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hibiting a fublime example of that heroic 
fertitude, with which the genuine foirit of 
Chriftanity infpires its votaries. Her laft 
moments were employed in pouring forth ef- 
fufions of gratitude and devotion to the au- 
thor of her being. 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 
The aét to enable the proprietors of the na- 
vigation, extending fiom the Trent to the 
Meriey, to mae a canal, fromthe Caidon ca- 
nal, near Endon, to Leek, in this county, has 
dately received the royal affent. 
At Stafford affizes, Joha Curry and Fohn 
Ward, for ftealing fowls, and fonn Hollins, 
for perjury, were fentenced to tranfportation 
for feven years. fhe trial of Mr. T. Ojiver, 
charged with fhooting Mr. J. Wood, is poft- 
poned, 
Married \—-At Litchheld, Mr. 1. Smith to 
Mifs Sandles. ; 
Died.\—At Stafford, aged 54, Mr. Sutton. 
Aged 60, Mrs. M. Nixon.» Aped 68, Mirs. 
Boden, formerly a printcrand bookteller. Aged 
22, Mr. Q. Page. 
At Newcaftle, T, Haytrell, efq. a kind be- 
nefactor to the poor. Mrs. Cope, and Mifs 
Watkins. At Lircnfiels, Mr. Fofter. Azed 79, 
Mrs. M. Newton, fitter to the late Dr. N, 
bithop of Briftal, who wrote on’ the Evidence 
of i en pEae Prophecies. Near “Litchfield, 
ged $3, Mrs, &: Green. . 
Alvis: Cotterel of Southam. At OFchurch, 
Mrs..Boriley, and Mr. T. Fletcher. In Sobo, 
London, Mrs, M: Geary, relit of A. G. efq. 
of Breewood. “At Broughton Hall, Mrs. C, 
Leiceiter, lady of C. &. ef. of Honthorn 
Hall, Chefter, At Walfall, Mr. J, Barber. 
At Bangley, aged 61, Mr. S. Yeonians. At 
Burton upon Trent, azed 67, Mr. H. Mouid. 
LEICESTERSHIRE,) 
At a meeting, held lately in Leicefter, of the. 
‘ principal tradefmen, &c it was ‘unanimoufly 
agreed upon, to refafe taking in payment any 
counterfeit halfpence, or other bafe coin, now 
in circulation, 
A petition to the King, praying him to a {- 
milfs his prefent minifers for ever, and for a 
reftoration of the blefiings of peace 5 reprefent- 
ing, ailfo, inmanly and unequivocal terms, the 
real diftretfes of the country, in confequexce of 
the ftoppage of trade, éc. has been figned by 
a confiderabie number of the mot re'peétable 
inhabitants of Leicefter. 
Five poor girls, apprentices to fames Adams, 
ae and James Adarns, junior, wool-comb- 
ers, of Hufband’s Bofwozxth, fave lately ‘been 
ifeMaveed from their apprenticethip, by the 
county magiitrace, in confequence of cruel 
treatment, &c. Their fubfiftence was, for the 
moft part; coarfe oreo cakes, and that afford- 
ed very fcantily ; their ludging was a ‘ew old 
rags, fewed up in hop-facking, without either 
bedftead, mat, or fheets, &c, in a room, the 
windows of hich were entirely unglazed 5 their 
clothes were made up of a few rags, faltened 
about their bodies, fo as to be an infufficient 
protection againft the inclemency of the wea- 
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ther; their bleeding wounds, occafioned by too 
evere beating, were often Agi by fome hu- 
mane individuals of the Lal Hane 
Marricd.|-—A% Lark Shilton, Mr. 1. Cham- 
berlain to Mits Tisbet, of "Kikby Mi ce 
Mr. Smita, of Huncote, to Mits' Cooper, niec 
to Mr. Wethezil], of Normanton Duevalich 
At Leicefter, Mr. Day to Milfs. Callis.. . The 
rey, Mr. Deverill to Mits Ruding, daughter of 
W. Ruding, erg. of Weftcotes, near Leiceiter, 
At Leicefter, Mir. Daiwfon.to Milfs Eames. 7. 
Watts, efq. of Purlangton, Leicetter, to Milfs 
Davis, of rahe Northampton. Mr. 5. 
Eeeby, of Somerby, to Mifs Marriott, of Af 
fordby. At Syfton, Mr. R. Chamberlain to 
Mifs Pacard. 
Ded.i'——At Leicetter; aged 74, R. Bolton, 
gent. late of Market Harboro’. Aged Ga: 
Mr. R. Swinten, formerly drugsift a 
cary, bat retired from bunneis: Aged 65, Mr. 
Pacey, of Hign-fireet.. Mr.  Shelberdine: 
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Aged 75, Mr. W. Hill. Aged 093 Mrs. Lee. 
After a fhort i ilinefs, at t the houfe of her fon 
(Mr. J. Throfby) Mas. M. F Fhiofby, fecond 
wife of the late Mr. Ald. T. who ferved the 
office of mayor, in 1759. She was born the 
firft year in the. prefent century 3 and for feveral 
years prior to her death, had been the olde% 
perfon in Leicetter. Since 1750, the had 
generally enjoyed a good ftate of health, and 
wallced in her garden only a few days previous 
to her deceale. Through life fhe had been 
avftemious in her mode of living, and the re- 
tained the uf of her faculties nearly to the laf. 
Mr. Alderman Fifher, who ferved ‘the office of 
mayor, in 1764—he lived unbeloved, and died 
unlamented, Mr. Franks, of Barton! Mrs. 
Coop, wite of the rev. Mir. ©. of Naz boro’. 
At Louchboro’, Mrs. Davis. 
At Hufband’s Bofworth, the rev. R. Davies, 
chaplain to F. Turville, efg. aod formerly 
profeffor of philufophy and the mathematics, 
at the Univerfity of Doway, in Flanders. He 
ranked high as a f{cholar, having ftudied the 
abitrufer {ciences with unremitting attention ; 
and, as a Chriftian minifter, he ever teftified 
an ardent zeal for the edification of his hearers, 
and a tender commiferation for the fufferings 
of mankind at large. 
At Cottetbach, Mr. W. Allen, many years 
coachman to the tev. Dr. Marriott: he bore’ 
the character of an honeft, good, and faithful 
fervant. 
At Peatling Parva, aged 76, Mr. Crowder, 
Jate of Afhley Magna; by a-courfe of fuccefsful 
indudry, he had long ranked with the moft 
refpectable agriculturifts in the county. 
At Great Wigton, Mr. T’. Cooper, lamented 
by his friends and acquaintance. Mr. Cook, of 
Thurmatoa. At Sweepftone, Mifs Gilbert. 
In London, regretted by his family and 
friends, Dr. Gaunt, of Higham. 
-  RUTLANDSHIRE, 
Dizd.J—Mrs. Toon, of Oakham. At Up- 
pingham, Mrs. Furnils. At Ketton, Mr. Wil- 
fon, fen. well verfed in the mathematical 
fciences, and an emininent furveyor. Mr. Bun- 
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