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prefent mode of treading hops into the bag. 
The labour of performing this, is, he ob- 
ferves, very confiderable ; the procefs tedious 
and fatiguing ; and the mode of operation 
highly injudicious. By the prefent mode 
the bag is fufpended from the floor, and’ from 
the circumftance of its hanging in the air, 
there can be no counteraktion from a folid 
body prefling againit the fides of the bag, 
whence the hops are comprcffed into the 
fack ; nor can the preflure of human feet, 
and a ftick or hammer in human hands, be 
expected to operate with that force and cele- 
rity of effeét, which may be accomplithed by 
the aid of mechanical inftruments. The 
medium of preflure to be brought in imme- 
diate contaét with the fuperior furface of 
each layer of hops fhould be, as nearly as pof- 
fible, of the dimenfions of the infide of the 
fack, fo that the preffure may be made 
equally and at once. This correfpondent 
therefore propofes that a weil (to which he 
appropriates the novel term of hoppary,) 
flould be erected, either exactly {quare, or of 
a circular form, made of wood, and lined with 
iron (The hoppary thus formed, fhould, he 
conceives, by law, be confined by A& of Par- 
liament to certain precife dimentions, fo that 
when the hops are duly facked, the weight 
may be afcertained with nearly as much ac. 
curacy by meafure as by weight. This cir- 
cumftance would, he conceives, greatly tend 
to facilitate the purpofes of commercial 
transfers, as a rule and pencil would prove 
nearly as uféful inftruments to afcertaia the 
value as fcales and weights “Lhe article of 
cleanlinefs, it is further obferved, is of fome 
importance, and requires attention. No hu- 
man fweat or urine would in this cafe be 
lodged in the fack, a lefs quantity of air 
would be left between the leaves, and of ! 
courfe this ufeful plant would be kept longer 
in a fweet and pure ftate than it now can 
pofibly be. This correfpondent further ob- 
ferves, in conclufion, that the fame ponde- 
rous weight, whofe elevation and depreifion 
by pullies fupply the means for filling the 
hoppary, and comprefling the hops in the 
clofeft manner, would by a few ftrokes, 
when the fupport is drawn from the lower 
aperture of the hoppary, be the ready inftru- 
ment of caufing its protrufion through the 
metallic cylinder. A fimple proof of this 
réeafoning may be afforded, though on a fmall 
{cale, in the fhops of retail tobacconifts, wha: 
have what this correfpondent latinically 
calls a Nicetimple, for filling fmall papers 
with certain {mall parcels of tnat plant, cc, 
Married.| in London, J. James, elq. of 
Afhley, Devon, to Mifs Lawrence, of Eaton 
Bifhop, in this county.——Mr. W. Webb, gro- 
cer, of Hereford, to Mifs Payne, of Bream’s- 
buildings. 
At Upton Bithop, near Rofs, Mr. T. 
Mears, of Wellington, near Cheiter, to Mifs 
E. Pearce, fecond daughter of Mr. 5. Pearce, 
an opulent farmer, 
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At Madley, near Hereford, Mr. E, Guy, 
of London, to Mifs M. Pritchard. 
At Linton, Mr. T. Sarjeant, of Mitchel- 
deane, to Mits Powell, youngeft daughter of 
the late Mr. J. Powell. 
Died.| At Hereford, Mrs. Davies, wife 
of Mr. Davies, of the Black Lyon Inn.—-Mrs. 
Rogers, relict of the late Mr. J. Rogers, gla- 
ziet.—-Mrs. Croofe, widow of the late J. 
Croofe, efg. of the Lodge. 
At Ledbury, in his 73d year, Mr. W. Bel- 
lers. 4 
Mr. Adams, of Lyde, near Hereford. 
, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 
Married.}| At Newland, in this county, 
Mr. Weeks, linen-draper, of London, to Mifs 
S. Malway, of Coldwell. 
At Chacoley, Worcefterfhire, F, Wilkin- 
fon, efq. of Cahirelly, in the county of Lime- 
rick, Ireland, to Mifs M. A. Neale, late of 
Gloucetter, 
At Littleton, in this county, Mr. J. Ir- 
ving, of Briftol, to Mifs E. Taylor. 
At Weftbury upon Trim, Mr. W. Inman, 
merchant, of Britel, to Mifs Young.——Lieu- 
tenant Lawrence, of the marines, to Mifs 
Wife, of Caldicot, Monmouthfhire, — Mr. 
Proctor, jun. of Tewktbury, to Milfs Broome, 
of Briftol. f 
Died.| At Gloucefter, Mr. Helps, fen. of 
Barton-ftreet. — Mr. T. Gough, haulier.— 
Aged upwards of 96, Mrs. Whalley.—Aged 
704 Mrs. Lewis, a refpectable and truly inde- 
fatigable teacher of moft of the young chil- 
dren of refpectability of this city and neigh- 
bourbood, upwards of forty years. She was 
kind to her neighbours, and ever attentive 
to the diftrefles of the poor. ~ 
Mr. Meadows, baker. 
At Badminton, aged 17, Lady Anne Eli- 
zabeth Somerfet, youngeft daughter of the 
Duke of Beaufort. 
Mr. Taylor, formerly of the Crown public- 
houfe, on Corfe Lawn. He is fuppofed to 
have been accidentally drowned, as he had 
been fome days mifiing, and his body was 
found in the Severn, near the Weftgate- 
bridge, at Glouceiter, 
E. Chapp, efq. of Old Sodbury.——Mrs. §. 
C. Pearfall, of May’s Hill. Aue 
At Cheltenham, J. Topham, efg. F.R.S, 
and F A.S, 1767, and treafurer to the latter 
Society. Mr, Topham, was a native of Mal- 
ton, in Yorkthire ; and while employed in 
an humble fituation under the late P.C. 
Webb, efq. folicitor to the treafury, he ac- 
quired fuch a knowledge of ancient hands and 
muniments, as raifed him to a place in the 
State Paper office, where he afiociated with 
his friends and patrons, the late Sir Jofeph 
Aylyffe, bart. and Thomas Aftle, efq. He 
was alfoane of the gentlemen engaged in 
preparing for the prefs the fix volumes of 
the Rolis of Parliament; an office in which 
he fusceeded his friend R. Blyke, efq. with 
whom, in the year 1775, he was joint editor 
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