1807.] Norih 
Society-at Edinburgh. He poffefled ftrong 
natural abilities, with great depth of know- 
ledge; and his ideas were diftinguithed by an 
origivality which ¢rikingly animated his ¢on- 
verfation. In early life he indulged a taite 
for compofition; and, about twenty-five years 
ago, publithed a fmal! volume, entitled, The 
Works of the Caledonian Bards, being a 
tranflation from the Gaelic, in profe and 
verfe. ‘This eftufion pofleffed all the energy 
and dignity of the admired originals, and ex- 
alted in no fmall degree the credit of the 
author. Mr. Clark was. appointed by the 
Board of Agriculture, on its firft infiitution, 
to furvey the diftritt comprehending Here- 
fordihire, Radnorfhirc, and Breconfhire; and 
under its autpices, he publifhed the Reports 
for thofe counties; a labour in which he dif- 
played both zeal and ingenuity, by collecting 
tezether a body of ufeful information. He 
has fince publifhed An Inquiry into the: Na- 
ture and Walue or Leafehold Property : con- 
Mining a variety of calculations eminently 
ufeful both to land-holders and agents, and 
rendered familiar to every capacity. That 
divifioa of the Principality wherein he has 
been actively employed for upwards of twenty 
years, is much indebted to him for many 
fteps in the progrefs to its prefent ftate of ‘im- 
provement: he planned, and fuperintended 
the formation of fome excellent roads, thro’ 
parts which were before almoft inacceffiole to 
travellers; and, by his exertions, the value 
of church, as well as landed property, has 
there been increafed in a high degree. The 
goodnefs of his heart, the benevolence of his 
character, and the fincerity or his friendthip, 
rivetted the attachment of all his acquaint- 
ance, and will fecure tu his memory their 
refpe&t and veneration; whilit the e:ninence 
of his proteffional talents, and the irreproach- 
able integrity which marked his whole con- 
duct, will render the lofs of his fervices’ a’ 
fubject ef regret to the community at large, 
At Langynoyd, in Glamorganfhire, Mliza- 
beth ‘Thomas, aged 102, a poor woman who 
had feen four generations, or her great 
great grand-children, and lived in the reign 
of four fovereigns in this kingdom. She 
~ could fee, work, and walk a confiderable 
diftance, till within a fhort time of her 
death. 
NORTH BRITAIN. 
The Edinburgh Houle of Induftry was 
opened in January 1801, for the reception 
of fuch poor and dettitute women as were 
willing to work, but unable to procure em- 
ployment. ‘lhe female children of the poor 
were alfo to be admitted, and taught lace 
working, as the mot profitable branch in 
which they could be employed. Both thefe 
obje&s have been carried into efteét with 
great fuccefs. From the period above-men- 
tioned, every woman entitled to the charity 
of the city or fuburbs, in want of work, and 
in diftrefled circumftances, has, upon proper 
application, been admitted to the houfe; a 
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wheel and lint’ immediately provided, and’. 
the wiiole of their earnings regularly paid 
them; they have a warm comfortable room 
to work in; their dinners gratis; and fuch 
as have children, fixpence weekly in addition 5 
they come in the morning, and go home at 
night; the children are inftructed, by am 
able and refpectable miftrefs, to work lace; 
and have an Eyelifh teacher for one hour 
daily ; they alfo receive what they earn. 
The benefit of fuch an inftitution is too ob- 
vious to require further comment; but, it 
may be neceflary to ftate that from fifty te 
fixty poor deftitute women and children are 
conftantly employed and protected in the 
heufe ; amongit thefe are two girls, perfectly 
deaf and dumb. As this is entirely a fes 
male inftitution, it has long been the wifh 
of the managers to intereft fume refpectable 
ladies to affilt in the charge of its; and they 
are now happy to ftate to the public, that 
they have been fuccefsful. A number of 
ladies, every way qualified for fo important a 
‘truft, have kindly confented to take charge 
of the internal arrangements, until relieved 
by fucceflors equally willing, and equally 
qualified to promote the objeéts of the under- 
taking, by paying the ftridteft attention to 
the good order and economy’ of the whole. 
The very deftitute fituation of a vaft number 
ot the wives and widows o/ foidiers, with fa- 
milies, calls loudly for proteétion; and it is 
a duty we owe the brave men who are fight. 
ing, or who have fallen for us, that the 
fhould be prote@ed. The Houfe of Induftry 
will afford them an afylum, where, by their 
own honeft exertions, they may earn their 
bread, and fee their female children inftrugi- 
ed in fuch a manner as to earn theirs with 
comfort and credit. It is allo intended, if 
the funds will admit, to begin a branch for 
the infiruction of fervants, by taking charge 
of a certain number of girls, and teaching 
them all the neceflary duties. As the mas 
nagers are fully fenfible of the benefits which 
mu{t accrue to the public from fuch an inftie 
tution, they boldly come forward to claim its 
protection ; and they requeft particularly, 
that the ladies in general will be pleafed to 
vifit the Houfe of Induftry in Tiviot-row, 
and endeavour, by their countenance and pro- 
tection, to encourage female induftry 5 and 
by their advice and inftruétion, to cultivate 
early habits of religion and virtue, in order 
that the opportwmity of being thus extenfively 
ufeful may be laid open to all. 
Married. At Edinburgh, Mr. John Mur- 
ray, bookfeller, of London, to Mifs Anne 
Elliott, only daughter of the late Charles E, 
efq. bookfeller. 
Died.| At Laffwade, Mr. William Simp- 
fon, paper-maker. He ferved under Lord 
Cornwallis, as an officer of artillery, during 
the American war. Upon his return to this 
country, he married the daughter of an emi- 
nent paper manufacturer, which excited his 
attention to that bufinefs, and he -became ¢x- 
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