The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-04 00:00:00

THE LATIC HON. ABBOTT LAWRENCE.

(From tee Nat Awls Daily Times.)
Hoo. Abbott LitefneSee did at his residence,
scoms, &wily ommith., Aw ait 18, at 11 Vela&
Lmegswe moo !us boss haws thrashes& the
'sited flithe as a ieboeqmsdmea of ae haserisma inerobsat ;
of a Ranker= at esndsd
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f sYkadiddi Ind soklif sharastar.
kri Past
Abbott was thanes* stleasel ea mas Law.
aM was boa ea &be NO of Dn., 1702, is Greta..
His eldsat brother, Lenisr, Weis 1778, died as adaldealal
death at Lowell, is 1818, ismiestiog a weer of great
soefalaws. Ono brother, Ilsosal, died 1. 1788. aad la
Juniary, 1801, the mesa& Kr. Same& Lawmen, the
yotagest of the family, was hest WWiam sad Amos were
respestialy the maw of Abbott, sad their missions ea
earth dosed is 1848 sad 1862.

Aims was the &st lo Law the pederast reef and seek •
wider field of enterprise la Beet.., sad having served a
apprenticeship la the " Mem " at Gnaw be one
found employing.% sad la • made eimmeased beld-
ame oar his own aossant. His preeparity male peopertioa
to his deems, and to that !easel which was Ms dareeter-
WM daring • teas Ni. of wiwarmilbt presperky, he wan n-
aiad est eady same& Mintriag beams toil- established,
be mat by his hrelher • them • lad of Massa, and sa
elta Nit of besailia his appeals
ties. Of his entry into maid, Ml. Aesop Immune fa
his diary remarks:—" Ia 180 he same to me as my
appreatior, bringing his handle leader his ens, with lees
dna three dollars is his ',Met (and this was his trietaae).
A firm rate bushier led be was, but, like other bright lads,
needed the serefal eye of • sealer to guard him from the
pitfalls that he was exposed to." The oars of an elder
brother and his own good ems guided the yosthfal adven-
turer free from them vises inekisatal Os • city life, sad en
the lst of Jaiseary, 1814, the tem Neaten amociated them-
selves in beelines under the dtke OA. and A. Lawns.
Bari yia life Mr. Lammas married Katharine Bigelow,
eldest daughter of the late Timothy Bigelow, and sister to
Hon. John P. Bigelow sod Rev. Dr. Andrew Bigelow.
Of em =instils disposition, Mn. L has proved to the
husband whom she now survives on. of the beet of wives—
easels/seas him in his duties through life, sad rearing
with every attmtioa • large and happy family. Her good
weasels ever received tram Mr. Lemma that attention
which they merited.
The badness prosperity of Mr. Laireimes has kaolin but
slight reverse. He possessed it Ilerlightedasee whisk
'gabled him to see the impeadig ellen or to medial the
emtiag sunshine. The firm was lie Mar la Obese mum-
factaria g enterprises whisk ham seised the Alm of Lowell
aad Lawrence ta oar askiall, sad whisk new motions the
noblest "Mamie of serthen labour sad enterprise. In
him assay a Toast menheat has found • true
friend is the hear of need, sad the uafortuaate
creditor has bees thankful for his isaiemy and kiadases.
His aim has been to build up the Wawa of Beatoa, aad
to aid them who sought to derive ea kneel living within
its limits. He war a great preetlad ezpeetent of the prin-
ciple of 0 live and let live," sad his eneoangemnt of
artists and persons of literary talent has been liberal and
marked. For messy years before he assumed a public posi-
ties, Mr. Lawrence had been solicited Si meept rake, sad
it was only when urged by friends that be meseated to
sacrifice his own immediate interests sad represent Suffolk
Manisa ia the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-filth Cin-
emas., where he displayed Mom statesmanlike
qualities which rendered his easamis, sought for on many
different oceasiene by easomehe administrations. I. 1843
he wee appointed owe of the emeidesioners for the settle-
mint of the north-sastera bassidery, and in the presidential
campaign of 1848 he was Maio • promising candidate for
the Vies Presideam, while Mr. Fillmore obtained. Gem-
! ml Taylor, on his elevatica to the Presidency, at once offered
Mr. Lawrence • seat in his eabiset, which he declined,
ally to accept in July. 1849, the post of Minister to the
Court of fit. June—the highest octal appointment held
by aa Amnesia abroad. Well might Mr. Lawrence at this
time have looked bask upon his caner with pride. The
old Isonteetead at Orates, the bauble store the starting
point, and the Court of fit Issue she god. Truly did he
remark on a meat weeks when addressing the boys
of his native village: "Boys, you have every-
thisg to easconage you, and it is is your power
to bosom. greeter, wiser, sad better JIM them
say who have peaseded yes. 110111111111 M, you am
amemplab anything that is not impossible. Aim
high ; cultivate aa hoeourable ambition; strive for useful-
ness, and persevere." His own eueomenl course through
life km been is a great seen» the result of this perm-
Igenaoll.

