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DEVONSHIRE. 
Lord Rolle has given orders for continuing his 
canal from Torrington to Wolley Lodge. Upwards 
of 500 trees that are in the line are to be taken down, 
and two lime-kilns, for the service of the farmers, 
are to be built. 
June 29.—The tolls of the Devonport market were 
put up at aucticn and let, for £1,790 per annum. 
The Teignmouth new public rooms have been 
lately opened; and great progress is making with 
the new bridge from Teignmouth to Sheldon. 
The new road from Biddeford to Torrington is 
opened. By this communication the distance is 
lessened upwards of a mile; and a level road is 
substituted for the former very hilly and unplea- 
sant stage. A new line of road is opened between 
Ashburton and Chudleigh by which the hills at 
Bickington and Traveller's Rest are avoided, and 
the distance shortened. , 
Married.| At Exeter, Rev. J. Scobell, to Miss E. 
Land, of Nayne House, Silverton; G. Wright, esq., 
to Miss E. M. Paddon; Mr. Score, to Mrs. Hawkey ; 
Mr. Hoggins, to Miss Couch. 
Died] At Bishop's Court, Paget Trefusis, son of 
l.erd Graves—Rey. G. Boughton, of Tiverton—83, 
Rev. W. Davy, vicar of Winkleigh; he had but late- 
ly been presented to the hee a Uffculm, 83, 
Mr. Cottrell—At Heavitree, 82, Lieut. S. Flinders. 
CORNWALL. 
July 5.—Launceston cattle-fair was very dull; the 
shew of cattle was less than usual, but still the num- 
ber far exceeded the demand; and the business was 
very dull at Probus fair also; store cattle were nearly 
unsaleable ; the prices for fat cattle were by no means 
equal to the expectation of the sellers, and horses 
were not in demand. 
New churches are to be built at Truro, Gwennap, 
and Redruth. 
Married.) At Redruth, Mr. S. Martin, to Miss 
Teague; Mr. R. Temby, to Miss G. Michell—At 
Falmouth, Mr. J. Hallamore, to Miss Thomas; Mr. 
J. Joseph, to Miss Alexander—At St. Columb, Lieut. 
J. Saunders, to Miss M. Jones. 
Died.] At Falmouth, J. Price, esq.; Miss Philp 
—At Penzance, 72, Mrs. Weaver; 76, Mrs. Lander. 
WALES. 
Conway Suspension Bridge is at length completed 
and opened ; it is a beautiful structure, and the new 
line of road which is forming from the town of 
Conway over the old race-course, so as to avoid the 
dangerous steeps of Sychpant and Penmaenmawr, is 
rapidly proceeding. A tumult has recently occurred 
in the vicinity of Aberystwith in consequence of Mr. 
_ Brockenbury (a Lincolnshire gentleman) having 
bought an estate there and built a house, which has 
been set fire to, and levelled with the ground by a 
lawless mob. The military are in search of the 
perpetrators, who pretend to justify their proceed- 
ings by saying the lands enclosed were waste lands. 
The South Wales Mining Company has been 
dissolved in consequence of the disastrous state of 
trade. ry 
Died.} Rev. W. Davies Shipley, Dean of St. 
Asaph. He was in his 8ist year. The bold and 
constitutional defence made by Lord Erskine in the 
celebrated prosecution for libel against the Dean, was 
one of the principal foundations of that eminent ad- 
vocate’s fame—At Penilan, Radnorshire, 83, H. 
Powell, esy.—At Welch Pool, 68, Mrs. Bedward— 
At Tenby, Major T. W. Davis. 
SCOTLAND. 
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has been honour- 
ed with a communication from Windsor, intimating 
that his Majesty had graciously condescended to 
express his desire for the future preservation of 
Salisbury Crags; and in deference to the royal 
wishes, arrangements have been determined on for 
Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. 
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putting an end to all further encroachment on thi* 
magnificent feature of that ancient city. 
A great number of labourers are now employed in 
preparing the ground on the Calton Hill for the new 
buildings of the New High School and the National 
Monument. 
