52 Gloucefter shire — Oxfordshire — Northamptonshire. [Aug. I, 



At Hillhamptoii, Mrs. Hill, 96 —Mrs. 

 Clark, 9t). 



At Stoke Edith, Mr. Jolin Euftacc, many 

 years parifli clerk of that place, 



GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 



The arrangements for the projeflcd addition 

 to the Briftol Infirmary having been complet- 

 ed, it was determined on Monday fe'nnight 

 (June Itith) to commence the building. 

 The compliment of officiating on the occa- 

 fion W.1S intended for the prefent chief magif- 

 trate, Daniel Waite, cfij., but that gentleman 

 being out of town, and Mr. Reynolds not 

 being prefent, Edward Protheroe, cfq. at the 

 repeated folicitation of the committee accept- 

 ed the office. The folicitudc and humane at- 

 tention to the interelh of the charity, which 

 this gentleman manifcfVcd during his late may- 

 oralty, niuft be frefh in the memory of all. 

 The following gentlemen of the building-com- 

 mittee accompanied him to the fpot, where a 

 very large concourfc of people w a'; alTcmbled : 



The Rev. John Rowe, Chairman. 

 Mr. E. Afli Mr. J. Metford 



Mr. T. Benville Mr. J. Birtall 



Mr W. Batterlby Mr. T. Were 



Mr. P. Protheroe Mr. R J. AUard 



Mr. E. R. Clayfield Mr. R. Smith. 

 Mr. G. Hillhoufe 



Having placed the ftone, Mr. Protheroe 

 faid, as nearly as we could collcft ; — " I lay 

 this firft ftone of the new wing of the Briftol 

 Infirmary, the funds for crefting which have 

 been provided by the munificence of a gener- 

 ous public, and I pray God to profper the un- 

 dertaking.'' The committee having made 

 the ufual douceur to the workmen, retired 

 with that unalloyed fatisfa£lion which is the 

 jiccefTary refult of being inftruniental to the 

 comforts of their fellow creatures in the hour 

 of pain and ficknefs, a time when they ftand 

 moft in need of afTiftance. 



Marrlcd.'\ At Dymock, Mr. H Cooper, of 

 Lime-tree Park, Janil-ftcward to the earl ot 

 Hardwickc, to Mifs Amelia Morton, youngeft 

 daughter of Mrs. M. of Mount Plcaf.mt. 



At Gloccftcr, Mr. George, writing-mafter 

 »f St. Mary de Crypt fthool, to Mifs Stephens. 



Dkd.'\ At Ncwnham, Mr. Simon Uobbs, 

 iron-mafter, 7 2. 



At Rudhall, Hear Ncw-nh.im, Mr. Henry 

 Greening, 77. 



At Gloucefter, Mr. James Kearfcy. 



At Avening, Mr. Le Chevalier, 84. 



At Berkeley, Mrs. Chandler.- 



At Stone, nc.ir Berkeley, Mrs. Pierce, 71. 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



Married.'] At Bletchington, Mr. John 

 Pe.ike, of Ifllp, to Mifs Sarah Butler. 



At Oxford, Mr. William Gardner, of Faw- 

 ler, to Mifs Davis. — Mr. Francis Freeborn, to 

 Mifs Mary Harpur. 



Died.] V At Oxford, the Rev. Joha Wills, 

 D.D. warden of Wadham college, 66. He 

 ■was born at Scarborough, county Somerfct, of 

 .which he was reftor, and of Tydd St. Mary, 



Lincoln, in the gift of the crown; M.A. 

 176.1, July l.'j, the fama day with his prede- 

 cefTor in the w.irdenftiip. Dr. Gerard, whom 

 he fucceedtd in 178.*?; and fervcd the office 

 of vice-chancellor from 1792 to 1796 The 

 reftory of Scaborough is in the gift of the 

 Martin family ; of whom Adam M. efcj. of 

 the exchequer, F.A.S. who died 178.3, prc- 

 fented Mr. Wills 1779, who rebuilt the par- 

 fonase 1781, as is commemorated by an in- 

 fcription oa its fouth front. He was alfo a 

 conliderable benefaftor to his college, as will 

 appear from the following account of his b<t- 

 ncfaftions and legacies: 4001. a year in addi- 

 tion to the warJenftiip, with his books and > 

 furniture to his fucceitor; 10001. to improve 

 the warden's lodgings; two exhibitions, of 

 1001. each, annually, to two fellows of the 

 college, ftudents in law and pKyfick ; and two 

 exhibitions, of 20l. each, annually, to two 

 fcholars, ftudents in the fame profeflions j 311. 

 10s. a year to tie Divinity lefturer of the col- 

 lege, to read lectures on tlie XXXIX Arti- 

 cles ; to one fuperinnuated fellow, not hav- 

 ing property of his own to the amount of 751. 

 per annum, an annual exhibition of 7jl. ; tn 

 one other fuperannuatcd fellow, not having 

 propeity of his own to the amount of 1001. 

 per annum, an annual exhibition of S0\. ; .51. 

 or (51. value in books per annum to the bed 

 reader of the lelTons in chapel ; an eftate in 

 Tydd St. Giles, in Lincolnlhire, worth abou« 

 l.iOl. per annum, to the vice-chancellor for 

 the time being, in aid of the great burthens 

 of his office ; TlOOl. per annum to the fenior 

 Bodleian librarian ; 1001. per annum to the 

 Theatre ; 10001. ftock,3 per cents, to the In- 

 firm»ry. The refidue of his fortune, exclufive 

 of private legacies to relations, friends, and 

 fervants, he has bequeathed to the college, t« 

 eftablifh a fund to accumulate lor the purpofs 

 of purchafing or benefiting livings for that 

 college. 



At the RefVory Iloufe, Souldern, in the 

 73d year of his age, the Rev. John Horfeman, 

 B.D. upwards of thirty-four years redlor of 

 that parilh, and formerly fellow of St. John'; 

 college, Cambridge. 



At Stanlake, the Rev. Arthur Homer, 49. 

 D.D. rcftor of that parifti, and formerly fel- 

 low of Magdalen college. The living is in 

 the gift of that Society. 



At Fufmore, William Fermor, efq. 69. 



At Alderbury, Chriftopher Aplin, efq. ; 



KOKT H AMPTONSBIK E. 1 



Married.] Mr. Daniel Sctchfield, chemift ' 

 and driiggift of St. Ives, Hunts, to Mifs Sal- 

 mon, of Peterborough. 



At Northanipton, Mr. Locock, furgeon, t» 

 Mifs Cape. 



At Hardingdone, Mr. H. Hughes, attoi- 

 ney, to Mifs A. Smyth, youngeft daughter of 

 the late Rev. Mr. S., redtor of great Linford, 

 Bucks. 



At Thrapfton, Mr. J. B. Eland, draper, to 

 Mifs Leete. 



At Sulgrave, Mr. George Scriven, efDuif.. 

 table, te Mifs Whilton. 



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