1826.] 



Herefordshire, Gloucester and Monmouth, SfC. 



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CI.OUCKSTF.n AND MONMOITH. 



Feb. 5. The Chamber of Commerce held its An- 

 nual Meeting at the Commercial Sale (looms, Bristol ; 

 the secretary reail the corresjiondencc of the Chamber 

 with the Common Council and the Society of Mer- 

 chants, respecting the objects and winlicsof theCom- 

 -miiKioners of Revenue lu(iuiry, includin,-; Mr. Wal- 

 lace's expressed desire of adjusting dlfl'erences. The 

 various resolutions were passed urT.inimousIy. and 

 the state of the account being read, the company 

 proceeded to ballot for new directors in place of those 

 who retired. 



A meeting of the inhabitants of Bristol was held 

 lately for the purpose of considerhig the expediency 

 of petitioning both Houses of Parliament " for the 

 mitigation and gradual .ibolition of negro slavery in 

 every part of his Majesty's dominions, with a due 

 regard to the interests of all parties concerned in 

 colonial property." The different resolutions and 

 petitions founded thereon were agreed to unani- 

 mously. 



A new bridge is to lie erected over the Severn, In 

 lieu of the present dilapidated and inconvenient 

 structure at Over, near Gloucester. 



Marrieit.] At Cheltenham, Major W. Pearce, to 

 Rhoda, daughter of the late T. I'rothero, esi)., of 

 Usk — At Salperton, Lieut. Cul. H. Beach, to Jane, 

 daughter of J. Browne, esq. — At Abergavenny, I. J. 

 h. Prichard, esq., to Miss N. James, of Buiith, 

 Brecon. 



DiVrf.] At Bristol, 8", Mrs. Cockin— 13, Mary, 

 daughter of J. Lean, esq. — Man', daughter of G. 

 Reed, esq., of New Court, Newent— At Chenham, 

 Sarah, wife of S. Smith, esq — At St. Avon's, J. 



Earls, esq At Willcrsev, (ji), Jane, relict of the Uev. 



\V. Scott— At Bristol, '77, Lieut. Col. W. Booth- 

 Mrs. M. Bridges— At Chepstow, Miss Bowsher— At 

 Bristol llotwells, Anna Sojihia, wife of J. G. Lloyd, 

 of Christ's College, Cambridge, B.A. — Emma, daugh- 

 ter of S. Brice, esq., of Frinchay, near Bristol — At 

 Clifton, J. Macnamara, esc]., senior Admiral of the 

 Red, who killed Col. Montgomery in a duel at 

 Chalk Farm in UtiO— J. L Rowlan<l. son of the late 

 Rev. E. R. Litchford, rector of Boothby Pagnal, 

 Lincoln— Elizabeth, daughter of J. Wheble, esq., of 

 Woodley Lodge, Berks — At Anchor Hill, J. Evans, 

 esq. — 7H, J. Hurst, esq., of Fairford — At I'rossford, 

 Gil, R. Vary, esq.— At Gloucester, 72, H. Taylor, esq. 

 —Mary, daughter of T. Commeline, esq. 

 OXFORDSHIRE. 



Jan. 2.5. The dwelling-house, two bams, all the 

 outbuildings, with a quantity of com, &c. &c., at 

 Henley on Thames, belonging to Mr. Allnatt, were 

 totally destroyed by fire. 



AfajviVrf.] At Oxford.Miss Elizabeth Marchman, to 

 Thomas Alexander, alias Chontliongaboo (a black 

 man), eldest son of Cronthomaboo, chief of a nume- 



rous tribe on the coast of Coromande! When a boy, 



he was taken prisoner, and sold to the slave trader, 

 who conveyed him to the West-Indies ; thence he 

 came to England with his master, and of course be- 

 came free. Since his arrival in Oxford, whether in- 

 spired by a literary' atmosphere, or impelled by innate 

 genius, he has assisted in sending forth to the public 

 several works, religious, moral, scientific, and senti- 

 mental, in the capacity of paper warehouse .and 

 foundry assistant, at one of the printing establish- 

 ments m Oxford. 



Died.l At Burford, the Hon. and Rev. F. Knollis 

 — Jane Catherine, daughter of the late Rev. T. 

 Evans, vicar of Chipping Norton— 8ti, Mary, relict of 

 the late R. Appleton, esq., of Henley on Thames— 

 At Lowbury House, the Rev. L. Ton, rector of In- 

 gram, Northumberland. 



BUCKS AND BERKS. 



The general annual meeting of the subscribers to 

 the national schools of Windsor and the neighbour- 

 hood, was held at the Town-Hall, on Wednesday the 

 25th of JanUarj'. The report presented a favourable 

 statement of the progress and utility of this excellent 

 institution. 



The general annual meeting of the subscribers to 

 the dispensary, was held at the town-hall on the 

 sane day. 



