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South Wales.| During ‘the. tremen- 
dous ftorm, on the 26th of January, the 
fteeple of Narbeth church, in Pembroke- 
fhire, received a very violent fhock of the 
electric fluid, which. completely demo- 
lithed the roof ofthe belfrey, fhivered one 
of the bells to atoms, threw down part 
of the battlements, much cracked the 
fteeple to a confiderable depth down-. 
wards, forced its way into the body of 
the church, and, {preading itfelf in various 
direétions, annihilated feveral pews in 
the chancel, injured the pulpit, com- 
pletely deftroyed a marble monument, 
and broke every pane of glafs in the 
windows of the church. A newly ereé- 
ed hovel, near the church-yard, was alfo 
fet on fire byit. The clerk, then in the 
church-porch, together with fome boys, 
were ftruck down, and two of the latter’ 
fcorched. 
Married.}| At Brecon, Mr. W. Davies, 
furgeon, of that town, to Miis Sarah Thomas. 
At Tregunon, Mr John Pugh, to Mifs Jane 
Williams. — ’ 
TE Denio, in Caernarvonfaire, the Rev. John 
Roberts, archdeacon of Merioneth, to Mrs 
Lewis, of Pwllheli. j 
Died'| Mr. Evans of the Unicorn inn, 
Welfhpool ; he was in apparent good health ull 
the inftant he expired. 
‘Harry Gibbs, Efq. furveyor-general of *the 
cuftoms in North and South Wales. 
Soerifis of Wales. 
Caermarthen, J. Morton, of Langhorn, efq. 
Pembroke, N. Philips, of Slebetch, efq. 
Cardigan, E. W. jones, of Lianina, ef. 
Glamorgan, H. Hurt, of Gabalva, efq. 
Brecon, P. C..Crefpigny, of Tallyllyr, efq. 
Racnarfhire, J. Pritchard, of Dolvyelin, efq. 
Aderioneth, Sx EP. Lioyd, of Park, bart. 
SAnglefea, J. M. Conway, of Celleniog, eq. 
Caernarvon, J. W. Lenthali, of Mainan, efq. 
Wontgomery, J. Dicikin, of Welch Pool, efq.\ 
Denbighfhire, J. Fughes, of Horfely Hall, efq. 
Elint, sit E. P. Lloyd, of Pengwern Place, bart. 
Scotland.) A new procets for making 
flour from potatoes has been difcovered 
lately at Paifley. According to repeated 
experiments, it is an excellent fubftitute 
for wheaten, or buck-wheat flour, tn the 
procefs of dreffing linen and cotton webs, 
with a lefs quantity, an{wering the pur- 
pofe better. It affords a finer ikin to the 
cloth, and may be ufed in feafons of 
the greateft drought or froft. It will 
continue for vears in a found flate, and 
may be manufaétured at half the price of 
wheaten dour. 
The late ftorms have done confiderable 
damage in different parts of Scotland. 
At Greenock and Port-Glafgow, the lofs 
is computed to exceed 40,000]. The 
- Previncial Occurrences.---Wales §& Scotland. 
(Feb; 
principal articles injured, are fugar and 
tobacco. At Ayr, Dumfries, and 
Aberdeen, great loffes have been fuf- 
tained. 
From fome proceedings of the High- 
land Society, lately pubiifhed | in the 
Scotch papers, it appears, that the funds 
of that patriotic fociety are in a fiou- 
rifhing ftate. Ata general meeting of, 
the fociety held lately in Edinburgh, 17 
noblemen, ocr refpeétable gentlemen, 
were elected additional members of-their 
fociety. The object of the inftirution 
is not only to throw light on the early 
periods of Scottifh hittory, and par- 
ticularly of that of the Highlands; but 
alfoto afford the moft liberal encourage- 
ment towards promoting agricultural 
improvements, ameliorating the breeds 
of black cattle and -fheep, producing 
green crops, and draining or watering 
pafture lands. A larger fum was voted . 
for thefe truly patriotic purpofes laft 
year than was ever before. At the late 
general meeting, the duke of Argyle 
was re-elected prefident, and the Mar- 
quis of Tweedale was vice-prefident. 
A committee of 30 ordinary directors, 
confifting of gentlemen of the firft re- 
{peétability, conftantly refides in Edin- 
burgh, for the purpofe of fuperintending 
the affairs of the fociety. 
’ (Edinburgh, Feb. 5. Upwards of 300 
veffels, laden with herrings, each com- 
puted, on an average, to have 400 bar- 
rels on board, have already pafied the 
canal; an indication of the growing im- 
portance of the herring fifhery on this 
coat. 
Married] Feb. 12. At Leith, Mr. Eben 
Anderfon, to Mifs Shortreid. 
The Rev.. J. Scott, of Greenock, to Mifs S. 
Fifher, of Dychmont. 
Feb. 9, At Peterfhill, Mr. A Fenlds, of 
Athurby, to Mifs C. Campbell, of Greenhead. 
Feb. 1. At Coilsheld, Major R. D. M*Queen, 
of Braxfield, to Mifs L. Montgomery. 
12. At Dumfries, A. Robfon, efq. of Cafiles 
hill, to Mi‘s A. Douglas, of Ridingwood. 
Djed | In Edinburgh, Colin Drummend, M.D, 
John Johnftone, efq. the laft furviving bro- 
ther of Sir Wm. J. bart. In the early part of 
his life he refided in the Eaft Indies, and dif 
tinguifhed’ himfeif as one of the council in Ben~ 
al. . 
At Edinburgh, Frances Vifcountefs Kenmore. 
At Craighead, Perthfhire, aged 89, Mr Mi- 
chael Stirling, formerly a farmer in that Parifh ; 
where, in 1758, he invented a threfhing mill, 
the firft in Scotland, and which, from that year , 
to the prefent time, has threfhed annually, the- 
whole quantity of! corm produced on: extenfive 
arable farm, 
Ireland. 
