Cornwall — Wales — Scotland — Ireland — Death Abroad. 



1816.] 



A petition was lately forwarded to both 

 Housesof Parliament from the innkt-cpeis of 

 Truro and the neighbouring parishes, pray- 

 ing for relief from the present overwhelm- 

 ing pressnre of the excise duties, by which, 

 they stated, a majoiity of them were threa- 

 tened witii rnin. 



Mairkd.'] Lieut. Beauchant,of the R.M. 

 to Miss Georsjianiia Ann Allen, of Fal- 

 xnonth. — Mr. Donnel, to Miss Downey, 

 both of Falmouth. — l\Ir. Stephen Luke, of 

 Penzance, to Miss Emma Millett,of Busa- 

 rene. — At St. Hilary, Mr. Thomas Peter 

 Gurney, to Miss Lydia IMarazion. 



Died.] At Falmouth, suddenly, Miss 

 ^llice Kingston, of the Society of P'riends, 



At Truro, 78, Mrs. Mary Reynolds. 



At Morval, 85, Mr. Robert Cornew.— 



WALKS. 



A competition in sheep shearing, for pre- 

 miums, offered by .the Anglesey Agricul- 

 tural Society, lately took place at Llan- 

 gefni. Three candidates entered the lifts, 

 and finished their three sheep in about au 

 hour, in a manner that gave very ia:reat 

 satisfaction to several hundred spectators. 

 Vhen the vi-ay in which the sheep are in 

 general mangled in this country is consi- 

 dered, this novel exhibition cannot but be 

 reckoned one of the^ greatest improvements 

 introduced by these laudable Societifs. 



Married.] Richard Evans, esq. of Llan- 

 fair Caereinion, to Miss Ann Prudentia, 

 Owen, of Churchstoke. — William Jones, 

 «sq. of Llys, to Miss Ellen Williams, of 

 Hafodnifydd.— The Rev. G. S. Weideman, 

 of Wrexham, to Miss Lever, of Manches- 

 ter. — John Jones, esq. of Beaunians, to 

 Miss Margaret Harris. — At Ruabon, J. W. 

 Hinde, esq. of the loth Hussars, to Miss 

 Harriet Youde, of Plasmadoo. 



Died.] At Swansea, Mr. John Williams. 

 •— 5r>, the wife of W. B. Pitt, e,«j. deser- 

 vedly lamented. 



At Carmarthen, the Kcv. Thomas Price^ 

 master of the Free Giammar School there, 

 »icar of Llangunnor, and rector of Llan- 

 faii' Orllvvyn. — Mr. David James. — 70, the 

 wife of Mr. J. Jones. — Mrs. Jones, for- 

 merly of Mwchc- — Near this town, Henry 

 Godelphiu Hooper, esq. late Major in the 

 7?d regt. — Mrs. Howells, 



At Presteigh, 79, Mr. John Bebb, whose 

 fcenevolence will be long remembered. 



At Barmouth, Roger Edwards, esq. 

 •apt. of the Marines. 



At Pemprey, the Rev. Mr. -iMorgan, 

 *icar. 



SCOTt.ANn. 



Married.] J. J. Jolaistoiie Hope, es<i. to 

 Hiss Alicia Anne Gorden, of HalNiead. — 

 Mr. Alcxandei Macrewdie, of ]''.diiiburgh, 

 to Harriet, daughter of the late Lieut. Cul. 

 Bki'lly, of llie74lhfoot. 



Died.] At Edinburgh, in ForlJi-strect, 

 ii, George Wilson, cq. 



At Holy roodhouse,Cooper Crawford, esq. 



lit li I.AM). 



icareely a day but a thip lc»v«s sottie of 

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the harbours of Ireland with a cargo of 

 men, women, and children. A late re(V)rt 

 laid before the Privy Council held in Dub- 

 lin castle, of the number ready lo sail for 

 the Atlantic, amounted to sixteen kmidredj 

 Of these, 500 sail from Dublin ; upwards of 

 SOO in one vessel from Newry ; 5 or <500 

 iiom Derry and Belfast. 



Mariied.] Major-Gen Sir Hennis Pack, 

 K.C.B. to Lady Elizabeth Bcresford.— 

 Simeon Boileau, esq. of Dublin, to Miu 

 Ann King. 



Died.] At Dublin, in Meriion square, 76, 

 Sir Robeit Staples, bart. of Diinmore. 



At Clonbrock, Lady Cionbrock. — At 

 Clantarf, Maria, wife of .Sir Willidin Bag- 

 nal iJurdelt, bart.— At Donorghinore, 107, 

 Pat. Fitzgerald ; he retained all his mcntiil 

 and corporeal faculties to the last. 



DKATII ABROAD. 



Ealy last year, Wui. Hunter, M.D. of 

 the East India Company's Bengal Medical 

 Establishmeuf, and for some years Inspec- 

 tor General of Hospitals on the Island of 

 Java; who, from 179-1 to 1808, in liis of< 

 fice of Secretary to the Asiatic Society, 

 and Professor and Examiner at the Col'ege 

 of Calcutta, and 1784-94 as Surgeon of Ma- 

 jor Palinei-'s embassy wiih Dowlatt RaL 

 Scindia, had the best opportunities of stu- 

 dying the languages and literature of In- 

 dia ; and few have made a more scientific 

 and learned use of them, in Ills many origi- 

 nal publications, as well as in communica- 

 tions to the Transactions of his Society, 

 and other oriental periodical works. 

 Among others, I can recollect that, in 

 1784, he published the earliest aiid mucii 

 tlie best account we have yet had, of the 

 excavations in the caverns and rocks of 

 Elephanta Island, and other places on the 

 Malabar coast, ^hich are connected with 

 a religion older than that of the Brahmans; 

 also an account of the Ivingdoni of Pegu. 

 He next published, in the Asiatic Miscel- 

 lany, the Journal of a Journey backwaids 

 and forwards from Agra to Poona, during 

 the years 1788-89; and soon after, "Aa 

 Account of the Astronomical Labours of 

 Jayasinha, entitled Zoej Mohammed Slia- 

 liee," wliicij, in No. 120 of your Magazine, 

 A. C. aconespondent, ably defends against 

 the captious and frivolous remarks of the 

 famous Anquetil du Perron. But, not hav- 

 ing at hand the Asiatic Researches, and 

 various, periodical works, in w liich his com- 

 niiinicatious are dispersed, I cannot at pre- 

 sent furnish yon with an accurate list of 

 them. One of his last works was a large 

 volume on the special profc:isional iubject 

 of a new diiease, ihatjiad committed great, 

 havock among the lascars, who navigatt 

 the company's and extra, ships during 

 wiiitiiiu!, when they cannot be supplied 

 with European seamen. This disease 

 Would seem, both in Its origin and symp- 

 toai'--, to resemble the sea-scurvy of the 

 European sailor, occurring chitfly on th* 

 outward hoi.iid jiu-s-snge, wheu tjje lascar 



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