1828.] Leicester, Rutland, Warwick, Northampton, Huntingdon fyc. 55? 



ending March 25, 1828, the sum of .3,309. 4s. was 

 paid for * illegitimates." 



LEICESTER AND RUTLAND. 



At Leicester Assizes, 7 culprits were recorded 

 for death, 6 were transported, and !5 sentenced to 

 imprisonment. 



The ages of the forty persons, male and female, 

 now on the books of the excellent " Society for 

 the Relief of the Aged Poor," (lately established 

 at Leicester) amount in total to the number of 

 2,848 years I 



The Poor Rates for the year ending March 25, 

 1827, for Leicestershire, amounted to .138,982 ; 

 for Rutland, .14,029. 



The inhabitants of Lutterworth have entered 

 into a subscription for the purpose of erecting a 

 monument to the memory of JohnWicliff; it is 

 intended to be a bronze statue of the Reformer 

 in his robes, with the bible in one hand and his 

 staff in the other, as depicted in Lewis's Life of 

 Wicliff; to be elevated on a pedestal of white 

 Derbyshire stone, and to be placed in the church- 

 yard of Lutterworth, in such a situation that it 

 may be seen by every one who passes through the 

 town. 



Died.'] At Bottesford, Colonel Sir C . Sutton, 

 K.C.B., and of the Portuguese Order of the 

 Sword. 



WARWICK, NORTHAMPTON, AND 

 HUNTINGDON. 



The calendar of the Warwick Assizes was very 

 heavy, containing no less than 172 prisoners, of 

 whom 113 did not exceed the age of 25, and 60 of 

 them were under 20!!! 15 were recorded for 

 death, 18 were transported, and 78 were impri- 

 soned for various periods!!! 



The Poor Rates for one year up to March 1827, 

 cost, in Warwickshire, .169,537!!! in North- 

 amptonshire, .168,058 !!! in Huntingdonshire, 

 .49,518. 



The anniversary meeting of Rugby School was 

 held April 9, and most numerously attended. 

 The prize poems and speeches were delivered 

 with great classical propriety ; at the ordinary, 

 after the usual toasts on such an occasion, not 

 forgetting "Floreat Rugbsea," the steward pro- 

 posed the health of Dr. Wool, alluding to his 

 long services, and his resignation. General and 

 enthusiastic shouts of applause followed ; and the 

 Doctor, in returning thanks, said, "that his most 

 anxious wish with regard to Rugby would always 

 be ' stet fortuna douius!' " 



Died.] At Braybrook, 88, Mrs. Ayer, widow 

 of the Rev. J. Ayer. At Kettering, 82, Mrs. Wai - 

 lis; 85, T. Spence ; 75, Mr. Blackburn; 84, Mr. 

 Bamford; 85, J. Bearne. At Wootton, 79, Mr. 

 Evans. At Chicheley, 78, Mr. Hall. At Baxter- 

 ley, 86, Mrs. Boultbee. Anne, youngest daughter 

 of Dr. Monk, dean of Peterborough. 



WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. 



It appears by a return presented to the House 

 of Commons, tbat in the year 1827, there were in 

 the Worcester Collection 2,260 acres under the 

 cultivation of hops ; and in the Hereford, 12,141.'- 

 The number of acres in the whole kingdom under 

 this cultivation is 49,485 acres. In the year end- 

 ing 5th Jan. 1828, there were exported 2,224 cwt. 

 hops. 



- At Hereford Assizes, 16 culprits received sen- 

 tence of death, 8 were transported, and 15 im- 

 prisoned. 



The Poor Rates paid for the year ending March 

 1827, in Worcestershire, amounted to .93,695 ; 

 for Hereford, .68,731. 



Married.] W. Leigh, esq., to Caroline, fifth 

 daughter of Sir J. G. Cottcrell, M.P., county of 

 Hereford. 



Died.] At Hereford, 93, Mrs. Woodhouse. 

 At Litley, 80, Mr. Smyth. At Poolhulloek, 67, 

 C. Aveline,es^q. At Worcester, Mrs. James, widow 

 of the Rev. Dr. James, prebendary. 



GLOUCESTER AND MONMOUTH. 



At Monmouth Assizes, 5 culprits were recorded 

 for death, 4 transported, and 4 imprisoned. 



The Poor Rates collected in Gloucestershire, 

 for the year ending March 1827, amounted to 

 .190,22l'l and in Monmouth, .32,144! 



The Gloucester calendar contained the names 

 of 132 prisoners for trial at the assizes : and yet 

 the judge said " it was extremely creditable to the 

 county that the calendar did not contain a more 

 numerous list !'' 20 were recorded for death, 23 

 were transported, and 24 imprisoned ; a girl of 

 14, convicted on 4 indictments for stealing, was 

 sentenced to two separate punishments of 7 years' 

 transportation each ; and three other females, one 

 of whom was only 13 years old, received the same 

 punishment!!! 



Married.'] At the Duke of Beaufort's, Bad- 

 mington, T. H. Kingscote, esq., to Lady Isabella 

 Somerset, sixth daughter of the Duke of Beau- 

 fort. 



Died.] At Cheltenham, Lieut.-Gen. Trapaud. 

 At Woodchester, 78, T. Haycock, esq. 



DEVON AND SOMERSET. 



The new bridge over the Dart, at Totness, 

 which has been erecting during the last two years, 

 was opened to the public on March 28. In the 

 course of the last twelve months, three consider- 

 able bridges have been constructed in Devonshire^ 

 viz. one at Teignmonth, the Lara near Plymouth, 

 and this at Totness. 



At the assizes held at Exeter, 16 prisoners re- 

 ceived sentence of death, 20 transported, and 

 nearly 50 imprisoned ! 



At Taunton assizes, 18 prisoners were recorded 

 for death, 10 transported, and many imprisoned. 



Death recorded against 11 at Bristol. 



The money collected for the Poor Rates in 

 Devonshire, for the year ending March 25, 1827, 

 amounted to .247,641 ; in Somersetshire, to 

 .1896921, 



At the late meeting at Wells, for establishing a 

 County Friendly Society, the Bishop of the Dio- 

 cese observed, "that Friendly Societies were now 

 more than ever necessary when crimes never 

 before heard of were polluting the country 

 when occurrences were taking place at which an 

 involuntary shudder must pervade the frame of 

 every feeling man when murder, theft, and all 

 the long train of alarming and evil results, which 

 spring from an indulgence in the vicious passions 

 of the human heart ; when, in short, a species of 

 great moral degradation had overwhelmed the 

 lower order of the population of the country. 

 His lordship was bold to assert, that one great 

 cause of this moral degradation was to be found 

 in the present system of Poor Laws, the effect of 

 which was, that the poor man no longer main- 

 tained that firm and honest independence which 

 was so long attached to the character of the Eng- 

 lish peasantry : he was not excited by that proud 



