182G.] 



Herefordshire, Gloucester and Monmouth, 8fc. 



445 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



His Grace the Duke of Portland has set to work on 

 his estate, a great number of the unfortunate, unem- 

 ployed storkingers, and others of Mansfield Wood- 

 house, and Sutton in Ashfield. (lis Lordship has 

 also had oxen slaughtered, and sold below the mar- 

 ket price to those unfortunate sufferers. 



Marriol.'i At Gringly. J. Clarke, esq., of the 

 Hough, Derbyshire, to Miss Wainwright, of Ever- 

 ton. 



Died.] At Kilham-hall, 74, J. M. .Sutton, esq — 

 At VVesthorpe, Juliana, wife of the Rev. W. C'laye 

 —At East Iletford, 48, Lieut.-Col.- Kirk— At .Not- 

 tingham, Mrs. Ingar, ofSheerton. 



LINCOLNSHIllE. 

 The Duke of York laid the first stoneof the mau- 

 soleum about to be erected to the memory of the 

 late Duchess of Rutland, on Blackbury-hill, near 

 Belvoir Castle. 



Died.] At Allington-house, B3, the Dowager Lady 

 Welby— At Hanworth, 89, Mrs. Bradford. 



LEICESTEH AND RUTLANDSHIRE. 



The whole of the old shambles, with the shops in 

 front, and smiths' workshop Iwhind, are shortly to 

 be removed for the purpose of enlarging the market- 

 place, and to aSnrd a more commodious entrance 

 into the centre of the town of Uppbigham. The 

 road to the town on the south side is to be improved 

 by lowering one of the steepest hills which impede 

 the entrance into Uppingham. 



Petitions to Parliament for the abolition of negro 

 slavery has been numerously signed at Loughbo- 

 rough, and at Castle Donnington. 



Married.'] At Uppingham, the Rev. T. Cox, of 

 Leamington, to Mary Aime, daughter of Mr. L. 

 Bell. 



Died.] At Leicester, J. Priestman, gent.; Mr. 

 Hodgkin ; fill, Absalom Smith, better known in the 

 neighbourhood of Leicester, as King of the Gypsies, 

 leaving behind him a wife and thirteen children (to 

 whom he is said to have left i.'l(K) each), and fifty- 

 four grand-children. He was attended in his last 

 illness, at his " camp" in Twyford-lane, by Dr. Ar- 

 nold and two surgeons ; and was followed to his 

 grave in Twyford church-yard, by a large retinue of 

 his own tribe, on Friday week. He was interred in 

 his coat, the buttons on which were silver, and 

 marked .A.S. Lest this circumstance should be a 

 temptation to disturb his body, his followers caused 

 alternate layers of straw and timber to be put into 

 the grave with the earth — At Ravenstom, Susan, 

 wife of the Rev. G. Prickett, A.M.— At Market Har- 

 borough, Ann, relict of T. Gamer, esq. — At Mount 

 Sorrel, 26, T. Weston, esq. 



STAFFORDSHIRE. 



Lord Viscount Dudley and Ward, the patron of 

 Sedgley church, has offered to rebuild that ancient 

 edifice at his own expense, on the condition that the 

 persons who had subscribed towards rebuilding the 

 church, would transfer their subscriptions towards a 

 chapel of ease about to be erected in another part of 

 the parish. This munificent offer was gladly ac- 

 cepted. 



Married.'] At Burton-on-Trent, J. Guest, esq., of 

 Stretton-en-le-Fields, Derbyshire, to Ann, daughter 



of C. Hill, esq At Castle Church, W. D. Webb, 



esq., to Mary Anne, daughter of H. Webb, esq., of 

 Forebridge. 



WARWICKSHIRE. 



DJerf.] At Leamington, tlie lady of E. Graham, 

 (sq. 



SHROI'SHIRE. 



A public meeting was held lately at Shrewsbury, 

 and petitions drawn up to be presented to Parlia- 

 ment to abolish negro slaverj'. 



Afcrrifrf.] AtShetton, the Rev. A. Haden, M.-\., 

 to Marianne, daughter of the late Rev. J. Hintin- 

 stall, of Artbury, Cheshire — At Westbury, R. Law- 

 rence, esq., .M.D., to Miss Meredith— At Worthen, 

 .1. Domic, «sq., to Letltia, daughter of J. Edwards, 

 esq. 



WonCESTER. 

 Married.'] T. Smith, esq., of Pcdmore-park , ne«r 

 Stourbridge, to Ann, daughter of the late T. Smith, 

 esq., of Great Willey— At Uromsgrove, the Rev. C. 

