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in consequence of the Infinnary not affording those 

 accommodations which are necessary to the proper 

 classification of their patients, and stating the evils 

 which arise from the want of that arrangement, and 

 proposing such an addition to the present building 

 as would enable them properly to classify their pa- 

 tients. The necessity of the measure was admitted 

 by the governors present. 



Married.^ R. Parish, esq., of Stourbridge, to 

 Charlotte, daughter of I. Borrow, esq., of Waltham- 

 cross— At Kidderminster, J. Jones, an. of London, 

 to Ann, daughter of T. Jones, escj., of Kidder- 

 minster. 



HEKEFORDSHinE. 



A gentleman shooting lately near Hereford found 

 an animal, undoubtedly of the hare species (just 

 killed by a stoat), measuring only four inches and a 

 half from the nose to the end of the tail, having two 

 distinct carcases ; the one possessing perfect con- 

 struction, with liver, lights, heart, &c. ; the other 

 contained two entrails only, and it had four hind 

 legs and two fore ones. 



The Rev. C. Jones, M.A., vicar of Wormbley, 

 presented, on Christmas Day, to his church, a hand- 

 some communion cup and cover. 



The smallest pair of scissors probably ever made 

 are now in the possession of Mr. K. Imber, cutler, 

 Hereford. They are only three-twentieths of an 

 inch in length, each part about the thickness of a 

 horse hair, firmly riveted, and they open and shut 

 freely. They are in a common-sized stocking needle, 

 drilled hollow, of which the head screws off. The 

 whole is contained in a neat ivory case, with a silver 

 top. They were manufactured by Mr. Imber's fa- 

 ther, who is seventy years of age. 



Married.'] At Eardisley, the Rev. G. Coke, A. M., 

 rector of Aylton, to Ann Elizabeth, daughter of the 

 late Rev. J. Hodgson. 



Died.] At Holnu, G3, E. Bulmer, esq. 



GLOUCESTER AND MONMOL'TH. 



The Annual December Meeting of the Forest of 

 Dean and Chepstow District Agricultural Society 

 was held at the Branfort Arms, Chepstow, for the 

 show of stock, &c., when the usual premiums were 

 awarded. 



Mr. Wallis, in his lecture given at the Western 

 Literary and Scientific Institution in London, re- 

 marked that the great rise of the tide in the Bristol 

 Channel and the Severn, was, obviously, caused 

 by the projecting land of Devonshire and Cornwall. 



A new peal of eight bells have been erected in the 

 parish church of Oakford, near Bampton, the gift 

 of the Rev. J. Parkin, the rector. 



Married.] At Painswick, the Rev. G. C. Hay- 

 ward, of Avening, to Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of 

 G. Wathen, esq., of Lower-grange, near Stroud; 

 R. D'Oyly, esq., to Anne, daughter of the late Rev. 

 W. James, rector of Evenload, Worcester, and »f 

 Pitchcomb; — Pocock, esq., of Hope-house, Aber- 

 gavenny, to Mary, daughter of D. Rees, esq., of 

 Derby; G. Withers, esq., of Tetbury, to Miss 

 Mathews of Sopworth — At Cheltenham, J. B. 

 Brady, esq., to Jane Harriet, daughter of the late 

 Sir Rupert George, bart ; Captain Goodiff to Char- 

 lotte, daughter of the late Major General Sir C?. 

 Holmes, K. C. B. ; S. Baylis. esq., of Gravel-hill, 

 near Rodborough, to Sarah, daughter of W. Rud- 

 der, esq., of Edge-house, near Painswick — At Mal- 

 pas, H. 11. Sneyd, esq., of Ravenhill, near Belfast, 

 to Soby Rebecca, daughter of T. C. Dod, esq., of 

 Edge, Cheshire; the Rev. T. Watkins, vicar of 

 Minety, to Mrs. Pipon, relict of T. Pipon, esq., of 

 Winchester — At Dodington, the Hon. A. Thelluson, 

 to Caroline Amia Maria, daughter of Sir C. B. 

 Codrington, bart. 



Died.] W. Brice, esq., of Bristol— At Clifton- 

 wood, the Rev. J. Cockaine— At Clifton, Mrs Ste- 

 vens, relict of Col. Stevens — 69, Martha, wife of the 

 ,Rev. T. Nash. D. D., of Fortharapton— Sophia, 

 wife of E. Macben, esq., of Whitemead— 74, The 

 Rev. N. Poyntz, rector of Tonnarton— C. Hinton, 

 esq., of Daglingworth— 73, C. Herbert, esq., of 

 .*bcrgavenny— 13, Harriet PriscUla, daughter of T. 



