570 
Peck—At Castle Donington, at the 
Friends’ Meeting-house, J. Whitehead, ‘to 
Hannah, eldest daughter of the: late G, 
Bot;:and ‘widow of C. Watson, of Notting- 
hant. 
Died-} At the Parsonage House, Saxby, 
79. the Rev. J. Sharpe, rector of that pa- 
rish—At Leicester, T. Holl, esq.—Jane, 
the wife of Mr. J. Barret. 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 
Died.| At Harbourn, 38, J. Freeman, 
esq.—62, Samuel Phillips, esq., of Hey- 
bridge, near Uttoxeter.— At the Heamies, 
near Eccleshall, 29, Mr. T. Jenkinson, late 
of Shrewsbury.—At Uttoxeter, 65, W- 
Warner, esq. 
ik, WARWICKSHIRE. 
Married.| At. Birmingham, J. Miles, 
esq., of Wolverhampton, to Ann, second 
daughter of Baron’ Thompson, of Chapel 
-Ash.—Mr. J. Hawkins, to Miss Wood.— 
At Southam, H. T. Chamberlayne, esq., of 
Stoney Thorpe, to Mary, only: child of E, 
-Tomes, Esq. 
Died.| Elizabeth Isabella, wife of the 
Rev. Egerton Aden Bagot, of Pope Hayes. 
—At Clopton House, 75, John Clopton, 
esq., the:last male descendant of the ancient 
families of Clopton and Ingram, of Wol- 
ford.At_ “Leamington, Sophia, eldest 
daughter of Sir Geo. Pigot, Bart., of Pat- 
shull.—At  Stratford-upon-Avon, Frances 
Isabella, wife of the Rev. J. T. Jones.— 
380, Thomas Beach, esq., of Spark Hill, 
near Birmingham. 
: SHROPSHIRE- 
Married.] At Stapleton, Mr. J. Eddowes, 
of Almond. Park, to Susannah, eldest 
daughter of Mr. W. Oakley. 
Died.| Wm. Holt Davison, esq., of the 
Brand, near’ Market Drayton.—The Rev. 
R. Robertson, master of the free grammar 
school. at. Hales Owen.—Ann, youngest 
daughter of the late Rich. Wynn, esq., of 
Cricketh.—At Kilsall, near Shiffnall, 36, 
Elizabeth, wife of T. Bishton, esq.—At 
Shrewsbury, 100, Mr. J..Hutchkiss.— At 
Ludlow, 80, Anne, relict of J. Ekins, p.p, 
formerly Dean of Carlisle, &c. &c. 
WORCESTERSHIRE, 
Extensive new Salt- Works are erecting 
at Droitwich, and the trade of that ancient 
borough appears to be greatly on the in- 
crease. A toll-free market is to be esta- 
blished, from which many advantages will 
accrue to the town and neighbourhood. 
» The new line of road’ between Evesham 
and Worcester is now completed : it passes 
for six miles along the bank. of tl:e Avon, 
through one of the most picturesque and 
delightful vallies inal) the south of our 
island. ‘ 
+ A-beautiful new edifice, St. George’s 
chapel, in Kidderminster (erected partly by 
the aid’ ‘of parliament, ‘but chiefly: by: the 
munificent subscriptions of the inhabitants), 
was lately opened’ for divine worship, “when 
two very appropriate sermons were~ preach- 
.ed.°:The chapel was crowded: to excess ‘at 
StL . 
> 
Staffordshire —Warwickshire—Shropshire, §c. 
[Jan. 1, 
both services, and the collections at the doors 
‘amounted to £141. 3s. 4d. There are near- 
“ly 1,500 free'sittings for the poor. : 
The Library at Stourport, though, but 
yet in the third year from its commence- 
ment, has acquired a considerable number 
of volumes. The Cyclopedia of Rees, the 
historical romances’ of the author of Wa- 
verley, the entire works of Addison, John- 
son, Pope, and Swift; Roman History of Gib- 
bon, Plutarch’s Lives, Cumberland’s Bri- 
tish Drama, and various publications in the 
departments of History, Travéls, Biography, 
Natural History, Literary Journals, Re- 
views, &c. &c. adorn its shelves. 
Married.) At Hallow, Mr. R. Walker, 
to Hester, daughter of John ‘Walker, esq., 
of Fox-hill Hermitage, Gloucestershire.— 
At Droitwich, Mr. T. G. Curtler, to Anne 
Maria, daughter of Mr. Ricketts. J 
Died.| At Hanbury,.101, Mr. Jas. 
Yates.—At Ledgeberrow, near Evesham, 
81, the Rev. J. Roberts.—At. Worcester, 
Mrs. Fermer, relict of H. Fermer, esq., of 
Friterell, Oxfordshire. 
HEREFORDSHIRE. 
The quantity of eyder produced in Here- 
fordshire this season does not exceed one- 
third of that of last year. A proportionate 
advance in price has consequently ‘taken 
place. ‘ 
The city of Hereford has teen inundated 
with the most tremendous flood remembered 
for many years, by the overflowing of the 
Wye. The cellars have all been filled, and 
St. Martin’s Street laid entirely under water. 
Died.) At Warham, 74, Mrs. Theresa 
.Price.—The Rev. T. King, many years 
pastor of the Independent’ Congregation in 
Ross, 74.—At Leominster, B. Caldwell, 
esq.—At the Moor, near Kington, J. L. 
Harris, esq., acting magistrate for the 
county of Hereford.—At Pengethley, near 
Ross, T. F. Turville, esq., of Clifford’s Inn, 
London. 
GLOUCESTER AND MONMOUTH. | 
The following new roads, facilitating the 
means of communication between Chelten- 
ham and the towns in its vicinity, will 
speedily be commenced. A road leading to 
Cirencester, through Charlton’ Kings, by 
Windlass-hill, avoiding the Birdlip-hills, 
A new line of road to Tewkesbury, passing 
near Maul’s-end, and avoiding Coombe-hill, 
so as to join the Haw-passage road. A road 
to Gloucester, commencing with the Colon- 
nade, and with the new Painswick road up 
to Badgworth-lane, and hence’ crossing the 
country to the Golden Pheasant, and enter- 
ing upon the present road for the remainder 
of the distance. An alteration in the Lon- 
don road, by avoiding’ the narrow’ part of 
Cudnell. io we 
There ‘was a meeting on'the 15th of ‘De- 
cember at Bristol, at which “it. was ‘resolved 
to issue 16,000 shares, of £50 each, for ‘the 
purpose of forming ‘a railway from Bristol 
to’ Gloucester, and: thence! to Birmingham ; 
and for the purpose/of communicating by 
“such 
