Kent* 
[Oct. 1, 
298 
At Ch igwell, Mrs, Margaret Burnet, wi¬ 
dow of T. B. esq. of Chigwell, 88 ; the last 
of the family of Burnet, bishop of Salis¬ 
bury. 
At Rayleigh, aged 84, Mr. J. Fairhead. 
Suddenly, Mr. T. Driver, of F’iaistow. 
At the same place, Elizabeth, wife of R. H. 
Martin, esq. aged 51. 
KENT. 
Application is intended to be made to par¬ 
liament, in the ensuing sessions, for leave to 
bring in a bill for I'arvlrfg the current of the 
river Thamesy and forming part of the present 
bed into docks or basins, one of which •varia¬ 
tions vyiil consist in making a canal from Long 
Reach Tavern, in the parish of Dartford, 
to a place called GaBion’s Reach, near Wool¬ 
wich Warren, and Plumstedj and by means 
of two dams, the one to cross the river from 
King’s Warren, in the parish of Plarasted, 
on the south side, to near the Devil’s House, 
Woolwich, on the north side j and the other 
dam to cross the river from the Sluice House, 
Greenwich, on the south side, to Hookness 
Point, in the parish of West Kam, on the 
north side of the said river, to constitute so 
n'juch of the old bed of the said river, as lies 
between the said two dams, into a dock or 
ha sin ; and another of the said variations to 
consist ill a new bed for the Thames^ from the 
Devil’s House to Hookness Point. Atiother 
•variafion to consist in a new bed for the river 
from near the Sluice Flouse to the Old Maga¬ 
zine, both in Greenwich. Another variation 
to consist in making a canal across a part of 
the .Isle of Dogs, from the Folly House, 
Blackwall, to Mill Wgll, in Limehouse 
Reach. Another variation to consist in a new 
bed for the said river from the King’s Dock, 
Ij)eptfcrd, to the Nine Elms, Battersea, and 
by means of two dams, the one to cross the 
rtver from tlie King’s Dock, on the south side, 
to the Ferry House, Isle of Dogs, on the 
rorth side, and the other to cross the river 
from a place near the Nine Elms to Mill- 
bank, constituting so much ef the old bed of 
the said river as lies brt-ween the said two 
dams into another dock or basin, and for 
soaking a collateral cut from the ssid last- 
mentioned new bed to Peck Head, ^erniond- 
t’Cy, and also a collateral cut from the said 
last-mentioned nevv bed to Pitcher’s Poinf, 
Rotberhithe, through which new beds the 
tide of tlie river v-dli how, instead of the pre¬ 
sent bed of the river as will, by means of the 
above-mentioned dams, be constituted into 
docks or basins ; and also for ma’^ing a tunr.ej 
tinc'or tne hrst-mentionsd new bed or the river 
in Fate Ham Level, to connect -lie counties 
cf Kent and Essex; and also for making a 
canal from near Purfieet to the Devil’s 
House. 
A man of the name of Joseph Majon un¬ 
dertook, at ii public house at Peal, ;o ten 
hot penny-toaves, with sufficient butter, aii5 
drink six pints of beer, within 29 minutec, 
and he completed his task two minutes within 
the time. 
Married.'] Mr. Edward Randell Pascoe, cf 
his majesty’s frigate Nieman, to Miss Ann 
Molland, of Dover. 
AtSittIngbourne, Mr. Thomas RIchard3on> 
to Miss Mary Burley. 
Mr. William H. Styles, of Manor-House, 
near Gravesend, to Mis* Harriet Smith, 
At Eastchurch, Mr, John Cheeseman, to 
Miss Elizabeth Claringbould, of Swansey 
Farm. 
At Dover, Mr. Cadogan, of London, to 
Miss Thomsett. 
The Rev. J. Cook, A. M. fellow of St. 
John’s College, Cambridge, to Miss Des- 
brosser. 
At the meeting house, Rochester, Samuel 
Nicholls, of Ashford, to ■ Smith. 
Mr. W» A. Dunning, solicitor, Maidstone, 
to Elizabeth, daughter of the late John 
Golding, esq. 
At Lydd, Mr. Richard Millls, to Mrs. 
Mary Dsy, widow, both of that place. 
A4r. Tho.nnas Bayley, surgeon of the East 
Kent militia, to Miss Bidwell, cf Exeter, 
Devon. 
Ac Ashford, by the Rev. Charles Stoddart, 
jun. Mr. John Pepper, farmer of Aldington, 
to Miss Allen, of Ashford. 
Yesterday morning at Frindsbury church, 
Mr. William Farley, aged 48, to Miss Sarah 
Elizabeth Scott, of Chatham, aged 16 ! 
Died.] Ac Canterbury, Mrs. Ann Good¬ 
win. 
At Eccleshall Castle, the Hon. Mrs. Corn¬ 
wallis, wife of the Bishop of Lichfield, and 
sister of Sir Horace Mann, bare. 
, At Frittenden, Mr. John Collins, aged 79. 
At Folkestone, Mrs, Sladen, aged 70, 
At Canterbury, 53, Mrs. Catherine Par¬ 
sons. 
Ac East Grinstead, in his 26th year, Ed¬ 
ward Shuter, esq. of Trinity College, Cam¬ 
bridge. 
Ac Deal, Mrs. Mary Blacke.t, aged 62 
years. 
Mr. Slaughter, of tlie King’s Head, at 
Charing; he was returning from Lenham, 
in a light cart, and unfortunately fell out, 
by which accident he was so severely hurt, 
that he. expired the following day. 
Ac Dover, Mr. Thomas Sharp, late farmcjr 
of, Little’iourn. 
At Sandgatc, the Rev. Mr. Powell, curats 
of New Romney. 
. At Dover, at!ed 22, Mr. Valentine Court. 
At Gillingham, the wife cf Mr. G. Bal. 
dock. 
At Nevv llomney, Ivliss Cobb, eldest 
daughter of B. C. erq. 
At Lamberhurst, Mrs. Wiles. 
In an apoplectic fit, the Rev. Vv^. Dennis 
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