‘ 2 1798.) | Hawnp pire. .W7; | 
At the fame place, Mrs. Stow, wife of.” 
Benjamin Stow, efq! fecretary to the com- ™ 
mander in chief at the Nore, a 
_ At Abingdon, near 90, the Rev. D. Tur- 
ner, M.A. fifty years paftor to the Baptift 
congregation of that place. 
_ At Windfer, at the advanced age of 
eighty-ft, Owen Salifbury Brereton, Efq. 
He was bred to the law,. and his family be- 
ing-conne&ed with thé town of Liverpool, 
was eleCied many years ago recorder of that 
corporation, “In 1738, Mr. Brereton was 
appointed paymafter of the lottery. He 
never practifed the law to any extent; he 
was one of che Society of Lincoln’s Innto his 
death. Mr. Brereton being poffeffed of a 
good fortune, turned his attention to the 
ftudy of antiquities, and was one of’ the 
oldeft members of the fociety of antiquaries 
in London, and many years one of their vice« 
prefidents and council; in which fituations he 
died. Some papers publithed in their Tran- 
fations were written ‘by Mr. Brereton who 
was alfo a fellow of the Royal Society. At 
the general eleétion in 1774, after a conteft 
for the borough of Ilchefter, in which the 
election was declared void; Mr. Brereton 
in conjuétion with Mr. Nathaniel Webb, 
ftood a candidate, but was not returned. He 
and his colleague applied to the houfe of 
commons, and were voted in upon petition. 
He has not fat in the houfe fince the diffolu- 
tion of that parliament in the year 1780. 
Having a ftrong intereft in Flintthire, wheze 
he had alfo a feat, many years ago he was 
appointed conftable of the Caftle of Flint. 
In 1751, he married a Mifs Witman. For 
many years paft he has ‘refided at Windfor, 
where his great age and extenfive informa- 
tion, rendered him particularly noticed by 
the king, and the ref of the royal family. 
. > HAMPSHIRE. 
On the 5th inftant, a new Methodift 
Chapel, built at Rowland’s Caftle, near 
Winchefter, was confecrated. After the 
ceremony, a fumptuous feaft was given, at 
which, it is fuppofed, not fewer than 150 
carriages of various kinds attended. 
Married.| At Lymington, Mr. Goldney, 
of Chippenham, te Mifs Oveatt, of the for- 
mer place. 
At Selborne, the Rev. S. White, A. M. 
fellow: of Oriel college, and reétor of Maid- 
ford, to Mifs H. White, youngeft daughter of 
the late B. White, efq. of Moreland. 
At Yarmouth, Ifle of Wight, Lieutenant 
Trickey, of the roth rcgiment of foot, to 
Mifs. Hill, only daughter of the late Colonel 
Hill, of St. Boniface, in that ifland. 
Died.| At Winchefter, Mr. Miles: 
At Southampton, te which place he went 
for the benefit of his health, M. R.R. Corbin, 
of Winchetter, deputy clerk of the peace, 
sand one of the coroners for the county. Mr. 
Corbin was a very deferving young man, and 
pniverfally refpected. ba, 
In the 67th year of his age, fincerely las 




~ sn ee ae! yr ns De ee nae » Ny : 
mented by his numerous family and friend 
Mr. John Jacob, of Down Farm, near Ando- ee 
EN, 
ver; by whofe death the neighbouring poor 
have loft a generous benefactor, and fociety a. 
valuable member. ae | 
WILTSHIRE. ie 
The operation of /ithotomy was lately fuccefs~ 
fully performed by Mr. Wafhbourn, M.C. S$. 
and furgeon, in Marlborough, upon a man. 
60-years of age, fervant to Mr. Halcomb, of 
the Caftle Innin that town. The ffone ex- 
traéted was ‘of confiderable magnitude: on’ 
the 4th day fubfequent to the operation, a 
profufe hemorrhage took place, which had 
nearly ended fatally, but was fortunately 
ftopped; fince which time the pacient con- 
tinued in a ftate of convalefcence, and is now 
perfectly recovered. 
Married.| At Blackland, John William 
Yerbury, efg. of Belcome Place, to Mifs H. 
Baily, of Caine. 
Mr. Marth, furgeon of the Wiltthire Sup- 
plementary Militia, to: Mifs Louifa Lyford, 
daughter of Mr. Lyford, furgeon, of Win- 
cheiter. 
At Alvedefton, Mr. John Bowles, of that - 
place, to Mits Martha Mead, daughter of 
Mr. Mead, of Langham Farm, near Gilling- 
ham, Dorfet. 
At Heytelbury, Mr. J. Seagram, of War 
miniter, to. irs. Williams. © 
Mr, Dixon, watchmaker, of Devizes, te 
Mits Withers, of Salifbury. 
Died.) At Salifbury, in her 77th -year, 
Mrs. Tatem, widow of Dr. Tatem.  ' 
At Marlborough, Benjamin Hancock, efg. 
banker, and an enfign of the Marlborough: 
Aflociation. Alfo Mr. William Proutt, maf- 
ter of the Crois King’s Inn, and likewife a 
member of the Marlborough Affociation, 
At Weit Cholderton, Mrs. Spring. 
At Little Woodford, near Salifbury, in his 
§6th year, Mr. Edward Lawrence. 
At Athcombe, Thomas Thorne. He lived 
neariy 50 years in the fervice of the Hon. 
E, Arundel, in the capacity of groom. 
— -DORSETSHIRE. 
Dicd.}| At Stepleton, near Dorchefter, 
after a lingering illnefs, Mr. Rodber, fon of 
the late S. Rodber, gent. of Prefton, near 
Yeovil. 
At Handlv, in his 74th year, Mr. Thomas 
Hardiman, farmer. 
Mr. Carpenter, of Bridport. 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 
The intended opening betwixt the upper 
and. lower town of -Bath, fo'much wanted 
and complained of by the vifitants of that 
city, is deferred until the lord chancellor 
fhall finally decree the guantum of the late 
Mr. Alderrnan Coward’s property to the com- 
miffioners for the improvement of Bath. 
‘This decree is to be given the next term. 
Marricd.| Lately,at Bath, Edward Parry, 
Efq. of Gower-itreet, Bedford-fquare, Lon-_ 
don, to Mifs Mary Horner, of Kingfton- 
upon-Hull, 
Alfoy 

