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brated their fifty-second anniversary ; the mem- 

 bers formed a procession of great extent, with 

 banners, music, &c. to St. Mary's Church ; after 

 which the society returned, and 230 sat down to 

 dinner, cheered by merry peals from the bells, and 

 at 8 o'clock|the national anthem of " God save the 

 King" was sung by the members in full chorus, at 

 the conclusion of which the meeting broke up in 

 the greatest order and decorum. Several of the 

 members, from age and infirmities, were drawn in 

 open flies. 



Married.] At Mangotsfield, Mr. C. Grey, to 

 Miss Wiltshire. At Cheltenham, T. A. Perry, 

 esq., to Miss Maria Greenaway ; and the Rev. A. 

 Donald, to Miss Harriet Greenaway. 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



The commemoration and musical festival at Ox- 

 ford passed off in the most brilliant manner. 1,328 

 persons attended at the first concert, 2,113 at the 

 second, and 1,639 at the third. 130 was received 

 at the sale of ladies' work for the establishment of 

 an Infants' School. 



NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 



The Nene Navigation and Drainage Bill is a 

 subject of particular congratulation to Lynn, as it 

 will be the means of forming a direct line of com- 

 munication between that town and the eastern 

 coast of England, with the principal northern and 

 midland counties. 



A meeting has been held at the Guildhall, Lynn, 

 for the purpose of establishing there a society for 

 the diffusing useful and scientific knowledge, when 

 subscriptions were entered intn, and a committee 

 formed, to organize " The Lynn Literary and 

 Scientific Institution." 



At Norwich, a meeting wffs recently held, and 

 subscriptions entered into, for the establishment of 

 two new charity schools. 



, The disbursements of the treasurer for the city 

 nnd county of Norwich amounted last year to 

 .3,846. 7s. 8d. 



A new Roman Catholic Chapel was lately opened 

 at Thetford, by the Right Rev. Dr. Walsh, the 

 bishop of the midland district, on his triennial 

 visitation. He will also open two others in Suf- 

 folk, one at Ipswich, and the other at Stoke by 

 Nayland. 



At the recent Bury Sessions, Mr. Grant, the 

 magistrate, thus addressed the Court: "I con- 

 gratulate the town of Bury on this day ; things 

 are assuredly mending, which is unequivocally 

 indicated by the absence of complaint on the part 

 of the poor. From Ratcliffe there is only one ap- 

 plication for relief; none from Heap, which con- 

 tains 16 mills, the whole of which are going at full 

 work : no application for Walmeslcy ; none from 

 Elton ; none from Tottington, either higher or 

 lower end. Formerly we had 60 or 70 applications 

 every week from the poor of Bury, and now this 

 is the satisfactory state of the place and its out 

 townships. How my heart does rejoice to see the 

 sufferings of the poor so much ameliorated. I love 

 to see them comfortable and well paid for their 

 labour, and to behold them loving to each other, 

 and loyal to their King." 



Married.] At Gimingham, Rev. R. Jickell, to 

 Miss Thompson. At Glemsford, Rev. E. D. Butts 

 to Miss Hill. At Semer, Rev. J. Edwards, to Miss 

 Spurrier. 



JXcd:] At Langley-park, 71, Sir T. Beauchamp: 



Proctor, bart. At Diss, 84, Mrs. H. Fincham, of 

 the Society of Friends. At Norwich, 67, Rev. E. 

 Glover. At Yarmouth, 87, J. Preston, esq. ; he 

 served the office of mayor in 17^-3, 1801. and 1813. 

 At Woodbridge, 68, Mrs. Tailer. At Stody, 87, 

 Mrs. Lidia Paul. 



CAMBRIDGE AND HUNTINGDON. 



The Commissioners of the Nene Outfall Act held 

 their first meeting at Thorney, July 2, when reso- 

 lutions were passed for carrying the act into im- 

 mediate effect, so that the drainage of the North 

 Level, South Holland, Wisbech Hundred, with 

 adjoining districts, containing upwards of 100,000 

 acres of land, will be very materially improved, as 

 well as the navigation of the river from Wisbech 

 to the sea; besides which, several thousand acres 

 of land will be reclaimed from the sea, and brought 

 into immediate cultivation. Messrs. Telford and 

 Rennie are the engineers ; and the time for com- 

 pletion of this great undertaking is calculated at 

 three years. 



Married.'] At Wraking, C. W. Watson, esq,, 

 son of Sir C.Watson, bart., to Miss J. C. G. Col- 

 lerton, eldest daughter of the Countess Morel de 

 Champenont. 



Died.] At Little Stukeley, 79, Rev. J. Water- 

 house, vicar of that parish ; he was murdered with 

 circumstances of peculiar atrocity. 



HANTS AND SUSSEX. 



The Rose, Capt. Martial, from Calcutta, arrived 

 at Portsmouth June 30, and has brought to Eng- 

 land, as a present from Lord Combermere and the 

 army to His Majesty, a remarkable ponderous piece 

 of ordnance, which was taken at Bhurtpore. It 

 weighs 17 tons, and carries a one hundred 

 pound iron ball ; it is 16 feet long, and 37 inches 

 diameter at the breach, and, what is Very sin- 

 gular, it was cast at two periods, and of two 

 distinct metals the breach and muzzle being dif- 

 ferent. Its surface is profusely ornamented with 

 Persian characters, complimentary of the maiden 

 fortress of Bhurtpore, and the Sultan by whom it 

 was founded. 



Died.] At Titchfield, Rear Admiral Sir A. C. 

 Dickson, bart. At Winchester, 90, Mis. Anne 

 Dilly. 



DORSET AND WILTS. 



At the general quarter sessions for Dorset, th$ 

 Chairman complained of the non-attendance of 

 several of the grand jury; he deprecated such a 

 spirit of indifference and contempt, and said he 

 would put the laws in force, and compel them to 

 that attendance which they were so unwilling to 

 grant. He called the attention of his hearers to 

 the alteration which had taken place in the crimi- 

 nal code, whereby one hund red and forty statutes 

 had been reduced to two or three!!! The convic- 

 tions for larceny alone amounted in this kingdom 

 (injudiciously praised, it should now seem, for its 

 criminal laws!) in the six years ending with 1826, 

 to no less than forty-three thousand!!! 



At the last general half-yearly meeting of the 

 managers of the Blandford Savings' Bank, it ap- 

 peared that the funds of this popular and flourish* 

 ing institution, vested in government securities, 

 exceeded .39,000, and the depositors' numbers 

 had advanced to 1,330, exhibiting a considerable 

 increase since the last half-yearly meeting. 



His Majesty's steam-packets at Weymouth are 

 now regularly fixed to convey the mails to Guern- 

 sey and Jersey; and such is the expeditious regn* 



