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been entirely fupported for fome months paft 
by the very humane keeper of the gaol*. 
On June 12, a very confiderable part of the 
eaftern end of the Kennet and Avon canal 
was opened, by order of the Chairman and 
~ Committee of Management. From the fub- 
ftantial execution of The feveral parts of the 
work, it appears to be now capable of accom- 
modating the trade of that populous neigh- 
‘bourhood. E'even miles of coal canal will be 
completed, according to calculation, in about 
e ght months’ me at the expence of 22); ae 
and the remaining fx miles in eighteen month 
time, at the additional expence of 17,4: i 
Is is expected that, by that period, the Kennet | 
and Avon canal will be finithed, from Devizes 
to its junction with this canal, which will then 
alfo form a junétion with the Wilts and Berks 
canal, 
The yearly income of the fchoo!s of induftry 
at Bath, from the gradual decreafe of fubferip- 
tions, Bc, is now reduced from 8o0ol. to little 
more than 2col. 
The fub{cription of Mr.C. Baker, of Briftol, 
who has circulated propotals for difcovering 
the caufe and cure of the smuvT in wheat, is 
rapidly filling, under the patronage of the 
farmers in general, as well as of the lcading 
Agriculturiits. 
A numerous and refpectable meeting was 
lately held at the Guildhall in Briftol, for the 
purpofe of addre(fing the king * to difrnif his 
minifiers, as the moft effectual means of obtaining a 
[tecdy, honouratle, and frermanent freace,”” Sc. 
when a petition to this effect, after fome ae 
cuffion as to mat:er of form, was adopted, with 
only three diffenting voices. The petition 
afferts, that ‘¢ rhe eee sions of national great- 
nefs are fiakn,”? and that “the flaple manufac- 
tures of the country totter on the brink of deftruc- 
tion,” Sc. It alfo notices the decay of trade 
in Briftol,’ awe atte the decline of our parti- 
cular city,” &c—A counter-addrefs was, how - 
ever, produced at the meeting, which, on being 
put to the vote, was rejected, by a great 
major ty _ 
The fu th inclofure bill, lately paffed, con- 
tains an uvreferved commutation for every 
fpecies of tythes. It was patronized by the 
bifhop of Bath and Wells, lord of the manor, 
by the archdeacon of Wells, poffeifor of the 
great tythas, and by the rev. J. Mitchell, vicar 

~* In a letter lately written to the editor of 
a Bath paper, after artlefsly depiéting the par- 
ticulars of his {ufferings, extreme want of com- 
mon neceflaries, dc. he adds, ‘¢ Iam pining 
tn bondage under the public’s caufe, as well as 
private opprefiun, acd that public now neglect 
me—’tiy too much—I cannot long endure ite 
I crave for mercy, and not to let. me perifh— 
I am overcome with furrow to’ find myfelf 
thus neglected—to be deftitute and in want, 
are calamities which I pray Heaven may 
never be the fate of you and your’s,” &c.—A 
fubfcription, however, has. been lately opened 
for his relief in the banking-houfes at Bath, 
_ which meets with fome encouragement. 
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487 
of the parifh ; examples worthy te be held up 
to the general imitation of the clergy. 
It appears, from a report of the governors of 
the-afylum for blind perfons, lately eftablifhe. at 
Briftol, that the charity is in a profperous fituc- 
tion, that the number cf objeéts admitted in the 
courfe of the Jaft twelve months is confiderably 
increafed, and that the earnings by labpur have 
been in a ftate of Beer ae advancement from 
the commencement of the undertaking to the 
prefent time. Some of thefe perfons can ncw 
earn 53 6d. per week, and under, by bafket and 
hamper making, end other emp!oyments. 
Married. |-——-Mr. Mitchell, attorney, of Brus 
ton, to Mifs Clements, of Weck Temple- 
man,,e{q. of Meiriott-hall, to Mifs Ab:aham, 
of White Lackington.). At Bath, W. Wilber- 
force, efq M.P. for Yorkthire,tu Mits Scooner, 
of E'mdon houfe, Warwick. At Briftol, fer- 
jest Mackenzie, of the Portfmouth divifion 
of Marines, to Mrs Fry, viétualler,—whoie 
hufband, Mr. F. had died in lefs than a fort- 
night before. At Bathwick, V.L. Ward, efq. 
to Maifs Ahmutz. 
At Gretna-Green, lieut. Stawell, of the 
Chatham divifion of marines, recruiting at 
Trowbridge, to Mifs Steel, of Hilperton ;— 
an am able and accomplifhed young lady: fhe 
was taxen from the window of her chamber, 
at midnight, by her lover, and conveyed away, 
in a poft-chaife and foar. 
Died. }—At Bath, WVirs.Spry. W. Crosley, 
efq. On his way to Briftol hot-wells, F. R. 
Humphries, e.g. of Devifes, major-general in 
the army. Mrs. Nagle, of the county of Weft 
Meath, Ireland. Mr. G. M. Geodall. Mrs, 
Bowfher. Mr. Rodborn, printer. Near Bath, 
Mr. T. Shute, of Cheapfide, London. At 
Bath Eaftan, H. Walters, efq. juftice of the 
peace. 
At Frome, Mr. J. Coke. In the flower of 
youth and beauty, Mifs A. Wickham, C. 
Hawkins, efq of Yeovil 
At Falmouth, Mr. Pearce. an eminent ate 
toraey. e'teemed both in and out of his profef= 
fion, for his probity and goodnefs of heart.— 
Though his conftitution was remarkably deli-. 
cate, he poffeffed a mind full of energy and 
vigour. Lae bore a longand cruel difeafe with 
philofophical fortitude, and yielded up ius 
breath, in a well-grounded hope of ‘+ the biefi- 
ed refurreétion to eternal lite.’ 
At North Petherton, Mr, Barrel, attorney. 
DORSETSHIRE. ~ 
An: office has been lately eftablifhed a 
Poole (or rather revived, naving lain count 
a number of years patt) for managing the 
cerns ‘of the vice admiralty juriid: eee 
tending over the counties of SMO TY 
Dorfet, and Poole., The oe of this efas 
blifhmeént is announced to be, “to prevent ite- 
predaticns committed on the perfons and projec iy of 
individuals Who, throurh calamitous circumbances, 
may be caft away on the racks or [ands of /hores of 
the faid diftrict,’ and ** to refcue the character of 
@ cer/ain defeription of ferple from brutality”? 
Since the eltablithment of f{chools of ine 
duftry in Dorchefter, many children who, prior 
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