At Grimmer, near Worthen, Mr. T. Row- in husbandry, and for maintaining large fami lies without parochial assistance. son. At Shawbury, Mr. Harrison, of the Ele. phant and Castle, 66. At Ollerton, Mr. Robert Pratchet, 79. At Broadway, near Bishop's Castle, Mr. Dunn. At Roden, Mrs. Grice. At Shrewsbury, Mrs. Stanier, 71.-Mr. John Hams, junior.—Mr. Robert Anderson, of Bristol, many years a vender of Scot's Pills, and other medicines, 77. At Bridgnorth, Mr. John Hazledine, an eminent engineer and iron master. At Buildwas Bridge Inn, Mrs. France. At Pool, Mrs. Griffiths, wife of Robert G. esq.-Mrs. Frost, housekeeper to Mr. Holland, at the paper-mills, near Ludlow, 47. She was returning home from a neighbour's, where she had spent the evening, apparently in good health, when she expired before her companions could convey her home. At Clunton, Mr. John Thomas, who by an active medical profession at Chelsea, had acquired considerable property. WORCESTERSHIRE. Married.] At Moseley, Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, bart. of Stanford Court, M.P. to Joanna, second daughter of John Taylor, esq. of Moseley-hall. At Ripple, W. Taylor, esq. of Chalford, Gloucestershire, to Caroline Ann, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Lucas. William King, esq. of Lemington, to Miss Mary Wilkes, daughter of E. W. esq. late of Broom. M. A. Gorman, esq. of New Broad-ftreet, London, to Catharine, youngest daughter of Mr. William Chare, of Samborn. Died.] At Thorneley Place, near Worcester, Mrs. Lee, relict of Launcelot L. esq. of Coton Hall, Shropshire, 86. At Dudley, Mrs. Boughey. At Birtsmorton, Mrs. White, relict of Mr. John W. 77. HEREFORDSHIRE. The late anniversary meeting of the Herefordshire Agricultural Society was nume rously and respectably attended at Hereford, and a finer exhibition of prime cattle has seldom been witnessed. In the absence of Colonel Foley, M P. the Hon. Andrew Foley took the chair; when nearly one hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner at the hotel. The premiums awarded were as follow: For the best pen of fine-woolled ewes (not less than six) to P. Jones. esq. of Sugwas. For the best two-year old beifer, to T. A. Knight, esq. For the best three-year old ditto, to Mr. Stevens, of Brinsop. The premium for the best variety of apple was not awarded. A number of premiums from one to three guineas each, were also awarded for long services Died.] At Stretton Court, Mr. Thomas Pearce, 43. At Ross, Mrs. Wear, relict of Thomas W. esq. of Goodrich. At Kingsland, Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, who for 34 years faithfully discharged his duties as a servant at the rectory-house there. He has bequeathed about 6001. to trustees to be applied to charitable purposes within that parish. At Hereford, Mrs. Pritchard, wife of Mr. William P. 56.-Mr. Jones, 91.-Mrs. Preece, wife of Mr. P. governor of the gaols of this county.-Mrs. Monk, 77. At Bromyard, Mr. Timothy Colly Jenks, late surveyor of taxes in this county, 76. At Brockhampton, Mrs. Collins, relict of Richard C. esq. 83. At Withington, Mrs. Apperley, wife of John Havard A. esq. 58. At Monnington Stradel, Mr. John Webb. GLOCESTERSHIRE. A new line of road is at length completed, and opened, for the accommodation of the public, between Blakeney and Lidney, in this county. By it the traveller from Newnham to Chepstow not only avoids the steep ascent and descent of Gurshill-hill, but shortens his stage more than 500 yards. Married.] At Westbury on Trim, J. M. West, esq. of New House, Glamorganshire, to Miss De la Pole, only daughter of the late Sir John de la P. bart. of Shute-house, Devon. At Kingscote, the Rev. John Haggitt, of Ditton, to Miss Peyton, sister of Sir Henry P. bart. At Alderly, the Rev. Martin Richard Whish, prebendary of Salisbury, and vicar of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Briftol, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late John Blagden Hale, esq. At Awre, Mr. W. Wallis Morgan, to Miss Elizabeth Reese, both of Blakeney. Died.] The Rev. W. Roskilly, vicar of Kempsford, At Cheltenham, Mrs. Lara, wife of Abra ham L. esq. At Glocester, Mrs. Wheeler, relict of Mr. William W.-Mrs. Lawrence, a maiden lady. Mr. Jonathan Lee, 85.