1.826.] Dorse/, Devoui,h'iir, Conncall, IVales, Scotland, (md Ireland. HI 



—At Banwell, 98, Mrs. Betty Oresley, descendeil 

 from a long uninterrupted line of ancestors, the first 

 of whom came over to this country ill the service 

 and attached to tlie court of King William the 

 Conqueror, and was subsequently a<lvanced to a 

 baronetage, from whom descended the present family 

 of Sir Roger Greslcy, of Drakelow, in the parish of 

 Church Gresley, Derbyshire. 



DORSET. 



Mai-n'ed.] At Southstoke, J. Edwards, esq., of 

 Greenfields, Montgomeryshire, to Mrs. Herbert, of 

 Dolevorgan— At Watford, J. H. Thorpe, esq. to 

 Miss E. Woodman. 



Died.] Elizabeth, relict of the Rev. J. Bryell— 

 At Bridport, 50, Charlotte, daughter of J. (iundry, 

 esq.; the Rev. J. MieU, of Wimbonie; 80, W. 

 Phelps, esq., of Pubkrupt. 



DEVONSHIRE. 



A meeting was lately held at Barnstaple, for the 

 purpose of establishing a committee in aid of the 

 Society for building Churches and Chapels. .\ com- 

 mittee was formed, and books opened at both the 

 banks in Barnstaple to receive contributions. 



The foundation-stone was laid, near Litchdon, of 

 a manufactory for British lace, under the superin- 

 tendance of Mr. Symons of Barnstaple. 



A meeting was lately held for the purpose of esta- 

 blishing a Mendicity Society at Plymouth and De- 

 vonport. 



.■\ fine vein of coal has lately been discovered on 

 the estate called Saltern, near the Bideford turnpike, 

 belonging to L. W. Buck, esq., of Daddon-house. 



Married. At Harberton, C. jVnthony, esq., of 

 Clifton, to Thoniasin, daughter of the late E. 

 Browne, esq., of Blakennore ; Capt. Groves, R.N., 

 to Miss Harrington — At Tavistock, R. Tucker, esq. 

 to Fanny, daughter of J. Moore, esq., of Wick- 

 house, Tavistock — At Hatherbigh, J. Isbell, M.D., 

 F.L.S., of Stonehouse, to Mary, daughter of the 

 late J. Veale, esq., of Passaford — At DawUsh, i. 

 Mayhew, esq., of Umberleigh-house, near Barn- 

 staple, to Mrs. Matterlau, widow of the late Lieut. 

 Matterlau, R.N.— J. S.Bartlett, esq., of Torquay, 

 to Catherine, daughter of the late J. Robinson, esq., 

 of Vaplewick, Nottingham. 



Died. At Colyton, 40, — Sampson, esq— At Ap- 

 pledore, Mrs. Irwin — At Taunton, Mrs. Dansey, re- 

 lict of Col. Dansey ; Frances Lewis, wife of the Rev. 

 J. Clarke, rector of Clayhidou — At Pilton, Mrs. 

 Tallin— At Plymouth, J. Gullet, esq. ; Mr. G. Wat- 

 son, of the Britannia — At Devonport, Lieut. Mc- 

 Carthy, R.N. 



CORNWALL. 



Married.'] At Wadebridge, Mr. J. C. Brown, of 

 Bodien, Egloshayle, to Lydia, daughter of the late 

 J. Hosking, esq., of Ludgran. 



Died.J At Pendennis-castle, Mr. Gates, R.M., 

 barrack-master of that garrison. To his example 

 and histruction the original developeraent of Opie's 

 genius is to be unquestionably attributed — In Truro, 



81, C. Potts, esq .\t Broadleigh, Tamerton, J. D. 



Wynter, M. D. — At Penzance, 14, Mary Aim, daugh- 

 ter of Capt. Tregerthen. 



WALES, 



The Carmarthen Agricultural Society last week 

 held their first anniversary competitory meeting at 

 a field near Llanwlich ; fourteen ploughs started, and 

 the improvement in their management since last 

 year vias quite evident. 



A public meeting was held at Milford lately, for 

 the purpose of establishing an Episcopal Floating 

 Chapel Society for the Port of Milford. The society 

 was established under the patronage ef the Bishop 

 of St. David's ; Sir J. Owen, bart., M. P. appointed 

 president. J. H. Allen, esq., M. P., W. H. Scour- 

 field, esq., M. P., vice-presidents; the Rev. T. Bug- 

 •toke, chairman of the committee ; J. Williams, esq., 

 treasurer ; and Capt. S. Byers, secretary. 



Afarn'ed.] At Llandedwen, Lieut. Col. Clapham, 

 to Ellen Elizabeth, daughter of T. P. J. Parry, esq., 

 of Madryn — \t Anglesea, Capt. A. Anderson, to 

 Mary Margaret, daughter of J. II. Hampton, esq., 

 of Henlys— J. M. Richards, esq., of Roath-hall, 



near Cardiff, to .Arabella, daughter of T. Calle)-, 

 esq., of Burderop-park, Wilts— At Pembrey, J. Mor- 

 ris, esq., of Pantyrathro, Carmarthenshire, to Eliza- 

 beth, daughter of 1). Williams, esq., of I'cnyliedd — 

 At Llandegfan, H.Pringle, es<). of Beaumaris, Angle- 

 sea, to Meriel Eliza, daughter ofB. Sparrow, esq., 

 of Leamington — J. Edwarils, esq., of Greenfield, 

 Montgomeryshire, to Mrs. Herbert, of Dolevorgan. 



