1796.) 
18. At Ribblesford, Mr. Howell, of Lon- 
don, to Mifs Green, of Bewdley. 
g. Mr Sengar, furgeon, to Milfs L. Broom, 
both of Bewdley. 
14. Mr S. Perkins, of Frefhford, Somerfet, 
to Mrs Gardner, of Worcefter. 
Died.|--At Perthore, aged 84, Mrs Bunn. 
Aged 19, Mifs Quarrel, of Fentham. 
Mrs Carpenter, wife ot Mr. Carpenter, hatter, 
of Proad-fireet, Worcefter: 
At her houfe, near Worcefter, 24rs Griffiths. 
January 29. Adr. Blackqwall, hai-drefier, of 
Worcetter. be 
At the Cottage on the Hill, near Worcefter, 
of the {mall-pox, after having elcaped it nearly 
7O years, Mn W  Fileux, Be 
February r. At Bewdley, Mr, Laurence, 
6. Aged 68, Mr. H. Ruff, glover, of Wor- 
cefter. ‘ 
Aged 82, Mrs D. Crump, of Bewdley. 
11. At Bewdley, Mr: Fones, furgeon, 
13. At Redmatley, Mrs Howe, wite of the 
Reeve fivke: 
23. At Worcefter, H. Nezunkam, efq, 
Hereford/p:re.\—Uhe tax on horfes 
will probably operate as a ftimulus to the’ 
more extenfive ule of oxen in Agricul- 
ture. A confiderable farmer lately at- 
tended'a fale cf oxen near Hereford, 
carrying with him numerous commiifions 
to purchafe ox-teems, on the account of 
feveral hill-country gentlemen. Anum- 
ber. of land-owners among the nobility 
and gentry, have alfo fent circular let- 
ters to their tenants, recommending the 
raifing of bull-caives, for the purpofe of 
hufbandry, a meafure that will at once 
tend to encreafe confidcrably the ftock 
of good beef, and-render horfes lefs ne- 
cellary. 
Married.J|—Feb. 4. The Rev. E, Eckley, 
ef Creadon-hill, to Mifs Sarah Taylor, of 
Tillington-court. 
tr Mr T. Wyke, furgeon, to Mifs.S. 
Cawdell, of Bewdley. 
Died, |—At Leominfler, Mr, Fofeph Powell, 
Monmeuthfbire. 
Married |—Feb. 16. At Rofs, Harper Jones, 
efq. of Monmouth, to Mrs. Whitcombe. 
Died.|—At Lanover, aged 10%, E. Steada- 
RUay. j 
. Gloucefierfoive.|—T wenty-two bills of 
indictment have been found by the 
Grand Jury of this county againft fore- 
ftallers. 
The inhabitants of Tewkfbury, in a 
. general meeting, have refolved unani- 
-moufly, not to purchafe butter at a higher 
rate than rod. per lb. which they pro< 
nounced to be a fair price. 
). The inhabitants of Gloucefter, in a 
public meeting, at which the Mayor pre- 
‘fided, refolved unanimoufly, “1 hat ind. 
per lb. was, at this period, a judi and 
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fufficient price for butter:’’ and agreed 
not to purchafe at a higher rate. 
The bakers alfo had lately a public 
meeting at Gloucefter; at which the 
Mayor attended, and unanimoufly ens 
tered into the following refoiutions : 
<6’ That there does not exift any real {earcity 
of wheat in this county, as appears from the 
very confiderable quantities of ofd wheat re- 
cently offered to fevetal of them, but which 
they could not purchafe, on account of the ex 
orbitant price demanded, 
“¢ That wheat is withheld from the markets, 
in confequence of the badgers and jobbers in 
corn, making it a commen practice to call ar 
the farmers at home, and who, boing mere 
{peculaters, oifer and give prices that have 
pernicious eed on the fair market ”’ 
Married |—Feb 6. At Gloucefter, Mr, 
Wilton, apothecary, to Mifs Lightfoot; both of 
that place. 
8. Mr Charles Horlick, of Painfwick, to 
Mifs Broom, daughter of J. Broom, efq. of 
Kidderminfter 
11. At Forth Hampton, Mr Charles Clarke, 
of Bumingham, to Mifs Mary Need. 
Died ]|—At Sevenhampton, James Hinckmany 
gent. 
At Gloucefter, Adr Wufhboourn, fen. 
Mifs Embury, of Fewkibury ; a young lady 
of cultivated talents and amiable virtues. 
At Glouceifer, A4ifs S. Oliver. 
February 14. The Rew. St. Fon Stone, late 
fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. 
17. My, 7. Elderton, late of Stapieton. 
Oxford/bire. 
Married.|—Feb. 1. The Rev. Dr. Gill, reétor- 
of .oufham, to Mifs Townfhend, daughter of 
the late Dr. B. or Banbury. 
8.. At Biafter, Mr. J. Dudley, jum: to Milfs 
Reading. 
g. At Anburne, Mr W. Oakham, of Ramf: 
bury, to Mifs A. Cook. 
Died.] February 14. Dr Sibthorp, the. cele- 
brated botanift, in confequence of the fatigues 
he underwent in his fecond (and laft) tour to 
Turkey and the Grecian Iflands, in queft of 
rare and clirious plants. Myr Sibthorp took his 
degree of A.M. at Oxtord, in the-year 1733 
(June 28); thatof BM. in 1733 (eq 3); 
and that of -D M: in the the followmg year 
(Jan.20). Some years ago, the Univerfity of 
Oxford chofe him to be a travelling fellow, a 
defignation well adapted to his favourite ftudies 
and purfuits; we find him, accordingly, after- 
wards, in this capacity, exploring a confiderable 
part of the European continent. In 1794, the 
Doétor publithed his Flora Owonienfis. Ee bas 
bequeathed his valuable colle&tion of plants and 
-bocks to the Botanical Library at Oxtord. He 
has alfy left to the Univerfity there, 3001. per 
anne, in landed property, in teuft, for the pur~« 
pote of defraying the expences which may at+ 
tend the publication of a #lora Greea, ta bs 
taken from {pecimens in his own collection. 
Gn the completion of that work, the Doctor hag 
farther bequeathed the furaof 2eol, per ann. 
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