—Mr_A. E. Walker, of London. Mr. Thomas Palham. At Westerleigh, Mr. W. Stibbs, 47. At Leonard Stanley, Mrs. Biggs, wife of Mr. Thomas B. At Tetbury, Miss E. Hooper. At Tewkesbury, Mr. Charles Moore. At Pyrton, near Tewkesbury, Miss Proce ter, daughter of Mr. John P. OXFORDSHIRE. Married. At Oxford, Mr. Salomon Hoar, to Miss Grace Hutton. Died.] At Souldern Cottage, Mrs. Gabell, relict of the Rev. Henry G. rector of Stand. Jake in this county, 71. At Witney, Kesiah, wife of Mr. Richard Lardner, 71.-Mr. William Osman, 45. 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 Crendon. 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 Cromclholne, 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 pole of enormous length, he on one occasion 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. Smail, 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 seen s 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. This extraordinary animal is about twenty pounds in weight. Married.] At Daventry, Mr. J. Smith, of Rugby House, Warwickshire, to Miss S. Cowley, youngest daughter of C. C. esq. of Wilton. Francis Doxatt, esq. of London, to Selina, youngest daughter of Charles Watkins, esq. At Dallington, Mr. Allen, chemist and druggist, of Northampton, to Miss Harriet Earl. At Kettering, Mr. W. Stevenson, of Medbourn, Leicestershire, to Miss L. Vice. At Oundle, E. J. Compton, esq. of Water Newton Newton, Hunts, to Miss Maydwell, third daughter of the late J. M. esq. of Fothering hay. 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 Pit ford, Miss Freshwater. At Hardinston, Benjamin Lever, esq. At Welford, Mr. Spencer, of the Talbot Inn, 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 Peterborcugh, 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. NORFOLK. Married.] At Yarmouth, Miss Douglas, daughter of Admiral Billy D. to Captain Adye, of his Majesty's ship Briseis.-Mr. Thomas Davison, of Sunderland, to Miss C. Barrett. Died] At Thorpe, near Norwich, the Rev. Samuel Newton, upwards of thirty years minister of the dissenting congregation, called the Old Meeting, 78. At Rougham, Fountain North, esq. At Earsham House, Joseph Windham, esq. At Norwich, Mrs. Smith, relict of the Rev. Joshua S. rector of Holt, 61. ་ At Thetford, Mr. Joseph Durrant, many years book-keeper to the Norwich mailcoach, 45. At East Harling, Mr. Watson, of the Swan inn, 43. At Oxburgh, Mary Margaret, only surviving daughter of the Rev. Joshua White, rector of that parish. At Wymondham, Mr. Robert Bowder. Mr. James Large.-Mrs. Coates, of Tilney, near Yarmouth. SUFFOLK, Application is intended to be made to par liament 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, 73. At Bury, Mr. John Cocksedge, to Miss Mary Bryant, At Ipswich, Mr. George Bush, to Mrs. Dorkin. At Hopton, Francis Turner, esq. of Lon don, 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 mathema tician, optician, and astronomer, 76. At Bungay, Mr. R. Moore.-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. near the Ship-yard. A great number of warehouses, workshops, &c. have been removed, and several houses are immediately to be pulled down to make room for further improvements, and for the erection of a team-engine, to be employed in grinding and pulverizing the stones found under the Beacon cliff, which have lately been discovered to possess a quality that will render a cement composed of them, as durable as stone itself. The corporation is said to have refused 15,0001. for the stones of this kind now lying under the cliff. The light-houses will shortly be pulled down and rebuilt, and that now lighted by sea-coal, will afterwards be furnished with lamps, with reflectors like the other. The spire of the steeple recently taken down, on account of its decayed state, will not be rebuilt, the Trinity-house considering it of no consequence as a sea-mark. Married.] At Colchester, Mr. Peter Devall, jun. to Miss Mary Taylor, daughter of the late Mr. James T. At Chelmsford, Mr. Richard Parr, of the White Horse, to Miss Sarah Field, second daughter of Mr. F. of Great Waltham. At Great Baddow, John M'Lachlan, esq. of London, to Anna, daughter of Abraham Bullen, esq. At Braintree, Mr. T. Nash, to Miss Sarah Lambert, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Joseph L. At Maldon, Mr. Henry Wells, to Miss Mary Ellis. At Woodham, Walter Edward Perry, esq. of Maldon, to Miss Hance, daughter of John H. esq. Died.] At Chingford Hatch, William Bell, esq. At Stanford le Hope, aged 46, Mr. George Evans. He was on board the unfortunate Grosvenor East Indiaman, when she was wrecked on the coast of Caffraria, on the 4th of August, 1782, and was one of the few who, after experiencing unparalleled sufferings, during a journey of 117 days continuance across the deserts of that inhospitable country, arrived at their native home, and is supposed to have survived that catastrophe the longest of any of those unfortunate sufferers. At Sandon, Mr. Sewell. At Colchester, Mrs. Winnock, relict of Mr. Samuel W.