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Say, ‘midst so much of error, and of wrong, 
Shall we not bring cach consolation forth ; 
Each bright exception take, to deck the song, 
Each instance give of goodness, and of 
worth? hae 
When the sad traveller pursues his wayy 
In. storms and darkness, weary, sick at 
soul 5 
Shall we not point him out the friendly ray, 
That gleams some comfort, "mid the dreary 
whole ? 
Where Ouse’s current laves the lovely scene 5 
In Barcombe’s solitude, frem towns afar ; 
With goodness.unattected, mind serene, 
And of her little world the polar star 5 
Dwelt she, whose life devoted but to good, 
Spread to the poor, and friendless, kind 
relief; P eid 
The wand’ring supplicant she-ne’er with- 
stood, 
Or turn’d an inattentive ear to grief. 
Full forty years in virtuous deeds alone, 
Dispensing every blessing bere she dwelt 5 
Affectionate and kind, she meekly shone 5 
Perform’d each duty, and spoke all she felt. 
O ye! who waste your stores in joyless state, 
O ye! who hoards on hoards are heaping 
high 5 
Blush, as ye pass her charitable gate, 
And learn of her to live, of her to die. 
New Patents lately enrolled. 
[June I, 
Console that such there are, while thus the 
bard, { ' 
Exulting pictures Rickman's virtuous days 5 
No vena! motive calls forth his regard, 
For, ne’er on him shone her benignant 
raySe 
I see the sad-procession moving slow, 
And crowds in tears its solema course 
attend 5 
Exclaiming, a5 their heart-felt sorrows flow, 
There“goes the sufterer’s, there the poor 
man’s friend! mf 
Take comfort, mourners ! brief is mortal life ; 
A littie hour is only granted here 5 
O ! lead it void of errer, wrongs, and strife, 
Lead it, like her, whose death extorts the 
tear, : 
Take comfort, mourners! full of yeais she 
fell, 
Devoted to benevolence and truth ; 
f all her virtues, all her goodness tell, 
To cheer the aged, and instruct the 
youth. am 
And when the heart is sick, and all is drear, 
To bear you. up amid a world of woe, 
Let such examples, through the gloom appear, 
Nor miss the roses, *mong the thorns that 
grow. Crie. 
NEW PATENTS LATELY ENROLLED. 
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‘MR. WILLIAM HANCE’S (TOOLEY STREET,) 
j for a Method of rendering Beaver and 
other Hats Water-proof. — 
E are direéted by this invention 
to take a thin shell, made of wool, 
hair, and fine beaver, to form the crown 
of the hat, and another shell or plate, 
of the same materials, for the brim. 
These parts are to be dyed black, .and 
finished without glue or other. stiffening, 
in order that they may not-be injured by 
the rain, which in other beaver hats, 
after being exposed to a heavy shower of 
rain, draws out the. glue, which. sticks 
‘down the nap, and makes it appear old 
and greasy....The shell may be made 
im one piece only, in the shape of the 
hat, blocked deep encvgh tu admit_of 
the brim being cut’ frum the crown, 
The under side of the shell and the inside 
of the crown must then be made water- 
proof by first laymg on a coat of size or 
thin paste, strong enough to bear a coat 
of copal-varnizh; and when. thoroughly 
dry; another coat of boiled linseed-oil. 
When dry, the crown must be put ona 
block, and a willow or cotton body or 
shape, ‘ove on: purpose, put inte, the 
inside of thé crown, and cemented ia, 
When dry it must be finished with a 
hot iron, and the crown is done. The 
brim must in like manner be cemented 
to a substance or body made with willow 
or other fit material, sufficiently thick to 
make the inside of the brim. ‘The brim 
and bddy are now to be pressed together, 
after which, the underside of the brim 
may be covered with another shell of 
beaver of silk shag. «The crown and 
brim are to be sewed together: the edge 
of the brim must be oiled and varnished 
with copal-varnish and boiled linseed-o1l; 
to prevént any rei getting in. The ce- 
meut used for sticking the parts together 
may be made with one pound, of gum _ 
senegal, one pound of starch, one pound 
cf glue, and one ounce of bees’-wax, 
boiled im about ene quart of water. 
Hats-made in this way require only to 
be wiped dry after being exposed to the 
heaviest rain. ) ezie 
MR. RALPH WALKER’S (BLACKWALL,) for 
a Mode of making Ropes and Cordage. 
Mr. Walker’s myention is applicable 
to the making of ropes and cordage of 
a Pa co every 
