[List-Cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 28 Sep 1816 - BMD (2)

[Petra Mitchinson]

Saturday 28 Sep 1816   (p. 3, col. 5-6)     [continued] 

 

DEATHS. 

 

In the beginning of the week, Martin DAWSON, of Botchardgate, aged 93 years. 

 

Suddenly at Caldbeck, on Thursday the 19th inst., Mrs. BROWN, wife of Mr. Philip BROWN, aged 45. She retired to rest in perfect
health, and was found dead in bed in the morning, between two of her sleeping children. 

 

Sunday last, in King-street, Whitehaven, Mr. Nicholas SANDERSON, surgeon and druggist, aged 35. 

 

At Branthwaite Hall, near Whitehaven, Mr. John HETHERINGTON, aged 55, much respected. 

 

Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. James JACKSON, of Stainburn, aged 34. 

 

Monday, the 16th inst. after twenty weeks of severe affliction, Mary, the wife of Mr. Nichol WILLIAMSON, of Moorend in Ennerdale,
aged 70 years. 

 

At Dissington, suddenly, Mr. Joseph RAILTON, aged 65. 

 

At Workington, Mrs. Hannah WILSON, widow, aged 88. 

 

Very suddenly, Mr. James BROADBENT, Kirkland, manufacturer, aged 33.—Mrs. Elizabeth BRAITHWAITE, of Skelsmergh, near Kendal, aged
81. 

 

Last week, at Burton in Kendal, after a few days' illness, Robert JACKSON Esq. formerly a Captain in the Westmorland Militia, aged
75. 

 

At Dumfries, on Monday last, Mr. Thomas WILSON, saddler, aged 50.—Same day, at Stoup, near Dumfries, John HASTIE, oldest son of Mr.
James HASTIE.—At Dumfries, on Wednesday, Agnes Sturgeon SLOAN, only child of Mr. John SLOAN, innkeeper. 

 

Lately, at Chelsea, aged 73, Mr. J. KENT, surgeon. He accompanied Capt. COOK round the world in 1774. 

 

On Monday the 16th inst. at the Vicarage-house, Cricklade, Wilts, after great suffering, the Rev. Thomas THOMPSON, M. A., a native
of Clea, in this county, in his 32nd year. A man of exalted powers of mind, extensive learning, and the best of hearts; and long and
bitterly must all who knew his worth lament their irreparable loss.—A Sermon on occasion of this sad event was preached in the
parish church of St. Sampson, Cricklade, on Sunday evening last, by Mr. T.'s friend and countryman, the Rev. George HARKER. 

 

It is our painful duty to notify the death, at Cheltenham, in his 81st year, of, perhaps, the greatest Christian philanthropist of
the age, Richard REYNOLDS, Esq. formerly an eminent manufacturer in Bristol, and afterwards in the concern well known by the name of
the Coalbrooke-Dale Company, from which he had retired many years; an honour to the city in which he resided; to the Society of
"Friends," with which he was connected; and to the country of which he was a native. The virtues of his heart could only be truly
appreciated by Him "to whom all hearts are open;" but, if a judgment may be formed of a man's intrinsic worth, by his outward
exemplary conduct, in all the relations of private, domestic, and social life; by the most inflexible integrity in his dealings
between man and man; and by a beneficence always operating in various forms, and to an almost unlimited extent, prompted by the
purest feelings of piety and humanity, and at the same time directed by a sober judgment and a sagacious discrimination: we may
pronounce, that the late Richard REYNOLDS "was one of the excellent of the earth;" and that his loss has left a gap in general
society, which will not be speedily or easily supplied. Hundreds, who knew not the source from which it flowed, received from his
unseen hand the relief of their immediate necessities: and many who had the happiness of calling him benefactor, hung upon him for
comfort and support. Providence had blessed his industry with a noble fortune; but when his worldly possessions are mentioned, let
it never be forgotten, that nine-tenths of his income were devoted to charities either public or private, and that in the year of
scarcity alone, donations to the unexampled amount of £20,000 issued from the capital of Richard REYNOLDS, to relieve, in various
ways, and in different places, the pressure of general distress. Bath Paper.—Mr. REYNOLDS's remains were interred in the burial
ground of the Friends' Meeting House, in Bristol, on Wednesday se'nnight. The funeral was attended by thousands of persons eager to
pay their last tribute to this eminent philanthropist, who is now gone to receive his best reward. It is supposed that he has given
to the poor at different times, upwards of two hundred thousand pounds! 

 

 

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