664 Provincial Occurrences : Wills, Dorset, Hertford, $ c . [JUNE, 



Cockburn and Ryslaw.bart.At Sulcombe-Rens, 

 the Rev. H. D. Ryder, son of the Bishop of Lich- 

 neld and Coventry, and nephew to Earl Harrowbv 

 to Miss Cornelia Sarah Cornish. 



Died.] At Bath, 73, T. Walker, esq., the last 

 surviving brother of the opulent firm of iron 

 manufacturers at Rotherham, in Yorkshire he 

 is supposed to have left behind him .l,0;)0,o6o I'! 



GLOUCESTER AND MONMOUTH. 



At the first anniversary of the opening of the 

 Gloucester and Berkeley canal, it appeared by 

 the report, that, during the year, 3,256 vessels 

 (the tonnage of which amounted to 158,862) had 

 entered the canal. 



The governor, guardians, and assistants of the 



poor of the city of Bristol, have published their JreMrfl^f'H M^^im^ lat ?, u Pf r ! n f fl ? de I n M 

 n p^n,,f n r , , i- /__ , geneidi ot H.M.'i military hospitals in America 



account of the payments for the year March 1827 

 to March 1828, by which it appears, that the sum 

 of .39,685. 15s. 6|d. was paid for the mainte- 

 nance of the poor. .2,259. 6s. lid. was paid for 

 the average of 310 cases, employed at stone- 

 breaking, making laces, knitting, and platting 

 straw. 



The Vice-Chancellor has decided, that Chip, 

 ping Sodbury School was a grammar-school, and 

 that, of course, the master was uot obliged to 

 teach the scholars reading, writing, and arith- 

 metic, but that the instruction was to be confined 

 to the dead languages!!! 



Died.] At Oldhain Common, Bitton, 103, S. 

 Haynes ; he has left a widow older than himself; 

 and 4 daughters, widows; also 22 grand-children', 

 29 great grand, and 2 great-great-grand children. 

 82, Rev. A. Akehurst, rector of Iron Acton. 



DORSET AND WILTS. 



For the last few days, the fishermen along the 

 coast at Bridport, have been actively employed in 

 taking mackarel, which have appeared in greater 

 numbers in the bay than for many years past. 

 The supply has been so abundant, that very fine 

 fish have been selling at the rate of 2s. 6d. per 

 hundred. 



DEVON AND SOMERSET. 

 At the recent annual meeting of the Bristol 

 Ship Owners' Society, the report of their com- 

 mittee was read, and it was unanimously resolved, 

 among other objects relative to the depression of 

 the Shipping Interest, and the alteration of the 

 Navigation Laws, " that it is the opinion of this 

 meeting that the Reciprocity Treaties with the 

 Northern States of Europe are highly detrimental 

 to the British Shipping Interest, and have most 

 materially augmented its distress !" The follow- 

 ing is given as the tonnage of ships built in the 

 British empire for the last three years 1825, 

 204,924 ; in 1826, 1/9,020 ; in 1827, 145,809!!! 



The workmen employed in demolishing the old 

 bridge atTotness, discovered the foundation stone 

 of that structure, on which was inscribed the 

 date, A.D. IIII. ; thus the bridge has been stand- 

 ing 717 years. 



The dry rot has aroused the special attention of 

 the Lord High Admiral and the authorities con- 

 nected with our naval establishments ; who con- 

 cur in opinion, that the most effectual method of 

 preventing the evil complained of is, to have the 

 timber well seasoned before it is applied to use. 

 Hitherto this plan has been partially pursued. 

 In future, all the requisite timber for building a 

 ship, whatever may be its rate, will be prepared 

 and kept to season ; for which service a number 

 of shipwrights have been ordered, at Plymouth, 

 immediately to work on models for the smaller 

 classes. 



The already spacious quay at Bideford is to be 

 extended, and the bridge better lighted. 



Married.] At Bath, E. Cludde, esq.. to Cathe- 

 rine Harriet, daughter of Lieut.-General Sir W. 



_, pitals in America 



and Europe. At Frome, Mr. J. Bayly; his fune- 

 ral was attended by 22 uncles I At Exeter, Mr. 

 J. Dymond, author of "An Enquiry inf.o the Ae- 

 cordancy of War with the Principles of Chris- 

 tianity." 



OXFORD AND BERKS. 

 Sunday, May 11, the Churchwardens of St. 

 Ebbe, Oxford, appeared at the doors of that 

 church with pencils and paper, and refused the 

 members of the University admission, and de- 

 manded their names, stating that they did so by 

 order of the University authorities ; notwithstand- 

 ing, many of those in statu pupillari, forced their 

 admissionHI 



Died.] At Iffley, 73, W. Novell, esq., Vice- 

 Admiral of the Bine. At Bampton, 73 J An- 

 drews, esq. At Quainton, 82, Mrs. Lipscomb, 

 mother of Dr. Lipscomb, distinguished by his 

 medical and topographical writings. 



NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 

 Married.] At Lynn, Mr. Garland to Miss 



Miller. 



Died.] At Woodbridge, 64, J. Clarkson, esq., 

 founder and first governor of Sierra Leone 

 71, Rev. J. Smith, rector of Holt. At Norwich, 

 66, Mrs. H. Gurney, a member of the Society of 

 Friends. At Bury, 70, Mrs. Ingram. 



CAMBRIDGE AND HUNTINGDON. 



By an abstract of the Cambridge county trea- 

 surer's account of disbursements, from Christmas 

 1826 to Christmas 1827, it appears that the sum 

 amounted to .2,970. 6s. 9d., nearly the whole of 

 which was disbursed in criminal justice, and its 

 attendant auxiliaries, gaols, sessions, assizes, 

 &c. &c. 



A member of St. John's College, Cambridge, 

 has been convicted of being concerned in a gam- 

 bling transaction with a person in statu pupil' 

 lari, of having afterwards challenged the said 

 person to fight a duel, and, subsequently, upon 

 his refusal to accept the challenge, of publicly 

 and violently assaulting him ; it has been, there- 

 fore, ordered and decreed by the vice-chancellor 

 and heads of colleges, that if any person in statu 

 pupillari associate, or hold communication with 

 the said late member of St. John's, on any pre- 

 tence whatsoever, he shall be suspended, rusti- 

 cated, or expelled !!! 



At a late congregation at Cambridge, a grace 

 unanimously passed the senate, for petitioning 

 Parliament for the melioration of slavery in our 

 West India Colonies, and for its ultimate abe 

 lition. 



Died.] At Godmanchester, Margaret Rayner, 

 widow of the late Sir Thomas Pate Hankin. At 

 Cambridge, 8], Rev. T. Keriich, principal libra- 

 rian of the University. 



HANTS AND SUSSEX. 



The Earl of Egremont has given 1,000 guineas 

 to the Chichester Infirmary. 



A frightful accident lately occured at Brighton ; 

 a one-horse close carriage, in which vvere three 

 ladies, was precipitated from the cliff to the beach, 



