1808.] - 
but at the expiratign of every seven years ap- 
propriates one-third part of its profits to in- 
creuse each policy, in proportion to the aggre- 
gate amount paid by each person for premium, 
which gives persons assuring at this office efe- 
ry reason to expect their representatives will 
receive a very considerable addition to the 
sum insured. 3. Every proprietor is under 
‘the necessity of making an assurance, and 
when it drops, a new assurance must be made 
in its place, which gives an additional stability 
tothe institution, by a perpetual renovation 
of policies. 
Married.} At Coventry, Mr. T. Owen, 
jun. to Miss Mary Pears.—Mr. J. P. Bro- 
thers, of Birmingham, to Miss Mary Had- 
ley. 
ve Aston, Mr. Joseph Rooker, to Miss 
Burman. 
At Birmingham, Mr. Charles Morris, to 
Miss Jane Stanley.—Mr, Wm. Such, of Ash- 
ted, to Miss Matilda Bloomer. 
Died.| At Warwick, Mrs. Dorothy Mor- 
daunt, sister to the late Sir John Mordaunt, 
bart. and aunt to the representative for War- 
wick, . 
At Birmingham, Mr. Freer, sen. of Hands- 
worth, formerly an eminent surgeon of the 
former town, 83.—Mr. Richard Burt, land- 
surveyor, 69.—Mr. John Taylor, drum-ma- 
jor of the guards, 87.—Mrs. Elizabeth Tay- 
ler, 25.—Mrs. Pane, 71. 
In his 78th year, Mr. John Freeth, com- 
monly called the Poet Freeth, from the natu- 
ral talent he possessed for versification; and 
forty-eight years proprietor of Freeth’s cofteé- 
house, Bell-street, a house much frequented 
by strangers, as well as the inhabitants, 
where the ‘ Poet” used every evening to 
delight a large company with original songs, 
composed from subjects of a public nature, 
replete with wit and humour. 
«« Who, when good news is brought to town, 
Immediately to work sits down, 
And business fairly to go through, 
Writes songs, finds tunes, and sings them too.” 
His morals were unsullied, and his manners 
unaffected. Formed to enliven the social 
circle, possessing wit without acrimony, and 
independence of mind without pride, he was 
beloved by his friends, courted by strangers, 
and respected by all. The harmless, yet 
pointed sailies of his muse, will be remember- 
ed with pleasing pain by thousands who ad- 
mired his talents, and revere his virtues. 
SHROPSHIRE. 
Applications are intended to be made to 
Parliament, in the ensuing session, for Acts 
for making a Road or Passage for Horses on 
the baoks of the Severn, for hauling and 
drawing barges and other vessels from the 
Meadow Wharf, Coalbrook Dale, to Mardol 
‘and Frankwell Quays, Shrewsbury: and also 
for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and 
making various improvements in the town of 
Shrewsbury, and suburbs. ; 
Shropshire—Worcester—Hereford. 
‘geon, 
387 
Married.} At Shrewsbury, Lieut. Price, 
of the Hereford militia, to Miss Anne Butts, 
—Mr, Samuel Urwick, of Shelton, to Mise 
Fowkes.—Mr. Wm. Wood, solicitor, to Migs 
Peele, daughter of Henry P. esq. 
At Shiffnal, Mr. William Goodall, of 
Shawbirch, to Miss’Ann Fenn, of Oaken 
Gates. 
At Oswestry, Mr. Thomas Evans, of Wore 
cester, to Miss Bickerton, of Oswestry. 
At Holywell, Mr. Woodcock, attorney, ta 
Mrs. Jones, of Greenfield. 
Died.] At Bridgnorth, Mrs. Lloyd—Mrs, 
Tabitha Williams. 
At Shrewsbury, Mrs. Wellings.—Mrs. 
Bradley.—Mrs Dale, 80. 
At Wollerton, Rowland Dicken, esq. for- 
merly one of the coroners for this county. 
At Gunley-hall, the Rev. R. Price, vicar 
of Welshpool and Foid:n. 
At Whitchurch, Mr. R. B. Jones, printer 
and bookseller. 
WORCESTERSHIRE. 
Married.] At Worcester, George Frede- 
ric Knipe, esq- of the 11th dragoons, to Miss 
M. A. Williams, youngest daughter of the 
late John W. esq. 
At Ribbesford, the Rev. John Cawood, 
curate of Ribbesford, and master of Bewdley 
Grammar school, to Miss Crane, of Hall?s 
Barr, near Kidderminster. 
At Kidderminster, Mr. T. F. Silver, of 
Woodbridge, to Miss Mary Watson. 
Died.]| At Worcester, Mrs. Crane.e= 
Mrs. Perrins. 
At Pershore, John Drew, esq. 64. 
At Bewdley, Mr. Samuel Bowes. 
At Bromsgrove, Mr William Knight. 
At Kidderminster, Mr. Timothy Dobson, 
(hee 
At Stourport, Mr. Joseph Weaver. 
HEREFORDSHIRE. 
Married.} At Eaton Bishop, Mr. Powell, 
of London, te Miss Mary fones, of Wormill, 
near Hereford. 
AtRoss, Mr. Parker, attorney, of Glouces- 
ter, to Miss Haynes. ‘ 
At Weston, near Ross, Mr. Barlow, of the 
Crown and Thistle inn, Monmouth, to Miss 
Jane Kitson, of the Lea, Gloucestershire.~= 
Richard Cartwright, esq. of Shirehampton, 
near Bristol, to Miss Betton, daughter of the 
late Charles B. esq. of Whitchurch. 
Died} At Kington, Mr. W. Dayies, sur- 
of Talgarth, Brecknockshire, eldest 
son af Wm. D. esq. of Broyntley’s castle, in 
that county. ; 
At Monkland, Mr. Davies, late of Stag- 
batch. 
At Little Enner, near Leominster, Mrs. 
Pateshall, 76. 
At Leominster, Mr. Wm. Harris, eldest 
son of Mr. HI, attorney, 1. 
At Woonton, near Leominster, Mr. Ed- 
mund Horsnett, 82; two days afterwards his 
son George, 37; and the following day his 
wile, 768, a 
At 