It appears that distress and want are marching with 
vast strides among classes above the rank of common 
labourers. In Glasgow and the county of Lanark 
alone, there are 30,000 operatives unemployed. 
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, as chairman of 
the Committee for the Relief of the Distressed Ma- 
nufacturers, reports that, after collecting accurate in- 
formation from the various districts of the present 
distress, ‘‘ it is matter of deep regret to state that 
the extent of human suffering is far beyond any 
description of it which has been yet laid before the 
public.” 
The Lord Provost has raised the salary of the 
Governor of the jail at Edinburgh from £150 to 
£250 per annum, expressly excluding all perquisites 
—an example worthy of imitation in all similar 
establishments.—The Cod Fishery in Zetland has 
been uncommonly successful this season—The va- 
rious peat mosses on the Don and the Dee have 
been for weeks past in a state of combustion; but 
these are trifling compared to the dreadful confla- 
gration existing among the Grampian hills, threaten- 
ing the entire destruction of the Forest of Glentan- 
ner, where hundreds of men endeavoured to arrest 
its progress in vain, 
Married.) At Leith, C. Wood, jun., esq., to 
Marion, daughter of J. Hay, esq., Links—At Cupar, 
Fife, Rev. W. C. Armmeil, minister of the Associate 
Congregation, Porto-bello, to Miss Boswell Moffat— 
At Edinburgh, J. R. Stoddart, esq., to Miss J. H. 
Brown, reg of D. Brown, esq., late of Peters- 
burgh; A. G. Fraser, rhe to Janet W., daughter 
ot J. Moir, esq., of Hillfoot; T. Jones, esq., to 
Mary, eldest daughter of R. Menzies, esq.; Rev. A. 
Watts, to Charlotte Ellen, daughter of Capt. R. R. 
Campbell, 36th Foot—At Balboughty, H. Thomp- 
son, esq., to Margaret, eldest daughter of J. Wood, 
esq. 
Died.) At Midshields, A. Douglas, esq., of Frank- 
field—H. A. Chessborough, son of A. Falconar, 
esq., Falcon Hall, near Edinburgh—At Edinburgh, 
J. Smith, esq., late of the Hon. East-India Com- 
pany’s service—At Dalkeith, Mrs. J. Pringle, relict 
of the Iate Mr. A. Park, Windymains—at Dun- 
fermline, #4, Mr. R. Laurie—At Edinburgh, H. F. 
M‘Niel, esq., of Gallochilly, Argyllshire—90, Mr, 
J. Beveridge, of Easter Balado—Ai Paisley, 86, Mrs. 
J. Smith. She was the progenitor of ten chil i 
sixty-six grandchildren, one hundred and seven great 
grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren, 
making in all a total of one hundred and eighty-siz, 
of whom one hundred and twenty-seven are still sur- 
viving—At Dumfries, Mr. W. Lammie. Returning 
from the yeomapry review, he fell from his horse 
in the field and died—At Dalkeith, 75, Rev. J. Tod. 
—At Lanark, Mrs. Wilson, widow of the late I. 
Wilson, esq., of Whitburn. During her widowhood 
she had laid out in works of charity several thousand 
pounds, and built and endowed a ha for 
thirty-five boys and thirty-five girls, and provided a 
good house and liberal salary for the teacher. She 
gave £4() a-year to her superannuated townswomen, 
and has made it perpetual; she has left, besides, 
numerous bequests to religious and charitable insti- 
tutions. 
IRELAND. ; 
Government has published a proclamation for the 
assimilation of the copper currency of Great Britain 
and Ireland; but allows the depreciated copper 
money of Ireland to be current at the rate of the 
English money of the same denomination from the 
date of the proclamation, July 12, tilla new coinage 
can take place for Ireland. : i 
Died.] At Donoughmore, Lady Lighton, wife 
of the Rev. Sir J. Leighton, bart.—115, Mr. Henry 
Syne of Ballycullane—At Baleek, 113, S. Robb. 
e left behind him, living, nine children, sixty- 
three dchildren, upwards of two hundred great 
children, and eight great pee grandchildren— 
Rt Ardnebue, 107, Mr. Gabriel Thorpe. 
