At Witney, Kesiah, wife of Mr. Richard Lardner, 71.-Mr. William Osman, 43.

At Oxford, Mr. Wareham.-Mrs. Meadowcroft, wife of Mr. John M. 54.-Mrs. Green, many years nurse at the Radcliffe Infirmary.—Mrs. Joyce Corbet, 86.-Maria, eldest daughter of the Rev. Joseph Parsons, rector of Holwell, Bedfordshire.-Ann, wife of Mr. William Marsh.-Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. Barratt, 16.-Mr. G. Hancock, a partner in the firm of Ward, Holland, and Hancock, coal merchant.-Mr. Loder, senior member of the corporation, who served the office of chamberlain in 1764.

At Beckley, Mrs. Fruin, wife of Mr. William F.

At Woodstock, Mrs. Lewngton, of the post office.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Married.] At Buckingham, Mr. Bennett, of London, to Miss Hawkins.

At Aylesbury, Mr. Curtis, to Miss Eliz. Turpin.

Mr. James Fisher, son of Mr. William F. of Aylesbury, to Miss Winter, of Long Cren don.

Died.] At Shardeloes, W. D. T. Drake, esq. M.P. for Agmondesham. He was first elected in 1795, and sat during four parlia

ments.

At Hartwell, of a dropsy, after having lingered several years in a very bad state of health, the Countess de Lisle, consort of Louis XVIII. titular king of France. She displayed in her last moments that firmness, piety, and resignation, which are the characteristics of the house of Bourbon. Her death bed was attended by the Count de Lisle, and all the princes and princesses of the royal blood, of whom she took the most affectionate leave.

The Rev. Alexander Cromclliolne, rector of Sherington and Beachampton, 74.

HERTFORDSHIRE.

Married.] At Ware, Mr. William Payne, of Water Hall, Suffolk, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Mr. John Cobham.

Died.] At Bushey, Mrs. Capper, widow of R. C. esq.

At Theobald's Park, Mrs. Taylor, 77.

At Bishops Stortford, Mr. Stephen Negus, maltster, aged 83, an eccentric character, although possessed of considerable property, living in dirt and celibacy, inhabiting a little tenement, having for a long time scarcely a utensil to use, and his sleeping room, or rather hole, being half filled with dirty bottles, wood, and an infinite variety of lumber. A zealous nonconformist and most resolute whig, he signalised himself at the elections for the town and county; astride an immense charger, himself a Hercules, with a visage strongly marked, grasping in his hand a huge

struck terror into the hearts of enemies. Success having crowned the whigs, our hero gave vent to his joy in a truly Cromwel lian strain: The Lord of Hosts be praised! these tory devils he hath delivered into our hands! glory to God! By his particular desire the writer of this account is to have inscribed on his tombstone, "Here lies a true whig, and a staunch friend to the Plumer family."

BEDFORDSHIRE.

Married.] At Turvey, Mr. Thomas Small, of Bedford, to Anne, second daughter of the late Mr. T. Pincherd.

At Ampthill, Mr. P. Small, surgeon, to Mary, only daughter of the late G. Exton, esq.

Died.] At Bedford, the Rev. John Hook, master of the free grammar school.-Mrs. Allison, relict of Mr. George A.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

There is now living in the gardens belonging to the Bishop's Palace, at Peterborough, a land tortoise, which is ascertained to have been there 200 years and upwards. The upper shell is about twelve or fourteen inches long, and about nine broad, the neck has all the appearance of extreme old age: the sight of one of its eyes is gone, the other seems bright and lively; the inside of the mouth, as well as the tongue, is a full pink colour; it has no teeth, but masticates with its gums, which are of a bony substance; the legs and feet are covered (like the head) with scales, and are so strong that it will walk, or rather crawl, with a considerable weight on its back, and seemingly with ease. In the early part of summer it in general feeds upon lettuces; and when the fit becomes ripe, it crawls under the gooseberry bushes, and picks off what is on the lower branches, and the fruit it cannot reach is amply supplied by the frequent company and the gardeners, from whose hands it receives wish great gentleness what is given it. Towards Michaelmas, and sometimes earlier, it buries itself in the earth, where it remains till the following spring; in a few days after it hath made its annual de scent, by finding the depth with a stick, a tolerably accurate judgment can be formed of the mildness or severity of the ensuing win

ter.

