IS 11.] Sorhe>^sef—Dorset J-9§ 
^ills, esq. ^i?as requested to act as steward 
for the yesr ensuing. 
The following epitaph has been placed on a 
tomb-stone in Clewer cliarch-yard, near 
Windsor; 
To the memory of George Smith, of Lound, 
in the county of Nottingham, ten years 
farrier in the Royal Horse Guards, who 
died June 5, 3811, aged 31 years: 
My Sledge and hammer lies declin’d, 
3VIy Bellows, too, have lost their wind J 
My Fire’s extinct, my Forge decay’d. 
My Vice is in the dust now laid; 
My Coal is spent, my Iron gone. 
My Nails are drove, my work is done l 
Married.'] AtKingstone Lisle, F. Bullock, 
esq. of Challow, to Miss M. Davenport. 
At Sunning Hill, Captain I. Cotchet, R N. 
to Mrs. Long. 
Died.] At Wallingford, Mrs. E Button, 
S9.—Mrs. Swallow, wife of Mr. S. seedsman, 
of Reading. 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 
In Bath, the traffic between guineas and 
the notes of the different banks in Bath, has 
al ready commenced to a very considerable 
amount, and large quantities of guineas have 
been made into bullion Soap, (as it is called 
by the Jews,, and dealers concerned in this 
trade.) In spite of any parliamentary inter¬ 
ference to make Bank-of-England paper and 
guineas pass for the same value, country bank 
notes may be exchanged even at the rate of 
30 or 403. for the guinea, and payment be 
demanded at the bank that issues such 
country notes in Bank of-England notes — 
Star. 
Married.] At Chepstow, Mr. Samuel Tay¬ 
lor, of Bath, to Miss Ann Elfe. 
At Cannington, P. Heron Cockburn, esq. 
of Hubert Lodge, to Mrs. Vassall. 
At St. John’s Church, Bristol, Mr. James 
Ha 11, to Miss Susannah Sparks. 
Mr, Robert Bowen, ironmonger, to Miss 
Smith, both of Bristol. 
At Clifton, William Ogle Wallis Ogle, 
esq. of Causey Park, in the county of Nor¬ 
thumberland, to Elizabeth Frances Staples, 
daughter of Lady Amaranta Monck, niece to 
the late Marquis of Waterford, and relict of 
W. Staples, esq. 
Mr. Thwaites, of Wine-street, Bristol, 
to Louisa, third daughter of Mr. Joseph 
Hall. 
Mr. Henry Allway, to Miss Elizabeth 
Jones, of St. George’s, Bristol. 
Mr, Giles Cowley, stationer, of Bristol, 
to Maria, daughter of Mr. Boy ton, of Clifton. 
Mr. R. Sims, of Bruton, to Miss Smullet, 
of Mintern Magna. 
Died.] At Bristol, Miss Sawtell, daughter 
of Mr. S. merchant.—Sarah, wife of Mr. Ja¬ 
cob Strickland, 76 —Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. 
Z. J.—Mr. Thomas Howell, sen. late of 
Clare-Streec.—Jn Bridge-street, Mr. Edkins, 
painter, whose uniform affability and urbanity 
yMoNTKty No, 217, 
rendered him equally esteemed in life as 
mented in death.-fEve, wife of Mr. Benja* 
nrin Jordan, 44.—-Wm. Parsons, esq. of 
Erisdington.—Mrs. Hillier.—In Portland- 
square, Joseph Jones, esq. 28.—Mrs. Mary 
Jongs, of Giocester street. 
' At Clifton, of the water on his dhest, in 
his 46th year, Major Joseph Taylor. 
Mrs. Merritt, wife of Mr. M. publican, of 
Haking. She had letired to rest in all ap» 
pearance in perfect health, a few minutet 
after she complained of a difficulty of breath* 
ing, and in a short time after she exclaim ed 
“ I am going !” and was almost instantly a 
corpse. 
Jacob Sturge, of Westbury-upon-Trym^ 
aged .37. 
Maria, the beloved wife of Philip Joha 
Miles, esq. of Naish House. 
At I wood, Miss Dyer. 
At Portishead, aged 91, Mr. James P-ice, 
for upwards of 30 years quarantine-master of 
Bristol. 
At 11 Chester, Mr. Edward Scaddlug, many 
years ihe humane keeper of the county gaol. 
At Tapnton, Mr George Lyne, aged 72. 
Mr Ralph Ham, of West Coker 
At East-Stoke, far advanced in years, Su¬ 
sannah, relict of the late Mr. Rooert Cnaffev, 
a woman, who, from her universal philan¬ 
thropy, was beloved by all ranks. 
At Weils, Mrs, Susannah Lovell, wife of 
Mr. Joseph L. of Bath. 
DORSETSHIRE. 
A barbarous murder has been committe'^^' 
Hurford, Dorsetshire, by a monster c ' .ne 
name of Zoekiel Peele, on the pe -on f his 
master, Mr. Johnstone, a re^^ cctable ^-armer. 
The offender h ad lately been discharged from 
his service, and prosecuted by his master for 
larceny, but the prosecution was dropped, in 
consequence of the mournful appeals of seven 
children. Mr. Johnstone was smoaking his 
pipe in his parlour alone, aud the assassin 
attacked him with a knife used by butchers, 
and plunged it into his back between the 
shoulders to the hilt, before he was ob¬ 
served. 
Died.] At Cerne, the Rev. W. Davis, a 
pluralist of the church. 
At the great age of 104 years, John Alfred 
Parnell, of Corfe Castle farm-house, he re¬ 
tained all his faculffes till within two years 
of his death. In his youthful days he was a 
noted pedestrian, and could go with ease six 
miles an hour for two hou.'’3 together, and 
several times has walked for small wagers 
twenty-one miles within four hours j and in 
his 99th year he walked seven miles wdthia 
two hours, for a wager. 
At Ensham-House, Edmund Bovver, esq. 
sincerely lamented by his family and k large 
circle of acquaintance, by whom he was 
much esteemed for his chearful, friendly dis¬ 
position. Mr, B. had entered early in life 
into the Roval Navv, and was one of the 
•Idest lieutenants, having at the siege of 
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