1827.] Bedford, Cornwall, Waks, Scotland, and Ireland. 



D//.] At Northampton, Mr. J. Sanders, 84; he 

 had been parish. clerk for more than 47 years his 

 predecessor h;ul filled that office 55 years At Wes- 

 ton Underwood, the Rev. J. Buchanan. 



BEDFORD AND HERTS. 



Dec. 6, the winter assizes commenced at Hertford, 

 when there were no less than 44 prisoners for trial. 

 The learned Judge (Bayley) in addressing the grand 

 jury, alluded to " the beneficial effects of our meet- 

 ing together for the purpose we do at. this season " 

 thereby evincing the necessity of other counties 

 having general goal deliveries oftener than twice in 

 the year ; or, at least, at this season, thus prevent- 

 ing the accused from being kept in goal all the winter 

 before they are tried. 



Died.'] At Bedford, J. Wing, esq., alderman ; he 

 had filled the office of mayor several times. 



CORNWALL. 



A beautiful specimen of native copper has been 

 presented to the Royal Geological Society of Corn- 

 wall by Mr. Pendarves ; it weighs 120 Ibs., and is the 

 produce of Condurrow mine. On an assay of a part 

 of the specimen, it was found to contain 99 parts in 

 100 of pure copper. 



A new suite of rooms (patronised by the members 

 of the county) with a Doric colonnade, have been 

 opened at Falmouth by subscription, for the con- 

 venience of proprietors and subscribers, and the 

 general accommodation of the gentlemen in the 

 army and navy, and other strangers who may visit 

 the town and neighbourhood. We understand this 

 institution is the precursor to the constructing ma- 

 rine and other baths on the premises, which are open 

 to a fine view of the harbour. 



Lord Mount Edgecumbe has given a piece of 

 ground at Stonehouse for a chapel of ease, which is 

 to contain sittings for 1,400 persons 450 of them 

 free. The expense of building, which will be 

 4,000, is to be defrayed by subscription, aided by 

 the Commissioners of Church Buildings. 



The late mayor of Tregony has been sentenced, by 

 the King's Bench Court, to pay "a fine of 100, and 

 to be imprisoned six months in Bodmin goal, for a 

 contempt in disobeying a mandamus to elect a new 

 mayor for that borough. 



Dec. 7, a county court was held at Penrith, at 

 which there was not a single cause !!! 



A memorial is about to be presented to Govern- 

 ment, for the improvement of Padstow Harbour, 

 at the entrance of which so many melancholy acci- 

 dents have happened. 



Died.] At Padstow, Mr. C. Boney, 80, celebrated 

 for his scientific ingenuity in astronomical mecha- 

 nismAt Marazion, Mrs. Grenfell, relict of the 

 late Pascoe Grenfell, esq., aged !)4-At St. Pinnock, 

 Mr. Little, 85-At Truro, J.Vivian, esq., 77, vice^ 

 warden of the stanneries, and for many years chair- 

 man of the quarter sessions At Penzance, T. Green- 

 7!3^!P'' t Of Warw ick, late Master in Equity, and 

 Chief Commissioner of the Court of Requests at 

 Madras At Trevarno, Helston, C. Wallis, esq., 82. 



SALOP AND WALES. 



A subscription has been entered into at Shrews- 

 bury for the purpose of building a new Infirmary, 

 and;more than 6,000 have been already subscribed. 

 The list of the contributors to this laudable under- 

 taking, reflects the highest credit on the extreme 

 liberality and high public spirit of the county. 



A Tradesman and Mechanic's Institution was una- 

 nimously determined on and established at a nume- 

 rous assemblage of the inhabitants, at the Town- 

 Hall of Swansea, Nov.~29 and the first meeting was 

 held at the Town-Hall, Dec. 7, when an introductory 

 address was delivered, including a'concise view of the 

 first principles of natural philosophy Geological 



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lectures have also been since delivered. Progressive 

 increase of tonnage on the Swansea-canal of stone, 

 coal, and culm : 101)), 77,2431823, 96,0281824, 

 124,5511825, 120,4391826, 143,309. Two first-rate 

 ships of war are ordered to be immediately laid 

 down at the Royal Dock- Yard, in Milford Haven. 



Died.] At Carmarthen, Mrs. Stacey, 82 At Abe- 

 rystwith, Jane, daughter of General Davies ; and 

 Mr.^V. Jenkins, 90 At Erivlatt, Lieut.-ColonelJ. 



SCOTLAND. 



A petition to the Legislature has been voted by 

 a meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Ren- 

 frew, praying < Parliament earnestly, withoutdelay, 

 to pass a law authorising the free importation of all 

 kinds of human food, in exchange for the manufac- 

 tures of this country." The petition from Lanark 

 has been signed by upwards of 2,000 signatures, for 

 the repeal of the Corn-Laws. 



One of the most tremendous and awfully destruc- 

 tive storms of wind and snow ever experienced in 

 this country, devastated the Highlands of Perth and 

 Inverness-shires on Friday and Saturday last. The 

 loss of human life already ascertained is deplorable, 

 and the destruction of sheep and cattle in the Highl 

 land districts immense. In a letter from Inverness, 

 addressed to a gentleman in this town, it is stated, 

 that " such a dreadful storm had never been known 

 there as that on Friday a strong north-east wind, 

 with heavy snow, so thick and dark, that one's sight 

 could not penetrate it a dozen of yards. This con- 

 tinued all day. In -the evening less snow fell, but 

 the wind continued awful during the night. It being 

 our Martinmas market, numbers of poor people from 

 the country, attending the fair, lost their lives on 

 this dreadful night. I have heard that 30 dead bodies 

 have already been found among the snow. Trees, 

 that had for ages stood the storms of winter, strewed 

 the forest like rushes. The snow," it is added, " in 

 the Highlands, south of Inverness, is drifted in 

 some places to the depth of 100 feet." Among the 

 mountains of our own county, the storm was no less 

 dreadful. The accounts from sea are eqnally disas- 

 trous. Perth Courier. 



An earthquake was very sensibly felt and heard in 

 the isle of Arran, Nov. 26, a little before four o'clock 

 in the afternoon. The motion continuing for about 

 four seconds. The sky was serene and clear, and 

 scarcely any wind. 



.Died.] At Nigg (Kincardineshire), aged 82, the 

 Rev. Dr. Cruden, who for more than half a cen- 

 tury presided over that parish as minister At Rose- 

 mount, Ayrshire, Mrs. Fullarton, 77, sister to the 

 late Countess of Dumfries,, and aunt to the Marquis 

 of Bute At Dumfries, R. Hope, esq. ; he was the 

 most extensive cattle dealer probably in all Scotland, 

 his yearly transactions averaged 300,000 At Edin- 

 burgh, the Hon. Miss Henrietta Fraser, daughter of 

 Lord Saltoun. 



IRELAND. 



In the southern districts of this unfortunate coun- 

 try, a very alarming extent of distress at present 

 exists.""" The public may guess at it from the repre- 

 sentation of the Rev. M. O'Callaghan, in his report 

 made to a charitable meeting at Cork: " Such 

 wretchedness and misery were never before witnessed 

 besides those who exhibit their poverty in the 

 streets, there are others still worse off housed in 

 lanes and garrets, without even a particle of straw 

 or covering, much less of food, and in this state 

 they remain until they expire of absolute famine. 

 I have known instances of what I state to occur 

 within this week."!!! 



Died.] At Coonogue, Wexford, Hugh Carill, 

 103; he requested to be buried without a coffin, 

 which was complied with At Rathmines, the Right 

 Hon. Lord Clonbrock, of Clonbrock, Galway. 



