IS 11.] Colrnwall—South Wales—North Wales, 
bcrs. among whom we noticed Sir Arscott 
Molesworth, were added to the list of annual 
subscri Uers. 
Married.^ At Tiverton, Lieut, col. Payne, 
46ch, to Miss Row, of Livinghays. 
At Plvmouth, Mr. Q. Croker, to Miss 
Perkins.—Mr. Dryden, surgeon, to Miss 
Julia Symonds.—Mr George Pardon, to Miss 
XI. A. Moore. 
At Exeter, W Leaman, esq. R N to Miss 
S. Tucker,- of Tiverton. — Mr. Samuel Cole, 
to Sarah, dau'hter of Mr. Phili ps, of the 
Crown and Sceotre Inn. 
At Sidmouth, T. B. Ferris, esq. of the 
Coldstream guards, to Emily Jane, youngest 
daugnt'er of the late Richard Foley, esq. and 
niece to Vice-admiral Foley. 
Died.^ At Exmouth, Miss Murcy. 
At Tiverton, Richard Blundell, esq 
At Uplime, Wm. Clarke, esq of Beamln- 
ster, Dorset. 
At Cullumpton, the Rev. Thomas Harris, 
late curate of Braddon, near Towcester. 
At Sidmouth, Sarau-1 Cawley, esq. 68. 
At Plymouth, Mr. W. Evans, 89.—Mr. 
T. A. Williams, deputy purveyor.—Mrs. 
Margaret Provo. 
At Dartmouth, R. Newman, esq. 
CORNWAL L. 
Married.] At Mylor, Capt. Bell, R.N. to 
Miss Elizabeth Kerr. 
Ac Kenwyn, Mr, F. Hocking, to Miss M. 
Matthies. 
Mr. G. Geach, of Liskeard, to Miss Ro¬ 
berts, of Tregangen. 
Mr. I. Acfams, of Liskeard, to Miss Or- 
chauld, daughter of Capt. Ow 
Mr. T. Ward, of Phillack, to Miss A. 
Polkinhorne. 
Died.] At Permizzen, the [eldest son of 
Mr. Hick j he was drowned while bathing. 
At Illogan, Mr. Turner. 
At Stoke Clymesland, Mrs Lethbridge. 
At Menabilly, 82, Philip Rashleigh, esq. 
representative in six parliaments for Fowey, 
a man in rhuch local estimation, and one of 
the early friends of Dr. Wolcot, who honoured 
him with notice in some of his early poems, 
sou TM WALES. 
Two thousand acres were lately flooded in 
«ne view of the town. 
The annual assembly connected with the 
Dissenting College at Carmarthen, and esta¬ 
blished for the purpose of promoting mutual 
acquaintance, fellowship,and harmony, among 
their ministers in the principality, was held 
on Thursday the 27th ult. at Lammas-street 
Chapel, when forty ministers, and upwards 
of a thousand people were present. Rev. Dr. 
Rees, Rev. C)f. Lindsay, James Esdaile, esq. 
and John Bentley, esq. attended to inspect the 
affairs of the College, superintend toe exami¬ 
nation of the students, and keep up the so¬ 
cial intercourse of the Welsh ministers.— 
On Friday morning the deputies with several 
ministers, attended the examination of the 
dtudents at the College. Having made the 
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necessary arrangements, the tutors examined 
the students in the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, 
languages universal Grammar, Belles Lec- 
tres, Logic, Divinity, and Ecclesiastical His¬ 
tory ; also in Geometry, Algebra, T'rigono- 
metry, Conic Sections, Mensuration, Land- 
surveying, Navigation, use of the Globes, 
and in Natural and Experimental Philosophy. 
One of the senior students delivered a short 
discourse, as a specimen of his compositioni 
and the junior classes exhibited their maps. 
A committee of the gentlemen interested 
in the improvement of the harbour of Kid¬ 
welly, with a junction branch, by means of 
a Canal, through the valuable mineral land of 
Pembrey, to the Carmarthenshire rail road 
dock, at Llanelly, have held a meeting at 
the latter place, at which Lord Cawdor pre¬ 
sided, and renewed the strongest assurance of 
his support to any plan, whi^ch the gentlemea 
interested might consider best adapted to give 
accommodation to the community of each 
place. 
The following are the dimensions of one of 
the largest oak trees ever cut down in this 
kingdom. It grew in the parish of Bassaleg, 
Monmouthshire, about four miles from New^ 
port, near the canal, and was cut down last year, 
and purchased by Mr. T. Harrison The 
trunk, 10 feet in length, measured 470 solid 
feet j 12 limbs, respectively, 60, 106, 33.o, 
452, 233, 113, 28, 136, 84, 70, 98, and 
73, feet; altogether, 2302 feet of sound 
timber; dead limns 126 feet of timber; 
making a total of 2428 feet of timber. It re¬ 
quired the labour of four men, for twenty 
days, to fell the tree and strip the bark ! 
Married.] William Skryine, esq. of Lang- 
harne, to Miss Lewis, of Henllan.—Mr, 
Thomas Butler, of Trellack, to Miss S. 
Beach, of ^uedgley. 
At Newcastle, the Rev. T. Hancorne, to 
Mrs. Welford. 
Died.] At Carmarthen, 74, MrS. Nicholls, 
—The lady of John Bevan, esq.—Mr. T# 
Wood. 
At Swansea, Mr. D. Hopkins.—Mr. Jones, 
of the custorhs. 
In Brecon, Mrs. Ann Williams. 
AtTalclyn, Mr. Jones, surgeon. 
At Chepstow, 73, Mr. A. Benson. 
At Nevern, 77, Captain Essex Bowen, 
R. N. 
At Cheltenham, 75, T. Brown, esq. of 
Mellington, co. Montgomery. 
NORTH WALES. 
Newspapers and princing-offices are now 
spread over Wales. A new prjnting-ofiice 
is announced at Biecknock. 
The Irish road at Rhualt Hill is improving. 
The Wrexham Agricultural Society’s an¬ 
nual meeting, on the 30ch of May, v/as most 
numerously attended. We were much gra¬ 
tified at the fine show of cattle, and at the mi¬ 
nuteness and impartiality with which the dif* 
ferent claims were investigated and adjuoged. 
Premiums of five guineas were given to Mr* 
N J. Pilan 
