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work. Two bills have passed in parliament 
relating to Weymouth: one for the harbour 
and wharfs, the other for the roads, and also 
one for the Portland railway. Farther down 
in the west, there have been bills for the 
Tavistock and Plymouth road, the Shaldon 
and Torquay road, the Dawlish and Exeter 
road, the Liskeard and Looe canal, and the 
Sidmouth pier. Somersetshire has obtained 
a road-bill for Crewkerne. Wiltshire has 
inclosure-bills for Pewsey and Wilton. 
Berkshire has inclosure-bills for East and 
West Ilsley and Twyford, and an improve- 
ment-bill for Newbury, Hampshire has a 
road-bill for Winchester and Petersfield. 
In short, the West of England is not behind 
any part of the kingdom in its activity and 
enterprize. The great undertaking of the 
Western Ship-Canal, after a warmly con- 
tested opposition in the House of Commons, 
has been sanctioned by an Act of Parlia- 
ment. 
Married.| At Bath, George Fursdon, esq. 
of Fursdon, Devon, to Georgiana, eldest 
daughter of the late H. G, Alleyne, esq.— 
At Walcot, the Rev. James King, son of the 
Bishop of Rochester, to Maria, daughter of 
the late Hon, Lieut.Col. George Carleton— 
At Shepton- Mallet, H. Bayly, esq., captain 
51st, to Jane, third daughter of William 
Purlewent, esq. of that place—At Wells, 
Jeffery Davis, esq., of Green-lane Farm, to 
Miss Ellen Thompson, late of Milton-house, 
near Wells, 
Died.| At King-street, Queen-square, 
Bath, 83, Mrs. Shuttleworth — 74, Angus 
Macdonald, esq. mp. of Taunton, and 
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 
of Edinburgh—At Shepton-Mallet, Mrs. 
Coombs, wife of Mr. Coombs—92, the Rev. 
J. Jones, for the last $4 years rector of 
Shipham—At Canington, 57, the Tey. 
C. H. Bust, vicar of that parish for more 
than twenty years—At Britton, near Bath, 
the wife of Captain Lysaght, x.n.— At 
Bishop’s Lydeard, Mr. J. Hawkins. 
DORSETSHIRE, 
Married.| Mr. G. Chitty, jun. of Shaftes- 
bury, to Miss Bragg, daughter of J. Bragg, 
esq. of Winterborne Stickland—H. B. 
Munro, esq. late of Ensham-house, to 
Lewina, daughter of L. D. G. Tregonville, 
esq. of Cranborne—At Abbotsburgh, T, 
Forster, esq. to Sarah Ann, daughter of the 
Rev. W. A. Barker, M:a. vicar of the former 
place. 
Died.| At Weymouth, on the Esplanade, 
J. B. Vinee, esq. of Devizes. 
DEVONSHIRE. 
At an auction held lately, afew miles 
from, Exeter, acurious illuminated manu- 
script on vellum was put up, but could find 
no bidder, and was afterwards purchased by 
Mr. Shirley Woolmer, of Exeter. It 
appears tobe the production of Robert de 
Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, who lived’ 
in the 13th century, | and--transcribed in 
French into a religious poetical romance,: by 
William: de Widdindune, an Englishman; 
Provincial Occurrences :— Dorsetshire, Devonshire, 
[Aug. I, 
containing upwards of 400 pages, royal . 
octavo size, beautifully written in black 
letter, and illustrated with some singular 
miniature figures. The book is in high 
preservation. vGege 
A meeting was lately held at’ Plymouth,’ 
and a petition to parliament agreed to, pray- 
ing that the present corn-laws may be al- 
tered, and that the bill now before tlie peers, 
for bringing into the market bonded corn, 
be passed. 
Some elegant buildings, to be ‘named 
Trafalgar-place, have been commenced in the 
immediate vicinity of the town of» Barn- 
staple. They are designed as residences for 
families of the highest respectability, and 
will command an enchanting prospect. 
A fire lately happened at Clist Honiton, 
near Exeter, which destroyed the whole 
village, except two or three housés ; and 
one hundred and fifty-three individuals, from 
a comparative state of comfort, have been 
reduced to the greatest possible distress; 
sheltered in unoccupied dwellings, barns, 
stables, &c. in the neighbourhood. A public 
subscription is now making to relieve them. 
Married.| Mr. R. Mayne, to Miss Rad- 
den, both of Exeter—Mr. T.' Fryer, to Miss 
E. Charlton, of St. Thomas’s, Exeter—Mr. 
C. Dawe, of King-stteet, to Miss Burn, of 
North-corner-street, Plymouth—C. Tayler, 
esq, of Plymouth, to Miss Reed, of Tavistock- 
street—At Stroke, the Rev. J. Jacob, r1.p. 
to Maria, daughter of H. J. Johns, esq. of 
Davenport—Mr. J. Liscombe, to Miss A. 
Morris, of Plymouth—A. G. Stapleton, 
esq. to Miss Catherine Bultad, of Fleet— 
The Rev. E. Rudall, of Crediton, to Miss 
Cann,daughter of Mr. Cann, solicitor, of Ha= 
therleigh— At Bishopteignton, A. Rogers, 
esq. of Caleutta, to Miss Emblyn Edwards 
Middleton, of Bishopteignton—At Honi- 
ton, ‘J. Baker, esq: of that place, to’ Miss 
Pitfield, of Symonsbury—J. Flond, esq. to 
Miss Charlotte Donndey, both of Honiton: 
Died.| At Exeter, 80; James White} 
esq. bencher of Lincoln’s-inn—In North- 
street, 51, Mr. J. Richards—In Baring 
Crescent, Anne, wife of the Rev. C. Tucker 
—The Rev. J. Carrington, prebendary of 
Exeter cathedral—At Plymouth; in Park- 
street; the Rey. A. Ellis, a.w.—At Daven- 
port; Monica Margaret Jennings de Cibat, 
daughter of Colonel Jennings, of Trafalgar- 
place, and wife of Don Francisco de Cibat, 
of the Royal Spanish body-guards, and aide- 
de-camp of General Mina—In George- 
street, Mrs. Hulke—In Queen-street, 73; 
Mrs. Capron—In  Prospect-row, 60, Mr'st 
H. Moore— At Exmouth, 70, John Worthy, 
esq.— At’ Yalberton, suddenly, H. Browne, 
esq.—At Penhoe, Mr. J. Waters At Chud- 
leigh, Mrs. Hellyer—At Moreton-hamp- 
stead, 59, Mr. J. Gray— At Norley-house, 
John Arthur, esq. collector‘of the customs at 
Plymouth—At'” Modburo, Mrs.’ Perring, 
widow of the Jate’ Philip Perring, esq. of 
Membland— At’ Ambrdok-cottage, Miss 
Mi A.-E.: Neyle. Me eRe 
CORNWALL, 
