, sobose death was announced in our last volume, He was the son of the Rev. W. Harrison, minister of a small society of Protestant dis senters at Chinley, in Derbyshire. Being originally designed for the Christian ministry, he entered upon a course of appropriate stu dies at the academy in Warrington, which was then conducted by the Rev. Dr. Aikin, under whose superintendance the institution acquired considerable celebrity. As a student he acquitted himself with great credit, and

upon leaving that seminary, he received from his tutors, high commendation for the exemplary propriety of his moral behaviour. Soon after the commencement of his professional career, he was invited to Shrewsbury, to undertake in conjunction with the Rev. Joseph Fownes, the pastoral charge of a respectable society of Protestant dissenters. Upon the death of the Rev. Joseph Mottershead, in 1771, he was chosen to be one of the ministers of a highly respectable society of Protestant dissenters in Manchester, in which situation he continued till within a few weeks of his death, when the declining state of his health compelled him to resign. In the year 1774, he began a school for the education of youth. In this arduous but honourable occu pation he displayed superior skill, and his celebrity as a teacher spread far beyond the neighbourhood in which he resided. In 1786 he undertook, in conjunction with his colleague in the ministry, the late Rev. Dr. Barnes, the important charge of an academical institution in Manchester, the duties of which he fulfilled in a most satisfactory manner. He has occasionally appeared before the public as an author. His English grammar is, perhaps, one of the best elementary works in the language. His two volumes of Sacred Harmony," are too well known to require any encomium. He also published an Introduction to the Study of Geography, with a set of blank maps, a Sermon upon Education, and a Biographical Tribute to the Memory of the Rev. John Seddon, one of his predecessors in the pastoral office at Manches

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As a preacher he was judicious and instructive. His compositions which were correct and perspicuous, exhibited a pleasing union of the argumentative and the pathetic. His voice was clear and harmonious, his de. livery natural and unaffected, and he secured the attention of his hearers by a manner the most serious and impressive. In private life he was uncommonly amiable. As a husband, a father, a relative, a friend, he was truly valuable. To an undeviating integrity of character, he united the habitual exercise of an enlightened and fervent piety. In his general disposition he had great natural vivacity. His manners were gentle and aftectionate, his address prepossessing, his conversation entertaining and instructive. After languishing for some time under a disorder, which baffled the efforts of medical skill, he departed this life in the 638 year of his age, and the 43d of his stated ministry. His remains were attended to the grave by a numes rous and respectable assemblage of friends, who voluntarily came together to pay their last tribute of respect to his memory. His virtues will be long remembered by all who knew him. They will be a theme of grateful recollection to his mourning family.

FROVINCIAL

PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES,
WITH ALL THE MARRIAGES AND DEATHS;

Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South.

Communications for this Department of the Monthly Magazine, properly authenticated, and sent free of Postage, are always thankfully received. Those are. more particularly acceptable which describe the Progress of Local Improvements of any Kind, or which contain Biographical Anecdotes or Fucts relative to eminent or remarkable Characters recently deceased.

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.

THE Agricultural Society for the county of

Durham, at the late meeting held at Durham, adjudged the following rewards: To Mr. Walton, of Stanhope, 20 guineas for the best fat ox; to Mr. Wood, of Kimblesworth, 10 guineas for the best penn of wedder sheep; and to J. D. Nesham, of Houghton-le-Spring, esq. 5 guineas for the best pig.

At Newcastle, in 1810, there were 1166 baptisms, 711 burials, and 395 marriages.

A monument has been erected to the me

mory of the late Rev. Mr. Moises, in the chapel on the south side of St. Nicholas' Church, in Newcastle, where he used daily to attend prayers, morning and afternoon, unless his official services were required at some other church. The monument is of beautiful white marble, by Flaxman, and' represents Religion, in the form of a female figure leaning on a cippus, with her eyes fixed on heaven: On the top of the cippus is an urn, on the side of which is a well-executed medallion of the venerable divine; a tablet beneath bearing the following inscription, from the pen of the Right Honourable Sir William Scott, one of his most distinguished pupils:

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Atque ibidem in Ecclesia omnium Sanctorum
Verbi divini Prælector.

Vir erat ingenio eleganti ct exculto,
Literis humanioribus apprimè ornatus,
Et in iis impertiendis
Indefessus ac felix.
In regendis puerorum animis
Leni usus imperio sed constanti
Moribus facillimis nec inficetis.
Sed ad vitæ et officii sui Sanctimoniam
Ritè compositis.

