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Provincial Occurrences : Bucks, Herts, Essex, fyc. [OcT* 



of 12 years old was tried for stabbing a playmate 

 of 15, in consequence of a quarrel while playing at 

 marbles ; he was acquitted. Baron Vaughan said, 

 " You have had a most fortunate escape ; for if a 

 direct conviction had taken place, I could not have 

 done otherwise than suffer the law to take its pro- 

 per course I!!" 



At Monmouth, 3 condemned to death, 2 trans- 

 ported, and 5 imprisoned. 



Monday, Sept. 27, the new Stroud Mail left 

 London at 8 P.M., and arrived at Stroud at 8 on 

 Tuesday morning, completing a distance of 106 

 miles in 12 hours. It being the first royal mail 

 coach on that line of road, numbers of persons as- 

 sembled at Cirencester, Stroud, Chepstow, and 

 other towns, and in several places ringing of bells 

 and hoisting of colours evinced the joy of a popu- 

 lation of not less than 40,000 inhabitants. 

 . A new watering-place is to be established at the 

 peninsula of the Severn and the Wye ; and pre- 

 miums have been advertised for laying out and 

 building on the Beachley estate for that pur- 

 pose. 



At the late meeting of "The Clergy Society," at 

 Bristol, the sum of .434. 4s. 7d. was collected ; and 

 at that of the Gloucestershire Society, at Clifton, 

 .256. 19s. in aid of the good purposes of both 

 establishments. 



Married.'} At Wootton-under-Edge, Mr. Lewis 

 to Miss Wiles. Mr. Home to Miss Tombs, of 

 Moreton-in Marsh. At Gloucester, Mr. Meyler to 

 Miss Walker. At Cold Ashton, Rev. H. T. Elli- 

 combe to Miss Ann Bridges. 



Died.} At Stroud, Mrs. Burder. At Wootton- 

 under-Edge, 62, J. Cooper, esq. At Gloucester, 74, 

 Mr. Gransmore ; and Miss Park. At Cheltenham, 

 W. Dowding, esq. At Frogmill, Rhoda, the wife 

 of Lieut. -Col. Pearce. 



BUCKS. 



The paymasters of Aylesbury parish have deter- 

 mined to rent 20 acres of land, to be cultivated by 

 spade husbandry, in order to employ their super- 

 fluous labourers. 



The Bazaar held at the Town-hall of Aylesbury, 

 has produced, by the works of the ladies only, as 

 much as loo. for the excellent purpose of esta- 

 blishing an infant school. 



Married.} At Oakingham, J. M. Bence, esq., 

 to Miss Jenkyns. At Brimpton, W. A. Harris, 

 esq., to Miss Ann Goddard. 



Died} T. A. R,udd, esq., late of Ampthill. At 

 Beaumont, the Hon. H. E. Flower, third daughter 

 of Lord Ashbrook. At Bedford, 62, Mrs. F. Chap- 

 man. 



HERTS AND ESSEX. 



The Committee of the "West Herts Infirmary" 

 have made their First Annual Report, which 

 answers the expectations of the most sanguine, 

 and conveys the gratifying assurance that the 

 bounty of its supporters has been well bestowed, 

 as a permanent comfort and benefit to the poor, 

 and a source of advantage to the country 157 pa- 

 tients have been relieved and cured. 



The first stone of a new market-house was laid 

 at Ware, Sept. 8, which is to be upon a larger scale 

 than the old one ; the ground was given to the town 

 by the lord of the manor. 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



At present there is not a single person for debt in 

 the gaol of this county ! ! I 

 Married.} At Oxford, D. Ward, esq., to Miss 



Marian Johnson ; T. Wace, esq., to Mrs. Hitch- 

 ings. 



Died.} At Albury, 63, Mr. Hester. At Oxford, 

 75, Mrs. Bartram ; J. Lett, esq. ; 62, Mrs. Robin- 

 son* 98, Mrs. Jackman. 



NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 



September 5, the first stone of a new Roman 

 Catholic Chapel was laid at Norwich by the Hon. 

 and Rev. E. Clifford, with the usual ceremonies. 



At the Annual Meeting of the Subscribers to the 

 Public Library, it was announced to be in a very 

 flourishing condition. 



September 3, the Directors of the Norwich and 

 Lowestoffe Navigation Company proceeded down 

 the rivers in grand ceremony, to be present at the 

 commencement of the undertaking at Mudford 

 Bridge, when Alderman Brown commenced the 

 operations by digging the first spadeful, amidst 

 immense cheering ; portions of the first earth 

 turned up were eagerly seized by the crowd, and 

 carried away in their pockets as a memento of the 

 day. There was a sailing match on the occasion 

 on Lake Lothing. Such a concourse of people was 

 never seen before at Lowestoffe ; there were at 

 least 15,000 people afloat and on the margin of the 

 lake. 



The room of the Lynn Mechanics' Institution 

 was thrown open to the subscribers Sept. 3, when 

 an appropriate address was delivered by the Rev. 

 E. Edwards. 



Married.} At Wissett, H. Howard, esq., to Miss 

 E. Tillott. At Lakenham, Rev. B. Cubitt to Miss 

 White. 



Died.} At North Burlingham, 77, Rev. J. Den- 

 nison. At Bedingham, 90, Mrs. Norgate. At 

 Great Yarmouth, 74, Mrs. S. Cotton; 77, Mrs. 

 Austin. 91, Mr. T. Sheldrake, of Henley. At Pul- 

 ham, 83, Mrs. Mayston. 80, Mrs. Devereux, of St. 

 George's, Colegate. At Norwich, 74, W. Herring, 

 esq. ; he was second son of Dr. Herring, Dean of 

 St. Asaph, and had been 32 years Alderman of 

 Norwich. 



CAMBRIDGE. 



A beautiful fossil of the sea turtle has recently 

 been discovered, and by the perfect substitution of 

 all the organic parts, as well as its locality, may 

 be considered an interesting remain of a former 

 world. It is incrusted in a mass of ferruginous 

 limestone, and weighs 180 pounds. The spot on 

 which it was found is in 4 fathoms water, and is 

 formed of an extensive stratum of stones, called 

 the Stone Ridge, about 4 miles off Harwich har- 

 bour, and is considered to be the line of conjunc- 

 tion between the opposite cliffs of Walton and Har- 

 wich. It is in the possession of Mr. Deck of Cam- 

 bridge. 



HANTS AND SUSSEX. 



By the recent report of the committee of Ports- 

 mouth and Portsca Literary and Philosophical So- 

 ciety, it appears that no less than 600 specimens 

 have been deposited in the Museum since Septem- 

 ber 1826!!! 



Married.} At Petworth, Lord Charles Spencer 

 Churchill to Miss Benet, daughter of J. Benet, 

 esq., M.P., Wilts. At Arreton, Isle of Wight, 

 Major G. G. Nicholls, only son of General Nicholls, 

 to Miss Henrietta Atkins. At Owslebury, Rev. P. 

 Hall to Miss M.H. Wools. 



Died.} At Portsmouth, 82, Mrs. Leggatt. At 

 Midhurst, 106, Mrs. Anne Harding. At Hastings, 

 the Hon. Orlando Bridgman. At Tichborne- 

 house, Mary, fourth daughter of Sir Henry Tich- 

 borne, bait At Chichester, 83, Rev. Mr. Walker, 



