dance of one country and the wants of another were made known, and he received from one its redundancies, and supplied the wants of the other. He acted upon solid information, made no random adventures, and indulged in no airy speculations. Many of those who now call themselves merchants, purchase goods upon artificial credit or securities, and without orders, without correspondence, without knowledge of markets, send them, under the direction of chance, to find purchasers in lands to them unknown. The consequences have been, that purchasers could not be found, debts could not be paid, and poverty and ruin have not only fallen upon themselves, but upon those who had confided in them. How different the old merchant and the new. Look at that picture and at this!" Mr. Reiph, who was long a merchant, was of the old British class. Patient industry and decent care were, in his mind, the only safe and honourable road to wealth. He knew that he who would approach, as near as man is allowed to approach, the Temple of Happiness, must do it by measured steps; that wealth if procured, cannot be enjoyed except with moderation, and that whatever keeps the active and mental powers of man employed bids fairest to secure and preserve his comfort. He, there fore avoided those desperate risques, which create extreme anxiety, and confided in the regular, steady, and sober exertions of industry. He disliked all show and ostentation, not only because he regarded them as destructive of comfort, as exciting envy and every malignant passion, but because he regarded with displeasure all that false appearance of respect and attention which are called forth by them. He saw, with disgust, our mercantile men attempting to rival, in appearance and expence, our nobility, and he wished each order in the community to keep its own place. The foolish fashion of writing every man, who is supposed to be in good circumstances, an esquire, was very offensive to him, and he often expressed his dislike of it, when addressed under that title. Mr. Relph had early cultivated a taste for reading, which all the Occupation of business, in his most active years, never prevented him from indulging; and this taste was a source of great and continued pleasure to him, after his retirement from active life. After his sight became too imperfect to admit him to continue this exercise, an affectionate relative read to him, many hours in every day, and thus contributed to make his retirement delightful, when in health, and relieved often the tedium of pain and sickness. By the perusal of numberless voyages and travels, and the help of a most retentive memory, he had made himself so well acquainted with foreign countries, that some, who have heard him converse, imagined he had spent part of his life in those countries about which he discoursed so intel

ligently. He had read the history of his own country with great attention, recollected it minutely, and considered it as the best governed of any country in the world. His parents were Protestant Dissenters, and he was educated in their faith, but in religion, too, he was an enquirer; and from conviction continued a dissenter, inclining, in theology, to the arian hypothesis. Dr. Benson was his relation, and he became an early communicant with the society, over which he presi ded, of Dr. Lardner (the best man and the soundest scholar which any church can boast) and Dr. Benson, he always spoke with veneration, and the most affectionate remembrance, for they were his earliest friends in London. Their different opinions on some points weighed nothing in his estimation of their characters; for every good man he esteemed, never suffering himself to be biassed, by any approximation to his own opinions. He held his own opinions with firmness, but made them no matter of contention and strife. Even when old, when men are most commonly tenacious of their religious notions, he held his imperfect charity, never making them the means of weakening his friendly feelings to others. We ought not to adopt the opinions of any man because he is wise or learned, for wise and learned men are to be found in every different church, with all its peculiarity of sentiment, but this very circumstance should teach us to respect, and love all excellent men, whatever opinions they hold. The Catholics can boast of a Pascal, the Church of England a Jeremy Taylor, the Calvinists a Watts, the Arians a Price, the Unitarians a Lardner, the Deists an Anthony Collins and a Hume. Ought not this to teach us to regard what we think the errors of excellent men, rather the infirmity of our nature than of individuals, and to induce us to regard with equal love, those who are equally examples of virtue ? Mr. Relph was what every dissenter professes to be, a real friend to the right of private judgment, and he could see the exercise of it in opposi tion to himself with pleasure. In politics, as in religion, he held his opinions with perfect charity. He was decidedly a whig of the old school, and the vast events which passed be fore him, never altered his opinion. Against the majority of the dissenters, with the truly great, and truly amiable Dr. Price, at their head, he was unfriendly to the American Revolution; and the French Revolution, had no charins with him. Yet was he intimate with those who felt the most violently in opposition to him on those subjects; for he tolerated any opinions in good meu; perhaps no man was ever more free from intolerance of opinion than he was. This is of itself no mean distinction, no ambiguous character of a superior mind! His private morals were unsullied. He was married, and had children,

