1827.] Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland. 



Ill 



Died.] At Wclla, Sir J. Galbraith, bart., of 

 Dublin, formerly crown solicitor, and M.P.-At 

 Lyinc, Mr. Ros. At Devizes, Miss F. Elliott. 

 AtTrowbridge, Mr. Buckpitt. 



SOMEBSET AND DEVON. 



On Whit-Monday and Tuesday, the Dissenters- 

 Union School, of upwards of 1,000 children, and 

 the National School of 800, were entertained with 

 roast beef, plurn-cakcs, cyder, &c. &c., at Frome, 

 after attending their respective services at meeting 

 and church ; 300 teachers attended on the part of 

 the dissenters. 



A subscription of .50 has been sent from Fromo 

 also, for the promoting religious knowledge in 

 Ireland. 



A collection of .30 was made at Bridgewater 

 Church lately for their infirmary, after a sermon 

 preached for the occasion. 



Glastonbury Canal Bill having passed, will give 

 immediate employment to the labouring classes 

 of the neighbourhood ; and a mass of population, 

 amounting to upwards of 55,000, will be supplied 

 with many of the necessaries of life at a less price 

 than heretofore ; an extensive market will be 

 opened for the produce of the country round ; and 

 a barren uncultivated track will in a few years 

 become highly productive land. 



The new bridge from Teig'nmouth to Shaldon 

 was opened June 4, with all due ceremony of pro- 

 cession, bands of music, feasting, &c. 



The ceremony of laying the first stone of the 

 new church at W'iveliscombe, took place on June 

 6, .when there was collected such a concourse of 

 people as have scarcely ever assembled in that 

 neighbourhood on any former occasion ; and 

 amongst the public dinners, the poor charity chil- 

 dren were not forgot ; the town was adorned with 

 triumphal arches, festoons of laurel, roses, and 

 other flowers. 



Married.] At Bath, A. Corbet, esq , of Ynysy- 

 maengwyn. to Julia, youngest daughter of General 

 Garstin. R.Anstice, esq., Mayor of Bridgewater, 

 to Miss Boys. At Frome, Rev. E. Wilson, to Miss 

 King. At Bathwick, T. Allen, esq., to Mrs. M. A. 

 Tolfrey. 



Died.] At Sampford Courtenay, 72, Rev. W. 

 Beauchamp; he had been rector of that parish 

 32 years. At Shepton Mallet. Lieutenant J. Tur- 

 ner; he had been in H.M.'s service 57 years!! 

 At Stonehouse, 69, J. Kent, esq. At Exeter, Mrs. 

 Moore. At Taunton, 86, Miss Ball. At Lam- 

 bridge-house, 88, Dr. Haygarth, F.R.S. At Brad- 

 ninch, Mr. Dewdeney. Near Bath, Capt. Sausse, 

 supposed to have been the last surviving officer 

 engaged in Lord Rodney's celebrated action with 

 Comte de Grasse. At Sidmouth, 93, Mrs. May. 

 Mr. J. Heard, for 48 years parish clerk of Bick- 

 leigh. At Branscombe, Rev. T. Puddicombe. 



CORNWALL. 



The deputation which was lately sent from this 

 county, from the merchants and others interested 

 in the pilchard fishery, had an audience with the 

 President and Vice-president of the Board of 

 Trade, accompanied and supported by the mem- 

 bers for Devon and Cornwall, and several of the 

 principal land-owners in the two counties. Though 

 the deputation received no encouragement as to 

 the success of the principal point of their petition 

 the renewal of the bounty on fish yet the Pre- 

 sident held out hopes of something being done next 

 year towards its more gradual reduction. 



Died.] At Penzance, Mr. W. L. Matthews, 

 architect; under the direction of Mr. Repton, he 

 drew all the elevations of Regent-street, before a 



single house was removed ; 77, J. Vigurs, esq. 

 At Towednack, 106, Mrs. Anne Martins. 



WALES. 



The annual district meeting of the Welsh Wes- 

 leyan Methodists has been lately held at Carmar- 

 then, when it appeared by the report that much 

 good had been done through the medium of the 

 printing-press and book-room established in North 

 Wales. The congregations were exceedingly nu- 

 merous throughout the meeting, which lasted 

 several days. The number of members- in their 

 society in Wales is rapidly increasing, and now 

 amounts to 7,000. 



A Mariners' Church has been opened between 

 Newport and Pilgwenlly, Monmouthshire ; being 

 the first place of worship erected in the principality 

 for the accommodation of seamen. 



A meeting has bren held of the inhabitants of 

 Bridgend and neighbourhood, for the purpose of 

 forming a rail-road from the Dtrffryn-Llynir rail- 

 road to that town, when it was resolved that the 

 capital should consist of .6,000, to be raised by 

 subscription of 300 shares, at .20 each, and a 

 committee formed to prepare a bill for next session 

 of Parliament. 



A meeting has been held at the Guildhall, 

 Swansea, for the formation of a Savings' Bank, 

 when it was unanimously agreed to, and the Duke 

 of Beaufort accepted the office of patron. 



Married.] AtTenby, J. B Beasley,esq.,toM5s 

 H. M. Boater. At Newport (Monmouth) Mr. Ven- 

 nor, 84, to Miss Baker, 17. At St. George's, W. 

 Gamier, esq., to Miss S. Thistlethwaite. AtLlan- 

 girrig, near Llanidloes, Mr. E. Davies, 19, to Mrs. 

 Thomas, 70, relict of the late Mr. R. Thomas, 

 Tynymaes ; she married Mr. Thomas 55 years ago, 

 when 15 years old. 



Died.] At Swansea, 71, Mrs. Wilkins. At 

 Lansamlet, 81, Mrs. Davies. At Crickhowell, 

 Mrs. G. Hood O'Neil. At Nantyglo (Monmouth), 

 Mrs. M. Bailey. At Cardiff, 82, Mr. Willett. At 

 Lwyncwtta (Radnor), Mrs. E. Davies. At Cow- 

 bridge, 75, Mr. W. Meredith. Isabel, wife of W. 

 Crawshay, esq., of Cyfartha-castle. At Fynon- 

 carradog, 78, Mr. J. Roberts. At Neath, 87, Mrs. 

 Miers. At Pantglass, 97, Mr. W. Samuel. At 

 Syddin, 101, Mr. J. Reynor., 



SCOTLAND. 



The good effects resulting from the revival of 

 trade are becoming more and more manifest, and 

 extending farther among the working population 

 of the suburbs. In Calton and Bridgeton, all the 

 cotton-mills and power-weaving-mills, and, in 

 general, public works of every kind, are fully em- 

 ployed ; and as the weavers are also fully em- 

 ployed, very few idle persons are to be seen going 

 about the streets ; indeed, it is remarked in that 

 neighbourhood, that, generally speaking, the great 

 body of the population have not been so well em- 

 ployed for the last two years. This remark ad- 

 mits of an exception in the case of labourers, who 

 have some difficulty in finding employment the 

 great number of persons who were employed at 

 labouring work during the last year by the Relief 

 Committee, having considerably lessened the de- 

 mand for labourers, and exhausted the usual 

 sources of labour in this department. It is also 

 considerably lessened by the small number of 

 buildings that are going on this season. 



Died] At Kirriemuir, 100, J. Macgregor ; when, 

 after the battle of Culloden, Lords Kilmarnock and 

 Balmerino were concealed in the woods of Glan- 

 tanner, he was employed in carrying them daily 

 provisions. 



