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in his way home, without the fmalleft fymp- 
tom of previous illnefs, he exclaimed— 
<< © Lord! J am ftruck to the heart!” and 
almoft inftantly expired. 
At Bodenham, at ant advanced age, the 
Rev. Dr. Bewicke, vicar of that parifh. 
MONMOUTHSHIRE. 
Married.] At Monmouth, Mr. Richard 
Powles, mercer, to Mifs Margaret Waniclin, 
of Ofbaiton. 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
Married} At Ampney, Mr. Ifaac Hew- 
lings to Mifs Mary Day, and Mr. Jacob Hew- 
lings to Mifs Betty Day, brothers and fitters. 
At Nympsfield, Mr. E. Prout, to Mifs 
Mary Dangerfield. 
Died.] At Gloucefter, the Hon. and Rev. 
Lord Francis Seymour, Dean of Wells. 
At Cirencefter, Mr. Brown, an eminent 
grocer. At an advanced age, on her way to 
Bath, the Hon. Mrs. Vixen, nearly related 
to the Rutland family, 
At Cheltenham, aged 80, Mrs. S. Tom- 
linfon, widow of the late Dr. Tomlinfon, 
daughter of Thomas Foley, efg. of Stoke- 
Edith, and great aunt to the prefent Lord 
Foley. 
, OXFORDSHIRE. 
A chemical experiment to produce artifi- 
cial cold, firft difcovered by Mr, Lowitz, of 
Peterfburgh, was lately tried at Oxford by 
Mr. Walker. It confifts in mixing inflan- 
taneoufly four parts of cryftallized muriat of 
lime reduced to powder, with three parts of 
ight, dry, and frefh fnow; by which mix- 
ture Mr. Lowitz funk Fahrenhcit’s thermo- 
meter from 32 above 0, to55 belowo. The 
fame mixture, as repeated by Mr. Walker, 
only funk the thermometer to 43 below o; 
but upon mixing the fame articles, previoufly 
cooled by art to 40 below 0, the thermo- 
meter funk to 63 below o. 
Married | At Oxford, Mr. W.F. Beddall, 
to Mifs Hunt. Mr. Brown, to Mifs Smith. 
At Witney, Mr. William Lanfkear, to 
Miis Perrott, of Newcaftle-under-Line, Staf- 
fordchhire. 
At Cornwell, Mr. John Dunn, junior, to 
Mifs Mary Phillips, fecond daughter of Mr. 
Philips, of Dorn. 
At Chipping- Nertons Myr. Tho. Higgins, 
to Mifs Fither, of Mitcham, Surry. 
Died.| At Oxford, aged 76, Mrs. Gardner, 
reli&t of the late Mr. Gardner. Aged 64, 
Mr. Jones, taylor; ana two days after Mrs. 
Jones, his wite, aged 66. Aged 7o, Mr. B. 
Tifdale Gardener. 
At Wheatley, azed 87, Mr. Richard Sheen. 
At Burford, Mrs. Pattin, wife of the late 
Mr. Pattin, an eminent banker and mercer of 
that place. 
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
Muarried.|: Thomas Reeve Thornton, efq. 
of Brock-hall, to Mifs Sufannah Fremeaux, 
of Kingithorpe. 
At Wellingborough, Mr. Stanton, grocer, 
to Mifs Winrow. 
Monmouth/pire....Gloucefterfoire....Oxford/hire, EFe, 
fFeb. 
Died.| At Northampton, Mrs.. Douglas, 
wife of Mr. Douglas, cabinet-maker. Aged 
79, Mr. James Hollis. 
At Middleton-cheney, aged 67, Mr. Wm. 
Gramfhaw, of the Dolphin inn. 
At Welford, Mr. George Blifs, member of 
Major Haime’s troop of yeomanry cavalry. 
At Willow-hall, near Peterborough, Mr. — 
Jofeph Newton, a refpectable farmer. 
At Newnham, aged 82, Mrs. Hickman. 
At Paulerfpury, Charles Macawley, a poor 
aged man, who was fent thither from Bucks 
on anerrand, miffed his road in the fnow, 
and was frozén to death. 
_ At Stoke-bruern, Thomas Rawbones, who 
in going from Grafton Regis to Blifworth, 
miffed his road, and was frozen to death in 
Stoke-bruern field. 
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 
Dicd.| At Court-garden, Richard Daven~ 
port, efq. 
At Marth-gibbon, at an advanced age, Mrs. 
Elizabeth Croke. 
At the Four Afhes, near mBigh Wycombe, 
aged 55, John Bates, ef. 
BEDFORDSHIRE. 
Married.) At Elftow, Mr. J. W. Willis, ¢ to 
Mifs Maule, of Candin Cotton-end. 
HUNTINGDONSHIRE, 
Died.| At St. Ives, Mrs. Mary Clay, a 
Quaker. 
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
The fubjeéts for Sir William Brown’s 
prizes this year are: for the Odes, Pontifex 
Italia exterris; and ‘for the Epigrams, Ipfe- 
dixit. 
On Sunday, the roth of February, as Mr. 
Muncey, of Impington, was going to Cam- 
bridge, he obferved a handkerchief upon a 
fhow-drift; and, on approaching the fpor, 
difcovered a woman of the name of Wood- 
cock, buried in the fnow, who had been 
milling fince the fecond. It appears, that 
as fhe was returning from market on Sa- 
turday evening, about half a mile on fhis 
fide Impington, her horfe ftarted, and 
threw her off with her bafket, in which were 
fome meats, candles, &c. After wandering 
a confiderable diftance from the road with her 
bafket, fhe became exhaufted, and fat down 
under a buth in expeCtation of the fnow abat~ 
ing. Being much fatigued, it is fuppofed the 
fell afleep: the fnow was drifted over her to 
the height oi feveral feet; and fhe remained 
in that firuation eight days without any 
fuftenanc« except what fhe received from 
eating fe inow. She heard the bells ring 
for church at Impington, Hifton, and Chef- 
terten, on Sunday the 3d, and frequently 
heard people paling near her. She beat down 
the fnow as far as her hands could reach, 
which formed a {pace that enabled her to 
breath eafily; and. it was fo light, that the 
frequently read in an almanack fhe had with 
her. When the fnow began to wafte on Sa- 
turday, fhe ttripped a branch from the hedge 
umder which fhe was confgtd 5 and. finding 
the 
