^78 Staffordshire — tVarwichln're. 



Piilversbatcli.— Mr. J. Hind, of Leicester, 

 to Miss Elizabeth Ccnidne, of Belgrave.— 

 Mr. Joseph Letts, to Miss Elizabeth Smee- 

 ton, both of Medboum. — Mi. John Lake, 

 of Rothwcll, to Miss Grant, of Market 



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trade, great depreciation of their property 

 by heavy losses and large slocks, they arc 



Harborongh. — Mr. Payne, of Syston, to 

 Miss Sarah Spencer, of Leicester.- — Mr. 

 Edward Gamble, of Cote-nioie, to Miss 

 Hannah Maria Lloyd, of Bromyard. 



Died.'i At Leice,ster, S4, Mrs. Gratia 

 l)rayton, deservedly lamented. 



At Asiiby de la Zonch, 77, Mr. Charles. 



At Thornton, Mr. We!)s(er.--At Osga- 

 ihorp, 60, Mr. Benjamin Johnson. 



STAFFORDSHIRE. 



A meeting lately took place at Stafford, 

 for the purpose of lelievinc! Ibe distresses 

 of the destitute in the county. Dniin;; its 

 progress it was much intenupted by the 

 cries of the starvin!| populace, who loudly 

 vociferated " Lower your rents," ''Down 

 ^ft'ithall sinecurists." At leiistli, on the ri- 

 ling of an indepcndarit man to exj)lain tiie 

 "true causes of the misery they had met to 

 alleviate, the heads of the meeting dis- 

 j)ersed, after subscribing .'■ome inadeqtiate 

 •urns, for the vain purpose of relieving tlic 

 innumerable poor. 



At an adjourned meeting of the inha- 

 'litants of H'lilrerhampton, recently held 

 for the purpose of faking into consider- 

 ation the most eft'ectual means of relieving 

 tlie distress of tJie manufactariiig and ia- 

 bonriug poor, the follovviner, anioni; other 

 resolutions, were unauiraously adopted ; 

 '—1. That, from the Report of the coni- 

 jnittee appointed to ascertain the state of 

 the distress of the inanufactnring and la- 

 touring poor, it appears, that there are 

 iipv.'ard* of 4,500 individuals, including 

 men, women, and children, (being more 

 than one-fourth of the population of the 

 town) in very distressed circumstances — 

 a great proportion of which are out of em- 

 ployment, whilst the others have only very 

 •canty and uncertain means of subsistence, 

 —2. That, in consequence of the daily di- 

 minution of persons who had been able to 

 pay, and the great increase of those who 

 are constantly applying for relief, liie 

 Poor Kates have very seriously increased, 

 and are increasing to a most enoimous 

 extent. — 3.That,not«itlistandinv;lhe bene. 

 volent intention of obtaining subscriptions 

 towards relieving those distiesses, tiic sums 

 hitherto subscribed arc totally inadequate 

 for that purpose. — 4. That, though this 

 meeting is duly sensible of the very liberal 

 end mumricent donations of several indi- 

 ^iduals in the county, yet when they con. 

 »iderits opulence, respectability, and popii- 

 lation, they cannot help lamenting their ex- 

 piiiples have hail, in general, .so little eflect. 

 — .'». That from the unexampled difficulties 

 Vhich the mimufacturing and trading part 

 of the distiicthave had, for a long time, 

 t^ coiitead vyi.Uij, b}( a totai staguuiiou oi' 



rendered incapable of contributing to the 

 wants, or alleviating the sufferin-js (but in 

 a very limited way) of the manufacturinjf 

 and labouring poor. — 6. That it is tli» 

 opinion of this meeting, that it is more 

 desirable to employ the poor in some use- 

 ful uiiilertaking than to distribute relief to 

 them vvitliout labour. 



Mai I lid.] The Rev. William Hickin, of 

 Gnosall, to Miss Clinch, of Hallowood. — 

 T. Tioughton, esq. of Liverpool, to Mis* 

 Villock, of Overton. — Mr. Harding, to 

 Miss Smith, both of Hauley.— ftlr. Sharp, 

 of London, to Miss Harriet Slathan, ofCo- 

 1)ridfie. — At Abbot's Bromley, Robert 

 Hayiie Chawner, esq. to Miss J. Hide, of 

 Bauot's Bromley, — Mr. Thomas Daniel, to 

 Miss A. Cotton, both of Stoke-iipon-Trent. 



Died.] At Litehlield, 63, S. Eboral, es%, 

 sen. a member of the Corporation. 



At Wolverhampton, '29, Mr, Edward 

 "Ward. — Isaac Scott, esq. suddenly. 



At Eccleshall, 33, Mr. Walter Titley, re» 

 spccted. 



A I Wall, 65, the widovr of Robert Hall, 

 esq. — At Great Fenton, Mr. John Moore, 

 deservedly respected. — At Trentham, 4S»y 

 Mr. G. Henney. 



WARWICKSHIRE. 



DIairied.] Mr. Benjamin Butler, toMisi 

 Maiy Bavers. — Mr. Robert Holding, of 

 Digbcth, to Mrs. Barker : all of Birming- 

 h;un. — At Leamington, Augustus Edward 

 Hobart, esq. to Miss Mary Williams. — Mr, 

 Samuel Bolton, of Birmingham, to Mi3» 

 Beatrice Stubbs, of Cannock. — Mr. Paint- 

 er, of Birnnughain, to Miss Eliza Bull, of 

 Brown Candover. — Mr. Samuel IMills, of 

 .Stratford on Avou, to Miss Warren, of 

 Nevvbold Pacey. 



Diid.] At Birmingham, 25, Mrs. Hyde, 

 much esteemed. — In Steelhoiise-lane, Mr»,. 

 Sarah Green. — In Great Hampton-street^ 

 74, Mrs. Mary Milbuin.— In Bell-street, 

 Mr. Thomas ftlillward. — In Canal-street;, 

 23, Mrs. Elizabeth Boweii, regretted. — • 

 ]Mr. John Berry, formerly a jeweller, im 

 New Hall-street; he has, for many 

 years, been well- known and deservedly 

 respected in that town for his upright, ■• 

 pious, and amiable spirit and behaviour. 

 Long will his niemoiy be gratefully and 

 respectfully cherished by a numeroii* 

 circle of his descendants, friends, and ac-> 

 quaintance. 

 At Stiatford on Avon, 68, Mr. Smith. 

 At Sutton Coldfield, the widow of J, 

 Duncnmb, esq, 



A I Coleshill,- Sir. John Bnrbidge. 

 At Camp-hill, 84, Mrs. Simcox.— At 

 Darlaston, Mrs. Mary Rogers, regretted. 

 —At Hockley, s;9, Mr. John Kobinsoir; 

 jun.— At yokswoith, 26, Mr. Samuel 

 Qpoper, 



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