. History of the ancient Ryedales, and their descendants in Normandy, Great Britain, Ireland, and America, from 860 to 1884 . iament. He was a gentleman of excellent natural parts, im-proved by a liberal education. He was of a quick and clear conception of business,and a peculiar address in the execution of it. These talents he early employed indischarging the first offices of honour and trust in the corporation, where he sincecontinued an active, well-informed, and incorrupt magistrate. By a diligent atten-tion to his duties in the senate he had acquired a consummate skill in the forms andbus
. History of the ancient Ryedales, and their descendants in Normandy, Great Britain, Ireland, and America, from 860 to 1884 . iament. He was a gentleman of excellent natural parts, im-proved by a liberal education. He was of a quick and clear conception of business,and a peculiar address in the execution of it. These talents he early employed indischarging the first offices of honour and trust in the corporation, where he sincecontinued an active, well-informed, and incorrupt magistrate. By a diligent atten-tion to his duties in the senate he had acquired a consummate skill in the forms andbusiness of Parliament: to this he united a more general knowledge of the consti-tution, applying both with a manly and disinterested spirit to the general welfareof his country. These eminent qualities of the mind were adorned with a gracefuladdress, and polished manners. He was endeared to his friends by an hospitable,generous and affectionate temper. Such are the outlines of this distinguished char-acter, faintly but truly sketched by a friend who knew him well. -Newcastle Courant. NEW Yorkr£^C LIBRARY TILDE* F0! I AST. BID LEYS OF WILLIMOTESWICK, NOBTHUMBEBLAND. 437 arras emblazoned ; and on the foot of it is engraved the motto, ConstanceFideo. The whole is relieved by a ground of dove-colored is one of the most elaborate and beautiful monuments in Ridley was styled of Newcastle, and of Heaton (see view ofHeaton Hall), and was succeeded by his second son. He made a conspic-uous figure in parliament during the American Revolution, and the rec-ords copiously represent his speeches. In an address delivered beforethe House of Commons, relative to the American Colonies, on Friday,Oct. 27, 1775, Mr. Ridley said: I have gone along with the minister dur-ing the past session, upon the supposition that his information regardingAmerica was authentic, and to be depended upon; but now I have foundit otherwise. I went away last night without voting, a conduct I wish
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