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At Newburn, Mr. Edward Heedspeth, of Harlow Hill, to Ann, daughter of Mr. Robert Arthur, of Black Swine.

At Sunderland, Joseph Summers, esq. late of the Royal Navy, to Mrs. Eliz. Haswell, of Durham.

At St. Andrew Auckland, Mr. William Newton, of Cowe's House, near Wolsingham, to Miss Hannah Hodgson, of Stone Chesters, near Hamsterly.

At Newcastle, Mr. Myles Birkett Foster, of North Shields, to Ann, daughter of the late Mr. Joseph King.

Did. At Gateshead, Mr. John Barras. -Mr. Thomas Leybourn, of the Half Moon inn.

At North Shields, Mr. Robert Chambers.
Mrs. Pollock, wife of the Rev. Mr. P. 28.
Margaret, only daughter of Mr. Cowey.
At Durham, Mrs. Mary Gilston, 78.-
Mrs. Barbara Harbottle, 75.

At Newcastle, Mrs. Rebecca Gibson, wife of Mr. Thomas G. 26.-Mrs. Elizabeth Wight, 54.-Mrs. Ann Waters, 81.-Miss Murray, 75.-Mr. Thomas Berkley, 41. -Mrs. Bainbridge, wife of Mr. Joseph B. solicitor.

At Green's House, Mrs. Sibbit, wife of Adam S. esq.

At New Haggerston, Robert, son of Mr. T. Smith, 19.

At Thornaby, near Stockton, Mr. Robert Jackson.

At Hartburn, Mrs. Ward, relict of W. esq. of Worsall, York.

At Alnwick, Mrs. Abernethy, wife of Mr. Alexander A.-Mrs. Russell, wife of Mr. James R 56.-Edward, son of Mrs. Hedley, 11.-George James, esq adjutant of the Northumberland Local Militia, 51.

At Stockton, Mr. J. B. Kitching, officer in the customs.

At Low Hedgley, Mrs. Jane Bolam, 90. At Sherburn, near Durham, Mr. Thomas 'Mitcheson.'

At Bishopwearmonth, Mrs. Ann Lawson,
many years housekeeper to the late Thomas
Nicholson, esq. 67.--Mr. Christopher
Dobson.

At Hexham, Mr. Weatherburn, 77.
At Staindrop, Mrs. Catherine Smith, 52.
At Humshaugh, Mr. W. H. Richmond,
eldest son of Henry R. esq. 21.

At Prudhoe, Mary, wife of George Hunter. She and her husband had lived rpwards of 60 years together, and had brought up family of six children to men and women. Her husband is 90 years of age; she died at 84; and what is remarkable this is the first death in the family.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND.

A late Number of the Carlisle journal, has the following observations on the means of destroying the slugs which infest young turpips: as the season in which the slug which is so destructive to young turnips is approach. ng, we shall give an account of some of the

means recommended and practised by expe rienced farmers. This slug is of the white snail species, and attacks the turnip after it has escaped the fly, which latter insect feeds on the slender leaf as soon as it makes itə appearance. The slugs quit the earth in the night time in immense numbers, and commonly devour the whole turnip, both leaves and root. The dispersing different substances, such as vegetable ashes, lime, and soot, in the state of fine powder, over the turnip crops by the hand, has been tried and recom mended by some. The sprinkling tobacco juice over the leaves has been recommended by others; and the sowing barley chaff over the whole field has been also strongly recommended. Rolling over the ground with a heavy roller in the night, when the slugs have left the earth and are feeding upon the plant, answers a remarkably good purpose, An experienced agricultural gentleman in this neighbourhood adopted a method which we believe was entirely new: be procured a number of young ducks, which he huma rously called his young rangers, these were put into the turnip field, and ranged regu larly up one ridge and down the next; till having traversed the whole field they did not leave one slug in it; and by the time their labours were completed they were grown exceeding fat and fit for the cook.