-Mr. Codsell.-Mrs. Ram, widow of James R. gent. late of Monkwick Berechurch.-Mr. Samuel Bullock, of Great Wigborough, 41.-William Hearn, gent. comptroller of the customs of this port. At Chelmsford, Mr. William Hayward. -Miss Howlett, daughter of Mr. H. late of London, apothecary.—Mrs. Martha Summers, widow of Mr. S. whom she survived but fifteen months, 28. At Great Baddow, Mr. Charles Moss. At Rivenhall, Mrs. Hutley. At Springfield, Mr. Partridge. At Stratford, Thomas Daire, esq. undersheriff of the county. At Birdbrook, Mr. Samuel Fitch. KENT. About ten o'clock in the morning of the 24th of September, one of the powder-mills at Dartford, together with some adjacent buildings, blew up; the report was tremendous, and was heard for several miles around; indeed, so terrific was its explosion, that it shook the earth at a distance of about a mile and a half, with as much force as an earthquake could have done. Two persons lost their lives. This is the third time within these six years, that accidents of this kind have happened at Dartford. The project of an archway through part of Shooter's hill, has been revived, and formal notice given of an intended application to parliament for a bill to carry it into effect. At the last general quarter sessions "of the peace, for the western division of this county, the magistrates finally decided on the scite on which the new county hall, county gaol, and other public buildings are to be erected, and the ground, fourteen acres, on the north side of Maidstone, extending nearly from Week-street to the barracks, has been stumped out, and approved of. These public edifices are to be on a grand and extensive scale, with a spacious road round the walls to connect with the public roads, and will be in every respect creditable, as well as ornamentai to the county. Application will be made to parliament in the ensuing session, for an act for making a navigable canal from Brandbridges, in the parish of East Peckham, in this county, to the river Rother, in the parish of Iden, Sussex, with a collateral cut to certain chalk hills, near Wye, and a cut, or railway, as shall be deemed most expedient to Cranbrook. Married.] At Chatham, Lieutenant Jeans, R.N. to Eleanor, daughter of William Maddock, esq. of Sheerness At Wingham, the Rev. John Taddy, to Catharina, third daughter of Samuel Latham, esq. of Dover. At Tenterden, Mr. Hughes, of Cooling, second son of Edward H. esq. of Mersham, to Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late William Mantell, esq. of Kench-hill, Ten, terden. Died.] At Ramsgate, Sir Alexander Monro, of Novar, N.B. a commissioner of his Majesty's customs, 85. At Sydenham, Josiah Dornford, esq. a justice of the peace for this county, 76. At Margate, Mr. G. Readhead, of the house of Hogg, Readhead, and Co., Philpot lane, London. At Dover, John Knap, esq. captain and At Mountnessing, Mr. Robert Barker, of paymaster of the Royal Miners' light in the George inn. 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. Nicholas 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 saine '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 married 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 compliance 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 antique; and many would deem too severe. the ancients, among his prime favourites, was Horace; and of the moderns, Pope. He seemed to prefer wit and acute sense, to sentiment and fancy. His politics were the se of whiggism, perhaps a little extended with the times. He feared despotism rather than anarchy; and corruption rather than licentiousness. 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 Of |