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. “thus obtained a greater Tength and quantity 
of straw for the purposes of thatching, or lit- 
tering their cattle. When this practice is 
not adopted, it is nevertheless recommended 
to mow the wheat stubble, which produces 
a considerable addition of litter. By mowing 
the crop, it is found not so liable to shed the 
grain, and it is as easily collected together 
and bound. 
The Movwntain Muses of North Wales 
have been invoked on the subject of the late 
Jubilee; the prize is a silver cup of ten gui- 
neas value. The Rev. H. Parry, rector of 
Lian Asaph (distinguished for his knowledge 
jn the literature of his country) also offers a 
silver harp to the best singer in the Pennil- 
lion contest, at the meeting in which the 
prizes are to be awardedi 
NORTH BRITAIN. 
Died.] At Ormistoun, the Hon. Helen Mur- 
ray, widow of Sir John Stewart, of Grantelby, 
Bart. and filth daughter of the late Lord Eli- 
bank, 93. : 
At Edinburgh, Dr. Adam, rector of the 
high school in that city. He was born in 
4741, near Rafford, in the county of Moray,’ 
_ of respectable parents, farmers. He attended 
the grammoar-school there, and, by his own 
efforts, with little aid from the abilities of 
his teacher, attained a proficiency, in 1758, 
to fithim for attending the University of 
‘Edinburgh. To this he was encouraged by 
Mr. Watson, then minister of Canongate, 
and a relation of his mother. In 1761, he 
was elected, on a comparative trial, master 
of Watson’s Hospital. On the illness of Mr. 
Matheson, rector of the High School, he was 
applied to for assistance ; and, after teaching 
for some time, was, in June 1768, appointed 
rector, and ever since has personally dischar- 
ged the duties of the office. He was twice 
martied very respectably, but had the 
misfortune to survive all the children of 
his first marriage, the eldest of whom, Mr. 
James Adams, late of the Elphinstone bast 
Indiaman, died so recently as the 14th Des 
cember, at Heavitree, near Exeter, where 
he had gone for the recovery of his health, 
He is survived by a widow, a son, and two 
daughters. Dr. Adam was no common cha- 
sacter. Strongly impressed with the impor- 
tance of his public dutics, the amoition of 
falfilling them in the most superior manner 
became his ruling passion. The whole pow- 
ers of his mind were dedicated with unre- > 
mitting exerticn ta this favourite pursuit, 
and the lebours of a most laborious life devo- 
ted to its attainment. After the most ani- 
mated activity, during the hours of teaching, 
to render his pupils good scholars, and inspire 
them with the knowledge and admiration of 
Greek and Roman excellence, the remainder 
‘of his time was rigidly devoted to the pre- 
paration of works of great labour, which ape 
peared to him wanting for facilitating the at. 
minmeats of the youth, and exciting a relish 
| North Britain. 
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for the study of letters. And though ver~ 
suséeptible of pleasure from the society of 
friends, and though the fatigue of great exé 
ertions required from him, as from other meny 
Some interval of repose, the forme was ever 
s 
_eonsidered by him as an indulgence; which 
it became him to sacrifice; and the-latter as 
a want, which was to be abridged as much 
as nature would permit: inshort, he had ime. 
bibed the principles and fervour of the an- 
tients, whom he studied, and a Stoic as toalt’ 
personal indulgencé, he was an enthusiast a$ 
to importance of his undertakings, and a zealot 
for their accomplishment. In this way, by 
_the concentration and perseverance of his ef 
forts, he was able to produce works of firste 
rate utility and merit; and which, though 
neither distinguished by much originality of 
thought, nor refined by the nicer touches of 
discriminating taste, afford- a lesson and af 
example to mankind; of what may be achieved 
by resolution and well-directed industry. His: 
Latin Grammar, though, for a time, encoun- 
tered. by prejudice, is, beyond all quéstion; 
the work best adapted to those for whom it 
was destined: His antiquities comprehended, 
within moderate dimensions, state, in good 
arrangement, and with excellent judgmenty 
nearly every thing of value in the volumi- 
nous, tedious, and expensive Commentaries 
onthe Latin Classica, and afford every re- 
quisite aid for studying the text with intel- 
ligence and satisfaction. His Biography, 
Summary of History, and Geography, are 
Supe:iorly calculated to furnish that general 
knowledge of great characters, and great 
events, and of the scene of action on whicls 
man is plated, which is so apt to apply the 
torch of Prometheus te well-born minds; 
and the.progress he had made in the prepa- 
ration of a Latin Dictionary, which he had 
destined to form the ¢onsummation of his la-~ 
bours, and the depositery of the knowledge 
of Latin, which the indefatigable study of 
fifty years had conferred, suggests an addie © 
tional and abundant source of regret that the 
intelligent public must experience from the 
loss of this valuable may. To his pupilsy 
however, and his friends, and the batter cha-. 
racter belonged to ail the worthy among the 
former, that loss will be felt with much more 
interesting aspects. His kindness, his hu- 
marity, his candour, his impartial justices — 
his. warm appiause of virtue and merit, hig 
honest indignation at meanness and vice, and 
the deep and paramount interest he displayed | 
for their improvement, tendered him for lite 
dear to his schoiars. And those persons who’ 
knew more pafticularly his private worth, 
his zealous rectitude, the steadiness of his 
attachments, and liberality even approxie 
mating to munificence, on proper occasionsy 
though, by habit and principle, averse to alk 
wasteful expense, will cherish his memory, 
as intimately allied with their most pleasing 
witiuous, and approved of, recollections. 
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