1810.] 
anxiety to Jand dispatches from the Marqvis 
Wellesley, then at Seville, he was exposed to 
a great deal of bad weather, in the latter end 
of last October; and after making use of the 
speaking trumpet, when it blew a gale of 
wind, ina fit of coughing he broke a blood 
vessel. However, as it was the first wish of 
his heart to go out in his new ship, he pro- 
ceeded to Portsmouth, and had nearly fitted 
her for sea, when he broke the ruptured ves- 
sel a second time. The physician of the 
fleet then gave it as his opinion, thar it was 
certain death to enter into active service, and 
ordered him home, where he gradually declin- 
ed till death put a period to his sufferings, 
Such is a brief sketch of the life of this ex- 
cellent young man. Asan officer, his merits 
were of the very highest order, and gave pro- 
mise of his one day earning the right to be 
enrolled in the annals of his country, amongst 
those who have done so much honor to it, 
by their courage and capacity. _. An attention 
to his duty that was uuremitting, a perfect 
knowledge of his profession, an intripidity 
that never failed him when present death was 
before his eyes, for then have we witnessed 
him; but aboveall, a lively regard to the com- 
forts of his crew formed only a part of those 
qualities which formed his title as an officer. 
On board his ship he never allowed the mean- 
est cabin boy to be struck, and perhaps there 
was no other in which there were fewer pu- 
nishments. Those only, whoknew him inti-+ 
mately, can form an adequate idea of the 
kindness and virtues of his noble heart, he 
was the delight of his friends, and it may be 
said of him, with the greatest truth, that he 
was one of the brightest ornaments of the 
arduous and henorable profession which he 
had chosen. 
At Hereford, Mars. Preece.-—Mrs. Whittall, 
85.—Mr. Joseph Smith.—Mrs, Eliz. Jones, 
sister of the late John J. esq. 65.—-Mr. Peter 
Dickins, a member of the body corporate, 70. 
—The Rev. Samuel Powell, rector of Priden- 
bury, and curate of Bromyard. 
At Stoke Edith Court, Mr, John Maull, 
73, house-steward to the late Hon. Edward, 
Foley, in whose family he had lived sixty 
years. 
At Hoarurthy, Mr. Richard Smith, who 
atsended the Hereford assemblies, near forty 
years, as a harper. 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
Cheltenham will be highly improved by 
the completion of the iron rail-way now ma- 
king from Glocester to that place, which wi!l 
be effected in the course of the summer, and 
enable the inhabitants to- procure their coals 
at 17s. 6d.3 for which they now pay 45s. 
per ton. 
Married.|, At) Cirenc-ster, Mr. White, 
jun, to Miss Horion.—-Jyames Cornoc!:, esq. 
of Gossingtoa Hal), Slimbridge, to Margaret, 
youngest daughter of the late Mr. Laylor, 
of Newnham. 
The Rev. H. Portmore Cooper, vicar of 
Montrury Mac. No, 200, 
Gloucestershire—Oxford. 
Evesham, Worcestershire, to Margaret Hud 
son, youngest daughter of the Rev. Wm. 
Scott, rector of Willersey. 
The Rev. George Wasey, rector of White 
ington, in this county, to Miss Frodsham, 
eldest daughter of Captain F. of the royal 
navy. 
Died.| Atthe Hoggins Farm, St. Briavell’s, 
Mr. Wiiliam Allen. 
At Cirencester, Mrs. Wilkins, relict of 
Wm. W. esq. 84:—-Mr. Charles Wilkins.» 
Mr. Thomas Griffith. . 
At Twigworth, Mrs. Herbert. | 
At Gloucester, Mrs. Cooper, of Bath.—e 
Mrs. Crump, 83. 
At Gheltenham, John Lucas, esq. 53.—0 
Charles Northwood, esq. 53. 
At Sevenhampton, Walter Laurence, 
esq. 81. 
At Newent, Elizabeth, youngest daughter 
of Mr. Aycrigg, surgeon. ; 
At Tewkesbury, at the houseof her uncle, 
H. W. Harris, esq., Mary Anne, eldest 
daughter of C. S. Timins, esq, R.N. 
OXFORDSHIRE, 
As some workmen were lately making a 
cut for a thrashing machine, through the 
rick-yard of Mr. Wood, of “eaconsfield farm, 
on the estate of G. Stratton, 294. of Great 
Tew, they came to a subterraneous vault, 
which, when opened, appeared te have been © 
a burial place, as it was built in adry sand 
bed, and was as perfect as when first made. 
The entrance to the south was 18 feet wide, 
with an ante-passage, and the length was the 
same, with a half-circle of rough stone at the 
end; the other walls were plastered; the 
height was 7 feet. The partitions for the 
bodies were made with red tile planks of the 
following sizes: 8 inches and a half by 8 and 
a half, 11 and a half by 11 and a half, and 
21 inches by 113 every one of which was 
(although a thousand years old) as perfect as 
from the kiln, they were 2 feet and a half 
high, and about the same length, but no 
coffins were to be found; they were covered 
over with large tile planks, 23 inches anda 
half by 23 anda half. The planks were or- 
namented with little squares of stone and 
pottery-work, stuck in mortar; the ornaments 
were a vase, fish, and circular variegated 
lines, some of which are preserved. Tc would 
not have been destroyed, but the men, on 
account of the buildings, cou'd not alter the 
intended water course. The bones were large, 
and teeth most perfect is the jaw bones. 
There were flues made of square burric clays 
It was found in a place that had been pasture 
land, and was about 4 inches under ground to 
the first row of planks. he farm is an old 
enclosure, the oak trees on which are going 
to decay. 
‘Died.| At Oxford, the Rev. Wm. Finch, 
one of the lecturers of this city, rector «f 
Tackley, Oxon and Avington, Berks.—Mr, 
Wra. Fielding, scholar of Corpus Christi 
College, and sun of the Rev. Mx, F. of Cane 
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