Omnium, quorum studiis dirigendis
invigilaverat,

Commodis in omni genere promovendis Amicissimè semper, sæpe utiliter, intentus. Religionis patriæ institutis stabilitæ

Cultor observantissimus;

Et in concionibus sacris Explicator diligens, doctus, disertus Hoc Monumento Memoriam Numinis MONTHLY MAS. No. 200

Consecrati Voluit
Permultorum Discipulorum

Amor et Veneratio

Favente et pecunia collectâ juvante
Novocastrenfium Municipio,

Viri de suis omnibus optimè meriti
Gratè memori.

Obiit anno salutis M, DCCCVI, Etatis su

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Filiis Hugone & Gulielmo superstitibus. As the deceased was not more esteemed by the rich than beloved by the poor, a number of the latter have been much disappointed in finding his virtues recorded in Latin.

At a meeting of the mayor, corporation, and principal inhabitants, of the town and neighbourhood of Hartlepool, held at that place on the 17th of October last, it was resolved that a subscription should be entered into for the purpose of rebuilding the pier forming the ancient harbour of Hartlepool.

Married] At Morpeth, Prideaux John Selby, esq. of Twizell House, to Lewis Tabitha, sister of Bertram Mitford, esq. of Mitford Castle, Northumberland.

At Hexham, Mr. Robinson, of Roughside, to Miss Hammerton.

At Lowick, Mr. Mark Jameson, of Berwick, solicitor, to Isabella, daughter of Mr. William Embleton.

At Newcastle, Mr. George Hodge, to Catherine White, daughter of Gershom Young, esq. master of the Trinity House in that town. Mr. W. Elliot, surgeon, to Miss Jane Green.

At Warden, the Rev, Mr. Rea, of Christendom, near Waterford, to Miss Rumney. At Bishopwearmouth, Mr. John Scott, of Monkwearmouth, to Miss Ann Horn.

Died.] At Brisco, Mr. Charles Slack, 82. At Norton, near Stockton, Francis Smith, esq.61.

At Blyth, Mrs. Blakely, 104.

At Newcastle, in his 83d year, Mr. Wil liam Tate, of the Trinity House of that town, where he was much respected for his faithful services. After being one of the crew of Admiral Byng's ship, in the unfortunate expedition for the relief of Minorca, he had the satisfaction of being more successfully employed under Admiral Pococke, at the taking of the Havannah in 1762.—Mr. Edward Hall, 64.-Mr. John Slack.—Mr. Andrew Rutherford, 71.

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sequence of a shot received in an engagement with a French privateer, Mr. George Cunningham, only surviving son of the late Mr. David C. of Alnwick, 30. His integrity to his employers, intrepidity and courage in the hour of danger, his suavity of temper, endeared him to all his connections.

At Bishop wearmouth, Mr. James Embleton, 38.

At Hexham, Mr. Jasper Gibson, 78. At Ebchister. Mr. John Surtees, 72. At Coldstream, Captain William Reid, of the 8th royal veteran battalion. Mr. Robert Scott, of Sunderland. He was found drowned in a pond near Hendon. He was very lately mar ried to a widow who had been twice married before; and it is remarkable that both her former husbands were drowned.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. The following is the number of the christenings, marriages, and burials, in Carlisle, from January 1, 1810, to January 1, 1811. Parish of St. Mary, christenings 212, marriages 100, burials 173; parish of St. Cuthbert, christenings 172, marriages 46, burials 127; besides those christened at the several dissenting meeting houses.

Married.] At Cross Canonby, Captain William Christian, of the brig Industry, to Miss Fell, both of Maryport.

At Kendal, Mr. John Taylor, of Hutton, to Miss Bayliff, daughter of Mr. John B. of New House, in Strickland.-Mr. William Wood, to Miss Eliz. Atkinson.

At Scotby, Mr. Randleson, of Whitehaven, to Miss Margaret Hodgson, daughter of the late William H. esq.

At Barton, Mr. Richard Robinson, of Low Windor, to Miss Jane Ward, of Canonby. At Cockermouth, Mr. Joseph Grave, to Miss Scott.

At Aikton, Mr. R. Wilson, of Whitsig lees, to Miss Jane Ivison.

At Whitehaven, Mr. Thomas Gordon, to Miss Grabam.

