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At Wroughton Common, near Swindon, be erected by private subscription, for celeMrs. Mary Dore, 86.

BERKSHIRE.

The building adjoining St. George's Chapel, Windsor, called Cardinal Wolsey's Chapel, was some time since filled with lumber, although it had been understood that his Majesty intended to have a vault made there for the interment of the remains of his family; however, within these few days the lumber has been taken out of it, and windows put th. As some labourers were employed in digging an archway in this Wolsey's chapel, they discovered a coffin; the wooden one was detayed, but the leaden coffin was in a very good state of preservation. The inscription on it could not be made out. On opening it, the contents proved to be a woman, wrapped up in waxed canvas of 50 folds, and a child, in a very high state of preservation, in spirits. It was supposed to be the Queen of Edward the IVth. and one of her children. It was kept open a few days, and then again soldered up.

Married.] At Wallingford, Mr. W. Hillyard, to Miss E. Cotterell.

At Reading, Thomas Roworth, esq. of London, to Mary Ann Catherine, second daughter of the Rev. Dr. Valpy.

Died.] At Childrey, Wm. Shippery,

esq. 76.

At Newbury, Mrs. Wroughton, wife of R. W, esq. late of Mount Beacon, near Bath. Mary, wife of J. Bodman, esq.-Mr. John

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At Thatcham, Mrs. Banks, wife of Mr. Benjamin B. S3.

At Wallingford, Mr. W. Wells.
At Maidenhead, Mrs. Clarke, 62.

At Chilton Farm, near Hungerford, Mr. John Burgess.

At Warborough, Martha, wife of Mr. Benjamin Tabb, 35.

At Reading, the Chevalier de Torcy, captain in the regiment of Loyal Emigrants in the British service under the old French government, captain in the Queen's regiment of infantry, and a knight of St. Louis. He was present in all the engagements in which his regiment distinguished itself during the sampaigns of 1793, 4 and 5. accompanied the expedition to Quiberon, and He likewise was afterwards employed in the British service in Portugal, till the peace of 1802 Mrs. Margaret Blane.-Mrs. Lydia Mace, 63. Mrs. Golding, wife of Henry G. esq. of Wallingford, and mother of Mr. G. surgeon, of Reading.

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brating public worship according to the rites of the established Church; which subscription was accordingly commenced.

On Tuesday morning, October 23, about Bath, were alarmed by an explosion of gun11 o'clock, the inhabitants of Walcot-street, powder; and it was soon discovered that the house in Ladymead, near the river, where Mrs. Invetto, the ingenious fire-work maker, carried on her business, had been blown up, Mrs. Invetto and a young man, her assistant, and the adjoining tenements much damaged. were the only persons on the premises: the cle, and so deplorably burnt and disfigured poor woman was rendered a shocking specta that she died within twelve hours. The pital, where he also soon afterwards expired. young man was carried to the Casualty HosThe immediate cause of the accident cannot be ascertained, but it is supposed to have arisen from the quantity of combustible incontinually scattered in every part of the gredients which were, with too little caution,

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in Orange-court, Bath, a similar explosion About twenty years ago, at a house children of the late Sig. Invetto met the same occurred, whereby the first wife and two disastrous end.

Catherine, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Married.] At Bristol, John Purrier, esq. to Rice Wasbrough. Philip Chabert, esq. to vicar of Nazing, Essex-Mr. F. S. Brown, Miss Moir, daughter of the Rev. John M. of the Royal Navy, to Elizabeth, daughter of

Thomas Sumner, esq.

Ardfort, in Ireland, to Lydia, only daughter At Bath, the Rev. Gilbert Holmes, dean of of Francis Saunderson, esq. of Castle Saunderson, county of Cavan,Thomas Smith, esq. of Lansdown Cottage, to Miss Hannah Wylde.

At Ansford, James Webster, esq. to Miss E. White, daughter of Robert W. esq.

Died. At bristol, Lieut. Colonel Frith, of the North Hampshire Militia.-Mrs. Owen Williams.-Mrs. Sarah Liptrap, widow of the late Samuel Davey L. esq. of London, 64 Mr. Charles Madox, 75.

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At Bath, Mrs. Goldwyer, wife of John G. fourth daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Ha esq. 74.Mrs. Strange, wife of Mr. S. and zard, bookseller.-Mrs. Dennis, a maiden lady.Mirs. Chapman, relict of Mr. Alderman C.Mrs. Brooksbanks, 82-Jane, second Devonshire, Mrs. Aspinall, of Liverpool. daughter of Mrs. Atkinson. On her way to John Stephens, esq.-Mr. H. Bowen, brother

to the Rev. Wm. B.. whose death at Nettle-
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ton, in Wiltshire, is recorded in the present

At Steeple Morden, the Rev. Richard King, vicar of that place, and rector of Worthen, Shropshire.

