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Wymondham, one of the proprietors of the 
Derby, and of feveral other theatres. After 
an early and liberal elementary education, he 
was fent to Edinburgh, where he profecuted 
his ftudies for a phyfician. He was author of 
¢¢ Argentum; or, Adventures of a Shilling,”’ 
a novel, on the plan of ‘* Chryfal,” replete © 
with a knowledge of manners, and of the 
human mind; he alfo tranflated ** Monita et 
Precepta Chriffiana; or, Admonitions and Pre- 
cepts of Chriftianity,” by the late Provoft of 
Eton; a work abounding with the beft fenti- 
ments, and delivered in a correét and eafy 
ftyle. He was efteemed a man of learning, 
and of unexampled tenacity of friendfhip, and 
in this chara€ter was truly combined, the 
~€© Suaviter in modo et fortiter in re.” 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 
Married.| At Litchfield, Mr. ‘Simpfon, 
bookfeller, of Wolverhampton, to Mifs E. 
Woodward, of Birmingham. 
At Barton-under-Needwood, near Burton- 
upon-Trent, the Rev. Mr. Price,-to Mails 
Mould. 4 
Died.] At Stafford, aged 37, Mrs. Dick- 
enfon, wife of Mr. T. Dickenfon. 
ig LINCOLNSHIRE. 
At the late Spalding quarter feffions, R. 
Allatfon, farmer, for refufing to execute the 
office of overfeer of the poor of Fleet, in this 
county, after being duly appointed, was fined 
2cool. and ordered to be imprifoned until the 
fine was paid. é 
At Stamford, on Sunday afternoon, the 4th 
of May, the greateft ftorm fell that had ever 
occurred in the memory of its oldeft inhabi- 
tant. The awful, grandeur of the elements, 
previous to its breaking forth, was truly fub- 
Jime. Inceffant lightning, continual thunder, 
exceflive fulphurous heat, attended by dark- 
nefs (the thermometer falling from 75 to 69 
deg.), preceded a violent tempeft of hail and 
wind from the fouth-weft, which continued 
for about twenty minutes, and fcarcely left a 
window whole in the town, facing fouth or 
weft ; in fome inftances, whole lights were 
driven in by the hail ftones, feveral of which 
~meafured five inches in circumference, and 
weighed more than one ounce. It is fuppofed, 
~ that damage to the amount’ of 42,000]. has 
been fuftained at thisplace only. The ftorm 
extended about ftx: miles in width, and was 
equally violent in its effects at Ketiering, 
where Boughton Houfe alone has received 
damage tathe amount of 3ocl. at Dean, the 
feat of Lord Carcigan; alfo at Lord Carberry’s, 
at Laxton (where fearce a pane was left whole 
in front of the hall, in which it broke feveral 
valuable looking-glaffes, tore up trees, and 
killed a cow) and at all ether places, fo far 
as the 84th mileftone on the north road. At 
Ryal, Witham o° th’ Hill, Grimfthorpe, 
(where the Duke of Ancafter’s caftle is much 
injured) and Bourn its ravages were fhocking, 
it being computed, that 7ool. will not repair 
the damage done to the houfes alone ; Sleaford 
. 
Staffardfhire—Lincolnfhire—Warwickfrire. 
\ 
[June r, 
alfo fuftained confiderable injury. It is much 
feared, that the damages fuftained by the rif- 
ing crops of corn, &c. in the fields; are of 
ftill more ferious confequence. 
Sir Jofeph Banks has lately obtafneda ver- 
dict of nearly two years rent, with cofts, 
again{t one of his tenants in this county, for 
having carried away the manure produced upon 
Sir Jofeph’s farm, and laid it upon his own, 
At numerous and very refpectable meetings 
of the proprietors of eftates, Jately held at 
Bofton and Horncaftle, Sir Jofeph Banks, 
bart. in the chair, it has been refolved to 
drain and inclofe Eaft and Weft Wildmore 
Fens in this county; and the necefiary bills 
are to be brought into parliament for that _ 
purpofe. 
Married.| At Ftton, Mr. Patrick, *farmer, 
of Ufford, to Mifs Martha Bellaers, of Wood- 
croft Houfe, near Peterborough. __ 
At, Swinfhead, Mr. Burton, butcher, to 
Mrs. Leavers, confectioner. 
croft. 
At Spalding, Mr. George Lowen, miller, 
to Mifs Sufanna Charlefworth, of St. Mar- 
tin’s, Stamford Baron. 
At Sleaford, Mr. R. Andrews, of Kyme, 
to. Mrs. Catharine Ouzman. \ 
At Gainfborough, Mr. Pearfon, attorney, 
of Doncafter, to Mifs Turner. ; 
Died.| At Lincoln, advanced in years, 
Mrs. Grebby, widow. Mr, Ralph Brown. 
Mr. Crofby, taylor, aged 78.. John Hatterf- 
ler, gent. one of the coroners of this county, 
aged 64. Mrs. Scott, mother to the lady of 
Dr. Anderfon, of Hull. Mr. Edward Dy- 
moke, lieut. and quarter-mafter of the Royal 
North Lincels Militia. 
At Stamford, Mr. Alderman Allatt; he 
ferved the office of mayor in 1774 and 1790. 
At Hacconley, fuddenly, Mr. Francis Bull, 
farmer. 
At Bugbrook, Mrs. Fowler. 
At Welford, Mr. Spencer, jun. of the 
Talbot-inn. 
At Pinchbeck, aged 69, Mr. John Carter, 
farmer and grazier. 
At Gofberton, aged 18, Mifs Elizabeth 
Taylor, daughter of the late Mr. Taylor fur; 
geon, of Heckington, whom fhe furvived 17 
years, to aday. 
At Gainiborough, Mrs. Nettleth, wife of 
Mr. G. Nettlefh. Mr. Paul Burr. 
WARWICKSHIRE. 
The populace have been guilty of riots and ~ 
other .fimilar proceedings at Birmingham, 
and the adjacent places. ‘The volunteer 
and other military corps, with the aid ofthe 
magiftrates, difperfed them, but not without 
bloodfhed 
A pig of. the true fhort-eared kind, two 
years and a half old, bred by Mr. Bamford,-of 
Glafcote, near Tamworth, was killed lately 
at Birmingham, and weighed 46 {core and 
Gibs, 
At Botton, Mr. C. Maftin, to Mifs M. By- 
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