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swat, designs, and the uncertainty of human life, he was im- 

 patient to get as much done as pos.-ible within the al- 

 lotted limit-. Ami in this disposition consisted that 

 enthusiasm, by which the public supposed him actua- 

 ted ; for, otherwise, his cool and steady temper gave 

 no idea of tiie character usu.illy distinguished by that 

 appellation. He followed his plans, indeed, with won- 

 derful vigour and constancy, but by no means with that 

 heat and eagerness, that inflamed and exalted imagina- 

 tion, which denote the enthusiast." Neither was he 

 moved, as some supposed, by mere sternness of princi- 

 ple, or rigidity of habit, or insensibility of feeling. " I 

 have equally," says the last quoted author, " seen 

 the tear of sensibility start into his eyes on recalling 

 some of the distressful scenes, to which he had been 

 witness, and the spirit of indignation flash from them, 

 on relating instances of baseness and oppression. Still 

 however his constancy of mind, and self-collection ne- 

 ver deserted him : He was never agitated, never off 

 his guard." His coolness and intrepidity proceeded 

 both from nature and principle ; and, when marching 

 in the path of duty, he was fearless of consequences. 

 This resolute temper neither originated in any idea of 

 hi* being moved by an irresistible impulse, or * per- 

 stMsioci of hi* being *curcd from the natural conse- 

 quence* of the dangers which be encountered ; but from 

 a steady tense of religion* obligation and pious 

 dence, which rendered him superior to mere worldly 

 considerations. His own testimony sufficient!. 

 fttmM the sentiment* by which he was actuated, 

 medical acquaintance," he says in a letter during 

 bis last journey, " give me but little hope of escaping 

 the plague in Turkey. I do not look back, but would 

 readily endure any hardship*, and encounter any dan- 

 gen, to be an honour to my Christian profession." So 

 heroic a philanthropist, (though not devoid of some 

 singularities and foibles, which have sometimes drawn 

 the sneer of contempt from trivial and selfish minds, 

 unworthy and incapable to pronounce upon a charac- 

 ter so far above their sphere of judgment,) could not 

 foil to attract the admiration of every friend of huma- 

 The sublimest strain* of poetry and eloquence 

 have been frequently devoted to the celebration of hi* 

 exertions ; and his name i* become indissolubly asso- 

 ciated with every idea of pure and elevated benevo- 

 lence. The following tribute to bis fame, which bunt, 

 in all the enthusiasm of genius, from the lip* of Mr 

 Burke, though probably familiar to the reader, can 

 bear to be repenised, and may suitably close our feeble 

 sketch of this extraordinary character. " I ^nrt 

 name this gentleman without remarking, that his la- 

 bours and writing* have done much to open the eye* 

 and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, 

 not to survey the sumptuousne** of palace*, or the 

 *** of temple* ; not to make accurate measure- 

 ments of the remain* of ancient grandeur, nor to form 

 a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; nor to collect 

 medals, or collate manuscripts ;_but to dive into the 

 depth* of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of 

 hospitals ; to survey the mansions of *orrow and pain ; 

 to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depres- 

 sion, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to at- 

 tend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, to compare 

 and collate the dutressses of all men in all countries. 

 1 1.* plan is original : it is as full of genius as it is of 

 humanity. 1 1 was a voyage of discovery ; a cinumna- 



on of charity." See various lives and anecdotes of 

 Honard; and particularly Dr Aikin's View of his Life 

 and Character, (q) 



HOU'DE.V, or HOVEDEN, a town of England, in the 

 east riding of Yorkshire, is situated upon an inlet of the 

 Ouse, named Howden Dike, which may be considered 

 as the harbour of the town. Howden consists princi- 

 pally of two considerable streets, extending in the di- 

 rection of north-east and south- west, intersected by three 

 or four le>si r ones. The town has of late years under- 

 gone very considerable improvements ; and, though the 

 houses are ancient, yet they are neatly built and com- 

 modious. The principal public buildings are the 

 moot-hall, a large edifice in the market, where the 

 courts, &c. are held ; a work-house, built by subscrip- 

 lion in 1791, which contains from 20 to 30 paupers, 

 who are maintained at an annual expence of , 300 ; 

 and the old Gothic church. This church is a large 

 building in the form of a cross, and, excepting the chan- 

 cel, which is of more recent date, it appears to have 

 been built during the fir-t pi-rind of the pointed arch 

 style. The tower, which i-, quadrangular and well pro- 

 portioned, is 135 feet high, and is said to have been 

 built in 1390 by Walter Skirl.iw, BUhop of Durham, as 

 a place of refuge from the inundations of tin- Ouse and 

 the Derwent, which were formerly very frequent. The 

 chapter-house, which is now unfortunately in ruins, is 

 reckoned a most beautiful specimen of the pointed style. 

 The chaucel, particularly tie east end of it, is greatly 

 admired. A peal of eight bells was cast for thi- church 

 in 1775. The ruin* of the palace of the bisht>; 

 Durham are situated almost close to the church-yard, 

 and are now converted into a farm-house. One of the 

 greatest horse fairs in the kingdom, is held here on the 

 25th of September, and continues till the 3d of Octo- 

 ber. Besides the church and its two chapels of ease, 

 there ii an Independent and Metluxli-t meeting- house. 

 The celebrated historian Roger de II ...!, n, who was 

 monk of the abbey, and chaplain to I K ury II. was bora 

 here. 



The township of Howden contained in 1 S 1 1 . 



Inhabited homes 314 



Families 4OJ 



Do. employed in trade and manufacturer* 230 

 Total population 1812 



See Savage's Huterv of IIo*de Church; Hut chin- 

 son's Durham ; and the & outlet o/ England and Waltt, 

 vol xvi p. 5(5. 



1 1 XERS. See ORDNANCE. 



H<)Y. See ORKNEY ISLE*. 



Ill AMI !M >.<> iv ISLANDS. 



Ill DDEIISFIELD, or HuTHKuriBLD, a town of 

 England in the west riding of York-hire, is situated on 

 the river Colne.and on the Huddersncldcanal. This town 

 is chiefly celebrated for its woollen manufactures, which 

 consist of narrow and broad cloths, serges, kerseymere*, 

 frire, &c. The buyers and sellers of these goods for- 

 merly met in an open square ; but in the year 1 765, 

 .hn Rarosden, who pos scuts all the land which 

 the town covers, and also a great many of the houses, 

 built a commodious cloth-hall. It is a circular build- 

 ing of two stories, and is divided by a diametrical 

 range into two semicircular courts, into which all the 

 windows open. It is subdivided into ranges like street* ; 

 and the cloths are laid close together upon their edge 

 on benches or stall*. Over the entrance, i* a bell pU- 



Howden 



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Haiders- 

 field. 



9M sis* Dsrwia'i 



Carat* ; Cowpcr's /Vm Cktrity t Hijltj ' Odt to Ihwar* ; and Foster's sy m D*C(M ./ 



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