1796.) 
'S heernefs, with a view to add to the for- 
tifications ercéted there. 
At the litle Hes of Broad Stairs (in 
confequence of the war) there are at this 
time, TWENTY-SIX fatherle/s childvenlett 
by perfons who have died in the fervice 
of their country. 
A boat belonging to the Refolution 
‘eutter (lying in the Small Downs) over- 
‘fet lately, from the circumfiance of the 
perfons inher (in number fourteen) rifing 
up all at one time.—-One man, a youth 
aged thirteen, and a woman, were 
drowned. 
The Kent Agricultural Society * have 
offered a number of premiums (of fifteen 
guineas and under) for the invention of 
the bett turn wrift plough, the beft me- 
thod of deflroving rats and mice, without 
poifon, deftroyig the grub of the chaffer, 
rearing the grealeft number of calves, pro- 
ducing the d¢2 cart flallion, and the beft 
fleece of wool, é&c. Alfo others for the 
encouragement of induftry, ceconoiny, &c. 
The additions and repairs of thé for- 
tifications at Chatham lines are carrying 
on with unufual vigour. 
Married. | At Sevenoaks, Mr. Taylor, fur- 
gon, to Lady Lonifa Stanhope, daughter of the 
earl of Stanbope. The ceremony was kept at 
his lordihip’s feat with great feftivity, 
At Canterbury, Mr. ‘Chalk to Mifs Vincent. 
At Maidftone, Mr. J. Argles to Mifs Pope. 
Mr. W. Smith to Milfs H. Kingfnorth. At 
Margate, Mr. Lewis to Mifs Garnet, of Stepney. 
At Dover, Mr. Glanfield, to Mifs Sutton, B&B. 
Cobb, efq. of Lydd, to Mifs Caitwright, of 
Two Abbey, Suffolk. Mr. W. Garret to 
Mifs M. Crittenden, Sittingbourn. 
Died.| At Canterbury, Mafter Sa Cl hamb ETS, 
eldeft fon of Ja. Chambers, cfg. of Woodftock, 
Kent. BR Tre ‘tton, gent. At Maidftone, Mrs. 
Scott. At Margate, Mrs. Balfey. Mr.S. Cruuch. 
At Tenterden, aged 57, Mr. R. Taylor. Aged 
60, Mrs. Mace. At Ingrefs Park, aged 63, H. 
W.D. Roebuck, efq. ‘At Dover, aged 26 
Mifs M. Polhill.. Mrs. Bowes. Mr. Prior, 
Chatham. Aged 24, Mifs E. Watfon, of Leeds. 
Hamp/fbire.| in the projected Canal 
FROM LONDON TO-SoUTHAMPTON. 
the diftance tocutis not above twentymiles 
--awork which mightbe finifhed in twelve 
months. Such a “canal, in time of war, 
would fave the public feveral millions, 
‘by accelerating expeditions, and faving 
Convoys, employed between the two 
ports. Sometimes an expedition is de- 
ferred for want of gun-powder ; another 
ume for want of guns ; a third time for 
army neceflaries, &c. It alfo requires a 
Variety of winds to proceed from the 
‘Thames to Portfmouh;—whereas, the 
the whole of any conyoy, through the 
medium of a canal to Portimouth, will 
“arrive there in three days’ time ! 
Kent... Wiltfoire. 
259 
A private of the 23th (foot) quartered 
in the Ifle of Wight, | being to receive a 
punifhment of 300 lafhes, when ordered 
to. ftrip, very deliberately. took out a 
knife from his waiftcoat pocket and ftab- 
bed himfeif in two places. 
Married.| At Winchefer, the Rev. Mr. 
Steele to Mifs Stroud. Mr. Hopkins to Mifs 
Tredgold, of Chilboton. 
Mr. Butten, of Southampton, to Mifs Short. 
G. Garret. efg. of Po:timouth, to Mifs Pierce, 
of Watford, Herts, daughter to the late captain 
Pierce, of the Haltwell Inviaman. 
Died. | Mis. Murray, of Springhill, near 
Southampton. 
Mr. Whiteway. Mr. G. G. Hooker. Aged 
35, Ed. Lily, efq. 
At Portfmouth, Mrs. Jeffer. Mr. Howard, 
purfer of the Pagafe, man of war. 
At Winchefter, Mrs. Swanton. 
Mr. Cox, of Portfea. Mr. May, Se Remteys 
Aged 63, Mr. Galton, of Ringwood: At 
Burgate, near Fordingbridge, Mrs. Rooke, fif- 
ter of Admiral Sir Roger Curtis. Mrs. Davis, 
of Warminfter. 
Wiltfoire. 
Married.| At Coriham, Myr. Haiford, at~ 
torney, of Bath, to Mifs Hulbert, of Thingley. 
At Great Cheverell,-L. Tinker, efq. of 
Eaftcott, to Mifs Sainfbury, of Weft Lavington. 
At Trowbridge, T. Whittington, efg. of 
Hanfwell Houfe, Gloucefter, to Mifs Batchelor, 
of Frethford. 
At Devizes, the Rev. Mr. Jolliffe, of Poole, 
to Mifs Carpenter. % 
Died,| At Marlborough, Mrs, Halcombe. 
At Salifbury, Mr. J. Hilary, attorney. - Mifs 
Wheeler. Mais Cooper. 
Aged 66, the hon. Mrs. E. Arundal, of Afh- 
combe. 
Aged 81, Mr. R. Pearce, of Brodford, a 
fteady' orthodox member of the church of Eng- 
land, an excellent man, and real Chriftian. 
[The late William Benfon Earle, efg. who 
died at his houfe in the Clofe, Salifbury, 
on Monday the 21f ult. has by his will lefe 
the following bequefts :—To the matrons of 
Bifhop Seth Ward’s Colle ‘ge, in the Clofe, Sa- 
Ifbury, he hath bequeathed the fum of 2900 
guineas:—-Lo St. Gcorge’s ‘Hoi ipital, Hyde 
Park Corner; to Hetheringham’s Charity for 
the relief of the blind; to the Phil anthropic 
Society ; and to the Fund for the relief of de- 
cayed muficians, a contingent legacy of 1000 
guineas each:—To the refpeétive parilhes of 
the Cloie, St. Edmond, St. Thomas, and St- 
Martin, in Salibury, 59 guineas each :—-For 
different charitable purpo'es, in the parith of 
Grately, Hants, the fum of 400 guineas; and 
to the poor cottagers in Grately, h fs tenants, 
the fee fimple of their cottages:—To the pa- 
rith of Nosth Stoke, in Somerfetihire, 30 gui- 
neasi—=To the Royal Scciety, 200 guincas—« 
to the Society of Antiquarians, 200 guineas— 
and to the Prefident of the Society for the En 
couragement of Arts, Manufactures, &c, 200 
guineas, for the puschafe of bouks for the pub- 
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