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Tn his_77th years Mr. C. Wilfon, of Raw- 
tnarfh, near Rotherham. 
In London, Mrs. Rhodes, wife of A. 
Rhodes, efq. of Acacia Cott, near Leeds. 
At Hambleton, near Selby, Mifs Richard- 
fon, a young lady univerfally lamented.“ 
At Bilham, at an advanced age, Mr. Porter, 
late of Pigburn, near Doncafter. 
At Wifton, aged 64, Mrs. A rejict 
of J. Acklom, efq. / 
At Settrington, Mrs. Gilbert, wife of the 
Rev. R. Gilbert. 
Aged 21, Mr. T. Stickney, of Summer- 
gangs, near Hull. 
‘At Briftol, after a fhort /indj{pofition, for 
which the waters of that place had been tried 
without effedi, aged 60, Sir Chriftopher 
Sledmire, near Malton, bart, 
L.L.D, and jiftice of peace for the EaftRiding, 
His death is generally and juftly lamented, 
as he was an indulgent hufband, a tender fa- 
ther, a fincere friend, an impartial magif- 
trate, a good man, a liberal benefaétor to 
the poor, and, on the whole, a bright orna- 
ment to fociety. Few men have, perhaps, 
exifted, whofe tafte has more ftrongly im- 
proved his country’s beauties, or whofe me- 
roory will live longer in the works they have 
left behind them. What, in fome parts of 
England, have been called ‘* ornaments and 
decorations,”’ fink to nothing, when the large 
fcale of his improvements are confidered, 
which extended themfelves, in various direc. 
tions, overa furface of near 100 miles. The 
exa& order, too, in which they were pre- 
ferved, is not lefs remarkable than their 
formation. Of his own labours he was un- 
fparing. He generally rofe at an earlier hour 
than the labourers of the country, and had 
frequently rode 20 miles before thofe, who 
think therfelves a€tive, have rifen from their 
beds. Every plan of amending the ftate of 
the country, whether by drainage or inclo- 
fure, by building or navigation, found in him: 
an ative friend and zealous fupporter, In 
fine, he was, in every fenfe of the word— 
an enlightened country gentleman.—EBy fome, 
perhaps, i it may have been thought that he was 
too attentive to the accumulation of riches. 
But to no paltry purpofe were they. applied, 
nor confined within his own coffers. The 
Jarge demands for money, which his eftablith- 
ments, his numerous buildings, his various 
plantations, and a never-ceafing feries of new 
works, continued to make, required, indeed, 
no {mall forefight to provide that, which fo 
much beneficence freely paid away. He who 
converts a barren land into a ftate of decorated 
agriculture, and who changes the whole face 
aul figure of a country, cannot do it at little. 
coft. In fhort, Sir C. Sykes has left behind 
him, in his works,- a memorial that will 
grow with time itfelf. Whoever paffes over 
the Wolds of Yorkfhire, where this gentle- 
man had property, and recalling to his mind 
. what they formerly were, now fees what 
they are, will have caufe to remember the 
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name of Sykes, who has truly realized the 
antient in{cription—‘* Si gue@ras monumentunty 
circumfpiee”—<* If you afk for his monument, 
look around you.” May the example operate 
upon others, and while the numbers of thofe 
who live 10 do mifchief; and of thofe who lve 
to do nothing, are “confidered, HE who lived to 
do a GREAT PUBLIC GOOD, may well be 
fele€&ted for gratefulremembrance. Sir Chrif- 
topher is fucceeded in the title by his eldeft 
ee Mark Sykes, efq, of Setterington, high- 
eriff for this county, in 1795. 
Mrs. Bithop, of Salter-lane, near - Sheffield. 
Suddenly, Mr. Jj. Knowles, ° merchant, of 
Gomerfall, near Leeds. He had been at 
Leeds- masict on the preceding day, apparent- 
ly, in perfeét health. 
LANCASHIR 
The eftablifament of union corn-mills, at 
Mancheftery will be ready for work about 
the beginning of the enfuing month. The 
avowed purpofe of this undertaking is to 
ferve the fubfcribers, and the public at large, 
by reftoring the corn-market, and enabling 
individuals of all defcriptions qs well as bakers 
and retailers of flour, to have their corn 
ground as may be moft fuitable for their own 
ufe, and likewife to preferve it pure and un-. 
adulterated. The fituation of thefe mills on 
‘the bank of the Rochdale Canal, will greatly 
facilitate the conveyance of grain from Liver- 
pool and from the Duke of Bridgewater’s, 
Staffordfhire, Yorkfhire, Derbyfhire, Peak 
Foreft, Huddersfield, &c. canals; there is 
little doubt but the farmers will have a quick 
and regular fale for their corn, at fair and 
more fettled prices than by depending onthe 
corn-dealers for the difpofal of their ftocks. 
Private families may fend fingle loads, ex-\ 
empted from the charge of carriage, and half-~ 
loads will be received from the middle and “ 
lower clafies of people. The price of grind- 
ing, is fixed at 1s. 6d. per load, exclufive of 
carriage. 
Of the. various extraordinary’ produdtions 
which have marked the prefent year, as won- 
derfully abounding in inftances of prolific 
vegetation, the following, which is afiuredly 
a faét, and, as fuch, is vouched for by the 
Editee of the Manchefer Chronicle, muft 
certainly be efteemed as one of the moft fin- 
gular. Inthe ground of Mr. J. Royle, pub- 
lican, at Withington, in the neighbourhood 
of Manchefter, there is,.(or lately was) a 
fingle potatoe,which meatures, in the circum= 
ference of fpace it takes up, twenty feet | 
There is at prefent living in the town- 
fhip of Over Darwin, near Blackburn, a 
winder of twift, named Mr. James Morice, 
who, on the gth of July latt had attained 
the age of 102 years 3 the twift which he 
winds he ufually carries home, from whence 
he can walk to-Prefton, (a diftance of 4 
miles) and back again any day. 
Anew theatre is to be erected by fublerip= 
tion, at Prefton, ina ftile of capacious ele=- 
gance, corres (ponies with the other improve 
ments 
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[Nov. 3s 
