Uf 



Hampshire— Willshlre—Someysdshire'. 



resigned,) lias been ictunied, without op- 

 position, to represent Poitaiiioutl), iu the 

 room ol" the late Sir John Miller, barf. 



Such is liie agricultural cnibarras*me;)t3 

 of tliis county, that, within a week of the 

 last month, the stocks of eleven farms, 

 consisting of 1073 sheep, 403 iaiifbs, 130 

 cows and oxen, 77^ horses, and Hi; pigs, 

 were sold offhy auction. 



Married.'] Mr. Harris, of Winrlieatcr, to 

 MissWi.'e, of Horndean. — At SoiithaiTn.ton, 

 Capt. G. S. Harris, to Miss C. Von Essen, 

 of Petersburgh.— The Ruv. Mr, Chamber, 

 layne, to Miss Dnprer, of Sonlhampton. — 

 J. Phillips, esq. to Miss IMarin Marslicll, 

 «f Portsmotuii. — Mr. Joseph Fenhoni, to 

 Miss Houghton, of Portsmouth.—Mr, John 

 Chaee, to Miss Jackson, of Portsea. — Mr. 

 Martin, to Miss Anne Groves, bothof Ly- 

 miiigton.— Mr. H. Way, of Wcstcoarty to 

 Miss Roach, of Arrotcn farm. 



Died.} At Portsnioiith, 84, Mr. Donty. 



At'SoutUanipton, William Lintott, csq^ 

 late mayor of tliat town, much respected.— 

 At Gosport, at an advanced age, Mrs. 

 Unckland.— At Winchester, Mr.T. Mould. 



At Portsea, Mr. Fabian.— Mr. Waller. 

 — Tlie wife of Dr. B. Lara. — DIis. Carpen- 

 ter. — Mrs. Gillnni, much respected. 



At Ronisey, 73, the widow of Mr. John 

 Candey. 



At Newport, Mr. William Tucker, highly 

 respected.— 73, Mr. Edward liratietU 



At Kingvvood, 78, Miss E. Jones. 



AVILTSHIRE. 



The high price of bread at Swindon ha? 

 occupied till! attention of the magistrates 

 of that division for some considerable time; 

 and, with a view of lesseninj; tlie evil com- 

 plained ( f, they have come to the tmani- 

 (inous resolntion of regulating the price in 

 future by setting an Assize. 



Mnrricd.] The Rev. Tliomas Heathcote, 

 cF Shaw-hill, to Miss Georgi-ina Fuller, esq. 

 of Neston-park.— Mr. Fcltham, to Miss 

 Jane Langliy, botli of Warminster. 



Died.] At Chippeuhain, S'J, the widow 

 ©f Anthony Gny, esq. 

 _ At Cricklade, S'2, tlie Re?. Tliomas 

 Thompson, M.A. 



At Coi sham-house, C-t, Paul Cobb Me- 

 ihuen, esq. hiiihly and juitlv esteeniwl. 



AtGrui.diill,8ti. Mrs'.Waile.— AtRound- 

 »ay, '2'2f Miss Chandler. 



SORtERSErSIIIRE. 



A niectint: ol the owners and occupiers 

 ©f land iu the counties of Somerset and 

 Gloucester, has lately been held, when the 

 following resolutions were unanimously 

 agreed upon : — 



"That the Corn Law, which passed in 

 the Session of l^arliamcnt iu the year 1P14, 

 is not sufficient protection to the rulti- 

 ■vators of the soil : inasmuch as, in the year 

 of scarcity, it leaves too large a proportion 

 of the loss, from a scanty crop, on the 

 grower; by opening the ports at price* far 

 tocfow wllat vriU iudemuify hjjn forr thtt 



tNor. i; 



charges and expenses of cultivation, par* 

 ticularly when, by the failure of quantity 

 ill the crop, he stands in greater need of 

 indemnity in price, to enable him to go 

 on with his cultivation the ensuing year. 



" That, by the large imports of foreign 

 corn, and consequent check to the em* 

 pluyment of our own agricultuixit la- 

 bourers, the country is in a most alarming 

 state of depression; that many occnpierj. 

 of land are nnable to pay their rents; be* 

 cause, such has been the reduction in va- 

 lue of all the prodnctions of the soil of 

 Great Britain within the last two years, 

 that the ciops of many estates, when 

 turned into money, have been barely suf. 

 ficient to dischar^'e the taxes, wages, and 

 disbursements arising on such estates, 

 without leaving any thing either for rent 

 or stibsislence ; whereby many industrious 

 tenants have been actually mined, and 

 abandoned their estates; and many land' 

 lords deprived of their income by sucli 

 abandonment of their lands. 



"That the origin of such reduction in 

 value, was the large imports of almost 

 «vei-y production of the soil of Gr.:^.*; Bri* 

 tain, bnt particularly of com, wool, hides, 

 tallow, butter, and seeds ; which have 

 been imported from foreign parts, since 

 the peace, wiiere such productions can 

 be grown cheaper than in this country, in 

 wliich rents and taxes have been neccs* 

 sarily so much advanced ; aud the cuntinua* 

 tion of it to the necessities of the tenantry, 

 who have been, and still are, obliged to 

 force their commodities into the market at 

 any price, to prevent distresses for rent 

 and taxes. 



"That these sufferings and distresses 

 are the more aggravated and afflicting, be- 

 cause, while the productions of the soil of 

 this kingdom are thus left open and unpro« 

 fected from the competition of other coun» 

 tries, the legislatuie has, in its wisdom, 

 granted the most ample protection to every 

 species of manufacture, as well as the 

 shipping of the United Kingdom : whereby 

 the merchants and manufactures enjoy, not 

 only the security and privilege of a double 

 market by the exclusive supply of the in- 

 habitants of the united kingdom with what- 

 ever they can manufacture or import, and 

 such inhabitants consume, but the supply of 

 almost every other part of the world, by 

 means of adequate drawbacks on theip 

 manufactures and imports, when ex- 

 ported. 



" lliat, to permit the mercantile and ma- 

 nufactiiiing interests of this country to en- 

 joy privileges, and advantages of such exr 

 tent, at theexpeuce of the landed interest, 

 has very much diminished the employ of 

 tJie peasantry, and will continue to opprest 

 the agriculture of the country ; which ha^ 

 involved both the mercantile and manufac^- 

 turing interests of the nation in the liki 

 dilHtniltie* 9ud di»tre&se» wbicb the agri- 

 ctiltius) 