who

who died in early life. Having been very happy in his marriage, although a widower upwards of forty years, he never contracted a second marriage, alleging, that if a man had had one good wife it was as much as he ought to expect. His integrity, in transactions of business, has never been questioned, and sucli was his mildness to his creditors, that he never had one arrested for debt; and, as a landlord and a master of servants, he was truly exemplary. Indeed so social and kind was his nature, that every one admitted into his family so much shared his sympathy, that he seldom discharged a servant without pain. His conversation could never offend the chastest ear, and his conduct to the other sex was as pure as his conversation. Yet there was nothing more remarkable in the character of this valuable man, than his uniform cheerfulness, even under the pressure of ill health, and his habitual' thankfulness, for the good with which providence had blessed his life. He seldom complained, but always, not by words only, but by unequivocal conduct, shewed, that he thought he had more comforts and less evil than he merited. He was so contented and happy, even in his latest age, that he would often say, "I have not a want nor a wish." This is the more remarkable, as he often suffered great pain; and was liable to violent attacks of a most painful bodily complaint. His temper of mind rendered him, perhaps, one of the happiest men living; indeed it may fairly be questioned, whether there ever was a man more happy in this very mu table state of existence; and it must be remarked, that his felicity was the effect of his temper and character, and not of his affluent external circumstances; for far greater affluence is often found with persons whose gloomy selfish and fretful dispositions, render them completely miserable. The constant benefactor of his own relations, he had also Pattempted to serve many young men, had advanced them confiderable loans; but had so often been disappointed in what he thought his reasonable expectations of their good conduct and success, that at length his patience was exhausted in this way, and, after much trouble, anxiety, and loss of property, he concluded it had become very difficult to yield effectual patronage to youth, from the great change which had taken place, in his time, in the habits of young men; he found them generally

now without industry, and prone to expences. Far from being forward and obstrusive in public business, he yet thought it his duty to lend a modest and effectual assistance to public institutions. We accordingly find him the senior member of his company, which was that of the Wax Chandlers, and discharging all the duties of each office of that company with credit and honour. He was, too, a di rector of the Union Fire Office, instituted in the year 1714, and one of the most efficient patrons of the Small-Pox and Inoculation Hospitals. He was also a member of the New England Society for propagating Christian knowledge, and a trustee of several cha ritable institutions. He retired entirely from business about ten years before his death, and fixed his residence on Turner's Hill, Cheshunt, Herts, where he had built many houses, and possessed considerable property ; and even there, at a late period of life, he formed new acquaintances; for so open and social was his temper, that he liked to enjoy the conver sation of his neighbours, and could see the playfulness of children with delight. Here he died, as he had lived, on the 20th day of January, 1811, contented, thankful, and happy, attended by affectionate relatives, in the 78th year of his age; leaving an example of industry, simplicity, probity, cheerfulness, and benevolence, for the imitation of all who knew him. He was interted, by his own desire, in the church-yard at Cheshunt. His funeral sermon was preached by Mr. Cogan, at Walthamstow, for whom, late in life, he had formed a sincere friendship; and upon whose ministry he had last attended; a man who would do honour to any church, and equally remarkable for his profound erudition, and true simplicity of manners. He had thus the pleasure to find a man, in his last days, worthy to class with his first favourites amongst the dissenters, the Radcliffes, the Bensons, and the Lard

ners.

Peaceful as the life he led,
Thus reposes with the dead!
One, whose spirit, cheerful, kind,
Met e'en pain with thankful mind,
Taught by nature, not by art,
Constant pleasure to impart ;
He was Friendship's darling child;
Manners easy, passions mild!
Reader! if thou love thyself,-
Strive to live and feel like RELPH!

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.

THAT noble monument of humanity, the Lancastrian school-house, which the inhabitants of Newcastle have raised to the memory of his Majesty, and for the benefit at the rising generation, has been opened for cire admission of all poor children, whose pa wrents cannot provide for their education. Already the complement which fills the -school, amounting to 506, has nearly been admitted, and so numerous are the applications, that, had the building been able to contain 1000 children, it would have been crowded with scholars.

Married.] At Ryton, Mr. William Robson, of Prudhoe, Northumberland, to Miss Jabella Young, of Kyo, Durham.

At Jarrow, Mr. Moula, schoolmaster, of Hepburn, to Mrs. Hill.'

At Alnwick, Edward Stamp, esq. to Mrs. Charlton, widow of Edward C. esq

At Newcastle, Mr. D. Crabtree, of Halifax, Yorkshire, to Miss M. Oswald -Mr. M. L. Madgin, to Miss Richardson. Mr. Mark Henderson, to Miss Susannah Ward.-CapTain Cookson, of the 80th regiment, second son of Isaac C. esq. of Whihill, Durham, to Marianne, daughter of David Stephenson, esq. At Durham, Mr. Henry Fawcett, of Newcastle, to Miss Jane Doubleday, 'daughter of

the late Mr. D. surgeon.

