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hufband, and afterwards entering Blenheim 
park, {pent part of the afternoon in the vi- 
cinity of the Great Bridge, On this {pot 
fhe was obferved, late in the day, quieting 
to fleep her youngett child; and from that 
time this wabappy family were not feen 
any more till they were found drowned, 
under the fmall arch of the bridge, at its 
north- weit corner, near the fpot called Ro- 
tamond’s Well, ‘The folid archite@tureand the 
magnitude of the walls of this bridge render 
it impollible that they could have fallen into 
the water by any c;mmon accident, and no 
doubt exifted in the minds of the Coroner's 
Jury,nor has fince arifen in confequence of the 
fullett inquiries, but thatthis wretched woman 
was induced, in a fit of phrenzy,,to throw her 
three children over the bridge into the wa- 
ter, and then to let herfelf drop upon them ! 
“unis fhocking incident is fuppofed to have 
happened on Thurfday- -evening, the 26th of 
Vebruary ; and on the Sunday-morning fol- 
lowing, the body of the mother was difco- 
vered, and fhortly after thofe of the chil- 
dren, all clofe together, nearly one upon 
the other. More lovely children were ne- 
ver feen, and every reader’ can conceive the 
horror excited by the fpetacle of a mother 
and her three infants laid dead befide each 
other under fuch circumfances. The agony 
of her hufband, deprived fo fuddenly of his 
wife and chit if was exceflive; and nothing 
could exceed that of the Coroner’ ‘5 Jury, whe, 
after finding a verdict of infanity upon the 
mother, pronounced, upon fatisfa@tury evi- 
gence, that each of the children died by the 
hands of its parent!—The intelligent 
reader will endeavour to account for the mo- 
tives which could prompt the commifiion of 
fo horrid a dved—-At Woadt{tock thofe who 
knew the woman, hope that the melancholy 
-refult was folely oceationed by fome unac- 
countable accident; others afcribe it to deli- 
beration, cccafioned vy a miftruft that her 
children might be ill-ufed or deferted if they 
furvived her; and others conceive that fhe 
was under the influence of a temporary infa- 
nity, arifing from her hutband’s threatening 
language—from her pregnancy—and from 
her fears relative to the future deftination of 
her children, W haiever may have been the 
caule of this dreadful a&, it deferves record 
as a new trait in the hiftory of human Sle, 
and as ain example of the indulgence of paf- 
fion, which occafioned a weil- difpufed nund 
to commit a diabolical deed, at which it 
would previoully have fhisddered ! . 
Married. |AtOxford,T. Appletree, efq.ofHook 
Norton, to Mifs R. Hopkins, youngest daugh- 
ter of —-Sopkins, efq. of Sibford Ferris 
Mr. J. Wintor, of Stoke, to Mifs A. Viret, 
ut Wheatiield.—Mr, J. Slatter, glazier, o 
Oxford, to Mifs Rogers, of Draycott. 
Died At Oxford, aged 63, Mrs. How- 
_ Ram, wife of R. Howns m, butler, of Chrift 
' Church.—Aged 51, Mr. M. Dorich, vidtual- 
JugmmAged 5§, Mr. E, Ward, many years 
Berkbire—Bedfordphire. ‘ 4 B98 
proprietor of the ftage-waggons from this city 
to London, 
At St. Mary’s Hall, aged 73, the Rev. T. 
Nowell, D.D. 37 years Principal of thar 
Society, and’ Profefior of Modern diltory in 
the Univerfity. 
In her 72d year, Mrs. M. Burrows, widow. 
——Mrs, M. Siatter, wife of Mr. Re Silatter, 
printer and bookfeller. 
BERKSHIRE. 
It has long been a matter of furprife, that, 
ina town lke Reading, furrounued by two 
rivers, no e{tablifhment had as yet taken place, 
for the benevolent purpoles of the HumaneSo- 
ciety: a plan, however,is now in agitation and 
likely to be adopted fur that eee defign 5 
which, aided by the liberal fuvfcription of the 
public, will, mo doubt, be carried Into 
effect: 
fidarried.} At Donnington, G G. Blackthaw, 
efq. to Mils Brummell. 
At Alderfhot, near Farnham, J. Taylor, 
efq. of the Cuitom Houle, to Mils Newnham, 
of Alderfhot Lodge. 
Died. | At Uilingtoh, aged 93, Mr. Gar- 
rard.—Mifs Girdler, only fitter oi j. S. Gird- 
ler, of Hare Hatch. 
At Clewer, near Windfor, Mrs. Peers, re- 
lit of C. Peers, cig. of Chilton Lodge, Oxon, 
BEDFORDSHIRE. 
At a general meeting of the fubfcribers 
to the intended Infirmary, held at the Seis 
fion’s-houfe, Bedford, Sept. 10, his Grace 
the Duke of Bedford im the chair, a report 
was read by Mr. Whitbread, chairman, pur- 
porting that the committee, in purluance.of 
the directions of the lait general meeting, 
had taken every means in their power to dir 
fufe a knowledge of the propofed undertak- 
ing, having advertited in the different Lon- 
don and- Provincil Papers, and cauled up- 
wards of rooo circular letters to be dittri- 
buted to the different landed proprictors, 
principal occupiers and clergy of the county, 
ec, &c. but that the fucceis of the applica- 
tions has not altogether correfponded hitherto 
with thezealof tne committee, or the novle 
ardour of the original and great benefactor. 
Still, however, many liberal contributions 
have been received, and a fund has been 
created, fufficient to juitify the committee in 
laying before the meeting, a plan and eiti- 
mate for a building; which, although not 
upon a fcale fo extentive as they might have 
withed, is of a fize not unworthy the pur- 
pote for which it is intended, and iuca as 
will be highly beneficial to the county. ‘Lhe 
report proceeds to ftate, that the treafurer 
has delivered in a lift of donations and tub- 
{criptions, by wiich it appears, that the do- 
‘nations up to the préfent time amount to the 
fum of 19171. 48. Of annual iubdicriptions to 
the fum of 2971. 38. exclufive of tne bene- 
faction of the late Mr. Whitbread, A pian 
has likewife been laid berore the coinmictee, 
for the intended building, by Mir, Wiag,. are. 
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