On Friday, the rath, at one * in the morn- 
ing, died, of a pulmonary confumption, in 
the fifteenth year of her age, at Bofton, to 
sthich place fle had gone in her way to Free- 
fion, for the benefit of the fea aif, or, more 
properly of fea-failing, if fhe could have 
reached the coat, Mifs Martha Ann Young, 
the youngef daughter of Arthur Young, elq- 
She’was of a mof pleafing perfon, and mof 
anuable difpofition; with an underftanding 
yuf, comprehenfive, and improved, far be- 
yond her years. She bore her aiiidiive ill- 
uefs (fatal to thofe chiefly who are moft to be, 
Lincoln... Nottingham. Derby. Chefbire..Saltp. ryae | 
to have been taken with a fit of the cramp. * 
Mrs. Goodall, of Annefley. Mrs. Cum- 
berland, of Wilford, reli of Mr. J. C.: 
her death was occafioned hy the ftri¢t atten- 
tion fhe had paid her-hufband during his long 
illnefs, and her grief in lofing bim. Mr. fe 
Clark, poft-mafter, of Newark, 
DERBYSHIRE. 
The Derbythire Agricultural and Breeding: 
Society have offered fix prizes, of five euineas 
each, free for the ‘county, to be awarded az 
their next annual meeting, at Derby, Au-_ 
guft 4th. The firft prize to be given for the 
regretted) with~ mild chearfulnefs and con- *beft one-vear-old bull; the fecond® for the 
ftant refignation ; fearful only of giving trou- 
ble, and mof contentedly fupporting it, with 
a mind: unimpaired by the greatef diminu- 
tion of ftrength, and the affecting change, in 
the dawn of life, from vivid health toa linger- 
ing and exhaufting illnefs, -It was but natu- 
ral that fuch a voung perfon fhould be much 
beloved .by thofe who bad been her {chool- 
fellows or her inftrudtors.. To her father, 
mother, fifter, and brother, the was, and 
could not but be, unfpeakably dear. They 
have this refleG@tion to fupport them, under a 
trial, initfelf fevere beyond exprefion, that 
perfon thus early taken from the prefent 
te of exiftence, with fuch advancement of 
elle&t, and excelience of difpofition, has not 
in vain drunk the cup of fafféring bere. . She 
was fenfible to the laft; grdan hour before 
her death requefted thofe who were nearef to 
her by nature and affection to join ‘w:th her 
in prayer, for herfelf then, and for thofe her 
dear relatives then and always. With 
fuch equanimity can thofe die, even in the 
tendereft youth, who look to an hope eter 
nal, unchangeable, in the heavens. Her 
remains were depofited at Broadfield, on 
Tuefday, the 8th, at nine in the evening 5 
the family; anda friend who felt the value of 
that permiffion, attending; and her. brother 
officiating in the folemmn and divinely cunfol- 
ing fervice. Of thofe who were prefent, the 
impreffion was ftrong, and it is to be hoped 
permanently beneficial on every-heatt; and, 
indeed, it was hardly poffible that any could 
have been otKerwife than deeply affected, had 
it been even the largeft congregation. 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
Died J—At Noitingham, W. Abnett, gent. 
Aged 7i,. Mrs. Barrat; lamented by her 
friends and the fharers of her bounty, for her 
iety, benevolence, &c. Mrs. Hurl. 
At Mansfield, fuddenly, Mr.) W. Acton. 
Mifs A. Davies, a yuung lady of amiable 
manners. Mr. T. Dutton, drowned while 
bathing at the Brackenbills, near Mansfeld 5 
as he was an expert {wimmer, he is fuppofed 
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* This incorreét popular ufage obfcures 
half ‘out computation of time. Would it not 
hire and Worcefterfhire canals, &c, 
‘Nefton, Mr. Merrit, 
beft two-year-old heiter 5 the third for the bef 
fhear hog ram; the fourth for the beft two- 
fhear gam 5 the firth for the beft three fingle 
theaves ; and the fixth for the beft two-thear 
wether, to be fhowed dead. ‘The wethers 
are to be delivered, alive, to the treafurer, on 
a day appointed, preceding the day of fhow ; 
are not to. be fafted till, the Wednefday, and. 
to be killed on Thurfdey. The prize to be 
adjudged for the {malleft weight of offal in 
proportion to the weight of eareafe and fat. 
The ftock fhown is required to be of the ex- 
hibitor?s own, breeding. 
Married. \—At Breadfall, Mrs Merry  to- 
Mifs E Porter. ’ 
Died.|—-Mifs Eaton, daughter of the late 
Mr. aloerman E. of Derby. Aged 77, Mrs. 
Robinfon, wife of J. R. late captain and 
adjutant in the Derby militia. 
CHESHIRE. 
The committee of the Ellefmere canal have 
lately built aa elegant PACKET BOAT, con— 
taining two Apartments for the accomodation of 
parties of pleafure, or others who ‘vifit the 
Meriey for the purpofe of bathing. ‘This vef- 
fel fails daily, during the bathing feafon, from 
the Tower Wharf, in Chefter, waits three 
hours for the convenience of the company, and 
returns in the evening. Select parties may alfo 
have the ufe of the packet, to any part of the 
canal and back; for a whole- day, from eight 
o'clock in the morning till eight at night. : 
A number of vefiels now navigate weekly 
along the Ellefmere carfai and the river Meriey, 
from Chefter to Runcorn, and from Runcorn 
to Manchefter. Runcorn is fituated at the 
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jun&tion of the Duke of Bridgwater’s canal - 
with the ‘river Merfey, and is the great re- 
fhipping wharf for all places on the Stafford- 
The 
junction with the Staffordfhire canals is at” 
Prefton Brook. : 
Married. |—Mr,. Laly, of A@on, aged 74, 
to Miis coffin, of Whitchurch, aged 23! At 
of Liverpool, to Mits 
Jehnfon. _ ae © Me 
Died.J|—At Nantwich, Mrs. Hawkfey, wi- 
dow. At Gateley, Mrs. Bateman. In Lon- 
don, Mrs. “Stanley, fifter of the late Sir W. 
be better; as aitronomers do, to refer the night -S. of Heoton. ie ' 
to the preceding day, “which would, in this 
mftance, be 13 July, 13 h.-aftron. time, and 
ought, coirefpondeutly, to be called 13 July, 
en€ in the morning. e, 
a 
: SHROPSHIRE, * : 
The ingitution for fupporting the prifen: 
charities, in Shrewfbury, has lately received a 
number of additional fubfcribers. 
The 
