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feeling of liberty which once actuated him ; he la- 

 boured not in his days of. strength to lay by a por- 

 tion of his gains wherewith to comfort his old 

 age ; he knew that when past the period when 

 his own labour would little avail him, he must be 

 supported by his parish." 



The important question which has been so much 

 agitated at the Devon Sessions, relative to tran- 

 sacting the public business of the county in open 

 court, is now set at rest, the magistrates having 

 determined, for the future, to transct the business 

 in the grand jury room, with open doors. 



Died."} At Bath, 67, Rev. J. Scott, dean of 

 Lismore; Miss Philips, aunt to Viscount Strang- 

 1'ord ; 93, Sir John Trevelyan, bart. 



WILTS AND DORSET. 



The money collected for the Poor Rates for 

 Wilts, for the year ending March 1827, amounted 

 to .192,914 ; in Dorsetshire, to .97,520! 



Died.] At the Rectory, Chilmark, 86, the Rev. 

 T. Lear. At Marnhull, 84, Rev. H. Place. 



HERTFORD, BEDFORD, AND BUCKS. 



The Poor Rates, collected for the year ending 

 March 1827, were, for the county of Hertford, 

 .109,072! Bedford, ,92,340! and for Bucks, 

 .153,912 1!! 



OXFORD AND BERKS. 



March 22, three culprits were hanged at Read- 

 ing one of 21 years, two of 22, for poaching and 

 Avounding two park keepers at Sunning-hill. 



There are at present 5,009 members on tho 

 boards at the University of Oxford. 



The Poor Rates collected in Oxfordshire, for the 

 year ending March 1827, amounted to .139,005 ; 

 Berkshire, to .118,593!!! 



Died.] Rev. G. Deane, rector of Kingston 

 Bagpuze At Oxford, 73, Mr. J. Sadler, tLe cele- 

 brated aeronaut. At Iffley, Mr. R. Bliss. 



ESSEX AND CAMBRIDGE. 



A public hotel is to be erected in immediate 

 contact with the new buildings of King's College : 

 at least so it is said to be contemplated by the 

 Society of Catharine-hall ; we trust it wil\ be 

 prevented, as it will be the severest visitation 

 that ever Vandalism or barbarism could inflict on 

 the university! It appears that there are 5,104 

 members on the boards at Cambridge 95 more 

 than Oxford. 



The Poor Rates collected in Essex, for the year 

 ending March 1827, were .306,430! in Cambridge- 

 shire, .105,712! 



At Ely assizes, 5 prisoners were recorded for 

 death, and 4 were transported. 



Died.] Rev. W. C. Dyer, rector of Abbot's 

 Roding and Leaden Roding. 



NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 



In the abstract of receipts and disbursements of 

 the treasurer for Norfolk, Midsummer 1826 to 

 Midsummer 1827, it appears that the receipts 

 amounted to .20,447. 2s. 3d . ; out of which up- 

 wards of 12,000 were paid for the expenses at- 

 tending on criminal justice, including the gaol, 

 Bridewells, assizes, sessions, prosecution? of 

 felons, &c. Ac. To what good purposes might not 

 so large a sum be appropriated, if more pains 

 were taken to prevent crime than to punish it? 

 Notwithstanding it was intimated, more than once 

 at the last Hertford assizes, by the judge, " that 

 respecting transportation, it was the determina- 



tion of the government to proceed with greater 

 severity;" 14 were left for transportation, 19 

 had death recorded against them, and a few were 

 imprisoned. 



The Poor Rates collected in Norfolk, for the 

 year ending March 1827, amount to 343,9/0! in 

 Suffolk, to .253,475! 



The receipts at the Repository at Norwich, for 

 the benefit of "The Society for Relieving the 

 Sick Poor," produced nearly .120. 



Died] At Yarmouth, Mr. D. Service, author 

 of the " Caledonian Herd Boy," and other literary 

 productions. At Burnham, 77, Rev. T. Herring, 

 vicar of North Elmham. At Binham, 78, Mrs. 

 Waller; she was born in the same house in which 

 she died, and had never lived in any other. At 

 Burgate, 82, Mrs. Walton ; she was a distin- 

 guished miniature artist. At Norwich, 106, Mr. 

 T. Scrape; last year he presided at a large con- 

 vivial party at his grand-son's, and fully partici- 

 pated in the happiness of the company, smoking 

 his pipe, and singing several songs on the occa- 

 sion. At Bury, 93, John Prigg, a poor blind man 

 belonging to the alms-houses. 



HANTS AND SUSSEX. 



At the assizes held at Horsham, 11 convicts 

 were recorded for death, 2 transported, and 6 im- 

 prisoned. 



The Poor Rates collected in Hants and South- 

 ampton, for the year ending in March 1827, 

 amounted to .213,406 ! in Sussex, to .274,185 ! 



The sea is gradually encroaching on the land 

 in the whole of the south-east portion of the Eng- 

 lish coast; and during last winter, its ravages 

 have been alarming in the vicinity of Worthing, 

 Bognor, &c., insomuch that it absolutely is be- 

 coming necessary to ascertain at whose expense 

 powerful groynes, against the encroachments of 

 the sea, are to be defrayed. 



Married] Rev. W. Norris, reetor of War- 

 blington, to Miss G. A. Hawkins. Rev. S.But- 

 ler, Berry-lodge, to Miss M. A. Thistlethwayte. 



Died] J. H. Bates, esq., one of the acting 

 magistrates for Brighton. 84, Rev. T. Hatch, 

 vicar of Washington and Old Shoreham. 



KENT AND SURREY. 



The money collected in Kent for the Poor 

 Rates, for the year ending March 1827, amounted 

 to 384,120 ; and in Surrey, to .288,108 ; to which, 

 adding their neighbour, the metropolitan county 

 of Middlesex, for the same period (.666,418) we 

 have for the three counties the enormous sum of 

 .1,338,646!!! Well may it be said that the Poor 

 Laws seem to be a subject which puzzles all 

 legislators ; still it must be confessed that it de- 

 mands instant remedy ; the more especially as, by 

 steam navigation, Ireland is throwing her paupers 

 upon us in countless shoals, although our own 

 paupers cost us annually more than .7,000,000!!! 



CORNWALL. 



The Poor Rates collected in this county, for the 

 year ending March 1827, amount to .120,455! 



At the assizes, Mr. Justice Littledale lamented 

 that he perceived there was an increase of crime 

 in Cornwall ; 4 prisoners were recorded for death, 

 3 were transported, and 7 imprisoned. 



The Liskeard and Looe Canal, we understand, 

 is now got into full work along the whole line, to 

 the great advantage of the neighbourhood, and. 

 of all parties concerned in this most useful under- 

 taking. Coals are. brought up at 15s. 6d. per 

 quarter, and sea sand, for manure, in abundance. 