Newton

Newton, Hunts, to Miss Maydwell, third daughter of the late J, M. esq. of Fotheringhay.

Died.] At Peterborough, Mr. John Tayler. —Mrs. Whitsed, 65.-John Hetherington, gent. 83.

At Walton, near Peterborough, Mr. Robert Manton, 26.

At Hardington, near Northampton, Benjamin Lever, esq.

At Harleston, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Flavell, 16.

At Northampton, Robert, eldest son of R. Fleetwood, esq. of the Victualling Office, London, 14-Mr. Buccutt.-Mr. Levi, 66.

Mrs. Battin. Mr. Marriot.-Mr. Alderman Hall. He thrice served the office of mayor a circumstance unprecedented in the annals of that corporation.

At Mears Ashby, Mr. John Church, 87. At Courtenhall, Miss Wake, daughter of Sir William W. bart. 16.

At Pitsford, Miss Freshwater.

At Hardinston, Benjamin Lever, esq. At Welford, Mr. Spencer, of the Talbot Ian, 77.

At West Haddon Lodge, Miss Elizabeth Heygate, 14.

At Harpole, Mr. Valentine Smith.

HUNTINGDONSHIRE.

Married] At Yaxley, Mr. John Bird, of West Walton, Norfolk, to Miss Warwick, of Stanground, near Peterborough.

At St. Ives, Mr. Edward Shinfield of Wisbech, to Mrs. Wilson,-Mr. Bull to Miss Dancer.

At Hemingford Grey, Henry Fowler, esq. youngest son of the Rev. Mr. F. rector of Warboys, to Miss Holgate, daughter of the Rev. George H. late rector of Eyston, Essex. Died.] At Godmanchester, Mr. Henry Halfpenny. Mr. Veasly, 90.

At St. Neots, Mrs. Sturtle, 76.
At Sawtry, Mr. Isaac Wheatley, 59.
At Huntingdon, Mrs. Cranwell, relict of
the Rev. John C. late rector of Abbot's
Ripton.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

Married.] Mr. Charles Dodson, of Peterborough, to Miss Eliz. Bellamy, of Gedney.

At Cherry Hinton, Mr. John Reynold Lyon, son of Mr. William L. of Cambridge, to Margaret, second daughter of Mr. Thomas Sumpter H.

At Ely, William Carter, esq. of the Inner Temple, London, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Matthew Brackenbury, esq. Died. At Royston, Mrs. Nash, wife of Mr. N. attorney, 63.-Mr. Norris, of the Cross Keys Inn.

At Cambridge, Mr. R. Hopkins, cook of Trinity Hall and Caius College, 47.-Mr.. Richard Betson, upwards of 40 years keeper of Trinity College Library, 64.-Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, 74.

At Littleport, Mrs. S. Crump, 83.
At Marsh, Mr. John Elwes, 54.

NORFOLK.

SUFFOLK,

Application is intended to be made to parliament in the next session, for a bill for dividing, allotting, and inclosing, the half-year lands, whole-year lands, commons, heaths, and wastes in the several parishes of Acton, Great Waldingfield cum Chilton, Newton, and Great Cornard, in this county, and also for an act for better paving, likewise for lighting, cleansing, and watching, and otherwise improving the town of Bury St. Ed.

munds.

Married At Kersey, the Rev. W. J. Bird, to Sarah, only daughter of the late S. Hawtrey, recorder of Exeter.

At All Saints, near Bungay, Mr. Fisher, aged 76, to Mrs. Toungate, 75.

At Bury, Mr. John Cocksedge, to Miss Mary Bryant.

At Ipswich, Mr. George Bush, to Mrs. Dorkin.

At Hopton, Francis Turner, esq. of London, to Miss Sayers, eldest daughter of James S. esq.

Died.] At Lavenham, P. Burton, esq.

At Bury, Mrs. Hasted, wife of the Rev. Henry H. lecturer of St. Mary's, and only daughter of the Rev. Dr. Ord, of Fornham St. Mary.-John Mills, gent. a man of the strictest integrity, and who possessed considerable abilities as a self-taught mathematician, optician, and astronomer, 76.

At Bungay, Mr. R. Moure.-Mrs. Spall At Wickham Market, Mrs. Churchyard, Mrs. Steward, wife of Mr. S. governor of Tattingstone House of industry. At Malton, Mrs. Heath.

At Mildenhall, Mr. Thomas Dyson.

