1811.] 
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daughter of the Rev. Edmund Ferrers, rector 
of Cheriton, Hants. 
At Croydon, Emily, wife of R. Gooch, 
€sq- 24. 
At Morden, the Rev. F. H. Papendick. 
SUSSEX. 
A few months siace, a great part of Ash- 
down Forest, in this county, was inclosed by 
a set of men called Forresters, and also by the 
Rev. R. Bingham, the curate of the parish of 
Mayersfield; but the forest being deemed to 
be the right of the Duchess of Dorset, the 
inclosures were thrown down by order of ber 
grace, Lord Whitworth, and Lord Sheffield 
{the acting magistrate for that county). 
This act irtitated those who had made inclo- 
sures, and some of them were heard to make 
use of threatening language. On Sunday, 
December 16, a letter was found on the road 
near Mayersfield, by the sons of Mr. R. Jen- 
ner, a respectable farmer, directed to their 
father; the boys took it home, but their 
father being absent, they gave the letter to 
their mother, who on opening it, discovered 
that it was headed, in large letters, ‘¢ Fire! 
Murder! and Revenge!!” and the contents 
were threatening destruction to the parson, 
churchwardens, farmers’ houses, barns, and 
Stacks. The boys told their mother, that 
after Mr, Bingham performed the morning 
service at Mayersfield church, he got on 
horseback, to ride toa neighbouring parish to 
do duty there in the afternoon; he passed 
them, and when he was a short distance from 
them, they sawa paper drop from his pocket, 
which they were positive was the letter they 
picked up, and they suspected it to be his 
hand-writing, although it was evidently very 
much disguised ; for these suggestions, how- 
eyer, the boys were reproved, Mr. Bingham 
being considered a highly respectable cha- 
racter, and a very intimate friend of Mr, Jen- 
ners. The circumstance caused considerable 
alarm in that part of the country. Lords 
Whitworth and Shettield published an adver- 
tisement, offering a reward of 2001. for the 
discovery of the writer of the letter; anda 
number of persons were employed to watch 
Mr. Jenner’s premises, and to patrole in dif- 
ferent parts. On the 16th of January last, 
t. Bingham’s house was discovered to be on 
fire, and great part of the premises was de- 
stroyed, as has already been stated. The 
account given by Mr. Bingham of the fire, 
being very extraordinary and unsatisfactory, 
‘Lord Sheffield sent to the Public Office, Bow- 
Street, for an active and intelligent officer, 
and Mr. Read sent Adkins. Upon the offi- 
cer’s arrival, after making inquiries, he 
strongly suspected that Mr. Bingham had set 
his own house on fire, and in consequence 
placed several men to watch. One of them 
-discovered Mr. Bingham bringing a great 
‘ quantity of books from his stable, and bury- 
_iog them in his garden. From a variety of 
other suspicious circumstances, a warrant-was 
granted against Mr, B. and one to search his 
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premises, when Adkins ound, in the roof of 
the privy, a variety of valuable papers con- 
cealed. In consequence of those and other 
suspicious circumstances, he was charged witlz 
having sec his premises on fire, for the pur- 
pose of defrauding the Union Fire Office; and, 
having been taken into custody, he unders 
went a final examination at Lewes, hefore 
Lords Chichester and Sheffield, and was fully 
committed for trial—Such is the account 
given of this affair in all the public prints,, 
but it appears that at the late Horsham as~: 
sizes, the Rev. Mr. Bingham was bonourablyy 
acquitted on the charges which had beeig 
fabricated against him. The means takers 
to influence the public against him by the 
most scandalous falsehoods, and the treat» 
ment he met with in prison, render this one 
of the most diabolical conspiracies on record, 
and the public calls aloud for exemplary legal 
vengeance against all the parties concerned im 
it. At least, the punishment which they had 
designed for this respectable clergyman, ought 
to fall on them. 
Died.} At Yapton Place, in child-bed, 
Mrs. Whyte, wife of Capt. W. of the Royal 
Navy. 
At Uckfield, Mrs. Newton, relict of the 
Rev. G. Newton, rector of Isfield, in this 
county. 
At Brighton, in consequence of her clothes 
accidentally taking fire, Mrs. Pankhurst. 
At Pevensey, Mrs. Austin, wife of Mr. A. 
of the Castle Inn. She was found dead in 
her bed, with her infant sucking at the 
breast. 
At Arundel, Mrs. Puttock. 
HAMPSHIRE. 
Married.| At South Stoneham, Mr. 
Charles Hurry, of London, to Miss Lane, 
daughter of John L, esq. of South Stoneham 
House. 
At Christ-church, Mr. Thomas Taylor, of 
London, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. 
Meshack Pike, the present acting mayor of 
Christ-church. 
At Odiham, Mr. C. Mant, surgeon, of 
Southampton, to Miss Harman, only daugh- 
ter of the late James H, esq. of Reading. 
Died.] At Ryde, Isle of Wight, Alexander 
G. K. Shippard, student at the Royal Naval 
College, eldest sop of Capt. 3. of the Royal 
Navy. 
At Jumper’s House,’ Christ-church, Mre 
Bullock, wife of Benjamin B. esq. 
At St. Helier’s, Jersey, Mrs. E. Beuze~ 
ville, relict of the Rev. Samuel B. and sister 
to the late Admiral Ourry, 86. 
At Winchester, Mrs. Kernot, 55.—Miss 
Murdin, 60. ; 
- At Newport, Isle of Wight, Lady Pinhorn, 
wife of Sir John P. 66. 
At Alresford, Mr. Hart, 72. ; 
At Bighton, the Rev. Mr. Harrison, 
of that place, 72: 
At Romsey, Mrs. Davis. 
At Totton, Mr, Wm, Hinning, 82. 
rector 
