288 Bedford—Herts—Huntingdon—Cambridgefbire, Sc. 
ing watching, and cleanfing the town of Aylf- 
bury. 
fs Buckingham Affizes, fix prifoners were 
capitally convited, two of whom were left 
for execution, and they have fince fuffered 
death. 
Married.} At Olney, Rich. Townfend, 
efg. of Doétor’s Commons, to Mifs Gerrard. 
Mr. Benj. Brooks, of Emberton, to Mifs 
Pettit, only daughter of Thomas Pettit, efq. 
of Ravenfton, near Olney. : 
By fpecial licence, at the feat of Lord Gwy- 
der, at Langley Park, the Right Hon. the 
Earl of Exeter to her Grace the Duchefs of 
Hamilton. The ceremony was performed by 
the Archbifhop of Canterbury. 
Died-| At Hambledon, Mifs Wefon, 
daughter of Rt. Wefton, efq. 
At Aylefbury, Mr. R. Wheeler; whofe 
death was occafioned by cutting his toe nail 
too clofe. 
At Hambleton, Mifs Wefton, daughter of 
the late R. Wefton, efq. 
At Wantage, Mr, fohn Page, wine-mer- 
chant, of Angel Court, London. 
BEDFORD AND HERTS. 
A dreadfui form of thunder, lightening, 
and hail, was lately experienced in this and 
the adjacent counties, which did very confi- 
derabie damage, particularly to the ftanding 
corn, to the glafs in the windows, &c. At 
Ampthill alone, the injury fuftained 
amounts to 6ool. for windows broken, andin 
the whole county to feveral thoufands.— 
Geefe, fowis, hares, partridges and pheafants, 
were killed by the hail ftones, fome of which 
meatured 9, 10, and 1X inches in circumfer- 
ence- his ftorm partially extended over mot 
parts of the kingdom. 
Married.| At Northill, Bedfordfhire, the 
Rev. T. Hornfby, M.A. reétor of Waddef- 
den Bufh, and vicar of Ravenfthorpe, Not- 
tinghamfhire, to Mifs Fyfhe Palmer, of Ick- 
well. 
At Bedford, Mr. Benjamin Trapp, draper, 
to Mifs Fletcher. 
Died.] At Wheathamftead, the Rev. John 
Wheeldon, M.A. rector of that parifh and 
of the adjoining chapelry of Harpenden, and 
prebendary of Lincoln. 
At Barley, the Rev. Tho. Wagftaffe, rec- 
tor of that place. 
At his father’s houfe, Bickering Park. 
Bedfordfhire, in the prime of life, M. R. Bar- 
ton, furgeon, of Manchefter. 
At Hatfield, the Rev. Tho. Marfham. 
HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 
Married.| At Stilton, Mr. Gameau, late 
of St. Domingo, to Mifs King. 
Died.| At Huntingdon, Mr. Alderman 
John Perkins, 
CAMBRIDGSHIRE. 
The Corporation of Cambridge have en- 
tered into refolutions to profecute foreftallers, 
regraters, &c, The fame may be obferved 
of nearly all the corporations in the kingdom, 
& 
(O& 1, 
Married.| At Cambridge, St. Andrew 
Warde, efq. of Jefus College, to Mifs M. 
Harvey, daughter of Colonel Harvey, of 
York fhire. ; 
At Elfworth, Charles Bedford, efg. a 
proctor in Do€tor’s Commons, to Mifs Def- 
borough, of Huntingdon. 
At Doddington, in the Ifle of Ely, Mr. 
Warth, jun. farmer, to Mifs Miller. © 
Died.] At Cambridge, Mr. James Smith, 
many years combination-man at Bene’t Col- 
lege. Mrs. Tofts, aged 84, at the Crown 
and Woolpack-inn, which fhe had kept 56, 
years. * 
At Ifleham, aged 71, Mrs. Moore. 
At Shelford, aged 31, Mr. Allen Jobfon, 
a higler of confiderable property. 
At Northney, near Ely, Mr, Hatch, 
farmer. 
At Ely, Mr. Thomas Atterley, aged So, 
many yeats a verger of that Cathedral. 
At Haddenham, in Ely, Mr. Pate, miller 
and baker. : 
At Manea, in Ely, aged 87, Mr. R. 
Golding. 
At Nemarket, in an advanced age, Rich- 
ard Vernon, efq. 
NORFOLK. 
Mr. Coke, of Holkham, lately meafured, 
cut, and threfhed, one acre of barley, the 
produce of which was rg coombs and one 
buthel s—and Mr. Farthing, of Blakeney, is 
faid to have cut, and is now malting, the 
produce’ of fix acres of barley, which amounts 
to nearly 120 coombs. R 
The late rains have greatly improved the 
crop of turnips in this county. 
The Weft Norfolk Agricultural Society, 
at a Jate meeting, refolved to give premiums 
of three guineas and a medal each, to four of 
the moft deferving labourers in hufbandry, 
who fhall have brought up not lefs than fix 
children to the age of feven years, in the 
habits of induftry, withcut parochial aid. 
It is in contemplation to ereét a public 
fteam-flour-mill at Norwich, 
Several farmers of this county and Suffolk 
have perfe&tly fucceeded in their endeavour 
to make malt of the grown barley, by taking 
it immediately from the field and laying it on 
the kiln. 
A public hofpital is eftablithed by fubfcrip- 
tion at Norwich, for inoculating for the 
cow-pox gratis. 
At the late annual meeting of the fub- 
fcribers to the public library at Norwich, 
Charles Harvey, efg. was eleéted prefident, 
and Dr. Harvey vice-prefident, for the en- 
fuing year. 
The projet of rendering the river Wen- 
fum navigable from Norwich to Fakenham 
is now in agitation. | 
At Fakenham, frefh butter is now fold at 
rod. per pound, and at Deerham and Swafi- 
ham at yo2d. and 11d. in the fhops. 
Married] At Norwich, the Rev. Tho. 
Waters, 