A school is now open at Carlisle, on the plan of Mr. Lancaster. The distressed stare of the trade at that place makes this measure the more acceptable for the children that are now idle and out of employ. The young master is sent down by Mr. Lancaster. Mr. Bell's plan was tried in Carlisle, and totally failed of success.

A weekly newspaper will shortly be published at Kendal, called "the Westmoreland Advertiser and Kendal Correspondent," being the first published in this county.

Kendal has undergone considerable im provements within the few last years by the widening of the streets and taking down old buildings; the manufactories also have greatly increased so as to render a weekly paper a desideratum.

Married.] At Carlisle, Serjeant Lowrie, of the 58th foot, to Miss Elizabeth Graham.,

At Workington, Capt. Thompson, of the brig Albion, of that port, to Miss Thompson.

At Whitehaven, Mr. Richard Postlethwaite, to Miss Benson, of Corkickle.

Died.] At Whitehaven, Olivia Grears, 104.-Mrs. Gunson, wife of Mr. Isaac G. and mother of Joseph G. esq. commissary of Stores, with the British army in Portugal, 67.-Mrs. Hicks, 47.-G. Watts, esq. coasting waiter of the customs, 33.-Mr. Jenkins,

Mrs. Mary Swinburn, 77; and five days afterwards her husband, Mr. William S. 85. -Mrs. Mary Rothery 90.-Mrs. Eleanor Hudson, 70.Mrs. Drewry, 84.-Mrs. Busrell, wife of Capt. George B. 61.

At Workington, Mr. Joseph Dawson, 89.
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Mrs. Isabella Parkin, 71.-Mr. Thomas Pow, 50.-Mrs. Shaw, 56.

At Cockermouth, Mr. Richard Smith, formerly a hat-manufacturer, and the oldest inhabitant of the borougli, 97.

At Great Orton, Mr. Richard Dixon, parish clerk, and 49 years schoolmaster there, 68.

At Brampton, Ann, daughter of the late Mr. Hudson, surgeon, 29.—Mr. David Tia ling, surgeon, 50.

At Penrith, Mr. John Turner, 78.-Miss Corney.

At Hundhow, near Kendal, Mr. Thomas Gibson, 42.

At Carlisle, Mr. Jonathan Taylor, 48.— Mrs. Hannah Park, 42 -Miss Dorothy Wilton, 34.-Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, 38; and a few days afterwards her sister, Mrs. Mary Frost. Mrs. Jane Blamire, 84.-Mrs. Park, -Mr. John Green, 64.-Mr. Leonard Sto rey, 48.-Mr. John Spedding, 73.

At Gelt House, near Brampton, Mr. J. Railton, 60.

At Abbey Holm, Mrs. Rebecca Dunn, 74. At Ellenborough, near Maryport, Mrs. Mary Falconer, 69.

At Crofthouse, near Penrith, Mrs. Sanderson.

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At Maryport, Mr. Joseph Cook -Mr. Daniel Kevan.

At Irton, Mr. J. S. Burrows, 23.

At Appleby, Dr. Bushby, one of the alder men of that borough, 44-Jane, wife of Mr. John Perceval, of the Queen's Head inn, 45. Mr. John Andrew, 40.

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At Aikrigg End, near Kendal, Mr. Wm. Bullman.

At Crackenthorp Hall, Westmoreland, Miss Richardson.

At Murton, Mr. Joseph Parker.

At Scotby, Mrs. Graham, of Sykeside, 63. At Barrow Mill, parish of Hesket, Mr. Thomas Kirkbride, 86.

At Kendal, Charles, fifth son of Mr. Wm. Berry, 11.-Mr. James Burrow, 49.

At Sandwith, Mr. George Yewart, 25. At Egremont, Mrs. Hannah Bragg, 82. At Castletown, Isle of Man, Wm. Rawinson, esq. formerly of Ancoats Hall, near Manchester.

YORKSHIRE.

