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[Aug, 1, 



fce-ncd to cuItivAte cheerful nefs as a duty; 

 and fuch was the enftgy of hit mind, th.it, 

 during his long confinement, no compla'nt 

 nor murnMir ^a3 tver heard 'o efcape hini.— 

 He thus met the flow ipproach r./ difl'ulution 

 ■with thit (orntude which is ii-fpired by an 

 approving confcience and the animating hope 

 of immoitality.— Mrs. Keck, widow cf Mt. 

 K. a rclebraied architcO of Kingftaiiley.— 

 Ml. Henry Phillips, of the Mafon's Arms. 



OXroKDSHIRe. 



Di'd'] At Hcrfcpath, Mr». EHz. Kim- 

 9er, 74. 



At Jftip, near Oxfcrd, Mrs S. Lewfley, 

 wife ( f Mr. L 



At Oxfi.rd, Mr. James Otborne, fadler ind 

 liarnefs-makcr— Mrs. E. Belt, widow of Mr. 

 John B. many years mafttr of the Crofs Keys 

 public hoiifc. — Mr. J. B. Neale, under- ;r3- 

 duite of t'rnibioke College. He was going 

 down in a failing boit, accompanied bv a lad 

 from the boat lioufe, when he wiS ctolTed by 

 another boat, thruft by tlie bowfprit into the 

 water, and drowned, a little below Chtift 

 Church meadow. He had been warned of 

 the danger by a gentlen an in the other bont, 

 who infl.intly jumped inio the river and en- 

 deavoured to fave him. This unhappy event 

 is only to be attributed to Mr. Neale's want 

 o/ Ikill in the managen.ent of a fail boat. He 

 Was nineteen yean of age, a good clatTical 

 fcholar, of an amiable temper, and pure mo- 

 rals. 



At Glymplon Park, Mifj Wheate, third 

 daughter of the late Sir Thomas W. ban. of 

 Lcchlade, Gloucenerniirc. 



BEDFORDSHIRE. 



On Mond.iy the lyth'of .(une, the Duke of 

 Bedford's Agricultural Fete commenced by a 

 public breakfaft at Woburn Abhey, and about 

 eleven o'clock the company arrived at the 

 Exhibition Room at the Park Farm. The 

 greater part of the morning was occupied by 

 eximina'ion cf the new Leiicrtcr rams, w hich 

 hii been juft ihorn, 3r\ 1 their fleeces hung up 

 round the room for the infpeflion of the gen- 

 tlemen preftnt. Mr. Toilet fliewed fpeci- 

 meiis of wool fifteen inches long, of a fuffi.i- 

 «nr finenefo for the bcft broad cloths, takin 

 from the back of a wciher-fliecp, half t-ja- 

 rifh and half South.iown, on which it h^d 

 been growing three )ears; and Mr. Toilet 

 ftated, that he can grow fine wool of alniofl 

 any length, by delaying the fliearing of this 

 breed of flterp for a proportionable time. Mr 

 Cowley, of Afpley Cuife, exhibited » p'an of 

 a wafer meadow, which he has recently con- 

 ftruded at that place, (aid to be the fitft at- 

 tempt at irrigation by a Kedforufhire farmer. 

 Mr. Taylor, fiom the isoriety of Arts, pro- 

 duced a pair of fliears, for which a reward 

 had been given to Captain Miller by that fo* 

 ciety. The particulars of the premiums 

 offered by theSmithficId Club, for December 

 next. Mere ftuclc up. On returning, after 



dinner, to the firm yard, four luts, confining 

 of five Leicefter (heep each, were fold, vi?. 

 five ewes to Lord Sometville, at fifteen gui- 

 neas ; five ditto to Lord Cawoor, at nineteen 

 guineas and a h^lf ; five theaves to Lord Si> 

 merville, .it fourteen guineas j and five di' 

 to ditto for ei|(,htecn guineas. In th= cuui! 

 of ihc day, Francis Sitwi:ll, elq M. P itVu; 

 particul.»rs, and gave general invit.tioni 

 his Barmoor Sheep show, near Berwick, m 

 the lit of July. Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, 

 joined the company after dinner. On To (- 

 day, after breakfaO, an ac^journed meeiii^ 

 of the Sn-.-thficld Club was held at W' 

 burn Ab'jcy, when it was refolved th. 

 the future number of the ncmbers Ihall 

 uiiliiiii.r.d The next bufi:iels was to vii. 

 the fat wethers, exhioittd in thuir wool, . 

 the (<«Slei near the Abbey, by the canjidd' 

 for his tiraC'i'stwo prizes, of which Lord So 

 mrrvi le, Richard Afhley, and Willij ii 

 Chapman, of Fleet Ifreet, were appointed tlir 

 judges. Soon after eleven, the company al- 

 femtjlcd at the f.'rm yari, and the iiouthdow.i 

 tups, intended to br let on WeJnelday evm- 

 in^;, were (hown to tht company } after 

 which, feveral Herefcid and Devon cattli, 

 iniended for fale that evtnir.g, were exhibit- 

 ed and examined. Hcforr dinner hij Cr.ice, 

 and a large party of his nul^le iifitArs, took a 

 ride to Crawley Keath, to view the drilling 

 of fome turnips ; and, foon after ihrre 

 o'clock, asminy perfons asthet.vo faacii us 

 rooma could accommodate fat down to an i ie- 

 gar.t dinner. As foon as ilie coirMj.y had 

 retired to the Exhioi.'ion Room, the letting uf 

 the L-iceftcr tups commence*, ar.J the bv.fi- 

 n«fs of the day lonclutltd by the lair of fome 

 cattle Wcdncfday proved a very bufy i?.\ 

 with this highly intercning meeting. The 

 firft matter which called /or the attention of 

 the company in general at iKe Abbey, wjs 

 the exhibition of the Circafes of t'nc fat we- 

 thers which haci been examined jlive on ti.e 

 preceding day . The company then lep^irrd 

 to a field on Crawley Heath, win re tiiy 

 were joined by a large concourfe of t);e 

 neighbouring farmers. Eight patches, of 

 half an acre each, had prcviouHy been niaik- 

 ed out ; and, after the neccffary prelimina- 

 ries had been fettled by Lord SoinerviUe and 

 other gentlemen who had been appointed 

 judges, a ploughing march took place be- 

 tween eight ploughs The implemenrs ex- 

 hibited for his Grace's premiums were next 

 examined by the company. Mr. W. Dickins 

 fhewed a watering rart maoe for waieiing 

 drilled crops of any kind, by means of fix 

 leathern pipes affixed to it ; W. Shepherd, 

 a clover feed thrafher, and a plough ; Mr. 

 Noon, the joint fcythe, which he laid a few 

 Weeks ago before the Society of Arts ; Mr. 

 J. Elfex, fpecimens of his mats, or rather 

 cufiiions, made of wool, for a variety of pur- 

 pofes. In the evening the Southdown tups 

 were let j and the day clofed with a fale of 



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