Somersttshirf— Dorsetshire— Devonshire. 



1824.] 



WifTord. — Jolm Edridgp, rsq. of Pock- 

 e'i'it'C Ih.'Iisc, Corsliam. to Kiiiy,(langlilor 

 of ilip IJev. C. F. HoiiJ, vicar of JVlar- 

 gareling. 



FOMERSETsniRE. 



It has lieeii rerenily (K-t'rmined to 

 proceed witli llie lont; rontemplaied raiial 

 tVotn Bridc;e»aior to Rri'lporl, by wliirli 

 pIiims of large bmtlirn may navipalc from 

 ihe liristnl to the Enali^li channels, with- 

 out the delay <if roiuidlnc; llic I^and's Knd. 



Miirrieil.'] Jolin Gabbeti Spii-is, csc]. to 

 Miss Cififfith, of Belvidere, Hath.— Mr. 

 W. l<0!.s)ter, of Frome, to Mi-^s Arnndfl, 

 danghter of the late Tlinnia* Gale, ft^q. of 

 Chester. — Mr. T. Matthews, of Dnnkiik, 

 near Devizes, to Mi>s- Vinin^, of Yeovd. 

 — Mr. C Smitli, of Ncviton-siiret, Loe, 

 to Miss V( al, of Coril(!o.--Mr. J. Veale, 

 to Mi.«s H. Hiiraidii)s, of Norton St. 

 Phillips. 



D'ud.] At Bath, at an advanced aje, 

 Mrs. Flower, (•enerally respeeicd. — In 

 Sydney-bnildioKS 73, Mr. J. Bedford, of 

 NorHinmbeiland-placc. — 49, Margaret, 

 wife of Sir Geo. Abercronibie Kobinson, 

 bart. of Bath Honse, Tainilon, deservedly 

 lamented. — The i'ev. J. JosiasConybeare, 

 Jiito vicar o( that parish. He waseclutaied 

 at Westminster .School, and in the year 

 1793 was admitted scholar of St. Peter's 

 College, Westminster ; liavinf; Ihronghont 

 tiie VI hole e>:aniination whicli precedes such 

 admission <lisiin2nisiicd himself in a ino8t 

 eminent manner, so as to have been con- 

 Ktanily at tijc hiiid of llio-e who stnod on", 

 and finally having' been adinitted at the 

 liead of Jus cleciinn. Tiie repuiaiion for 

 »f>ilitics and scholarship wliicli he then es- 

 tablished had b<'cn aiit:cipiiled in conse- 

 quence of the disiinifUisljed liilsnt shewn 

 ill his school exciei.-es, iind was atierv/arrls 

 supported tlirimijlioiit his stay at West- 

 minster in smli a M)aniieras (o vindicate to 

 liini the cliararfi of the clevi rust boy and 

 the be^t scholar linn in the school. In 

 1797 he was eitcled a student of Chiist 

 Church, Oxford, and in that University he 

 maintained a ri-piitalion as distintnished 

 a- that of his earlier years. Besides Col- 

 ley^ prizes vhichhe obi.ninpri, taking' al- 

 ways the (irst place, he fraineii Ihc Uni- 

 versity under cradiiaie'jt prize : hi>- I,alin 

 piieni hem;; disliii'^uishcd, as his verses al- 

 ways weie, by ;> fine poeiic laslc, a faiilily 

 of expression and harmony of liiniibei>, 

 which were always his own. When the 

 Kev. Ur. (larex, liow Lord Bishop of 

 £x«ter, went (Void (,"Mri»t Church as H' ad 

 Master of Westminsier School, in lliOS, 

 Mr. Conjbeare iiuderlcok for a while the 

 offire (niiieb btlow his preal lalenls) of 

 an nslier there. He retinned to his stu- 

 dentship at Christ <Miiirch in a short time, 

 but not iinlil his nsiial kindness had made 

 liiirf peiMially lieUived by (he boys of the 

 I'uriii ut'.r which lie was placed. About tit* 



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same lime he was made prebendary of York, 

 by that preat scholar and distinL'nished 

 prelate, the late Archbishop l^Jarkham. 

 His merits raised him successively at Ox- 

 ford to the offices of Ani;lo>:a\on Professor, 

 and afterwards of Begins ProftSsor of 

 Poetry. 'J'he vicarage of Batheaston. on 

 which he lived a blefsing to his parishion- 

 ers dnrin-; many years, was his only chuicii 

 preferment, except that above mentioned. 

 In llie present year he had just delivered 

 the Bampton Lectures, when an attack of 

 somewhat the same nature with what he 

 had before experienced, deprived hi« 

 country, and onr own neishboiirhood in 

 particular, of one whose loss we may Ion;; 

 lament, but shall scarcely see replaced^ 

 His talents were of the very first rate 

 description. In langnaties, in poetry, in 

 taste, he was distinguished far above Iiix 

 conleinporaiirs ; as a chemist, eminent ; as 

 a mineralogist, peihaps unrivalled. 



At Wells, 21, Mr. F. Brookes, of 

 London. 



At 'J'anntou, in his I09tb year, Mr, J. 

 Taijlor. 



At Midford, Mr. Sam. Perkin=, sen; 

 deservedly regittted. — At Fortnight, 87, 

 Mrs. Aldrii, much respected. 



DORSETSHIRE. 



Two hundred men arc nnw employed 

 on new public works at Bridpoit. A 

 canal is to be cut from that place throngb 

 the heart of the county of Dorset, to form 

 a jnnclion wilh the canals near and about 

 Taunton, Bridgewater, Brisiol, 6cc. 



lUan-ied.] Mr. J. Bimdel, to Mi's 

 Friend, !)/)th of Poole. — Mr. Dasliwood, 

 of .Stiirininster, to Miss A. Cockeiani, of 

 Cerne Abbas. 



Dtcil.] At Sherborne, F,li7;abetb, dangli- 

 ter of William Toogood, e-q. 



At Biere Regis, '2i, tlie Rev. Jno. 

 Dickinson. 



DEVONSHIRE. 



Mnrried.'] Mr. A. H. Barfrum, to Mis« 

 Smith. — Mr. G. Sercombe, of Bovey 

 Tiacey, to IMrs. Bazely, of Exeter. — Mr. 

 J. Ash, of .Salcoinbe, to Miss E. Jarvis, of 

 PIym<)ii!h. — Mr E, Brimbkconibe, to 

 Miss Marian Marshall, of Plyinouili.— Mr. 

 P. Down, of Devonport, to Miss A. 

 Kibby, of Plymnuth. — At Slonehonse, 

 Mr. .7. Hare, to Miss A. Campbell. 



Died.'] At Exeter, Sfj, Mrs, E. Hickard, 

 deservedly regretted. — In St. Sidwell'j, 

 Nicholas Potts, esq. of Newcaslle-iipon- 

 T)iie. — 5y, Mrs. M. Hopping, justly la- 

 mented. — Gertrude, wife of Tliomat 

 Hutchinson, esq. barrister. 



A I Plymouth, <22, Miss L. B. Newell. — 

 Capt, H. C. Thompson, r.n. suddetily. 

 — 43, Mr. Metherell. 



At Barnstaple, 70, Mr. J. Dinner. 



At Exmonih, Mrs. Norris, late of 

 Exeler. — At Hillersdon'-house,CoIluinpton 

 Chii-tiana, widow of Major-Gcn. Burn. 



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