1809.] 
vai analysis ; on nearer review it was found to 
owe ifs most imposing qualities to the design 
of a masterly pencil. This was precisely the 
case with Mr. Eccleston’s endeavours, to do 
honour to his native country. What might 
scem the effect of enthusiasm to an indolent 
observer, had never been suffered to engage 
his attention, until it had been siibmitted to 
the closest and most accurate investigation of 
his superior understanding. A narrative of 
his various undertakings does not come within 
the intention which produced this hasty and 
imperfect sketch. It is sufficient to our pur- 
pose to observe, that his neighbourhood bears 
ample testimony to his spirited and liberal 
exertions. He has rendered a country once 
uninyviting and barren, fertile and abundant. 
His own domain has risen like a rew creation 
under his hands, where, to use the expres. 
sion of the poet, ‘* Digna manet divini gloria 
ruris.”” A tract of land twenty years since, 
scarcely aflurding a communication during the 
winter, when society assumes its most attrac- 
tive delights, is now rendered accessible by as 
good roads as any the kingdom can boast; 
and the benefits which society has derived 
from these improvements are exhibited in the 
habits and manners of its peasantry. All 
these dispiay a character of the highest order, 
and a mind which could be interested in no- 
thing which is insignificant. If, in his 
public conduct he was thus to be admired, in 
the sphere of his private duties he was one of 
the most engaging men of the present day. 
He lad been continually in the world-—his 
eoservations and anecdotes were as various as 
incident could furnish. His important ser- 
vices to mankind had debarred him of the op- 
portunity of becoming familiar with the wri- 
ters of antiquity ; but he was well acquainted 
with most of the useful publications of his 
Qws country, and of her neighbour. He pos- 
sessed the utile dulci as perfectly as any of his 
eguals ; and had the constitution of his coun- 
try permitted it, his knowledge and talents 
would have given him weight in the public 
estimation, and pointed him out as possessing 
the qualifications necessary to form an active 
and useful senator. But he was not employed 
upon a no Jess animating scene—he was cestin- 
ed to clothe nature in her richest vest, and to 
extend the blessings of industry in every di- 
rection. In his person he had a dignity 
which claimed attention wherever he moyed. 
—There was at tlie same time a placid bene- 
vojence in his countenance, a freedom and 
ease in his manners, which invited confidence 
and secured esteem. To all around he dis- 
piayed the gayest serenity; and his presence 
enlivened the circle of his family by the lus- 
tre of the sofier virtues. If we aré te assure 
ourselves that happiness consists in useful and 
honourable pursuits, and that, according to 
the opinion of the Roman philosopher, it 
springs from the exercise of a right judgment, 
we may exclaim with the same moralist, 
OE pce animus gtern.tate dignus,” 
Cheshire—Derbyshire—Nottinghamshire. 539 
CHESHIRE. j 
Married. | At Shotwick, Mr. WwW. Gat- 
cliff, to Miss E. Spencer. 
At Bidston, Mr. John Wharton, of Claugh- 
ton, to Miss Esther Dawson, of Moreton. 
At Leigh, Mr. James Monk, of Astley, to 
Miss Hewitt, daughter of Peter H. esq. of 
Green-ball, Atherton. 
At Stockport, Mr. Tomlinson, to Miss 
Jeaps. 
At Bowden, D. J. Nicholls, esq. of Welsh 
pool, to Mary Anne, daughter of the Rev. 
R. Harrop, of Hale Lodge, near Altrinchain, 
At Eastham, Mr. T. Amery, of Caughall, 
to Miss Daulby, of Pool-hall. 
Died.] At Chester, Mis Lyons, wife of 
the Rev. James L. and daughter of the late 
Rey. J. Beatson, Baptist minister at Hull, 
32.—-Mr. Francis Parry, 18. His death was 
occasioned by the explosion of fire works on 
the night of the 25th of October. 
At Knutford, Mary, daughter of Hugh 
Arnor, esq. of Balcormo, Fifeshire. 
At Blagden, Mr. J. Higginson, sen. 91. _ 
DEREYSHIRE. 
Married] At Bolsover, Mr. Valentines 
Surgeon, to Miss Armstrong. 
At Morley, Mr. W. Bailey, of Smalley, 
to Miss Barber of the same place. 
At Ashborne, Mr. R. Hardy, of Manchese 
ter, to Miss Ford.—-Mr. W. Ward, only san 
of Samuel W. esq. of Blake-house, to- Miss 
Brown. ‘ 
Died.| At Derby, Caroline, daughter of. 
the Rev. C.S. Hope, 11.—Mrs. Riley, of 
the Royal Oak Inn, 46. 
At Smitterton-hall, Mr. Matthew Stone, 
At Findern, Mr. Abraham Wollatt, 77. 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
Married} At Flintham, near Newark, 
Mr. Whyman, to Miss Bettison. 
At Hucknall Torkard, Mr. R. Gunn, of 
Nottingham, to Miss Mackley, of Short- 
wood. 
At Plumtree, Mr. Sargent, of Ruddington, 
to Miss Alcock, of Clipston. 
At Nottingham, Mr. Jacob Udall, of 
Derby, to Miss Tracey Hughes. 
At Beeston, Mr. W. Wass, eldest son of 
John W. of Islington, near London, to Miss 
Killingley. ; 
At Collingham, Mr. Bentley, surgeon, to 
Mrs. R. Milnes. 
At Mansfield, Capt. 
Sins, 
At Woodford, Henry Sharp, esq. to Miss 
Serah Miller, of Fairfield, néar Manchester. 
Died.) At Walling Wells, near Worksop, 
the seat of Sir T. Wollaston White, @art. in 
consequence of a fall from his horse in hunt- 
ing, Thomas Charles Gascoigne, only son 
of Sir Thomas G. Bart. 23.—In pursuing 
the pleasure of the chace, with Lard Scare 
borough’s ‘hounds, he was thrown from the 
spirited animal which he rode, in making a 
leap over a small rivulet. His head struck 
 againss 
Wilson, to Miss 