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A school is about to open in the town of Leeds, 300 children are likely to partake the benefit of the Royal Lancasterian system. There was much opposition at first, but it gave way to the force of truth. Mr. Lancaster. lectured in the theatre royal, and the impression on the public mind was such as to decide it in favour of the system.

Married. At Hull, Arthur Maister, esq., colonel of the East York militia, to Miss Pease, eldest daughter of the late J. R. P. esq. of Hessle Wood.

Died.] At York, Mr. John Todd, many yers an eminent bookseller, 75.-Mrs.

Wilks, relict of Mr. Joseph W. 37.-MI. Wm. Furnish, formerly an innkeeper of this city, 100.-John Allenby, gent. 91-Mary, wife of Mr. Wm. Spence, 25-Mr. Joha Frost. Mr. Richard Hardy, 26.-Miss Frances Fawcett, niece to Colonel Rigault, 30.

At Wakefield, Mr. R. Sutcliffe, supervisor of excise, 50-Mr. Benjamin Hammond.

At Sheffield, Mrs. Sanderson, wife of Mr. Thomas S. 33. Mrs. Staniland, relict of Mr. John S. 71. Mr. John Shepherd, 75.-Miss Wallace, 16-Mr. J. Wood, 27.-Mr. Richard Grindle, 78.

At Leeds, Samuel Elam, esq. late of the firm of Thompson, Elam, and Co. bankers. At Boroughbridge, Mrs, Fretwell, of the Crown inn, 36.

At Bawtry, Mrs. Andree, 52.

At Beverley, the Rev. Mr. Dobson, curate of Hutton Cranswick, only son of Robert D. esq. of Pocklington, 31.

At Selby, Mr. Wm. Walker.-Mr. Joseph Savage, 87.

At Tadcaster, Mrs. Hotham, 99. At Cottingham, Mr. Wm. Wride, 45. At Scarborough, R. H. Lister, esq. At Hull, Mrs. Palmersley, wife of Mr. P. export-officer in the excise.

LANCASHIRE,

At a public meeting held at the Town, Hall, in Liverpool, on the 25th of March, it was resolved that an Auxiliary Bible Society should be established in that town, in aid of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Lon don. A subscription was entered into and considerable sum raised to promote the design.,

Married.] At Liverpool, Peter Pons, esq. of Cadiz, to Miss Bradley.-Richard Towers, esq. of Duddon Grove, Cumberland, to Miss Sarah Timmins.-The Rev. Christopher Mason, of Wenhuston, Suffolk, to Miss Row landson.

At Haigh Hall, Robert Wardlaw, esq. of Balcurvie, Fifeshire, to the Hon. Lady Anne Lindsay, youngest daughter of the Earl of Baicarras.

At Dalton, the Rev. John Stainton, minister of Rampside, to Miss Huddlestone, daughter of Wm. H. esq. of Pease Holm.

At Manchester, Mr. W. R. Hargreaves, of Liverpool, to Miss Sarah Davenport.

At Winwick, W. Hali, esq. of Hulme, to Miss Margaret Cross.

Died.] At Bolton, near Lancaster, aged 90, Edmund Mashiter. He had been a beg. gr 70 years, and was justly entitled to the. appellation of King of the Beggars." His. father was a school master at Halstead, in Yorkshire, who gave him a good education; but, after his father's death; he preferred the wandering life of a mendicant, and perti. naciously persisted in it; nor could threats or entreaties make him desist, till within the last four years, during which time he had been bedridden.

At Carnforth, John Peele, esq. 72.

At

At Preston, Lady Mary Bedingfield, abbess of the Benedictine Nuns in that town, formerly of Ghent, in Flanders, 54.

At Halsall, near Ormskirk, Mr. William Thompson, 67.

At Gildow House, near Wigan, Mrs. Birch, 61.

At Rochdale, Charles Smith, esq. a gentleman well known on the turf.

At Raikes Hall, Bolton le-Moors, Mrs. Horridge, relict of John H. esq. 44.

