690 



Marriages Deaths Provincial Occurrences. [JUNE, 



G. F. Hill, Bart., governor of St. Vin- 

 cents, to Miss E. S. Ilea. Rev. W. 

 Gibson, to Eliza Maria, third daughter 

 of Bishop of Chester. E. R. Brough, 

 Esq., eldest son of Sir R. Brough, Bart., 

 to Lady Elizabeth St. Lawrance, sister 

 to the Earl of Howth. Hon. R. Gros- 

 venor, youngest son of Lord Grosvenor, 

 to Hon. Charlotte A. Wellesley, daugh- 

 ter of Lord Cowley. 



HOME DEATHS. 



Lord and Lady Walsingham, both 

 burnt to death at their house in Harley- 

 street, Cavendish-square. The Duchess 

 of Wellington. Earl and Countess of 

 Winterton. J. C. Gough, Esq. Lady 

 Wetherell. Mrs. Anna Maria Arden, 

 93, sister to the late Lord Alvanley 

 J. Pattison, Esq., 69, late one of the 

 Directors of the East India Company 

 Lord Clifford Countess Dowager of 

 Pembroke, 94. At Kensington, Dame 

 Hannah Evans, relict of Sir D. Evans, 

 late Recorder of Bombay. Brigadier 

 General Sir S. Bentham, 76. Dowager 

 Lady Smythe, relict of the late Sir E. 



Smythe, Bart W. Hamper, Esq. 

 Viscountess Nelson, Duchess of Bronte, 

 69, widow of the immortal Nelson. 

 Sir Joseph York, drowned in Southamp- 

 ton river. Vice-Admiral the Right 

 Hon. Sir W. J. Hope. W. O. Blount, 

 Esq., only son of Sir C. B. Blount. 

 Selina, wife of T. Macauley, Esq. At 

 Chesterfield, Dr. J. Stokes, 72, a contri- 

 butor to the botanical department of the 

 Encyclopaedia Londinensis. Lieut.-Col. 

 W. Douglas, 77, uncle to the Marquess 

 of Queensberry. Sir Jenison W. Gor- 

 don, Bart., 84. J. Raine, Esq., 68, M.P. 

 Harriett, eldest daughter of Sir C. 

 Bethell and Hon. Lady Codrington. 



MARRIAGES ABROAD. 



At the British Embassy,' Paris, Count 

 de Montebello, son of the late Due 

 de Montebello, (Marshall Lannes,) to 

 Mary Teresa, eldest daughter of T. 

 Boddington, Esq. 



DEATHS ABROAD. 



At Halle, Augustus La Fontaine, 71, 

 the celebrated Romance writer. 



MONTHLY PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES. 



LINCOLNSHIRE. The stupen- 

 dous work of the Sutton Work Embank- 

 ment is a wonderful public improvement 

 perhaps the greatest that has ever 

 been achieved in England: it at once 

 places above all risk much life and pro- 

 perty, and obviates the danger and in- 

 convenience of the renowned Cross. Keys 

 sand. May 5, the noon-tide ceased its 

 flowings for ever, over an area now in- 

 cluding above 15,000 acres of land. The 

 cross bank gives also a direct line of 

 road from Lynn to Boston, and shortens 

 the distance between the two towns by 

 more than 15 miles. This immense un- 

 dertaking has been effected in a space of 

 time unprecedented in the annals of 

 embankment ; and the communication 

 made, in all preceding ages, had been 

 decided against as utterly impossible to 

 be attained : such indeed it did appear 

 in the commencement, to those whose 

 opinions were required in the parlia- 

 mentary proceedings connected with the 

 improvements of the Great Bedford 

 Level. The bank will be passable for 

 coaches about the end of July ; it is the 

 best communication between Norwich 

 and York, Liverpool, and Manchester; 

 thus uniting the north and eastern parts 

 of the kingdom, and saving in distance 

 full 36 miles. 



YORKSHIRE. The first exhibi- 

 tion of the Sheffield Horticultural So- 

 ciety took place 1xr "irtr*" attended 



by a very numerous and highly respec- 

 table company. The show of auriculas 

 and polyanthuses was of the most splen- 

 did description, while the collection of 

 hyacinths, herbaceous plants, cut flowers, 

 &.c., was such as afforded general satis- 

 faction. The display of stove and green 

 house plants and fruits was very exten- 

 sive, and afforded a rich treat to the 

 lovers of horticulture. Keen's seedling 

 strawberries attracted especial notice, 

 perhaps the finest ever seen in this 

 country ; one pot contained sixty-three 

 ripe strawberries, some of them measur- 

 ing near six inches in circumference. 

 These were sent by Mr. Paxton, from 

 the splendid gardens of his grace the 

 Duke of Devonshire. 



DERBYSHIRE. By the abstract 

 of the income and expenditure of this 

 county, published by the chairman, the 

 sum of 19,863. 11s. 3d. was expended 

 from Easter Sessions, 1830, to Easter 

 Sessions, 1831. 3,688. 3s. 4d. were 

 for bridges ; almost the whole of the re- 

 mainder was swallowed up by the gaols 

 and other contingencies of the county 

 jurisprudence, and the law. 



May 2. The new road presented to the 

 town of Walsall; by the Earl of Brad- 

 ford, at a cost of jat least two thousand 

 pounds, was opened for the first time, 

 thus affording to the public a pleasant 

 communication through Wednesbury 

 and Wtfslbrounvich to Birmingham. 



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