118 
* Ahandsome marble tablet has been erected in Bar- 
net church, by the parishioners, to the memory of 
the late Rev. Wm. Marr, who was twenty-five years 
curate of that parish. 
Married-] At Ware, J. Tomson, esq., of Nether 
Crawley, to Miss Taylor, daughter of W. Taylor, 
esq.—At Broxbourn, J. Newman, esq., to Eliza, 
daughter of Dr. Jordan, 
Died.] At is ton Buzzard, Rev. J. Wilson; 
32, G. N. Caswall, esq.—At Royston, J. Phillips, 
esq.; Mary, wife of the Rev. J. Hull—At Bunting- 
ford, Mary, relict of the Rev. J. Avorne. 
NORTHAMPTON. 
A public meeting was held lately at Oundle, for 
the purpose of forming a Ladies’ Bible Association 
for that town and its vicinity. 
Married.) At Warkworth, Thomas, son of J. 
Tate, esq., to Mary, daughter of J. Daud, esq., of 
Woodside; C. Gillbee, esq., A.B., to Maria, daugh- 
ter of the Rev. C. Williams, A.M. 
Died.} The Rev. F. Cumming. 
CAMBRIDGE AND HUNTINGDON. 
The sixth general meeting of the Auxiliary Reli- 
gious Tract Society of Cambridgeshire and its vici- 
nity was held on the 24th May, and was numerously 
and respectably attended. 
_ The Chancellor’s gold medal, for the best English 
Poem, by a resident undergraduate, was adjudged 
to Mr. J. Sumner Brockhurst, of St. John’s Col- 
lege, Cambridge.—Subject, ‘* Venice.” 
Married.) At Great Stukeley, J. Heywood, esq., 
to Eliza, daughter of the Rev. J. Bailey. 
Died.] At Impington, 70, Mrs. Catherine Hoven- 
en. 
NORFOLK. 
The labourers employed in digging gravel in the 
grounds formerly belonging to St. Leonard’s Priory, 
on the brow of Mousehold Heath, found the skele- 
ton of a very tall man enclosed in a stone grave. 
They have, on several previous occasions, found 
similar remains of mortality, together with coins, 
pavements, &c. 
- ACommittee for the Relief of the unemployedPoor 
in this city have resolved that the £6,000, granted to 
Norwich by the London Committee, should be ex- 
pended in labour only, by which means the poor 
settled inhabitants will be set to work, and enabled 
to make such earnings as will support their families. 
Seven acres of land on Mousehold heath have been 
hired, which will be cultivated with the spade, and 
planted with potatoes. The Court of Guardians are 
also in treaty for twenty-five acres of land, to be 
cultivated and planted in the same way ; and many 
land occupiers in the neighbourhood have also pro- 
mised to put out their land to be dug in future (in 
cases of emergency) at plough prices. 
Married.] At Stockton, K. Murchison, esq., to 
Anne, danghter of J. D. Nesham, esq.—At Walcot, 
Major C. Gardiner, to Harriett, daughter of C. Plun- 
ket, esq.; Capt. G. Probyn, to Alicia, daughter of 
Sir F. Macknaghten; the Rev. J. H. Cotton, to Ma- 
ry, daughter of Dr. Samuel Kisher. 
__Died.] At Great Yarmouth, 87, Capt. R. Hays; 
64, T. Sparkes, esq.; 74, H. Thomas, esq.; 37, 
Elizabeth, the wife of the Rev. W. Hardwicke ; 70, 
the Rev. J. Barnet. 
SUFFOLK. 
A pike was caught lately in the canal belonging to 
the great house at Tattingstone, near Ipswich, 
weighing 253tbs. 
Married.] S. G. Cooke, esq., of St. John’s Green, 
to Emily, daughter of W. Smith, esq. - 
Died.] J. Coleman, esq.; Sarah, wife of S. Jack- 
aman, esq.; 74, H. Baxter, esq.—At Bamfield, 87, 
W. Aldis, esq.; Ann, wife of J. Gurdon, esq. 
Provincial Occurences: Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, §c. [JULy, 
ESSEX. 
