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1818.]

Northamptonshire Northumberland-Nottingham.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

Birth.] At Aynho, the lady of W. R. Cartwright, esq. of a son.

Married] At Old, Mr. J. Cleaver, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. T. Davis, both of the above place.

At Maidford, Mr. E. F. Tuningham, to Miss E. Stilgoe, second daughter of Mr. Z. S. of Maidford Grange.

At Northampton, Mr. J. E. Tozer, of London, to Eliza, daughter of J. Hall, esq. of this place.

At Wellingborough, Mr. G. Bland, of East Farndon, to Maria, youngest daughter of Mr. J. Hardwick, of the former place. Died.] Mr. John Butterfield, of Brackley, 82.

Mrs. E. Pittom, 84, of Barby.

At Cogenhoe, through the effects of a fall from a gig, Emma, youngest daughter of H. Locock, M.D. 21.

G. W. Margetts, eldest son of G. M. esq. of Wellingborough.

Mr. R. Dunckley, of Dodford, 89.
Mr. Sabin, surgeon, of Towcester, 67.

NORTHUMBERLANDSHIRE.

One of the most extraordinary suicides lately took place at Heckley Grange, near Alnwick, that perhaps ever was heard of; two brothers, named Younghusband, who were farmers, in good circumstances, and had lived together many years on the most affectionate terms, agreed to destroy themselves at the same moment. Being on their grounds, one of them speaking to a ploughman, the other called to him from the next field, "Come, are you ready?" On this he joined him and neither of them returning home at the usual time, they were sought after, and found in the field, with their throats cut, each having a razor in his hand, and the watch of one of them lying by his side. The Coroner's Jury brought in a verdict of Felo de se, and they were buried at midnight in cross roads. The one was 70 years old, the other upwards of 60.

Died.] At Morpeth, A. Marjoribanks, esq. deputy commissary general, 55.

At Heatherwick, Mrs. Potts, mother-inlaw of Mr. T. Clark, aged 1034.

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At an advanced age, the Rev. O. Dinsdale, rector of Wilford.

At Brant Broughton, John Massey, gent. 49; he had been a martyr to the gout more than half his life.

At Cromwell, Mr. John Footitt, 76. At Nottingham, William Harris, gent. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. T. Dunnicliff, of Castle Donington, 35.

J. Shaw, gent. of Trowell Moor, 76.

At East Retford, within a few days of each other, Thomas and Jane Fish, whose united ages were 164, having been married 61 years, leaving 22 children, all at single

births.

OXFORDSHIRE.

Preparations for the use of gas-lights at Oxford, are now rapidly going on.

Married.] Mr. J. J. Perry, surgeon, of Steeple Aston, to Miss Dew, of Aynho, Northamptonshire.

At Pyrton, G. Ranking, jun. esq. of Chalk Hill House, Middlesex, to the youngest daughter of the Rev. W. Buckle, vicar of Pyrton and Shirburn.

Geo. A. F. Dawkins, esq. only son of J. D. esq. of Over-Norton House, to the youngest daughter of Sir W. H. Cooper,

bart.

At Ifly, W. Undershell, esq. of Bermondsey, to the second daughter of R. Wootten, esq. of Rose Hill House, and one of the Magistrates of Oxford.

Died.] At Beechen Cliff, Mr. W. G. Butler, student of Magdalen college, 19.

Mr. S. Godson, 55, of Hook Norton, an eminent commissioner and surveyor.

At Stowe, (the seat of the Marquis of Buckingham,) the Rev. W. Barnard, rector of Marsh Gibbon and Water Stratford.

Emily, eldest daughter of T. Duffield, esq. of Marcham Park.

At Oxford, the wife of Mr. W. Slatter, 55.

At Wheatley, John Bush, esq. Doctor of the Civil Laws, and Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate of that county and Berks. His estates descend to his co-heiresses, the Ladies of Lieut.-Col. Morgan, of Birchgrove, and Thos. Smith, esq. of Castella, Glamorganshire.

