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At Margate, 64, Mrs, Major—At Dover, C. Green, 
esq.—At Feversham, 98, Mrs. Gillow—At Eltham, 
82, Harriet Stringer, wife of J. Latham, esq.—At 
Canterbury, Mrs. Waters—At Dover, Francis John- 
son, the wife of J. Waller, esq. of Somerfield-court 
—At Tunbridge Wells, 80, Mrs. Francis Ashburn- 
ham, last surviving daughter of the late Sir W. Ash- 
burnham, bishop of Chichester—At Goodnestone, 
78, Lady Bridges, mother of Sir Brook W. Bridges, 
bart. of Goodnestone-park. 
SUSSEX. 
A survey is now going on for the purpose of form- 
ing a navigable tide-canal, with twenty-five feet of 
water, for ships of the first class, from Arundel Bay 
to Dep®ord, a distance of nearly fifteen miles. The 
estimated expense is four millions. 
About 90,000 tubs of oysters were taken from the 
beds discovered last year off the town of Shoreham, 
and conveyed to the different grounds of Feversham, 
Colchester, Milton, &c.—the taking of which, gave 
employment to the crews of upwards of 380 vessels 
during the season. 
The first stone, for the rebuilding of Littlehamp- 
ton church, was laid on Monday, 28th February, by 
Robert Watkins, esq., agent to the Duke of Norfolk, 
having inscribed on it the names of that gentleman, 
the vicar, Anthony P. Kelly, and the churchwar- 
dens, Richard Isemongar and James Corney; also 
the date. Several coins, of the present reign, were 
deposited beneath. 
Married.] At Brighton, W. Rutson, esq. of Aller- 
ton, to Charlotte Maria, daughter of the late W. 
Ewart, esq. of Liverpool. 
Died.] The Rev. H. J. Beaver, B.D., rector of 
Barcomb, near Lewes—At Bexhill, Agnes, wife of 
H. Riddell, esq.—At Brighton, Mrs. Kemp, wife of 
T. R. Kemp, esq. M.P.—At Beckley, 76, Mrs. 
Witham—At Brighton, 67, Lieut.-General Dorrien. 
HAMPSHIRE. 
Lately, as the workmen at Linnington’s coach 
manufactory, Portsmouth, were cutting up an ash- 
tree, they discovered, completely enclosed in the 
wood, a bird’s nest, with the skeleton of a bird and 
portion of eggs. There was no appearance whatever 
of any aperture in the wood, nor can it be imagined 
how the bird and nest, in the perfectly-formed state 
discovered, became inserted in it; the nest was seated 
about eight feet from the stump of the tree. 
Died.] At Vicar's-hill-house, J. C. Purvis, esq., 
Admiral of the Blue—At Porchester, 79, Mary, 
widow of the late Captain W. Smith, R.N.—Captain 
Dewell, Barrack-master of Gosport—P. Mackenzie, 
esq. of Hilsen, near Portsmouth—At Hursley-lodge, 
Sir T. F. Heathcote, bart.—At Southampton, the 
lady of Rear-admiral Sir J. P. Beresford, bart. K.C.B. 
At Southampton, Mrs. Baird, daughter of the late 
T. Dickson, esq. of Burstow-park, Surrey, and 
widow of Captain W. Baird, only son of Sir James 
Baird, bart.—At Droxford, the Hon. C. P. Hamil- 
ton, Admiral of the Red, second son of Lord A. 
Hamilton. 
WILTSHIRE, 
Married.] The Rev. C.F. Watkins, of Farley, to 
Caroline, daughter of the late J. Aldridge, esq. of 
Jamaica. 
Died.] 73, W. Ghost, esq. of Salisbury—At Wink- 
field, near Bradford, 81, T. Morris, esq.—At Rams- 
bury, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. J. Russell. 
SOMERSETSHIRE, 
Died.] At Hindon-house, W. B. Wade, esq.—At Ba- 
thampton, T. Cuming, esq.—At Yeovil, 65, G. Mayo, 
esq.—At Beckington, John, son of J. Palmer, esq. of 
Provincial Occurrences :—Sussex, Hampshire, Wales, 
[April 1, 
Jamaica—At Bath, 95, Louisa, relict of G. F. Ritso, 
esq.—J. J. Francklin, esy.—At Bath, T. Creaser, 
M.D. of Cheltenham. 
