1797+] 
but aiterwards refpited, has received a free par- 
don, and was laft mon h iiberated from prifon, 
after having remained under fentence of death 
for upwaris of feven years, 
farries.} At Wolltanton, near Newcaitle 
under Line, Thos. Weogwood, efq. nephew of 
the late Jofia, Wed wod, of Burflem, to Milfs 
B. Smith, of Little Chell. 
At Lichfield, Mr. T. Taylor, one. of the - 
gentlemen of the cathedral, to Mrs. Burton, of 
the Ge szé-inn. 
(Mr. Pot:er,. of Wolverhampton, to Mifs 
Ithell, of Coleham. 
At Wolverhampton, Mr. John Hotchkifs, of 
Walfall, to Mifs Loutfa Noyes, of the ‘former 
place Me. 
Died.| The lady of fir John Parker Mofely, 
bart. of Rollefton. 
Af Tettenial Regis, the rev. J. Ravenhill. 
LEICESTERSHIRE. - 
G. A. Keck, efq. is elected member of par 
liament for this county, .in the room of the 
Jate Hon. Penn Afheton Curzon, : 
Married. At Leicefter, Mr. John Bead- 
man, of Market Bofworih, to Mifs Spencer, 
of the Belgrave Gate, Leicefter. 
The rev. Mr. Robinfon, vicar of St. Mary’s, 
Leicefter, to Mrs. Gerard, reli&t of the late Dr. 
Gerard. 
At Leicefter, Mr. Benjamin Drayton, wool- 
ftaplety of Northampton, to Miis Catherine 
Brown, of the former place. 
At the fame place, Mr. G. Lockwood, to 
Mifs Palmer, of Kilma;ton, Huntingdon. 
Alfo, Mr. Thomas Millar, head clerk in the 
Leicefter Bank, to Mi‘s Hitchcock. 
At Houghton inthe Hill, Mr, john Rowbot- 
tomy aged 72, to Miis Elvra Brainbridge, of the 
fame place, aged Ig ! 
At the fame place, Mr. Thomas Hall to Mifs 
Elizabeth Mitton. 
At Broughton Aftley, Mr. T, Sutton, of 
Leir, to Mifs Jordan, of Thorpe. 
At Fofton, Mr. Ford, druggift, of London,, 
to Mifs Sufannah Freeman, of the former 
place, 
At Loughborough, Mr. Ball to Mifs Amy 
Stinfon. 
-Mr. Elton, of Norton, to Mifs Mary Wight. 
Died.| — At Leicefter, Mifs Boulton. 
At Anity, aged 56, Thomas Martin, gent. 
At the fame place, after a fhort illnefs, in his 
$6th year, the rev. Hugh Worthington, A.M. , 
A memoir of this truly valuable and beloved man 
will be found in page 403, f tris Number. 
At Market Harborough, fuddenly, Mr. T. 
Ratten. 
CHESHIRE. 
The new mayor-of Chetter has abolifhed 
the long eftablifhed cuftom of yiving the annual 
mayor’s feaft on the firit Sunday after the elec- 
gion. / 
A melancholy accident happened lately at 
Heaton Norris, near Stockport, occa- 
fioned by the explofion of two fmall 
caflks of gunpowder, which were fent from 
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409 
Battle, in Suffex, by the light coach, for Mr. 
Fozg, grocer, of Manchefter. As Mr. Smithy 
“of the Horfe-thoe, in Heaton Norris, where 
“the coach ftops, was afflicting the coachman to 
take fome parcels out of the bafket, a fparle 
fyora the candle fell upon fome loofe gunpowe 
de), which immediately ‘communicating to the 
cafks, the whole blew up, witha violent ex- 
plofion. _Mr. Smith, the coachman, and a 
boy, that held the light, were feverely wound- 
ed. The firft is fince dead; the life of the 
boy is defpaired of; and the coachman, who has 
loft one of his eyes, continues in a very dan~ 
gerous ftate. Not a fingie window was leit 
whole for above thirty yards on each fide of the 
fireet. 
Married.| At Chefter, Mr. John Siddons 
to Mifs Hannah Maddock, Mr.. Thomas 
Matthews to Mifs Elizabeth Sorton. 
At Farndon, Mr. Wm. Parker to Mifs Ana 
Wright. 
At Walton in le Dale, fir Henry Houghton, 
bart. to Mrs, Parker. 
At Chefter, Mr. Pearfon to Mifs Sarah _ 
Price. ; 
At Bebbington, Mr, Jobn Stanley, of Liver- 
pool, to Mifs Eagles, of Tranmore. 
Mr. Wm. Tomkinfon, of Boftock, to Mifs 
Frances Nefham. 
At Preftbury, Mr, James Barton to Mifs 
S. Wifher, both of Macclesfield. 
At Malpas, Mr. Mackintofh, of Wrexham, 
to Mifs Seacorne, of Hampton, in this county. 
Died.] At Chefter, Mr, Nathaniel Lither- 
land. Mrs. Ledfham, Mrs, Garnett, wife of 
Dr, Garnett, of Nantwich, ‘ 
At Boughton, near Chefter, Mr. Wm. Ed- 
wards. of the Red Lion-inn. Aged 95, Mrs. 
Ann Pate, 
At Alderfey, Mr. John Lewis. 
At Northen, in hs 89th year, Mr. Wns. 
Whitelegg. 
At Northwich, aged 79, Mr. Jofeph 
Fletcher. 
At Wiftafton, Mr. Robert Perrin. 
RUTLAND, 
Died] At Ditbrooke, aged 70, Mrs 
Kirby. 
. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. | 
The fubjeét of the Norrifian Prize, for the 
prefent year, is, The ftate of the Jewith 
people, fince the death of Chrift, affords an 
argument fer the truth of Chriftianity.”’ _ 
Mr. Greave’s Prize for an Englth differta- 
tion on the charaéter of William the Third, has 
been adjudged, by Trinity College, to Mr. 
Creffwell, A.B. of that fociety, 
Mr. Seaton’s Prize Poem, for the year 1797» 
has been affigned to Wm. Bolland, e/g. A.M. 
of Trinity College. 
Married.| Mr. J. Brown, merchant, of 
Ely, to Mifs Diana White, of Cambridge. 
Mr. Turner, of Wifbich, to Mifs Mary An- 
drews, of Norwich. 
Mr. Ath, of the Duke’s Head-inn, Gedneys 
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