1805. | 
NORFOLK, 
An application is intended to be made to 
parliament, for an aét to inclofe the commons 
and wafte grounds in the parifh of Methwold. 
A meeting was held at the Guildhall, Nor- 
wich, on the 17th of January, 1805, for the 
purpofe of taking into confideration the pro- 
priety of eftablifhing an hofpital and fchool, 
for the indigent blindy in Norfolk and Nor- 
wich. It wasthere ftated, that the fum of 
10001. would be required for the firft eftab- 
lifhment and that not lefs than 7ool. would 
be annually required for its fupport. It was 
unanimoufly refolved, that fuch an inftitution 
fhould be eftablifhed, and that a fubfcription 
fhould be immediately opened to fupport it. 
The. thanks of the meeting were likewife 
voted to Thomas Tawell, efq. for his liberal 
and munificent offer of a houfe and ground in 
Norwich, for the purpofes of the inftitution. 
Married.} Mr. William Seely, of Brifton, 
to Mifs Elizabeth Newman, of Norwich. 
At Gorlefton, Captain Wetham Clarke, 
to Mifs Plowman, of Bungay.—Mr. S. Kent, 
thipmafter, of Lynn, to Mifs Bradfield, of 
Heachane 
At Little Maffingham, Mr, John God- 
frey, to Mrs Branch, widow of the {fate 
Mr. Stephen Branch, of Wretham.—Mr. 
William Barber, of Sutton, to Mifs Marga- - 
ret Simpfon, daughter of Mr. William Simp- 
fon, of Yarmouth.—-Mr. William Elliot, of 
Old Walfingham, to Mifs Ranfome, daugh- 
ter of Mr. J. Ranfome, of Little Walfingham, 
Died.| At Difs, Mrs. Wifeman, wife of 
Mr. B Wifeman. Whether the charader of 
the deceafed be contemplated as a parent ora 
wife ; whether our attention be direéted to 
the warmth of her friendly attachments, or 
to her uniform kindneis in relieving the wants 
of the neceffitous, and foothing the forrows of 
the affidted, fhe will appear equally exem- 
plary and amiable ; and her memory will be 
cherifhed with as much gratitude by the paor, 
as i¢ will be affectionately imprefled on the 
hearts of thofe who were attached to her by 
the ties of blood or of friendfhip.—Mrs. 
Plumbly, wife of Mr. Piumbly, a refpectable 
farmer of South Repps. 
At Norwich, John Marks, gent. aged 66. 
He was formerly a coniiderable upholder, in 
that city. Juftice to the memory of fo valu- 
able a man demands that tribute of public 
tefpect, which his amiable difpofition, and his 
general! deportment fuily merited. In the re- 
lative duties of hufband father and friend, he 
was exemplary.—Aged 70, Mrs. Moore, the 
eldeft of the furviving twins of the late re- 
{pected Mr. Whomas Angier—Aged 44, 
Mr. Charles Tavis Wright, of Saham-Toney. 
At Gibraltar, Robert Palgrave, efq. regif- 
ter of the Court of Admiralty there, and 
late of Coltifhall, near Norwich, © This is an 
event moft afflicting toalarge family to which 
he was united, not more by the ties of nature, 
than by thofe of acquired affection and ma- 
tured friendfhip. But the lofs of fuch a young 
Norfolk—Suffolk—— Efex. 91 
man will be felt beyond the domeftic circle of 
which he formed fo eftimable a part; for his 
fuperior intelleétual talents, his well direéted 
and extenfive erudition, and above all, his 
high, manly, moral integrity, joined to the 
advantageous fituation in which he was placed 
in commencing his career of life, gave the 
faireft promife, had it been continued, that 
he foon would have become a moft valuable 
and diftinguifhed member of fociety. He had 
but juft entered his twenty-fifth year. 
SUFFOLK. 
Married.] Captain D. Watling, of the 
2d Wet India regiment, to Mifs Letitia 
Browne, of Carleton, fifter of Mr. William 
Browne, of Bury. 
Died.] At Bary, Mrs. Jackfon, wife of Mr. 
Jackfon, of the Chaife and Pair public houfe. 
She was born, married, and buried on Chrift- 
mas day.— Aged sg, Mrs. Battely, wife of 
the Rev. Mr. Battely, of Shotley. 
At Stratford Parfonage, the Rev. Narciffus 
Charles Proby, reétor of Tudenham, St. 
Mary.—-Mr. J. Purr, blackfmith, of Great 
Finborough. His body was found in the river, 
near the Shepherd and Dog inn. Itis fuppofed 
that the deceafed on his return home from 
Stowmarket, in attempting to crofs the river, 
miftook fome rails for the bridge, fell in and 
was drowned. 
Aged 69, Mrs. E. Glover, who had lived 
fifty years in the fame cottage, at Honing- 
ton, andin which fhe gave birth to that ad- 
mired rural poet Robert Bloomfield, author 
of the Farmer’s Boy, 8c. which poem was 
firft written with the fole view of pleafing his 
mother by the recital of fcenes long paffed, 
but by its unprecedented fuccefs on being 
made known to the world, he was enabled te 
contribute much towards the comfort of her 
declining years ; and on hearing of her laft 
illnefs, with that true filial piety which” 
breathes throughout all his produétions, he 
came down from London, and with unwearied 
patience watched her rapid decay till death 
clofed the melancholy fcene. 
Aged 57, at Dartham-houfe, on a vifit to 
Lady Peyton, Mrs. Say, reli€t of the late 
William Say, efq. of Downham, and youngeft 
daughter of the late Henry Bell, efq. of 
Wallington-hall Norfolk. 
ESSEX. 
The flable of Mr. Milbank, of Little Wal- 
tham, was recently confumed by fire, and 
two valuable horfes were burned in it.—In 
the frequent fires which take place in ftables, 
it is always extremely difficult to extricate 
horfes from the impending danger, as very 
few of them can ever be compelled to face the 
flames. A gentleman who has fucceeded in 
more than one inftance in faving fome of thofe 
valuable animals in fuch circumftances, afe 
ferts, that if the harnefs be thrown overa 
draught, or the faddle placed on the back of 
a faddle horfe, he may be led as eafily out of 
the ftable as on common occafions. Should 
M a there 