At the sale of the valuable collection of tulips of 
Mr. S. B. Searle, of Saffron Waldon, several mem- 
bers of the Chelmsford Forest Society were present. 
The produce of the sale, consisting of 154 lots, was 
upwards of £600. The sale of the ranunculuses was 
postponed, in order to afford the public the better 
means of judging the merits of the sorts by witness- 
ing their blossoms. 7 
An oyster was lately taken from a bed at Brittle- 
sea, which weighed, when taken out of the shell, 
54 ounces; it contained two ounces of liquor, and 
the shell weighed two pounds and a quarter. 
Marriecd.] J. D. Dickinson, esq., to Margaret, 
daughter of the Rev. J. W. Alexander; J. England, 
esq., of Sevington, to Caroline, daughter of the late 
R. Bridge, esq., of Langdon. 
Died.] At Chelmsford, 55, Priscilla, wife of Sir 
Joseph Esdaile, knt.—At Saffron Walden, 53, the 
wife Of G. Walton esq.—At Leytonstone, 83, C. 
Briscoe, esq.—At Walthamstow, 44, Miss Leech; 
73, J. Beales, esq., of Ardleigh. 
KENT. 
Marricd.] At Cranbrook, the Rev. H. Cleaver, 
M.A., to Caroline, daughter of the Right Hon, Lady 
Louisa de Spaen; the Rev. R. H. Cooper, to Miss 
M. Larke—At Dover, P. Hesketh, esq., to Eliza, 
det ag daughter of the late Sir T. J. Metcalfe, 
art. 
Died.] At Deptford, 69, Jane, widow of the late 
W. Oswald, esq.—At Sevenoaks, 85, Mrs. J. Pery, 
daughter of the Rev. J. Pery, D.D. ‘ 
SUSSEX. 
Married.| | At Midhurst, the Rev. H. M. Spence, 
to Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. W. Harding. 
Died.] At Brighton, Georgiana, wife of J. Cra- 
mier, esq.; 54, W. Murray, esq-, of Dundee, Ja- 
maica—At Steyning, Ann, daughter of the Rev. Dr. 
Green—At Brighton, Mrs. Leigh, widow of the late 
Rev. W. Leigh. 
HANTS. 
The third anniversary of the Portsmouth, Portsea, 
and Gosport Church Misionary Society was held 
lately at Portsea, G. Grey, esq., President, in the 
chair. The Report stated that the sum raised dur- 
ing the last year had exceeded £203, and that, after 
deducting incidental expenses, £191. 14s. had been 
remitted to the parent society, making the grand 
total of contributions since the formation ef the 
association £1,829. 7s. 9d., and that the income of 
the parent society amounted to £46,000. The Re. 
port stated that, in the Society’s nine missions, there 
were forty-five stations, connected with 296 schools, 
containing upwards of 14,000 scholars, including 
676 youths and adults, and that these stations and 
schools were occupied by 440 labourers. 
Married.] At Portchester, M. Fras. Paul Emile 
de Bonnechose, to Charlotte, daughter of Capt. 
Gourly, R.N.—At Steventon, E. Knight, esq., to 
Mary, daughter of Sir E, Knatchbull, bart., M.P. 
Died.) At Lyndhurst, R. Houghton, esq.—At 
Kingsworthy, 63, W- Short, D.D. 
WILTS. 
Married.| At Warminster, Sir W. Handcock, 
hart., to Elizabeth, daughter of T. Harding, esq.— 
At Calne, — Phillips, esq., to Catherine, daughter 
of F. Child, esq.—At Downton, W. H. Lawrence, 
esq., to Lydia, daughter of J. Cheyney, esq- 
Died.] “At Great Durnford, 72, Mrs. L. M. Har- 
ris; Mary, the wife of 4. H. Young, esq.—At Seend, 
P. Awdry, esq. PP 
5 SOMERSET. 
While digging the foundation for the abutment of 
the new bridge at Boroughbridge, the workmen 
found in the clay, about twenty-one feet below the 
surface, and immediately under the peal stratum, a 
perfect stag’s horn, with part of the skull. These 
remains corroborate the statement of William of 
Malmesbury, who says, in describing the adjacent 
Isle of Athelney :— 
