1797+] 
At Portfmouth, Mr. J., Witcheil, late 
writing-mafter to the Royal Academy. 
At Leygreen, near Lymington, aged 80, 
Mr. Edward Hicks, attorney. 
At Yevilton, near Lymington, Mr. Richard 
White Lacy. 
At his feat near Lyndhurft, Mr. Thomas 
Maitland. ” 
At Gofporr, John Willes, efq. of the royal 
navy, and regulatory officer of the imprets 
fervice in that place. 
BERKSHIRE. 
Married.) John Wilder, efg. fon of the 
rey. Dr. Wilder, of Parley Hall, in this county, 
to Milfs Beaden, daughter of the rev. Mr. 
Beadun, of North Stoneham, Hants, and 
niece to the bifhop of Gloucefter. 
At Newbury, Mr, Thomas Willmott to 
Mifs Mary Grove. ; 
_ Died.) At Reading, Mrs. Richardfon, 
wife of Mr. Richardfon, fenior town-fergeant 
of this borough. 
At Abingdon, Mr. Thomas Kendall. 
Lady Jennings Clarke, of Holly Grove. 
At Sonning, Mr, Bullock, an opulent 
farmer. re 
At Dunfter Park, Newbury, inftantaneoufly, 
fir John Croft, bart. aged 63. 
At Fyfeld, Mrs. Byam ; and fix days after, 
Benjamin Byam, etq. her hufband. 
At Maidenhead Thicket, aged 66, Mr. 
Richard Weftbrook, a refpeétable farmer. 
At Shinfeld; the infant fon. of. Major 
Wilder. glia: 
Se WILTSHIREs ‘ 
Married.| At Trowbridge, Mr. R, Crow- 
der to Miis Elizabeth Porter, Mr. R. E. 
Willmot to mifs Gibbs. %: 
Di:d.} At Salifbury, Wm. ‘Ta'k, efq, an 
alderman and magiftrate of thattown. 
_. At Ramfbury Manor, Mifs Burditt, eldeft 
-fifter of fir Francis Burditt, bart. 
At Hatherden, near Andover, Wm. Bryant 
Stone, efq. 
At Weftbury, Mr..Wm. Carter, 
an eminent bookfeller in Holborn. 
At Chilmark, col. Home, This gentleman 
diftinguithed himfelf very honourably in tue 
German war. eg 
At Chippenham, Mrs. Cornick. 
SOMERSETSHIRE, |, 
The Caiffon Lock, erected on the Somerfet 
Coal Canal, in the vicinity oi Bath, was lately 
tcied before the committee appointed to review 
it, and a numerous. concourle of fpestaturs, 
The prin ipal movements not being adapted to 
the. machine, no farther experiment could be 
made, than pafiing it up and down in the large 
ciftern of water in which itis intended. to 
move. The facility with which this motion 
was performed, gave general fatisfaction to the 
perfons appointed to infpect it, who unani- 
moully teftified their approbation of the inge- 
auity and efficacy of the whole mechaniiza ; 
formerly 
the Svciety. 
Berk hire. /V ut/bire.... Somerjet[hire. 79 — 
and were convinced that the greateft utility 
muft refult from perfeGing fo fimple, and yet 
fo {clentific an invention, which promifes to 
‘prove of incalculable beneiit to inland navi- 
gation. 
The will of the late Mr. Alderman Coward 
haviug been confirmed by tne Lurd Chan. 
cellor, the fum of 1ro,ooo}l. of his perfonal 
Property, will be at the difpofal of the com- 
miffioners for the improvement of the city of 
Bath.’ 
The anniverfary of the Bath Agr cultural 
Society was, as uiual, numeroufly attended, 
not only by its diftant members, but by the 
moft noted breeders and improvers of cattle 
from different parts of the kingdom. . Among 
other perfons of diftinGion were, the duke of 
Bedford, the marquiffes of Lanfdown and 
Bath, earls Hawarde and Digby, lord Somer- 
ville, lord J. Ruffel, lord Gwyrdir, fir Joun 
Sinclair, fir G. O. Paul, fir Alex. Grant, barts, 
&c. The duke of Bedtord, with a dignified 
attention to objects of improvemenr, acted as 
head of the committee for examining thcep and 
cattle, and reeommending that clafs of pre- 
miums. One meafure nropoiec, and carried 
unanimoufly at this meeting, was, the prefent- 
ing a fecond petition to parliament, for a 
General Inclofure Bill, to favour the more 
fpeedy cultivation of wafte lands, and to con- 
tain, at the fame time, provilions for improv- 
ing the general condition of the labouring 
country poor. From the increafed bufinets 
and confequence of this Society, the moft 
active and important members dine together 
the day preceding, and fubfequent to the mecte 
ing. Lord Somervilie .was elected to the 
chair; but being taken ill foon alter, fir G. O, 
Paul prefided in his -ftead....A premium was 
adjudged to Mr. Croke, of Tytherton, for the 
beft fheep, according to the terms prefcribed by 
An honorary bounty of five 
guineas was adjudged to Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, 
tor a very fine Leiceiier theep. Mr. Exter, 
ot Pilton, Devon, received alfo a bounty of 
ten, guineas for a well-written eflay on the 
comparative merits of drilling broadcaft fow- 
ing. Previous.to the adjudication of the 
bounty, a very fpirited and.ingenious debate 
took piace, on the much-conrefted fubje&, of 
~ drilling’and broadcafl ftowinz, between fome 
of the p incipal agricultuifts who attended the 
mecting. Several fheep were exhibiied, the 
weight of whofe carcafes, the fmalinefs of the 
bone; and ‘the finenefs of the wool, claimed 
particular admiration. Several bulls, and frnall 
catile, of the Fretich ahd Scotch breed, were 
likewife produced ; and two pigs, belonging to 
Mr. Groke, were noticed by the judges, as an 
excellent kind for yielding profic’ to the 
farmer. “After the bafinefs of the day was 
finifhed, the company dined together at the 
White Hart, where univerfa! harmony and 
conviviality prevailed. 
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