At Hornewood Lodge, the seat of Majorgeneral Morgan, suddenly while at dinner, the Hon. Anne Henley Ongley, third daughter of the late Lord O. and sister to the present Lord.

At Margate, the Rev. William Chapman, M.A. rector of Kimble Parva, Bucks, and vicar of St. John's, Margate. He had enjoyed the living of St. John's, only since Easter, 1809, being then presented to it on the death of the Rev. William Harrison.

At Sturry, Mr. John Dell, 53. From bodily infirmity, which rendered his life recluse at an early period, he formed a love for literature, and was the writer of several poetical productions, replete with humour and ingenuity; under the signature of Rusticus.

At Maidstone, Mr. William Cork, surgeon.-William, only son of Mr. William Elgar.

At Folkestone, Mr. William Reynolds, solicitor.

At Canterbury, Thomas, eldest son of Lieutenant-colonel Greene, of the Royal Artillery, in the East India service, 17.

At Tovil, John Beeching, esq. 47.—Mrs. Dowell, wife of Stephen D. esq.

At the Marine Barracks, Chatham, Lieutenant Hancorn. He was leaving his room in the south end, and proceeding down the stone steps, which are separated from another flight of steps by a low iron railing, when he overran himself and fell into the area, by which he dislocated his neck and fractured his skull; he survived but a few hours.

At Mongeham parsonage, in the 82d year of his age, after a little more than an hour's indisposition, the Rev. Henry Dimock, of Pembroke college, Oxford, M.A. 1751; rector of St. Edmund the King, and St. Ni cholas Acons, London, and of Blackmanstone, in this county. Of this good man, at the close of a long life spent in the practice of every duty, professional, social, and domestic, it may be truly said, he fell asleep. The depth and soundness of his learning, the strict orthodoxy of his belief, and the primitive simplicity and integrity of his manners, might have entitled him to the highest offices in the church; but, in this world, reward does not always accompany desert. In the father's house are many mansions. His will be bright and splendid, as were his talents and his virtues; firm and immoveable, as were his perseverance and his faith.

At Deal, aged 87, John Carter, esq. the oldest magistrate (perhaps with the exception of Lord Frederick Campbell) of the county. He was brother of the celebrated Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, the poetess, and learned translator of Epictetus, who died February 19, 1806, aged 89. He was born about December, 1723, the eldest son of Dr. Nicholas Carter, minister of Deal, and rector of Woodchurch and of Ham, in the same County (a native of Buckinghamshire), who died at Deal in 1774, aged 87, by Margaret,

daughter and heiress of Richard Swayne, esq. of Bere, in Dorsetshire, by a daughter of Thomas Trenchard, esq. of Wolverton and Lychet-Maltravers, in the same county. Mr. Carter, after having been educated at Cambridge, went into the army, and had a company in the 9th regiment of foot (if we mistake not) about sixty-five years ago. At this period his active and intelligent mind made him much consulted and employed, particularly on the Kentish coast, when the rebellion of 1745 created serious fears of an invasion. Some years afterwards, he mar ried a lady of good fortune at Deal, to whom some of his sister's poems are addressed; and retiring to the excellent house which formed a portion of her property in his native town, there passed the remainder of his life, and breathed his last. Soon after, he was put into the commission of the peace for the county, and discharged the duties of it for a long period of years with eminent superiority, so as to entitle him to the elevation to the chair of the East Kent sessions, which he filled for some time with great credit. He was a man of very lively and acute natural parts, very highly cultivated, an exact and elegant classical scholar, an excellent linguist, and a man of extensive and general reading; in all which various departments he continued to exercise his admirable faculties to the last, his final illness not having attacked him for more than ten days before his death. Till that period he enjoyed all the powers of his body and mind with little apparent decay; his memory and vivacity were' in strong force; he moved with agility, and the marks of age had made little impression on his person; he worked in his garden, he read with eagerness, he talked with his usual clearness and fluency, and he abated in none of the attentive politeness of the old court. He joined in all social circles, lived cheerfully and hospitably, and betrayed nothing of the peevishness of an octogenarian. His person was that of an hale man, of little more than sixty. He had seen much of life, knew its follies, and turned not with stern repulsiveness from an acquaintance or com pliance with its humours. In short, he had all the polish, and all the agreeable knowledge, of a man of the world, added to that of a ready and perfect scholar. In his literary taste, he was what some would deem toɔ alltique; and many would deem too severe. Of the ancients, among his prime favourites, was Horace; and of the moderns, Pope. He seemed to prefer wit and acute sense, to sen timent and fancy. His politics were these of whiggism, perhaps a little extended with the times. He feared despotism rather than anarchy; and corruption rather than litentiousness. He saw the two extremes of danger between which modern governments were vibrating; and leaned to the side of the people. The stores of his understanding were so abundant, and in such constant ex

