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Agricultural Society was held lately at the 
Shire-Hall ; the Right Hon. Lord lige inthe 
chair. After the ufual buf Gaels, a variety of 
premiums were refolved on fe fhe enfuing 
year; and among them rewards to labourers 
in hufband:y, both: male and female, as 
excitements to afpirit of emulation in their 
refpeGtive branches. Alfo premiums for dib- 
bling and drilling wheat and other corn, as 
well as premiums for flock, &c..&c. : 
Married. | At Cena. Mr. S. Heck- 
ford, of Great Bentiey, to Mifs M. Dunthorne. 
Mr. Crawford, to Mifs E..Silke, daughter 
of the Rev. A. Silke, late retlor of Steb- 
bing. 
At Little Baddow, Mr. John 
E. Capon. . 
At Manuden Hall, A. 
to Mifs 
Jenkins, efq. «of 
Liffon Grove, to Mrs. E. Southoufe, widow - 
of Edward Southoufe, «fq. late 
place. 
At Ramiden Crays, Mr. William Gladwyn, 
of Woodham, hatter, to Mifs S. Mabbs. 
At Hadleigh, Mr. T. Harridge, of Leigh, 
to Mrs. Gibfon. 
At Marks Tey, the Rev. ce FKeriteman, of. 
Colchefer, to Mifs M. Wallca, daughter of 
the date have oe. chdeacon of 
of the former 
Ww meee ar 
At Dover Court, Mr. Rbvert Johnfon, of 
Little Oakley, to Mifs Ewens. 
Died.| At Colchefter, Mr.C,. King, attor- 
ney. Mr, j. Mixen.. Mr. C. Day, furgeon’; 
hes felt ae the river, and was drowned. 
Mr. Jj. Thorn... -Mr. John Taylor, car- 
penter. 
At Chelmsford, Mr. 8. Ingold, linen 
and woolen draper. Aged 20, Mr. John New- 
come,fon of Mr. M. Newcome, farmer. 
At Danbury, Mr. William Mortimer, of 
Hyde Farm. Mrs. Ellis. : 
At Great Waltham, Mr. 
plumber. 
\ At Hatfield-Broad-Oak, aged 78, Robert 
Pesrum, a thoemaker; he was found dead 
in his bed. For fome years paft he had been 
fupported by charity, and in his houfe, 68 gui- 
neas and feveral crown pieces were difcovered 
after his deceafe. 
At Pzittiewell,, Mrs Ham, 
j. Ham, thopkeeper. 
At Orfet, Ifaac Harrod, a labourer. 
employed ina gravel pit, he was fmothered by 
a large quantity of gravel falling upon him. 
At E Epping, James Church, aged 193: he 
was killed in attempting to flop. his Bones: 
which had taken fright. 
At Witham, Mr. R. Heatherly,. furgeon 
and apothecary. 
At Manning-tree, Mr. Robert Cooper, a 
pilot ; he was drowned in attempting to board 
a veilel. 
G. Whitaker, 
wife of Mr. 
KENT. 
At Seven-oaks-church, an organ of great 
‘magnitude, and fuavity of tone, lately built by 
Avery, lias been erected. It was prefented to 
the parifh by the late Mr. Aldexman Wright, 
“Effin Kent. 
While. 
~ [November, 
of London, who, by his au left 1000l. for 
that patel 
Married.| At Whitfable, Mr. D. Badging 
_ of Folkeftone, to Mrs. M. Mercer, widow, of 
the former place. Mr. Ridout, farmer, of 
Athferd, to Mrs. Wood, widow of Mr.Wood. 
At Wye, Mr. J.S. lade, of Naccolt Lodge, 
to Mifs Quefted, daughter of Mr. T. Quefted. 
At Harbledown, Mr. G. Drury, to Mifs S. 
May, both of Canterbury. 
At Old Romney, Mr. D. Millener, to Mifs 
S. Wiles; of New Romney. 
At Seafalter, Mr. A. Spratt, carpenter, of 
Canterbury, to Mifs E. Lawfon, of Whit- 
ftaple. 
Died.} On the 3d of O&ober, 1799, at 
his houfe in Wincheap, Canterbury, nearly 
on the completion of his 81ft year, Anthony 
Highmore, efq. formerly of Bury-court, St. 
Mary Axe, London. 
Jofeph Highmore, of Lincoln’s Inn-fields, 
portrait painter. He married in very earl 
life Anna Maria Ellis (daughter of the Rev. 
Seth Ellis, re&tor of Brampton, Derbythire), 
who died, tenderly and acutely lamented, on 
the 13th of October, 1794.3 and by whom he 
had 15 children, two only of whom, with the 
daughter of a deceafed fon, now furvive to. 
lament his lofs. During the courfe of a long 
and unimpeachable life, his mind was direéted 
by a never-fwerving uprightnefs, and his 
conduét guided by the moft unfhaken and rigid . 
integrity: in his communications* with fo- 
‘ciety, and in the more retired limits of domef- 
tic affection, his heart and his hand united in 
the: flri€teft reétitude, the foftef fenfibility, 
and the tendereft philanthropy; when he 
doubted on any tranfaétion, it was his invae 
riable rule to examine its arguments and con- 
fequence by committing them to paper with 
fcrupulous exaétnefs ; aad hence it-was, that 
his determinations were flow, but were always 
juf. Retirement during fe latter years af 
forded him an uninterrupted opportunity of 
indulging his ftrong -propenfity for theological 
and coatroverfia!l ftudiess—thefe he purfued 
with unwearied diligence till within the laft 
three months of his death; herein the vigour. 
of his mind difcovered unabating aco and 
laborious. inveftigation, and he was fo entirely 
abforbed in this purfuit, that all other fub- 
jeéts feemed, like the paffing infe& of the 
hours, to fit befide him:—-but he was one of 
thofe whofe theological ftudies do not con-- 
found their faith ;—deeply read in facred hif- 
tory and divine revelation, he accepted the’ 
Chriftian difpenfation with unfeigned grati- 
tude. His refearches ftrengthened his virtu~ 
ous refolutions, confirmed his reliance on di- 
vine mercy, and‘fécured his hope in the mé+ 
diation offered to mankind s—théy gave vi- 
gour, but humi lity, to his aétive charities, 
energy and fincere piety to his devotions, and 
found wifdom to his family inftruétions.—A 
confiderable part of his latter years were cloud- 
ed by an incurable deaineis, which debarred 
him trom his former enjcyment ef converfa- 
Hons. 
He was the only fon of- 
