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and 32 years’ minister to that parish; it was 
erected by subscription of the parishioners. 
Died.] At’Stafford,82, Mr. John Kenderdine, 
formerly shoe-manufacturer ; he acted as agent 
for Sheridan in his elections for that borough, 
who called him-always “Dear King John,” as 
may be seen by the following note, inserted in 
Moore’s Life of the orator :—* Cavendish-square, 
Sunday night.—* Dear King John,I shall be in 
' Stafford inthe course of next week,and if Your 
Majesty does not renew our oldalliance, I shall 
never again have faith in any potentate on earth. 
Your's, very sincerely, R. B. Sheridan.” 
_ LEICESTER AND RUTLAND. 
‘The Bishop of Lincoln in his recent visitation 
charge to the clergy at Leicester, gave a descrip- 
tion of the law regarding plurality of benefices, 
residence upon the respective livings, curates, 
&e. &c., and stated that he felt it to be hisimpe- 
rative duty tu enforce the requisitions of this-aet 
with strietness and impartiality ; and he took this 
opportunity of explaining'the law to the clergy of 
his diocese, lest any should incur the penalty from 
want of information! 
WARWICK AND NORTHAMPTON. 
The tolls payable at Deritend Bridge, and at 
the several other gates in Deritend, leading into 
Birmingham, ceased on August 27. 
‘Several persons have been punished under the 
new ‘Street ‘Act. for having baited a bull, attend- 
ed by a great concourse of people. 
The Committee at Birmingham, established for 
endeavouring to get that town represented in par- 
liament, invited Mr. Tennyson toa public dinner, 
asamark of respect for his disinterested exer- 
tions in ‘the House of Commons in behalf of that 
object; and Mr. Shaw, the high bailiff, wrote to 
him, but Mr. T. politely declined the honour, in 
accordance with what he eonéeived his public 
duty: and in his answer to the high bailiff, avers 
that government must soon yield to the para- 
mount authority of public opinion, notwithstand- 
ing their opposition for a time to their fair pre- 
tensions. 
The expenses for the Western Division of the 
County of Northampton for the last year, amount 
to £7,529. 19s.1d.; out of which £1,044. 10s. 5d. 
were paid for bridges and surveyor, and £5,000 
for the law, viz. vagrants, felons, prosecutions, 
debtors, gaol, judges’ house, county hall, and 
coroners! The disbursements for the Eastern 
Division were, besides, £,3,635. 
The Ladies’ Bazaar at Leamington produced 
upwards of £700, forthe benefit of the General 
Hospital and Dispensary. 
Atthe Anniversary Meeting of the General In- 
firmary at Northampton, for the relief of the sick 
and lame of all counties, it appeared that 79,913 
persons have been cured, and 8,508 relieved since 
its foundation’ in 1774. A sermon was preached 
for the charity, and £70. 7s. 73d collected at the 
church doors. 
At the Ladies’ Bazaar at Northampton, for 
the benefit of the Infant School, the sum of 
£135, 18, 3d. was collected. 
Died.| At Peterborough, 80, Mrs. A. Fox; her 
ancestor, Ross, was in the service of Mary Queen 
Of Scots, at Fotheringay-castle.—91, Mrs. M. An- 
drew, of Long Buckby; she was the mother of 12 
ehildven, grandmother of 63, great-grandmother 
of 113, and great-great-grandmother of 2, making 
- Leicesier, Rutland, Warnick, Northampton, &c. 
445 
in all 190 descendants.—At Birmingham, 84, Mrs. 
Judith Mansell.—At Coventry, Rey. J. Davies.— 
Mrs. Harris, at Coleshill; she had been mistress 
of the workhouse 21 years,—At Leamington, Sir 
P. €. Silvester, bart.; he was son of Admiral 
hesiay and nephew to the late Recorder of Lon- 
on, 
WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. 
The collection at the doors of the Cathe- 
dral at Hereford Music Meeting, amounted to 
£775, 98. 33d. 
Died.| At Hereford, J. Wathen, esq.—Within 
the space of four’ months have been interred at 
the parish of Powich, 8 persons, whose united ages 
amounted to 602 years; their names are as fol- 
low: John Penny, 85; Aune Goodman, 99; Tho- 
mas Brookes, 70; Mary Charles, 70; Thomas 
Grainger, 71; Mary Davis, 70; John Lea, 62: 
and Sarah Lawriman, 75. 
GLOUCESTER AND MONMOUTH. 
The expences for paving, pitching, cleansing, 
and lighting the city of Bristol,.and the liberties 
thereof, from January 1 to December 31, 1827; 
amounted to £10,953. 7s. 3d. i 
The disbursements for the county of Glou- 
cester, from Easter sessions 1827 to Easter ses- 
sions 1828, amounted to upwards of £32,000; 
£17,158. 163. 103d. were expended for building 
and repairing county bridges, and .nearly all 
the remainder for criminal jurisprudence and its 
attendants. i 
The collections, at the churches only, for the 
public charities at Cheltenham, have amounted 
during the last eight years to upwards of £5,500: 
The number of children now educating there at 
the public expense exceeds 1,600. - ; 
OXFORD AND BERKS. 
A meeting was held at the Town-hall, Thame, 
August 28, to take into consideration the propriety 
of making a navigable canal from Aylesbury by 
Thame, to join the Wilts and Berks Canal at 
Abingdon, when a committee was formed for that 
purpose, as well as for an inquiry into the pro- 
priety of forming a railroad also instead of a 
canal. It was voted to raise a fund of £200,000 
by shares of £25 each, : 
As one of the small boats which ply at and near 
Windsor was returning home, September 3, from 
Egham races, loaded with the extraordinary num- 
ber of 19 persons, it struck on some stakes in the 
river, filled with water and sunk, when 9 persons 
perished. 
The Bazaar, held at the National School, Ban- 
bury for the benefit of that institution and ‘“‘ The 
Visiting Charitable Society,’ was kept open two 
days, for the sale of fancy works, and produced 
upwards of £125. ‘ 
An elegant school, for the gratuitous education 
of children, has just been completed at Walling- 
ford, in the Gothic style, by public subscription. 
HERTFORD AND ESSEX. 
The new Corn Exchange at Bishop’s Stortford 
will occupy a space of 126 feet in length, and 63 
in width. The Exchange is at the north end, 
with counting-houses under a colonnade, support- 
ed by iron columns, which opens to an area in the 
centre, communicating to which is the hall, 60 by 
25 feet, with entrances to the east and west. At 
the south end of the building is the butchers’, fish, 