A meeting was held lately at Buckingham, Lord 

 Nugent in the chair, at which it wa< unBDirootuly 

 resolved to petition I'arliament to emancipate the 

 slaves throughout tlic British dominions. 



Mtirned.'] At Wallln^ford, H. Hopkins, jun. e»(|,, 

 o Caroline, daughter ol C. Miirrell, esq. 



Uinl.'] At BiiiCeld, the ladj of L. A. Davidson, 



to Caroline, daughter ol C. Murrell, esq. 



' lady of L. A. 



esq.— R. Mathews, esq — 54, _E. Wells, esq., of Wal- , 



lingford— At Heading, Mrs. Traiit— 7S, At Newport 

 Pagnell, T. Ode, esq. 



HERTFORD AND BEDFORD. 



Jan. 18. .M a meeting of the inhabit,ints of Hitch- 

 in, resolutions were unanimously adopted, and a i)e- 

 titinn drawn uji tol)e presented to Parliament for the 

 mitigation and final abolition of slavery tluroughuut 

 the British dominions. 



A petition to Parliament has been drawn up and 

 numerously signed by the inlmbitants of Hertford in 

 support of the above resolutions. 



^f|lrnl•<l.2 At Great Amwell, H. H. Peard, esq., to 

 Elizabeth, daughter of T. Cuthrow, esq., of Hod. 

 desdon. 



NORTHA.MPTOV. 



DiVJ.] G. S. Marten, esq. of Sandriilgc-lodge, near 

 St. Allmns — At Chcshunt, Frances, wile of S. Key, 

 esq. — ri'>, G. W. Monk, esq., of St. John's, near 

 Biggleswade — (il. At Lyons-hall, J. Cheese, esq. 



.Mnr/i'-rf.] At IrchcstcT, C. Barnelt, esq., of Shat- 

 fon-[)ark, to Kliutbeth, daughter of P. Payne, esq., 

 of Knaston-hall. 



iticrf.] 7;), At Watford, W. GUbert, esq.— 70, At 

 Spratton, T. Chapman, esq. 



CAMBRIDGE AND HUNTINGDON. 



A very respectable meeting of the commissioners 

 of the Eau Brink Drainage was held lately, when re- 

 solutions were passed for entering into contract with 

 Messrs. JollifTe and Bankes, for widening the Cut, and 

 a meeting of the county proposed to consider the 

 alarming condition of the Ouze banks. 



3fari-ifrf.] At Upwoo<I, J. Ilcnckley, esq., of Guild- 

 ford, to Jane, daughter of J. Pixjlcy, esq.— At Chat- 

 teris, the Rev. B. G. Blackdcn, of Thoqi, Derby- 

 shire, to Mary, daughter of the late U. Denny, esc]., 

 of St. Ives. 



Dierf.] (H, S. Allvey, M. D., of St. Neots— 67, The 

 Rev. J. B. Isaacson, vicar of Islehara. 



NORFOLK. 



A petition is now in course of s'lgnature by the 

 trade and inhabitants of Lynn, addressed to the 

 mayor and burgesses, to request the removal of the 

 beast-market from its present inconvenient site to A 

 part of the town near the com-market. 



At the first annual meeting of the female servants^ 

 institution, the report of the proceedings of the year 

 ■was read by J. J. Guraey, esq., which wa» very satis, 

 factory ; the number of subscribers amounted to 83, 

 and 4(1 servants had been supplied with places. 



The subscription for the distressed weaversat Nor- 

 wich amounts to nearly i£4(«i0. 



Married.'] At Bexwell, R.Hunter, esq., of Margate, 

 to Mary, daughter of R. Muskett, esq. — At ^'ar- 

 mouth, C. Delves, esq., of Tunbridge Wells, to EUza, 

 daughter of J. Perkins, esq — At Wood Norton, the 

 Rev. J. Norris, to Lucv, daughter of the Rev. F. 

 Howes— The Rev. T. D'Eye Betts, of Wortham, to 

 Harriett, daughter of the' Rev. G. C. Doughty. 



Died.] 53, At Catton, W. Vachell, esq.— 74,At Yar- 

 paoulh, Mrs. Costerton — Lucv, daughter of H. H. 

 Henley, esq., of Sandringham-hall— At Thetford, R. 

 Chambers, esq. 



STFFOLK. 



A meeting of Agriculturists within the Hundred of 

 Cosford was held on Monday the SOth of January, 

 in the Council Chamber at Hadleigh, for the purpose 

 Of petitioning Parliament against the free importa- 

 tion of foreign grain. 



A meeting of the o^Tiers and occupiers of land in 

 the Hundred of Risbridge and the vicinity was held 

 at Clare, when it was unanimously resolved to peti- 

 tion Parliament against a free trade m foreign com. 



