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ef the building, to the depth of 15 feet from 
the surface. In this the sepulchre is con 
Structing, The dimensions of the tomb are 
70 feet in length, 28 in width, and 14 in 
depth. _The receptacles for bodies on the 
sises of the tomb are formed by massive Go 
thic columns, of an octagon shape, supeorting 
a range of four shelves, cach of which in the 
space between the columns will contain two 
bodies, the whole range of each side admit~ 
ting 32 bodies. At the east end are five 
niches for the reception of. as many coflins, 
In the middle it is intended ,that 12 low 
tombs should be erected for the soveteigns; 
Fhe sepnichre will thus contain 81 bodies. 
The. columns are of a fine Bath stone, and 
the shelves of Yorkshire stone: A subter- 
Tantous passage will be carricd from the vault 
to the floor of the choir of St. George’s chae 
pel, in which an aperture will be mage for the 
bodies to descends, From the columns will 
Spting a vaulted roof over the tomb. ‘The 
building-itself is intended for a Chapter-house 
for the service of the Order of the Garter. 
In completion of this design, the present 
cieling painted by Verrio, which is much de- 
faced, will be taken away ; and a Gothic roof, 
in unison with the general character of the 
building, will be substituted. The whole 
will undergo a complete repair, many inter- 
nal decorations are now preparing. lie se- 
pulchre, which is distinguished by a simpli- 
city, elegant and grand, incites the spectator 
to a solemn consideration of the purposes to 
which it will be appropriated. The holy 
places in which the ashes of departed great- 
ness rest, are ever contemplated with a sa- 
ered awe3 nor is the impression less powerful, 
when, in the observation of a mausoleum des- 
tined to receive the last remains of existing 
and unborn grandeur, the mind wanders in 
the abyss of futurity, and pursues a long suc- 
cession of monarchs and their progeny who 
may here sleep, until the tombs render up 
their dead. The sepulchre is from the desiga 
of Matthew. Wyatt, esq. 
Mairied.] A. J. Croft, esq. eldest son of 
James Croit, esq. of Greenham Lodge, to 
Mrs. J. F. Nicholls, relict of J. F. Nicholls, 
esq. and daughter of H. Mount, esq.—Mr, 
Thomas Cowderoy',.of Woolhampton, to Miss 
Lovelock, daughter of the late Edward Love- 
lock, esq. of Newtown. : 
At Marcham, Mr. Wright, to Miss Os. 
Lorne. - ‘ 
Died ] At Windsor, aged 79, John Lyster, 
serjeant and drum-major in the Stafford mi- 
Jitia. He had served his cvuntry from his 
**ycuth up,” having fought under his late 
Majesty George Ll. in Germany 3 with Wolie, 
ar Quebec; he way likewise at the battle of 
Bunker’s Hill, and was actively and zealously 
engoged during the greatest part of the Ame- 
rican war. He was the senior drum-major ia 
the army, heving held that station forty-six 
“years; tbe Jast ghinty in the above regiment. 
Fie was highly distinguished in the service by 
Somerselshire. 
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the peculiar elegance of his salute, and ree 
spected for the integrity of his character. s 
At West Hunney, near Wantage, Mr. Johm 
Wicks, 73. ; 
‘At Marcham, James Symonds, esq. 
At Abinggon, Mrs Frances Thorpe, 57. 
Ac Husley, near Reading, Edward Sher- 
wood, esq. ; 
At her father’s house at Greenham, near 
Newbory, in the 93d year of her age, Ann 
Eliza Bicheno, elder daughter of the Rev. J. 
B. Her death was occasioned by a singular 
asd long protracted constipation of twenty-ceven 
months! and for two years of which time 
her general health and good spirits were such 
as to prevent all alarm, or even suspicion, of 
the enemy that was silently d positing the 
materials of death. As a warning buth to 
such as may be afflicted with tois decciving. 
and dreadtul disease, and to those from whom 
medical assistance may be sought in similar 
cases, farther particulars will probably - be 
published in some physical work. Burt, in 
recording this melancholy event, it would be 
injustice to the amiable virtues of the de- | 
ceased, not toadd, that very few leave behind 
them such traces of female excellence. One 
chief beauty of her character was, that she 
shone most in the discharge of the duties of 
that particular station in which Providence 
had placed her; kind, open-hearted, and 
cheerful, she enlivened ali around her, and 
her place in the domestic circle and among 
her friends, will often be viewed with that 
melting reflection, ‘* The place that knew 
her will know her no more!’ But the prief 
which we suffer for the loss of such valuable 
friends, is always mingled with a balm to 
soften its anguish. When we look back and 
contemplate their lives, what consolation can 
be greater than to know that they were pious, 
benevolent, and worthy to be loved? The 
thought of the death of such cannot be un- 
connected with that of their immortality; and 
selfish indeed must that heart be that gives 
itself up to imamodcrate sorrow, and obsti. 
nately rejects that comfort, which a wells 
founded hope of their arrival at perfection 
presents. And, in the affliction which we 
here record, it is an unspeakable consolation 
to the parents and friends of the departed, to 
reflect that, whilst she lived in health, sbe 
delighted in doing good, and that when by, 
the most distressing of diseases, she was called 
to encounter death, she was able to triumph 
over his terrors, and to comfort them who 
sought to comfort her. ; 
SOMERSETSHIRE, 
On the 12th of April, about two o'clock 
in the afternoon, a fire broke out in Merrictt, 
neer Crewkerne, by which about apes. Fhare 
dwelling-houses and cottazes, ides out- 
houses, é&c. were completely destroyed. It 
originated in the malt-house of Mr, John 
Murly, common brewer. The wind, being 
uncemmonty high, the flames extended with 
such rapidity, as to render almost useless auy 
3 aitempts 
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