302 Leicejiershire — Staffordshire — irarwicksliire, &V. [Oct. 1, 



returning from Nottingham market, and loft 

 her life by a rru .''.en nionftrr riding furioiifly 

 along th'-' real, who literallv rode over her, 

 by WTicli h X head was cruihed in fucli a 

 dreadful m..n^er as to occjfion her death the 

 jiext aay. 



At Pilfj^iite, near Stamford, Mr. John Sif- 

 fon, farmer, Vl>. lie was, one KriJay even- 

 ing, alTifting his reapers, and urging them to 

 cut as mucli corn that night as the lijht -.vould 

 permit, when fiane of tliem refufed tu work 

 longer, r.nd one by his i;ifo!cnce fo incenfed 

 Mr. bilTon, as tu induce him to (Irike him ; 

 upon wliich, the Ion of thi; man (who w.is 

 alfu eniphiyed in the field) immediately 

 ftruck Mr. biflon a violent i)low on the fide of 

 the head, with a wlicaf-hook ; and, although 

 Le had on a '.{rang hat, t)ie weapon penetr.t- 

 ed tlie iTcuU. He hl.^£uilhrd four days, and 

 then expired, leaving a widow (who is preg- 

 n.iit ) liiid five fmall chihlren, tu bewail tlia 

 Jsfs of an exeel e:it hulb.md and iathcr. T he 

 tkftendcr is com.mitted to I'ctcibjrough goal. 

 A coroner's inquel -fat on tlie body, and re- 

 turned a verdict of wilful muidcr againft 

 him. V 



At Louth, Wifs Downs, 31. — Mr. Charles 

 Pawfon, rnaltUer, 73. 



At Giimiby, Mr. W. Watfon, plamber, 2,5. 



LEICEST ERSIIIR E- 



Marr'ieJ.'^ Mr. Jolm l'ul;ivant, to Mifs 

 TurviUe, of North k.il'.vorth. 



At Leicefter, Mr. liiekley, grocer, to Mifs 

 Smith, of Stafford. — Mr. Holmes, to Mrs. 

 Jee. 



At Sileby, Henry Overton Dawfon, efq. 

 of Iflington, Middleiex, to Mifs Paris, daugh- 

 ter of Mr. VVm. P. merchant. 



At As.ordljy, Mr. Johii Morris, to Mifs 

 Morris. 



Z)iiv/ ] At Leicefter, Mr. J. Gregory, aged 

 46, many years the aWc, wortliy, and inde- 

 pendent editor of the Leicefter Journal. From 

 a clofe and unremitting attention to bufinefs, 

 and a great diffidence of manners, he had ac- 

 quired the habits of a retlufe ; he was how- 

 ever a well informed and inotlenfwe man. 



At Erougliton Aftley, the Kcv. Thomas 

 Greaves, reiftor of that place, and one of his 

 Miijefty's juftices of the peace for this coun- 

 ty, 70 



At Ibftock, Mis. Clare, rclicl ot \,'in. C. 

 gent. 



ST.^FFOHnSlltRE. 



Marrifd.'] At Alhton under Lyne, Saville 

 Smith, efq. of Lichfield, to Mifs Pufey, of 

 Heywood Hall.— Mr. Ralph Hall, to Mifs 

 Ann Ogden. 



AtTamworth, W. Peckford, of Stockport, 

 to Mifs Mary Flint. 



At Bioney, Chriftopher Bancks, efq. of 

 CorbynVhall, to Mifs Wright, ofColebrook 

 Dale. 



D.vi.J At Maple Hays, near Lichfield, 

 John Furnivall, cfq. one of the julliccs of 

 the peace for tho county. 



At Burton upon Trent, Mrs. SomerviUc, 

 of Stafford. 



WARWICKSHIRE. 



The auditors of the Birmingham hofpital, 

 in their annual report recently delivered, (tate 

 to the fublcrihers to that excellent charity, 

 that the annual expenditure amounts to dou- 

 ble the certain annual income, fo that it mulV 

 depend lor fupport on tlie gcnerofity of the 

 benevolent who have hitherto been fo liberal 

 in donations and legacies. The profits of an 

 oratorio enabled the governors to purchafe 

 aOOOl. 3 per cent, confols, exclufive of what 

 was applied to the cun'ent expenccs of the 

 hofpita! ; and a legacy of 4001. from tiie late 

 Humphrey Vaugiitan, of Birmingham, which, 

 according to his di'eilions, vs-as laid out in 

 the ]>urchafe of a freehold ellate. 



It may furnilh fome idea of the population 

 and extent of th? great commcrci.il town of 

 Birmingham to ftate, th.it in ten years, from 

 1781 to 1791, it acquired 2:1,000 additional 

 inhabitants, 7H ilreets, and.above 4000 houfcs; 

 makin.; in the whole, at that tims, 7o,6^'^ 

 people,' mSftrens, and 12,681 houfes ! Such 

 was the profperity cf Birmingham in time of 

 p?ace. In 1 8" 1, not withftanding the influence of 

 war, by which 10,000 recruits had been given 

 to the army, and the quantum of manufac- 

 tuiers had been leirencd, 6<.>,."rii4 perfons ra- 

 mained, as appears by the enumeration under 

 ti.e population aft. 



Mitrned.] At Dudley, Mr. J. M. Malo- 

 nek, of Liverpool, to Mifs Hawkes. 



At Birmingham. Mr. Edward Atkinfon, 

 of Oakhampton, to Mrs. Hannah Holmes. 



At Auftin, the Rev. Mr. Hyde, to Mift 

 Darby. 



At Edghafton, Mr. Abel Lea, of Kiddcr- 

 minftcr, to Mifs Smith, eHeft daugliter of the 

 late Thomas S. M. D. of Birmingliam. 



At Rowley Regis, Mr. Jolin Rana, jun. 

 of Dudky, to Mifs Bennett. 



Died ] At Coventry, Mifs Simpfon, (laugh- 

 ter of Dr S.— Mr. James Ri'.cy. 



At Radford, near Warwick, Mifs Ana 

 Whitehead.— -Mr. Ifaac Dodd. 



At Birmingham, Mrs. Pl^illips, wife of 

 Mr. William P.— Mrs. Pickering, wife of 

 Mr. John P.— Mrs. Ann Swainc, 62.— Mr. 

 V/m. Barrett, 28, lieutenant in the fervic« 

 of the HnncuraLle Ea.1 India company, on 

 tlic Madrafseftabliihment. — Mis Braine, wi- 

 dow of the Utc Colonel B. of the royal ma- 

 rines. 



SHROPSHIRE. 



Married.'] At Ormafton, Robert Wilmot, 

 efq. eldeft fon of Sir Robert W. bart. to Mifi 

 Horton, of Catton, Devpnihire. 



At Slirewlhiiry, Mr. W. Bayley, of the 

 Old Bank, to Mifs Hannah Harley, daugiiter 

 of Mr. S. H. 



Died.] At Roden, Mifs -Ann Bickerton, 

 only daughter of Mr John B. 18. 



At Shrewlbury, Mr, Thomas Smith. — Mr. 

 AUpoil^ 



