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land twenty years since, scarcely 

 affording a com muni cation during 

 the winter, when society assumes 

 its most attractive delights, is now 

 renr'cred accessible by as good 

 roads as any the kinpdom can 

 jioast ; and the benefits wliich soci- 

 ety has derived from these improve- 

 ments are exhibited in the habits 

 and manners of its peasantry. All 

 these display a character of the 

 highest order, and a mind which 

 could be interested in nothing 

 which is insignificant. If in his pub- 

 lic conduct he was thus to be ad- 

 mired, in the sphere of his private 

 duties he was one of the most en- 

 gaging men of the present day. 

 He had been continually in the 

 world — his observations and anec- 

 dotes were as various as incident 

 could furnish. His important ser- 

 vices to mankind had debarred him 

 of the opportunity of becoming fa- 

 miliar with the writers of antiqui- 

 ty ; but he was well acquainted 

 with most of the useful publica- 

 tions ef his own country, and of 

 her neighbour. He possessed the 

 tUile dulci as perfectly as any of 

 his equals; and, had the constitution 

 of his country permitted it, his 

 knowledge and talents would have 

 given him weight in the public esti- 

 mation, and pointed him out as 

 possessing the qualifications neces- 

 sary to form an active and useful 

 senator. But he was employed 

 upon a no less animating scene — he 

 was destined to clothe nature in her 

 richest vest, and to extend the bles- 

 sings of industry in every direction. 

 In his person he had a dignity which 

 claimed attention wherever he mov- 

 ed. — There was at the same time a 

 placid benevolence in his counte- 

 nance, a freedom and ease in his 

 manners, which invited confidence 



and secured esteem. To all around 

 he displayed the gayest serenity ; 

 and his presence enlivened the cir- 

 cle of his family by the lustre of 

 the softer virtues. If we are to as- 

 sure ourselves that happiness con- 

 sists, in useful and honourable pur- 

 suits, and that according to the 

 opinion of the Roman philosopher, 

 it springs from the exercise of a 

 right judgment, we may exclaim 

 with the same moralist, <' Ecce ani- 

 mus cBternitale dignus.'' 



At Walling Wells, near Worksop, 

 the seat of Sir T. WooUaston White, 

 hart, in consequence of a fall from 

 his horse in hunting, Thomas 

 Charles Gascoigne, only son of Sir 

 Thomas G. bart. 23. — In pursuing 

 the pleasure of the chase, with 

 lord Scarborough's hounds, he 

 was thrown from the spirited ani- 

 mal which he rode, in making a 

 leap over a small rivulet. His 

 head struck against the strong 

 branch of a tree, which threw him 

 backwards with such violence as to 

 rupture his spine. The immediate 

 consequence was a paralysis of his 

 lower parts ; and although thefir^t 

 medical aid was procured, the ac- 

 cident terminated fatallj'. The fol- 

 lowing pathetic inscription, from 

 the pen of his father, is to be placed 

 on the tomb of this much-lamented 

 young ger.tleman : — 



HERE IS DEPOSITED 



WH.\T REMAINS OP 



THOMAS CHARLES GASCOIGNE, 



Only Son of Sir Thos. Gascoigne, Bart. 



He met his Fate from a Fall in Hunting, 



And expired al Walling Well?, 



The Seal of Sir Thomas While, Bart. 



In Nollinghamshire, on Friday, the 20lh 



of October, 1809. 

 Snatched thus prematurely in the Twenty- 

 fourth year of his Age, from bis nii- 

 meroiis Friends ; his nearly hearl-broken 

 Father derives consolation, from the 

 soothing reflection of the general estima- 

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