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persons at one of the most interestingperiods of their lives ; and the exemplary discretion with which slie regulated - the internal concerns of a large and miscellaneous family , so that she secured universally our grateful regard , not the faintest murnmr of discontent being * ever heard under her judicious and well-planned superintendence .
" I touch a tender chord when I speak of the obligations whi ch she afterwards conferred on those for-whom she cherished all a mother ' s love , and who with thankfulness Own that they received from her a patent ' s solicitude and affection . How amply they have repaid her . she repeatedly and warmly
acknowledged - that she was spared to witness their usefulness and reputation in the church and in the world , is the stibjeet of their pleasing recollection and of ours . Amidst the HifirinHi « s of age she was a pattern of devout cheerfulness and of a vigorous , self-collected and well-furnished mind . Under her afflictions sh « manifested
the patience of a Christian , and serene resignation and holy hope in the view of her dissolution , of which she was accustomed to speak with moj-e than the composure of a traveller who knows that he is
approaching to the end of a long and eventful journey . The hours of soljtud ^ and of darkness stie often cheered by the recitation of the devotional poetry which had been impressed on her memory in childhood .
"" Jier circle of friends was wide , and of the most respectable character , and their attachment to her in the greatest degree firm and cordial . To her servants , dependants and fwoorer neighbours she was considerate and kind , and her wise economy enabled her * o he bountiful . All the
young who had tbe privilege of knowing her were fond of her society , and ardently concerned to adduce her cam fort . Her manners were polished and conciliatory , and a © person c&tild he wrote earnestly desirous of jppwittioti ng ' the comfort of her friends m mxly life , ot of fceuring of it .
u li * fe a * 4 her death toave ishewn he youd cfcrtsbt , that « they who tire planted in tbe huffse-of-tlie Lord , * ha ! l bring forth fruit m * Ad ag * e ; ' ifcey have proved that God , ^ fio * r » s her * p * -rt £ * n - aiiti l » er rocfc , is just a * d-- fjattrfiil * n fulfilling- his promises to * "is ^ servants , tn * £ that * there is no un-Tig * Hte <* t * saess in Mm . ' »'
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Olituary . — Mrs ^ Kenrick * Addition to the , Mem&ir of Jitr . Meadley . 121
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Addition 4 p ilie Mtnwir of 3 trm Meadley $ pp . 5—8 . Ms . George Wilson Mbadley was Lornt at Sunderland , January 1 , 1774 , aifd resided , during the * greater part of his life , in the contiguous town of Bishopwearmouth . He was educated at Wittonle-Wear , linder tlie care of the Rev , John
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Fairer , a very able teacher and excellent man . Having tried , but without liking it one of the lines ' of commercial life , in the year 1796 , from a wish to indulge his love of knowledge , but with a design a !*© partly mercantile , he took a voyag * e up the
Mediterranean , visiting- several of the seenes with classical avidifcy . At NapIes , he was kindly received by the late Mr . tatnbton , then " abroadin bad health , whose son , the present Member for the county of Durham , has duly acknowledged his value as a political friend . He stayed a short
time at Smyrna , and then proceeded to Constantinople , where he became ac * qitainted with tke late Mr . Thornton , well known for his work on Turkey . Me returned to England , after serenteeii months absence , having * gone through some difficulties from tfie hostilities prevailing in Europe . In 1801 , he passed a few wceics
at Dantzic , and in 1803 , he visited Ham * burgh , and made a pedestrian tour through Holsteia , of which he puhlish-ed an account , in the Monthly Magazine , Vol . XVI . p , 218 . under the signature of M . T # He enjoyed the acquaintance of the eele - brated I > r . Faley , who became in 1795 the rector of Bishopwearmouth , and resided in that town till his death in 1805 .
No biographer of this distinguvslied writer appearing , Mr . Meadley with much diligence compiled , and in 1809 , published the Memoirs of Dr . Paley ^ in an octavo volume , which came to a second edition , Of thi * work , we gave an account in our IVtU volume , pp . 163—165 , and in the same volume , pp . 177—183 , we inserted a
memoir of Paley , chiefly extracted from it . The reputation which he acquired by the memoirs of Paley , led Mr / Mead ley to conceive the design of another volume of neglected biography . He now devoted himself to the history of the martyred Sydney , a work congenial with his poll *
tical principles . He accomplished his tusk in 1813 , and published the Memoir * of Algernon Sydney ^ in an octero volume , 'dedicated to his friend the late Dr . I >« mey ' , from whom he had received ett « o » rag"ennent and assistance in the tradertaittng . The author had access to few documents
tfoat were wot already before the pifbttc ; the Memoirs ane therefoi * e not abundant in novelty ; b * it they eoittftin a sueci « et relatwn of important facts , and -a record i of principf'es whicii will ^ ev « r be dear to the 1 overs of trwe E « glis * i 1 iberty . For aotme
time previous « to N fe « rs death , Mfr , Meiadley ^ icwl cmi pk > y «^ hrfrrself in coMedying irratet * sl \ s for a life < of our tlistii ^ gwi ^ lxed pfttrkrt Harnpden hut it is feared that his preparations were not sufficiently complete to enable his friends to give to the public the fruit of his labours . It is much to be desired that his Manuscripts may be communicated to some like-minded writer who
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1819, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1769/page/53/
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