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on chemiftry, with a reference to arts 
and manufactures; on the origin, hif- 
tory, and progrefs of arts, manufaétures, 
and commerce ; on the commercial laws 
and regulations of different countries ; 
and on the nature of commutative juf- 
tice, of oaths, contraéts,and other branches 
of commercial ethics. ‘This admirable 
undertaking, which was highly applauded 
by men of the firft literary eminence in 
England and other countries, and fo ap- 
proved by Dr. Franklin, that he is faid 
to have left a confiderable fum of money 
for the eftablifhment of a fimilar inftitu-- 
tion in America, met with unexpected 
and very gioundlefs oppofition in Man- 
chefter ; and for want of fufficient encou- 
kagement was foon’ abandoned. The ef- 
fort, however, though not crowned with 
fuccefs, refleéts honour on the memory of 
Mr. Bayley. 
The abolition of the flave-trade, about 
furteen years fince, became the fubjeét 
of very interefting parliamentary difcef- 
fion. Manchefter had the honour of pre- 
sedence over every other provincial town 
in the kingdom, in efpoufing this impor- 
tant caufe of juftice and humanity. Pub- 
lic confultations were held, to promote 
the fuccefs of it; and no one engaged in 
the tranfaétion with more heart-felt con- 
¢ern than Mr. Bayley. A petition to 
the Houfe of Commons was determined 
upon, by a numerous and moft refpec- 
table meeting ; and wherit was framed 
and ready for fignature, he wes the firlt 
perion who affixed his name to it.. On 
taking tne pen, he lifted up his hands to 
Heaven, and, with an elevated voice, ex- 
elaimed, “ May God grant his. bleffing 
on this virtuous effort in favour of op- 
prefled humanity!” A profound filence 
enfued; one fympathetic emotion feemed 
to pervade the whole aflembly, and every 
heart was in uni‘on with the devout afpi- 
ration. ~ 
The delightful, and, it may be added, 
truly patriotic ‘purfuits of agriculture 
(fince on their extenfion the natiofalpro- 
dperity is far more dependent than on fo- 
feign commerce) uniiormly engaged the 
few leifure hours, which Mr. Bayley en- 
joyed; and by the exerciie in’ the open 
air, to which he was induced by attention 
to the improvements in his _ pleafure- 
grounds and farm at Hoye, aided by ha- 
bitual temperance, a conttitution, natu- 
rally weak and infirm, was rendered tule- 
tably vigorous and robuft. In draining, 
planting, manuring, and the cultore of 
new graffes, he had acquired no finail 
degree of {kill and juigment; and the 
Memoirs of the lateT. B. Bayley, Efq. 
_tenant-Colonel-Commandant. 
‘the renewal of his exertions. 
[Aug. 1, 
Manchefer Agricultural Society, of whieh 
he was a founder, and conftant fupporter, 
adjudged to him many honourable pre- 
miums. 
At the clofe of the American war, be- 
fore peace was finally concluded with 
France, Government encouraged the raif- 
ing of volunteer corps in different parts 
of England. A very refpeétable one was 
embodied at Manchefter, and Mr. Bay- 
ley was appointed, by his Majefty, Lieu- 
The fame 
honour was again conferred upon him, 
on the like occafion, in 1798, a period 
when the country was univerfally alarmed 
with the apprehenfions of invafion. 
In a diftri€t fo immenfely populous as 
the Hundred of Salford, in which very 
confiderable viciffitudes are at times ex- 
perienced in the ftate of the manufaétures, 
affeting the prices of labour, and the 
means of fubfiftence, violent tumults may, 
under particular circumftances, be ex- 
pected to arife. The military force has 
never been employed in repreffing thefe 
diforders, but as an auxiliary to the civil 
power; and Mr. Bayley, by temperate 
firmne{s, and authority mixed with conci- 
liation, was always able, in conjunétion 
with fome of his brethren of the bench of 
juftices, to difperfe the mobs, without the 
effulion of blood. On fuch alarming 
emergencies, his own life has been, more 
than once, in the moft imminent danger. 
Yet he fhrunk not from the expofure of 
it again, when public duty called him te 
And he 
has been known to ride into the midft of 
nn enraged multitude, armed with ftones 
and bludgeons; and, when exhortations 
and threats availed not, has affifted per- 
fonally in the feizure of their ringleaders ; 
evincing, that the energy of a generous 
mind rifes according to tke greatnefs of 
the exifiing occafion; and that courage 
and intrepidity will always be adequate te 
the magnitude of the evil which 1s to be 
overcome. 
Mr. Bayley married Mary, the only 
child of Mr. Vincent Leggatt, of Lon- 
don; alady, whofe chearfulnefs, good 
fenfe, and maternal virtues, have endear- 
ed hér to a numerous family ; and whofe 
hofpitality, beneficence, and humanity, 
have rendered her a bleffing to an exten- 
five neighbourhood. In the relation of 
hufband, father, and friend, Mr. Bayley’s 
merits were not lefs diftinguifhed, than 
in the offices of public life which he fuf- 
tained. The warmth of his affeétions, 
and the urbanity of his manners, peculi- 
arly qualified him fer demefiic and focial 
endear- 
