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MARRIAGES anp DEATHS In ann NEAR LONDON, 
With Biographical Memoirs of diftinguifbed Characters recently deceafeds - 
A Subfcriptionhas been opened at Lloyd’s, for 
the purpofe of educating and putting out 
to fervice the numerous orphans, now at Gi- 
braltar, whofe parents were carried off by the 
dreadful fever'which lately raged there. 
As fome workmen were employed in dig-' 
ging the foundation for a building, near the 
Bedford Nurfery, Duke’s Road, they difco- 
vered a large coffin, and on opening it they 
found the tkeleton of a man of extraordinary 
Jength. At the head of the coffin withm 
was placed a ftone pitcher, and between 
the legs lay a dagger with an illegible in- 
{cription. 
The Literary Club has begun a fubfcrip- 
tion for erecting a monument in St. Paul’s 
Cathedral to the memory of Sir Jofhua Rey- 
nolds, the original founder of that very re- 
{pectable fociety. 
On the 4th of March, the foundation ftone 
of the Eaft India Docks, now conftruéting at 
Blackwall, was laid by captain Jofeph Hud- 
dart in the abfence of the chairman Jofeph 
Cotton, Efq. and John Woolmore, Efq. the de- 
puty chairman, with fome of the other direc- 
tors, amidft a numerous concourfe of people. 
—Thete docks, though not fo large as either 
the London or Weft India Docks, will be ca- 
pable of admitting fhips of larger burthen, 
by having deeper water and locks of larger 
dimenfions. They confift of two docks and 
an entrance bafin. - That for difcharging in- 
wards will cover eighteen acres; that for 
outward bound veffels, nine acres. The en- 
trance bafin will be about three acres. 
Lord Somerville’s Annual Cattle Show 
took place on Monday the 4th of March, 
when Mr. Dixon’s City Repofitory, an Bar- 
bican; was crowded with Agriculturifts, Breed- 
ers, Graziers, &c. to view the exhibition of 
live ftock and agricultural implements, and 
they were amply gratified by a fuperior fhow 
of fine Oxen, Sheep, and Pigs; there bemg 
this year a great number of extra-cattle, be- 
fides thofe fent in as candidates for the fix 
Prizes which Lord Somerville gives on this 
eccafion. Among the cattle exhibited were 
—Two very fine Hereford Oxen, which had 
been worked and fattened by his Majefty, 
under the care of Mr. Froft, which were 
fhewn for the prize; they had been driven 
25 miles to the place of exhibition.—Two 
Devon feven-year-old Oxen, worked by 
Lord Somerville, in whofe team they had 
-done 72 whole and eleven half days work, 
and had fince been driven 160 miles.—Two 
Devon fix-year-old Oxen, worked by the 
Duke of Bedford, which had been fince dri- 
ven 40 miles. A very handfome finall brind- 
led five years old Spanifh cow, which Earl 
St. Vincent»brought over from that country, 
A female bifon, a curious animal, the fize 
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of a middling ox, very high in the fhoulder, 
with fhort horns, full eyes, and a very rough 
head. The moft adinired ftock were Lord 
Somerville’s wrought Devon Oxen, his little 
Devon Cow and a polled Holdernefs Ox, not 
fat. The Duke of Bedford’s Pig was an ate 
tracting objeét. The fleeces of the Merino 
Sheep were highly approved of, and the 
dead carcafes of the crefs between the Spa- 
nifh and Ryeland, and the Spanifh and South 
Down afforded an exhibition of the fineft mute 
ton of both kinds that perhaps ever was feen. 
The following day the company infpeéted 
the careafe of Lord Somerville’s Merino Wee 
ther, twenty-two months old, which had been 
fo much admired when alive, for the unpa- 
ralleled firmnefs of the wool, and the good- 
nefs of its fhape ; the mutton proved very fat 
and fine, weight 63lb. with 8£1lb of rough fat. 
Mr. Money Hill’s two3 year old South Down 
Wethers weighed 105]b. with 142Ib. of fat, 
and 106Ib. with 21lb. of fat. After a mie 
nute infpection of a number of animals, 
both alive and in a flaughtered ftate, and 
a variety of improved implements of agri- 
culture, the Society adjourned to Free- 
mafon’s Tavern, where a fumptuous dinner 
was provided at the tole expence of Lord 
Somerville, which was attended by the moft 
humerous company eveg feen in that houfe. 
A cro{stable atthe top was filled by Noblemen. 
His Lordthip of courfe prefided, and was 
fupported on his right by the Duke of Bed- 
ford, and on his left by the Ruffian Prince 
Bariatinfki. As foon as the cloth was with- 
drawn a number of appropriate toafts were 
given, and the prizes were adjudged to the 
fuccefsful candidates. The priucipal were 
difpofed of in favour of the following gen- 
tlemen:—Mefirs Palmer and Hudfon, two 
filver cups, value 301. each, for the bet yoke 
or pair of oxen, which have worked together 
in yoke or in harnefs for the {pace of three 
years, previous to their bemg turned up to 
grafs.—Mr. Webber, a prize cup of 201. for 
the fecond beft.——-The Duke of Bedford, fe- 
cond prize of 201. for the beft breed of Down 
wether fheep. The two prizes of 6 guineas 
and 4 guineas for the bef Shepherds were, 
adjudged to the Shepherds of Mr. xIhnan 
and the Duke of Bedford upon certificates 
which did infinite credit to their {kill and at- 
tention. The firft out of 701 Lambs loft but 
19; the other out of 471 loft but i1. The 
Duke of Bedtord made a fhort elegant 
{peech, in which he enumerated the national 
obligations to Lord Somerville, for the emn- 
lation he had fo nobly excited in the four 
years that he had held out thete prizes, and 
invited the fkilful to affemble in this manner, — 
The exhibition of this year was a mo% noble 
and gratifying reward jor his exertions: and 
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