At Berwick, Mr. Robert Dickson, to Miss Jane Lawson.

At Monkwearmouth, Mr. Robert Stephenson, to Miss Elizabeth Pattison, of Bishopwearmouth.

At Bellingham, Mr. James Charlton, of Billerby, to Miss Elizabeth Richardson, of Riding.

Died At the High Felling, Mr. Isaac Jackson, 104.

At Sherburn, near Durham, Mrs. Rachael Hunter, 69.

At Unthank, near Berwick, Mrs. Watson. At Monkwearmouth, Mr. John Watson, of the ship Molly of Montrose, 31.

At Bishopwearmouth, Mrs. Richmond, 31. Mrs. Hall, mother of Hilkiah H. late of Durham.-Mrs. Swan.

At Felton, Mr. John Walker, 21. At Stockton, Mr. Richard Moor, 59. At Gordon House, near Chester-le-street, Mr. Edw. Weatherley, 81.

At Sedgefield, Mr. Benjamin Bradley. At Benwell, Mr. Andrew Wake, 62. At Sunderland, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, 89.

At Gateshead, Mr. Richard Bentley, in his 101st year. He was a hard-working man, and was able to follow his occupation till about nine years ago.➡Isabella, widow of Ralph Fairs, 92.

At Necessity, near Alnwick, Mr. James Edmondsou, 91.

At Kentan, Mrs Margaret Milburn, 104. She retained all her faculties till the last year of her life, and, at the age of 90, could walk 40 miles a day.

At Eltingham, Mr. Ralph Johnson.

At Sandel Hill Head, near Hexham, Mr. Matthew Leadbitter, 61.

At Chester-le-street, Mr. Robert Greenwell, 82.

At Berwick, Mrs. Weatherburn, wife of Mr. John W. 46.-Mr. Andrew Mark, 74. -Mrs. Bell, 75.

serjeant at mase to the corporation, 74-M16. At Newcastle, Mr. James Dann, formerly Hudson-Mr. Edward Bailes, 69.—M16. Kettlewell Mr. Powes, Fenwick, surgeon. -Mrs. Dodd, wife of Mr. John D-Mrs. Elizabeth Henzell, 72-Mr. William Burn, many years clerk of St. John's Church, 64. At Alnwick, Mis. Snowdon.Mr. Robert Hudson.

At Durham, Mrs, Margaret Weathered, Wray,. 98.-Mr. John Denham, 70.-Miss. Many

At Shincliffe, near Durham, Mrs. Jane Bell, 91.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND.

Married.] At Carlisle, Mr. Bownes, of London, to Miss Seul, daughter of Mr. Joseph S.

At Penrith, Captain William Buchanan, R. N. to Miss Harrison.

At Whitehaven, Captain King, of the Halcyon, to Miss Johnstone.-Captain J Harrison, of the Friends, Workington, to Miss Simpson, daughter of Captain S.--Mr. Thomas Teeling, to Mrs. Isabella McFee.

At Moresby, near Whitehaven, Mr. Michael Atkinson, officer of excise, Carlisle, to Miss Bland, of Parton.

At Egremont, Mr. Towerson, of Whitehaven, to Mis. Westray.

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At Kendal, Mr. Joseph Whittaker, to Miss Hunter.

Died.] At Rockcliff Cross, Mr. Fergus Park, 81.-Isabella, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Black.

At Snellings, near Egremont, Mrs. Dixon, wife of Mr. John D. 84.

At Meals Gate, Cackbridge, Mr. Thomas Moore, 73.

At Harrington Mill, near Carlisle, Mr. Robert Hewitt, 55.

At Linstock, Mrs. Nathaniel Little.

At Newby, Jane, wife of Mr. Robert Waugh, 60.

At Wood Row, near Wigton, Mr. Barnes.

At Douglas, Isle of Man, Mr. Peter Blake, 62.-Mr. Paul Corran, 87.

At Castletown, Isle of Man, Mr. Robert Watson, attorney, 32.

At Braystones, Russel. 61.

near Egremont, Mrs.

At Bunkershill, near Carlisle, Mrs. Loury, wife of John L. esq.

At Faugs, Lowes water, Mt. Adam Holiday, 86.

At Pardshaw, Mr. Joseph Mitchell.
At Ullock, Mr. Joseph Robinson.

At Appleby, Ann, wife of Mr. William Hutchinson,Dr. Richardson.Mr. Thomas Carr, 46.

