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iffe he proved himfelf a nioft aftive, ufeful 

 fnember of fotiety ; and fince his rttirermrnt 

 from his profeffional purfuits, he zjaloully de- 

 voted his time to the prnmotiofx of fcveial 

 charitable inltitutions in this city, and the 

 Sunday-fchools and School of InJuftry were 

 the particular objects of his care and folici- 

 tudc. — Mrs. Fo'.vell, wife of John F. cfq. — 

 Mrs. Crcavcr, mother of Thomas C. eft; — 

 Mr. Ciiarles Midline, painter and j;l.;2icr, 

 Oti. 



At Wells, Ricliard Jeiilcyns, efq. 



The liev. John J'helps, reftor of Crifton, 

 near Axbridge, many j-ears curate of Sut- 

 ton; 



At Briftol) Mrs. Mary Gregory, filter o,' 

 the late Rev. Richard G. lOO.— Mr. John 

 Lee, fen. of the Dell inn.— Mifs F. Pratt, 

 diushter of the Rev. Mr. I'. 19. 



DORSETSHIRE. 



The follov.ing itatemc-nt has been circu- 

 lated by Mr. W. N^-yle, and appears to 

 merit public notice. — "As tlic fiiperiority of 

 the vaccine or cow pock over the frtiall pox, 

 may, perhaps, be bell lecn, by a comparative 

 view of their different effects, I thijik it may 

 be of public utility to make knoun tlie relult 

 of the cbfervations refpedliay both difeafcs, 

 zs they fell under my notice, during the pro- 

 grefs of a general inoculation, which t. ok 

 place liere, and in the ajjoiifiug pavilh of 

 Durlfton, thi.s month ; in the firit week of 

 whicli I inoculated with variolous or fmall p.ix 

 matter 336 patients, 30 o.' whom hud been 

 iuocul.i ed with cov/ pox matter la.t fummer, 

 and two four years fince, by myfelf, and four 

 more by otlier gentlemen. Thefe .')(> were 

 now inoculated (or their own fatlsfacliun. I 

 n'KU alfo vaccinated 12, or' whom two were 

 variolated within furiy-cight hours after the 

 infertion of the vaccine fluid ; the oth.-r ten, 

 with nine others who had be.'bre tbis ti :ie paf- 

 fcd the cow pox, flood tiieir chance witliout 

 further inoculation. Tlie refult lias been as 

 follows:— Of thoi'e variolated, viz. 300, al- 

 though liriiflly dieted, well phyfickcd, and in 

 general, highly and conjmenda,jly attentive 

 to all my diiedlion., (^ which vyere rigidly 

 cool and antiphlogiiH-) and although the wea- 

 ther has been tolerably favourable for the fea- 

 fon, (a brilk north, or north eart vini prcv.iil- 

 ing generally during the nrjiitli) -iO have 

 had a more thna common t'prinkling of puf - 

 tules, oceafi'..iing a good de.il, of trouble ta 

 their fr-enili; 45 have ha-l it fo he.ivy a^ to 

 require conftant attendaucc, both hy iii-jht 

 aud day, during the eruptive feycr ani Itate of 

 maturation, h iv:ng b»ep. <///, for a ''lorter or 

 longer peri.;d, blind ; ten have hce.i fo dan- 

 geroully ill ai to demand rejular medical at • 

 tendince, and have recovered w.th much dif- 

 ficulty, anl, ic one or t,',o inftances, even 

 againft hope; and one. has ailually fallen a 

 viilitn to the diforder — H%r,.is alt (in nam- 

 l>er 57) who had been before, or were at this 

 »imc, vaccinated, efcapcd contagion from the 

 fciall pox, although they lived inicrmixed 



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with thofe fick in that -dlfiHder, in the fame 

 village, under the fame raofs, nay, in the 

 fame chambers with them, having palled what 

 can fcarcely be termed a dlfeafc, without pain 

 to thcmfelves, or trouble to their frienJs, 

 without attention to diet or rej:imen, and— 

 wlvit may be thought ftill better — wiihout 



DEVONSHIRE. 



At a numerous meeting of the gentlemen, 

 farmers, &c. of Barnlliple and its vicinity, on 

 the 'Ith of Augurt, it was refolved, that a 

 focifety for the improvement of agriculture 

 would be highly beneficial to the north of 

 Devon ; and that a meeting Ihould be held on 

 the IKth of September next, to arrange a 

 plan for that purpofe. 



Marr'u'J.'^ At itivcrton, Mr. C. Edwards, 

 fon o* Joffry E efq. to Mifs Allen, daughter 

 of Mrs. A. and grand niece of T. Bradridge, 

 efq. of Kin^ilon-houfe. She is one of the 

 exadl number of 70 nephews and nieces (in- 

 cluding grand-nephews and nieces) of that 

 gentlemin. 



At Lympfton, Mr. Wm. Dicken, cf Ti- 

 verton, to Mifs Sw.^etland. 



At Tiverton, Captain Campbell, of the 

 9th regiment of foot, to Mifs Harrington. 



At Exeter, E. W. L. Fopha-n, eiq. Lite 

 brigadier general on the Exeter garrifon ftaff, 

 to Mifs E. Anlrew, fi.'th daughter of tlie 

 late Rev. Arclideacou A, of Powilerham.— 

 J. W Fallon, efq. b.irridtr, to Mifs Brand, 

 diui;liter of the late Heniy B. efq. of Top- 

 ilia ii. 



.'Vt Col)tDn, Capttin Lee, of Barnftaple, to 

 Mifs Sanipfon. 



Died.] At Teignmouth Houfe, Henry 

 Cliichley Micliell, efq. fon of the late Rev. 

 Henry M. vic.ir of Brighthelmltone,, ai.d rec- Jt 

 tor or Maresfield, Sudex. " %^ 



At Tiverton, Richard Netbitt, efq. for- 

 merly major in the GM regiment of foot. 



At Great Torrington, the in.'ant fon and 

 only child of Dr. Waldon. 



At fopihaui Bridge, Mr. Solomon Fergii- 

 fon, one of the proprietors ol the fait re- 

 finery. 



At Exeter, Mrs. Stooke, wife of Mr. S. 



At Pinhoe, Mifs Nicks, eldeft daughter of 

 Mr. Rose- N. 



At Plymouth, Mr. George Vv^illiams, at- 

 torney at law, f-in of the R-:V. Jonathan W. 

 Lieutenant Gibbs, of the Cornwall militia. 



At South Pethertoa, Mifs Charlotte prewfe, 

 d.iugiiter of Jjihn P. efq. 19. 



At I'lympftock, near Plymouth, Thomas 

 Locl<yer, efq aged 50 years, from a mortifi- 

 cation in his leg, occafioned by his being 

 thrown out of his gig, returniog from Ply- 

 rnouth lo his feat of Vv'embury Great-houl^, 

 The ciicuraftances of the accident wc;c thefe : 

 The gig htirfe, being a fpirited ioimal, took 

 fri/ht, near Plynip.tock, at a cow rifing fud- 

 denly from the fide of the road, fit off full 

 gallop, and, jerking the gig ver,y much on 

 one fide, threw Mr. L. out on the road fo 

 c c violenrlj- 



