686 
Michaelmas Sesstonis 1825 to "Michaelmas 1826, that 
the total expense amounted to £7,009. 1s. 7d. 
Married.] At Severnstoke,,;Rev. M. Vavasour to 
Miss M. A. St. John. 
Died.) “At Worcester, G- oot esq., One of the 
coroners of thecounty. | 
GLOUCESTER AND MONMOUTH. 
Died.}. At Cheltenham, J. Fletcher, esq., of 
Ebworth. Park—At Clifton, Martin Whish, esq. 84, 
late Chairman of the Board of Excise. 
DERBYSHIRE, fe 
A meeting has been held at Derby on the subject 
of the Corn-Laws; several resolutions were entered 
into, and passed unanimously, as well as two pe- 
titions to be presented to the Lords and Commons, 
on thesame subject. The fourth resolution states,— 
‘© That, since the Legislature, with an enlightened 
regard to the interests of the country, have, in va- 
rious instances, removed restrictions from our 
national commerce, it is highly desirable they con- 
sider how far the same principles may be advan- 
tageously applied to the trade in corn, with a view 
either to the gradual abolition of the Corn-Laws, or 
to such alterations of those statutes as shall effec- 
tually relieve the country from the evils of the pre- 
sent impolitic and oppressive system.” 
Died.] At Bugworth, Mr. P. Hate, 105, farmer; 
he worked in the field until he was nearly o4—-W. 
Smith, at the Cavendish Alms-Houses, Derby, aged 
100 years—At Derby, Rey. R. Hopper, aged 89 
years; he had been for forty years a disinterested 
minister of the Particular Baptist Interest at Not- 
poe ge Wensley,; Mr. A. Hill, 91—At Durley 
Mr. Gregory, aged 95. He had filled the 
office of parish clerk 53 years, and had never been 
absent of a Sunday but once during 47 years; he 
also had been schoolmaster during 59 years. 
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
At the Quarter Sessions lately held at Cambridge, 
the Recorder expressed his regret at finding the 
offences in, the calendar so numerous, and reminded 
the Grand Jury that they were called upon to pre- 
vent rather than to punish crime!!! He also alluded 
to the town goal, and said, that he would not hesi- 
tate to affirm that it was a disgrace to the town!!! 
We trust the learned gentleman’s hints thus pro- 
fessionally elicited, will be attended to, and that 
assizes and sessions will be more frequently held, not 
only at Cambridge, but throughout the country— 
for it is notorious, that the long confinement of 
culprits in prison before they are tried, is not only 
one of the great defects of our criminal jurispru- 
dence, but it is worse, as it contributes to render 
them more perverse, even if they are acquitted! 
OXFORDSHIRE, 
The expenditure for this county from Michaelmas 
Sessions 1825, to Trinity Sessions 1826, amounts to 
£9,664. 5s, 3d. This includes vagrants, felons, goal, 
coroners, bridges, clerk of the peace, treasurer’s 
salary, chief constables, militia, and incidental ex- 
penses. The receipts of four orders of county rates 
at ld. in the pound, £10,841. 0s. 8d.—A fund jis rais- 
ing at Oxford. to supply (during the winter months) 
the poor with coals:at a reduced price.—Application 
is to be made in the present Parliament for leave to 
bring in a bill, to alter and amend the present Local 
Poor Bill for the city of Oxford. 
Died.) At the Rectory-House, Islip, near Oxford, 
Susanna, wife of the very Rev. Dean of Westmin- 
ster, aged 71, 
BUCKS. AND BERKS. 
At the Quarter Sessions held at Aylesbury, the 
, Dukeof Buckingham said, that this county enjoyed 
the painful pre-eminence of having its poor-rates 
Provincial Ocourrences >’ Gloucester, segs ot 
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heavier than any other | 7 ae upfortu,, 
nately the poor had lost that depen ence 
which they once possessed.» -Hethen remarked, that 
the labourer ought to be paid accordit Wa €a 
ings, and that it was the duty. of the: istrates to 
find work for the poor in their 1 espective “eee : 
He then detailed the means which’ ge ha Sea Ene 
which he advised the justices to’ car 
by letting each labourer a | certain q raise 
about three chains, at the full rent, 
at his leisure ‘hours,—which he aia Ba 
answered his expectations. He likewise pc 
called their attention to the. very depressed state vel 
the lace trade.—At Winslow, with only a _ population 
of 1,244, the poor’s-rate amounted in the year end- 
ing March 1825, to £2,250! By a y moré prudent 
management it has this year been less by ‘the sum of 
£385. 6s. 93d. f 
Married.) At h-W: combe, | 
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BEDFORD AND poems 
At a meeting of owners and’occupiers’ of lands 
held at Bedford, Oct. 14, it was” “unanimously " re- 
solved to present petitions to Parliament, ‘praying 
that no change may be made’ in’ the present ‘Corn- 
Laws, and recommending‘ pg es 7 every branch 
of the public expenditure. — ee 
A most déstructive fire has ‘taken “place “on the 
premises of Mr. Bates, of Turner’s- “Hall Farm, Har- 
penden. The stables, and barns full’ of corn, one 
of which was 73 feet long, with forty sheep and a 
beautiful horse, were all reduced to: ashes. ‘Dis- 
tressing as these details are, we are sorry t to add, that 
the mob who attended,. witha number of. Gypsies, 
entered the house during the conflagration, and stole 
every thing they could lay their hands on; the 
wretches went into-the cellar,.and got, so, drunk, 
that their inebriety added to the general confusion, 
and the scene beggared.all description... We trust the 
Police will at length be aroused to a closer, attention 
to the vagabond race of Gypsies, that so much infest 
the counties near the metropolis!........». 
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK, © . 
A meeting was held at Norwich, Oct. "ge ip the 
purpose of petitioning Parliament on he subject of 
the poor'’s-rates, occasioned by their ‘extrao: rdinary 
increase during the last six months, when several 
resolutions were proposed and passed unanimously. 
—The Rev. J. Brown, chaplain of the county gaol 
(Norfolk), has made a very able report t of the state 
of the prisoners, and the causes and origin of crime; 
he mentions the useful assistance he has received 
from the appointment of a schoolmaster. In allud- 
ing to the connexion that exists between Ignorance 
and Crime, he says: ‘* Of 593 prisoners, 300. could 
not read at their commitment; 8 could read 
a very little; 68 could read moderate 
and 157 could read and _ write--.--- 
common origin of crime, I have found to be the 
violation of the Sabbath...-,.but I cannot forbear ‘ob- 
serving, that Poaching Veh more easily, and rapidly 
to the perpetration of the higher crimes than.any 
other incentive, and that the time and ‘nature. of the 
employment, and the desperate combinations that 
are entered into, create a greater. ferocity of spirit 
than I have hitherto, found in any other.class of 
offenders.” —The new cattle market has! beenopened 
at Lynn; it promises to+decome,an extensivemart, 
equally to the advantage ofthe: nelghbouriiig-colin- 
try as to that town. 
Married.|] Revs W.'J./Si'Casborne, of Paken- 
ham, to Anne, daughter of the aR fea oa 
of Tooston-Hall—At Sudbury CoH 
Caroline; third davghter-of Six siento MAE 
