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and 1 2.000i. damage done by them to the 

 premises and material*. No discovery has 

 taken place of any of them ; but 300 men 

 snd their families are in consequence 

 phinj^ed into extreme distress for want 

 of employment. 



In one parish in Leicester, 800 persons 

 are relieved out of the pooi-ratcs. 



M-tirml.] The Rev. Henry Kel)beJ, 

 vicar of Wi^tow, to Miss Rachael Ders, 

 of Woodford.— Mr. G. Partington, to JMiss 

 Lucy Dibben, of Kutland.stiert, Leices- 

 ter — Mr. William Mitcliell, of Leicester, 

 to Miss Ireland, of Great Wigstonc. — Mr. 

 Kobert 'I'honipson, of Blackbrook. to Miss 

 Taylor, of Broufiliton Astley. — Mr. Josi.>ua 

 Murston, of Cadeby, to Miss Mary Loonies, 

 of Husband's Bosworth. 



Died.] At Leicester, Mr. Henry Wat- 

 cham. — Mr. Thomas Braraley. 



At iMelton Mowbray, Mr. John Bur- 

 ten, sen. 



At Uppingham, 32, Mr. ElHngworth. 



At Market Bosvvoitli, 59, Mr. Joseph 

 Woxon, lamented. — At Charley Old Hall, 

 67, Mr. William Hcggs, justly esteemed. 

 — At Breeden on the Hill, 40, Mrs. New- 

 bold. — At Cossington, 48, the wife of the 

 Rev. John Fisher, much and deservedly 

 respected. 



STAFFORDSHIRE. 



The most frit;lit(iil details of tlie miseries 

 of the starving population of the iron ma- 

 nufactories, of tiiis and the adjoining conn- 

 ties, have been published in the news- 

 papers. It appears that bread is become 

 a luxury, and that the parishes are unable 

 to maintain the multitude of paupers! We 

 put the question solemnly, whether, as the 

 ■war has destroyed our commercial employ- 

 ments, It is not now tlie imperative duty of 

 the legislature, without loss of time, to dis- 

 courage large farms by heavy imposts; and 

 to encourage the re-building of those tene- 

 ments on small farms, which have been 

 destroyed by the Pitt-system of monopoly 

 and speculation? A loan of ten millions 

 Would enable the government to effect 

 this salutary object ; and suiely it would 

 be as worthy to raise a loan of teu millions 

 for such a purpose, as to raise tive hun- 

 dred millions' for purposes of destruction ? 

 The erection of o0,00(t farm-houses on 

 farms of 30, 40, or bO acres, and heavy 

 imposts on farms of above i'OO acres, wonid 

 relieve the manufacturing towns of 100,000 

 families v\ho, by the deciy of foreign 

 trade, have lost their means of subsist- 

 ence, while, in every sense, the nation 

 •would be benefitted by the change. 



Recently, three waggons loaded with 

 coals, from this county, and drawn by un- 

 employed wcikmen, who intended to draw 

 the coals to Carlton-House, and present a 

 petition to the Prince Regent, were stop- 

 ped m their route by Bow-street officers. 



Married.] RalphAdderley, esq. to Miss 

 Kills, of Barlastou-ball. — Mr. Williau 



Staffordshire—Warwickshire, [Aug. I, 



Burdett Oliver, of Cobridge, to Miss Mary 

 Ann Goodwin, of Burslcm. — Mr. B. 

 Haynes, to Miss Bullock, both of West 

 Bromwich. — Mr. Piirden, jun. of Litch« 

 field, to Miss Moxon, of Hill Redware.— 

 Mr. S. Yates, of Eccles-hall, to Miss Med- 

 ders, of Horsley-hall. — Mr. Cooper, of 

 Leek, to Miss Jarvis, of Stone. 



Died.] At Litchfield, Mr. H. Webb.— 

 71, Mr. James Goodwin. — In the Close of 

 the Cathedral, the wife of the Rev. Spen- 

 cer Wadan, U.D. 



At Stafford, 43, Mr. Thomas Chapman, 

 — Mr. William Snow. 



At Walsall, 82, the wife of Tliomas 

 Spnrrier, esq. 



At Newcastle, 66, Edward Robison, 

 esq. lamented. 



At Burslem, Mr. Gregoiy Hickman, sur- 

 geon, of considerable ability in his pro- 

 fession. 



At Stone, 69, Mr. W. Whittaker. 



At Tamworth, Mr. Brostcr, respected. 

 — Mr. Charles Hunter. 



A t Oakeley-hall, 26, William, second son 

 of Sir John Chatworlh, bart. M. P. 



At Sedgley-park school, 67, the Rev. 

 Thomas Southworlh. — At Forebridge, 34, 

 Mr. William Barlow.— At Dunstall, Mr. 

 Thomas Miller. — At Portway-hall, 60, 

 Daniel Johnson, esq. a man of great bene- 

 volence. — At Hanley, 59, Mr. David 

 Wilson. 



WAnwiCKSHIRE. 



A recent letter from Coventry states, 

 that the poor-rates in that place amount 

 to three times the rent of the houses — and 

 such is the inrrcasiog number of paupers, 

 that, the work-bouses being full, applica- 

 tion has been made to government for the 

 barracks, to convert them into poor- 

 houses. 



Stratford canal was lately opened for 

 trade, from the Worcester, Birmingham, 

 and Warwick canals, to the river Avon. 



On the anniversary of Shakespeare's 

 natal day, on the second centenary after 

 his death, — at six in the morning, the bells 

 struck up, and six cannon were repeat- 

 edly let off by Mr. Lloyd, of Welcomb. A 

 public breakfast at ten o'clock was attend- 

 ed by 116 ladies and genilemen; and the 

 dinner at four, by 75 gentlemen; after 

 which, "The immortal memory of Shakes- 

 peare," as well as that of" Garrick," and 

 other appropriate toasts, were drank with 

 enthusiasm. At nine there was a brilliant 

 display of lireworks on the Bancroft, at- 

 tended by a band of music ; and at eleven 

 the ball commenced, at which were pre- 

 sent 155 persons, composed of Staffordians 

 and the neighbouring fainili<;s, the greater 

 part of whom did not retire till tive in the 

 morning. The stewards w'ere the Earl of 

 Guildford, Lord Middletou, Sir Charles 

 Mordannt, bart. and Francis Caiming, esq. 

 of Foxcote. 



Mairied.] The Rev. John Beudier, vicar 



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