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Brighton, 63, the Rev. P. G. Tomkyns, LL.D., late 
of Buckinhill-park, Herefordshire—At Hastings, 44, 
T. W. Hetherington, esq. of Walthamstow — At 
Brighton, Alexander, youngest son of A. Riley, esq. 
—At Hastings, Major J. Sharp, of Kincarratie, 
Perthshire—At Brighton, Sir John Shee, bart. of 
Lockleys, Herts. At Brighton, 72, H. Verral, esq. 
HAMPSHIRE, 
On Jan. 23, a fire broke out at Andover, which de- 
stroyed a public house and six other houses. 
Venerable Society.—On the 12th Feb., twenty- 
seven inhabitants of Portsmouth met together at the 
Rainbow Tavern, St. George’s-square, whose united 
ages amounted to 2,361 years. They were regaled, 
by a well-wisher to old age, with refreshment, and 
parted in hopes of another meeting in a short time. 
The oldest attendant was William Treadzel, aged 
95; the youngest, John Cook, aged 80 years and one 
month. 
Married.) —. Hawker, esq. of Southampton, to 
Mrs. Stevens, of Clifton—At Carisbrooke, Isle of 
Wight, F. F. Sankey, esq- R.N. of Minchinhamp- 
ton, Gloucester, to Miss F. L. Woolley—At South- 
ampton, the Rev. L. Fowler, son of the Bishop of 
Ossory, to Elizabeth, daughter of O. Wynne, esq. 
M.P.—At Eling, C. Wilkinson, esq. of London, to 
Ann, second daughter of G. B. Harrison, esq. R.N. 
—At Gosport, Lieut. Pilford, 67th regt., to Miss 
Chapman, of Gosport. : : 
WILTSHIRE, 
An accidental fire broke out at Warminster, which 
at first threatened to be very destructive; but 
through the intrepid exertions of the firemen, and 
the prompt assistance of the inhabitants of all ranks, 
aided by a good supply or water, the damage was 
chiefly confined to five dwellings, all of which were 
imsured. 
Died.] At Malmsbury, 75, Mrs. M. Skey, relict 
of the late Rev. W.Skey, of Wickwar, Gloucester- 
shire—At Woolverton, Mere, Wilts, 79, F. Faugoin, 
esq.—At Trowbridge, 72, G. Waldron, esq. 
SOMERSETSHIRE, 
A Literary and Philosophical Society, with a Li. 
brary and Public Museum, is now establishing in 
Yeovil. 
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Markets at 
Bridgewater, on Tuesday 25th January, it was re- 
solved to erect a new and commodious market- 
house, from a design by Mr. Carver. 
Bath Literary Institution —On Friday the 2lst 
ult., this splendid establishment was opened to the 
subscribers and their friends. Scarcely a century 
and a half ago the warm springs were in little better 
state than when they were first discovered as a 
morass by the Royal Briton. The morass for many 
centuries covered the ruins of a Roman temple, de- 
dicated with the spirit of piety, which was strangely 
intermixed with pagan idolatry and military ambi- 
tion, to the virgin representative of divine wisdom. 
The Queen of Charles II. drank the waters from a 
plain cistern. In the 18th century, Bath grew sud- 
denly from a village, or something little superior, 
to a noble city.—Sir George Gibbes, M.D., delivered, 
according to previous arrangement, the Inaugural 
Lecture. 
‘Married.| At Bathwick, J. H. Lavicount, esq. to 
Amelia, only child of D. Dent, esq.—At Larford, J. 
Bowering, esq. 89, to the widow of J. Crocker, esq. 
of Ninehead—Captain Towells, of Bridgewater, to 
Miss Petter—At Bedminster, J. Roberts, esq. of 
Somerset Villa, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late 
Rev. J. Harries—At Winscombe, J. Caple, esq. of 
Paddingham Cottage, to Miss A, Dean, of Wood- 
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Hampshire.—Wiltshire.—Dorsetshire—Devonshire. 
[ Mar. 1, 
borough—S. H. Brown, esq. of Ballymony-bog, Ire- 
land, to Mrs. McDougal, widow of Admiral Mc- 
Dougal—At Bath, W. Spencer, esq. of Hockington- 
hall, Essex, to Miss M. Williams, of Bath—R. C. 
