1807. ] 
At Beccles, Mrs. Aldis, 56. 
At Lakenheath, Mr. Anthony Willett, 72. 
At Bury, Mr. George Griggs, storekeeper 
ef the newly erected depot, formerly a lieu- 
tenant in the West Suffolk militiaa—Mrs. 
Mitchell, of the Red LionInn. She went to 
bed in apparent good health, but by two,in the 
morning expired, as it is supposed in an apo- 
plectic-fit, before medical assistance arrived, 
-— Mrs. Elizabeth Gallant, 76. 
ESSEX. 
Married.| At Hatfield Peverel, William 
Tooke, esq. of Cray’s Inn, to Amelia, third 
daughter of the late Samuel Shaw, esq. of 
St. Crix’s in the same parish. 
At East Ham, William Morley, esq. of 
Green Street House, aged 68, to Miss S. 
Crook, an amiable young woman of colour, 
26. 
At Little Waltham, Mr. Jolin Beardwell, 
to Miss Lewin. 
At Guestingthorp, William Haydon, esq. 
of Guilford, Surry, to Miss Margaretta 
Walker, eldest daughter of Edward W. esq. 
ef the former place.—Mr. Joseph Howes, of 
Rochford, to Miss Potter, of Southminster. 
Died.| | At Rayne Parsonage, Mrs. Green- 
hill, widow of the late Thomas G. esq. of 
Watford, Herts. 
At Torrell’s Hall, Mrs. Crabb, wife of John 
C. esq. , 
At his seat, the Retreat, near Danbury, 
Thomas Michael Nowell, esq. the eldest 
of Readhall, near Preston, Lancashire ; emi- 
nent as a physician and promoter of the vaccine 
inoculation in the north of France, in which, 
country he was so much respected, even in 
the time of Robespierre, that every attention 
was paid to him, his family, and every person 
whom it fell in his way to protect. His 
abilities had such weight with Bonaparte, as 
to procure him permission to return to Eng- 
land, or traverse France. 
At Great Bentley, Mr Thomas Clarke, jun. 
At Maldon, Mr Henry Nicholls Pattisson. 
At Kelvedon, Mr. Richard King, 50. 
F At Brick House Farm, Maldon, Mr, Aaron 
Hurrell, 54. 
At Chelmsford, Mr. Richard Hartley, for- 
merly of the Black Boy Inn.—Miss Eliza 
French, 16. 
At Great Baddow, Mrs. Leonora Thomas, 
od lady of John T. esq. one of the deputy 
ieutenants and magistrates of the county, 58. 
_ She was the daughter of the late Rear-admira} 
Godsalve, whose tamily has long been resident 
in this county, and was related to the 
noble family of Athol. She possessed highly 
accomplished manners, and real goodness of 
heart. 
Mrs. Lugar, wife of the Rev. Marshal L. 
Vicar or Elmstead. 
KENT. 
The royal military canal from Shorncliffe 
through Romney-marsh to Cliff-End, Sussex, 
3s now nearly perfected throughout the whole 
Esserc—Kent. 
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line, and ina course of nearly thirty miles, 
with only two locks. The towing paths, 
bridges, and the rampart, are now forming 3 
and at every angle in the line, of which 
there are aboutsforty, at diftances of about 
halfa mile from each angle, it is intended 
to mount heavy ordnance, in all upwards of 
eighty pieces. ' 
According to Somner, by a grant made in 
the year 1297, from the prior and convent of 
St. Gregory, to the prior and convent of 
Christ’s Church, Canterbury, the latter were 
to have a water-course through the orchard 
of the former, from their conduit in the North 
Holmes, to their reservoir in the Cathedral 
Precinct: which water-course, as the words 
of the grant express, the prior and convent 
of St. Gregory, ** were to preserve safe and 
unhurt, in as much as in them lay and to 
permit the workmen of Christ Church to have 
free egress and regress, as often as might be 
necessary, for the care and repair of the same.” 
This right has been preserved, with some 
trifling interruptions, from the above date 
until the present period, when, in consequence 
of the grounds forming the priory havingbeen 
parcelled out and disposed of, that part, the 
orchard above referred to, was purchased, and 
barracks erected thereon. In the course of 
this work and alsoin forming the new military 
road, the leaden pipe was much intersected, 
and the regular supply of water was so ma- 
_ terially obstructed, that on the representation 
branch of the ancient family of the Nowells, — 
of the Dean and Chapter, and in order to 
prevent future litigation, the barrack board 
proffered, at its own expense, to remove the 
pipe, and replace the same in a direct line 
from the large conduit, through the new 
military road into Broad-street. This hasy 
in consequence, lately been carried into exe- 
cution, under the direction of the Dean and 
Chapter’s surveyor, Mr Jesse White. In 
tracing the course of the pipe, and respecting 
the pipe itself, some curious circumstances 
appeared, which may be considered worthy 
of record. It would seem, from the make, © 
that that part which led through the orchard 
of St Gregory, was the pipe originally laid 
down in 1297. It was very perfect, except 
in two or three places, which were corroded 
either by the acidity of the water, or by the 
urine of animals filtrating through the soil. 
It was laid ina bed of fine brick earth, in 
form circular, 34 inches in diameter and 2% 
inches the diameter of the bore, with a seam 
at the top, ridged and jointed, the joints, 
seam and ridge, burnt together. Connected 
with this pipe, a branch was discovered leading 
tothe conventof St. Gregory ; acircumstance 
unknown to the Dean and Chapter, and not 
described in any of their grants. The whole 
length of pipe which has been removed amounta 
to, 2660 feet. Connected with the large 
conduit in the North Holmes, from whence 
the above course takes, are asmaller candui’y 
in a situation above it, and several drains 
from the sides of the Wills; these the Dean 
and 
