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died, she said to a poor, kind neighbour, 
€¢ Do not leave me, Martha!” the poor wo- 
man knelt. beside her, (the bed was on the 
floor,) and supperted the dying mother in 
her arms. After having in this situation 
been a short time engaged in prayer, she 
fooked for her oldest daughter, who was 
kneeling at the foot of the bed, and fixing 
her eyes upon her, serenely breathed her last! 
Her dying words were, ** I tequeath my 
children to Goa, and resign myself into his 
hands !?—-She thus commended her ctphans 
to the protection of him whois the Father of 
the fatherless; and, trusting to his merciful 
acceptance, gave back her spirit into the 
hands of the widow’s God. This is a sorrow- 
ful tale, but there are some circumstances on 
which the feelings may dwell with pleasure. 
The acquirements of her youth she retained 
to the day of herdeath. In her accumulated 
distresses they ministered to her support, and 
mitigated the sufferings which they could 
not remove. She was thus enabled tobe the 
znstructress of her children.—In the several 
towns which the company visited, she.taught 
drawing, and the use of the piano-forte, and 
mace raffles of pictures and tancy-work, for 
the support of her family. Her quickness in 
plain- work contributed to the same end. And 
when her work failed, or was finished, she 
spent her hours in reading. She more than 
ence attempted to establish a school; but the 
world’s prejudice marred her success :-——** She 
bad been, or was, a player!” and it is no 
wonder this laudable purpose failed. ' Unfor- 
tunate woman! one single act of imprudence 
altered entirely the complexion of her life. 
What a contrast do the two portions of it pre- 
sent! though in the first fifteen years she felt 
the irreparable loss of a mother, and though 
her father’s death ultimately deprived her of an 
adviser and of a home, her childhood and youth 
were spent happily and usefully, in the acquisi- 
tion of knowledge,and in the society of valuable 
friends» The last fifteen years present ame- 
lancholy and different picture; but, in cir- 
cumstances and in society by nomeans favour- 
able to virtue, her character remained with- 
out blemish. and without reproach. And 
surely it is highly gratifying to find, that the 
religious impressions of her infancy and 
youth, so far from being effaced by susequent 
years spent in a dangerous profession, and 
marked with a variety of suffering, were re- 
cognized during her illness, and in her last 
moments; that they did not forsake her 
amidst the most squalid wretchedness, or 
during the most acute sufferings ; but enabled 
her, in circumstances of extreme distress, to 
dic in peace with humble resignation and 
hove.—Five destitute orphans survive ber; 
two daughters of the ages of twelve and ten, 
and three boys of the ages of thirceen, four, 
and two years; the sixth child died five years 
azo. It & particularly desirable to prevent 
the girls from being sent to the workhouse of 
their parish, to. ve them from the dangers 
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incident to thelr sex, to their youth, and to 
their unprotected situation. To effect this 
purpose, and to fit them out for service, the 
contributions of the charitable are solicited. 
Sheuld any thing remain when this js attained, 
it will be expended as may seem best, for the 
advantage of the boys. 
Donations will be received by Dr. Thomp- 
son, King Cross-lane; Mr. Christopher 
Rawson, at the New Bank, Halifax; and 
by Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. Lothbury, 
London. 
LANCASHIRE. 
Married.| At Liverpool, Mr. Richard 
Blundell, merchant, to Miss Harriett Green- 
ham —Mr. George Stockton, printer, to Miss 
Cocket.-James Vose, M.D. to Eliza Sarah, 
daughter of Andrew White, esq, of Jamaica. 
Mr. James Edmondson, of Lancaster, to 
Miss Redmayne, daughter of the Rev. Mr. 
R. of Horwich. 
At Rochdale, Mr. Ralph Brierley, of Wallc 
Mill, in Saddleworth, to Miss Sarah Little- 
wood, of Thornset. 
At Manchester, Mr. John Kenyon, o 
Edenfieidy near Bury, te Mrs. Jackson.—Mr. 
W. Brown, to Miss E. Townley. 
At Warrington, John Letton, esq. to Miss 
Stubbs. 
At Sephton, the Rev. James Smedley, of 
Hope, Flintshire, to Susan, youngest daugh- 
ter of the late Hugh Jones, esq. of Great 
Crosby, 
At Prestwich, near Manchester, Captain 
G. D’ Aguilar, of the 81st regiment, to Eliza, 
youngest daughter of the lace Peter Drink- 
water, esq. of Irwell House. . - 
Died.| At Ulverston, Miss Towers.—Ed- 
ward King, esq. youngest’son of the late Dr. 
K..of Liverpeol, 47. 
At Grassyard-hall, near Lancaster, the seat 
of her brother-in-law, T. Edmondson, esq 
—Miss Eliz. Brown. 
At Bury, Mr. Joseph Harrison, 40.—Mrs, 
Grundy, 64.—Mr. R. Haworth, stationer. 
At Cobb Wall, near Biackburn, Mr. John 
Helm, who had for upwards of 80 years been 
in the service of Henry Sudell, esq. of Wood- 
fold, and his predecessors, 95. h 
At Ince Hall, near Wigan, Mr. George 
Caldwell, 77. 
At Newton, Miss Sykes 
At Rochdale, Mr. Ralph Taylor, 70. 
At Liverpool, Mrs. Mary Cargey, 103.—= 
Mr, James Parker, 47..-Mr. John Roberts, 
A5.—Mrs. Diana Walters, 80.—-Mr. W. 
Briggs, formerly commander of a vessel in 
the African trade from this pert, 70.—Mr. ¥. 
Wiiliams, 32. aha. 
At Preston, Lady Mary Frances Hesketh, 
cousin to the Duke of Norfolk, and Abbess of 
the Benedictine Nuns, late of Ghent, in Flan- 
ders, in the 81st year of herage, and 54th of 
her religious profession. She was one of those 
who came to this covntry at the commence- , 
ment of the French revolution. 
At Hare Holme, Mrs. Walker, wife ef 
Mr 