Hardwicke, esq., of Tytherington— At Newport, 

 8.'1, Rebecca, relict of W. P. Williams, esq., of Her- 

 mons-hill, Haverford-wcst — At Wtstbury-upon- 

 'J rim, R. Llewillin, esq. — At Gloucester, G5, A. 

 Ellis, esq. — At Cheltenham, Major Unett. 



BUCKS AND BERKS. 



The toBTi of Newbury has lately been lighted with 

 gas. — At a meeting of the trustees of the turnpike- 

 road, held lately at Maidenhead, the accounts for 

 building the New Chapel-Bridge were audited, and 

 Mr. Clifford, of Great Marlow, who built the bridge, 

 was presented with a handsome silver tankard, Ijear- 

 ing an appropriate inscription, by Mr. Busby the 

 architect, in testimony of his approbation of the 

 manner in which the above undertaking, and the 

 mason's work of the New Chapel of St. Andrew and 

 St. Mary Magdalen, had been executed by Mr. 

 Clifford. 



A handsome piece of plate was lately presented 

 to the Rev. W. Morgan, B. D., of the New Chapel 

 of St. Mary Magdalen, Maidenhead, and late curate 

 of Su N icholas's, Worcester, as a token of respect 

 and esteem. 



At a meeting of the inhabitants of .\ylesbury, 

 held lately at the County-hall, the report of the 

 committee appointe<l to consider the details of the 

 proposed bill for lighting and watching the town, 

 was read by Mr. Ball. 



Marrifd.] At Marcham, the Rev. W. Buckland, 

 D. D. to Mar)', daughter of B. Morland, esq., of 

 ShcepRtead-hoiise, near Abingdon — .\t Stoke, T. 

 Galagun, esq., to Elizabeth Ordridge, daughter of R. 

 Bromley, esq., of Stoke-villa — R. Comins, esq., of 

 Fifielil Wick, to .Sarah, daughter of T. Stone, esq., 

 of Fifield — J. Aram, esq., of Chilwell, to Mrs. E. 

 Wood. 



Oieil.] Jane, the wife of T. R. Harman, esq., of 

 Sindlesham-lodge— At Amersham, the Rev. Dr. 

 Drake — U, T. Smith, esq., of Reading— Ho, At the 

 vicarage. Winkleigh, the Rev. J. Cliff— 18, Francis, 

 son of G. Gray, esq., of Newbury. 



HERTFORD AND BEDFORD. 



The late Wm. Wiltshire, esq., of Hitchen, has 

 bequeathed £liN) to the British and Foreign Bible 

 Society, which has been paid duty free. 



Married.] The Hon. and Rev. W. Thelluson, of 

 Aldenham, to Lucy, third daughter of E. R. Pratt, 

 esq., of Ryston-house, Norfolk— At Bedford, C. J. 

 Greatrix, esq., of Eccleshall, Suffordshire, to 

 Catherine Augusta, daughter of the late T. Bur- 

 nell, esq. ; The Rev. P. La Trobe, to Mary Louisa, 

 daughter of the Rt. Rev. F. W. Foster— .\t Ches- 

 hunt, R. Parish, esq., of Stourbridge, to Charlotte, 

 daughter of J. Borrow, esq., of Waltham-cross. 



Died.] Eleanor, daughter of the Rev. L. Brooke, 

 vicar of Great Hormead— Mrs. Calvart, relict of E. 

 Calvart, esq., of Albury-halL 



NORTHA.MPTON. 



The Amicable Preservative Society held their six- 

 teenth anniversary meeting at Northampton, on the 

 2tith of Dec, when an elegant inchased silver cup 

 was presented to Mr. Wm. Law, the secretary, as a 

 testimonial of gratitude for his valuable and dis- 

 interested services. 



Died.] At Peterborough, 43, J. "W. Cole, esq. 



CAMBRIDGE AND HUNTINGDON. 



The independent freeholders of the county of 

 Huntingdon gave a public dinner, at the George 

 Hotel, to their noble representative. Lord John 

 RusseU, " for the purpose of expressing their ap- 

 probation of his conduct in Parliament, and for his 

 general services." 



Married.] At Curdsworth, W. Addison, esq., of 

 Soham, to .\nn, daughter of T. Fox, esq., of New- 

 lands — At Chippenham, J. S. Tharp, esq. to Anna 



Maria, daughter of the late Major-gen. Gent The 



Rev. J. C. Ward, of Soham, to Miss Johnson. 



Diet!.] Mrs. Pearson, relict of the Rev. Dr. Pear- 

 son— J. Buckby, esq., of Trinity College, Cam- 

 bridge. 