At Everton, Mrs. Aspinall, wife of Ma John A. of Liverpool, 71.

At Walton, Mrs. James Ashcroft.

At Lancaster, Mrs. Jane Thornton, 71. -Mrs. Satterthwaite, wife of Mr. George S. of the Boar's Head inn.Mr. Caleb Whalley, 65-Miss Addison, eldest daughter of Robert A. esq. 30.

At Stayley Bridge, Mr. John Milad.

At Liverpool, Mr. John Galloway, supervisor of excise. 52. Mr. John Grimshaw, 69. Mrs. Wilson, 75.—Mr. Samuel Mayne, 64-Mr. David Danson, 81.-Mr. James Wilkins.Mary, second daughter of Mr. Thomas Washington.-Mr. john Coyle, 38.

Mr. T. Knight, of Congleton, Cheshire, 72.-Mr. William Bulcock, 34.-Mr. James Lawson, one of the tide surveyors of this port.Mr. David Thompson. -Mrs. Metcalf, 28.

CHESHIRE.

Married. At Stockport, Captain John Stanley, of the Stockport Local Militia, to Selina, youngest daughter of Jesse Howard, esq.Mr. S. Higginson, of Hoole, near Chester, to Miss Lloyd, of Hoole bank.

At Chester, Mr. John Allman, to Miss Mary Wilding.

Died.] At Macclesfield, Charles Ayton, esq.-George, youngest son of the late Mr. Thorley, solicitor, 15.-Jane, daughter of the late Charles Roe, esq.

At Lathem, Mr. William Boyer, many years steward to E. W. Bootle, esq. M.P. 47. At Northwich, Mr. Peek.

At Byrons, in his 80th year, Michael Daintry, esq. a gentleman whose active philanthropy endeared him to all ranks of the community, and whose commercial spirit and information largely contributed, during thirty years of an honourable life, to the prosperity of the town of Macclesfield,

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At Willaston, Mr. Joseph Lane, 21.

At Chester, Mrs. Franks,-Mr. Thomas Dixon, Mrs. Toft.Mrs. Small,-Mrs. Vernon, relict of Captain V.-Mr. Samuel Parry. Mr. J. Chivers, 62.-Mr. T. Saun ders.-Mr. T, Moore, 78. -Mrs. Lloyd.

At Runcorn, Jane, daughter of the late John Orred, esq.

At Huxley, is the parish of Waverton, John Williams, at the patriarchal age of 107 years, In the early part of his life he was transported to America, but returned before the expiration of his sentence; he continued a dissolute course of life until he arrived as

80 years of age; after which he became a convert to religion, and walked in the paths

of virtue till his death.

At Knowsley, Mr. John Christie, many years musical instructor to the Asylum for the blind; and whose modest and ingenious letter to Mr. Allanson, laid the foundation of that truly benevolent institution.

DERBYSHIRE.

Married.] At Derby, Gilbert Elliot, esq. captain in the 93d regiment, to Ann, daughter of the late Mr. John Latham, of Burton on Trent.

At Glossop, Mr. Robert Robinson, of Chunall, to Miss Shipley, of Woodcock Road.

Mr. Charles Callow, merchant, of Derby, to Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas Cheslyn, esq. of Diseworth, Leicestershire.

Died.] At Chesterfield, Mrs Ann Wilkinson, a maiden lady, 90-Anne, second daughter of Kichard Gillett, esq. 12.

At New Brampton, Mrs. Browne, wife of Mr. Thomas B. and eldest daughter of the late George Turber, esq. of Wigwell Hall. At Leaball, Ellen, wife of Mr. Thomas Dale.

At the Twelve Acres, near Sudbury, Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. Slater, 19. At Shawbanks, Mr. Anthony Bradley,

81.

At Egginton, Miss Ashby.

At Duffield, Mr Thomas Goodill, 79." At Doveridge, Hull, the Hon. Harriet Cavendish, youngest daughter of Lord Water park.