DORSETSHIRE. 
Married.) At Dorchester, J. P. Brady, M.D. to 
Catherine, fourth daughter of the Jate T. Druitt, 
esq. of Winborne-minster—T. Samson, esq. of King- 
ston Russel, to Mrs. Legg, of the Parsonage-house, 
Stapleton, Dorset. 
Died.] At Weymouth, 33, Lucy, daugnterof T. 
A. Maberley, esq.—At his seat in Dorsetshire, Sir 
Edward Baker, bart. 
DEVONSHIRE. 
The opening of Chudleigh cave, commonly called 
Pixey’s Hole, has excited great interest among the 
antiquaries. Several antediluvian relics have been 
taken from the place, consisting of an elephant’s 
grinder, the tusk of a young hippopotamus, the jaw-_ 
bone and teeth of some animal not yet identified.. 
The researches are still in progress. 
A strata of bones, of a dimension much larger than 
those of any animal at present inhabiting this coun- 
try, has been discovered at Baggy Point, an elevated 
rock on the sea-coast, about twelve miles from Barn- 
staple, in the parish of Morthoe. 
Married.] At Crediton, H. Elliot, esq. of Coven- 
try, to Jane, fifth daughter of J. Roberts, esq. of 
Crediton—At Torquay, the Rev. W. Gretton, son of 
the Dean of Hereford, and vicar of Wethington and. 
Preston Wynne, to Lucy, second daughter of the 
Rev. W. Ireland. 
Died.) At Reeve, the Rev. R. Trip—At Alphing- 
ton, 74, T. Whitear, esq.—At Exeter, W. Prideaux, 
esq. of Lincoin’s-inn, London —At Heavitree, 55, 
Capt. J. Davie, R.N. of His Majesty’s ship Conque- 
ror—At Topsham, 40, Mary, wife of T. L. Brown, 
esq.—At Bishop's Nympton, Devon, Frances Matilda, 
eldest daughter of the Rev. T. Smith, of West Til-~ 
bury, Essex—At Stoke Cottage, near Dartmouth, 
D. N. Land, esq.—At Plymstock, 65, J. Satterthwaite, 
esq-—At Catdown, Eliza Ann, only daughter of T. 
Mann, esq. R.N.—At Devonport, 64, W. Martin, 
esq-—At Aysford Cottage, Sidmouth, 68, J. Rogers, 
esq-—Mary, relict of the late W. Clark, esq. of Buck- 
land-house. 
CORNWALL. 
Married.} At St. Gluvias, J. Bouchant, esq. to 
Miss Millar, daughterof T. Millar, esq. of Flushing— 
At St. Allen’s, J. Gurney, esq. of Trevorgate-house, 
St. Merryn, to Miss A. Hugoe—At Budoch church, 
near Falmouth, Lieut. Croke, R.N. to Miss Smith, 
daughter of Capt. Smith, of Falmouth. 
Di-d.] At Lestwithiel, 74, Ann, relict of the Rev. 
J. Baron—At Redruth, J. Ross, esq.—At Truro, 77, 
Ann, relict of the late Captain J. Williams—83, Mrs. 
Brewer—At Roseadgehill, 66, J. Tremenheere, esq. 
of Penzance—At Penzance, J. Gloag, esq. 
WALES. 
A new line of road along the Flintshire shore, from 
below Holywell, round to Mostyn, Talacre, and so 
on to Meliden, &c. is contracted for, and will pro- 
bably become the regular mail-road. 
The tradesmen and inhabitants of Newton, Mont- 
gomeryshire, duly estimating the exertions and pub- 
lic spirit of W. Pugh, esq. of Brynlly arch, have 
subscribed one hundred guineas, for the purpose of 
purchasing a piece of plate, suitably inscribed, as a 
testimony of gratitude for the unremitting attention 
of that gentleman, in promoting works of public 
utility, and the interests of all clesses, in that busy 
and enterprizing town! 
Married.]- At Bridgend, J. May, esq. of Cavatry, 
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