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Staffordjh'ire. — WariutckJhWe. 



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STATTORDSHJRC. 



At the late meeting of the StafFordfliire 

 Agricultural Society, lielJ at the Swan Inn, 

 Lichfield, a great number of premiums for 

 cattle were adjudged, nine of which, exclu- 

 five of fweepftakes, were obtained by Mr. 

 Meek. The following premiums were alfo 

 given to labourers in hulbandry : — To Jolin 

 Makin. for :;i years fervice wi^h Mr. Mat- 

 thew Parkes and his father at High O.m, in 

 the parifli of Church Eaton, thres guineas.^ 

 To Tliomas Willot, for v^ 6 years fervice with 

 John Smith ami prcHrccfiors at Longdon, tvo 

 guineas. — To Thomas N.iih, tor 50 years fer- 

 vice with the late and prefent Mr. Gilbert 

 at Cotton, three guineas — To Johr. Startin, 

 for 45 years fervice with the late and prefent 

 Mr. Levett of Wichnor Park, two guineas. — 

 To John De.ikin, for rearing thirteen chil- 

 dren without parochial alTiftar^ce, t iree gui- 

 neas. — To John Booth, for rearing eleven 

 ditto ditto, two guineas. In the courfe of 

 the afternoon the following bets weie made, 

 viz. Mr. Baylifs undertook to /hew a Here- 

 ford bull againft a long-horned Dull o be 

 produced by Mr. Meek at the next meeting 

 at Lichfield, in [uly 1S06, for one hundred 

 guineas. Mr. Crofs alfo betted twenty gui- 

 neas againft the Hereford null. 



Niarrii.d.'\ At flandfworch. Mr. Thomas 

 Rhodes, of Upper -itamford ftreet, Lorvdon, 

 to Mifs Hodges, daughter of John H. efq. of 

 Soho The Rev. Charles Bojtereli Haw- 

 kins, LL.B. fellow of .A.ll-SouIs, Oxford, 

 and vicar of Lewknor, Oxfordfliire, to Mifs 

 Maria Eratt, of .Snow Houfe. 



At Hanley, in the Srjff.ir-ilhire Potteri-s, 

 Mr. Job Mcigh, jun. mnnutaflurer of earth- 

 enware, to Mifs Mcilor, daughter of the late 

 Mr. Wiliam M. 



At Tamworth, the Rev. John Haynes 

 Tcwnfend, to Mifs S. Wr ght. 



Mr. Jofeph Pitt, of Walfall, to Mifs Eliza 

 Bennett, 0/ Dudley 



At Lichfield, Mr. [ager, one of the vJcars- 

 thoril of the cathedral, to t.lils Smith, 

 grand-daughter of die late Mr Saville — Mr. 

 George Wilday, to Mifs E. Paine. 



At AKlontfield, Mr. VVilliam Eiilinge, 

 85, to Mifs Hannah Wheldon, 15. On the 

 morning of their wedding the happy couple 

 walked fifteen miles in thrte hours and a 

 half. 



D/V</.] At Lichfield, Mr. T. Wayle 

 Wright, affiftant-furgeon to the Lichfield vo- 

 Junteers, and a few days afterwards his mo- 

 ther, Mrs. W. reliftof William W. gent, al- 

 derman of that city. 



At Newcadle. under- Line, Mr. Warring- 

 ton, butcher. 



At Stafford, Mrs, Bcntley, formerly of 

 London. 



WARWICKSHIB E. 



At the anniveriary-meciing of the gover- 

 nors of the Eirniingham General Hofpital, 

 it appeared from tlic report jirefcnted by the 



auditors, that, iiotwithAanding the donations 

 and legacies w'lich are continually adding to 

 the fu.K'= of this excellent charity, at mid- 

 fummer 12ft tlie treafarers were 3''8I. Ss. id. 

 In advance, chiefly owing to the arrears of 

 the annual i'ubfcriptions. The Committee 

 leportcd iliat premiums had been given, fince 

 lafi year, to feyeral pcrfons for delivering 

 frorr) imminent danger of drowning, or re- 

 ftoimg 10 life v/lun app.irent!y de.;.1, thirteen 

 of their feMow-creature? ; and they earneftly 

 recorrimended that alt perfons would h-r,g up 

 in 'heir houfes and fliap? the frinted L'irec- 

 tions (which may be iiad, gratis, at the Hof- 

 pital) for the Recovery of thofe apparently 

 dead from Drowning, SulTocatiQu, or other 

 Accidents. 



A. new prifon and public offices for the 

 convnience of the magiftiatLS, the accommo- 

 dation of the f'wn, and thf more tr.'oquil 

 and private conveyance of prifoners, are about 

 to be erefted in VJcor-ftrcKt, Birmingham.— 

 The firit ftone of this neccfiary and important 

 undertaking was lately laid by tl;e high- 

 bailiff. 



At a general annual meeting of the fub- 

 fcribcrs tothe Sunday-fchools at Strmingham, 

 the treafurer's report of the monies received 

 and expended between the lit October, iSc4j 

 and the lit Oftober, 1805, was prefented — 

 From this it appeared tiiat the total of the 

 receipts and balance on hand amounted td 

 2581. 10s. id. and of the dilburfemer.ts tu 

 253I. 5s. 6d. leaving a balance of 4I . los. ?d. 

 The number of children now educated in 

 thefe fchools is i !oo. It is therifore ear- 

 nedly recommended to the fubfcribers and 

 the public to exert their beft efl'orta for an 

 immediate improvement of the funds, in or-^' 

 der 'hat this inftita.ion may not only be fup» 

 por:ed on its prefent fcalc, but that its im- 

 portant advantages may be extended in pro- 

 I'Oit'On to the demands of this populous town. 



Marrkd~\ At Birn.lugham, Mr. John 

 Anderton, to Mifs Ifabclla Wjl«(ron. — Mr. 

 John Thomas, of Curo worth, to Mifs Mary 

 Shaw. 



At Kind's Morton, Mr. George Palmer, of 

 St. James's-ftrert, London, to Mifs Mary- 

 Ann Gill, of Baiiai; Heath, youngelV daugh- 

 ter of r he late Thos. G. efq. of Birmingham. 



At Warwick, Mr. Thomas Lloyd, mer- 

 chant, of Birmingham, to Mifs Sufannali 

 Whitehead, daughter of Mr. John W. banker, 

 of the former place. 



At Exhall, Mr. John Webb, of Alcefter, 

 to Mifs Reynulds. 



Z)W] At Birmingham, Mr. John Hodg. 

 fon, jun. merchant, 23. — At Mr. Hobday's, 

 Mrs. Mary Hobday, of rccken"1um, 5'i— 



Mrs. Wheeler, wife of Mr. Robert W Mr. 



L)...wler.— Mrs. Buckcrficld, wife of Mr. Tho- 

 in.is B._Mr. John Hill, gilder.— Mifs Of- 

 Lorne, of .showell-grerii. — Mr. Benjimin 

 Parkes, fadlor. — '■Ax Richard Lawfon, oftht 

 Waggon and Horfcs.— Mr. Richird Evans, a 

 iTicmber 



