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prices to their workmen as those given by the 
manufacturers of Kidderminster, they re- 
fused to work. A very respectful represen- 
tation was made to these gentlemen, that the 
wages are’so low that they cannot maintain 
themselves and their families. 
Married.| At Warminster, J. M. Hod- 
ding, esq., of Salisbury, to Miss F. D. Bayly, 
niece of Mr. Davis, of Portway House— 
J. Nicholets, esq., of South Petherton, to 
Mary, eldest daughter of J. Toller, esq., of 
Barnstaple. 
Died.| ‘lizabeth, wife of the Rey. E. 
Rowden (Vicar of Highworth), and young- 
est daughter of the late Very Rev. Dr. We- 
therell, Dean of Hereford—At Stratford- 
under-the-Castle, near Salisbury, 7, Grace, 
only daughter of R. Micklem, esq.—The 
Rev. T. Prevost, p. »., domestic chaplain 
to u.R,H. the Duke of Cumberland—At 
Laverstock, 55, T. King, esq., of Alvide- 
stone—Pheebe, daughter of S. Whitchurch, 
esq., of Charford. - 
SOMERSETSHIRE, 
On Monday evening, Oct. 3d, the Gene- 
ral Quarterly Meeting of the Members of 
the Bath Mechanics’ Institution took place, 
and was numerously attended. The Re- 
port of the Committee was received with the 
highest approbation. It states the funds of 
the Institution to have been fully equal to 
paying every expense yet incurred for the 
purchase of books, apparatus, &c,, and a 
balance left in hand for the purchase of more 
books, &c. The lending library, which has 
been ‘in operation from the commencement 
of the Institution, contains already about 
300 volumes of very useful books; and an 
average number of fifty volumes per week 
have been lent to the members. 
An ancient cuirass, in excellent preserva- 
tion, was lately dug up at East Brent: near 
which are the remains of a Roman encamp- 
ment. 
Married.| At Walcot, G. H. Thomas, esq., 
7th Madras Light Cavalry, youngest son of 
the late venerable Archdeacon Thomas, to 
Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the Rev T. 
Broadhurst, Belvedere House, Bath; by 
the Rev. Mr. Barry, Lieut. W. Russell, x. x., 
to Miss Stephens. . 
Died.| At Bath, 92, the Rev. S. Clarke— 
35, J. Piedra, esq., of Gibraltar—53, P. 
Hannock, esq., of Lydeard-St.-Lawrence— 
W. Powell, esq., 70, of High Fields, Hales 
Owen. 
DEVONSHIRE. : 
The town of Devonport has experienced 
the greatest shock to its public credit by the 
failure of the Naval Bank of Messrs. Shiells 
and Johns. The failure of the Kingsbridge 
banking establishment of Messrs. Square, Pri- 
deaux, and Co., last week, connected as it is 
with a district of many miles round, composed 
mostly of small farms, occasioned a great 
pressure on all the banks (six) of Plymouth 
and Devonport, particularly on the bank of 
Shiells and Johns, who were compelled to 
Provincial Occurrences :—-Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, &c. [Nov.1, 
announce that they were unable to resume 
their payments. ‘The excitement of the 
public was heightened on Thursday by the ~ 
announcement that Mr. Shiells was found 
dead in his bed at five o’clock the previous 
afternoon. He was a magistrate for the 
county of Devon. Be 
Married. | At Stonehouse Chapel, the Rev. 
J. Baker, iu.8., to Charlotte, youngest 
daughter of the late Maj. Gen. Kesterman ; 
B. Roberts, esq., to Jane, only daughter of 
the late W. H. Ransley, esq., of the 1st So- 
merset Regiment— At Broadhembury, Capt. 
W. Faulkner, x.x., to Mary Ann, second 
daughter of the late R. Potter, esq.— At 
Kingsbridge, the Hon. M. De Courcy, of 
Salcombe, to the daughter of the late J. 
Chadder, esq., of Marlborough.— At Dart- 
mouth, T, Stirling, esq., r.N., to Ann Ma- 
ria, the elder daughter of W.L. Hockin, 
esq., of that place—At Sidmouth, Captain 
Aldons, of the Bengal Army, to Anne Ma- 
ria, youngest daughter of the late J. Morris, 
esq., of Staines, Middlesex. 
Died.| At Witheridge, 40, Elizabeth, the 
relict of the late H. A. Bryan, esq., m1.p., 
of Southmolton—J. Glencross, esq., of De- 
vonport— At Exmouth, 86, W. Pagett, st.p. 
CORNWALL. 
On Tuesday, 4th Oct., the foundation 
stone of a new Methodist Chapel was laid 
at Padstow, by the Rev. Mr. Franklin, su- 
perintendant minister of the circuit. 
Married.| -W. Mathias, esq., of Haver- 
fordwest, to Dorothy, third daughter of the 
late M. G. Davies, esq., of Cawn, Carmar- 
thenshire—At Wendron, Lieut. Drew, n. ¥., 
to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of J. Hawkey, ~ 
of Trelillhouse, esq. 
Died.] At Carnbrea-park, near Redruth; 
Mr. Morgan Bevan. 
WALES. ; 
On Wednesday. Sept. 28, the foundation 
stones of a new town hall and house of cor- 
rection for the Berough of Swansea, were 
laid by R. Jeffreys, esq.,the Portreeve. 
On Saturday, Oct. 1, the chain bridge at 
Menai was united and fixed across the river ; 
and the whole, we find, will be completed 
before December. Since the mightiest days 
of Rome there has not been constructed a 
more remarkable public work. 
Married.| _ At Marchwiel, W. Brady, 
M.p., of Nantwich, eldest son of the late 
Gen. Brady, of the hon. East-India Com- 
pany’s service, to Anne, daughter of the late 
C. Hall, m.p., of the same place— At St. 
Endellion, F, Oliver, esq., of Trewoodland, 
Liskeard, to Ann, eldest daughter of J. A; 
Travan, esq., of -his Majesty’s’ Customs, 
Port Isaac— Rev. J. Williams, of Cardiff, to 
Sarah Wilson, eldest daughter of J. P. Lock- 
hart, esq., of Tavistock-square, London— 
At Lanwonno, ‘W. Williams, esq., of Globe, 
to Mrs. Margaret Williams, widow of the 
jJate R. Williams, esq., of Lan, both in the 
parish of Lanwonno, Glamorganshire—-At , 
Merthyr-Tydfil, the Rev. T. B. Evans, Mi- 
nister of Yuysgou, to Mrs. Williams. 
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