manner which at onee € mmanded refpe&, 
aad fecur-d him the affection of the children 
committed to his care. The charity has, 
therefore, experienced a lofs not eafily to be 
x etrieved. re 
At the fame place, Mrs. Lapafture, wife of 
Peter Francis. Lapafture, efg. and daughter of 
Gerard Guftavus Ducarel, efg. of Exmouth. 
Alfo Mrs. Pow-il. 
At the Hot Wells, Mrs. Whitehead, wife of 
Mr. Whitehead, merchant, of Dublin. 
At Bedminfler, Mrs Monday. 
At Gloucefter, Mr. W. Wathoourne,e fen. 
formerly an eminent druggift. The Rev. 
Henry Eyre, of Landford. 
At Bredon, moft fincerely and defervedly 
lamented, Mrs. Darke, wife of John Darke, 
efg. In her the poor have loft a valuable 
friend. 
OXFORDSHIRE. 
Djed.} At Oxford, aged 79, Mrs. Attwood. 
At Cowley, near Oxford, aged 75, Mrs. 
Benwell. 
At Banbury, Mr. Andtew Long, furgeon. 
Mr. Edward Jarvis, who upwards of twenty 
years refided in Hudfon Bay, in the fervice 
of that company. 
At Deddingtop, in her 54th year, Mrs. 
Churchill. 
At Bicefter, Mr. Wm. Hamilton, painter. 
At Chipping Norton, in his 4oth year, 
Mr. Thomas Winter, attorney. 
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
At2z meeting of the Peterborough Agri- 
¢ultural Society, holden on the rf of Au- 
guft, the premiums for cattle were adjudged 
as follows, viz. That of Five Guineas for 
the beft 2 fhear Ram, bred within twenty 
miles of Peterborough by the owner, to 
Mr. Thomas Martin, of Tanfor—that of 
Three Guineas for the beft thearling Ram, 
to the faid Mr. Thomas Martin—and that of 
Five Guineas for the bef Bull, not more than 
two years old, to Mr. John Griffin, of Eye. 
The premium of Two. Guineas for the beft 
Boar was not difpofed of, as there was no 
ether candidate than Mr. Peter Ellis, who, 
having no competitor, candidly refigned his 
¢laim. The fociety has increafed in its 
members and its funds, and promifes to he- 
come, if not of general, at leaft of much 
Jecal utility. 
Married.] At Peterborough, the Rev. M. 
Leftus, A.M. minor canan of the cathedral 
in that-city, to Mifs Warriner. 
At Oundle, Mr. Bridgens, officer of excife, 
to Mrs. Nichols, 
At Eydon, Mr. Shipley, ef London, to 
Mifs Page, of the former place. 
Dicd.} At Northa:npton, Mr. Richard Al- 
Hiton. 
_ At Workworth Caftle, the Right Hon. 
Lady Mary Eyre, fifch daughter of Charlotte: 



‘Countefs of Newburgh, Peerefs in her own 
right. 
Atiflip, in his 74th year, Elmes Forfter, efg. 
At Abingdon, near Northampton, after a 
fevere illnefs, Jolin Harvey, Thuriby, efg. 
one of the verderers of Rockingham Foreft. 
When the lieutenancy of this county was in 
commiffion, Mr. Thurfby for feveral years per- 
formed the duties of that high and refpe€table 
office, in conjunétion with Sir William Dol- 
ben aid Sir George Robinfon. 
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 
Marvricd.| At Buckingham, Mr. Lowe, ts 
Mifs Lewiley. | ; 
Died.] At Afftendon, near Aylefbury, Mr. 
€roxford, a member of the Aylefbury troog 
of yeomanry. 
BEDFORDSHIRE. 
Married.} Mr. Davis, sun. of Ampthill, te 
Mifs Hagar. 
Died.| Jeremy Fith Palmer, efq. attorney, 
of Bedford, and clerk of the peace for that 
county. 
CAMERIDGESHIRE. 
A queftion is fhortly to be decided upon 
appeal to the Lord Charcellor, the circym-s 
ftances of which are briefly thefe: The 
Mafterfhip of Catherine Hall has lately be- 
come vacated. The ftatutes require that the 
choice thould be determined by the majority 
of Fellows prefent. Five fellows were pre- 
fent on one day, of whom only two voted, 
both for one candidate; on the fucceeding 
day, twoof the others voted for another can- 
didate ; the fifth remaining neutral. This 
remains a topic of general converfation 
amongft the Fellows. 
Mr. Mark Bullen, of Fen Ditton Hall, 
near Cambridge, grazed five faeep, from the 
14th of July to the 23d of Auguft, ona piece 
of low ground near the river Cam, to the fol- 
lowing extraordinary weights: 
When put in, W hax taken aut, 
No. 3. weighed 961b. - - © = 12216. 
2 - =< Of - = © = 132 
B.0 = BGS Sk ee ee 
ei BS 
BFS a ee 
Acquiring in fix weeks 119]bs. ! 
Married.] At Cambridge, the Rev. Samuel 
Butler, M.A. fellow of St. John’s college, 
and head mafter of the grammar fchool at 
Shrewfbury, to Mifs Harriet Apthorpe, fifth 
daughter of the Rev. Dr. Apthorpe, preberr- 
dary of St. Pauls. 
At Sutton, in the ifle of Ely, Mr. James 
Mendham, farmer, of Oxload, to Mifs Farey, 
of Sutton Fen. 
At Mepal, in the ifle of Ely, Mr. Robin- 
fon, hofier, of Leicefter, to Mifs Elizabeth 
Adams, of the former place. 
Died.] At Cambridge, Mc. Morris Barford, . 
mufician 
At Wibech, Mifs Ann Nichols. 
At Orwell, after a long and painful il- 
nefs, Mr.James Barton, fellow of St. Peter’s 
college, Cambridge. He was admitted B, A. 
In 1789, and M. A, in 2793. : 
Af 
