1797.) 
nel of the W. Effex militia. Alfo, Jofeph 
Garford, and, on the fame day, Mary his wife, 
both of them aged 78. They were born on 
the fame day, and died within two hours of 
€ach other. j : 
At Burntdin, Mr. Gibbs, a woman of ex- 
ceflive corpulency. The coffin in which the 
was interred, was two feet deep, three feet 
wide, and fix feet one inch long. At -Chid- 
dingly, aged 63, fdrs. M. Elphle, and aged 
40, Mis. S, Lafhmar.. -Aged 89, Mrs: Woole 
gar of Seaford. Near Lewes, Mr. J. Webb. 
; KENT. ae 
| April 10.—-At a common-hall, ‘held at the 
Guildhall, Canterbury, to confider of a petition 
to the king, praying him to difmifs his prefent 
minifters for ever from his councils, &c. (W. 
FRancis, efq, in the Chair.) Mr. W. FREND, 
after enumerating, in a mafterly fpeech, the 
_ difaftrous confequences of the war, and repro- 
bating the policy of his majefty’s advifers in the 
conduct of it, recited a petition of his own 
compofition, in which the fir? falfe alarms of 
danger induftrioufly excited by minifters, the hypo 
critical faretests of religion and humanity afjumed 
__4y them, the multiplied military difafters on the 
‘ eontinent, and the infamous trials inflituted at home, 
Cc. were pointedly enlarged upon, and fhown 
to be the inevitable confequence of ¢¢ fuffering 
abujes 10 remain Too LONG UNCORRECTED, 
&e.” The petition was vunANIMOUSLY 
adopted as the fenfe of the meeting; the 
thanks of which were afterwards unanimoufly 
voted to Lorp Oxrorp for his Jate parlia- 
mentary conduct, on the motion of Mr. Frend, 
A meeting has been ‘alfo held, lately, at 
Rochefter, wherein a petition to the king, 
praying for the difmiffal of his minifters for 
ever, &<. was unanimonfly agreed to. 
Warried,.J—At Upper Deal, Mr. H. Clay- 
fon to Mifs S. Hines. At Margate, Mr. W. 
Adam to Mifs E. Goodburn. At Folkftone, 
Mr. T. Caiftor to Mifs M. Nichols. 
_ Dred.|—At Canterbury, Mrs. Nutt and 
Mrs, Rainey, At Hearn, aged 74) Mrs. Stup- 
pels. - Mr. J. Finch, of Bifhopfbourn. In 
Thanet, Mifs C, Hunter. Near ‘Sevenoaks, 
G. Lewis; efq. juftice of peace. At Sevenoaks, 
aged 84, J. Pratt, efq. unclé to’Earl Camden, 
Near Charing, Mrs, Elden. Mr. W. Pepper. 
_ _At Detling, Mrs. Prugg. Mr. R. Perkins, 
of Herne. At Milton, near Sittingburn, aged 
75> Mr. W. Jordan, fen, At Bromley, aged 
8o, the rev. G, Farran. Aged 76, Mr. J. 
Bell, of Halden. At Ramfgate, Mrs. Nor- 
wood, wife of Lieut: N. of the-navy. At 
Betherfden, aged 72, E. Wilmot efg. At 
Tenterden, aged 62, Mr, Smith, N. Gilbert, 
e{q. of Eaft Bourn. t 
At Margate, aged 75, Mrs. M. Rowe. 
Mr. Packman, of Selling. At Maidftone, Mr. 
T. Charlton, H, Rice, efq. of Bramlin, juftice 
Of peace. Mrs. Browning, of Folkftone. At 
Rochefter, aged 88, Mrs. E. Buck. At Snod- 
land, aged 55, Mr. W. Lewis, fchoolmafter, 
t SURREY. 
At Kingfton affizes, thirteen prifoners were 
capitally conviéted, of whom, Thomas Smith 
Monruty Mac.No.XVI._ 
Kent... Surreye.. Hampfhire.o.Viltpire. 
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and James Clark, for highway robbery; and 
William Pets, for horfe ftealing, were left for 
execution. 
At the late Su:rey meeting, at which Mr. 
Tay.or, High-Sheriff, prefided, Sir B. 
Crayton, from a deduétion of arguments, 
inferred, the “ incapacity of minilters to carry 
on the war, or retrieve the nation from its 
prefent difficulties.’ The petition for difmif- 
fion of his majeftys minifters, &¢,. was, after 
fome trifling altercation, carried by a great © 
majority. “The thanks of the county were alfo 
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‘voted, unanimoufly, to Lord W. RussEL, 
for 
his‘ftrenuous and patriotic oppofition to the ware 
¥ Bae <i ‘ 
&c. It may be neceffary to remark, thatevery 
-effort of the minifterial agents had been exerted, 
in vain, to defeat the petition of the freeholders Py 
of this county. — gen we 
ae 0 > WAMPSHIRE.L ome (  g 
The barracks, at the king’s houfe, Win. 
chefter, have been lately finithed, and fitted 1 
for the reception of 3oo9 men. 
The © Southampton ‘petition to the kings 
among other forcible reprefentations, urges, 
that minifters “ to fecure themfelves in powers 
have blafted the country’s credit, ruined its trade 
and manufactures, Japped the foundations of 
Englifh Liberty, &c.”’ a ee " 
Ofthe fixteen prifoners capitally convicted at i 
Winchefter, three were ordered for" execution, 7 
Gafpard Koop and Nicholas Wagner, fora eaa 
and William Smith, for burglary. 
Married.|—At Winchefter, the. rev. Mr. 
Jeffries to Mifs Mulfo. At Woodford, Mr. 
H. Thornton, a brifk widower of 65, to Mifs 
M. Rixon, a blooming beauty of 23. 
Died.}— At Winchefter, Mrs. Ward. Mr. 
S. Fuffell. Mifs M. Hill, teacher at a board-= 
ing-{choo]. Agéd 88, the rev. Mr. Banouis,. 
many years minifter of the French church. Mr. 
Page, barrack-mafter, at Ringwood. At Barton 
Stacy, Mr. J. Lynch. Mrs. Pyle, of Andover. 
At Afhley, near Somborne, Mrs. M, Smith, 
WILTSHIRE, < 
At a court of common-council, held at 
Salifbury, March 30, an Addrefs to the King 
was agreed to, purporting to deplore ‘* the 
carnage and defiruétion of the war, &c.’’ a Wary 
‘© guhich is declared to be undefined im its frin- 
cifle, and unattainable in his objeé?, and 
“ carried on by a fyftem of delufion and corrupt 
influence, &¢.’—It earneftly requefts a ‘¢ change 
of men and meafures,”’ the firft confequence of 
which, it is ftated, will be ‘a probable revival 
of public credit, &c.” 
A fubfequent meeting was alfo called of al 
the inhabitants who pay taxes, wherein a fimilar 
petition was unanimoufly agreed to. At this 
meeting it was univerfally admitted, ‘ t2at the 
manufatiures at Salifoury are, at frefent, nearly 
fuffended, &c.”” 
' Married.|—At Tilfhead, Mr. J. Mullins, 
aged $4, to Mifs C. Payne, aged 25. 
~ Died. J—At Salifbury, Mrs. Slater: Mr. S. 
Cofter. Mrs. Watmore, The rev. R. Hare, 
M.A. prebendary of the cathedral, and reétor of 
Barton Stacy; gentle and polifhed in his man- 
ners, and unremitting in his attention to all the » 
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