At Adderbury, of a decline, Lieut. W.

In Newcastle, at an advanced age, Mrs. Davies, R.N. E. Robson.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Birth.] The lady of Hugh Raydes, esq. of Ranby Hall, of a son.

Married.] At Nottingham, Mr. Wm. Day, of Eastwood, to Miss Sarah Barker.At St. Mary's, Mr. John Alvey, to Miss Ann Fox.

Died.] At West Retford Hall, suddenly, Mrs. Berks, relict of R. B. esq. of Chester. At Bingham, 20, much lamented, Maria Lee, third daughter of Mr. L. a respectable farmer and grazer of that place. Her death was occasioned by a cold taken, after an evening's walk, about a fortnight before.

RUTLANDSHIRE.

Died.] The infant son of the Rev. Dr. Doncaster, of Oakham.

Mrs. Clarke, 62, of Langham, near Oak hum.

SHROPSHIRE.

The gleanings of the poor families of the little village of Dorrington, during the late harvest, amounted to 125 bushels of wheat and 40 of barley.

Married.] At Fitz, Mr. Robinson, of Church Stretton, to Ms Hastings.

At Lapley, the Rev. Mr. Fernie, of Brewood, to Miss Ann Jarvis, of Wheaton Aston.-W. Colley, esq. of Churton Heath, to

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Somerset-Stafford-Suffolk.

Shropshire Mary, second daughter of J. N. Bennett, Esq. of Great Sanghall, Cheshire.

Mr. J. Smith, of Ludlow, to the relict of Mr. T. Wells, of Aberystwith.

At St. Chad's, Mr. J. R. Gardner, of Tewkesbury, to Miss E. Till, of Shrewsbury. At Sutton Maddock, Mr. G. F. Muntz, Birmingham, to Eliza, youngest daughter of the Rev. J. Pryce, Dolforwyn Hall, Montgomery.

Died.] At Shrewsbury, G. H. Johnson, eldest son of Mr. J. J. Chester.

At Kington, 19, Mr. H. P. Davies, nephew of J. D. esq.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

Such has been the attention of the Committee of Magistrates in the county of Somerset, to the recently adopted regulations of the county prisons, for the promotion of industry and good order therein, and other objects of public economy, that a reduction of county rates, to the amount of nearly 20001. per annum, has been experienced, agreeably to the statement of the two last sessions.

The Editor of Farley's Journal says: "There are now a greater number of vessels ready to unload, than ever were at one time in the harbour of Bristol in the memory of our oldest merchants. There is the greatest difficulty at the Custom House in procuring land-waiters; and the in-door officers are frequently obliged to assist those without." He adds" We have pleasure in being able to announce the arrival of the Albion from Bengal, being the first East Indiaman this port has ever been able to boast of."

A new line of road is now cutting from Bristol through Acton-Turville to Chippenham, which will reduce the distance be tween that town and Bristol 74 miles; and it is proposed that the London mail shall take this route, by which its arrival would be accelerated at least an hour; and its departure might, from the same cause, be postponed till five o'clock.

Married.] At Bristol, Mr. Cousins, to Miss James.The Rev. T. Martin, Malmsbury, to Mrs. Vizard.-Mr. Dyer, son of the late General D. of the Royal Marines, to Miss E. Harris, Kingsdown. Mr. Jas. Venn, to Miss J. Furchild.

At Bath, Jas. Mann, esq. to the daughter of Lady O'Brien, St. James's square.-Jas. M'Ghie, to Miss Hunt.-Mr. G. Orchard, to Caroline, second daughter, of J. Baker, esq. Kingsmead Terrace.-Capt. Hunter, of the 3d dragoons, to the youngest daughter of the Rev. P. Story, Lockington Hall, Leicestershire.

Died.] Aged 62, the Rev. F. H, Clapp, vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, the arduous duties of which situation he performed with unremitting diligence for 20 years.