Died.] At Whitehaven, Mr. John Pearson, who had been near 46 years in the employ of the late and present Earl of Lonsdale, 77.-Mr. William Richardson, 70.—Mrs. Eliz. Brockbank, 64,-Serjeant Young, of the royal artillery, 52.—Mrs. Mary Fannin, 46. Mrs. Margaret Golpin, 70.-Mrs. Cald beck. Captain William Blake, of the Alexander, of Whitehaven. -Mrs. Grace Coulthard, 55.-Miss Catharine Turner, 24.Mrs. Fearon, wife of Captain joseph F. of the Boyton, 27.-Mr. Archibald Creighton. At Cockermouth, Mr. Henry Wood, 72. Mr. John Simpson, 66.-Mrs. Trinkeld. At Penrith, Mrs. Margaret Sergeson, wife of Mr. Ewbank S.-Mrs. Patrick, widow of Mr. James P. of Kendal.-Mr. James Turnbull, 21.-Mr. John Morland, 64.Miss Jane Abbott.-Mr. Isaac Burtheck.

son, 81.-Mr. John Huddart, 97.-Miss
Grace Hall.-Mr. Thomas Broadfoot, 28.
Miss Mary Wilson, 25-Mrs. Susannah
Thomlinson, 75.-Mr. John Sowerby.—Mr.
Thomas Hutton, 71.-Mrs. Mary Batey.-
Mrs. Mary Armstrong.

At Dykesfield, near Longburgh, William
Matthews, esq. 53.

At Peterill Bank, near Carlisle, Mrs.
Thomlinson, 99.

At Youlick Hill, Mrs. Sarah Gill, 85.
At Milltown Mill, Emma, wife of Mr.
William Sanderson.

At Kirkoswald, Mr. Joseph Stevenson, 76.
At Shap, Westmoreland, Mr. Richard
Walker, carrier between Kendal and Pen-
rith.

At Burton, in Kendal, Thomas Still, esq. one of the magistrates for Westmoreland, 82. At Kendal, Mr. John Macgowan, 45.Mr. Jonathan Wearing, of the Nag's Head Inn.

At Stainton, Mr. Richard Nelson, 82.

At Workington, Mr. John Sewell, 53.-
Miss Jane Walker, a maiden lady, 93.-Mrs.
Martha Nelson, 66.

At Harrowthwaite, Mrs. Ruth Hodgson.
At Tarns, in Abbey Holm, Mr. Joseph
Holliday, jun. 32.

At Douglas, Isle of Man, Mr. Leonard
Baxter, 93.

At Ramsay, Isle of Man, Mr. Charles Frissell, second son of the late John F. esq. 36.

At Kirkby Lonsdale, Mr. Greenwood, many years clerk of that parish.

YORKSHIRE.

About eight o'clock in the evening of Christmas day, the neighbourhood of Leeds was visited by a severe storm of hail, loud peals of thunder, and vivid flashes of lightning. The house of Mrs. Waddington, of Wither, near Kirkstall, suffered much from the fury of the storm; and two of her daugh ters were so affected by the lightning that they have been under medical care-one of them, who was in the kitchen, being struck by the electric fluid, appeared for some time lifeless; the other, who was up stairs, was stricken less severely, but, either from alarm or its effects, fell down stairs, and was much hurt. Mrs. Waddington, her son, and a young lady, had a most miraculous escape. They were sitting in the parlour, where the electric fluid passed with such force that it struck out the candle, and the fire from the grate; without, however, injuring any of them.

Married.] At Whitby, Richard Moorson, esq. one of the magistrates for the North Ri ding, to Miss Craig.

The Rev. Mr. Jennings, of Boroughbridge, to Miss Wright, of Thorpe Arch.

At Hull, Mr. Adam Heidlaw, surgeon of his Majesty's brig Prince William, to Miss At Carlisle, the Rev. Mr. Halliwell, Ann Marwin, daughter of the late Captain many years priest of the Roman Catholic conM. of Grimsby.Mr. John Johnson, et Welgregation at Greystock.-Mr. Heary Thompson, to Mrs. Hodgson, widow of Edward H.

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esq.—Captain John Reed, of the ship Minstrel, to Miss Jane Hodgson.-Mr. Snowden, master of the Mercantile Academy, to Anne, only daughter of the late Captain William Syme, R N.-Mr. F. W. Featherstone, surgeon, to Miss Eliz. Corlass, daughter of William C. esq.

At Nafferton, Henry Boynton, esq. to Miss Grey

Robert Layton, esq. late of the 34th regi. ment, to Miss Rennards, of Fulford, near York.

At Conisbro', Mr. Thomas Roberts, of Swinethorpe, Ļincolnshire, to Ann, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Gillott, of Edlington, esq.

At Wickersley, near Rotherham, Joha Didsbury, esq. of Dalton, to Miss Fisher.

At Kirbymoorside, the Rev. M. A. Mackereth, to Miss Roberts, daughter of the Rev. Mr. R.

At Halifax, Mr. Cadney, attorney, to Alice, only daughter of the late Tille Ormerod, esq.

