J821.] 



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of Drayton, to Miss Beildow, of Whitchurch. 

 — Mr. Na-h, of Ludlow, to Miss Watts, of 

 Leintwariiiiie. — Mr. Langlej', of Easton 

 Constantine, to Miss Uudervvood, of Ems- 

 trey. — Mr. R. Meredith, of Yoclvleton, to 

 Miss Meredith, of the Diugle. — Mr. Wood- 

 cock, of the Cradley Iron Worlcs, to Miss 

 Bond, late of Brierley-hill. 



Died.] At Shrewsbury, 37, Mrs. Harris, 

 deservedly respected. — Miss A. Davis, much 

 lamented. — In Mardol, 71, Mr. A. Jones. — 

 On Swan-hill, Mr. J. Parker. 



At Briilguorth, 63, Mr. J. Mac Michael. — 

 Mr. F.Oakes, jun. 



At Coalbrook Dale, Mr. W. Fletcher, re- 

 spected. 



At Downton, Mr. Elsniere, deservedly 

 lamented.— At Old Heath, 56, Mr. P. Wal- 

 ton. — At Underton, 72, Mrs. Wheelwrig;ht, 

 much respected. — At Preston Brockhurst, 

 Thomas Lloyd Bayley, esq. generally la- 

 mented. — At Ironbridge, Miss J. Bryan. 



WORCESTERSHIRE. 



Married.} Mr. T. Pratt, of Evesham, to 

 Miss IbberLson, of New-street. Birmingham. 



Died.] At Stourbridge, 76, Mrs. A. Badger. 

 —At Dudley, G. W. Hawkes, esq.— At 

 Brierley-hill,' Mr. Witt.— At Easthara, 62, 

 ihe Rev. C. Whitehead, Rector, and a Ma- 

 gistrate for the counties of Worcester and 

 Hereford. 



At Barford, Mr. T. Keyte. 



HERE FORD SH WE. 



The Hereford Agricultural Society lately 

 held their meeting, when many interesting 

 subjects were discussed. Different propo- 

 sitions were suggested, in the hope of af- 

 . fording alleviation to the general distress 

 ■which prevails. Amongst these were emi- 

 gration to America and New Holland— the 

 further prohibition of foreign corn — a peti- 

 tion 10 the legislature for general relief, and 

 « recommendation to proprietors of arable 

 farms to let leases of their estates on corn 

 rents, iu preference to fixed rents. 



Married.] Mr. Winston, of Brecon, to 

 Miss E. Browne, of Hereford.— W.H. Bryd- 

 ges, esq. of Colwall-house, to Miss H. Hig- 

 gins, of Hillend. 



Died.] At Leominster, 65, Mr. J. Carter, 

 greatly regretted.- 61, Mr. W. Toombs, late 

 of Westwood. 



At Bishop's Frome, 81, Mr. J. Taylor, 

 «lei«rvedly regretted. 



OLOtJCRSTKB AND MONMOUTH. 



At the last Quarter Ses-sions, held at Glou- 

 cester, .John Ball and Agnes his wife, were 

 sentenced to seven years transportation for 

 obtaining money from the overseers of Clif- 

 ton, under a false pretence that the husband 

 was ill and incapable of work ; he being at 

 the time employed, and receiving wages in 

 his business as a mason. 



A meeting of the Gloucester Association 

 for the i)rotection of Agriculture, lately took 

 plact> at Gloucester : th;' following is an ex- 

 tract of a petition tlint whs unanliiiously 

 resolved upon to (iip House of Comiiions: — 



" That, under the extreme depression of 

 Agricultural Produce, your Petitioners are 

 totally incapacitated from benriug that ex- 

 cessive proportion of all public payments, 

 now imposed upon the occupiers of the soil 

 of these kingdoms — such as the enormous 

 and increasing amount of parochial rates, 

 the statute duty on the highways, (the latter 

 of which the farmer is frequently called 

 upon to perform under the vexatious circum- 

 stances of neglecting his own business,) — are 

 both grievous and intolerable burdens, 

 borne almost exclusively by the farmer, and 

 from which nearly every other class of the 

 community is exempt, or contributes to iu si 

 trifling proportion. 



" That the taxes on riding and husbandry 

 horses, on malt, and salt, all bear peculiarly 

 hard upon the farmer, and were imposed 

 on him at a time when agricultural produce 

 sold at more than double its present price. 



"That we are decidedly of opinion, that 

 iu ordinary seasons, the soil of the United 

 Kingdoms is fully adequate to the supply of 

 its population, in the different articles of 

 corn, flour, meal, rye, oats, beans, pease, 

 barley, wool, flax, hemp, hides, tallow, seeds, 

 butter, cheese, poultiy, vegetables of all 

 kinds, natural to the country, apples, and 

 pears. And we beg, respectfully to state to 

 your honourable House, that, under proper 

 protection and spirited cultivation, the soil of 

 these kingdoms would return at least, one 

 third more than its present produce, and 

 thereby furnish to the numerous unemployed 

 Manufacturing and Agricultural Labourers, 

 now subsisting on the scanty pittance of 

 parochial aid and individual charity, the 

 means of procuring for themselves and fami- 

 lies a sufficient quantity of wholesome food, 

 and different articles of manufacture, neces- 

 sary to their comfort and support, which they 

 have hitherto been accustomed to enjoy, but 

 are now deprived of the means of pur- 

 chasing. 



Married.] Mr. Bleek, of Unity-street, 

 Gloucester, to Miss E. Garrard, of Bristol. — 

 Mr. W. Day, to Miss M. A. Hartland : Mr. 

 P. Parker, to Miss S. Harford, both of the 

 Society of Friends: all of Bristol.— Mr. T. 

 Perington, of Montague-street, Bristol, to 

 Miss H. Perington, of St. George's, Somer- 

 set.— Mr. J. Prior, to Miss Wallett, both of 

 Tewkesbury.— Mr. T. Minchen, of Fairford, 

 to Miss M. Gibl)s, of Churchill.— Mr. R. 

 James, of Blakeney, to Miss M. Matthews, of 

 Gutcomb. 



Died.] At Gloucester, in Ilare-lane, Mrs. 

 Herbert.- In Barton-street, Mr. T. Spring. 

 —In St. Aldate's-street, 19, Miss. J. Rea. 



At Bristol, Henry Price, esq. lato of West 

 Bromwich.— 49, Mrs. S. Sweet. — Mr. W, 

 Hood. 



At Cheltenham, in Tavistock-place, SZ, 

 .J. D. Kelly, esq. deservedly regretted.— 

 Patrick Maillaiid, esq. laie "of Calcutta. — 

 Mr. Prideaux, siiddeiily. — hi Redclifle-streef, 

 Mr. Peuu, jun. linu'-jilcd. 



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