Phillips, of Shepton Mallet, to Susan, second daugh- 
ter of T. Tulk, esq. of Sturminster, Newton Dorset 
—At Bath, the Rev. S. T. Gully, to Anne, daughter 
of the late W. H. Grubbe, esq. of Eastwell, Wilts.— 
At Wedmore, the Rev. W. White, to Jane, only 
child of B. Tyley, esq.— At Chipstable, John, 
youngest son of J. Mogridge, esq. of Ashburton, to 
Elizabeth Langder, second daughter of W. Stone, 
esq. of Withycombe-house. 
Died.) At Witton, near Taunton, Mrs. Mutle- 
bury, a respectable old lady aged 90, who, it is said, 
had the honour to be foster-mother to his present 
majesty—At Bedminster, Henrietta, fourth daugh- 
ter of H. Visger, esq. consul for the United States to 
the Port of Bristol—Mrs. Pittard, wife of the Rev. 
S. R. Pittard, of Rodwell, near South Petherton— 
N. Dalton, esq. of Shanks-house—At Bath, R. Har- 
borne, esq.—Captain Blanch—R. Bendyshe, esq.—At 
Great Elm, the Rev. R. Blakeney, LL.B.—At Bath, 
the Rev. J. Maule, M.A. rector of Horseheath, Cam- 
bridgeshire—Elizabeth Clegg Rodie, daughter of the 
late T. Rodie, esq. of Liverpool—Charles, son of T. 
Pyecroft, esq.—J. Macglashan, esq.—At Bath, 67, 
the Rev. B. Thicken, of Broughton-hall, Oxford- 
shire—At Bath, Ann Elizabeth, the wife, and Mary, 
the daughter, of J. Rouse, esq. of Blenheim-house, 
Southampton—At Yarford-house, near Taunton, 48, 
T. Cogan, esq.—At Bath, Mary, the wife of Rear 
Admiral Williams—J. Bailey, esq. late of Frome 
Selwood—At Holwell, Wm. Warry, esq. — Eliza- 
beth, wife of P. Layne, esq. 
DORSETSHIRE, 
Married.) At Frampfield, R. Dodgson, esq. of 
Upper Clapton, to Miss Smith, of Taunton. 
Died.] At Poole, on Jan. 4, five weeks after the 
birth of a son, 29, Ursula, the wife of I. Seager, esq. 
alderman of that town—At Upper Backhampton, 
near Dorchester, 76, P. Meggs, esq.—72, M. Miller, 
esq.—Mrs. Henning, wife of W. Henning, esq. of 
Frome-house, near Dorchester—Charlotte Florence, 
eldest daughter of J. Appleyard, esq. of Portland. 
DEVONSHIRE, 
The Chamber of Exeter intend extending the 
canal there to such a distance as will enable ships to . 
enter it at all times of the tide; by which means 
vessels will not experience that detention they have 
hitherto had to encounter. 
The inhabitants of Exeter have agreed to erect 
two market-places; one between Gandy-street and 
North-street; another between South-street and 
John-street. 
A destructive fire happened at the large woollen- 
manufactory belonging to Mr. Reed, of Monkleigh, 
near Great Torrington, by which the whole of the 
machinery, buildings, &c. were made one entire 
ruin. The loss is estimated at about £1,500, of 
which £900 is insured. 
Organic Remains in Kent's Hole, and Chudleigh 
Cave.—The celebrated Professor of Mineralogy and 
Geology in the University of Oxford, Mr. Buckland, 
has been on a visit to Lord Clifford, in company 
with Sir Thomas Acland, and has examined the cave 
at Chudleigh, known by the name of the Pixy’s 
Hole; here he penetrated the stalagmite, and sunk 
to the depth of three or four feet, and found various 
remains of antediluvian animals: such as the hyzna, 
the deer, the bear, &c. The depth of the den where 
these remains are found is a matter only of conjec- 
ture, but the discovery is, we understand, to be fol- 
lowed up. The Professor has also visited Kent's 
j Hole, 
