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was made by their adversaries to disprove the above facts. They 

 simply constitute an additional illustration of the numerous irregu- 

 larities, which, at the period in question, characterised the manage- 

 ment of the boroughs and society generally in the provinces, 

 arising out of the balance of the Hanoverian and Jacobite factions. 

 Mr. Guy was probably grandfather to the late eminent solicitor of 

 Chippenham. J. Waylen. 



Lamps on Beckhampton Down. — In 1743, the people of Marl- 

 borough obtained a clause to one of their road-bills, empowering 

 them to erect lamps between their town and Shepherds' Shore. 

 Surely their public spirit must have been on the decline since 

 that memorable offer. J. W. 



Tisbury a Market Town. — In a document relating to the 

 adjustment of the rectorial tythes, and dated 19th December, 1649, 

 " the parish of Tisbury," it is said, " containeth a great market 

 town." The expression "town," it is well-known, was often 

 applied to what we now designate as a village, as Ludlow — for 

 instance, calls Sutton Mandeville a town ; but the term " a great 

 market town" is so emphatic as to crave the courteous elucidations 

 of some person or persons whose observations on the spot may pos- 

 sibly have detected the vestiges of former opulence. J. W. 



Longevity. — It is requested that cases above a hundred years 

 (not included in East on' s list) which may occur to the memory of 

 our readers, will be sent to J. Waylen, of Etchilhampton, Devizes, 

 to complete a list for Wiltshire, to appear in an early number. 



J. W. 



H. Bull, Printer, St. John Street, De\izes. 