At Clifton, Mrs. Clarke, relict of the Rev. John C. vicar of Hungerford, Berks, and sister of the late Charles Chapman, esq. of Bath ford.

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DORSETSHINE.

Married.] At Poole, Henry Kemp, esq. to Miss Crew, daughter of T. C. esq.-David Lander, esq. collector, of Poole, to Miss Weston.

At Wimborne, Mr. J. Abbott, to Miss M. Harvey.

At Rampisham, Mr. Henry Brookes, of Charlton Horethorne, to Miss Ann Meggs, of Higher Kingstone, near Dorchester.

At Sturminster Marshal, Mr. John Baldwin, of Child Okeford, third son of John B. esq of Wyke Farm, to Miss Barnes, eldest daughter of John B. esq.

At Dorchester, Mr. Samuel Bond, of Honiton, to Miss Mowlam, of the Black Horse inn, Dorchester.

Died.] At Wareham, Mr. Jonathan Laurence, mayor of that borough, 63.-Mrs. Mould, wife of Mr. Joseph M. of the papermilis.-The Rev. John Brown, rector of Winterbourne Abbots, with Winterbourne Steepleten, and formerly fellow of Lincoln colJege, Oxford, M. A. June 17, 1784, B. D. ne 30, 1794.

At Shaftesbury, Mrs. Hannah Dowland. At Pentridge, Mr. Robert Oke, many years an eminent merchant at Poole.

At Blandford, Mr. D. T. Biggs, youngest son of the late Mr. B. of that place, 28.

At Sherborne, Mr. Miller.Mr. Corp, 86. At Lyme, Mrs. Tucker, wife of Mr. T. attorney, of Chard.

DEVONSHIRE.

On the night of Friday the 9th, and the whole of Saturday the 10th of November, the neighbourhood of Exeter was visited by the greatest fall of rain that has been remembered for many years past. The river Exe Tose in consequence to an unprecedented height, overflowing the country for an extent of many miles, and carrying off in its rapid and tremendous course, ricks of hay, parts of houses, bridges, cattle, &c.; an immense Santity of apples have also been washed away; from the parish of Ide alone, it is supposed the quantity lost would have made one hundred hogsheads of cyder. In the evening of Saturday, the utmost consternation prevailed amongst the inhabitants of St. Thomas, from the recollection of the severe injuries sustained by former inundations. At midnight, the water was five feet high in most of the houses; and in the road leading from Oakhampton-street, it was six feet above the footpath. All the roads in every direction were impassable, and the coaches could not arrive until the next morning. At the Exeter quay, three vessels were driven a-shore on the wharf, and were got off with much difficulty on the following day. Another arch of Cowley-bridge was washed away, which renders that road, for the preseat, impassable. The bridge near Launceston, which divides Devon from Cornwall, is nearly destroyed. At Budleigh Salterton, the streamlet was ao awollen, that two new

built houses were completely swept away, and carried, with great part of the furniture, into the sea. All parts of this neighbour cod have, in a greater or less degree, felt the effects of the flood; indeed every rivulet suddenly increased to an immense river, carry ing with it cottages, cattle, barns, corn and hay-ricks, and almost every article that wa moveable, leaving the poor suffering inha bitants in the greatest distress, deprived of their property and their homes, and exhi biting a grand scene of desolation where soever it extended. Various accounts have reached us from different parts equally cala mitous; but we most feelingly lament the very severe losses which numerous indivi duals must have experienced in the general wreck which the storm has occasioned. Dawlish, the most delightful watering-place on the Devonshire coast, has suffered severely: the improvements which had been made in this beautiful village, had been the admiration of all who had visited it; the rivulet which had been formed into a canal, was a charming object, and the ground on its banks which had been ornamented with gravelwalks, planted with shurbs, and enclosed as a pleasure-ground for the comfort of invalids who could not endure the more keen air of the sea beach, as well as to encrease the charming appearance of the place; all this was in a few hours swept away, together with several very good new-built houses en each side of its banks, and three large hand. some wooden bridges, which were placed over the canal, of a size to admit the passage of carriages of every description: indeed, se rapid was the swell of the water, and so violent the current, that there was not even time to remove any part of the furniture of several houses: the whole was hurried away, and the inhabitants narrowly escaped the ruin.

