328 Surrey... Lamp hirer. Berkfhire.s..Somerfetire...Dorfetfire. (1497. 
rev. T. idmondfon, vicar of Rodmerfham 
and 49 .ea s vicar of Threlked. 
SURREY, 
As fome workmen were digging ina field, . 
belonging to Mr. Allen, brewer, at Croydon, 
one .i them ftruck his fpade againft an old 
{word, four feet and a half in length, of grece 
weight, and very rufty. Gn digging a few 
feet deeper, two complete fuits of armour 
were found, near 7 feet long, and another 
fword in the fame ftate with the former. 
There were lying neat the fame ‘pot feveral 
éku |sy and other bones of the human body. 
From the iafhion of the arms, and other cir- 
cumftances, the cognofcenti imagine that they 
are the remains of fome of the men who fel! 
in a defperate action, which was fought near 
Croydon, about the year 1293, in the reign of 
King jorn, bet veen the two barons Huber: de 
Montmoyenci and Jobn Winnoffof Winchefter. 
Married.| At Kingitone, Mr. W. Bart- 
lett to Mifs Cook. At the fame time, Mr. J. 
Cook, brocher to the aforefaid lady, to Mils 
Henrietta Butler. The rev. Geo. Weft, reétor 
of Stoke, to Mifs Creuze, of Leatherhead. 
Died-] . At Boddington, Mr. W. Brimton. 
At Wand{fworth, in his 85th year, Mr. 
HAMPSHIRE. | | 
The Portf{mouth mail was overturned ‘in the 
beginning of this month, near Lippock, owing 
to the heavy rains, which laid the country 
swunder water, fo that the coach was literally 
floated. Happily nollives were loft. 
_ Mr. James Kirkpatrick, of the Ifle of 
Wight, has invented an implement for tranf- 
planting turnips. From the fimplicity and 
' cheapnefs. of this infrument, with the very 
eafy. manner of ufing if, it promifes to prove of 
Zeneral utility. As it irequently happens in 
turnip ficlds, that large fpots fail, it is ufed for 
Alling up thole tpots ‘rom the adjoining parts of 
the (ame field, where they may be thinned at 
any rate to advantage. It may allo be em- 
ployed in gardens for tranfplanting plants of 
every kind. ‘ 
Marri-d }\—At Southampton, Mr. J. Salter, 
to Mils E. smith. T. Strect, eg. of London, 
to Mrs. Brereton, relict of the Rev. T. Brere- 
ton, of Wiuchefter. . At Hele, M. J. May, to 
Mifs Strett. At King’ssSombourn) captain 
Robinfon, of the Guards, to Mifs Taylor. At 
Eat Meon, Lie: t Robert Ayre, of the Spaid- 
ing troopcf oyal Lincginfhire yeomen cavalry, 
to Mifs Ives, the cclebrated fpinner, .At 
Odiham, Mr. J. Marfhali, :o Mifs Pain. 
Died |—At Newport, Ife of Wight, Mr. 
W. Bolt, furgeon. At Lymington, Mr. R. 
Hayward. . AtChriftihurch, Mifs Brooke. At 
Wincheiter, Mrs. Deane. At Hurfley, in his 
$3d year, Samuel Heathcote, efq. uncle to ‘Sir 
W. Heahicote, Barr. 
BERKSHIRE. 
A curious experiment hag been lately tried 
at Reading, by Mr. Walker, le@urer of expe- 
yiracntal Philafophy, to make a boat row it- 
felf again the fir am. ‘The attempts fuc- 
acceded fo far as to eftablith its practability, 
zB 
_ Married.}—At Old Windfor, Mr, J. Aubin, 
to Mrs. Ruffel. At Reading, Mr. Spratley, of 
the Bear Inn,.to Mrs. Nicholas. 
Died.Jo—Atfler feat,. at Woodhay, Mis. 
Sloper, relic&k of the late Wm. Slepex, efa. 
daughter of governor Hunter, and mother of 
general Sir R. Sloper. K.B. At Reading, 
Mrs, Speakman. : 
WILTSHIRE. 
_ Married. J—aAt Salifbury, Jenn Campbell, 
eiq. of Bedfordfhire, captain 1n the frit regi- 
ment of dragoons guards, to Mifs Wyndham, 
daughter of Henry Penruddock Wyadham, 
one of the reprefentatives @f this ~county in 
parliament. -At Devizes, Mr. R. Wagyley, 
to Mifs Willis. At Fonthill, Mr. Cox, aged 
95,to Mifs Turner, ageda5 ! Majority in fa- 
vour of the bridegroom 80 years!41 
Died.j—At Salifbury, Mi. Siurmey. At 
" Devizes, the Rev. J. Dyer, pattor of the Bap- 
tift church, The Rev. T. Gibfon, A.M. vicar 
of White parith. 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 
As a pruofof the increafed value of jand, the 
parith of Horfield, adjoining to Briftol, was, in 
the year £729, valued in the poor-rates at the 
fum ef 5421. In 1796, the affeliment to the 
highways was 15321. art a 
Married.|\—At Briftol Wells, colonel de 
Vifme, of the guards, to Mifs Carroll, of Dub- 
lir. At Bath, the Rev. H. Pooley to Mifs 
Leflie. : ; 
Died.j—At Bath, Right Hon. Lady Crani- 
ton, aged 27. At the fame place, Mrs. Scott,re- 
lick of the late general Scott. At Cliffhall, 
Mrs. Vince. At Shepten Mallet, where he 
had refided 32 years, the Rev. J. Brewer, a 
Roman Catholic clergyman. At -Cliftoa, the 
rev. Piercefod. 
i PORSETSHIRE. 
A perfon of the name of Philips, a warrant 
officer on board one of the frigates daid up 
in Ordinary in Portfmouth harbour, delivered 
bifelfup fome time fince to the Hen. Lionel 
Damer, a magiftrate fortbis county. He ton- 
feffed he had murdered the boatiwain of bis 
fhip, by throwing ‘him overboard, in confe- 
quence of which he had, he faid, abfeonded for 
fome months, and afterwards enlifted in the 
army as a private. The remorte he felt for 
his crime had feveral times tempted him to 
put an end to'his exiftence. He was com- 
mitted to Dorchefter gaol for trial. The mayer 
at Portfmnouth was next written to,to have the 
matter elucidated, when, to the aftonifhment 
of the magiftrates, it appeared that the boat- 
fwain, whe was ftated to be murdered, was 
alive and well on board:the veffel, This led 
to further inveftigation, in the courfe of which 
the boatiwain made a folemn declaration, that 
he had never received any infult from Philips, 
with whom, on the contrary, he had always 
lived in the ftriteft habits of intimacy. This 
being reported to Philips, he expreffed confi- 
derable pleafure at the intelligence, and wrote 
a letter to the boatfwain, congratulating -him 
on ‘his efcape, and begging his pardon. A 
gentlemanr who was prefent at the time yo 
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