1800. } 
Bolfter, wife of Mr. Bolfter, of the Catha- 
rine Whieel {nn. 
At Seend, aged 81, Lord William Seymour, 
uncle to the prefent, and brother to the two 
late dukes of Somerfet. His lordfhip had 
been upwards of 40 years in the commu#fion 
of the peace for this county. 
At Warminfter, Mifs Slade, daughter of 
the late Rev. Wm, Slade, reétor of Corfley. 
—Mrs. Ferris. 
At Trowbridge, Mr. Dodd, furgeon; a 
gentleman eminently diftinguifhed for his 
profeflional abilities, and for his focial vir- 
tues. 
At Afhton Keynes, Mrs. Bennett, wife 
ef Mr. M. M. Bennett, tanner. 
At Ametfbury, the Rev. Mr. Head, a gen- 
tleman of great literary attainments. 
At Ogbourn St. Andrew, near Marlbo- 
rough, Mifs Richens. 
' At Wootton Bafiett, Wm. H. Cripps, efq. 
At Ramibury Manor, Mr. Tho. Rogers. 
DORSETSHIRE. 
The officers of the Somerfet militia now 
“lying at Weymouth, have lately performed 
two plays for the benefit of the poor, to 
crowded houfes. 
At a village near Shaftfbury, a refpeCtable 
matron refides, aged go, who is mother, 
grand mother, great, and great-great grand 
mother to upwards of 300 children, moft of 
wham refide upon one manor, within four 
miles of the houfe in which her own chil- 
dren were born, where they milk upwards 
of tooo cows. They all dine with the Old 
Lady at Chrittmas. 
Married.| Mr. T. Harvey, junior, of 
Iwerne, to Mifs Eliz. Applin, of Sutton 
Waldron. 
At Bradpole, Lieut. Col. Gillon, of the 
Royal North Britifh Dragoons, to Mifs Mary 
Ann Down of Down Hall. 
At Fontmell, Mr. J. Dibben of Tarrant 
Gunville, to Mifs Barbara Wareham. 
ted.| At Poole, aged 20, Mr. Wm: 
Hine, fon of the late Capt. Hine; of whom 
it is faid by his Panegyrift, in the Sherborne 
Mercury, that “he fparkled, was exhaled, 
and went to Heaven.” 
Mr. Faulkner,:Reor or that place. 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 
Three hundred colliers from Timfbury and 
the adjoining parifkes lately went to Bath, to 
feek relief of the mayor in their prefent ne- 
ceflitous fituation ; but they, after fome time, 
difperfed, though not till the Bath Volunteers, 
and the Innifkillen Dragoons, quartered there, 
had been called out to prevent difturbances. 
Dr. Gillum, of Bath, has lately been ap- 
point. one of the phyficians to the Bath- 
ea 8 
The h_ vy flood occafioned by the violent 
ftorm on Sunday the gth inftant carried away 
the remaining pier of the north-fide of Pul- 
Dorfeifhire.—Somerfet/bire. 
At Pentridge. aged 33 years, the Rev. | 
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teney-Bridge, at Bath, together with the 
houfe of a ftav-maker, that ftood upon it. 
A temporary bridge of fufficient width for 
carriages is in preparation, and will fhortly 
be ereéted, above Pulteney-bridge, which is 
to be rebuilt on a moft elegant plan, with on- 
ly one arch. When this bridge is completed, 
the temporary bridge is to be removed to the 
bottom of Chatham-row, whereby another 
communication will be opened between the 
New and Old Towns. 
A fhop has lately been opened at Briftol for 
the fale of beef and mutton, of excellent qua-~ 
lity, to the poor, at ad. per lb. 
The anniverfary of the birth of the late Ed- 
ward Colfton, Efq. of Briftol, was lately cele 
brated by the Dolphin, Anchor, and Grateful 
Societies of that city ; who, after Divine Ser- 
vice, contributed upwards cf 6851. for the re- 
lief of lying-in women and diftreffed fami- 
lies. 
The Provifion Committee at Bath, have 
again opened a fubfcription for the enfu- 
ing winter, and intend to confine themfelves 
to the purchafe of rice only, for the relief of 
the poor, whereby they hope to avoid raifing 
the price of any article of provifion in the 
markets, 
Mr. Richard Locke, of Highbridge, in a 
very fenfible letter, inferted in Farley’s Brif- 
tol “fournal, of November 15, aflerts, that 
much land is annually converted from tillage 
to pafture, which he attributes to the impo- 
litic cuftom of tythes, denominated by him, 
_ © The Inquifitorial Curfe againft the Poor.’? 
From this caufe, he alleges, that in many 
diftri&s, where one acre of land is now in til- 
lage, ten acres have been laid down to paf- 
ture.—The fame letter flates, as a generally — 
received opinion, ** that 50,0000 acres of 
waite land in this county only, formerly va- 
Jued at 11. per acre, have lately, under dif- 
ferent aéts, been enclofed at 100,000l. ex« 
pence 5 and that thefe lands are at prefent.va- 
lued at 100,000]. per annum. 
At a late meeting of the Anchor Society in 
Briftol, the colleétion for charitable pur- 
pofes amounted to upwards of 3001. To ufe 
this benevolent. fociety’s own words, © the 
bond and free, the male and female, the indi- 
gent family and the diftreffed orphan, alt 
have an equal claim upon their compaflion.”” 
Six hundred and twenty-two diftrefled famie 
lies, in which are included lying-in women, 
have been releaved fince their laft annual 
meeting. 
Two thoufand two hundred and feventeen 
fhares are already fub{cribed, in part of 3000, 
the number propofed, for eftablifhing the 
bread and flour concern in the city of Brittol, 
for the relief of the poor. 
Metirs. Bamford and Co. proprietors of the 
woollen manufactory at T’werton, near Bath, 
have for fave time paft fupplied the perfons 
who work for them, and the poor of that pa- 
rifh, with bread at confiderably lefs than the 
price required by the neighbouring bakers ; 
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