At Bath, Capt. Rowe, R. N.-Elizabeth, wife of Jos. Lowe, esq. Barbadoes.

At Brislington, the Rev. T. B. Simpson,

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vicar of Keynsham, and rector of Congresbury-cum-Wick St. Lawrence.

STAFFORDSHIRE.

The different associations for the prose cution of felons in this county are said to be projecting a principle of common correspondence, calculated to give operation to an instantaneous and rapid publicity in all cases of capital felony; or otherwise to open channels of information, by which suspicious characters may be watched, or advices of their movements communicated. — Some plan of this kind is necessary, in order to give due effect to the provisions and rules of such societies.

Married.] At Kinfare, the Rev. Dr. Booker, vicar of Dudley, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late J. Grant, esq. of the West Gate-house, Pembroke.

Died.] At Handsworth, in the 116th year of her age, Ann Smallwood, widow. She was born in the year 1702, the year Queen Anne came to the throne. She was the mother of 15 children, the eldest of whom, now living, is 80 years old. She had been blind a few years, but all her other faculties she retained to the last.

At an advanced age, Mr. Shaw, of Hints, near Litchfield. After eating a hearty supper at the house of his son there, he died while in the act of unbuttoning his gaiters.

A lad, named Jukes, lately died near Wolverhampton of hydrophobia, who had been bitten by a mad dog so long ago as August, 1817.

At Stoke-upon-Trent, at an advanced age, T. Wolfe, esq. an eminent manufacturer of earthenware.

SUFFOLK.

It is at length determined to erect a new theatre in Bury, and the foundation of the building is already nearly laid; the spot fixed upon is situate on the South side of the East end of Westgate-street, nearly op posite the Crown-street.

Married.] At Beccles, E. C. Bacon, esq. eldest son of the late D. B. esq, and nephew of Sir E. B. bart. of Raveningham, to Katherine, eldest daughter and co-heiress of N. Starkie, esq. of French-wood, Lancashire.

Mr. Chas. Ely, Ipswich, to Sarah, second daughter of Mr. Rutt, Clapton.

C. Churchill, gent. Oxford, to the daughter of J. Ashford, gent. Colchester.

Mr. J. Nunn, Nayland, to the daughter of the late Mr. J. Watkins, formerly of that town.

P. Day, gent. Ixworth Thorpe, to Miss E. Austin, Sapiston.

At Halesworth, M. B. Kingsbury, esq. solicitor, of Bungay, to Mrs. Eliz. Revans.

Died.] The Rev. F. Cappar, 59 years rector of Earl Soham and Monk Soham.

J. Jeaffreson, gent. Brandeston, 58. Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. T. Reeve, rector of Rayden.

Aged 93, Mrs. Goodall, Clare.

1818.] Surrey-Sussex-Warwickshire—Westmoreland-Wiltshire.

SURREY.

There is at this time in the county of Surrey, a parish containing 15,000 acres of land, one-fifth part only of which is cultivated. The population is nearly 1,500, three-fourths of whom are labourers and their families; of these three-fourths, fourfifths are paupers; poor's rates from ten to fourteen hundred pounds per annum, one third of which is occasioned by want of employment.-Query, would it not be policy to appropriate a part of this waste land to spade cultivation?

Married.]

At Walton-on-Thames, T. Young, esq. to Elizabeth, only surviving daughter of the late J. Escott, esq. of Ongar Hill.

At Newington, Mr. R. Vernon, of Chipstead, to Miss Ann Bury, of Banstead.

At Haslemere, G. Smith, esq. to Sophia, daughter of the late Rev. James Fielding, of Denbigh House.

Died.] At Guildford, Frances, eldest daughter of Mr. Elkins.

At Tooting, C. Dagnall, esq. 29.

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Married.] At Birmingham, Mr. Kent, of Sarsden, to Mrs. Richardson, widow of Mr. F. R., of Warwick.