—jiff, need not allude to the position at*** is
Ragland by Mr. Lawrence as a diplomatist and as
es American gentleman. His wealth enabled him
to extend a prinosly welcome to his country.
saes ; and his services were of importance, ape-
e*lly in the settlement of the fishery quasi*, which
threatened at one time very serious daintily. His popu-
larity was
abroad. Oa a tour which be made through Ireland, he
received the mast dkillagnishod marks of respect. His liberal
sentiments, his erbaskpasi personal appear**, found for
him a ready passport to dm bears of the people, and the
good °piston was eseltmed wawa the resources of his
mied were devilled is essversation. During the
Great Exhibition Mr. Lawrence took much interest in
having the Amesken **sties' properly regarded,
and at the dinner given by IG. George Peabody to the
Americans connected with the Greet Exhibition, he was
coomplissented in the hig_hoit term, by those present. It le as
on this occasion that Mr. Lawrence gave utterance to •
sentiment which evinced his boned judgment :
" But, geetleatta," he said, "then are two kinds of 1
labour,' in.alligeat and *intelligent labour ; the former is
that which gives character to a nation, and in giving
sharacter, gives wealth and power also. Hence I any,
encourage the pdscation of all the people ' • for, by so
doing, yea will promote the elevation of cliaractar, and
jve that dignity to the foanden of wealth, which la so
ust) their clue. '
Of kis *wrest in the general diffesioe of knowledge, Mr.
Lawrence had, is ithe summer of 1847, given a practical
demonstration by presenting 50,000:dell. to Harvard College,
for founding the Lew** Scientific SehooL
Mr. Lawrence *Streatham Europe in October, 1862, in
lemon to stand by the side of the lamented Wehati at his
burial is Marshfield. The public grief for this event pre-
vented those
paid to Mr. Lactose, ea his return, but they
were only deity*, for is the follow's( November. How
Nathaniel Appleton, Hen. William Appleton, Hon. Robert
G. Shaw, Meson. James W. Paige, L. W. Tappan,
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B. Blake, and others, tendered to Mr. Law,.... •47alit
dinner, where they desired to express their unqualified
approval of his career at the eourt of St. James's. They said:
The mercantile porde, of our esommaity have seen
with gnat satisfaction your attention to oar 'accessing sem-
mires They feel that you lava, by the ebie manner which
yes have fulfilled your simian. Mem boom to the profs.-
oho as a merchant and to our good sky of liosees."
Uses the return of Mr. Lawrence from Bashed, he has
sodded in the boons of his family, engaged is die peaceful
=of boahmwo snip the head of dimwit was laid up*
boded him to the grave. He was cat off 'gnat
ten taw *oar of lasobsoi had begun to wane, belay at the
time of his death but MI yeses of age. Hie death has left a
void is the circle of the active, enterprising, and energetic
business lase of Bolton whisk eannot Do filled. It is a lose
to the commanity as well as to his family and innediats
ines* whisk will loop he mourned.