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wintering at Soroke, in the Gulf of Kandalax, but the vessel 

 having been disabled in a storm, in want of provisions, and the 

 crew in a state of insubordination, they were compelled to leave 

 her, and to return in an English vessel they fortunately fell in 

 with in the White Sea. A second storm obliged them to run 

 into a harbour near the island of Hitteroen, on the coast of 

 Norway. Here our travellers separated, Mr. Oxenden return- 

 ing home, and Mr. Knight proceeding to St. Petersburg, by the 

 way of Drontheim and Stockholm. 



" Upon his return to his native country, Mr. Knight sedu- 

 lously devoted himself to those duties which have raised so high 

 the character of the English country gentleman. As an impar- 

 tial and enlightened magistrate ; as a zealous and liberal patron 

 of public improvements ; as the friend and protector of the 

 poor ; as one who from his talents was destined to take a lead 

 in that station in which his large property would have placed 

 him ; his country, and the county of Hereford in particular, 

 will long lament him. A refined and highly principled mind, 

 and a natural modesty of character, had already gained him the 

 esteem of a large circle of acquaintance ; while his amiable dis- 

 position, and his attachment to his relations, which indeed was 

 one of the most striking features of his character, had secured 

 to him in an eminent degree the affections of his own family 

 and of his friends. 



" His remains were interred at Wormsley, in the county of 

 Hereford, near those of his uncle ; and though, in compliance 

 with the wishes of his family, his funeral was strictly private, 

 the regrets of a whole county and the tears of the poor followed 

 him to his early grave. 



" Mr. Andrew Knight was born on the 23d of June, 1796, 

 and was therefore in his 32d year." 



A belief in the unerring wisdom by which the affairs of this 

 world are guided and directed, was so firmly impressed in Mr. 

 Knight's mind, that no murmur escaped him, at the mysterious 

 dispensation that had blasted all his fondest hopes. He soon 



