304 Huntingdonshire — Cambridgeshire — Norfolk^ SCc. ^[Oct. 1, 



borough being 67 miles, whicii he wcnl over 

 fix d:iys a week j during all which time the 

 pafl'engers in this coach were never robbed, 

 though no griard was eniploveJ. He was 

 much refpedled lor his Ibbricty and fteadincfs, 

 and has IcU a widow and eight children to 

 lament their lofs. He drove the coacli home 

 from London on the day of liLs death, tuid 

 appeared as well as uUial for about two hours, 

 ■when he fuddenly dropped do»n, and ex))ired 

 in a few minutes. 



At Northampton, Mr. John Morris, linen 

 draper, (VJ. — Mr Jofeph 'I'anner. 



At Bii^ftock Hark Lodge, Mr. Fetch, far- 

 mer and grazier. 



At Kettering, Mr. Samuel Paull, 65. 



HUNTINCnOKSHlRE. 



Died ] At Huntingdon, Mr. Say well Jenkin- 

 fon, boolcfeUer. He had fpcnt the day in convi- 

 viality with fome friends, who were conime- 

 Bio raring the inftitution of the book-club in 

 that town, and is fuppofed to have died in an 

 apoplectic fit foon after retiring to bed, 



CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 



Died] At Cambridge, Mr. Keppel Hod- 

 fnn, 2a, fon of Mr. H. printer.— The Rev. 

 James Goodwin, 73, vicar of Lcwcfdon in 

 Korthampton/hire, and formerly fellow oi 

 King's College ; B. A. 1756, M. A. 1759. 

 The vicarage is in the gift of the provoft and 

 fellows of Kirg's. 



At Sliclford, Mrs. Wale, wife of lieutenant 

 colonel W. of the 67th regiment. 



NOSFOLK. 



The county of Norfolk, in gratitude and 

 afleftion to the memory ot Lord Aelfon, has 

 determincii to place its column of commemo- 

 ration at the native fpot of the hero's birth, 

 Burnham Thorpe. It is worthy of remark, 

 that, witkin a mile or two of Burnham 

 Thorpe, (lands the obfcure village of Cock 

 Thorpe, a village of three houfcs, or rather 

 of three hovels or.ly, each of which produc- 

 ed, from humblclt village life, its individual 

 admiral. The three Cockthorpe admirals be- 

 came flag officers ot much renown ; Sir Chrif- 

 topher Alimms, Sir John Narborough, and 

 Sir Cloudelley Shovel. Norfolk has to boaft 

 her naval heroes of remote, recent, and im- 

 mediate celebrity. Sir EdxrarJ Eerry, Lord 

 Nelfon's captain at the Nile ; and the juve- 

 nile and gallant commodore of the Brito- 

 Sicilian fquadron. Captain Hofte, the elcue 

 of Nelfon, are Loth natives of that county. 



Maniai.] At Norwich, Mr. John Muikett, 

 Woodcock, to Mifs Sarah Gofs. — Lieutenant 

 Shepherd, of the Iloy.l Marines, to Mifs 

 Sarah Shingles, of Acle.— Mr. L. B. Han- 

 worth, to Mifs H. Paul. 



Diid.] At Norwich, Mrs. Oftiorn, wife 

 of Mr. Mark O. of St. John's, Timberhill. 

 Mr. Wm. Harper, plumber, in St. Stephen's. 

 —Mr. James Moore, "55. 



At South Crcake, Mr. Robert Clilherow, 

 of Hotncaille, attorney, to Mil's Scppings, 



At LoJden. Mrs. Crifp, 100, mother of 

 Mr. Wm. Cril'p, tarn er. 



At Ayliham, Mr. IJulwer, 81, wi'e of W. 

 Thomas B. 



At Dour :'nm Market, Mrs. Becflon, wife 

 of Mr. Thomas B. 



SUFFOLK. 



Ipfwioh Lamb Fair was as iifual, very nu- 

 merouily attended bot': by grovveri and gra- 

 ziers, but tlie :ium ci o lambs was confidered 

 to be above 10,000 Jhott o laH year, and 

 upon the whole the prices o; South-downs and 

 half-brcJs, (as well oi' the- houth-dow.-s as 

 the Leiceller breeas), were about Is. in t'lc 

 pound, and or Norfolks '.^s. in the |)ound, 

 higher than the prices obtained the preceding 

 year Throughout the fair it was obferveJ 

 tiiat the rage for half-breds, particulaity 

 South-dovvns, had by no n-.eans fubfided, al- 

 though the prices obtained for them evidently 

 did not fo much furpafs thoi'e of the Norfolk 

 lambs as they did in the two preceding years, 

 which perhaps may in a great meafurc b? ac- 

 counted lor by there being at the fair fo mucli 

 larger a proportion or" halfbreds, and a lefs 

 number of the Norfolk breed than ever before 

 produced at this celebrated mart. 



Dicil.] At Bury, Mrs. Barnwell, wife of 

 the Rev. Frederic B. 



At Ipfwich, Mr. Rewfe, aged 20. — Mr. 

 Rowland Co'.diold. 



At Great Burton, Mr. Philip Adams, 18. 



At Cliedijurgh, Mrs. Tolladay, widow of 

 Mr. D. T. 



At Great Glcmham, aged lo7, Mrs. Sufan 

 Paxnian. 



ESSEX. 



Married."] At Chelmsford, Mr. Hc::ry 

 Raynor, to Mil's Mary Mace. 



At Ongar, Mr. Vv ebb, to Mrs. Norrls. 



Dicd.^ At Snarclbrook, Lady Hopkins, re- 

 lift of Sir John H knt. formerly one of the 

 aldermen of the city of London. 



At Colcliefter, Mrs. Bateman, late of the, 

 Fleece Inn. 



At Clielmsford, Mr. Samuel Cowland. 



KENT. 



An alarming fire broke out on the extenfive 

 premifes of the dock-yard at Northfleet, nov\r 

 chiefly ufed for building fliips for the royal 

 navy. On the return of the workmen from 

 dinner, fmoke wasfeen ilVuing from the ftore- 

 houfe, a capacious building, filled with va* 

 luable materials for the completion of ihips. 

 Flames burft out immediately afterwards, and 

 the inhabitants of the neighbouring dwel- 

 lings, as well as the whole town of Gravef- 

 end, were under the greateft apprehenfions» 

 the wind being from the S. W. and the tide 

 then almoftrat the loweft of the ebb. Water 

 was, however, immediately procured, and the 

 engines fpeedily brought, but not in time to 

 fave any part of the building, or its contents. 

 The roof tailing in, the whole then formed one 

 folid mafs of materials fo . combuft:ible, that 

 when the engines had been playing upon it for 



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