1827.] Worcester, Here/ore/, Gloucester, Men-mouth, 



into effect, independent of the funds of their own ; 

 for which purpose subscriptions are taken in by 

 the local bankers, 



Died.] At Northampton, 82, Mrs. West. At 

 Mericlen-hall, 79, W. Digby, osq., many years 

 chairman of the quarter sessions, Warwickshire. 



WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. 



The expenditure of the county of Worcester* 

 from Michaelmas 1825, to same date 1827, amounts 

 to .8,421. 12s. 5(1.: near the whole of which has 

 been swallowed up in conducting the criminal and 

 civil jurisprudence, and its etceteras scarcely 

 .1,500 having been expended under the heads of 

 lunatics, coroners, bridges, militia, and even 

 vagrants ! 



The Commissioners for Inquiry into the Public 

 Charities under the management of the Corpora- 

 tion of Worcester, have concluded their sittings. 



Died.'} 84, Mr. J. Broad ; he occupied Lickhill 

 I 7 - -m, near Stourport, upwards of 60 years. At 

 . orcester,92, Mrs. Baylis. 



GLOUCESTER AND MONMOUTH. 



vhe sale of fancy work, conducted by the ladies 

 at Alstone, for the Infant School, produced up- 

 wards of .160, which has entirely freed the school 

 from embarrassment, and rendered its utility to 

 above 120 children ! 



At the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Cheltenham 

 Savings' Bank, October 30, it appears that the re- 

 ceipts amounted to .70,512. 8s.; out of which 

 had been repaid to depositors, including interest, 

 .37,988. Is. ; remaining in government securities, 

 .32,524. 7s. 



The amount of goods and shipping, during the 

 first six months, which has now been cnmpleted, of 

 the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, is no less than 

 60,447 tons, producing rates of upwards of .1,560. 

 Thus the business done has exceeded the original 

 calculation, which was 83,000 tons per annum. 



The anniversary of the birth-day and death of 

 the benevolent Colston, was celebrated November 

 13, at Bristol, by the different charitable institu- 

 tion?, with that enthusiasm it so justly merits. 

 At the dinner of the Dolphin Society .400. 10s. 6d. 

 was collected ; at that of the Anchor Society, 

 .552. 2s. 6d.; and at the Grateful Society about 

 .330 !!! 



Married.] At Clifton, E. W. Batchellor, esq., 

 to Miss Eliza Bu.sh. 



Died.] At Dirham, 83, Rev. G. Swayne. At 

 the Hotwells,67, H. Dupont, esq. At Cbarringtcn- 

 park, J. George, esq. 



BEDFORD AND HERTFORD. 



What must every considerate man think, and 

 mere especially a religious man, when he sees the 

 parish church shut up for three successive Sun- 

 days, and that more than once in twelve months. 

 On inquiry, the answer at the clergyman's house 

 was, " Master's very well, buthe and his family- are 

 gone for a few weeks to a watering-place." This 

 has actually happened twice within the last twelve 

 months at a parish in Bedfordshire!!! Herts Mer- 

 cury, Oct. 27, 1827. 



BUCKS AND BERKS. 



At the triennial visitation recently made by the 

 vice-chancellor, &c. of Oxford, the sum of .300 

 was distributed in portions of 25 each, to maid- 

 servants, for having well conducted themselves for 

 upwards of three years in one service. 



Married] At Pusey. Rev. J. II. M. Lnxmoore, 

 BOH of the Bishop of St. Asaph, 1o K. Bouverie, 

 daughter of the lion. Philip and Lady Lucy 

 Pusey. 



Died] At Windsor, 75, the Hon. Mrs. A. Eger- 

 ton. At Reading, 103, Mrs. A. P. Worrell . 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



Married.] At Waterstock, Rev. L. M. Halton 

 to Miss E. P. M. Sclater. 



Died] At Oxford, 79, Mr. S. T. Wood ; he 

 served tne offices of chamberlain and bailiff in 1772 

 and 1/80. At Pyrton, 17, Mi?s Caroline Dimock ; 

 the following Sunday lu>r aunt, Mrs. Field, 49; 

 and the next day, Mr. Dimock, her father, 47. At 

 Woodstock, H. F. Mavor, esq. 



NOltFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 



It was resolved, October 20, by the Governors of 

 the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, that the musi- 

 cal festival, from the great success that attended 

 the last two meetings, shall be held triennially. 



The inhabitants of Acle have resolved at a pub- 

 lic meeting, lately held for the purpose, to divide 

 among themselves, in proportion to their number 

 of arable acres, their able-bodied labourers, and to 

 find them employ till Michaelmas 1828, at such 

 wages as shall preclude the necessity, except in 

 cases of sickness, of their applying for parochial 

 aid : those whom age or infirmities prevent from 

 being reckoned among the able-bodied, they have 

 also consented to employ in turn an example 

 worthy the imitation of all the parishes in the em- 

 pire, whose grand object is agriculture. This plan 

 was tried last year at Acle, and it has been found 

 to answer, in a moral view, as well as in that of 

 preventing an increase in the rates. 



At Lowestolt Ness, as well as at Yarmouth, the 

 sea has erected a complete series of natural em- 

 bankments against itself. The present extent of 

 land thrown up by the sea, and out of the reach of 

 the highest tides, is nearly three miles long, pro- 

 jecting from the base of the original cliff to the 

 distance of 6GO yards at the Ness. The respective 

 lines of growth are indicated by a series of small 

 embankments perfectly defined. Several of these 

 ridges have been formed within the memory of men 

 now living. A rampart of heavy materials is first 

 thrown up by a violent gale from the north-east. 

 Sand is subsequently blown over, and consolidates 

 the shingle, and the process is completed by the 

 arundo arenaria, and other marine plants, taking 

 root, and extending their fibres in a kind of net- 

 work through the mass. In process of time the 

 surface becomes covered with vegetable mould, 

 and ultimately, in many casos, is covered with 

 good herbage. 



Married] At Castle Rising, Major General 

 Tolleyto Miss F. Brodrick, daughter of the late 

 Archbishop of Cashel. At Bury, Rev. S. Gedge to 

 Miss Clara Beck. 



Died] AtCossey, 100, Mrs. A. M. T.Vere. 

 At Norwich, 89, Mrs. Farrow. At Yarmouth, 77, 

 Mrs.Puliyn. 



HANTS AND SUSSEX. 



From the excess of population beyond the de- 

 mand for labour, in the parish of Shipley, the 

 farmers arc obliged to adopt a course of crops of 

 an expensive and exhausting nature, and for 

 which their land is not suited, to enable them to 

 employ the people, as also to pay their rates. 

 The estimated annual rent of this parish is 