At Norton Hammer, Mrs. Wilkinson.

At Dunston Hall, near Chesterfield, Tho mas Smith, esq. 47.

At Ashborne, Mrs. Garle, a maiden lady, 80.

At Chellaston, Mr. Joseph Wright.
At Derby, Mrs. Eew, 30.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Married.] At Lenton, Mr. Bluckwell, of Worcester, to Miss Holden, of Park Hill, near Nottingham.

At Nottingham, Mr. Edward Hodson, bookseller, to Miss Pacey.-Mr. James Carr, to Sophia, youngest daughter of the late Mr. John Watts, of Kenoulton.

At Farnsfield, Mr. John Dixon, to Miss Martha Kemp.-Mr. William Elston, to Miss Mary Heather.

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At Southwell, Mr. Paul Bausor, to Miss Elizabeth Maltby,

At Newark, Mr Gilby, of Normanton on Trent, to Miss Thompson. Mr. Paschoud, of the Rutland Arms Inn, to Miss Thompson, daughter of Mr. T. of the Hotel.

Died] At Mansfield, Mrs. Stamp, wife of Mr. John S. Methodist preacher.-Mr. Wm, Wetherall, 73.

At Nottingham, Mrs. Birkett, 29.—Mr, George Brown. Mrs. Jeram, wife of Mr. Thomas J.-Mrs Parker. Joseph, son of Mr. Samuel Lawson, 14.

At Retford, Mrs. Brumby.

At East Bridgford, Mrs. Challands.
At Barnston, Mrs. Phillips.

At Burton on the Woulds, Mr. Thomas
Buck.

At Newark, Mr. Salmon.-Mary Ann, second daughter of the late Mr. Clark, of the Castle and Falcon, 20-Mrs Brough, relict of Job B. esq. 86.

At Beeston, Mrs. Bigsby, wife of the Rev. Mr. B.

At Averham, near Newark, Mrs. Calvert, 29.

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At Syerston, Mr. Shaw.

At Pickworth Lodge, near Stamford, Maria, eldest daughter of Mr. Deacon, 21.

Mrs. La Tour, wife of the Rev. Peniston La T. rector of Boothby Grafloe.

At Morton, Mr. W. Girdley, 63.

At Langtot, near Deeping, Mr. John Craddock, jun. He had for some days laboured under a quinsey in his throat, which had been relieved by an operation performed by a surgeon on the preceding day; but by the imprudent recommendation of his friends, he was induced to take a quantity of spirits and a large piece of opium at night, with a view, as they imagined, of producing sleep;

At Elton, Rebecca, daughter of Mrs. Mann, profound stupor succeeded, and the poor man

At Lenton, Mr. Robert Hopkin.

At Colwick, near Nottingham, Samuel Blackner, 89. He served during the rebelJion in 1745, in the Duke of Kingston's light horse, and is supposed to have been the last survivor of that celebrated regiment.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

Married At Langton, near Wragby, William Cropper, esq. of Cadeby House, to Miss Farr, of Strubby.

At Louth, Captain Hudlestone, of Thorne, to Miss Ablewhite.-Mr. Robinson, of Hull, to Mary, daughter of T. Blythe, esq

At Sleaford, Mr. William Fuller, of London to Susan, daughter of Mr. William Harrison

At Friston, Mr. James Wheldale, of
Frampton, to
Miss Coupland, daughter of
John G. gent.

At Addiethore
pe in the Marsh, Mr. Tonge,
surgeon, of Alora to Miss Howard.

Died.] At Lincof. in the county prison, Mr. R. Dowes, las of Mumby Chapel, near Alford, 84ars. Burton, 60.

At Louth, Mrs. Bennet, a maiden lady, daughter of the late Edward B. esq. of Keddington. Mrs. Hudson.

