334 Provincial Occurrences : Nottingham, Derby, fyc. [MARCH, 



.virtim to the conduct of the notorious Wakefields. 

 Their grandfather's heart was broken by it; the 

 ,\vife ot William, now in Lancaster gaol, died of 

 grief ; and Dr. Davis is now added to the list of 

 'sufferers. The payment of the line, in conse- 

 quence of Gilbert's non-appearance to the indict- 

 ment (for wLich the ile.erend Doctor was bail,) 

 together with the loss of his school nearly every 

 boy beihg removed from the establishment greyed 

 on his mind, and he eventually sank under the in- 

 fluence of contending feelings he died of a bro- 

 ken heart! London Paper. 



NOTTINGHAM AND DERBY. 



The course of lectures lately given at the Crum- 

 ford Mechanics' Institution, have excited such an 

 interest throughout the surrounding neighbour- 

 hood, that they have been attended by multi- 

 tudes. 



LEICESTER AND RUTLAND. 



The inhabitants of Leicester assembled at their 

 Town-hall, have resolved upon establishing In- 

 fant Schools for children of 2 to 6 years; the 

 committee for the management of which is to be 

 composed of gentlemen who are, and those who 

 are not, members of the Church of England. 

 They observe," that the very early age at which 

 children are now introduced into manufactories, 

 and the very general employment of females, in 

 the various branches of trade in this place, the 

 former being precluded from receiving the usual 

 instruction at the ordinary daily schools, and the 

 latter being in a great measure withdrawn from 

 attending to their domestic duties, are reasons 

 which render such institutions peculiarly impor- 

 tant." 



The earnings of the poor employed in the 

 stocking manufactures at Leicester and county, 

 do not exceed 7s. per week : nor have they in the 

 most prosperous times for the last 11 years ex- 

 ceeded 11s. per week ; how then is a father of a 

 family thus circumstanced enabled to save any 

 thing for, educating his children? It is computed 

 that there are 40,000 persons employed in the 

 stocking trade of this county. 



WARWICK AND NORTHAMPTON. 



Married.'} At Farnborouph, W. Markham, 

 esq., to Miss Lucy Anne Holbeckv E. B. King, 

 esq., of Umberslade, to Georgiana, daughter of 

 R. Knight, esq., M.P. 



Died.] 78, John Green, who for upwards of 

 64 years worked as a labourer upon the Heath- 

 cote (arm, near Warwick ; having been more than 

 30 years of that time in the employ of the present 

 occupier, Mr. Sedgley ; he was a very sober and 

 industrious man, and followed his usual avoca- 

 tions till within a fortnight of his death. At Stoke 

 Bruern, 78, W. Stalman. At West Bromwicb, 

 82, Rev. W. Moody. 



WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. 



The inhabitants of Ledbury were gratified by 

 the inspection of a very handsome wrought iron 

 bridge, built by Mr. Sealy, and designed by Mr. 

 T. Holland. It is 25 feet long in the span of the 

 arch, and was completely finished, and put up 

 with palisading, &c., fixed on four wheels, it 

 proceeded through Ledbury to Eastnor, the seat 

 of Earl Somers, where it is now fixed across the 

 foot of the waterfall. The road to the fall, three 

 miles in length, is very rugged and difficult, hut, 

 notwithstanding, the bridge arrived safe, and, 

 Feb. 8, it was removed on its wheels across the 

 platform, where it was lowered down upon the 



stone abutment prepared for it, in the presence of 

 the noble Earl. The whole of the bridge does 

 not exceed 30 cwt. in weight. 



Married.'] At Bromyard, the Rev. G. Wood- 

 house to Anne Sophia, daughter of Sir J. D. Colt, 

 hart. 



Died.] At Abberley, 79, the Rev. F. Severne ; 

 he had been 47 years rector of that parish, and 51 

 of Kyrc At Welland, 44, J. Ireland, esq. At 

 Worcester, 56, Rev. Dr. Hook, dean of Worcester, 

 archdeacon of Huntingdon, master of St. Os- 

 wald's Hospital, and holder of the livings of 

 Bromsgrove and Stone* 



GLOUCESTER AND MONMOUTH. 



The total amount received from 1871 depositors 

 in the Cheltenham Savings' Bank was, the 30th 

 of January last, .73,388. 6s. 9d,, out of which 

 .39,406. 13s. 6d. have been paid back to deposi- 

 tors, and there now remains in government secu- 

 rity the sum of .33,981. 13s. 3d. 



At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce 

 lately held at Bristol, it was unanimously resolved 

 to form a committee, which was accordingly ap- 

 pointed, to inquire into the capabilities which 

 Bristol and its neighbourhood afford for the esta- 

 blishment of such manufactories as do not at 

 present exist, and likewise into the causes of the 

 decay in some branches of manufacture which are 

 now ia operation around them. 



Died.] At Tortworth, 107, Mr. F. Walker ; 

 his youngest son, 26 years of age, and upwards of 

 6 feet high, attended his funeral. At Clifton, 77, 

 Mrs. Nevvcome, relict of Dr. Newcome, late pri- 

 mate of Ireland. 



SOMERSET AND DEVON. 



"The grand jury," at the late sessions at Exe- 

 ter, " observed with surprise, that at present the 

 business of the county, with regard to the expen- 

 diture of the Rates, is transacted in a room with 

 closed doors, from which the public are excluded, 

 which appears to be perfectly unconstitutional ; 

 and they therefore recommend that all business 

 connected with expenditure be transacted in open 

 court." The jury appear to have had in view 

 (what we trust other county grand juries will 

 have), to use the words of Burke, " an anxious 

 care of public money, and an openness approach- 

 ing to facility to publish complaint." 



It appears by the accounts of the county of 

 Somerset, from Dec. 31, 1826, to Dec. 31, 1827, 

 that no less than .19,964. 12s. 0d. were paid 

 for its expenses ; and that under the article for 

 Prisons, and Prisoners, &c., there is a charge of 

 ^10,653. ISs. 8d. besides more than .6,000 for 

 prosecutions of felons, &c. !!! 



The Report of the Bath Branch of the Royal 

 Naval Annuitant Society has been made, and ex- 

 hibits a most gratifying improvement in the state 

 of its funds, which amount to .29,600, being an 

 increase of.8,600in the last year. 



At the last annual meeting of the Devon and 

 Exeter Savings' Bank, the trustees stated that 

 the total receipts up to Nov. 20, 1827, amounted 

 to ,1,031,1/8. 6?. 8d. from the various depositors, 

 and that although nearly .400,000 has been re- 

 turned, with interest, there still remains in the 

 care of government as much as .649,044. Os. 2d. 



Married.] At Puriton, Jervis Cooke, esq., son 

 ofRear-Admiral Cooke, to Miss Harriot Bignel. 



Died.] At Exeter, Anne Maria, wife of Vice- 

 Admiral Robert Barton. At Bath, Miss Marga- 



