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.gan by Capt. Ray, is now proceeding in this ~ 
county, under the dire€tion of Capt. Mudge, 
and Mr. Dalby. 
inthe church-yard of a village called Elton, 
a few miles diftant from Oundle, the follow- 
ang tnfcription appears upon a tomb-ftone, 
of which we have been favoured by a Correéf- 
pondent with a copy: 
; In 
Memory of Mary 
the wife of 
William Rowlatt 
who Died, September 17t# 
1779, Aged 36 Years 
Afficed Sorre Long i Boar Fithanf 
A 
‘Trid in Vain But Now i Gon to 
Endleff-Rest Chriftf Favour to 
Obtain and We Hope our ; 
Lof Will Be Hur Gain hy 
Married.| At Broughton, Mr. Daniel, 
farmer, of Milton Keynes, to Milfs E. Rofe. 
Died.| At Long Crendon, aged 77, Mr. J. 
Reynolds, farmer. 
At Dorton, aged 77, Major Watfon. 
' At Hartwell, near Aylefbury, Sir William 
Lee. | . 
At Stowe, aged 24, Ann Woodward, a lu- 
matic, fhe drowned herfelf in one’ of the 
canals in Stowe Gardens. we 
BEDFORDSHIRE. 
{he waters are fo much out in Bedfordthire, 
that the farmers at Campton, Henlow, Sel- 
foe, Chickfand, Gravenhurft, Shellington, 
&c. are obliged to purfue a very circuitous 
rovte in taking their cattle, grain, and other 
commodities for fale to Bedford and Bigglef- 
wade, owing tothe late exceflive and unfea- 
fonable rains. This remark equally applies 
to feveral other parts of tue kingdom. » 
Lhe Duke of Bedford has upwards of 20 
acres of land at Woburn in carrots, intended 
as a fuperior winter food for deer, fheep, and 
horned cattle. “ 
Married.| At Potton, the Rev. G.Warfe, 
of Hazlebury Brian, Dorfet, to Mifs E. Frank- 
lyn, of the former place. 
Died.| At Woburn, aged 91, Mr. Henry 
Rock, the oldeft inhabitant of that place. 
HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 
Three foldiers were lately fuffocated by: 
lying down to ileep for the night under a hay 
cock. 
Married.| At St. Ives, Mr. John Cropley, 
of Barweil, to Mils D. Brickens, of the for- 
mer place. 
Died.) At Huntingdon, Mr. Lamb, hair 
dreffer. 
| CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
At Cambridge Commencement, July the 
aft, Sir William Brown’s gold medal, for the 
beft Greek and Latin Epigrams, was adjudged 
to Mr. James George Durham, Unaergra- 
duate of Bennet Colleze. 
Married.| At Chatteris, Mr. J. Goward, 
miller, to Mifs H. Matthews of the fame 
place. 
Beaforafhire— Huntingdonfbire—Cambridgefbire, co Sept. 
At Wifbeach, Mr. John Forfter, of Friday 
Bridge, to Mifs Brice, of the former place. — 
At Bottifham, Mr. Gifford, thoe-maker, to 
Mifs Webb of the former place. 
Died.] At Cambridge, aged 78, Mrs. 
Willfon, mother of Mr. Willfon, clock and 
watch-maker. Tok 
Aged 17, Mr. John Girling, fon of Mr. 
Girling, of this place; he was unfortunately 
drowned in the river Cam, a little above 
the king’s mill. His hat having been 
blown to the Trupington fide, he fwam 
acrofs the river to recover it, when he got 
entangled in the weeds; he called out for 
aid, but all endeavours to fave him were 
In vain; a young man was near lofing his 
own life by attempting to fave him. 
Aged 18, Mr. J..B. Staples. Mr. Tho- 
mas Stevens, plumber and glazier. . 
At Hilderiham, aged 77, T. R. Hall, efg. 
He was formerly of St. John’s College, and 
ferved the office of fheriff in 1780. 
At March} after a lingering illnefs, aged 
48, Mr. George Thorbourn, furgeon and 
apothecary. Bs 
At Impington, Elizabeth Woodcock, the 
unfortunate woman who was buried under 
the fnow for nearly eight days and nights 
in February laft. 
At Barrington, Mr. Thomas Prime, horfe- 
dealer; he was killed by a fall from his 
horfe. 
At Ely, Myr. Jofeph Pond; his death 
was occafioned by a fall from a ladder. 
NORFOLK. 
The turnips in Norfolk are this feafon of 
uncommon promife, and occupy more than 
ordinary fpace. Each of the 660 parifhes in 
this county grows on the average, 760 acres 
of turnips; in the whole 171,600 acres, being 
more than a-feventh part of the county— 
and the hoeing alone of thefe (at 6s. per acre) 
colts 51,480l. 
Several drivers of waggons and carts have 
recently been fined in the full penalty for 
riding on the fhafts, by fome of the magif- 
trates of Norfolk and Suffolk, This laudable 
example ought to operate on the magiftrates 
of the metropolis and its vicinity, where this 
rifchievous pra€tice continues with impu - 
nity. : 
Onthe 7th, 25 waggons, 1o carts, 15 fingle 
horfes, and five chaifes, were put into requi- 
fition at Norwich, and difpatched to Ipfwich, 
full of troops, on their route to the general 
head-quarters at Canterbury ; and on the 8th, 
25 waggons, 32 carts, fix chaifes, and 14 
horfes were employed for the fame purpafe. 
A Norwich paper afferts that the manu- 
faQtory of that city is now in a flourithing ftate, 
and that the poor’s rates are confiderably ré- 
duced. 
A plan propofed to the lat Grand Jury for 
reducing the expences of the High Sheriff, 
was rejeéted as unworthy of the dignity of 
the county. 
Marricd.] At Norwich, Mr. S. Ray. of 
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