661 Provincial Occurrences'. Kent, Surrey, Dorset, Wills, <J-c. DEC. 



.2,599 ; tlie annual amount of the poor rates, 

 .2,314. Us.!!! 



Married."] At Brighton, J, Theobald, esq., to 

 Anna Maria, third daughter of Major General Sey- 

 mour. 



Died.} Oct. 16, at Horsham, 57, Mr. S. Dcndy ; 

 and on the following morning, 31, Miss E. Dendy, 

 liis eldest daughter, expired in a fit by excessive 

 grief. October 20, also died, Mrs. M. A. Dendy, 

 the wife ; and Mrs. Bowles, the sister of Mr. 

 Dendy. 87, Serjeant Whip; he had been staff 

 serjeant at Portsmouth under 2C lieutenant-go- 

 vernors, and served under George II. III. and IV. 

 At Brighton, 95, Mrs. Macquircs. At Ratton, 

 Lieut.-Col. G. T. Thomas. 



KENT AND SURREY. 



An extraordinary phenomenon occurred along 

 the Kentish roast, which has rarely, perhaps, or 

 ever occurred. The tides within two hours, on 

 Wednesday morning, October 31, rose three times, 

 and at one time so high, that they exceeded the 

 usual bounds even of the spring tides. At London 

 Bridge, and along the banks of the Thames and 

 Medway, the low land was flooded ; the marshes 

 being fully stocked with cattle, much confusion was 

 occasioned by the short notice that was given for 

 their removal, and many sheep were lost. People 

 were also employed in saving in boats the inhabi- 

 tants of the cottages situated in the marshes. At 

 Faversham the water came almost up to the houses, 

 and the marshes in that neighbourhood were inun- 

 dated. 



DORSET AND WILTS. 



Allington new church has been consecrated by 

 the Bishop of Bristol; it is a neat and elegant 

 structure. 



The difficulties in the way of the disfranchise- 

 ment of Cranbourn Chace have been overcome ; 

 and the requisite notice has been given to obtain 

 an Act of Parliament for its enclosure. Thus will 

 between 30 and 40,000 acres of excellent land be 

 brought into cultivation. The bounds of the Chace, 

 claimed by Lord Rivers, extending about one hun- 

 dred miles, namely, from Harnham Bridge, near 

 Salisbury, by the edge of Wilton, to Shaftesbury, 

 Dorset ; to the banks of the Stour, near Stur- 

 minster, thence by Blandford, and near Wimborne, 

 to Ringwood and Fordingbiidge in Hampshire, 

 and to Downton and Harnham Bridge in Wilts. 

 The stock of deer is about 15,000, who make 

 inroads into the surrounding lands, doing great 

 injury. The morals of the villagers likewise 

 suffer greatly from the practice of killing the 

 deer in the night, the extent of the space prevent- 

 ing an effectual watch. 



Married. ] At West Chelhorough, J. Meech, 

 esq., to Miss Suan Daw. At Shaftesbury, Mr. 

 Imher to Mis Dowland. At Wareham, Mr. Dean 

 to Miss E. Cole. 



Died.] At Kingston-hall, the seat of H. Bankes, 

 <*q., M.P. ; 77, Dr. G. P. Tomline, Bishop of Win- 

 chester, and Prelate of the Order of the Garter. 



DEVON AND SOMERSET. 



At a meeting held at. the Market House, by the 

 ladies and gentlemen of Taunton, it was resolved 

 to establish an Infant School, when a committee 

 was formed, and .300 subscribed for that pur- 

 pose. 



In the report of the grand jury at the late ses- 

 sions, they say "It is with pain the grand jury 

 have to observe, that they have heen refused ad- 

 mittance to that part of .the gaol appropriated to 



females, under the idea that it would prove an in- 

 fringement on the rights of the visiting magis- 

 trates!" The grand jury likewise say it would be 

 fortunate if Parliament would repeal the enact- 

 ments which support the coercive system of parish 

 apprentices. They also hint at " the want of co- 

 operation between the authorities of the county, 

 and the several local jurisdictions, to put down 

 vagrancy;" remarking that "mendicity societies 

 have tended to increase the evil." They also al- 

 lude to "the serious expenditure of the county!" 



An iron and copper mine has been discovered 

 at Luckham, near Porlock, Somerset; and a cargo 

 of the ore has been shipped for smelting to the forges 

 at Swansea. 



The Lord Chancellor has confirmed the Vice- 

 Chancellor's decree relative to the Avvliscomb 

 charity, viz." As corporations could hold no 

 property except as trustees, he could not decree a 

 retrospective account against the Chamber of 

 Exeter, as the balance which should appear 

 against the body must be taken from some other 

 public trust." But he decreed an inquiry into the 

 whole of its property, to ascertain upon what trust 

 it was holden. 



Died.'] At Exeter, 70, Mr. Radford; he was 

 one of the crew (out of five that were saved) of the 

 Royal George, of 120 guns, that was sunk off Spit- 

 head June 28, 1782; 76, Mr. S. Cox ; he bore the 

 character of a learned man in astrology. AtCros- 

 combe, Mary Phillips; she had lived 30 years in 

 one family, an honest and grateful servant : she 

 was interred in a handsome manner by her mis- 

 tress, the clergyman, churchwardens, and all the 

 gentlemen of the village attending. At Devon- 

 port, Lady Gcorgiana Carnegie, daughter of Ad- 

 miral the Earl of Northesk. At Edingswell house, 

 L. Protheroe, esq. 



CORNWALL. 



At the Cornwall County Sessions, the chairman, 

 in the course of his address to the grand jury, said 

 " I cannot omit stating, that the best mode of 

 checking the progress of crime, and one without 

 which, I am persuaded, no other will be found 

 available, is to allow the labouring population a 

 full and fair remuneration for their labour, with- 

 out sinking them in the scale of society, by com- 

 pelling them to seek assistance from the poor-rates, 

 as paupers, from the total insufficiency of the sum 

 allowed them as wages for their support." 



The fishery in Mount's Bay has been the least 

 successful that has been known for many years, 

 not above four cargoes of pilchards having been 

 taken in the bay; but there is a prospect that the 

 winter mackarel fishery will prove more favour- 

 able ; some of the boats having had good catches, 

 and one in particular took 3,000 fish. 



At a numerous meeting of the Trustees of the 

 Truro Turnpike Roads, held in the Town-hall, it 

 was resolved to make application to Parliament 

 for leave to carry into effect some proposed im- 

 provements in them. 



WALES. 



The lordship of Haya Wallensis, Brecon, was 

 sold by auction, October 26 (by order of His Ma- 

 jesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests), to 

 Viscount Hereford for 2,000 guinea?. 



Application will be made to Parliament next ses- 

 sion, for a new road from Llandovery (Carmar- 

 then) to Pembroke Dock ; and for removing the 

 market at Swansea to a more eligible and coinmo- 

 ulious situation. 