At Gainsbro', Mrs. Cook, wife of Captain
John C. of the Mary sloop, Lynn trader, 68.
Mr. Thomas Butterworth, 77.-Mrs.
Hobson, wire of Mr H,

At Holbeach, Mrs. Barker, wife of Joseph
B. esq. 30.-Miss Esler.-Mr. Wm. Brown.
Mr. Maning.-Mr, R. Fawsett, surgeon.
At Edenham, Mr. Greenberry, 87
At Somersby, Mary, daughter of the late
Rev. Mr. Burton, 44.

At Horncastle, William, eldest son of Mr.
Trevor, surgeon, 22.

53.

At Brigg, Mrs. Elizabeth Burton, 74.
At Collyweston, Mr. Francis Freeman,

At Hundleby, Mr John Cooke.
At Spilsby, Mr. John Barrow,
At Friskney, Mr. Samuel Broomfield,
At Stamford, Mr. Benjamin Howes, of
King's Cliffe.

At Frith Bank, near Boston, Mrs, Coup land.

As Somercotes, Mr. Orby, farmes.

met a premature death by the fatal but too frequent practice of administering opium in all cases of pain or sickness, by people who are ignorant of its dangerous consequences.

LEICESTERSHIRE.

Married.] At Peatling Parva, Mr. Thomas Woodcock, of Gilmorton, to Miss Ann Reynolds, eldest daughter of Mr. R. of Ashby Lodge.

At Loughborough, Mr. Johnson, of Seagrave, to Miss Cragg.

At Ashby Magna, M. Moore, esq. of Syston, to Miss Cooper.

At Leicester, Mr. Thompson, of Nottingham, to Mrs. Pick.

Died.] At Colorton, Mrs. Stinson.

At Peckleton, Mrs. Wood, wife of the Rev. Mr. W. rector of that parish.

At Leicester, Mr. James Staples, keeper of the county gaol, 37.-Mrs. Mason. Mr. John Elton, 55-Joseph, youngest son of Samuel Lawson, esq. of Nottingham.-Samuel, third son of Mr. John Lomas, 23.— Mr. Joseph Brown.-Simeon, youngest son of Mr Robert Brewin, 19.-Mr. S. Simons, sen. many years huntsman to the Leicester harriers. Mr. Dixon, 79.

At Loughborough, Mrs. Gilliver.
At Hose, Mr. Henry Shilcock.
At Sutton Bonnington, Mrs. Orme.
At Hinckley, Mrs. Allsop, wife of Mr.
Daniel A.

At Barrow upon Soar, Mr. Wright.

Her

In the 21st year of her age, Lucy, daughter of the Rev. John Atchison, of Leicester. Her literary acquisitions, which were very uncommon for her sex, were mixed with no alloy of vanity or ostentation. Of that superiority, of which her friends were proud, she herself appeared to be unconscious. manners were so unpretending, and her con versation so far from being obtrusive, that it required a length of acquaintance, and a degree of intimacy, to discover and appreciate the extent and solidity of her intel lectual merits. But, respectable as she was in her talents and literary attainments, she was still more amiable in her temper and moral disposition. She was not so much to be admired for a well cultivated understanding, as to be beloved and approved for an unsophisticated

heart,

heart, and for a well regulated conduct, and demeanor. Although the period of her continuance in this school of moral discipline was short, her education in it might be, regarded as complete, since she left it with scarcely a fault in her character remaining to correct, and without having any additional virtue to acquire.

STAFFORDSHIRE.

Married.] At Stoke upon Trent, Mr. William Bettely, of Marbury, Cheshire, to Miss Ann Fenna, of Blackhurst.

At Weeford, Mr H. W. Barnes, of Birmingham, to Sarah, daughter of Mr. Smith,

of Park House.

At Wolverhampton, Mr. C. Wigley, of Shrewsbury, to Miss F. Anson.

Died.] At Newfield, J. G. Child, esq. of Leeds.

At Burton on Trent, Martha, third daughter of Robert Chawner, M. D.

