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the late heavy rains. It is ftated, that nearly 
one half of all the flocks are infe Sted with this 
fata] diforder. 
Married. J}—At Lincoln, Mr. B. Brummett 
to Mifs C. Walker. Mr. W. Newttead to 
Mifs M. Saunders. At Parfon Drone, Mr. 
jJ- Gunn to Mifs A. Perkins. 
Died. }—At Brant Broughton, the rev. Mr. 
Arnold, curate of that _ place. At Culver- 
*thorpe, Mrs. Newton. “At Redbourn, in her 
29th year, the right hon. Lady Charlotte 
William Beauclerk. At Thurlby, Mr. Ab- 
bor. At Bidderton, Mr. Doughty. At Ede- 
ham, aged 92, Mrs. Colcraft. At Sramford, 
Mrs. Chamberlayne. Mr. D. Grech woud: 
‘Mrs. Ireland. Mrs. Robertfon. At Market 
Deeping, aged 62, Mrs. E. Shibbs. At the 
fame place, Mrs. Chriftian, aged 81. At 
Wittering, near Stamford, Mis. Baker. 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
A fire broke out, laft month, in the ftack- 
yard belonging to Mr. Cumberland, of Wel- 
ford, which deftroyed feveral oe 
 &c. &e: 
Married.\—At Newark, Mr. 
Mifs Roberts. 
In ouo laft, for the houfe of STATHAM 
_and GANToN,” read ‘the houfe of Sra- 
~THAM and Garton.” 
Died.J—At Nottingham, Colonel Williams. 
He was taking a morning ride along the 
HWatoh to 
Hailing Paths, on the banks of the Trent,. 
when his horfe flipped down the banks of the 
river, by which accident the Si Was un- 
_ fortunately drowned. 
At Nottingham, Mr. Cornelius siithiwatte: 
At fame place, after along illnefs, Mr. Ab. 
Geneiver, upwards of 30 years principal 
clerk in the refpeétable banking-houfe of 
Sm1tTH and Co. 
At Newark, Mr. Hervey, tanner. Ms, 
Winter. At Radford, Mr. Bennett. 
‘Mrs. Johnfon, of Broadmarfh; the com- 
plained to her hufband, after fupper, that fhe 
telt extremely ill, and expired before 
morning. 
DERBYSHIRE, 
Married.}—At Mappleton, the rev. H. 
Bruce to Mifs Sarah Wood. At Derby, T. 
Barber, efg. to Mifs M. Dethick. 
| Died.J—At Derby, aged 75, Mr.- J. De- 
verell. Mr. T. Hetferd, ferjeant at mace, 
and keeper of the town jail. 
At Chefterfield, aged 72, Mrs. Ann Brad- 
ley, mother of Mr. Bradley, pot. matter, 
and one of the aldermen of the corporation. 
At fame place, Mr. J. Peters, one of the 
aGtors in Mefirs. Taylor and Robertfon’s 
company of comedians. 
’ At Buxton, the right hon. Lady Dormer. 
CHESHIRE, 
The county hall, now building at Chefter, 
promiies to be one of the fineft edifices of the 
kind in the kingdom. The cretion of the 
firft of the large columns of the portico, on 
the fecond of Oétober, was attended with 
Be at pomp. The ergah Chefter Volunteers 
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affembled on the occafion, in the Abbey 
Square, whence they marched, with colours 
flying, attended by a band of mufic, to the 
Caftle Yard. A double guard of the Invalids 
was drawn out, to prevent the large concourle 
of people from incommoding the workmen, 
among whom were feveral of the ating ma- 
giftrates, accompanied by a number of Jadies 
and gentlemen, and the young gentlemen of 
nearly all the fchools in Chefter. The cos 
lumn being previoufly brought to its fituation, 
and all the machinery prepared, feveral coins 
of his'prefent majefty, in a fmall urn of 
Wedgwood’s ware, inclofed in another of 
lead, were depolited in the cavity of the 
plinth, over which was’ placed a brafs plate, 
with a fuitable infcription, The machinery 
then began to work, the band playing ** God 
fave the King’. In about twenty minutes 
the column was raifed, upon which the vo- 
lunteers fired three excellent vollies; the 
field pieces, with the cannon upen the bat- 
tery, fired each three rounds, and three 
cheers’ were given from the whole company. 
Thefe columns are of excellent ftone, brought 
from Manley, about eight miles from Chefter, 
upon a carriage with fix wheels, built for 
this exprefs purpofe, and drawn -by fixteen 
horfes. Each column is formed of a fingle 
{tone, 3 feet 3 inches in diameter, and mea~ 
furing, without the capitals, 22 feet 6 inches 
in length. In the rough they weighed each 
from 15to 16 tons. There will be twelve of 
thefe columns in the portico, in two rows of 
the Doric order, without bafes; and twelve 
more, each, likewife, of one fingle ftone, 
fomething fmaller, of the Tonic order, form- 
ing a colonade round the femi-circular part of . 
the infide of the hall. It has the fame difpo- 
fition within, but upon a larger fcale, as the 
new hall, lately finifhed, in the Gothic ftyle, 
by the fame artift, at Lancafter. A. great 
part of the infide of the hall, together with 
the portico, will be finifhed ick hewn ftone, 
of the fame quality as the columns. 
. Married |—-At Chefter, Mr. Franks to 
Mifs Dougherty. Mr. J. Wyatt, of Altring- 
ham, to Mifs Sarah Hoit. At Audlem, near 
Nantwich, Mr. J. Lloyd to Mits. Pretcot, 
At Tarvin, Mr.. Plumbe to Mifs Speak~ 
Died.J—At Chefter, Mrs. Collier. “Mrs. 
Done. At Bilftone, aged 74. the rev. Sam, 
Lea, vicar ot Audlem. At Frodfham, in his 
17th year, Mr. Horatia White Brifcoe. 
SHROPSHIRE, s 
One of thofe rare and fingular phenomena, 
called a water-(pout, was feen from Shrewf- 
bury, and the other places in that neighbour- 
hood, on the 6th inftant, between the hours 
of two and three in the afternoon. It ap- 
peared impending from a large black cloud, 
which moved in a north-eafterly diredétion. 
Its figure was fpiral, which gradually con~ 
traéted till it was abforbed by the pafling cloud, 
and totally -difappeared, It was obferved by 
feveral perfons for’ near 20 minutes, and ex- 
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