1827.] Gloucester, Oxford, Bucks, Bedford, Herts, 



453 



Married.] At Broadway, W. N. Clarke, esq.. 

 to Catherine, daughter of Lieut.-General Moly- 

 neux. 



Died] At Brom strove, 74, Mr. Oliver Williams. 

 At Haglrv, 102, tlie widow Potter. At Here- 

 ford, 100, Mrs. Esther Williams At Llan 'inabo, 

 84, the Rov.J.Hoskins. At Led bury, 62, Mrs. 

 Beddoe. Near Worcester, 70, H. Savigny, esq. 

 At Shrawiey, 77, J- Squire, esq. 



GLODCRSTKR AND MONMOCTH. 



A tesselated pavement has heen recently disco- 

 vered in an arable field, at Leigh, near the turn- 

 pike road leading from Gloucester to Tewkesbury. 

 It is about 2 feet below the surface of the ground, 

 60 feet long, and 8 feet wide. 



On the night of the 19th Feb., a fire broke out 

 in the upper part of the premises on St. Augus- 

 tine's Back, near the Drawbridge, Bristol, the 

 New Exchange, which speedily spread itself down- 

 ward, destroying the whole of the various apart- 

 ments and shops with their contents. Among the 

 property consumed is the great Orrery made by 

 Mr. Williams. Owing to the intense coldness of 

 the weather, long icicles were seen hanging the 

 next morning over the still burning embers. 



Married.] At Charlton Kings, J. S. Graves, 

 esq., to Miss M. Molyneux. 



Died.] At Iberton, 103, David Plumb; failing 

 as a farmer, he had been the last 40 years a shep- 

 herd near the Malveru Hills ; two years ago he 

 walked to London and back again. His brother 

 died at Oddington in 1318, aged 105. At the Fur- 

 nace, near Newent, 80, Mr. W Deykes ; he had 

 been agent for the Foley family more than half a 

 century. At the Box, 80, Mr. T. Partridge. 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



Dr. Buckland.the reader in mineralogy and geo- 

 logy, has recently received a letter from Rome, an- 

 nouncing that the writer, Stephen Jarret, esq. 

 gentleman commoner of Magdalen College, has 

 purchased a very valuable collection of marbles 

 &c. in that city, for the purpose of presenting them 

 to this University. This collection has been formed 

 by an advocate of Rome Signer Corsi, during a 

 residence there of many years, and consists of one 

 thousand polished pieces, all exactly of the same 

 size, of every variety of granite, sienite, porphyry, 

 serpentine, and jasper marble, alabaster, &c. that 

 is known to exist. The size of each piece, being 

 that of a small octavo volume, is sufficient to shew 

 the effect en masse of each substance it contains. 



A meeting was held at the Town Hall, Oxford, 

 March 14, for the formation of an " Auxiliary So- 

 ciety for promoting Christianity among the Jews," 

 the High Sheriff of the county in the chair, when 

 about 90 were subscribed for that purpose. 



A most extraordinary circumstance lately oc- 

 curred at Bampton, in this county, for the truth of 

 which we have the authority of a near relative of 

 the party, who resides in this city. The wife of 

 William Cooper, of the above village, when far ad- 

 vanced in pregnancy, paid a visit to some rela- 

 tives who reside near Copenhagen House, in Lon- 

 don, who in their garden kept a live tortoise. Mrs. 

 Cooper, on seeing it, was much terrified. Some 

 time after her return, and about five weeks since, 

 she was delivered of a female child, which actually 

 has on its head a substance exactly resembling a 

 well-formed tortoise, the shell projecting from the 

 head, and striped like the real one. The child is 

 still alive and in health, and the tortoise continues 

 on the head. The bead of the tortoise has the 



strongest resemblance to that of the real animal ; 

 and it actually projects from the end of the shell, 

 in a substance about the size of the top of a per- 

 son's finger. Oxford Herald. 



At Oxford assizes, 16 prisoners were condemned 

 to death, 4 transported, and 9 imprisoned. 



Died.] At Charbury, 82, the Rev. Dr. John 

 C.bb ; he had been for many years a magistrate 

 for this county. 



BUCKS AND BERKS. 



The undermentioned game was shot by a party 

 of noblemen and gentlemen, friends of his Grace 

 the Duke of Buckingham, on part of the noble 

 Duke's estates in Buckinghamshire, from Jan. 

 15, to Feb. 1st (inclusive). The Marquis of Chan- 

 dos and Lord Temple were the principal shots on 

 the occasion. John Corden, gamekeeper : 1,096 

 pheasants, 722 hares, 10 partridges, 48 widgeons 

 1,028 rabits Total, 2,904 head. A moment's re- 

 flection upon this extraordinary feat will at once 

 evince the necessity of altering the game laws ; how 

 many poor farmers must have suffered in feeding 

 such a quantity of animals', for the sole pleasure 

 of a fortnight's aristocratic shooting ! 



At Reading assizes, sentence of death was re- 

 corded against 18 prisoners; 3 were transported, 

 and 9 imprisoned for various periods. 



Died.] At Aylesbury, 82, the Rev. W. Stockin? ; 

 he was lor more than half a century master of the 

 Latin School there, and for some time curate of 

 the parish. 



BEDFORD. 



The Rev. Archdeacon Bonner has, with great 

 good taste, placed a simple monument over the 

 Poet Bloomfield's grave, in Campion church-yard, 

 with the following chaste and appropriate in- 

 scription : 



Here lie the Remains of Robert Bloomfield : 

 he was born at Honnington, in Suffolk, Decem- 

 ber 3d, 1761, and died at Shefford, Aug. 19, 1823. 

 " Let his wild native wood-notes tell the rest." 



HERTS AND CAMBRIDGE. 

 Died.] At St. Alban's, 73, the Rev. James Car- 

 penter Gape. 



NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 



It has been resolved to establish in Norwich an 

 asylum for females, who having deviated from the 

 path of virtue, may be desirous of being restored 

 to their station in society ; it is to be denominated 

 " The Norfolk and Norwich Magdalen," and up- 

 wards of .800 have been already subscribed. 



The subscriptions for the widow and ten chil- 

 dren of the late Rev. W.Drew, of North Runeton, 

 have closed; and the sum produced by the ho- 

 nourable exertions of individuals, amounts to 

 .3,434 15s. 6d. 



At a numerous meeting of the operative manu- 

 facturers of Norwich, March 12, it was unani- 

 mously resolved to petition Parliament for an act 

 to protect the price of labour. 



Married.] Captain Blois, son of Sir C. Bart, 

 of Cockfield Hall, to MissE. K. Barrett. 



Died.] At Bury, 81, J. Maulkln.esq. At Costes- 

 sey, at Lord Stafford's, the Rev. L. Strongitharm, 



Sastor of the Roman Catholic chapel, at St. John's, 

 laddermarket. At Acle House of Industry, 94, 

 Sarah Myhill ; known for nearly half a century by 

 the appellation of " Old Kate." At Wymondliam, 

 69, T. Troujrhton.esq. At Yarmouth, 101, Mr. 

 N. Fenn. Mrs. E. Eagleton, midwife, Norwich, 

 who in 12 years practice assisted at the birth of 

 3,895 children!!! 



