3E06.] 



Somerfetjhlre. 



5£5l 



At Englefield, Mr. May. 



At Bradfield Houfe, William Smith, cfq. 



At Hungerford, Mr. John Viner. — Mrs. 

 Wheeler, many years goveinefs of the board- 

 ing-fchool there. 



Ac Workingham, Mr. John Lawrence, at- 

 toiney at law. 



At Pangbourn, Mr. James MonbtoB, ma- 

 ny years an eminent furgeon of that place, 



58- 



At Sunning Hill, Spencer Schultz, efq. 

 7?. 



At Abingdon, Mrs. Cripps, wife of Mr. 

 Samuel C. 49. 



At VVallingford, Mrs. Bethel, wife of the 

 Rev. Mr. B. reftor of St Peter's, and fifter- 

 in-law of the laie Sir Wm. Blackftone. 



SOMERSETSHIRE. 



On the icth of December was held the 

 anniidl meeting of the Bath and Weft of 

 England Agricultural Society. The alli-m- 

 blai;e of gentlemen, graziers, and others 

 engaged in tiie purfuits of hulbandry, was 

 nearly as great as on any fcvmer occafion, 

 with an increafe of perfons eminent for fci- 

 ence and ingenuity. The Duke of Bedford 

 having refigned the prefident's chair, Berja- 

 min Hobhoule, efq. was unanimouliy elected 

 prefiJent for the enfuing year. Mr. Bart'ey 

 alfo refigned the office of fecrctary. Lord 

 Somerville produced feveral pieces of doth, 

 made from the wool of his own improved 

 breed of fheep, which unequivocally eftab- 

 li/hed the important faft, that Englilh wool 

 is equal to the fineft Spanifli. The meeting 

 refolved upon inftituting a chemical labora- 

 tory, as illuftrative and highly beneficial to 

 rural economy. The fiiew cf cattle this year 

 was comprifed of fuch as were more calcu- 

 lated to enrich the table ?-d fuftain life, than 

 for the dripping-pan r idler's Ihop. 



Merried.'] At B-.t., he Rev. Peter Gun- 

 ning, reftor of Bathwick, to Mifs Phillott, 

 tldeft daughter of the Rev. Dr. P. archdea- 

 con of Bach. — Mr. Grew, fuigron, of Me!k- 

 ftam, to Mifs Combe, niece of John Dam- 

 pier, efq. cf Bruton — Martin Do-.vlip., efq. 

 to Mre. Tuckctt — William Halktt, efq. 

 captain of the firft regiment of Somerfet mi- 

 litia, to Mrs. Ridaell, daughter of P. J. 

 Cibbes, efq. 



At Briftol, Mr. Richard Peyton, land- 

 furveyor, to Mifs Wall, daughter of Mr. 

 John W. tea-tlealcr. — Wiiliarn Jenkins, efq. 

 of the Eaft India company's fervice, to Mifs 

 BartJett.— Mr. G. P. AndrevJS, attorney, 10 

 Mifs Wafljoiough, grand-daughter of Mrs. 

 Dowell. 



At Winchcomb, Mr, John Greening, a 

 refpeft.>ble farmer, of Langley, to Mifs Su- 

 fi/inj Marker, daughter of Mr. Daniel H. 



Dud.] At Bath, Mrs. Erty Davis, relift 

 of Mr. D. cooper, 50.— Mis. Kinlende.— • 

 Mrs, Page, rtlidt of '1 homas P. efq. late of 

 E'<i(t Sheen.— Henry ArthbouM, efq. late of 



iam/ica, 64. — Sir John Slcynner, bart — Mr. 

 avcrbick.— .Mr, I'o.fr, of the Angel inn, 

 Mw^TMlV Mac. Nv. 137. 



Marlborough. —Wr. John Locker, formerly 

 a carver and gilder.— Wvlrs. Stowey, wife of 

 Mr. S, of Taunton. — S. Oliver, efq — Lady 

 Hay, widow of Sir Thomas H. of Alder- 

 ftone, K B —Mrs. Lowe, wife of Mr. L. 

 and only daughter of Mr. Sainlbury. — Rich- 

 ard iJaniel, efq. fuigeon to the .'Armagh 

 county hofpital. — Mrs. Gately, widow of 

 Mr G, ironmonger, of Warminfter, Wilt?. 

 —The Rev. Dr. Cotton, dean of Cheftsr, anjd 

 brother of SirRulrert C. 



At I'riiicl, MifsTeraple, daughterof Co • 

 lonel T. — The Honourable Mifs Ruthven, 

 daughter of Lord R. 23 — Mifs Harriet Of- 

 borne. — The Rev. John Shsvu, paftor of the 

 I'aptift meating. — Mr. Edward Willis, la!:e a 

 rcfpeclable hofier. — The Rev. John Smith., 

 redor of Bredon, Worcefterfiiire, 7?. — Mifs 

 Merrick, only daughter of Mr. Thomas M — - 

 Mis. Halftone.— Mr. Richard WiUgoofe, 85. 

 '■ — Mr. M'H-r, l-eeper of liridewell. — Mr. 

 Cox, b.iker.— Mr. William il^^pkins, account- 

 ant.— Mrs. Candy, widow of Mr. Harry G. 

 agent and accountant, 86. — William Jones, 

 efq — Suddenly, Mr. Fry, poft-mnfter; a 

 gentleman the urbanity of v/hofe manners^ 

 and wliofe attention and politcnefs to the in- 

 tcrefts both of the public and individuals i.T 

 the fituation which he held, could only be 

 equalled by the many virtues which endtars^ 

 him in private fociety to an extenfive circle 

 of friends and acquaintance. — Mrs. Tyadall, 

 wife of [he late Thomas T. efq. 



At Rowberrow, William Swymmer, efq. 

 captain in the eaftern part of the Mendip le- 

 gion. 



At Taunton, Mrs. Elizabeth Moor?, a 

 maiden lady, 87. She was the grand- 

 daughter of the Rev. John Moore, ejecled 

 by the Aft of Uniformity, in 1662, froip 

 the chapelry of Holneft, in Dorfetfliire : ^ 

 gentleman of fprigbtly genius and confider- 

 able intelleriual endov/ments, whole conci- 

 liating virtues cumman.'ed the refpeiSand at- 

 tachment of his neighbours; one of thofp 

 pious wortiiies whofe religious integrity de- 

 termined them to facrlfice eafe and intere^ 

 to truth and cor.f.;!ence. Her father, the 

 Rev. Thomas Moore, wss the eftcemed pjf- 

 tor of a congregation of Piouftanc difiTcnters^ 

 at Abingdon, in Berfcltire; in which oflic^ 

 he was afterv/ards fucceeded by her elder bro- 

 ther, the Rev, John Moore ; a gentlemaa 

 held in great refpcft for his talents and vir- 

 tues. Another brother was the ingenious 

 Mr. Edward Moore, the celebrated editor of 

 the paper called the World, and the author 

 of Fables for Ladies, feveral dr.imas and oihcr 

 poems. At the death of Mrs. Elizabeth 

 Meore, who had (pent the laft thirty-one 

 years of her lili; at Taunton, the family be- 

 came exiinft. In the former periods, an^ 

 for a ruii^bcr of ycar-i, fiie lud refidcd in 

 Fenchurch llrecf, London, and had been en- 

 gaged in the bufinefs of a chamber-nllliner, 

 with her elder filUr; vyUo diej at Taenton 

 »btfuC fourttcn yc-are fiucc, leaving m the 

 4 £ mintii 