At Wasperton, J. Teasdale, esq. to Mrs. Eliza Galton.

At Cherrington, Edward Lyster, esq. to Miss Amelia Holden, of Westbromwich. Died.] At Warwick, Mrs. Vernon, relict of H. V., esq. 92.

At Lemington, H. Hickman, esq. of Newnham, 79.

At Rugby, P. Williams, esq. sen. 72.
At Chesterton, Mr. Lovel, farmer and

At Ledgens, near Croyden, Mrs. Stan- grazier. Mr. L. was riding in his grounds, hope, widow of P. S., esq.

SUSSEX.

New Roads. Such is the spirit of competition among the trustees of the roads from London to Brighton, that every year additional branches of roads are opened for the convenience of travellers; and more especially with the intent of shortening the distance from the metropolis to that place of fashion. The contention among the postmasters, as to the saving of distance, is at length decided, by the publication of their regular charges of posting from London to Brighton. We subjoin their respective lists.

London to Croyden, 10 miles; Redhill, 11; Crawley, 9; Hickstead, 10; Brighton,

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and in taking a leap, his horse fell with him, and killed him on the spot.

At Warwick, Geo. Cattell, esq. 85, one of the aldermen of that borough.

At Stoke, near Coventry, J. Hodgetts, esq. of Paternoster-row.

WESTMORELAND.

Married.] Mr. L. Clement, aged 72, to Sarah Elleray, aged about 30, both of Staveley.

At Newby, Mr. J. Mark, to Miss M. Nelson, of Morland.

Died.] At Kendal, Miss Jane Hetherington, 24.-Mrs. M'Naught, 29.-Mr. John Simpson, 67.

At Ambleside, Mary Harrison, 73.
At Burneside, Eliza Cleasby, 53.

WILTSHIRE,

Births.] At Sloperton cottage, Devizes, the lady of Thomas Moore, esq. of her fourth child and first son.

Married.] At Amesbury, Mr Scadding, of Russel-place, Fitzroy-square, to Henrietta, daughter of Mr. Selfe, of Amesbury.

At Devizes, Mr J. Pritchard, to Miss Harding, daughter of the late Mr. J. H. wine merchant.

At Malmesbury, the Rev. Thos. Martin, to Mrs. Vizard, of Bristol.

At Yetminster, Lieut. Col. King, of West Hall, to the only daughter of the late Rev. A. Bellamy, of Chetnole.

Died.] At Swindown, Mr. Wm. Gay, surgeon, upwards of forty years a most respectable inhabitant of that town.

At Trowbridge, after having been confined to her room for 17 years, Mrs. Martin, relict of Mr. M.

At Chisenbury Mill, Mr. G. Strong, 92,
At Marlborough, Mr. Cooper, 60.
At Wilton, Mr. W. Stone, 72.

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Worcestershire-York-Wales-Scotland-Ireland.

WORCESTERSHIRE.

A correspondent of that respectable paper, the Worcester Herald, having spoken in terms of exultation of an Auxiliary Peace Society, lately formed in that city, to co-operate with that in London, and others said to be forming in all parts of the country; as we had never heard of such a society in our metropolis, we turned with some interest to the advertisement to which he alluded. We had, however, no sooner perused it, than we discovered it to be a most contemptible piece of quackery, intended to delude wellmeaning persons, by inducing them to pur-. chase what are called Periodical Tracts in favour of Peace, but which consist, in no small degree, of the most ranting effusions of jacobinism against all wars, representing them as always diabolical and unnecessary, &c. &c. We can assure the public that there is no such society in London; although a certain pre-eminent literary quack, the very Prince of Puffers, may find it convenient, from interested motives, to propagate such an opinion. In short such a society is ridiculous from its very title; for how can individuals in this country be auxiliaries in preserving the peace of nations, while the king, by the constitution, is invested with the power of declaring war? But though it is the object of the Jacobins to depreciate all kingly authority, we really think that this is one of the most laughable attempts they have ever made to effect their purpose, self-elected President of this soi-disant Peace Society had better stick to his new System of Philosophy, for overturning that of Sir Isaac Newton!