At a respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Totnes, and its vicinity, held on the 25th of October, it was unanimously resolved that a library, on a liberal and permanent basis, should be established in that town, under the denomination of the South Devon Library; that it should be raised by donations, and supported by subscriptions not exceeding one guinea annually.

The Mayor and Commonalty of Ply mouth, have resolved to erect a ball-room, a commodious hotel, with suites of rooms for noblemen and gentlemen's families, and also a theatre, for the greater convenience, ac commodation, and amusement, of persons re sorting to this town, as well as of the inha bitants, than it now affords; they propose to take up the sum of twenty thousand pounds to assist them in carrying on the work, by the grant of annuities on the lives of person to be named by the subscribers: no subscription to be less than one hundred pounds on cach nominee. It is intended to appropriate part of one of the buildings to a public library.

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On Wednesday, a tremendous fire broke Out in Little Friery-street, Plymouth, which raged for seven hours; and when it was extinguished, about four o'clock next morning, four houses were burnt down, and one house pulled down, to prevent the fire from communicating. Three drunken sailors were with difficulty rescued from a burning room; nor would they quit, though the upper beams were falling round them in flames, until the engines were directed to play in upon them, which made them jump out of the window into the street. The tars fell, like cats, on their legs, without receiving the least harm, giving at the same time three cheers.

The Medical Report of the West of England Eye Infirmary, established at Exeter, for the last year, announces the cure of eleven hundred and ninety-five persons of various diseases in the eye, within the space of the last two years; among these, eightysix have been cured of cataracts, of whom thirty persons were born blind.

Married.] At Brixton, John Embling, esq. to Harriet, daughter of P. Lyde, esq. At Exeter, Mr. John Winter, of Bristol, to Miss Huxham, sister of George H. esq. of Plympton.

At Rame, near Maker, Samuel Carpenter, esq. of the Inner Temple, barrister, to Miss Drew, of Rame Place.

At Plymouth, Mr. John Smith, attorney, to Miss Pridham, daughter of John P. esq. Died.] At Exeter, Mrs. Christopher, wife of Henry C. esq. commander of the Sir William Pulteney East Indiaman.-Colonel James Brunton, Sd regiment of Madras Native Infantry, and late military Auditorgeneral at Fort St. George.-Mrs. Mary Densham, daughter of the late Richard D. esq. who in 1758 served the office of mayor of Exeter, 76.-Mr. Henry Gillett, overseer of the works in the western district for the Board of Ordnance, 68.-Mrs. Ford, wife of Mr. William F. governor of the county Bridewell.

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At Sidmouth, Theodosia Maria, daughter of Peter Rickards, esq. of Everjobb, Radnorshire.

At Otterton, Mrs. Mary Simons, 84, daughter of the Rev. William S. heretofore vicar of Otterton, and sister of the late Rev. James S. rector of St. Stephen's, Exeter.

At Tiverton, Charlotte, fourth daughter of the late Rev. Hugh Northcote, rector of Upton Pyne.

At Barnstaple, Mrs. Roch, widow of the late Mr. R. formerly a banker of that town, 84.

At Sandford Ash, Mrs. Pope, wife of William P. esq.

At Plymouth, of a consumption, Miss Meredith, daughter of the late Colonel Meredith, of the artillery, 19. The acute sorrow felt by a fond mother, who was her unremitting attendant during her illness, is much increased by the loss of an only son, a cadet

at Woolwich, a youth of great promise, who died after a short illness on the 24th of Sep❤ tember last; which grievous affliction Mrs. Meredith had not only to contend with, with all the feelings of a tenir mother, but had to conceal it .rom her daughter, who, till her death, was ignorant of the late of her brother Mr. John Steer.

At Stonehouse, Joseph Bott, esq. commander of his Majesty's sloop Sabine.

At Colyton, Mr. Hathaway, surgeon and apothecary, 49.

At Shaldon, near Teignmouth, Mr. Christopher Towill.

At Fordton, near Crediton, Harriet, fourth daughter of the late Rev. Walter Burne, rector of Lifton.-The Rev. William Evans, who had been upwards of forty years pastor of the Independent Congregation at Ford, near Kingsbridge, Devon. He possessed an excellent understanding, considerable learn ing, and an accurate knowledge of the Scriptures.

CORNWALL.

A silver mine has been recently discovered in this county, and promises abundantly to repay the working. The ore yields about a tenth part of silver, being a greater propor tion of metal than any mine previously discovered in this kingdom.

Married.] At Maddron, Captain Askew, of the Providence letter of marque, of Liverpool, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. J. Matthews, of Penzance.