Died.] At Haverfordwest, Mrs. Meares, relict of 

 the late G. Meares, esq., of Hook — .\t Evlenstock- 

 hall, Denbighshire, Sir J. Kvans, knt.— At Gors, 112, 

 near Holyhead, ^lrs. Pritchard — .At Kidwelly, W, 

 J. Harris, esq — .\t Cardiff, IKJ, the Rev. P. Edwards. 



SCOTLAND. 

 Mr. Fellows, of Ryegate, Surrey, has presented 

 Mr. Leslie, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the 

 University of Edinburgh, with the sum of £v!00, for 

 the purpose of extending the physical cabinet belong- 

 ing to his class. This gentleman has also placed at the 

 professor's disposal A'/J., to be distributed as prb»s 

 for the two best Essays on Comets, open to all stu- 

 dents who have attended the University at any time 

 during the last ten years. The following prizes from 

 the same liberal source, are to be awarded annually 

 at the close of the session. For the best Essay on any 

 given subject £20., with a gold medal, value £lu., 

 and for the second best i£20. with a silver medal. 



Married.'] .\t Edinburgh, Lieut. S. W. Oldham, 

 R. N., to Miss J. Rankm ; J. Camegie, esq., to 

 Miss A. Playfair ; J. Failey, esq., to Miss J. Smith; 

 the Rev. A. Ferguson, Tobermory, to Miss C. Mc- 

 Donald, Dariroch, Mull — P. Campbell, esq., to 

 Isabella, daughter of G. Malcolm, esq., of Hull— At 

 Inverness, W. McDowall Grant, esq., to the Hon. 

 Miss E. Eraser- At Kinlock, C. Guthrie, esq. jun., 

 of Taybank, to Margaret, daughter of G. Kinlock 

 — .M.'Torbanehill, the Rev. J. Monilaw, of Aman, 

 to Isabella Luke, daughter of the late J. Smellie, 

 esq., of Torbanehill 



Died.] .At Edinburgh, 82, William Skirving, esq., 

 late of Plewland-hill, Haddingtonshire. This gen- 

 tleman was a lineal descendant of John Skirving of 

 Plewland-hill, who was standard-bearer of Keith 

 Earl Marishall, and saved the banner-roll of the 

 family of Earl Marishall at the battle of Flodden 

 Field. This singular relic remained in the family 

 for several ages, and, within these few years, was 

 presented by the deceased to the Faculty of Advo- 

 cates, in whose library it still remains ; John Keir, 

 esq., of Ledgers, Surrey; Mrs. C. O. Henderson ; 

 38, Mary, daughter of Lieut. Col. Leatham ; Mrs. 

 Douglas Dickson of Hartree, widow of A. Douglas, 

 esq. ; J. Fuller, esq., M. D. ; Malcolm Alexander, 

 son of M. Stewart, esq. ; J. Pattison, esq. ; "0, Mrs. 

 C. Robirison ; 70, T. Neilson, esq. ; Mrs. Marianne 

 Cidalie Van Hoogwerff, widow of W. Stewart, esq. — 

 Capt. P. Campbell, ->f Barcalduie; Wilhelmina, 

 daughter of the late H. Hathorn, esq., of Castlewigg 

 — At Nenthom, W. Roy, esq., of Nenthom, and 

 his daughter Isabella — At Cornhill, Aberdeen, Mr. 

 H. Baker, relict of the late AV. Baker, esq., of Font- 

 hill Bishop, AVilts— At Leith, Mr. AV. Knox, author 

 of the Songs of Israel ; The Lonely Hearth ; 

 The Harp of Zion ; A Visit to Dublin ; Marianne, 

 or the AAidower's Daughter ; and a great variety of 

 contributions in the Edinburgh Magazine and other 

 publications — David, son of the late A. Fairlie, esq., 

 of Dunferline ; Janet Calderwood, widow of D. 

 Gordon, esq 74, J. McFarlane, esq., of Balevill. 



IRELAND. 



The men employed by the Mining Company of 

 Ireland in working the slate quarries of Cloney- 

 brien. County Tipperary, on removing an immense 

 heap of stones, a large flag-stone was found at the 

 bottom ; on removing it, and digging, a human skele- 

 ton of extraordinary size was discovered under- 

 neath. There has been for years a story told by the 

 country-people, that a King of Leinster was mur- 

 dered on that spot ; and, as is usual, a heap of stones 

 was created by each person throwing one as he passed 

 by. 



Dr. Brady has erected a shot-factorv at Baly- 

 corris, over one of the shafts of the Mining Com- 

 pany of Ireland, which will save the country for 

 that article between thirty and forty thousand, 

 pounds annually. 



