1822. ] 
Mr. J. Roblin, late master of the White 
Hart Inn, and one of the regarders of the 
New Forest, 58. 
At Gosport, 69, Capt. G. Morey, R.N. 
At Titchfield, J. Boys, esq. 81. 
At Fareham, Mr. J. Merrett, auctioneer. 
At West Cowes, Miss S. Read, of Fryern 
Court, 23. 
At Kingston, near Portsmouth, Mr. 
O'Byrne, late surgeon, R.N. 
At Bullingdon, Mrs. Hawker, relict of 
the late Rey. G.R. H. of Wareham. 
WILTSHIRE. 
Married.) Mr. C. Thick, architect, of 
Warminster, to Charlotte, daughter of Mr. 
R. Bird, timber merchant, of King’s Stan- 
ley, Gloucestershire. 
Died.| At Salisbury, 86, Mr. C. Othen, 
wine and spirit merchant. 
At Devizes, Susannah, wife of Dr. Head- 
ley. 
At Melksham Spa, Mrs. Sherry, mother 
of Mr. J.H.S. solicitor, of West Lambrook, 
Somerset.— At Harnam, near Salisbury, 81, 
Mrs. Lawrence, mother of Mr. L. wine- 
merchant, of Blandford. 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 
The late floods at Frome were higher 
than any that have been known in that 
town for nearly 60 years. The damage 
sustained amounts to several thousand 
pounds. 
The Bath and West of England Agricul- 
tural Society, eld their annual meeting on 
the 17th of December. Addresses to Par- 
liament are agreed upon, calling their at- 
tention to the present deplorable state of 
the landed interests throughout the coun- 
try. 
A meeting was held at Taunton, on the 
16th of January, to petition Parliament on 
the relief of the agriculturists. Dr. King- 
lake, in a short but animated speech, as- 
evibed the present distresses :f the coun- 
try, as ** the inevitable consequences of a 
war and funding system of government, 
that sooner or later must drain the wealth, 
and involve in pauperism any country, 
however rich in fits native industry, and in 
its various national resources; and said 
he considered Parliamentary reform, re- 
trenchment and economy, tlie only reme- 
dies for the existing distress.” Mr. Easton, 
an eminent surveyor, stated that ‘+ unless 
some remedy could be discovered, 590,000 
of the most useful class must be ruined.” 
Mr. E. also recommended the “ reduction 
of rents and taxes.” ‘The petition was 
ultimately resolved on. 
Married.| Bedel Stanford, esq. of Carn 
Cottage, Ireland, to Miss Gale, of Angas- 
leigh.— At Blagdon, N. Y. Warren, esq. to 
Miss Dean, of that:place—At Yeovil, Mr. 
John Gale, of Market Lavington, to Miss 
Ball, of Wells.—Mr. R. Andrews, of Ched- 
dar, to Miss A. Hann.—Mr. G. Thomas, to 
Miss M- Wall, both of Cheddar —W. Bush, 
Wiltshire—Devonshire. 
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esq. of High Littleton, to Miss Ann 
Harding, of Farmborough. - 
Died.| At Bath, sincerely regretted by 
her friends and relatives, Eliza, wife of W. 
Wyune, esq. of Peniarth, Merionethshire. 
—In Marlbro’-buildings, 74, Elizabeth, 
relict of Thomas Percival, M.D. of Man- 
chester. — Mrs. Garland.—Sincerely la- 
mented, Catherine, wife of W. Griffiths, 
bookseller, of Argyle-street. 
In Barton-buildings, after a protracted 
_iJness, 63, the Rev. Thomas Fothergill, 
D.D. formerly vicar of Twerton, near that 
city —Mrs. Letitia Ironside, widow of Col. 
G.I. 
At Bridgwater, J. Dunning, esq. M.D. 
—After a long illness, Mr. Henry Shep- 
herd. 
At Bishopsteighton, much beloved and 
deeply lamented, Mary, widow of E. Me- 
dows, esq. youngest brother of the late 
Earl Manvers, and nephew of Evelyn, last 
Duke of Kingston. 
At Weston, near this city, 34, much Ia- 
mented, John Richards, esq. youngest son 
of the Rev. Thomas R. late of Bedford.— 
After a severe illness, Mary, the wife of 
Mr. Charles Geary, of Fountain-house. 
In the Orange-grove, 78, John Copner, 
esq. 
DORSETSHIRE. 
Married.| At Dorchester, Mr. T. Bas- 
combe, of the Dorchester Bank, to Miss 
Dare.—Capt. Wass, to Miss Clapcott. 
Died.} At Dorchester, 61, Mr. F. Oakley, 
brewer. 
At Blandford, in her 65th year, Mrs. A. 
King, widow. 
DEVONSHIRE. 
A meeting of the owners and occupiers 
of land in this county, was held at Exeter, 
on the 18th of January, for petitioning 
Pa-liament relative tothe present distresses 
of the agriculturits. The high sheriff was 
called to the chair; Col. Drake, of Ipple- 
den, after an appropriate speech, proposed 
the following resolutions : 
1. That inthe opinion of this meeting 
the distress of the agriculturists of this 
county has, during the three last years, 
been very severe, and is still alarmingly 
increasing. 
2. That this distress has been chiefly 
occasioned by the importation of nearly 
thirty millions of bushels of foreign corn 
duty free, in 1818 and 1819; by the enor- 
mous amount of taxation aud parochial 
rates, as compared with the prices of all 
agricultural productions ; by tke undue 
pressure of that taxation on the landed 
interest ; and by the too speedy return to 
a metallic currency. 
3. That to stay the progress of the 
distress which the agriculturists are suffer- 
ing, and which is rapidly spreading among 
other classes of society, it is the opinion of 
this meeting that all descriptions of capital 
however 