At Hanley, Lewis, son of Thomas Heath, gent.

At High Grove House, near Chadle, Benjamin Bower, esq.

At Stafford, Mr. Tomlinson, 66.—Mr. William Peake, 70.

At Newcastle, John Hollins, gent. 72.-Mrs. Glen.

At Stoke upon Trent, Mrs. Stonier. She was proceeding to Newcastle, on business, but was suddenly taken ill on the road, and died the next day.

At Walsall, Mrs. Adams, relict of Mr. Thomas A.

At Great Saredon, near Wolverhampton, Mrs. Ann Saunders, a maiden lady, 75.

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At Birmingham, Mr. Thomas Lister, of St. Pancras, Middlesex, to Miss Charlotte Woolridge. Mr. J. Holyoake, of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, to Miss Sarah Hains. Mr. G. B. Brown, of Newport, Salop, to Miss Mariton.

At Nuneaton, John Burton, esq. to Miss Haynes, of Haseldon.

At Higham on the Hill, Mr. Stephen Lapworth, of Coventry, to Miss Ball,

At Coventry, Mr. Solomon Myers, to Miss Nathan.

Died.] At Hockley, near Birmingham, Linnæus Briscoe, eldest son of Mr. Hunter, 17.

At Warwick, James, only son of Mr. Samuel Pring, 15.-Mr. Joseph Cotton, 64. Mrs. Webb, wife of Mr. W.sen.

At Wilnecote, Mr. Ballard, late of the Queen's Head inn.

At Birmingham, Mr. Thomas Shorthouse, 76.-Mr. William Chew.-Mrs. Margaret Holland. Mr. Thomas Hanper, 70.-Mr. William Clarke, 62.-Vincent Thomas, third son of Mr. Francis Rooms.

At Gravelly Hill, Mr. James Lamb. ley, 41.

At Coventry, Mrs. Hobbs, mother of Captain H.-Mrs. Ford, wife of Mr. Edward F. 52.

At Foleshill Place, Miss Whittingham, daughter of the late John W. esq. of Co.ventry.

At Baginton, Miss Cox, sister to the Rev. Mr. C.

At Mosely, near Birmingham, in the 44th year of her age, after an illness of a few days, Mrs. Hawkes, wife of Mr. Thomas Lakin Hawkes. In benevolence she had few equals, and could have no superior; she had that elasticity of affection, that healthful relish of life, which were the result of uncontaminated goodness; and a childlike simplicity of heart, so that she communicated to all around her a feeling of interest in the sphere of action in which she moved-a feeling of interest, that now, alas! will only be remembered to be regretted, whose monumental record will be a void in the hearts of all who knew her. The most painful experience of human life results from the sterility of excitement which we vainly and variously deplore, in all its vain and various scenes. And there can scarcely be a more congenial and reconciling spectacle to those who have any relish for what is lovely in the wes of Providence, than that of a human being, active and happy, not from selflove and worldly schemes, prosperously ajvanced, but from benevolence, and from he power of making the interests of others her own. Such was the refreshing sp ctacle which the object of this imperfect tribute afforded, a spectacle whose close will not be felt merely as an impressive event in the ants of death, but additionally as a solemn arrest to the sensibilities of a numerous acquaintance. Her private character no one could contemplate without esteem and admiration. She was at once affectionate, and wisely active in an eminent degree; in all her domestic relations to the friendless she was always a friend, and to none might be more emphatically apphed the following beautiful scriptural quotation. "When the ear heard me then it blessed me: and who the eye saw me it gave witness to me, because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy." Nor was it alone in pecuniary donations, or in occasional and easily dispatched acts of benefi cence, that her charity distinguished itself. She allied herself to those who wanted a friend: she made the fate of the unfortunate her own, and was not so much the bene. factress, as the sister of those who suffered. In society she was cheerful, communicative, and friendly; always giving pleasure to the hearts of those with whom she associated; if their hearts were rightly disposed. Her

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