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- Died.} 72, George Bingham, well known for 
his harmless eccentricities at Sherborne. 
OXFORD AND BERKS. 
At the Third Annual Court of the University 
Life Assurance Society, established by royal 
charter, which was lately held, the report iaid be- 
fore the proprietors was of the most satisfactory 
description. The income of the Society already 
exceeds £20,000 a year, whilst the number of 
deaths among the assured, during the whole pe- 
riod of its establishment, is only four. It is re- 
markable that the assurei's from the two Univer- 
sities of Oxford and Cambridge are nearly equal 
both in number and in the amount assured. 
We are sorry that some of the London papers 
give credit and insertion to exaggerated and false 
reports of the destruction of the corn crops in va- 
rious parts of this county, averring that they are 
very light and indifferent. This is not the case, 
for they are generally good, particularly the bar- 
ley.—Oxford Herald. 
The state of the Oxford County Goal furnishes 
amost melancholy proof of the dreadful effects 
produced by the Game Laws on the morals of the 
country. The prisoners confined there under sen- 
tences of last Epiphany Session, are }2 in num 
ber; larceny, 1—assault, 1—poaching, 10! These 
are not the only inmates of the goal whose only 
crime is poaching, These ten persons were sent 
there from one single session ; and there are, be- 
side them, nine others, also imprisoned in this 
gaol for poaching, who were sent there by magis- 
trates, &c. Such a state of things ought never to 
be allowed to exist in a civilized country, and it 
really does behove the ministers to turn their at- 
tention to this dreadful evil, and to bring in a bill 
for the eradication of a system of laws which is 
found to be so very pernicious to the moral state 
of the kingdom; for it has been not only acknow- 
ledged by magistrates, but proved by fact in the 
criminal courts, that imprisonment for poaching 
is the precursor not only of other crimes, but fre- 
quently of murder. 
Married.) G. F. Rich, esq., of Sonning, to 
Miss Agnes Frazer. 
Died.] At Oxford, 66, John Gilpin; for the 
last 25 days, previous to his death, he lay in a pro- 
found sleep, from which he could not be roused 
without much difficulty, and then sank again into 
the same state of torpor. 
BUCKS AND BEDFORDSHIRE. 
The expenses for the county of Bedford for the 
year, from Easter Sessions, 1827, to Easter Ses- 
sions, 1828, amount to £9,366. 4s. 7d. ‘The greater 
part of the charges were for criminal jurispru- 
dence; about .€2,000 were spent in additional 
works, &c. for the Lunatic Asylum. 
Lord Nugent wishing to settle some “ historic 
doubts” respecting the wounds of which the pa- 
triot Hampden died, procured leave of the clergy- 
man of the parish of Hampden fo search for his 
remains in that church, and, July 21, after seve- 
ral coffins had been examined, one was selected, 
and made the object of particular investigation 
by his lordship. It has been since stated, that the 
body examined was not that of John Hampden, 
but of some other person! 
Died.] At Akley, Mrs. Massey, and on the 
following day Mr. Massey; their united ages 
amounted to 185 years, 68 of which they had lived 
Provincial Occurrences : Oxford, Berks, Bucks, Sc. 
(Serr. 
together as man and wife, having been married 
on the coronation day of George IIL. 
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 
The Society of Artists at Norwich have opened: 
their 22d exhibition in their new gallery. It 
consists of 279 subjects, presenting specimens in 
the different departments of portrait, landscape, 
domestic scenes, still life, architectural compo- 
sitions, and fruit and flower subjects, well calcu- 
lated to gratify the lovers of art. No. 245, “ Dis- 
turbed by the Night Mare,” tending to evince 
knowledge of chiaro oscuro, and fondness for 
Suro, is a little relic of poor Theodore Lane, the 
highly-endowed young man, who so recently lost 
his life by falling through the sky light at the 
Horse Bazaar in Gray’s-inn-lane. 
At Norwich assizes, 12 prisoners were recorded 
for death. 
At the assizes at Bury St. Edmund’s, the public 
attention was solely fixed upon the fate of Wil- 
liam Corder, who was condemned to death for the 
atrocious murder of Maria Marten, whom he had 
previously seduced, and by whom he had a child. 
He inveigled her into Polstead Red barn, and 
there shot, stabbed, and strangled her, and after- 
wards buried her inthe barn! He turned out to 
be one of the advertisers for wives in the public 
newspapers ; and he has left an unfortunate wife 
(whom he obtained by this plan) to lament the 
folly of having attended to such means. The 
monster advertised himself as ‘‘ every way quali- 
fied to render the marriage state desirable!” 
Married.] At Lynn, Rev. G. Numford to Miss 
Edwards.—B. Gurdon, esq., eldest son of T. T. 
Gurdon, esq., of Letton, to Henrietta, eldest 
daughter of N. W. R. Colburne, esq., M.P, 
Died.) At Cromer. Mrs, Tyssen.—At Nor- 
wich, 77, Mr. ©, Elsegood ; and the same day his 
son, W. Elsegood, 51; 83, Rey. Dr. J. Turner, 
Dean of Norwich.—Rey. W. Haward, of Rend- 
ham.—Mr. D. Chamberlayne, of Great Dunham, 
—At Yarmouth, 85, Mr. W. Warden. 
HANTS AND SUSSEX. 
At the assizes at Winchester, Mr. Justice Park 
reprobated the practice of some of the barristers 
there puffing off attornies. ‘‘ Such conduct,” he 
said, “‘ was a most grievous waste of the public 
time ; it was injurious to the parties whose inte- 
rests were concerned in the issue of the proceed- 
ings; and in the gentlemen who so conducted 
themselves, be must say it was a gross prostitu- 
tion of their abilities and character!” 
Marricd.] At Brighton, N. B. F. F, Bean, 
esq., to Frances, eldest daughter of J. Walker, 
esg., M.P.—At Milton, Rey. W. Jones, to Miss 
C. Dampier. 
Died.] At Southampton, 97, the Hon. Helen 
Colt, widow of the late O. Colt, esq., and daugh- 
ter of Lord Blantyre. 
CORNWALL. 
The pilchard fishery has been very successful ; 
the drift boats of St. Ives have brought in from 
6,000 to 10,000 each; one had as many as 25,000. 
The Mount’s Bay boats took from two to eight 
hogsheads of pilechards each. The fish were re- 
markably fine, and were met with about four 
leagues north-west off the head of the bay. They 
sell at St. Ives at 2s. per hundred. $ 
The new church of St. Day, and two new 
chapels, have been consecrated. by the» bishop— 
one at Truro, and the other at Falmouth. 
