.1797.] Stafford. Leicefter. Rutland. Huntingdon. Northampton. Worce/fer. “9 
The united company of mercers, of Shrewf- 
bury, at their laft meeting, refo!ved that their 
fubdf{eription to the infirmary fhould be increafed 
from two to five guineas per annum; that a 
a donation of five guineas fhould be made to 
the prifon charities; and another of twenty 
guineas towards compleating the new pealof. a 
bells for St. Chadd’s church. 
Married.|—V. Corbett, efg. of Newton 
‘Hall, to Mifs Grainger, of Moreton 3 an ami-. 
aula, worthy young Jady, with a confiderable 
fortune. H. Wakeman, efq. of Purdefwell, 
Worcefter, to Mifs Offey, of Hinton, in this 
“county, 
Died.|—At Shrewfbury, Mrs. Wilding. Of 
adeclme, Mr. Milligan, jun. .In .confequence 
of a fall trom arvicious horfe, Mr. J. Gronna; 
attorney ; of focial manners, a generous’ open 
eart, and a ftrong and vigorous under{tanding. 
Mr. Grifith, an eminent mercer, of Wem. 
In Jamaica, aged 57, Mrs. E. Adams, late of 
Newport; greatly refpefted by her relations, 
é&c. as a ftrittly, honeft woman. Alfo, in 
that ifland, Mr, W. Morris and Mifs M. Rider, 
nephew and grand-daughter to that lady. Mrs. 
Lewis, of Welithpool. At 
Maebeth, furgeon. 
fenior sdidernaina ; 
edly deputy to the mayor; offices which he 
- ferved with juflice and impartiality. 
; STAFFORDSHIRE. 
A female friendly fociety, for the relief of 
fick, lame, and fuperannuated members, has 
bic lately eftablifhed at Burton-upon Trent, 
by the activity and benevolence of a number 
of ladies, &c, It confitts, at prefent, of 200 
benefit members, exclufive of more than 20 
ladies, who have added their generous fup- 
port by becoming menibers, and who fuper- 
intend, with {trict attention, the concerns of 
the edian. 
A fubfeription has been lately opened for a 
new canal, propofed to commence from the 
dime works-of the Marquifs of Staftord, and 
company, at or near-Littlefhall, and to join 
the Trent and Merfey canal at or near Stone, 
including an additional branch to, or near to, 
the town of Market Drayton. 
LEICESTERSHIRE. | 
The rev: S, Heyrick,,) M.A. reétor of 
Brampton, Northamptonfhire, has been lately 
eleéted matter of the free grammar-f{chvol, in 
Leicefter. On this occafion ghe corporation 
have made a_ liberal addition to the falary of 
the matter, out of their private purfe, and or- 
dered aiconfiderable fum of money ‘to: bevlaid 
outin the repairs.-of. that ancient {chuoF ard 
{vltool-houfe.——=A. correfpoendent,, however, 
of the Leic-fter Fournal afferts, that the cleétion 
was fo conduéteds chat ‘the door'uf competition 
Was iclafed om.a number of literary candidates, 
who, from the candid appdarance of the ad- 
vertifement (inferted in the London aid pro- 
vincial papers) were led, at a confiderable’ ex- 
pence and trouble, to procure, from the heads 
of colleges and pro! feffors in literature, teti- 
monials of their ability ; and this without even 

Ofweftry, Mr. 
Mr. R. Morris, one of the . 
mayor in 1759, and repeat- 
Mr. 
the thadow-of apology. He adds, that the © 
gentleman appointed was, in the opinion of | 
the committee, ‘* more elivible than other can= 
didates, Bee he brings a {chool with him.”” 
To which he replies, thar as the endowment was 
forinded folely for the benefit of freemen’s fons, 
I fuch pupils as are or cae be brought in on 
any other grounds, ‘injure the a, by 
occupying the {pace of thofe who fhould be 
received on the eftablifiment, thereby de-. 
eating the end of the free ce and render. 
ing it a private feminary, & 
Married. ieee King, ne er, of Leicefter , 
to Mifs Hind, of Quorndon. Mr.G. Snith, 
of Dithley, to’ Mifs 
Thompfon, of Long Whatton, grazier, 
one of the loyal Leicefterthire volunteer yeo- 
manty, to Mifs Forfell. i 
Died, |—At Carnefield, in an advanced age, 
Mrs. Marthall.. Mr. E. Marvin, of E. Shilton. 
Richard Wheatley, of Foxton; drowned 
while bathing in the Union Canal. 
RUTLAND, 
* Married. J]—At Ketton, Mr. Baxter to Mifs 
Stanger. Mr. J. Raworth, furgeon and; apo~ 
thecary, of Uppingham, to Mifs Morris, of 
N. Lutfenham. 
Died.|—The rev. Mr. Fancourt, of Luf- 
fenham. HUNTINGDONSHIRE, 
Died. |— Aged. 943. Mr. C. Wood, of 
Warboys. Bes 
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, 
Married. |—Mr. D. French, of Welling- 
borough, to Mifs L. Wagftaffe, of Hin- 
wick Hall, Bedfordthire. 
ipa eat Northampton, Mrs. pon At 
Pistord, near Northampton, Mr. T. Ward, 
fen. stroraey: a man of deep penetration and 
extenfive knowledge; learned in his, profeflion, 
and of ftriét'veracity and integrity... At Pe- 
terborough, aged 63, Mrs. Wak elin.. Mr. 
-W. Greathead, many years gardener to the 
- 
late and prefent difhop of Persrhoroush: 
WORCESTERSHIRE. 
In confequence of the cathedral of Wor- 
cefter undergoing a complete repair, the re- 
mains of King John, interred in 1216, were 
lately difcovered, on opening the tomb of the 
choir, for the purpofe of removing it toa more 
convenient. place. Thefe remains were 
found in an open ftone cofin, under the tomb, 
but, from their appearance, Bae it is thought, 
been removed from fome other part of the 
cathedral. The body was wrapped 1 i a crim~ 
fon damafk ‘robe, the ‘colour of which had 
neatly perifhed by time; the cuff was vifible 
on the left arm, which had probably held his. 
fword, a’ fragment of’ which Jay on his left 
thigh, and’ parts of the leather fcabbard cown 
the thigh of the left leg. The robe had been 
tied acrofs the aneles, <p: art of the knot remiin= 
ing on that of the lefr. The''tight leo feemeéd 
to have been confratted, not lying {6 (haight 
as! the lefts part of the fiih bone of the 
right leg, and that of the right arm, were feen 
below the elbow ; the upper jaw, with teérh, 
lying near che right elbow, and the bone of 
Wh the 
Breedon, of Hathern. ‘ 


