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      Memoir of Mr- William MaiheWs . IN the Obituary of the Monthly Magazine for iVlay last , p . 383 , a brief account is given of Mr . Mathews , " "for many years the much distinguished and' enlightened Secretary of the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society ; ** with an intimation from a Correspondent " that

      their next voliime will contain a correct memoir of his life and useful labours ; " His publications in the volumes of the transactions of the Society , are said to . ' manifest his various iiseftil attainments / ' and that

      in the station of Secretary , * ' he contributed in no smafl degree , to raise that excellent institution to the preeminence it has attained . " The announced memoir will , it m ay be presumed , relate principally to ; these coromendable efforts . Vet as he was well

      known to many of its niernbers , an # justly esteemed by them as a worthy , upright and actively benevolent man , and a warm friend to the great cause of civil arid religious liberty , it may also advert to these features of his wind . My object is to give your readers some just ideas of my friend as a religious character .

      William Mathews was born at Milton ,, near Burford , in Oxfordshire , Novembe r l , 1747 . Hi ? father , Mr . John Mathews , was a man of strict P » etv , and much esteemed as a mimster in the 'Society of Friend * . He

      was of a benevolent disposition , and ** mv to have possessed something 01 the same spirit of freedom in his OTQufe inquiries , by which his son ^ milm was so muc ^ distinguished . « ge of the publications ot * the RcV . bilu tand

      * n ^ 9 sey fell into his hirfl \^ ^ not on ' peruse ^ ° y tft i ri 1 aPProved and recommended 1 ? ^ one of his children , as a HP Jg pt ' wm and Scriptural defence feSl [ ristidn doctrine of the Unity

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      He paid close attention to business and was careful to procure for a numerous family of children , as good an education as his circumstances and the village where he lived afforded . He also from an earnest wish to promote their welfare , encouraged their attendance of such meetings for worship and discipline , as lay within a convenient distance . The principles

      and economy of the Society became the eariy objects of his son William ' s serious consideration , who soon discovered an inclination and capacity for learning 5 and when about fourteen years of age , he was sent to London , where he remained in an exemplary Friend ' s family several years , and during that time became still farther improved in learning , and deeply impressed with the" love of virtue and religion . * In consequence of a severe illness he returned ' "home , and soon after became ; a tutor in a Mr . Huntley ' s

      school , at Burford , where he remained some years , and acquitted himself much to the satisfaction of his employer . Tn the year 17 ^) 8 , he opened a' boarding-school at Coggeshall , in Essex , in a kirge house which was soon quite filled - He was assiduous and successful in the education of his

      pupils , and their moral improvement lay very near to his heart . He often addressed them in pathetic and affectionate' language , in order to establish in their minds religious and moral principles for -their future benefit : and some of his pupils who are yet living still retain a lively and grateful

      ' * This happy befit of bis mind In earljr life be partly attributed to the eloquent and impressive preaching of a Mr . Letchwqrth , who was a man of distin £ uishedr talents , a uniform advocate for civil and jrcligrionat freedom , ^ etra na imh e ? teenn : tf ininister among : the Qt , ifck <*» , p £ wh < J « e life and character , in 178 * WMr . M ^ tUcw * publisjhed a briff but very iut ^ restirig membjl .

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      No . CXXX . ] OCTOBER , 1816 . . [ Vol . XL

      Biography And Original Letters.

      BIOGRAPHY AND ORIGINAL LETTERS .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1816, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2457/page/1/