At Whitehaven, the Rev. Mr. Stamper, son of the late Mr. S. surgeon, of Working. ton, SO.-John Richardson, son of Mr. Thos. Sharp.-Mrs. Martha Casson, 84.-Mrs. Hailes, 69.-Mr. Themas Losh. Mrs. Johnston, a maiden lady, 81.-Mrs. Sarah Nicholson, a maiden lady, G.-Mr. John Simon, 71-Mr. John Long, 79.

At Carlisle, Mr. John Holmes, 75.-Ann, wife of Mr. Robert Archibald, 29.-Mrs. Margaret Bell, 63.-Mr. William Baty,

Elizabeth Graceton, aged 94, both of Fews

ton.

At Birstall, Mr. Joseph Oates, of Fairfield, near Manchester, to Elizabeth, eldest daugh ter of Mr. William Child, of Robert Town, near Huddersfield.

At Rawcliffe, Samuel Smith, jun, esq. of the Decoy House, to Miss Chantry.

At Leeds, Captain John Morris, of Hull, to Jane, daughter of Mr. Thomas Dobson, of the Parrot inn.

At Batley, Mr. George Sheard, aged 72, to Miss Elizabeth Cowling, aged 19. The bridegroom is father to nine children, grandfather to forty-six, and great grand father to six; all living.

Died.] At Coulston Croft, near Sheffield, Mrs. Ratcliffe, relict of Mr. William R. who was of the family of the celebrated physician of that name, and his wife a near relation of William Emerson, the great mathematician.

At Sheffield, Mrs. Alice Steade, sister of the late Thomas S. esq. of Hillsborough, near Sheffield, 78.-Mr. William Padley.—Mr. Robert Osborne.-Mrs. Fox.

At Doncaster, Mrs. Robinson, sister of the late Rev. Arthur R. of Hull.

At Ottringham, Christopher, son of Mr. C. Hobson, 15.

At Bradford, Mrs. Crosse, wife of the Rev. John C. vicar of that place, 80.

At Mour Grange, near Leeds, Mr. John Wilson.

At Watton, Mr. Richard Jeffersoa, 92. At Kelfield Hall, Mrs. Clarksun, wife of Bernard C. esq.

At Skipton in Craven, Mr. John Schofield, solicitor; and about the same time, Richard bis youngest son,

At Selby, Mr. Richard Wiley, chief con stable for the division of Barkston Ash, and about a week afterwards, his wife, Mrs. W.

At Stonegrave, George, eldest son of Sir George Cayley, bart.

At Woodhall, Wensleydale, Mes. Wood, wife of John Rider W. 51.

At Whorlton, Mrs. Reed, wife of Archibald R, esq.

At Dunnington, near York, Mr. Edmund Cantley, 78; and a few days afterwards, his sister, Mrs. Mosey, wife of Mr. William M. of Bolton.

At New Malton, Ann, daughter of the late John Blackburn, esq.

At Allerthorpe, Mrs. Clarke, relict of the Rev. William C 82.

At Newton Kyne, John Fairfax, esq. At Marsk, Mrs. Rudd, relict of Bartholo mew R. esq. 76.

At Hull, Mary Constantia, Lady of Sir P. Etherington, bart. to whom she was matwed in 1774, and fourth daughter of Sir Thomas, fifth baronet of the family of Cave. —Witliam, youngest son of Mr. Locking, writingmaster, a youth of uncommon promise, 16.Mrs. Wilson, wife of Captain Charles W. of

the Whim, of this port.-Mr. John Mail, $5. Mrs. Pierpoint, 68.-Mrs. Hemborough, 81.-Francis Taylor, esq. 47.-Mrs. Johnson, 28.-Mrs. Raines, wife of Mr. R. attorney. Mrs. Thomson, widow of Mr. John T. 67. In the workhouse, Mr. Jona than, Watson, formerly an eminent school

master.

At York, Mrs. Cartwright, wife of Mr. C. of the Wheat Sheaf Inn.-Mary, second daughter of Mr. Thomas Kimber, 24.-Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. James Watson, 22. —Mr. James Rule, a native of Dumfrieshire, 55. Mr. Thomas Rodwell Crassey, eldest son of Mr. George C. 23-Mr. Thomas Morley. John, son of Mr. Wilks.-Mr. John Dodsworth, 74.-Mrs. Webster, relict of Isaac W. esq.

At Bradford, the Rev. W. Crabtree, upwards of 50 years pastor of the Baptist church in that town, 90.