ercise,

ercise, that it was difficult to contend with him; and his very years, which had all the venerability, without any of the weakness of age, added the imposing advantage of high respect and awe. Rank never dazzled him; office and power he treated with indifference; and all the habits of his life were guided by a calm and manly independence. He was a master of the law (various and complex as it is) which concerns the duties of a country magistrate, and wielded all its technicalities with astonishing readiness and skill. On these subjects he was firm, and sometimes, perhaps, a little tenacious in his opinions; but it was very rarely that he could be detected in an error. His pen was continually in his hand, and in the course of a long life, he was the author of several pamphlets and political letters of a temporary mature, which have probably perished with the occasion. He has left a widow (his third wife) Anne, daughter of the late Mr. James Powell, of Wingham, and three daughters; of whom the eldest married Janies Williamson, esq. late major of the 70th regiment; the other two are single. He was a most affectionate husband, and a most fond and attentive father; dedicating much of his time to the instruction and accomplishment of his children; and applying his care and his fortune to their gratification. In his death, both they and his widow will experience an irreparable loss. He has left one surviving halfbrother, the Rev. Henry Carter, of Wittenham, in Berkshire, who has several children; of whom, two sons are post captains in the navy. He has also left two nephews by a sister; the Rev. Thomas Pennington, rector of Thorley, Herts. ; and the Rev. Montagu Pennington, vicar of Northbourn, near Deal, the biographer of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, his sister.

SURRY.

the Son of Man.

SUSSEX.

From an advertisement in our paper, (says the editor of the Brighton Herald) the public will perceive, that some of our friends in London have been seized with a desire to bless this town and its vicinity with water works. It will also be seen that the commissioners of Brighthelmstone, not immediately perceiving the necessity of such a boon, are determined to reject it. They have refused it civilly from the gentleman who made a respectful application to them on the subject; but should it be attempted to force it upon them, by an act of parliament, they have pledged themselves to the town to do all in their power to prevent its taking place. Dr. Tierney, who has professionally paid great attention to the quality and sources of the water with which Brighton is most profusely sup plied, declares, that it is the most healthy and salubrious that the island of Britain can boust, and that should this water be diverted from its natural course, confined in reservairs, or pass through pipes, it would be deprived of its medicinal character, and might generate diseases, which at present are almost unknown to the inhabitants.

Married.] At Brighton, James Clarke, M.D. of Nottingham, to Ellen, second daughter of the late John Abraham, esq. of Tottenham.

At Horsham, Thomas Abraham, esq. to Louisa, daughter of the late Edward Carter, esq. of Portsmouth,

Died.] At Burwash, William Constable, esq. 64.

At Brighton, James Mitchell, esq. of Limehouse.-Henry Hughs, esq. of Harley street, Cavendish square. James Stanley, esq. one of the masters of the High Court of Chancery, and steward of the Marshalsea court.- -Mr. Burfield.-Charles Fox, esq. many years a magistrate of Northamptonshire, and one of the venderers of Rockingham forest. -Mr. Burfield.-Miss Reyner, of London. -Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Eaton, of London, 65.

At Hastings Barracks, Captain and Adjutant Edward Trelawney, of the Bedford militia, in which regiment he served twentyeight years.-Fountain North, esq. of Rougham, Norfolk.

At Chichester, Mrs. Turner.-Mrs. Feast, daughter of Mrs. Kitchenor, of Brighton. She was proceeding on her way to Ashford, in Kent, for the purpose of seeing her sister, when the couch broke down, only two miles from the place of her destination, by which accident she was so dreadfully bruised, that she died within three hours.

HAMPSHIRE.

Applications will be made to parliament in the ensuing session, for acts for the following purposes: 1. For making a navigable canal from the river Medway navigation at Tunbridge, Kent, to communicate with the harhour of Portsmouth, at the Flat House, with various blanches in the several counties of

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