The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-19 00:00:00

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Died, on the 10th lust. at Beteherby, near Car-
lisle, at the advanced age of 80, Miss Margery
Jackson, a maiden lady, who was for many years
an inhabitant of Carlisle. Though in. possession of
a fortune of more than 50,0001. her min nal expendi-
.ttire,. Withthe exception of libation. made to Bee-
ch* certainly amounted to very tittle; yet, in
many respects, di& her character betray that unac-
countable inconsistency which often renders the hu-
man mind an object of erratic conjecture. If she
seldom or neversacriticed to the pleasures of the ta-
ble; the More seductive attractions of the bottle had
her regard. Her usual beverage was brandy mixed
with wine: the thinner potations of modern times
she considered as a proof 'of the degeneracy of the
age. In this practice, however, she never lost the
use• of her tongue :--this 46 tinruly member" acquir-
ed fresh pliancy and renovated strength, by the ap-
plication of her beloved Cogniac. But the missile of
!feminine Vengeance was blunted by , the thunder of
forensic eloquence : the talismanic influence of the
law could relax the muscles even of a misanthrope,
and irradiate, with a smile of satisfaction, the rigid
countenance of •austei ity itself.-1-What is more,—it
could even relax the purse-strings of her heart ;
then money badlost all its charms—it even, in her
estimation,. seemed to have lost its value. When she ,
couceibedher rigi4ts infringed, she spared no ex pence
iu proseceting her atuse in the higher and.. lower
Courts of Judicature.' Early prepossessed with tn-
favohrwhle nOtions'of 'marikind, she kept herself in-
Solated from the world ; aid although possessed of a'
masculine understanding, it had received no polish
from education ; nor did her after habits afford any
oppoetunity of correcting the big which she had un-
roitunately reseived: It was on money, and not on
men, that she depended in case' of necessity ;=this
she estOenfed the eatimiliim of her security—of her
happiness—the very peseta, or protectors of her
existence. Every thing which Margery Jackson
p 'rformed, exhibited the features of her mind, and a
true decision of character. Nobly scorning to mix
with the herd of mankind (wliom she depicted as
composed of a mass of villainy), and equally averse
to accommodate herself to the politer part of her Spe-
cks by those courtly phrases which are generally
adopted to smooth and facilitate the intercourse of
social life, she invariably used that sort of language
which, in some respects, might be said to be peculi-
arly her own,—but savouring much of what is com-
monly denominated Billingsgate rhetoric, in which
she was in no iocOnsiderable degree eloquent.-1
For many years during her residence in Carlisle, she
invariably received her rents from the open casement
of a window : to behold the areana contained within
her castle was an honour permitted only to a favour-
ed few. These rents were rigidly exacted in gold :
' bank-notes she considered as so many circulating
and extending manufactures as foreboding the
ruin of the country. How far she was correct in
entertaining those ideas, our readers will judge.—
, Though apparently uninterested in those circum-
stances which at tinsel agitate the bulk of mankind,
—yet, erhetethe Idle distinctions of blues and yet- i
low: prevailed, she would, on the eve of a contested
election, participate warmly in the ebullitions of
party-spirit. On these occasions, she feared not to
encoupter the fury of tbe mob by decorating her
`Windows with party-coloured ribbons, and appear-
ing in a garment of the same colour ; yet while her
conduct in this respect would tempt one to believe
she advocated "this 'just and necessary war," as
some have called it, she considered the tax-gatherer
and'assenos in no ;better light than the authorised
public plunderers. To say that eur heroine never did a
generous action, Woulebe an injustice to her me-
'beery. ough she chose rather to brave the missile
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.of the mob, than irradiate her mansion, is
tieleideinoration 9f any public success,—yet, when
the redskins of the brave 42d regiment passed through
',this city 'on their return from Egypt, she aided for
them a subscription at Carlisle by a donation of two
guineas. 21/Or let it be said she was destitute of af-
fection. Her only and faithful doinestic, an aged
'clog,- often found re-repast on the offals *thrown out.,
of a neighbour's door. On these •occasions she never
refused to attend her social companion in the cape"
city of sentinel, to prevent any hungry and guard.;
some rival from disputing the spoil. The bulk of
her 'property, with fhe exception of some small lega-
pdes, Miss Jackson has bequeathed to Mr. Joseph
Bowman, of liotclierby.

Tux Rosctvs.—The Bath Theatre on Saturday •
1 evening was crowded to an excess In every part-;
IV, Barr had chosen, the Earl of. Essex, for his
debut, a Charicier Brost admirably adapted to his
figare- and appearance ;his form is rhanly, his deport-
ment easy and dignited, and. Ms action peculiarly
graceful; Me Voice irpovverfal, and .mtpabli. of all
the intonations requisite for the expression of either
tenderness or twsiou-t.i iohlve all,he possesses that
genuine 6re, ainioation, and feeling, which constitute,
1 the chief perfection of the art ; the applause th.rough-
out was unkounded ; and the bursts of aceliination,:
and the cries of' Braro ! which' followed hiiv*PrOof
to the courtiers in the third act, retarded the.per:
formincett for some Minutes.
H • Titian, Fab. 14.—The resistance of certain Tin:
'smelters to' he system of stocking tin at a reduced.:
wilco for the India Company, has been mit this week
by & _iigour beyond the law. Above a thousand
,-!v, _
_O ddhio; finger's, &c. assembled and destroyed. some
,liere kid Miler materials belongibg to tht4i r .woks :
but thegoeid-tfinper of these -distressed men .5000
admitted the mriarmatrances of reason,. A resolution
has been adopted, .Ibeweyer, to send no. gii.re- *sew
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