At Lower St. Columb, Mr. Roseware, surgeon, of Wadebridge, to Miss Hicks, daughter of Mr. Richard H. of St. Columb,

Died.] At St. Austell, Mr. FlamankMiss Ann Filkins.-Mrs. Hopwood.

At Helston, Captain Harris, of the 834 regiment of foot.-Mr. Charles Lanyon, 77. -Mr. John Webb, of the Duke's Head inn.

At Bodmin, Mr. Beard, some time ago, steward to Sir Lawrence Palk, bart.

At Truro, Mr. Macmasters.

At Polperro, Mrs. Crouch, wife of Mr. C.

surgeon.

At St. Ives, Mr. John Tregurthen, 73.
Mr. Henry Uren.

At Padstow, Mr. Richard Brewer.
At Penzance, Mr. Toll.-Mr. Ayres.-
Mrs. Sweet.

At Camelford, Mr. Edward Pearse.

At Falmouth, Mr. Dawson.Mrs. Campe bell, wife of Colonel C. of the 92d Highlanders, serving at Cadiz.

At Carvedras, near Truro, Mrs. Kent, 103. At Tredethy House, near Bodmin, Miss Margaret Hext, sister of Francis H. esq. At Redruth, Captain Edward Teague. At St. Columb, Mr. John Jane, 77.

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Mold announced the approaching moment, which had previously been deeply impressed by anticipation upon every loyal heart. Divine service was performed at each Church, after which the gentlemen from those places, preceded by a detachment of the West Denbigh, and the 2d Flintshire Local Militia, proceeded to Bwlch Penbarras, the place from which the generai procession was to commence. At a little after one o'clock, the procession arrived at the summit of that sublime and gigantic mountain, the spot so happily chosen to erect this memorable pile. The architect read a list of the coins and medals intended to be deposited under the first stone, consisting of a guinea and half guinea of the present reign, several medals of his Majesty alluding to various events since his accession, and others of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Earl Howe, Marquis Cornwallis, and Lord Nelson. Lord Kenyon then addressed the company, stating that he had received his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's gracious appointment, in his name, to lay the first stone of the edifice that they had determined to erect as a lasting monument of the loyal feelings so generally displayed throughout this principality upon this memorable occasion; and noticed the most prominent acts of his Majesty's conduct, from his accession to the throne of these realms to the end of the fiftieth year of his glorious reign. The first stone was then laid with the usual ceremonies, on which was a plate containing the following inscription:

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excellent vollies, the bands playing, "God save the King," &c. and the air resounded with the loyal shouts of the multitude. The assemblage comprised most of the gentry, clergy, &c. of the surrounding country, amounting to upwards of three thousand per sons. About twenty minutes after three o'clock the company left the mountain, to repair to the respective festive boards, where the remainder of the day was spent with that joy and loyalty so characteristic of ancient Britons. Lord Kenyon, desirous that the poor should not be entirely excluded from partaking of the general joy that prevailed, ordered a fat ox to be purchased and distributed in the neighbourhood of Mold, and likewise one in his own neighbourhood (Hanmer), and several sheep in smaller districts in the country.

NORTH BRITAIN.

A singular discovery has been made in one of the churches at Edinburgh. Some years ago, a chiest, without any address, but of enormous weight, was removed from the old Weigh-house at Leith, and lodged in the

outer aisle of the old church. This box had lain for upwards of thirty years in Leith, and

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years in Edinburgh, without a claimant ; and, what is still more extraordinary, without any one ever having had the curiosity to examine it. On Tuesday the 16th, however, some gentlemen connected with the town, caused the mysterious box to be opened, and to their surprise and gratifi. cation, they found it contained a most beau tiful statue of his Majesty, about the size of life, cast in bronze. The statue is admirably well executed, and presents a very striking youthful likeness of the King, dressed in the Roman costume.

Married.] At Bothwell Castle, Captain Scott, of Gala, R.N. to the Hon. Caroline Lucy Douglas, second daughter of Lord D.

