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Provincial Occurrences : Hants, Sussex, Oxford, $c. [FEB. 



Died.] 71, Rev. F. Simpson, of South Pother- 

 ton. At Bath, at her mother's (Lady Horton) 

 Mrs. H . S. A. ilees, niece to the Earl of Derby. 

 At Oitery St. Maiy, 63, Rev. G. Coleridge, many 

 years master of the grammar school at that place. 



HANTS AND SUSSEX. 

 In consequence of the prevalence of the late 

 floods, the Sherborne Mercury remarks : A. 

 correspondent, in allusion to these floods, says 

 " With respect to bridges, it is supposed that, 

 with the exception of those in the great lines of 

 road, never were more disgraceful little erections 

 than are every where to be found in travelling 

 through this country. A great many of the se- 

 rious losses which formers sustain are owing to 

 the burst of an accumulation of water, bayed 

 back by a small and inefficient bridge, which is at 

 length thrown down." 



Died.] At Hinton St. Mary, 100, Mrs. Short ; 

 till within these three years she never drank any 

 beer or spirituous liquors, tea and water being 

 her usual beverage; she had been a widow 40 

 years. 



OXFORD AND BERKS. 



At the General Annnal Meeting of the Mana- 

 gers of the Windsor Savings' Bank, it appears 

 that the amount received up to November 20, 

 1827, was .36,256 16s. llid.,and that the number 

 of depositors was 1,069. 



A General Meeting of the Contributors towards 

 the Formation of an Infants' School, was held at 

 the Audit Room, Oxford, the Mayor in the chair ; 

 when, amongst other things, it was determined 

 that the children of the poor should be admis- 

 sible between the ages of 18 months and 7 years, 

 for the purpose of giving them instruction chiefly 

 oral, in combination with exercise and amuse- 

 ment, according to the system usually adopted in 

 such schools. 



Died."] 72, Rev. F. Simpson, prebendary of 

 Bristol, and of University College, Oxford. At 

 Little Stoke, 71, R. Baker, esq. H. Peters, esq., 

 representative of Oxford from 1/96 to 1802. At 

 Reading, Mr. Saunders. At Littlemore, 90, Mr. 

 R. Giles. At Oxford, 92, Mrs. A. Rought. 



NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 



The expenses for maintaining the poor of the 

 city and county of Norwich, as published by the 

 Corporation of Guardians, from Lady Day 1826, 

 to Lady Day 1827, amounts to the sum of 

 51, 557. 5s. 2d. ; the out-door allowance alone 

 being .20,340. 1/s. 9d. There is an article under 

 the title of Law Charges, thus expressed" Wrn. 

 Simpson, for application to the Court of Chan- 

 eery, to compel the Trustees of Bethel to give a 

 preference to the poor of Norwich when a va- 

 cancy occurs, .460!!!" There is a charge for 

 " straw for beds, .121. 3s." another for "ses- 

 sions' orders .5,200." 



Married."] At Horning, J. Green, esq., to 

 Miss Heath. At Trunch, J. Duncombe, esq., to 

 Miss Amies. 



Died.] At Bury St. Edmund's, 80, Mrs. Hes- 

 lop. At Yarmouth, 86, Mr. London ; 86, Mrs. 

 Sewell. At Hollesley-grovc, 92, Mrs. Smith. 

 At Lynn, 38, Mr. S. Pearson, a journeyman 

 cabinet-maker ; he was remarkable for industry, 

 and found time in the intervals of labour to ac- 

 quire a deep knowledge of the higher branches 

 of mathematics, and has prepared several men 

 tor Cambridge, who have taken high honours at 

 that University, and bear testimony to the great 

 ability he possessed in that departure nt of science, 



and tho singular facility he possessed in commu- 

 nicating his knowledge to others. He has left a 

 ton of twelve years of age, who indicates talents 

 ot a similar description to those of his father, and 

 who already possesses a thorough knowledge of 

 the first six books of Euclid, Quadratic Equa- 

 tions, and is a tolerable Algebraist. At Great 

 Yarmouth, G. B. Preston, second son of E. Pres- 

 ton, esq., ol that place. 



CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 



At a meeting of the inhabitants of Cambridge, 

 held Jan. 16, it was resolved, " that the proceed- 

 ings of the Corporation of the town of Cambridge 

 in enforcing the payment of the market aud 

 other tolls claimed by them, by means of the civil 

 power vested in their hands, are arbitrary and 

 illegal ; and that, even if the tolls demanded were 

 decided by a court of law to be legally due and 

 payable to the corporation, such a violent and 

 oppressive mode of collection would be contrary 

 to every principle of justice and equity." Other 

 resolutions were passed, and a subscription en- 

 tered into for the purpose of resisting any further 

 encroachments of the corporation upon the rights 

 and property of the inhabitants. 



Married."] At Hitchin, J. Canham, esq., to 

 Miss Maria Crabb. 



Died.] At Cambridge, 80, Mr. J. Deighton ; 

 Mr. T. Barrett. 



HANTS AND SUSSEX. 



At a Meeting of the Governors of the Chiches- 

 ter Savings' Bank, Dec. 27, 1827, it appeared that 

 the sum invested in the bank up to that period 

 amounted to .39,989. 7s. 7d., and the number 

 of depositors were 797. 



The increase of trade at Shoreham may be ima- 

 gined, from the fact of the customs duties this 

 last year having been about .10,000 above the 

 receipt of those of 1826. 



A dreadful and fatal affray has happened be- 

 tween the blockade and smugglers near Bexhill, 

 in which a regular engagement took plane ; a 

 quarter-master and two of the batsmen were killed, 

 besides several wounded on both sides. The 

 smugglers amounted to near 100, and the blockade 

 to about 45. 



Died.] At Hastings, the Hon. M. E. C. Graves, 

 fourth daughter of Lord Graves.- -At Southsea, 

 near Portsmouth, 104, J. Agnew, a pensioner of 

 the 33d regt. 



KENT AND SURREY. 



At a late meeting of the inhabitants of Queen- 

 borough, it was resolved to petition Parliament 

 against the restrictions placed by the corporation 

 on the fisheries. For several years the most 

 frightful distress has prevailed, and the poor 

 rates have risen to 20s. in the pound. 



Died.] At Westerham, 66, J. Wilks, esq. 



BUCKS AND BEDFORD. 



The ncw_church at Gawcott, in the parish of 

 Buckingham, has been lately opened for divine 

 service. 



HERTS AND ESSEX. 



The Annual Meeting of the Trustees and Di- 

 rectors of the Herts Savings' Bank was held 

 at the Shire-hall, when it appeared that 

 112,939. 3s. Id. was the amount of the sum 

 invested in the Bank up to Dec. 26, 1827, and 

 that the number of depositors were 1,9/9. 



