92 Provincial Oceurrences :—Northamptonshire, Cambridge, §c. [Aug.1, 
HERTFORD AND EEDFORD. 
A line of railway on the suspension prin- 
‘ciple, by Mr. H, R. Palmer, was opened at 
Cheshunt, in  WHertfordshire, within the 
amonth, for inspection, when a numerous and 
highly respectable assemblage of spectators 
attended to witness the carriages in opera- 
tion. The line of railway runs from the 
high road at the lower end of the village to 
the river Lea, and is nearly a mile long. It 
consists of a single elevated line of surface, 
supported upon vertical posts of wood, fixed 
in the ground in a peculiar manner, to 
render their position secure, : 
On the 2d of July last, the sum paid into 
the Herts Savings Bank, amounted to 
£183,173 155. 7d, of which £68,406 13s. 
has been. withdrawn; £114,084 Os. 2d. 
invested ; and there remains in hand £683 
2s. 5d, 
_ Married.| The Rev. W. T. Haddow, 
AM,, to Eleanor Ann, daughter of Col. 
Drinkwater, of Palmer’s Lodge, Elstree— 
At Turvey, the Rev. J. Ayre, of Islington, 
to Henrietta, daughter of the Rev, L. Rich- 
mond—At Therfield, the Rev. Chaloner 
Stanley Leathes, m.a., late of Exeter Col- 
lege, to Miss Leathes, daughter of the Rev. 
Isaac Leathes, rector of Mepal-cum-Sutton, 
Cambridgeshire, 
Died:| At Watford, 71, Mr. J. Lang- 
ham—At Wellwyn, 83, Susannah, widow 
of the Rev. C. Chauncey, of Ayott, St. 
Peter’s—At Pertenhall, Bedfordshire, 89, 
the Rey. ‘Thomas Martyn, .p.r.x.s., Regius 
Professor of Botany in Cambridge Uni- 
versity, for the long period of 64 years. He 
was editor of Miller’s Gardeners’ Dic- 
tionary—At Hadley, Herts, 10, M. Bur- 
rows, only son of the late J. Burrows, esq, 
of Gloucester-place. 
, NORTH A MPTONSHIRE. 
Married.) ‘tT. Walker, esq. of Peter- 
borough, to Mary Isabella, daughter of Ed- 
ward. Jenkins, esq. of . Thorpe-hall—W. 
Cornwall, esq. vf Barkway, to Miss S. 
‘Stallybrass, .of Nuthampstead, Bury—At 
Cotterstock, the Rev. H. Good, to Anne 
Maria, daughter of the late C. Beikley, esq. 
of Bigyen-hall, Norts, 
Died.| In the Cathedral-close, Peter- 
borough, 28, Harriet, daughter of J, Spowld- 
ing, esq.—-At Boughton, 20, H. Isham, esq, 
eldest son of the Rey. H. C. Isham—At 
Bulwick-hall, 68, ‘V. Tryon, esq. 
CAMBRIDGE AND° HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 
At Cambridge, Sir W. Browne's gold 
medals were lately adjudged as follows : 
‘Greek Ode: W. Selwyn, St. John’s College 
—Latin Ode: R. Snow, St. John’s Col- 
lege.—Epigrams: B. H. Kennedy. (a 
pupil of Dr. Butler’s; -of Shrewsbury), St. 
John’s College-—Subjects. For the Greek 
Ode _— . 
-Avdpiv emipavay macayn tTamos—— 
For the Latin Ode :—‘‘ dcademia Canta- 
brigiensis tol novis edificiis ornata,”—For 
the Greek Epigram :— 
Tleptooot wevres of *yYdtow Asyor ——— 
For the Latin Epigram :— Summum. jus, 
summa injuria.” 
Married:|. ‘The Rey. W. Harris Parker, 
of Downing College, Cambridge, to Ann 
Montagu, relict of the late T. Murthwaite 
Parker, esq. of Parknook, Cumberland. 
Died.|. At Cambridge, 66, Mr. Holland 
—65, Mr. J. Fuller—72, Mr. G. Ives—Ab 
St. Ives, 39, Mr. W. Paine. } 
‘ NORFOLK. 
Married.| ‘The Rev. J. H. Fisk, of 
Bracondale, to Miss Eaton, of Norwich—_ 
At Norwich, the Rev. T. Collyer, to Miss 
E. A. Ward, of Thelnetham—F,. North, 
esq. of Rougham, to Janet, eldest daughter 
of Sir J. Marjoribanks, bart. M.v. 
Died.|. At Yarmouth, 60, Capt. R. 
Booth—64, Mrs. M. Harwood—At Ket- 
teringham-hall, Harriet, wife of N. W. 
Peach, esq. of Saville-row, London. 
SUFFOLK, 
Married.|_| Mr. Martin, to Miss Wood- 
roffe, bothof Berclee—Mr. J. Mayhew, of 
Wissett, to Miss H. Spalding, of Hales- 
worth, 
Died.] At Bury, Ann, the wife of John 
Scholes, esq.—At Whickham-market, 45, 
Alison, daughter of the late Rev. J. Black, 
of Woodbridge. 
ESSEX. 
A quarterly meeting of the trustees and 
managers of the. Romford Savings’ Bank, 
was lately held, when the treasurer reported 
the number of depositors to have been 1870. 
The sum total now invested in the Bank of 
England, is £42,249 10s. 8d. ‘fhe total 
amount of interest, added to the depositors’ 
accounts, has been £5886. 
Married.| The Rev. W. Worsley, to 
Louisa Ann, daughter of the Rev. W, Ben- 
son Ramsden, of Stainbridge—At Wan- 
stead, W. Comfort, son of W. Comfort, 
esq. of Holloway, to Catharine Horner, 
daughter of the late J. Horner, esq. of Lay- 
tonstone; and W. Horver, of Laytonstone, 
to Miss Sarah Comfort—Rev. W. ‘Tower, 
youngest son of the, late C. Tower, esq. of 
Weald Hall, to Maria, third daughter of 
Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey, m.P. : 
Died.| At Colchester, 36, the Rev. C. 
T. Keymer, 2.a., late curate of Gosfield— 
Mr. Lovett—At Tollesbury, Mr. W. Car- 
rington— At Waltham Abbey, Essex, Emp- 
son Middleton, esq— At Fordham, ‘T. Sad- 
ler, esq. late of Breewood Hall, Horkesley 
—At Walthamstow, 81, B. Gibson, esq.— 
At St. Lemards’ Nazing, 61, J. Bury,, esq. 
—At the Grove, Stratford, 83, Ann, widow 
of the Rev, P. T. Burford, late of Chigwell. 
KENT. 
‘The first stone of a Literary and Philo- 
sophical Institution was laid within the 
month, at Canterbury, amidst a numerous 
body of spectators. The undertaking has 
been commenced with a spirit that does 
honour to the intelligent inhabitants of that 
city. 3 : 
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