84. 
at this time. Serjeant Vavgh-n was the 
granafon, in the female line, of Harley, Earl 
of Oxford, prime minifter of this country in 
the reign of Queen Anne, and by the male 
line he was lineally defcended from the lait 
of the unfortunate Princes of Wales. In 
thefe interefting conne€tions, his hiftory, and 
that of his unhappy fon, will, at fome future 
period, be fought after with eagernefs, and 
be read with fympathy. é 
Jn the 82d year of his age, the Right Hon. 
Bafil Fielding, Earl of Denbigh, Vifcount 
Fielding, one of the Lords.of his Majefty’s 
Bedchamber, and earl of Defmond in Ireland. 
This noble Earl was defcended from the 
Earls of Hapfourgh, in Germany. Geof- 
frey, Earl of Haplburgh, being oppreffed by 
Rodolph, Emperer of Germany, came over 
into England, and one of his fons ferved 
King Henry III. in his wars—whofe ancef- 
tors laying claim to the territories of Lauf- 
fenburgh and Rhin Filding, in Germany, he 
took the name of Filding :—one of the braveft 
of the late Earl’s anceftors was Earl William, 
of whom Lora Clarendon obferves, ‘* That he 
ferved King Charles I. from the beginning 
of the civil war, with unwearled pains and 
exadt fubmiffion to difcipline and order, as a 
volunteer in Prince Rupert’s troop, and ene 
gaged with fingular courage in all enterprifes, 
but was mortally wounded in an engagement 
with the enemy, April 3, 1643." The late 
deceafed earl was twice married—-13ft, the 
daughter of Sir J. Bruce Cotton, by whom 
he had two fons (Lord Fielding and the Hon. 
C. Fielding) both deceafed—-2d, Lady Hal-. 
ford, the prefent Countefs of Denbigh.—His 
dordfhip’s titles, &c. defcend to the eldeft fon 
of the late Lord Fielding, a minor. 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 
The inclofing of Needwood Foreft, which 
1s faid to exceed all other forefts in the king- 
dom for the excellence of its foil, is ftrongly 
oppofed by the Lords Talbot, Vernon, and 
Bagot. This foreft is celebrated in the fongs 
of Robin Hood. 
Married.) At Stafford, Mr. Ward, of Wal- 
ton, to Mifs Collins. 
Mr. Jolin Yeld, of Alrewas, to Mifs Daws, 
of Yoxhall Woodhoufes. 
At Yoxall, Mr. George Harvey, tanner, 
to Mifs Skipton, of the Woodhoufes. 
' Mr George Neville, of the Ford Houfes, 
near Wolverhampton, to Miis Mary Horden, 
of that place. 
Mr. R. Hurd, to Mifs Ann Vale, of Cole- 
brook Dale 
At Wolverhampton, Mr. John Bamford, 
to Mifs Mary Merry, —Mr- Jof. Miller, brafs-. 
founder, to Mifs Sarah Partridge. 
At Wolverhampton, Mr. Jofeph Baker, 
wood-fcrew-maker, to Mifs Elizabeth Harper. 
Died. | At Leek, Mr. John Gaunt, filk- 
manuiacturer, 
At Envil, the Rev. John Downing, refor 
of that place, and one of the juftices of the 
peace for this county. 
Staffordfire—Lincolnfpire—Warwickire—c. [Augut 1, 
At Hafclour, near Lichfield, of a paralytic 
affe&tion, Thomas Fletcher, gent. 
At Burton-upon-Trent, Mr. Raven, faddlers 
LINCOLNSHIRE, 
The Horncaftle Navigation Company have 
lately obtained an aét to enable them to raife 
a further fum of money to complete that un- 
dertaking. 
Married.| At Lincoln, Mr. Thomas Var- 
low, butcher, to Mifs Cacia Chapman. 
At Stamford, Mr. Arnold, vinegar- maker, 
of Barrowden, in Rutland, to Mifs Sapcote. 
Mr, W. Oiborne, of Newftead Bar, to Mifs 
Elizabeth Harding, of Ryal. 
At Barlings, Mr. William Naylor, joiner 
and builder, to Mifs S. Craggs, of Middle 
Raifin. 
Died.1 At Lincoln, the wife of Mr. John 
Wiiliamfon, at the Fox and Hounds, above 
Hill—-Mr. John Bullen, wholefa'e brewer 
and merchant, aged 32. 
At Stamford, aged 17, Mr. Francis O&a- 
vius Gofli—Mr. Thomas Jackfon, attorney. 
—Mr. Henry Oldham, farmer. 
At Spalding, aged 75, Mr. John Mafieys 
a quaker. 
At Cafterton Magna, aged 19, Mifs Mary 
Popple. 
At Gedney, aged 52, Mr. Thorpe, a re- 
fpetable farmer. 
At Brattleby, near Lincoln, aged 99, Mis. 
Mary Keyworth, widow. 
At Spalding, Mrs. Stevens, wife of Mr. J. 
Stevens. 
At Swarby, Mr. Codd, farmer. 
At Tallington, near Stamford, Mrs. Garrol. 
WARWICKSHIRE, 
Mr. Edward Smith (notary public) of 
Birmingham, announces the ufeful plan of 
an univerfal commiffion-office, for the buying 
and felling of canal fhares, a plan which can- 
not fail to be a great convenience to all per- 
fons poffeffed of that fpecies of property. 
The Poft Mafters General have it in con- 
templation to eftablifh a mail coach in Ofto- 
ber next, between Birmingham and Man- 
chefter, through Wolverhampton; and an- 
other from Manchefter to Chefter, through 
Warrrington. 
That very extenfive feat of the ufeful 
arts ané manufaétures, the Soho, near Bir- 
mingham, belonging to Mr. Bolton, was in 
imminent danger of being deftroyed by fire on 
Sunday evening, the zoth July, but hap- 
pily, throngh the ative exertions of the 
neighbours, the effe&ts of the fire were en- 
tirely confined to the engine-houfe. 
Married.] At Birmingham, Mr. W. Rofe 
Holden, to Mifs Laugher—R. W. Gem, 
attorney at law, to Mifs Ball, of London.— 
Mr, James Coates, of Yardley, to Mifs Mills, 
of Alvechurch. 
At Frankton, Mr. R. Hall, farmer, of 
Little Brickhill, Bucks, to Mifs S. Bufh. 
At Sheldon, Mr. Edw. Jackfon, of Ingeny 
near Stratford-upon-Avon, to Mifs Richards. 
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