| 1796.) | Devonfhire.«. Cornwall... South Wales, &&e. 
Married.| ¥F. J. Brown, efq, M.P. for Dor- 
fetfhire, to Mifs F. Richards. 
- At Sherborne, W. Wingfield, efq. to the Rt. 
Hon. Lady C. Digby, fifter to the. earl of 
Digby. 
Av Lyme Regis, Capt. T. Carnie, of the 6th 
regt. of foot, to Mifs Ifaacfon, daughter of A. 
¥: efq. 2 
» Dred.] At Minchington, Mr. S. Muftont. 
At Weymouth, Mrs. Morris,.of Sherborne. “At 
- Batcombe, Mrs. Slade. At Lyme Regis, Mr. 
Peckett. : . 
DEVONSHIRE, 
Ata meeting of the fubfcribers to the in- 
tended Lunatic Afylum at Exeter, the total 
amount of the prefent fubfcriptions appeared 
to be 2502]. 15s, 
The Grand Jury for the country of Devon 
have pledged themfelves to fupport fuch inn- 
Keepers as fhail let-a pair of pott-horfes at 1s. 
and a fingle horfe at 43d. per mile. They ftate 
as their reafons, the reduétion in the price of 
hay and corn, and the late aét of Parliament, 
which relieves the innkeepers from the bur- 
thens of the military. 
Married.| At ¥xeter, rev.G. Coleridge, of 
Ottery, to Mifs J. Hart. Mr. J. G. Manning, 
to Mrs. Thorn. 
Died.| . At Exeter, Mr. T. Drew. 62, Mrs. 
M. Handleigh. Mr.T. Brice. Mr W. Branf- 
combe, attorney. At Briftol, Mr. fohn Land, 
jan. of Exeter. 
_ Aged 66, B. Incledon, efq. of Pilton Houfe ; 
he was high fheriff of the county in 1762. _ 
At Tiverton, John Davy, efq. he had been 
three times mayorwf that towa. John Chave, 
efq. of Remberton, near Tiverton; he has be- 
quegthed rool. to the Devon and Exeter hof- 
pital. 
At Exmouth, W. Hayward, efq. Jate of the 
King’s own regt. of Dragoons. 80, Mr.Titcher;. 
he was a very penurious man, fcarcely allowing 
himfelf the common neceffaries of life, and no 
medical affiftance, though poffeffed of about 
10,0001, his appearance was that of a common 
pauper. 
At Plymouth, Mr. fohn Prideaux. Mr. T. 
Reynolds, one of the coroner’s for the county of 
Devon, 
CORNWALL. 
The Cornwall Agricultural Society has given 
notice, that there will be a Ploughing match at 
St. Columb, on Tuefday, Sept. 13, 1796, for 
the following premiums : oe 
Es s, d. 
Beft Ploughmax 3 3. Driver 10 66 
Second beft 22 Driver ine} 
Third bet | ££ Driver 2 6 
The drivers not to exceed the age of 16. 
To the beft ploughman, who fhall be a. parith 
apprentice, 11. 1s.—his driver, a parifh appren- 
tice, not exceeding the age of 16, 25. 6d. 
The ploughing to be in aley field, as for a 
€rop of wheat; ploughs of any defcription to be 
admitted ; 30 fquare yards of land (about the 
fifth part of an acre) to be the quantity affigned 
tw each plough, which is to be ploughed in twe - 
. 
_ of Bryngwyn. 
588 
‘or three fplit ridges, as the sround may admit 
of 3 two hours allowed for finifhine. The pa- 
rifh apprentices to plough in a feparate piece of 
ground by themfelves. 
At a general meeting of the fubfcribers to 
the {cheme of the Polbrock canal, held in Bod- 
min, on Tuefday, the oth of Auguft, Sir W.. 
MoLeEswortTaH inthe chair, it was refolved, 
that the line of a canal from Guinea-port, im 
the parifh of St. Breock, to Stoney-lane and 
Dunmeer-bridge, in the parifh of Bodmin, on 
the weft fide of the river Camel, according to 
a plan and eftimate of Mr. Rennie, be approved: 
of, and. adopted by this meeting; and that ap_ 
plication be made tothe next feflion of Parlia- 
ment,. for an aét to enable the fubfcribers to 
carry the fame into effec. And it appearing 
to this meeting, that a branch might be eafily 
made from the line propofed to Ruthern-bridge 
(about half a mile from the line) by which the: 
benefits arifing from the canal, in regard to the: 
carriage of manure, would be more extended, 
Mr, Murray is requefted to furvey that branch, 
and make his report thereon. 
Died.] In St. Stephen’s in Branuel, 63, 
Mr. P. Pinch. . 
SOUTH WALES. 
Died.| Aged 73, the Rev. R. Rogers, rectos 
Mifs E. Price, daughter of J. P 
efq. banker, of Penybornt. At Green Grove, 
62, E. Vaughan, efg. one of his majefty’s 
juftices of the peace for Cardiganfhire. 
At New Mead, John Davies, efg. one of his 
majefty’s juftices of the peace for Radnorfhire, 
At Ty-Mawr, Mrs, Hughes. relift of J. H. efq. 
At Penyuan, Lieut. A. H. Rees, of the royal 
navy. 
Mrs. Owen, wife of the Rev. Mr. O. of 
Aberythwith, and fifter to Sir T. Bonfall, of 
Fronfraith. At Henfol Caftle, Mifs Davy, 
daughter of the late major D. At Cardiff, Mr. 
T. Powell, of a very ancient family, lineally 
defcended from Juftin ap Gworgant, Lord of 
Glamorgan. ; 
NORTH WALES, 
Died.| At Moftyn Hall, Flintfhire, Sir 
Roger Moftyn, bart. M.P. for the county of 
Flint; which he had reprefented in eight parlia— 
ments; he was chofen the ninth time the laff 
general eleCtion, W. Wynne, efg. of Wern. 
S COD LA NID Cu 
A. fhark, nearly fix feet long, was lately 
caught by fome gentlemen, in the Clyde, at 
the Fairly roads. While carrying afhore in the ~ 
boat, it fpawned a young one ; and on opening 
it, after reaching the fhore, twenty-three others, 
about thirteen inches each in length, and all 
alive, were found init. Several of them lived 
fome hours afterwards. Another fhark, of 
hearly the fame faze, has been fince caught, at 
the fame place. 
The quantity of linen cloth ftamped for fale 
in Scotland lat year, exceeds the quantity made 
in the year 1792, by nearly half a million 
of yards. a 
Married) At Edinburgh, W. Buckanan, efq.. 
of Auchmar, to Miis $. Bartlet. 3. gt 
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