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Miss Butler’s form was elegant, her counte- 
Nance intelligent and expressive, and her 
Taovements 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, pro- 
duced by her correctness of judgment, hier 
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 bad 
a very obliging and delightful disposition ; 
and, a3 vivacity and sensibility were perhzps 
its chief characteristics, and, as she had much 
activity of mind, her company was courted, 
and she diffused animation and happiness 
throughout the ci:cle in which she moved. 
But, alas! she had a heart too susceptible of 
the finer feelings of our nature! “he too eager 
contemplation of the supposed scenes of fu- 
ture happiness which had recently opened 
_ Upon her mind, the powerful effect produced 
by the consequent congratulations of friends, 
_ 4nd the conflicting feelings created by the 
Prospect of her union with one to whom she 
‘Was attached, and by herregret at leaving a 
patental roof where she had been happy and 
Kindly treated, gave rise to 2 nervous affec- 
tion 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 
Stinilar age and of an equal sensibility) not 
Only that the repulsive principles of our na- 
_ Sere, fear,’ anger, and aversion, should be 
"Strictly regulated, but also those lovely pas- 
sions, hope and joy, which sometimes suc- 
_ cessively delight and dazzle and overwhelm 
_ us. That we should maintain the perpetual 
| ascendan¢y ofteason, and keep under controul 
€ven our mildest and most pleasurable emo- 
tions, “is a maxim on which we should never 
Ceuse fo act. We are frail, and constantly 
touch the threshold of eternity. Even the 
Sunstine of the mind may be converted into 
_ a destructive blaze. 
Fuh, hopeless thought! turn from her:— 
© thought repell’d 
Relenting rallies, and wakes ev'ry woe. 
Saatch'd ere thy prime, and in thy bridal 
hour! : 
And when kind fortune, with thy lover, 
— ‘smil’d! 
i when high-flavour’d thy fresh-op’ning 
jays! 
| And when blind man 
"complete !’ 
| [Further particulars of Natbaniél Kent,’ esq. 
e death is mentioned at page 466, of our last 
welame.] It is universally allowed that no 
Fotessional man ever rendered more substan- 
tial services tothe agriculture of his country 
than the late Mr. Kent. The gentlemen of 
| BNorfolk in acknowledgment for the benefits 
; 1 
pronounc’d thy bliss 
Account of the late Nathaniel Kent. 
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derived by that county from the exertion of his 
talents, presented him in 1808 with an eme 
bossed silver goblet, ornamented with the 
emblems of agriculture, the cover surmounted 
wich the figure of fustice, holding the ancient 
steel.yard. The mecvting held for this pur» 
pose, on the 1ith of March, at the Angel 
inn, Norwich, was attended by Thomas Wil+ 
lian Coke, esq. president of the Norfolk Agri- 
cultural Society, and many gentlemen of 
fortune in the county, and a most respectable 
body of yeomen. After dining togethers 
Thomas Dasgate, esq. rose, and addressing 
himself to Mr. Kent, in a short but appro 
priate 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, 
*¢ tor his integrity and impartiality betweea 
landlord and tenant, in his profession as a sut- 
veyor of land, and for his liberal and upright 
attachment to the interests of agriculture.” 
Hethen 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 af 
agriculture. In the capacity of secretary to 
Sir James Porter, at Brussels, I had anoppore 
tunity £0 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 speakez 
of the House of Commons, requested of me 
some written account of the Flemish huse 
bandry, with which he expressed himself 
much pleased: and he and my first great 
friend, the elder brother of the late Lord An« 
son, 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 I 
mace a most valuable acquaintance. with the 
late Benjamin Stillingfleet, one of the greatest 
naturalists we had, wno was considered as the: 
English Linnzus. it was be who impressed 
me with the tmportance of taking Nature for 
my guide, indo! icarning to deduce my ideas 
of the value of land, not from local enquiry: 
which might misie:d my judgment, but trom 
the wild plants and grasses} as these would 
invariably express tue voice of nature. Acs 
coaiugly, where 1 round the oak and elm ag 
trees, and the rough cock’s-foot and meadow 
fox-tail as grasses, 1 was assured that such 
land was good. And where | found the birche 
tree, the juniper-shrub, and the maiden-hair, 
and 
