The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-06 00:00:00

THE LATE MRS. CLARKSON.

On Thursday, the Slat ult., died at Playford Hall,
ems lowish, aged Si, Mrs. Catherine Clarkson, the relict
of Thomas Clarks's, he who stood in tt • lraot of that
aohn band et labourers which, otter gassy yens of seem-
ingly hopeless toll, effected the shotitlon of the Africa&
Slave Trade. This mineable lady w.. a votive of oar
tows—the eldest (Mr. Robert Book, of Newton, being the
visages*, sad now the sole survive.) of the six oblides& of
Mr. William Book, any years a resident of considerable
idioms,. ham Ye:halms—the younger brother f the
Reseed. r of Leeds, w
sod hom daughter married Sir
Wood, • whit haremswhose grnidsos is Bir Chinks
Wood. • Cabinet Moister under several Whig Meanie-
Mts. Clarkson was f may years tesained to the couch
of an invalid, bat yet the St companion, the solace, and the
support of her host:sad is his long labours sod trials by
her poisoner qualities. She was distieguiihed by her
geoid virtues, h animatios, and her eohoquial eloquence.
It was by them qualities that. whoa Mr. Cimino& was
compelled to emceed his labease sad take up hie
resideme is Woonsteelaud, ohs, as well as her hot-
band. NI Wed the warm sad pormiment friendship
of Wordsworth, Coleridge, sad Southey, the allied poets,
sad Marne Lamb, their commis! (nevi, as appears in
numerous pussies of their severel works. She was by
so mama the passim amnion of her husband done' his
ling lobsters. Mr. Clarksou, destined 14 tbs Mundt by
his Meath's, had taken demon's orders. when he
ranuaosd the hankies of a clergyman, in order to dit-
cher's t kit special duty he bad impend upon hiennlf.
Rs bed at the same time smbeiseed opiaions in favour of
civil amid reUgi,us liberty. which afforded a pretest to the
supponen of slavery to mean him of Jacobioism (the RI-
Coition of the 'gustation). Hs found allies in the family
sad direness sonseetiess of his win. Mrs. Clerluoo's
mother was if a dissestiog family, a Conbie, widely eon-
asetol—end hoe sister, the s snot of a autonoes
▪ family, was a Rimless'!" Awes the most mho*
sambas of the abilities bed, was Mr. Willis. nod! h.
M.P. for Norwich, whom family were through life the
deafest Moods of Mn. Clarkson. When halt heal h
permitted Me was the isempaism of her husband on his
enteral misalohary jouster. She attooded him to Pads.
when he is vain arms steals frogs the aseembiell
emeseigus of Berens a deolaratiem that the Slam
Teals wes piracy, and esjoyed with his his triumph at
the dohs of his career, whim le remitted from the hands of
Me Lord Mayer the nosed of his alienates to the freedom
of Ms City id Landes. is sessisitics of his Abolition sett
viers, aad on ladles.% ingression of the matleoal seam of
the memo he had sustaimed at this heads of the secs of Mr.
Wdherferee. Moe. Clarkson had been desliaing for some
yeas. Bat her fasoltiee rossalsod mad till wields a shoot
time of her &mature. which was without sofferiap, hot
set whitest hope. She Maimed an age beyond that given
to melded Is seserel, and hes left es large a ember of
kinds, who honoured awl loved het, me thy* tea wires
who mire then roper itesseatlan, the sistpaatuat
Unit youth.-81ffir Parr,