1827.] Worcester Hereford, Gloucester, Monmouth, Sfc. 55T 



The Northampton Savings' Bank has re- contain sittings for 1000 people, including 700 open 

 ceived from its first establishment in August, ones. 



It appears by the Abstract of the Receipts and 

 Disbursements of the Gloucestershire Treasurer, 

 that from Easter Sessions 1826, to those of 1827, 

 the county expenses amounted to the sum of 

 .33,932. 14s. 8d. It is to be remarked that out 

 of that sum .13,586. 19s. 2d., was appropriated to 

 the building and repairing county bridges, and 

 .4,500 for enlarging the gaol. 



A serious riot has taken place at Gloucester^ 

 occasioned by the discontent of the workmen at 

 being obliged to pay toll to pass Westgate Bridge 

 in their progress to and from work, in the erection 

 of a new bridge at Over. They destroyed the toll- 

 gates and the toll-house ; and it was with the ut. 

 most difficulty the collector and his wife escaped. 

 The mob afterwards paraded the city with exulta- 

 tion and triumph till a late hour. The military 

 were called in, and several of the ringleaders have 

 been committed to gaol. It has since been deter- 

 mined by the trustees to discontinue the tolls on 

 foot passengers after October 31, 1827, and all 

 other tolls after December 31, 1828. 



1816, to the 3d October 1827, no less a sum than 

 .284,238. 16s. 3d. out of which .134,571. 12s. 7$d. 

 have been repaid to depositors. 



The bankers of Birmingham have presented a 

 memorial to the First Lord of His Majesty's Trea- 

 sury, complaining, that where the bankers pay 

 2s. 6d. for a stamp on their notes, the Bank only 

 pays 2d., in consequence of their composition 

 they therefore pray that all may pay like. 



A repository for the sale of fancy works was 

 opened at Coventry lately, for defraying the ex- 

 penses of the enlargement of Bedworth Church, 

 when 125. 13s. was produced on the occasion. 



The Exhibition at the Birmingham Society of 

 Arts has closed for the season. The general ex- 

 cellence of this first exhibition has been universally 

 acknowledged, and a number of the paintings have 

 been sold. 



At the Fourth Anniversary of the Brigstock 

 Friendly Society, October 5, a processional cere- 

 mony arid public dinner took place, when the ad- 

 mirable system of annuity for the aged was adopt- 

 ed. The promotion of such societies is much bet- 

 ber calculated to remove the evils of the Poor Laws, 

 and restore the characteristic pride, of the nation, 

 than any plan hitherto devised ; this is truly teach- 

 ing the people to feel for themselves. 



Married.'] At Coughton-court, T. Riddel, esq., 

 of Mary, niece of Sir C.Throekmorton, bart. At 

 Hatten, S. Percival, esq., to Miss Jane Goodchild. 

 At Northampton, Mr. Yates to Miss Haydon. 

 T. Tryon, esq., of Bulwick-park, to Anne, daugh- 

 ter of the late Sir John Trollope, bart. -At Leam- 

 ington, T. Davies, esq., of Llangattock, to Maria 

 Selina, sister to Sir H. Willoughby, bart. At 

 Newnham Paddox, Rev. H. Harding, to the Lady 

 Emily Fielding. . 



Died.'] At Offchurch, 50, Mrs. Wise. At Sut- 

 ton Colfield, Mrs. Cottrell. At Warwick, Miss E. 

 Tibbifts. 



WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. 

 A meeting took place, October 2, in the Shire- 

 hall. Hereford, for insuring the permanent esta- 

 blishment of the mail through Cheltenham and 

 Tewkesbury to that city, and extending the com- 

 munication to Brecon. Earl Somers presided, and 

 appropriate resolutions were adopted, and a sub- 

 scription entered into for the purpose of near 

 2,000. 



The fifteenth shew of the Ross Agricultural So- 

 ciety took place October 10, when there was an 

 unusual display of Pomona's treasures ; the num- 

 ber of plates of fruit being nearly 600; 380 bottles 

 sparkled with double dahliahs of great beauty. The 

 total number of specimens of fruits amounted to 

 988! 



Married.'] T. Jones, esq., to Miss M. Norbury, 

 Droitwitch. At Ross, Rev. S. Sincox to Miss 

 Louisa A. Chase. 



T)ied.~\ At Worcester, R. Hurd, esq., nephew 

 of the late Rev. Dr. Hurd, Bishop of Worcester. 

 At Twyning, W. Colwell, esn. 74, Mrs. E. Smith, 

 of the Fair Oaks Farm, Castle-morton. At Beo- 

 ley, 70, Rev. T. Cormouls. At Shipstown-on- 

 Stour, 76, Rev. J. Jones ; he held that vicarage 

 38 years, and some years since married the Dowa- 

 ger Countess of Ashbrook. 



GLOUCESTER AND MONMOCTH. 



A subscription has been commenced for erecting 

 a free church for the parish of Mangotsfield, -to 



Married.] T. P. Dunn, of Southfields, to Mar- 

 garet, grand-daughter of SirS. Wathen. At Glou- 

 cester, F. Granger, esq., to Miss Couke. 



Hied.'] At Cheltenham, 67, Sir Nelson Rycroft. 

 bart; 64, P. Justice, esq. AtChepstow, Mr. Clay 

 At Hillsbridge Parade, W. Bosville, esq.~At 

 Miserdeen-park, Catherine, daughter of Sir E. B. 

 Sandys, bart. At Dowdeswell, Miss Haly, daugh- 

 ter of Lady Haly. At Clifton,86, Mrs. Robertson. 

 At Bristol, 17, Augustus, youngest son of the 

 bishop of the diocese. At Gloucester Spa, Rev. G. 

 Trevelyan, third son of Sir J.Trevelyan, bart. 

 At Bristol, Mr. W. Pritchard ; he had faithfully 

 served, as a journeyman, Mr. Heath, of Mon- 

 mouth, for 33 years! 



BEDFORD AND BERKS. 



James Clare, of Woburn, has been committed to 

 gaol for the sixteenth time under the Feudal 

 Game Laws. He said, on his last dismissal from 

 prison, " that he would rather go to gaol, where 

 sufficient food would be found him, than return to 

 his parish, where he must either pine away or re- 

 turn to his former ways I" 



Died.] At Hartwell-house, the Rev. Sir G. Lee, 

 bart. At Windsor, 82, Lieut.-Col. S. H. Showers, 

 72, Miss Buckridge. 



ESSEX. 



At the Tenth Anniversary of the Romford Sav- 

 ings' Bank, the treasurer reported the numbe* of 

 depositors to be 2,239. The sum total invested at 

 the Bank of England is ^40,018. 7s. 4d. Dur- 

 ing the last quarter 39 accounts opened ; and 

 .1,487. 11s. and ll^d. received from the new 

 depositors. 



Died.] At Harlow, 83, A. Parkin, esq, formerly 

 solicitor to the post office. 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



The expenses for this county from Michael- 

 mas 1826, to the same period 1827, have been 

 .6,738. 5s. 10d., out of which sum .3,337. 2s. lOd. 

 was paid for the gaol, criminals, and their inci- 

 dental disbursements, besides .1,903. 13s. for 

 prosecutions at the assizes. The expenses of the 

 city of Oxford gaol were ^680. 14s. 4d. 



Married.] At Oxford, H. W. Towsey, esq., to 

 Miss A. Finch. At Headington, Mr. Hancock t* 

 Miss Bryan. 