 H. Roper, B.A., to Annette, daughter of the late 

 W. Bradford, esq., of Jamaica. 



DiVrf.] At Fairfleld-house, 82, Mrs. Parker — 

 21, Mary, only daughter of W. Acton, esq., of Wol- 

 verton— 85, the Rev. A. Robinson— Mrs. Baker, re- 

 lict of Capt. Baker, of Kcmpsey— Mrs. Pratt, relict 

 of B. Pratt, esq., of Great Witley— The celebrated 

 singer, Mr. C. Incledon— At Kempsey, Llcut.-Col. 

 Little— 84, Elizabeth, relict of J. VVllliams, esq., of 

 St. John's. 



HEREFORDSHIRE. 



The Rev. J. Bissett, B.D., of Titley, was pre- 

 sented lately by the inhabitants of Kington and iti 

 neighbouring parishes, with an elegant piece of plate 

 of the value of jei 111, as a tribute of respect for hi* 

 very useful, upright, and Independent conduct as a 

 magistrate. 



Married.'] At Pembridge, E. Culsha, esq., of 

 Furnival's-Inn, London, to Mary, daughter of T. 

 Jeffries, esq., of the Grove. 



Died.] The Rev. W. Dowell, vicar of Hom Lacy 

 — At the Hillocks, near Hopton, 7r,, Mr. T. Forres- 

 ter, who had not been shaved for fifty years — 62, J. 

 Bevan, esq.— At Leominster, Mrs. Meredith. 



GLOUCESTER AND MONMOUTH. 



At a meeting held lately at Tewkesbury, It was 

 resolved to petition Parliament for leave to bring in 

 a bill for the improvement of the river Avon, run- 

 ning through the counties of Gloucester, Worcester, 

 and Warwick. 



A destructive fire broke out lately at Vatch Mills, 

 near Stroud, .n the clothing manufactory of Messrs. 

 Wyatt, which destroyed proiierty of the value of 

 from ^10,0(Hito i,'li>,iKNI. 



Water-works have lately been erected at Chelten- 

 ham, to supply the inhabitants with pure mountain 

 spring water. 



Married.] At Cheltenham, C. Nicholson, esq., 

 of Belr.-ith, Ireland, to Anna, daughter of the late 

 G. Conj-ngham, esq., of Spring-hill, county Derry ; 

 Capt. C. Paget, to Frances, daughter of the lateW 

 Edwards, esq.— C. M'Dowall, esq., of Bristol, to 

 Eliza, relict of N. Thorley, esq., of Bath-^. Tar- 

 rant, esq., of Rodmarton, to Mary, daughter of R. 

 Bedwell, esq., of Mulgeyhanipton. 



Died.] At Cheltenham, 53, Capt. W. J. Hamil- 

 ton ; lA, F. Corfield, esq.; 63, C. Laide, esq.; 78 

 Mrs. Bellinger— At Gloucester, 17, Miss L.S. Barnes 

 —At Clifton, Miss Wrench, of Camberwell- At 

 Bristol, 72, Mrs.M.E.Hei!;hinBton; 58, Mary, widow 

 of D. Wait, esq. ; 61 . Mrs. Toger ; Mrs. Bell ; 78, 

 Mr. T. Spurrier ; Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. M. R. 

 Whish ; 511, J. C. Coulson, esq. ; Elizabeth, relict 

 of T. Major, esq.; Mi&i J. Maggs— At Clifton 

 Sarah, relict of the Rev. C. Elevcs — At Brentry 

 near Henbury, 58, R. Perry, esq.— 25, T. Griin^' 

 esq., of Gloucester- AtColneStDennis, 73, W. H.' 

 Price, esq. 



OXFORDSHIRE. 



Marri'd.] At Hanwell, the Rev. F. Pott, M.A 

 to Sarah, daughter of the late Capt. Sills, R.N^. '' 



Vied.] At Oxford, 45, Mrs. Smith, wife of the 

 Dean of Christ's Church— At Blackthorn, 72 R 

 King, esq. 



BUCKS AND BERKS. 



An ewe, belonging to Mr. J. Prentice, of Astcott, 

 near Wing, lately yeaned five lambs, two males and 

 three females, all of which are alive. 



A meeting was held lately at Abngdon, at which 

 it was unanimouly resolved to petition Parliament 

 to repeal the assessed taxes. 



Married.] At the Royal Lodge, Windsor, Lord 

 btrathaven, to Lady E. Conyngham. 



Died.] At Wallingford, Mrs. Moore, relict of the 

 late Rev. Dr. Moore— At Dorton-house, Bucks, 8o, 

 Sir John Aubrey, bart. The venerable baronet was 

 at the time of his decease, member for the borou 'h 

 ?/ •J^'^ham, and father of the House of Commons. 

 He had possessed a seat in thirteen Parliaments, and 

 been a representative for more than half a century- 



