1828.] Dorset, Wilts, Hants, Sussex, Oxford, Berks, 



ret Hay, daughter of the late Hon. E. Hay, go 

 vernor of Barbadoes ; 99, Dr. Robert Hope, 

 senior physician of the navy. 



DORSET AND WILTS. 

 The Wareham and Purbeck Savings' Bank 

 had, Nov. 20, 1827, the sum of .24,843. 12s. 3d. 

 in the hands of the Commissioners for the" Re- 

 duction of the National Debt ; the number of de- 

 positors amounted to 404. 



Died.] At Longford-castle, 78, the Earl of 

 Radnor. At Steeple-Ashton, 88, Rev. S. Hey. 

 At Wells, 88, Mrs. Tudway, relict of C. Tud- 

 way, esq., many years representative for that 

 city. 



HANTS AND SUSSEX. 



From the opening of the Brighton Savings' 

 Bank, Jan. 1818, to Nov. 20, 1827, there has been 

 received .155,901. 15s. lid., out of which has 

 been withdrawn .95,821. 15s. 8d. having up- 

 wards of .60,000 in the hands of the trustees. 



The new church at Brighton was consecrated 

 Jan. 24 ; and the next day it was opened with a 

 grand musical festival, the produce of which, 

 after deducting all expenses, amounted to .240, 

 which is to be applied to the benefit of the County 

 Hospital and the National Schools. 



The Horsham Savings' Bank Report states 

 that up to November 20, 1827, it had received 

 .1 2,335. Os. 7d. from 730 depositors. 



Died.'] At Southampton, the Hon. Caroline 

 Lady Gore Booth At Brighton, the Hon. W. 

 Wyudham, youngest brother of the Earl of Egre- 

 mont. 



OXFORD AND BERKS. 



At the last General Meeting of the Oxford 

 Savings' Bank, it appeared that the sums re- 

 ceived up to November 20, 1827, amounted to 

 .67,417. 3s 8d.; and that the number of deposi- 

 tors were 2,285. 



Died.'] AtWitney, 74, J. Clinch, esq.-Rev. 

 Dr. Marlow, President of St. John's-college. 



NORTOLK AND SUFFOLK. 

 By the published accounts of the treasurer of 

 the borough of Thetfonl, from Michaelmas, 1825, 

 to Michaelmas, i826, it appears that the expenses 

 amounted to ,290. 15s. 8d., out of which was 

 paid .103. 10s. for a set of imperial weights and 

 measures, Exchequer fees, and new beams and 

 scales; and the sum of .120 for gaol, assizes, 

 sessions, &c. 



CORNWALL. 



Fifty pounds have been remitted by the Society 

 for the Relief of Distressed Foreigners, to the 

 350 unfortunate Germans, of both sexes, who were 

 shipwrecked, and brought into Falmouth by the 

 Plover; the President of the Society (Lord de 

 Dunstanville) added .25 to the gift ; and mea- 

 sures are taking to send these poor strangers 

 home. 



The copper ores from the parish of Gwennap 

 alone, during the last 7 years, sold for .1,920,000, 

 and last year the amount was upwards of 

 .3,007,000, besides .50,000 received for tin, 

 floor-spar, &c. 



WALES. 



By the report of the committee appointed to 

 investigate the expenditure of the directors of the 



335 



Montgomery and Pool House of Industry, it np- 

 pears from a comparative statement of a half 

 year's expenditure, taken from an average of the 

 quotas of the last eight years and a half of the 

 old system, with the second half year of the new 

 system, that the former amounts to ^3,878, and 

 the latter to .2/9 leaving a half yearly balance 

 in favour of the new system of .1,087, or an an- 

 nual saving of .2,174 ; and the committee recom- 

 mend all the parishes to keep a strict annual ac- 

 count of their payments to the poor. 



Sheriffs appointed for 1828. Anglesey, J. 

 Panton, of Llanddytnan, esq. ; Carnarvonshire, 

 R. W. Price, of Bronygader, esq. ; Merioneth- 

 shire, T. Casson, of Blaenyddol, esq. ; Montgo- 

 meryshire, J. J. Turner, of Pentrehellin, esq. ; 

 Denbighshire, L. H. B. Hesketh, of Gwrych- 

 castle, esq. ; Flintshire, G. W. Kenrick, of Mer- 

 tyn, esq. ; Carmarthenshire, W. Chambers, of 

 Llanelly, esq.; Pembrokeshire, T. Meyrick, of 

 Bush, esq. ; Cardiganshire, J.Griffiths, of Llwyn- 

 durries, esq. ; Glamorganshire, R. F. Jenner, 

 Wenvoe-castle, esq.; Breconshire, F. Price, of 

 Tyn-y-coed, esq. ; Radnorshire, D. Thomas, of 

 Wellfield-house. 



As the principality of Wales has been generally 

 noted to be as free from crime as any portion of 

 His Majesty's dominions, our readers will be 

 somewhat surprised to hear of a gang of Welsh 

 robbers dwelling in a cave. The most inacces- 

 sible and rugged rock of Penmaen Mawr, rearing 

 its lofty head beyond the clouds, and overhanging 

 the sea, was the place fixed upon by these mid- 

 night depredators. Near this stupendous rock, 

 in a crevice near the cave, is a small hut, built ia 

 such a manner, and of such materials, as to ap- 

 pear a part of the rock, where, for years back, an 

 old woman and her three sons resided. One night 

 two of the eldest sons took their boat and sailed 

 for Bangor, where, after robbing a baker's shop 

 and another, they returned in the boat, and depo- 

 sited their plunder in this cloud-capt habitation. 

 The neighbours, lower down the mountain, for 

 some time past, were surprised how the men ob- 

 tained a livelihood, as they seldom attended to 

 their occupation of fishermen ; and a suspicion at 

 length reached the ears of the Bangor constables, 

 who immediately repaired to their habitation. 

 The constables found the old woman and her 

 three hopeful sons at home, and on the table a 

 pretty good quantity of flour, raisins, and cur- 

 rants for a good plum-pudding. In a peat-stack, 

 close by, was found the baker's bread, with his 

 mark upon it. These worthies lived well, for 

 they killed their own mountain mutton (or rather 

 that of others,) their house was tilled with dried 

 legs and shoulders, and they appeared to live as 

 happy as Robin Hood and his merry men. But 

 the next day the constables took two of the inge- 

 genious aerial inhabitants (the elder sons) into 

 custody, and lodged them safely in Carnarvon 

 gaol. 



Married."] At Bangor, A. J. Creighton, esq., 

 to Miss Jane Matilda Conyngham. 



Died.] At Black-hall, Glamorgan, 99, Mrs. 

 A. Davies. Mr. E. Harries, master of the Free 

 Grammar School at Bala, North Wales. At 

 Cowbridge, 76, W. Niclioll, esq., mayor and re- 

 corder of Cardiff, and many years chairman of 

 the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions. 



