the avocations of this day, which now so call upon me, that I can only add (what I hope may be an unnecessary assurance) that I shall ever be, with the truest affection, and most faithfully yours. "JOHN ABERNETHY." This beautiful letter is very characteristic. The simplicity and straightforwardness,—the respect and tenderness, "Dearest Lady,"—the brief, modest, but truthful tone in which he alludes to his own pretensions,—the plea for his earnestness deducible from his known character in ordinary pursuits,—his frank confession of anxiety and inquietude until he is assured of her "good opinion,"—and his naïveté in saying that his occupations oblige him to conclude,—all respectively sketch the natural warmth, tenderness, sincerity, and earnestness of his real disposition. The marriage took place accordingly in the parish church of All Saints, Edmonton, on the 9th of January, 1800, and is thus entered in the Register: "John Abernethy, Bachelor, of the Parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, to Anne Threlfall, of this Parish, Spinster, were married in this Church by licence, the 9th day of January, 1800, by me, "D. WARREN, _Vicar_. "This marriage was solemnized between us: "JOHN ABERNETHY. "ANNE THRELFALL. "In the presence of "JONATHAN PATTEN. "WILLIAM HODGSON. "J. HODGSON. "MARY THRELFALL. "CHARLOTTE HODGSON." By marriage Abernethy obtained a partner for life who to personal attractions added those social and moral excellences which combine to form a superior woman—one to whom such a man as Abernethy could, and always did, to his last moment, look up with equal respect and affection, as the wife, mother, and the friend. As a husband, there can be no doubt that, during the thirty years he lived after his marriage, his conduct was a practical commentary on, and fulfilment of, the preceding letter; and he endeavoured at all times to convey to the children the warm sentiments of respect for, and reliance on, their mother that he had seen so much reason himself to entertain. On the other hand, it is impossible to overrate the grateful warmth with which Mrs. Abernethy returned his affection, or the veneration and respect with which she honored his memory. Few persons, if any, have experienced a longer period of uninterrupted happiness than that which followed the marriage of Abernethy. Mrs. Abernethy survived him twenty-four years, having died in July, 1854. She had for many years been afflicted with paralysis, which at times was attended with considerable suffering. It was consolatory, however, to feel that her faculties remained without being materially impaired to the last.