Died.] At Edinburgh, Sir James Hay,

and in the Sheriffalty of Richard Lloyd, of bart. 85. Fronhawlog,

and Francis Richard Price, of Bryn-y pys, Esquires, in the presence of the Nobility,

Gentry, and Yeomanry, of each

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At Killearn, Stirlingshire, Mr. G. M'Adam. On the 10th of September he fired at a covey of partridges, but the shot expelled backwards the dock of the piece, which had a long prong, through his forehead into the brain, in the line of the frontal suture, where it remained. He tugged it from side to side till he got it extracted, and then ran home, nearly a quarter of a mile, and sent for a person to dress it, who perceiving some brain upon the dock, and the pulsation of the brain through the aperture, sent for a surgeon. The patient continued sensible till within two days of his death and used, contrary to advice, to rise and sit up without any assistance. On the 29th, two small pieces of the outer table of the skull came away with the dressing. On the

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1st of October the surgeon took out a fractured piece of the outer table of the frontal bone, about the size of a sixpence. The brain began to cbtrude on the 2d, and on the 14th, a portion of it, about an inch in diameter, and two inches long, came away with the dressing, to the innermost part of which # piece of the inner table of the frontal bone was attached, about the size of that formerly taken out. On the 16th he became very restless, and much pained, his pulse 72, and a considerable quantity of the brain continued to force itself outwards, mingled with blood. He became totally insensible on Thursday the 18th, his pulse then 120, and was seized with an universal quivering, which continued till his death, on the 20th.

In Caithness, Mr. Marcus Gun, tacksman of Dalemore, within one day of completing the 95th year of his age. It is singular, that he and his predecessors have possessed that farm for seventeen generations in succession. He is succeeded in it by his son, who makes the eighteenth.

At Raith, Fifeshire, Robert Ferguson, esq. father of the gallant Major-general F.

At Prestonpans, Rebecca Galloway, relict of John Mennons, aged 92. She lived to see 108 of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

IRELAND.

A very curious piece of Irish antiquity, of pure gold, nearly in the form of a crescent, 184 inches in diameter, with hooks at each termination, was found in the month of July last, near Derry, by a poor man cutting turf. It is supposed to have been part of an ornament of some Irish chief, and to have lain many ages in the earth. The man who found it, had it tossing about his house for a considerable time, till a travelling tinker stepped in to ask for a job, and upon seeing it in a child's hand, took and broke it into five pieces, and then offered a 20s.-note for it,

which excited the owner's curiosity so much, that he took it to a jeweller in Derry, who paid him agreeable to its intrinsic value. It weighs near nine ounces, and is now, with the parts soldered to their original shape, in the possession of a jeweller in Dublin. The workmanship is very curious, being hammered out of a thick piece of round wire inte a triangular form, and each plane concave. Although of simple appearance, the more res fined of our days would experience much perplexity in executing a piece of hammer-work, which it is evidently, on a similar principle.

Died.] At Clones, the Hon, and Rev. R. H. Koper, brother of the late Lord Daire. At Everjobb, Mr. Evan Jones, late of Chelsea.

At Trew, parish of Killyman, county Tyrone, Edw. Rafferty, 105. The only circumstance he had to regret was, that of sleeping one night out of the parish he was born in. He was perfectly sensible to the last moment of his life, and never had an hour's sickness.

Near Lisburn, Mr. Robert Galway, aged 104. He retained the use of his understanding to the close of his life. There was scarce an event took place in the religious or political world, from his youth till the last year of his existence, but he could correctly re

late.

At Newton, near Kilmacthomas, in his 95th year, Denis M'Nemara, commonly known by the name of Rurah, or Redhaired an obscure school-master, but whose works, in the judgment of those skilled in the Gaelic language, entitled him to the appellation of the last of the Irish bards: his writings in the mock-heroic, lyric, and sonnet style, were numerous, and many of them masterpieces of poetic beauty; but in his latter years he dedicated more to the composition of hymus, admired for their piety and sublime spirit of devotion.

MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT.

BRITISH TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.-In our last report we stated the vast increase of Bankrupcies within the last month, compared with similar months for seven years back, and we regret to say that they still increase in number, and that confidence in the mercantile world seems nearly at an end. With respect to specie, none of either gold or silver is scarcely to be seen; and in the shops, &c, it is difficult to get change of a single pound note, unless a part of it is laid out in purchase of some article. Discount (unless bille, &c. of a few of the first houses in the city) can only be done through the medium of bill brokers, at an extra.commission, exclusive of the regular interest.

In Lancashire, the cotton manufacturers appear by the late Gazettes, as well as by private information, to be greatly distressed; and business quite at a stand. In Manchester, and other places, houses stop not only every day, but every hour. Cotton-wool is in no demand at any price, and no export of the manufactured goods, except a few fine sorts to Rio, &c. &c. The trade of Birmingham, Sheffield, &c. quite at a stand, and no orders for execution there, except a few for our home-consumption. At London, Liverpool, and Bristol, the King's stores are full of all kind of colonial produce, as coffee, sugar, rum, &c. for se curity of their duties, and the proprietors in the greatest possible distress, not being able to force sales of these articles.

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