1827.] Warwick, Northampton, Worcester, Hereford, $*c. 



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them when they saw the feathered tribe hopping 

 from twig to twig, and heard them chaunting forth 

 their melodious notes, as if in grateful acknow- 

 ledgment for the benefits they received, and when 

 they contrasted this with the condition of the la- 

 bouring clases ; when they saw, and by sad expe- 

 rience knew, that they alone of all the creatures 

 of this kingdom, were debarred the means of pro- 

 curing that support for themselves and children, 

 which a beneficent Creator had so abundantly pro- 

 vided for them, could they, or ought they tore- 

 strain themselves from inquiring into the cause 

 of a state of things so cruel and unnatural? What 

 then, he asked, was the cause? Why, principally, 

 the defective state of the Representation in the 

 Commons House of Parliament." 



Married.] At Great Glen, T. Bryan, esq., 

 high sheriff of Rutland, to Miss E. Hames. 



:Died] At Wanlip-hall, 56, Sir C.T. Palmer, 

 bart. At Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 84, Mrs. Blenk- 

 harne. 



"WARWICK AND NORTHAMPTON. 



The Rngby School Anniversary took place in 

 April, and about 400 persons were present in the 

 school-room ; but we did not hear that the poor 

 aged men belonging to part of that excellent esta- 

 blishment had yet received the additional eighteen 

 pence per week, decreed to them by the late 

 Lord Chancellor, to make their old age comfort- 

 able!!! 



April 23. At Stratford-upon-Avon, a gala fes- 

 tival in honour of the natal day of our immortal 

 poet, Shakspeare, commenced, and lasted during 

 the two following days. Tt was conducted on the 

 plan of Garrick's jubilee in 1769, and the town 

 was extremely full. It is to be celebrated every 

 third year on the same grand scale ; in addition 

 to the grand pageantry, there were public break- 

 fasts, dinners, concerts, masquerading, &c. 



The good effects of occasional recourse to the 

 Court of King's Bench and corporation law, is 

 manifested in the reformed conduct of the corpo- 

 rate body of the borough of Warwick, who, since 

 the legal proceedings against them, and notice of 

 other motions in the ensuing term, have filled up 

 their numbers, and revived the popular part of the 

 corporation, which had been extinct for nearly a 

 century and a half; we mean the long-extinct 

 body of the assistant burgesses. The publication 

 of the charter, and revival of the rights of the 

 burgesses in the election of mayor, passing of ac- 

 counts, &c., with the criminal information, have 

 :convinced the managers of this corporation of the 

 expediency of respecting the provisions of the 

 charter; and the approach of Trinity Term has 

 quickened their apprehension. We trust the gen- 

 tlemen who have so honourably achieved these 

 reformations, and restored the rights of this an- 

 cient borough, -will not stop here, but will examine 

 into the state of the charities, and the institutions 

 for the education of the rising generation of the 

 town. Indeed it is now become the duty of the 

 whole country to inquire into their own particular 

 local establishments, and to free them from their 

 present disgraceful dilapidations. 



At a numerous meeting, lately held, of the in- 

 habitants of Birmingham, it was unanimously 

 resolved, that in consequence of the great depres- 

 sion of manufactures and commerce, petitions be 

 presented to both Houses of Parliament, praying 

 them to repeal the discriminating duties on East- 



India productions ; for extending the private trade 

 to India, and for granting to British subjects the 

 carrying on such portions of the trade to and from 

 China, which is now exclusively enjoyed by foreign 

 nations, particularly by the Americans. 



Married.] At Newbold-on-Avon, W. W. Hume, 

 esq., son of A. Hume, esq.. of Bilton- grange, to 

 Lucy, daughter of T. Towers, esq., of Bilton. 



Died.] At Stratford-upon-Avon, 77, .T. Lord, 

 esq. ; he had been thrice mayor of that town. At 

 Wicken.Emily Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Charles 

 Fitzroy. At Baginton-hall, Caroline, the wife 

 of the Rev. W. D. Uromley. At Northampton, 

 73, Mr. Alderman Osborn, father of the corpora- 

 tion ; 74, Rev. J. Horsey ; he had been 52 years 

 pastor of the congregation at Northampton, whick 

 was formerly under the care of Dr. Doddridge. 



WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. 



We have much pleasure in stating, that the 

 glove trade, and the branches connected with it, 

 have experienced some improvement. 



At the last special general meeting of the Go- 

 vernors of Worcester Infirmary, the report of the 

 committee was made, and resolutions passed for 

 forming a new wing uniform with that now erect- 

 ed, and thereby giving an additional ward. 



GLOUCESTER AND MONMOUTH. 



The new road from Cheltenham to Cirencester 

 has been recently opened. It will save a mile and 

 a half in distance, and has been accomplished at 

 the expense of .16,000. 



April 19, the beautiful stone pier at Beachley 

 Old Passage was completed, and is now ready for 

 the steam packet. The pier is 600 feet long, and 

 30 wide ; and we cannot but congratulate the 

 public on the superior accommodation they will 

 now receive in crossing the Severn at the Old 

 Passage. 



April 27, the opening of the Gloucester and 

 Berkeley Canal took place, when a vessel of 300 

 tons burthen made her grand entrance along the 

 canal into the city and port of Gloucester, amidst 

 the firing of cannon, bands of music playing, and 

 the plaudits of an immense multitude of spectators, 

 anxious to witness one of the most important and 

 magnificent achievements of human art. A grand 

 dinner was given upon the occasion. The length 

 of the canal is 16 miles, the width from /O to 90 

 feet, depth 18 ; there are 15 swing bridges over it, 

 besides those of the locks ; and it has cost .450,000. 

 Six Acts of Parliament have also been found 

 necessary for completing this emporium of the 

 West. 



The produce of the late Stroud Bazaar for the 

 sale of ladies' work, amounted to full .160, in aid 

 of the charity schools. 



The men who have been so long disputing with 

 their masters, in the Monmouthshire collieries, 

 have again resumed their work at the masters' 

 prices ; and all the collieries are now in full ac- 

 tivity. 



Married.] At Dodington, H. Peyton, esq., only 

 son of Sir H.Peyton, bait., to Georgiana Eliza- 

 beth, daughter of Sir B. Codrington, bart. At 

 Gloucester, H. H. Wilton, esq.. to Miss H. Jones. 



Died.] At Cheltenham, 69. F. T^viss, esq., fa- 

 ther to F. Twiss, esq., M.P., Wootton Basset, At 

 Clifton, Mrs. Adderley, relict of the late C. C. 

 Adderley, esq., Ham's-hall, Warwick. At Stroui, 

 82, Mr. J. Hyde, during 60 of which. he was occu- 

 pied in the instruction of youth. At Old 

 t, 80; Mr; J. Griffiths. ' ' 



