1826.]- 
of the Francis Freeling post-office packet, lost. in~ 
the late gale, when a subscription was immediately 
entered into, which now amounts to near £300. 
The expenses of this county from June 24; 1825, 
to June 24, 1826, amounted to £9,240 1s. 5d. 
DEVONSHIRE. 
Sept. 26. The sixth anniversary of the Plymouth 
District Society for the Promotion of Christian 
Knowledge was held at the Guildhall of that town, 
from whence the members, headed by the Mayor 
and corporation, attended divine service, and nearly 
1,000 charity children were present. The Society 
afterwards adjourned to the Royal Hotel, Sir J. Sau- 
marez in the chair, where a satisfactory report was 
read. g 
Married.| At Exeter, the Rev. S. H. Duntz to 
Miss F. Palmer, daughter to the Dean of Cashel. 
Died.] At Barnstaple, John Harrop, esq. 86. 
CORNWALL, 
Oct. 4. The first stone of the intended new church 
was laid at Chacewater, in the parish of Kerwyn, by 
the Earl of Falmouth, with the usual ceremonies 
observed upon such occasions. 
Marvied.| At Philleigh, Lieut.-col. J. A. Kempe 
to Miss J. P. Peters. 
WALES, 
A county meeting for Glamorgan was held at Pyle, 
Sept. 18, for the purpose of receiving a report of a 
committee appointed to take into consideration the 
plans suggested by Mr. Telford, for the improve- 
ment of the mail roads; when it was resolved to 
recommend for that purpose the line of road com- 
mencing at Ely, and thence by Misken and Lanharry 
through Bongend to Pyle, and thence to Swansea, 
crossing the Neath river at Briton-ferry, and from 
Swansea to Longher, or elsewhere, to join the Car- 
marthen line. A committee was formed to act in 
behalf of the county in applying to Parliament for 
the new act.—The foundation stone of a market- 
place, to be erected in the neighbourhuod of Pem- 
broke, was laid in masonic style, Sept. 9, by the 
members of the: Loyal Welsh, Hwlffordd, and St. 
David's lodges.—The second Gwentian Olympiad 
was held at Brecon, Sept.\26 and 27, and was most 
respectably 2s well. as numerously attended. The 
Eisteddfod was under the direction and auspices 
of Lord and Lady Rodney, and her Ladyship distri- 
buted the prizes. The Rev. Mr. Price, in addressing 
the meeting, threw down in succession upon the 
floor a quantity of magazines and monthly publica- 
’ tions in the Welsh language, and then said, ‘* Shew 
me another race of men upon: the earth, among 
whom the peasantry and labouring classes are the 
entire patrons of the press.”—‘* Yes,” said Mr. 
Blackwell, “ these,” pointing to the forms where 
the bards were sitting,—‘* are our literati, and their 
power over the public mind is absolute. Their tales 
are told on every hearth; their songs are echoed by 
every hill."—The Bible, the Missionary, and the 
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Socie- 
ties, are making great progress in the principality.— 
Sept. 22, the first stone was laid at Holyhead of a 
suspension-bridge. For several years this romantic 
spot (at the South Stack Light-House) has been ap- 
proached by @ bridge of net-work, suspended by 
ropes from Holyhead island; this is, by order of the 
Trinity-House, to be superseded by a more substan- 
tial one, like that of Menai, and which may be 
styled a miniature of that stupendous work.—The 
road between Llanbadarn Finydd and Llanbister, on 
the road to Builth, Breconshire, is completed, form- 
ing a direct communication between North and 
South Wales, ' 
Devonshire, Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. 
575 
The largest pine ever grown in this kingdom was 
cut lately from the hot-house of J. Edwards, esq. 
of Rheola, Glamorganshire, and was presented to 
his Majesty at Windsor; it weighed 14Ib. 12 oz. 
avoirdupois—was 124 inches high, exclusive of the 
crown, and 26 inches in circumference. 
© Died.] At Beaumaris, the Rev. J. Williams, of 
Treffos, 87; he had been domestic chaplain to his 
present Majesty’s grandmother, the Princess Dowager 
of Wales, 53 years Rector of Llanfairynghoruwy, 
and for more than half a century an active magis- 
trate of Anglesea. 
SCOTLAND. 
Sept. 23. A meeting of the noblemen, freeholders, 
justices of peace, and commissioners of supply 
of the county of Lanark, took place at the Court- 
House, Hamilton, when resolutions were unani- 
Mmously passed, and ordered to be transmitted to 
Government, expressive of the very great distress 
existing generally throughout that county; the 
baneful effects of machinery calculated to supersede 
the industry of the operatives, and the ponderous bur- 
dens of the taxes preventing competition to foreign 
trade, were particularly alluded to. Petitions were 
presented to the meeting from thirteen societies 
(almost all weavers) in the Lower Ward of Lanark- 
shire, consisting of from 100 to 250 families, each 
praying for pecuniary assistance to enable them to 
emigrate.—In answer to a petition from an Emigra- 
tion Society at Glasgow to Earl Bathurst, as Secre- 
tary to the Colonies, it has been stated by him, 
that, as no funds whatever have been voted by Par- 
liament to facilitate emigration, his Majesty’s 
Government have not the means of affording encou- 
ragement for settlers to North America beyond a 
grant of land, which will be received and propor- 
tioned to their means of cultivation; for the same 
reasons passages are no longer granted—but that it 
will be for Parliament, in the course of next session, 
to consider what may be expedient.—The cotton 
manufacturers of Glasgow begin to entertain fears 
of an increased consumption of Swiss prints and 
muslins, from the late reduction of our import 
duties. A repeal of the duty on home-made cottons 
for the lower orders would therefore be of double 
effect—it would relieve the consumer, and employ 
the starving manufacturer. 
Married.| At Bothwell Castle, Major Moray Stir- 
ling, of Ardoch, to the. Hon. Frances Elizabeth, 
daughter of Lord Dougias, of Douglas. 
Died.) At Campletown, W. Gordon, 106. After 
the defeat of the Pretender, at Culloden, he listed 
in the 42d regt., and bore his share in the warfare in 
Canada. “He received the King’s pay for 80 years— 
latterly as a dependant on the Chelsea Board. 
IRELAND, 
The neighbourhood of Westmeath and indeed the 
greater part of this unhappy country is in such a 
disturbed state, that many respectable Protestant 
families are preparing to fly for refuge to towns 
where the military are stationed, while others have 
determined on setting off for England before the 
winter commences. County meetings must be im- 
mediately held, for the Protestants are imperiously 
called on to form a union for their own protection. 
So says the ‘* Westmeath Journal.”—From the re- 
duced state of trade and the pressure of taxes, it is 
impossible the inhabitants can do any thing for the 
poor without the aid of Government.—The distress, 
at this time, exceeds even the records of its general 
misery. Such is the miserable news from Dublin— 
and indeed applications to Government seem the 
only result, which have been at length resolved on. 
Married.) At Dublin, H. Grattan, esq., M.P. 
for the county of Dublin, to Mary O'Kelly, daugh- 
ter of the late P. W. Harvey, esq. 
