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Provincial Occurrences : Derbyshire, Wilts, Sfc. [MARCH, 



hoard of patients was only .2,564 Os. 2d. ; 

 leaving a deficiency of 40:i 9s. 7d. Thus the 

 committee are under the necessity of applying to 

 the county and city for pecuniary assistance. We 

 cannot neglect to add, that the deficiency in the 

 finances, the committee conceive, are in a great 

 degree to he attributed to causes of a temporary 

 nature, the incidental expenses of the year having 

 been unusually great, while the necessity have 

 been more than equal to the ordinary and re~ 

 gular disbursements. 



Married."} At Cheltenham. T. Thistl<>thwaito, 

 esq., late M. P. for Hants, to Typheua Bathurst, 

 daughter of the Bishop of Norwich. 



' Died.'] At Pah-ford Park, 85, J. R. Barker. esq. 

 At Lamb'8 Quay, 66, R. P. Wilton, esq., many 

 years town clerk of Gloucester. At Hill Court, 

 64, Miss F. Faust, a descendant of the celebrated 

 John Faust, the inventor of printing: she was the 

 niece of Sir John Faust, hart., at whose decease 

 this ancient baronetcy became extinct. 



DERBYSHIRE. 



Married.] At Kedleston, W. D. Holden, osq., 

 to Caroline Esther, youngest daughter of Lord 

 Scarsdale. 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



A new arrangement has just been made at our 

 (Oxford) "post-office, by which means all letters and 

 papers addressed to persons in the following coun- 

 ties and places, will arrive twenty-four hours ear- 

 lier than before this establishment took place: 

 Cheshire, Cumberland, Derby, Durham, Lancas- 

 ter, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, Northum- 

 berland, Nottingham, Rutland, Stafford, Salop, 

 Warwick, Westmoreland, York, North Wales, Ire- 

 land, and Scotland ; including the towns of Dud- 

 ley, Stourbridge, Bewdley, Kidderminster, and 

 Stourport. A horse-post also will be established 

 from Oxford to Newbury, to meet the Bath and 

 Bristol, and Exeter mails, thus delivering the let- 

 ters Jo Bath, Bristol, the west of England, and the 

 south Welsh road, twenty-four hours earlier than 

 at present. 



At a late special court of the guardians for re- 

 gulating the poor, at Oxford, it was unanimously 

 resolved, that the intention of the new bill should 

 be abandoned, the sense of the vestries appearing 

 decidedly against it. 



It appears, from the Summary of the- University 

 of Oxford, in January last, that there were 2,312 

 members of convocation, and 4,923 members on 

 the books. In some of the colleges, applications 

 for admission have been answered by promises of 

 entrance in about two or three years ; whilst in 

 others, the list of applicants is so long, that no 

 time can be held out for certainty when new mem- 

 bers can be entered ; this, at all events, shews the 

 necessity of another university! 



Died.] At Oxford, Rev. S. Collinon,D.D,, Pro- 

 vost of Queen's College, Margaret, Professor of 

 Divinity, Prebendary of Worcester, and rector 

 of Dowlish Wake and Dowlish West, Somerset. 

 He was in his 88th year, and he delivered a course 

 of lectures on the thirty-nine articles, at the age of 

 80! 99, Mrs. Jane Trollope. The Hon. and Right 

 Rev. Edward Legge, Bishop of Oxford, and War- 

 den of All Souls College. At Middle Aston, Mrs. 

 Mary Faithorn, having attained the age of 100 

 years and 10 months, without illness, except the 

 small-pox, in her infancy. 



BUCKS AND BERKS. 



Died.'} At Reading, in the 100th year of his 

 age, Mr. Samuel Stepney. Until within a few 

 days of his death, he could sec to read the smallest 



print without the aid of glasses, and 'at 96, was in 

 lull possession of all his faculties. He has left a 

 widow, axed 96, who has been his wife for three- 

 score years and ten. He had been a great-grand- 

 fat her fifteen years, and his greaf-grand-children 

 had a great-grand-father and great-grand-mother, 

 two grand-fathers, two grand-mothers, and a fa- 

 iher and mother all living at the the same time. 

 At Parley Hill, near Reading, C.Dickenson, esq. 

 AtAshtou Clinton, 101, Rebecca Studram. 



KOKPOLK AND SUFFOLK. 



A petition for the revision of the game laws was 

 signed by some of the magistrates attending the 

 late sessions at Bury. The object of the petition 

 is to represent to Parliament the lamentable and 

 increasing evils resulting from the violation of 

 those laws, as peculiarly affecting the morals of 

 the labouring classes ; to point out the fact, that 

 although the sale of game is prohibited, the de- 

 mands of a large and wealthy class of the commu- 

 nity create a market for it, which can at present 

 only be supplied by fraud and depredation ; and 

 that the iiuiividu.il thus tempted to an infraction of 

 the law, is led, by degrees, to the commission of the 

 most atrocious crimes. 



By the abstract of the receipts and disburse- 

 ments of the treasurer for the comity of Norfolk, 

 from Midsummer 1825 to Midsummer 1S26, 

 it' appears that the expenditure amounted to 

 .11,392. Is. 2d. 



HANTS AND CtKSSKX. 



A meeting held at Brighton, February 10, of 

 gentlemen, inhabitants, and visitors, it was re- 

 solved to erect public rooms, for balls, concerts, 

 and other amusements, without delay. The ex- 

 penses are calculated at .15,000, which is to be 

 raised in shares of .100 each. The scite is in the 

 Grand Parade, and the building is to be in the 

 Grecian style. 



Married.] Robert Stone, esq., of Gate House, 

 Sussex, to Louisa, second daughter of Alexander 

 Donovan, esq., of Foramlield Park. 



Died.] At Christchurch, 77, Mr. W. Lockyer. 

 He was the h"ad ringer of the parish, and had re- 

 gularly attended the belfry for upwards of sixty 

 years. 



DORSET AND WILTS. 



January 17, the foundation stone of a chapel for 

 a sect called " Ranters," was laid at Shaftesbury. 

 A female preacher delivered a long discourse on 

 the occasion, and a subscription was made on 

 the spot. 



Died.] At Great Bedwin, Elizabeth Sopp, wi- 

 dow, having nearly completed her 102d year! 

 At Abbotsbury Castle, the Hen. Captain GiU-s 

 Digby Robert Fox Strangcways, 7th hussars, bro- 

 ther to the Earl of llchcster. 



DEVON AND SOMERSET. 

 At the latter end of January, a rigged barge ar- 

 rived at Taunton, from Newport direct, laden 

 with coals, &c. She came up the Bridgewater and 

 Taunton canal ; branched in the river Tone ; such 

 a sight has never before been witnessed in Taun- 

 ton, and drew a great concourse of spectators, 

 with bells ringing at the different parish churches. 

 A concert was lately given at Bridgewater, for 

 the benefit of the Infirmary, which netted between 

 .80 and .90. The last report of the Devon and 

 Exeter Savings' Bank states the sum in hand to 

 be .590,302 Is. Id. exclusive of the surplus fund 

 of 5,386 5s. 7d. The receipts of last year, not- 

 withstanding the general distress, amounted to 



