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Provincial Occurrences: Oxfordshire, Hants, 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



Died.] At Oxford, 88, Mr. T. White ; he had 

 been bed-maker to All Souls' College upwards of 

 75 years ! He was known to the public'by the name 

 ol Uncle White. 



HANTS AND SUSSEX. 



The Commissioners at Brighton have at length 

 given notice that they are ready to receive plans 

 for erecting a town-hall, assembly-rooms, and a 

 new market. 



The importation of cart horses has again com- 

 menced in Sussex and Kent, and 100 two and three 

 year olds have been lately landed. 



Married.'] At North Stoneham, Captain St. 

 *>ser, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Dash- 

 wood King, bart., M.P. 



Died.] At Southampton, 59, the Right Hon. 

 SUolto Henry M'Clelland, Lord Kircudbriht. At 

 Chichester, 98, Mrs. Lover. At Brighton, the 

 Right Hon. Lady Calthorpe. At Hastings, Robert 

 Earl Ferrers, Viscount Tamworth ; his lordship 

 was thirteenth in lineal descent from Prince 

 Thomas of Woodstock, youngest son of Edward 

 III. 89, Mrs. Adams, relict of H. Adams, esq., of 

 Bucklershard. 



NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 



April 26. The Old City Charity, the National, 

 and Sunday Schools of Norwich, assembled at the 

 cathedral of that city, to the number of 2,000, at- 

 tended by their respective teachers, when a ser- 

 mon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. Lord 

 Bayning. It was a most delightful spectacle, 

 rendered more gratifying by the reflection that 

 the number had been nearly doubled since last 

 year. After the service they returned in proces- 

 sien to St. Andrew's-hall : and as they lelt it, each 

 boy and girl received a large plum-cake. The 

 friends of the charities dined together, when the 

 ayor presided. 



Married.] The Rev. F. Calvert, rector of 

 Whatneld, to Miss Sarah Hicks, of Chattisham- 

 place. At Wortham, J. C. Cobbold, esq;, to Miss 

 -JL. Patteson. 



Died.] At Norwich, 82, Mr. D. Clark ; he had 

 ttoen employed in the commercial establishment of 

 Messrs. Ives and successors, for 70 years! At 

 Harleston,66, Mr. R. Paul, late of Starston, well 

 known to agriculturists for several ingenious in- 

 ventions, and for his interesting inquiries into the 

 natural historv and habitudes of the turnip-fly 

 and the wire-worm. At Clenchwarton, 83, Sir 

 .Charles Brown ; he was of high literary attain- 

 ments, and many years physician to the king of 

 Prussia, who conferred upon him the order of the 

 Red Kaple. T. B. Evans, esq., deputy lieutenant 

 lor Norfolk, and high sheriff in 1/91. 



DORSET AND WILTS. 



The corner stone of the new church at Fleet has 

 recently been laid with the usual ceremonies on such 

 occasions; and with the pleasing accompaniment 

 of regaling not only the workmen with a dinner, 

 .but plentifully supplying all tl.e poor of Fleet with 

 beef, bread, and beer. The late old church was 

 destroyed by the dreadful tempest of 1824. 



Died.] At Poole, 102, Elizabeth Godwin ; she re- 

 tained her facultie- till a tew da- s before her death, 

 and could see to read without glasses till within the 

 last two years. At Heffletpn, Dr. Bain ; he was 

 for inany years the tried friend of the brilliant but 

 unhappy Sheridan, whose last hours were con- 

 soled by his attentions. 



SOMERSET AND DEVON. 



la the summer of 1828, as tome workmen wwre 



quarrying stones iu Uphill-hill, they crossed a, 

 fissure containing a quantity of bones. In the 

 course of further search were discovered bones of 

 the elephant, rhinoceros, ox, horse, bear, hog, 

 hyaena, fox, pole-cat, water-rat, mouse, and birds. 

 Nearly all the bones of the larger species were so 

 gnawed and splintered, and evidently of such an- 

 .cient fracture, that little doubt can exist that it 

 was a hyeena's den, siaiilar to Kirkdale and Kent's 

 .Hole. The bones and teeth of the extinct species 

 of hyaena were very abundant. The more ancient 

 bones were found in the upper region of the fis- 

 sure, firmly imbedded; further down, in a wet 

 loam, there was an innumerable quantity of birds' 

 bones only, principally of the gull tribe. These 

 Professor Buckland supposes to have been intro- 

 duced by foxes. The cavern extends abdut 10 feet 

 from north to south, varying from 14 to 6 feet east 

 to west. At its entrance the tioor was found 

 covered with sheep bones, and on digging into the 

 mud and sand of which it consisted, several bones 

 of the cuttle-fish were found, and the pelvis and a 

 few bones of the fox. The fissure is vertical, 

 about 50 feet deep from the surface to the mouth 

 of the cave, and is situated at the western extre- 

 mity of Mendip, in a bold mural front of lime- 

 stone strata. The greater part of the bones have 

 been presented to the Bristol Institution ; Mr. 

 Buckland has a few specimens, and the Geologi- 

 cal Society of London a few more. These relics 

 possess a high degree of interest to the geologist, 

 and they are indubitable evidences of a world long 

 since past. 



A meeting has been held at Newto'n Abbot of 

 the subscribers to the Newton Canal, and a com- 

 mittee formed, in order to commence operations 

 as soon as possible, as its completion will prove 

 highly beneficial to the .town of Newton Abbott, 

 Newton Bushel, Ashburton, and vicinity. .5,000 

 are the estimated expenses; .4,000 have already 

 been subscribed. 



The first anniversary has lately been celebrated 

 at Bath, of that munificent establishment for gen- 

 tlewomen in reduced circumstances, Partis's Col- 

 lege. The bishop of the diocese, with the trus- 

 tees and the foundress, attended the chapel, with 

 the thirty ladies who reside in the college. The 

 trustees afterwards dined together at a splendid 

 repast provided by the foundress, who has sus- 

 tained all the expenses of the establishment with- 

 out touching upon the ample fund designed for 

 the purposes of this princely charity. Thursday, 

 in Easter week, is fixed for the annual commemo- 

 ration for ever. 



Married.] At Salcombe, F. B. Beamish, esq., 

 to Miss Catherine Savery de Lisle de Courcy. 



Died.] At Polden-hill, 100, Joseph Sully; a 

 fortnight previous to his death he walked 12 miles 

 in one day. At Bath, Rev. H. F. Mills, chancel- 

 lor of York Cathedral. At Exeter, the Hon. A. 

 A. Preston, son of Lord Gormanston. At Tor- 

 quay, the Hon. A. E. Flower, daughter of Viscount 

 Ashiord. At Stoke, 85, Mr. C. Foster. 



CORNWALL. 



The improvement of the great road from Exeter 

 to Falmouth is at length bogun ; by the cutting R 

 new line on the moor at Temple, and the removal 

 of some houses at Bodmin, the dangerous en- 

 trance to that town will b widened from 11 to 30 

 feet. 



