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S66 Northampton{hire—Cambridgefpire—No rfolk. 
after his ufual time. Ia converfation he was 
naturally facetious ; though upon the flightett 
provocation, he would put himfeif in a paf- 
fion, but this was moitly of a fhort continu. 
ance. 
4 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
Married.} Mr. W. Kirby, farmer, of 
Maidford, to Mifs A. Hinks,of Marton Pinck 
ney.—Mr. Saunders, mafter of the academy 
at Daventry, to Mifs Bridgens, of Doncaf- 
ter. ' 
Died.} At Banbury, Mr. Pratt, of the 
Red Lion Inn.—Mrs. Bowker, of Walton, 
near Peterborough j 
At Dinton, Bucks, Mrs. Jones, wife of the 
Rev. Mr. Jones. 
At Ickwellbury, Bedfordfhire, Mrs. Har- 
vey, widow. 
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
The following particulars have been pub- 
lithed, as correct, refpeting the late melan- 
choly incident at the theatre at Stirbitch 
Fair :—The houfe was exceedingly full, and 
foon after the beginning of the fourth aé&, 
the cry of ** fire” was vociferated from dif- 
ferent parts of the houfe, at once. The 
manager and performers crowded on the flage, 
affuring the audience that their alarms were 
groundlefs, and tried every method to re(tore 
erder, but without effe€&t, Several perfons 
fzrambled down from the upper boxes and gal- 
lery into the vit, and ‘by numbers haftening 
down the gallery ftairs, and prefling to get 
out, one young woman, Mifs. R. Mafon, of 
Waterbeach, aged 24, two girls, and a lad, 
were unfortunately thrown down, and loft 
their lives. No other material accident hap. 
pened, but to one perfon, who is now de- 
clared out of danger. ‘This alarm proceeded 
from forme atrocious villains, whofe objet 
was to plunder the audience in the midft of 
the confufion, They fucceeded in plundering 
@ great many perfons$; and, itis faid, even 
tore out the ear-rings from the ears of fevetal 
ladies. 
Application is intended to be made to Par- 
liament in the enfuing feffion, for an aét to 
effe& the better draining and embanking of a 
certain diftri€t of land, called Sutton and 
Mepal Level; within the parithes of Sutton, 
Mepa!, Witcham, Chatteris,-and Dedding- 
ton; as likewife for improving a place called 
Byal Fen; ‘ai! in the Ifle of Bly, and in this 
county. 
Married.} “Mr, C, White, third- fon of 
Mr. White, t@vn-clerk of Cambridge, to 
Mifs M. Fitzphn, of Baldock, Herts,—Mr. 
Wedd, merchant, to Mifs Coe. 
Mr, J. Paul, ironmonger, of St. Ives, to 
Mifs Dennis, of Wilbraham, in this county. 
Died.| At Cambridge, Mrs, Leach, wi- 
dow of the late Mr. Barnet Leach, cook of 
Trinity College. 
At Ely, Mrs. Hanchett, widow, late of 
Bream Farm. “ 
Aged 63, Mr. G.M. Goode, an eminent 
al Nov. 1, 
grocer and tea-dealer, of Cottenham, highly 
tefpeéted as a good neighbour, and a mana of 
{triG& integrity, he was a (teady friend to thes 
diffenting intereft, but not lefs fo to the 
caufe of virtue in general. 
At Potton, in Bedfordfhire, where fhe 
lately went for the recovery of her health, 
Mifs E. Ward, of March, in the iffe of Ely ; 
a young lady very much refpeted and la. 
mented by all who knew her, from an affects 
ing fenfe of her kindnefs, good nature, affa= 
bility, and, in a word, of her genuine 
worth. 
At Mildenhall, aged 63, Mr. A. Plowman, 
farmer. 
At Downham, near Ely, aged 74, Mrs. 
Creafy. 
In Wales, where he lately went for the 
recovery of his heaith, the Rev. T. Smith, 
M.A, Vicar of St. Ives, in Huntingdonfhire 5 
and, onthe fame day, at the vicarage houfe, 
t Ives, Mrs Smith, his wife. A family 
of eight children is thus unfortunately de- 
prived of both their parents in one Gay. A 
truly afflictive circumftance. 
NORFOLK.” 
Application is intended to be made to Par- 
liament, in the enfuing feffion, for an a& for 
better lighting, watching, cleanfing, paving, 
and improving, the city’ of Norwich—im- 
provements which have been long wanted, 
and which will produce to the inhabitants the 
moft extenfive and permanent advantages. 
Application is intended to be made to Par- 
liament, in the enfuing feffion, for an a& 
to make a navigable canal from the river 
Thames at Shadwell to Waltham Abbey, 
and from thence, either now, or at fome fu- 
ture period, to open a water communication 
with Lynn in this county, by a cut from 
Bifhop’s Stortford, into the navigable part of 
the river Cam, ; 
Married.| Mr. R. Chamberlain, of Wood- 
ling, to Mifs M. Rackham, of North Fin- 
ham —-Mr. R. Kirble, of Eaft Lexham, to 
Mifs C. Browne, of Acle.—T. Burton, jun. 
efq. of the Eaft Suffolk Militia, eldef 
fon of T. Burton, efg. of Bracondale-hill, 
near Norwich, to Mifs M. Watfon, of Yar- 
mouth.—Lieutenant J. Ellis, of the royal 
navy, to Mifs F. Haw, one of the daughters 
of the late Mr. J. Haw, rope-maker, at 
Yarmouth. : 
At Norwich, Mr. §. Smith, cotton ma- 
nufacturer, to Mifs Clabburn.—J. Wigg, 
gentleman, of Whickmore, to Mifs Burrell, 
—Mr. J. Holmes, of Upton, to Mrs. E. Crow. 
—Mr. Taylor, upholfterer, to Mrs. Rey- 
nolds.—Mr. R. Goddard, to Mifs Ellis, both 
of Eaft Dereham. iy 
Died.| At Norwich, aged 84, Mr. J. 
Browne, taylor; well known for his une 
common ingenuity in patchwork. 
' Ageda%, Mr. J. Caulk, miller.—Aged 39, 
Mrs. Colman, wife of Mr. Colman, manu- 
faturer—-In her 72d year, Mrs, Mofs.— 
. Aged 
