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the first of September, and it is now 
the fourth I am pencilling this.— 
From the above time till now I have 
not had any thing to put in my 
mouth.” On another leaf he had 
written on the day he was discover- 
ed :—“ As I was going across this 
wood to Farleigh, L was struck 
down by a violent clap of thunder, 
where I lay senseless for God knows 
how long. When I came to myself 
my hands and feet were swelled 
very much, so that I could notstand 
nor have I eat or drank any thing 
for three weeks past.—God only 
knows my sufferings.” He has 
since undergone the amputation of 
one of his feet. 
Thisday,a fire broke out in North- 
fleet dock-yard. Aboutone, smoke 
was seen issuing from the store-house, 
and flames burst out immediately 
afterwards. Water was procured, 
and the engines speedily brought, 
but not in time to save any part of 
the building, or itscontents. About 
2 o’clock the roof fellin. Two fine 
seventy-fours, nearly completed, are 
upon the stocks, within 20 or 30 
yards, but happily the fire was to 
leeward of them. ‘The flames were 
extinguished before night, without 
communicating to any other part of 
the premises, 
Oth. ‘This day was married, at 
Slinsford church, Dorset, Viscount 
” Marsham, son. of Karl Romney, to 
Miss Pitt, only daughter and heiress 
of William Morton Pitt, esq. with a 
fortune of 60,0001. and an estate of 
12,0001. per annum, independent of 
the estates of her father. The cere- 
mony took place in the presence of 
Lord Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. Las- 
celles, Lord Barham, Mr. and Mrs.M. 
Pitt, Mrs. lremonger, &c.—Mr. and 
Mrs. M. Pitt gave the lady away ; 
while Col. Noel and Miss Beckford 
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officiated on the occasion.—In thé 
early part of the morning the whole 
of the unmarried female branches of 
the neighbouring tenantry and vil- 
lages attended at Kingston-house,the 
seat of W. M. Pitt, esq. each female 
attired in an elegant white muslin 
dress, provided for them, as a pre- 
sent on the occasion, by Miss Pitt. 
After refreshments, about 40 couple 
proceeded, two and two, before the 
procession to the church, strewing 
the way (before the happy couple), 
in the ancient style, with flowers of 
every description. After the cere- 
mony they returned in the same or- 
der, attended by nearly 300 spec- 
tators, where adinner, consisting of 
English hospitality, was provided on 
the occasion in booths on the lawn ; 
and the festive eve concluded witha 
ball on the green, in which the no- 
bility present shared in the mirth, 
At an early hour in the evening, the 
happy couple and suite set off in 
post chaises to pass the honey-moon 
at the lady’s own seat, Enchcome- 
house, Dorset. 
The workmen employed in dig. 
ging the foundation for the new Blue 
Coat Hospital at Gloucester (intend- 
ed to be ereéted upon an elegant 
and extensive plan, on the site of the 
antient building in Kast-gate street) 
lately discovered, about six feet be- 
low the surface of the earth, the re- 
mains of a very curious tesselated 
Roman pavement, 30 feet long, and 
20 wide, divided into compartments, 
enriched with a great variety of 
scrolls, frets, and other architeétu- 
ral ornaments, and having a wreath- 
ed or braided border. The colours 
are white, red, bluish, grey, and 
pale and dark brown. The ¢essera 
ave mostly cubes of different sizes, 
from one half to three quarters of 
an inch ; some are triangular, and 
of 