At Leeds, Mr. William Atkinson, third son of the late Rev. Miles A. whose death is recorded in our last number.-Mrs. Buckle, wife of Mr. Thomas B. 80.

At Catcliffe, near Rotherham, Mr. John Worral.

At Attercliffe, Mr. Blagdin, relict of Mr. George B. 75.

LANCASHIRE.

The inhabitants of Liverpool have entered into resolutions for the establishment of an Asylum for Penitent and Reformed Prostitutes. The Mayor is appointed President; and the Committee will consist of all the Clergy of the Established Church, the clergy of all other denominations, and such other respectable gentlemen of the laity, as are willing to contribute their assistance to the undertaking.

During the year ending the S1st of Dec. 1810, there were committed to Lancaster Castle, 160 males and 32 females, for felonies and misdemeanors; which, added to 73 males and 31 females, remaining convicted and for trial, 31st of Dec. 1809, makes a total of 233 males and 63 females. There were 17 males and 2 females condeinned at Lancaster assizes, in 1810, of whom six males were executed, and the others were reprieved or pardoned, on condition or transpor tation.

Sir Thomas Mostyn is beginning such alterations and improvements at Parkgate, as cannot fail to render that spot a serious object to the invalid, and a source of pleasure to the healthy. Warm and cold baths are to be erected upon a liberal plan; a library and news room will be opened; fire works occasionally exhibited on the sands, which cannot fail to afford a pleasing spectacle viewed from the terrace; regular musicians engaged for the assemblies, and a small, but neat and commodious theatre fitted up.

Married.] At Lancaster, Mr. Kidd, to Mrs. Jackson.-Major Armett, of the 55th foot, to Anne, fourth daughter of the late

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John Salterthwaite, eq-John Blewit, esq. of London, to Mrs. Mason, relict of Jackson M. esq.

At Prescot, John Rose, esq. of the EastIndia Company's service, to Miss Lillias Fraser, second daughter of Colonel F. of Ravenhead.

At Hawkshead, Mr. John Wood, of Hawkshead Hull, to Miss Huddlestone, of Rothersyke, Cumberland.

At Dean, Mr. Thomas Harrison, esq. of the Isle of Man, to Alice, youngest daughter of Thomas Ridgway, esq. of Wallsuck, near Bolton. Miles Clayton, esq. of Manchester, to Sophia, youngest daughter of Mr. John Hilton, of Middle Hilton.

At Liverpool, Mr. Will'am Higginson, to Miss S. F. Taylor.-Captain Thomas Fisher, to Ann, second daughter of Mr. William Burgess.

At Preston, Titus Bourne, esq. of Alford, Lincoln, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Thomas Woodcock, esq.

Died.] At Rock House, near Liverpool, Hugh Breek, esq. 67.

In the township of Read, George Crow shaw, 105. He experienced very little sickness till within a week of his death, and enjoyed his faculties to the last.

At Warrington, Mr. James Smart. At Leigh, James Barlow, esą. 61. At Garstang, Mr. Henry Blundell, 87. At Chorley, Mr. Robert Hawkshead, 64. Anne, second daughter of Mr. Bibby, bookseller.

At Claughton, the Rev. John Barrow, Ro man-catholic priest, 76.

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At Preston, Mr. James Dewhurst, 82.
At Ashton, Mrs. Yates, wife of Mr. James.

At Manchester, Mr. R. W. Paynter, at torney.

At Ince Blundell, Mrs. Howard.
At Chowbent, Mrs. Newton.

At Chorlton Hall, Mr. Robert Travis, for merly of the Golden Lion, Blakely.

At Richmond, Liverpool, Horatio, eldest.. son of Jacob Fletcher, esq.

At Lancaster, Mis. Freers, relict of Captain F. 52.- Mrs. Betty Starling, 80.

At Leece in Furness, Mr. William Postlethwaite, 61.

At Barbadoes, on the 1st of January, Captain John Parr, of the ship Robert, of Liverpool; on the 5th, at the same place, his wife, Mrs. Mary P. and on the 17th, their infant daughter, Margaret Anne.

At Liverpool, Mr. Joseph Balmer.-Captain Thomas Huff, 44.-Mr. James Knowlden. Mrs. Hopwood, 76.-Miss Hughes, only daughter of the late Mr. Robert H. 12. -Mrs. Mary Storey, 56.-Mrs. Litherland, mother of Mr. Peter L. inventor of the patent lever watches, 75.-Mr. James Fleming.Mr. Joshua Cobham, 72.-Mr. James Gaidner. Mr. Joseph Jackson, 73—Mr. Lawrence Howard, 56-Mr. John Vose, 75.—

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