470. 
HEREFORDSHIRE. 
The apple-trees throughout Herefordfhire 
and Worcesterfhireexhibit a very unpromifing 
appearance of fiuit; but the crop of pears is 
expected to be very abundant. 
Died.] At Hereford, at the extraordinary 
age of 102, Mrs. Alice Sharplefs, a maiden 
ady, and daughter of the late rev. Mr. Sharp- 
le{s. She retained the full poffeffion of her 
mental faculties to the laft hour of her I fe, 
and waked about till within a few days of her 
death. 
At Yarkhidl, aged 90, Mr. Thomas. 
At Yattor, in his 64th year, W. Taylor, 
gent. His unbounded liberality, procured 
~ Bim the bleffing of the poor and unfortunate. 
MONMOUTHSHIRE. 
Married.} At Pontypool, My. Charles 
Wiiliam, maltfter, to Mrs. Phillips. 
Died.} At Cadoxton, near Monmouth, 
aged 53, the rev. William Thomas, a juftice 
ef the peace for the county of G)amorgan, 
anj rector of St. Columb Mejory in Corn 
wall. 
= GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
The culture of a very ufeful vegetable, al- 
together ‘unknown in England till within 
thefe two years, is at length brought to per- 
fe€tion in aod near Briftol. This is the An- 
jou cabbage, perhaps the mof profitable and 
ufeful leguminous plant that can be raifed. 
The feed was fupplied by a French emigrant. 
Tt is fo tender that it is dreffed in three or four 
minutes boiling. Itis an exceilent food for 
catile, which feed upon it greedily 5 and it 
has the valuable property of occafioning cows 
to yield abundance of mitk. at the fame time 
preferving them from declining in flefh. In 
rapidity of growth, its great bulk, and the 
little culture it requires, this cabbage exceeds 
all other of the Braffica fpecies. The ftalk, 
which is commonly as thick as a man’s leg, 
is ufed, when dry, as fuel; and it was a com- 
mon faying at Anjou, of which part of France 
# is a native, that every cibbage was worth, 
{before the late alseration in the value cf money ) 
five fols (two pence halfsenny) each. Though 
the plant is at the prefeat day-fcarcely known 
at Paris, yet at Anjou, Poitou, and Britany, 
particularly in the former province, the far- 
mers are bound by their leafes to plant a cer- 
tain.number of them, in proportion, to the 
extent of land they occupy, and to leave a 
certain number ftanding when they quit their 
farms. 
Mlarried.| At Briftol, Mt. Jofeph Brittan, 
#o Mifs Eljifon. Mr. Wiilis, to Mrs. Cun- 
Mingham. | Mr. Jotm Brown, to Mifs Mary 
Ann Jones. Mr. Annel'y, to Mifs Joanna 
Giles. Mr. Sheppard, to Miis Sarah Dow- 
hing. Mn Charles Partridge, jun. to’ Mifs 
Mary Oliver. Mr. Wright, glover, of Wor- 
cefter, to Mifs Hyatt, of Britiol. Mr. J- 
Jack'on, to Mifs Maria Ralph. Mr.Wrignten, 
to Mrs. Jones, 
Died.{ At Tewkfburys afer a lingering 
illaeis, Mifs Elizabeth Dellingham 
Hereford hire — Manmouthfoire—Gloucefterfhire, Sc. 
At Hill, near Thornbury, Mr. Hobby, 2 
wealthy farmer. ; 
At Chipping Sodbury, Mrs. Elizabeth Har= 
well, late of Malmefbury. 
At Stapleton, moft defervedly lamented, 
the lady of Charles Jofeph Harford, efg. 
At his houfe in the Lowet Green, Briftol, 
the rev. Jemes Browns precentor of Briftol 
cathedral, and le€turerof St. Nicholas. The 
partiality of furvivieg telatives often tempts 
them to exaggerate the merits of their de- 
ceafed friends; but in the prefent- inftance 
there is no room for exaggeration. As a 
man he was fcrupuloufly juit, and his heart 
overflowed with the milk of human kindnefs 
towards his feilow-creatures. Asa miniffer. 
of the gofpel, his talents and abilities were 
fully adequate to the task he undertook, his 
natural genius being cultivated by an excel- 
lent education, and the moft ftudious exer- 
tions. Religion in him was exemplified, not 
by gloomy morofenefs, or fuperftitious bi- 
gotry, but by a cheerful devotion, and ani- 
mated piety. He practifed faithfully the doc- 
trines he laboured to inculcate, and preeched 
the gofpel of his great Mafter in its primitive 
purity. His powers and abilities are tdée 
well Known to ftand in need of comment. 
As a companicn he was cheerful and affable, 
of the moft unaffe&ted deportment; and the 
moft conciliating manners. In his domeftic 
circle he wes a dutiful fon, a fond hufband, 
a faithful friend, and a kind mafter. No mae 
will die morc, few fo much refpeéted and re- 
gretted ; and his friends have to lament his 
early deecafe in the prime of life, when his 
talents promifed to be of the greatef% utility 
to his fellow-creatures. 
At Briftol, Mr. Waiters. Mrs. Williams. | 
Mrs. Hillier. Mr, ifzac Troubridgee Mr. 
T. Phillips, undertaker. Mifs Ann Spiring. 
At the fame place, Mr. Benjamin Donne, 
matter of mechanics to his majefty, and 
many years teacher of the mathematics and 
le€turer in philcfophy, in this city. 
Likewife, Mr. Clarke, {fchookmafter. Mr, 
Gingell. Mr. Walter Swayne, ironmonger, 
Mr. Wecks. Mrs. Waite. 
At the Hotwells, Captain Caulfield, of 
the 1ft regiment of foot-guards. 
On Kingfdown, to the unfpeakable grief 
of her friends, and the irreparable lofs of the 
numerous poor, who conftantly experienced 
her bounty, Mrs. Merlott, widow of the late. 
#icerman Merlett, of Briftol. 
OXFORDSHIRE. 
The Chancellor's prizes, for, the prefent 
year, have been adjudged to Mr. Phillimore, 
A. B. ftudent of Chrift church, for the En- 
gitfh efay on Chivalry ; and for the Latim 
. Vis Magnetica, to Mr, Rathbone, 
feliow of New College. 
Married. | At Oxtord, Mr. William Free- 
man, of Lincoin College, to Mifs Diana 
Gray. 
Dicd.| At Oxford, aged 68, Mr Fletcher, 
bookfeller, Aged $0, Mr. Wm. Rought, 
whe 