YORKSHIRE.

The

A Society is forming at York, of many of the most respectable persons of that opulent city, to be called The King and Constitution Club, for the object of counteracting the wicked designs of the Revolutionists and Reformers.

Births.] At Hornby Grange, the lady of H. Hewgill, esq. of a son.

At Nun-Monkton, the Hon. Mrs. Butler, of a son.

Married.] At Grainthorpe, R. Saunderson, esq. 73, to Miss Rebecca Mears, 30, of Grainthorpe.

Mr. Swineheard, of York City, surgeon, to grace, youngest daughter of T. Russell, esq. of Sutton.

Died.] In Leeds, 65, S. Hague, esq.

At the Harehills, near Leeds, Mr. G. Wright. He had attained the advanced age of 87; and was, perhaps, the oldest proprietor of a newspaper in this kingdom, having established "Wright's Leeds Intelligencer," A. D. 1751.

Mrs. Fell, of Leeds, 77, great aunt to the present Earl of Buckinghamshire.

At Askham, Mrs. Carr, 83, wife of W. Carr, esq.

At Lockerby, Mary and Biddy Chambers, sisters. They had lived together nearly the whole of their lives, and had expressed a sin

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gular solicitude that they might die together; in this their prayers were heard, as they died on the same night, the one at 10, the other at 12 o'clock, and were buried in one grave.

WALES

Birth.] At Eyarth House, the lady of R. M. Wynne, esq. of a daughter.

Married.] At Llangadock, J. W. Hughes, esq. of Tregib, to the youngest daughter of the late M. P. Lloyd, esq. of Glansevin, and great grand-daughter of the late Lord Viscount Hereford.

Mr. Taylor, of Wrexham, to Miss Edwards, eldest daughter of J. E. esq. of the Fir Grove, near Wrexham.

At Clirow, Mr. Wm. Gilbert, of Clodock, to Miss Ann Bynon, third daughter of the late Mr. B.

H. Price, of Castle Madoc, esq. to Sophia, youngest daughter of the late F. Brodie, esq. Died.] At Beaumaris, Mrs. Allen.

At Llindir, 75, R. Barker, esq. formerly of Chester.

E. Thomas, esq. of Cwmglouddy, Newchurch, Carmarthenshire, 74.

SCOTLAND.

A new wire bridge has been thrown over the river Kelvin, at Garscube House, Dumbartonshire, wholly composed of ironwork, without any support in the centre; the length of it is 100 feet, and it is nine feet above the surface of the river.

Married.] At Tower of Sark, William Richards, esq. merchant, to Miss Jane Duncan.

At Newton, Roxburghshire, R. Milne, esq. to Catherine, daughter of A.Hunter,esq. Died.] At Edinburgh, Lieut. J. Blackburn, of the Dumfries-shire Militia.

At Murrayfield, Wm. Murray, esq. of
Tundergarth.

John Alston, esq. banker, Glasgow.
R. H. Stewart, esq. of Physgill, Galloway.

IRELAND.

Emigration. The following paragraph on this subject appears in a Dublin print :"A few persons desirous to remove themselves and families to a country where they shall be permitted to enjoy the fruits of their industry, propose that an Association shall be formed, not to exceed twenty in number, each having a clear capital of 1001. together with as much as may be sufficient to defray the expense of transport to the place of intended settlement. A plan has been decided on, which, it is presumed, will ensure the complete success of the undertaking. None but persons of known respectable character will be received as Members of this Association." We would recommend to the attention of this Association the work of Mr. Fearon.

Arma cedant Toge,—It is a fact, that at the October Examinations for entrance at Trinity College, Dublin, one hundred and three Candidates were admitted, out of which number twenty-six were Lieutenants on half-pay.

J. Gillet, Printer, Crown Court Fleet Street, London.

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