At Leeds, Lieutenant-colonel Marriot, of the Madras army, to Ann, youngest daughter of John Becket, esq. of Meanwood.

Died. At Whitby, Mr. Richard Watkins, 65; and in the same house, nearly at the same instant, his son, Mr. William W. author of the Fall of Carthage, the Whitby Spy, and other ingenious performances.-Mr. Anthony Watson. On the breaking out of the American war, he was taken in his own Wessel, the Thomas and Elizabeth, off the Naze of Norway, on his return from the Baltic, being the first vessel captured after the commencement of hostilities. While many were of opinion the disputes between the colonies and the parent state would not ..proceed to extremities, the privateer in question, sailing round the north of Ireland, suddenly made her appearance in the North Sea, and did considerable injury to our trade in that quarter, before effectual measures could be adopted for its protection. Mr. Watson having had no apprehension of hustilities at the time of his sailing, had not made any insurance from the enemy, by which he lost the whole of his property.

At Ruswarp, near Whitby, Mr. Benjamin Gowland, formerly commander of the Coverdale, East Indiaman.

At Bessingby, near Bridlington, Mr. Ezard, 85.

At Woodhouse, near Huddersfield, John Whitacre, esq.

Ac Thorne, Mrs. Fretwell, wife of Mr. 7. attorney.

At Westbourn House, near Sheffield, Mr. J. R. Thurgar, attorney.

67.

At Beverley, Mr. Peter Denton, 55.
At Cottingham, Mrs. Jane Stather, 74.
At Kayingham, Mr. Jeremiah Matchin,

At Bridlington, Mr. Robert Vickerman, pier-master, 67.

At Helperby, William Clough, esq. 77. At Marston, near York, Mrs. Jane Acombe. At Newsholme, near Howden, Mr. Craven, 80.

At Easington, in Holderness, Mr. Stark. At Meltonby, Mrs. Hobson, relict of Mr. George H. of Middleham, surgeon, 69.

At Upper House, near Bradford, Mr. John Robinson.

At Everingham, the Rev. Thomas Gur nall, 67.

At York, Mrs. Pearson, of the Red Lion Inn, 64.-Mr. William Clark, 47.-Mr. Ely Woolstenholme, 86.—Mrs. Wand.—Mr. George Cobb, 49.-Mr. John Fuller, a debtor in York Castle, late of Stokesley, 61. -Mr. John Spencer, 76.

At Doncaster, Mr, George Crookes, 42.In the 86th year of his age, Mr. Alderman Halifax, a justice of the peace for that bo rough, and the oldest member of the corporation. He served the office of mayor twice, viz. in 1775 and 1791.

At Leeds, Mr. George Rayson, druggist, At Sheffield, Mr. William Wood.-Mr, William Brailsford, 36.-Mrs. Hotham, wife of Mr. H. jun. Mrs. Brooke.-Mr. Matthew Lonsdale.-Mrs. Martha Taylor.-Mrs. Wright.—Mr. Luke Cadman, jun. 23.

At Hull, Mrs. Antonie, wife of Captain A. Mr. Richard Stainton, 38.-Mr. John Terry, 73-.Mr. Smithson, 62.-Mr. John Clarkson, 89.

LANCASHIRE.

At the collegiate church, Manchester, in the course of the last year, there were 2735 children christened, 1220 marriages, and 762 burials.

Married.] At Lancaster, Mr. Rich. Mawson, to Mrs. Hodgson, of the New Inn.

At Liverpool, JohnWright, esq. to Frances, daughter of Wm. Roe, esq.-Mr. T. Woodhouse, to Mary, daughter of R. Salisbury, esq.-First Lieutenant john Trevannion Car dew, of the royal marines, tó Miss F. P. Tregent, youngest daughter of Captain T. of the same corps.

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At Blackburn, Henry Chritchley, esq. of Macclesfield, to Miss Turner, only daughter of Robert T. esq. of Mill-hill, near Blackburn.

At Bolton-le-Moors, Mr. William Walker, of Ambleside, Westmoreland, to Miss Mar. garet Makinson, of Blackrod.

At Bevington, Captain Thomas Guyle, of the schooner White, to Miss Alice Calf.

Died.] At Ulverston, Mrs. Frances Towers, mother of Richard T. esq. of Duddon Grove, Cumberland, 7.7.

At Lancaster, Mr. Thomas Noon, postmaster, 46.-Mrs. Ball, 90.

At Wigan, the Rev. John Crowdson, mi nister of Hindley chapel, and master of the free grammar school, Wigan.

At Blackburn, Mr. Robert Cross, postmaster, 49.

At Kirkdale Mr. John Woods, many yea

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