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1801.) 
own what he found reafon to approve. . His 
compofitions did not difcover brilliancy of 
Imagination, nor much elegance of expref- 
fion; but they were aneraecnined by perfpi- 
cuity and correctnefs, and difplayed habits 
of jutt reafoning and clofe inveftiyation, and, 
not unfrequently, great originality of 
thouzht. At the beginning of April his 
complaints had afflumed fo ferious an afpect, 
that his friends thought it advifeable for hira 
Immediately to return home. He did not 
teave the univerlity without the regret of all 
who.were acquainted with him. ‘Thefe all 
refpected him; butathorough knowledg- of 
his worth required intimacy, and this, 
owing to his natural referve, and latterly, 
the attention he paid to his fpeaking, was 
eonfined to his fellow-ftudents from North- 
ampton. A friend accompanied” him to 
Leith, whence, after a: confiderable delay, 
Rofs took fhipping for Hull. After a te- 
dious and uncomfortable voyage he arrived 
there, May 2, im a condition which. left 
every thing to fear, fcarcely any thing to 
hope. One of his. old fellow: ftudents re- 
¢eived him at Hull; and he remained there 
two or three days till his father came to con- 
duct him home. The mecting with his fa- 
mily could not but be extremely affecting. 
A beloved fon and brother, languid, pale, 
emaciated, in the la% ftage of a fatal diforder, 
returned, after a long abfence, to die in the 
bofom or his family. Minds of fenfibility 
will require no more; but the fellowing par- 
ticulars muft be interefting. ‘* He embraced 
us all,” fays his brother, ** withan affection - 
and tendernefs which were inexpreffibly 
ftriking. His mother was, at the firft fight 
of him, fo affected as to render her fpeech- 
lefs. He faluted her, and, grafping her hand, 
and leoking earneftly in her face, faid, * Whv, 
mother, you do not fpeak tome! Donot be 
alarmed.—I am got home—fI fhall foon be 
better, you will fee.’-—She burft into tears.” 
His friend Dr. Warwick pronounced the dif- 
order to bea pulmonary confumption. He 
gradually grew worfe; and, on the evening 
of May 24, he devarted without a figh ora 
groan. His pious refignaticn during the 
whole of his afflictive illnefs was in the 
higheft degree exemplary. Not a difcon- 
tented expreflion efcaped him; but the be- 
nevolence of the Deity was the -fubject on 
which he delighted to dwell. When afked 
if he would not rathef live than die, he an- 
fwered, ‘If it pleafed the Almighty I 
fhould wifh to live to be made ufeful to man- 
kind; but I feel perfectly refigned.” The fame 
with had animated him in his preparatory 
ftudies. A firm believer in what he confi- 
dered the leading truths of Chriftianity, the 
hope of extending the practical conviction of 
them was a feeling which he indulged with 
earneftnefs.—To be the inftrument of en- 
‘creafing the virtue and happinefs of his fel- 
low cftatures—what an animating thought! 
Wilien he {poke of it, it was with a glow of 
Lancafhire. a 70 
feeling, of which'thofe who.were but Tightly . 
acquainted with him would not fuppofe | 
him fufceptible;, his looks, his language, 
ftrongly expreffed the ardent benevolence of , 
his foul. Dr. Warwick once enquired of 
him the ftaté of his mind. . He replied, ¢¢ Us 
blefs God, I have the teftimony of a good | 
confcience.”” At another time he faid,, §° 7 
do not feel that extatic joy which fone do, 
but I have confidence in God.’ And, moft 
affuredly, if warm, but rational and unaf-_ 
fuming, habitual devotion—if fterling be- 
nevolence of the firt order—if unfpotted 
inteztity—if the moft:amiable humility. 
and the mot exemplary, temperance and for- 
titude, can give a right to look back without. 
regret, and forward with well-grounded hope, | 
the friend whofe lofs we mourn poifefled that 
right.— ‘There is here noexaggeration, ‘The 
writer has long been acquainted with his 
worth; and, enjoying his intimacy, has ftu~ 
died his character, with admiration indeed, 
but not with, blind’ partiality. -Rofs had 
fixed high his eftimate of excellence. No- 
thing lower than this would fatisfy him. 
He had not attained it; but his inferiority 
was not obfervable in his conduct, He could 
not always reprefs his thoughts; he fome- 
times had feelings which rigid benevolence 
dif pproved; but lere his déviation from the 
ftricteft integrity ceafei, and this would have 
been unknown had not his candour imparted 
and lamented it in the ear of friendthip. 
_ His fituation had not allowed him to bring 
into action all the virtues which are requi- 
fite for the perfect character; he had yet, 
many trials to undergo 3 and of this he was 
perfectly fenfible: but his correct principles 
of excellence—his ardent defire to act con- 
fiftently with them—his firmnefs and per- 
feverance—promifed the faireft fuccefs.—An 
All-wife Providence, however, faw fit to 
call hiny hence. ‘¢*I am going home—I am 
going to Heaven,” were the laft words he 
addreffed to his mother. 
Reader, duft thou with to poffefs the ae 
eminence in moral eftimation with this ex- 
cellent youth ? (and, if the picture give thee 
any idea of the original, thy heart muft be 
depraved if thou doft not qui/h it;) follow 
his example: take nothing fhort, of perfec~ 
tion for thy object, confult the dictates of 
religion as thy guide, let its fanctions co- 
operate as motives to conftancy in thy exer- 
tions ; remember, that no well-directed ef. 
forts will be lof, and be not difcouraged if 
they do not always appear fuccefsful.—Live 
like him, and thou mayeft then hope to die 
like him. 
i LANCASHIRE, 
The modcl of a new invented machine for 
‘printing calicoes, linens, ftufis, dc. was lately 
fthewn at Manchefter. It confifts: of two 
parts; by the firft any number of, colours, 
not more than feven, may be printed at the 
fame time ; the other is an application to the 
cylinder,” and will print three cclours at once. 
EAs By 
