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thofe at Bexhill, the refult would probably 
have been as fuccefsful. 
Married.| At Chichefter, Mr. Bradford, 
to Mifs Blagden, daughter of John B. efgq. 
alderman of that city.—-Mr. George Gates, 
to Mrs. Treagus, widow of Mr. T, .. | 
Died] At Haftings, in the prime of life, 
Mrs. Supple, wife of Captain S. of the 17th 
light dragoons, and daughter of the late 
George Fenwick, efg. of Salitbury. 
_ | At Lewes, Mrs. Jane Wood, late of the 
Carpenter’s Arms.—Mr. James Wicholfon, 
dancing matter, 5£. He was a well informed 
man, poflefled a competent knowledge of 
mufic, and had obtained no inconfiderable 
feure of celebrity in his profefiion. 
At Erringham, Mrs, Batcock, wife of Mr. 
5B, yeoman. 
At-Cucsfield, James Wood, efq. late of 
Etickfted, who about twenty years ago was 
high sherif of the county. 
HAMPSHIRE. 
Married.| At Southampton, Lieutenant 
Shaw, of the 31f foot, to Mifs Light. 
At Portfmouth, Lieutenant W. S. Key, of 
his Majeity’s fhip Leopard, to MiisS. F. Hurft, 
eldeft daughter of the late Captain H. of the 
Royal navy.—Lieutenant Trufs, to Mifs Eg- 
ton, fitter to Mrs. Eaftman, jun. of Portfea. 
-—iMr. Jofeph Williams, fhoemaker, to Mifs 
Urguhart. 
At Ringwood, Mr. Thomas Cooke, of 
Alresford, eldeft fon of Thomas C, efq, of 
Newport, Ifle of Wight, to Mifs Dawfon. 
Died.| At. Keyhaven, near Lymington, 
Mrs. Green, wife of Wm. G. efq., and filter 
of Sir John D’Oyley, bart. 
At Southampton, Mrs. Smith.--Mrs. Tre- 
monger, wife of Jofhua I. efg. of Wherwell. 
Houfe, Andover. 
At Portfea, Covey, cook of one of 
the fhips in ordinary at Portfmouth, who loit 
both his legs on board the Venerable, Lord 
Duncan’s flag fhip, in the glorious action off 
Camperdown. The following trait in this 
brave wan’s character is related by Dr. Dun- 
can, chaplain of the Venerable :—-** You are 
not,” fays the Doctor, ** to imagine I was 
circumicribed to the narrow bounds of my 
clerical office 5 in the day of blood I was on 
triple duty : alternately ating as failor, chap- 
lain, and furgeon’s atfiftant, when the battle 
might. be truly faid to bleed inevery vein, I 
was now called to minifter to the recovera- 
ble, now the irrecoverable. A marine of the 
mame of Covey was brought down to the 
furgery, deprived of both his legs; and it 
was neceflary, fome hours afterwards, to am- 
putate itill higher. ‘1 fuppofe (fays Covey) 
thofe d—d fciffars will finith the bufinefs of 
the bullet, mafter mate? ‘ Indeed, my 
brave fellow, (cried the furgegn), there is 
fome fear of it. © Well, never mind, (cried 
Covey,) I’ve lof my legs to be fure, and 
mayhap may lofe my life; but we beat the 
Dutch; d—n me, we have beat the Dutch; 
’ this blefled day my legs have been fhot off, 
Monrury Mas. No. 144. 
Hamp/fhi re—Wiltfoire—Berkpire. 
» huzza!'” 
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fo Ill have another cheer for it—huzza! - 
This anecdote plainly fhews that 
Covey was naturally a brave man; he ufed 
often to te!l the circumftance, with tears in 
his ayes: for what the pangs of that diftreft. 
ing moment could not produce, his fubfe- 
quient reflections and new manner of life did. 
He was awful as a fwearer, as he afterwards 
felt and acknowledged ; but long before his 
death, his oaths were turned into praifes, and 
his laft words were—-Hallelujah ! Hellelu- 
jahI—By the burfting of a blood-veffel, 
Lieutenant J. Lloyd, of his Majefty’s fhip 
Dreadnought..-Mrs Woodward, wife of Mr. 
W.*filverfmith, Gofport. 
4t Winchefter, Mrs. Heathcote, wife of 
the Rev. Mr. H. fellow of Winchefter col- 
lege, 24. if 
WILTSHIRE. 
Married.] At Salifbury, Mr. Grant, of 
Bath, to Mifs Stinchcomb, late of the Clofe 
of Sarum. After the ceremony, the new- 
married pair, accompanied by the bride-maid, 
&c. fec off onatour of pleafure forthe day ; 
and on their return to Salifbury, the bride- 
groom had the mortification to receive an of- 
ficial notice, that there had been an infor- 
mality in his application for the licence, 
which xendered it void; in confequence of 
which, another licence was obtained'on the 
following morning, when the parties were 
again married at the cathedral (the proper 
patifh church of the lady), and, thus doubly 
bound, the happy pair and their friends fet 
off for Bath. 
W. N. Peach, efg. of Murfton, near 
landford,; Dorfet, to Mifs Goodman, of 
Marlborough. 
At Devizes, Captain Edwards, of the 624 
regiment of foot, to Mifs A. R. Carpenter, 
youngeft daughter of the late Richard C, efq. 
Died.) At Salifbury, Mr. Uriah Garrett, 
foreman to Mr. Norton, cabinet maker.—=Mr. 
Thomas Dew, fecond fon of Mr. John D. - 
_ hatter, 19.—Mre. Sarah Smith.—Mrs. Wil- 
liams, wife of Mr. W., late an eminent 
builder of Fulham, Middlefex.—Mifs Frances 
Bracher, daughter of Mrs. B. 24. 
At Downton, Mrs. Senior, wife of Mr. 
Samuel S.. butcher. . 
‘At Tifbury, Mr. Elias Targett, 62. ; 
At Bulbridge Houfe, Mrs. Moody, relié& 
of Wm. M. efg. of Bathampton. 
At Horningham, Wm. Everett, efq. 
At Marlborough, Mr..Wm. Anderfon. 
BERKSHIRE, 
Married.] At Newbury, Mr. Edward Sar- 
ney, jun. of Soundefs Houfe, Oxfordfiire, 
to Miis Harriet Gray. i 
At Reading, Mr. Samuel Field, of Bifhopf- 
gate, London, to Mifs Tanner, daughter of 
Mr. 'T.—The Chevalier de Tremerreuc, to 
Mifs Lloyd, elde(t daughter of Samuel An- 
drews L. elq. of Newbury. 
Died.} At Reading, Lieutenant Colonel 
Veliey, late of the Oxfordthire militia, and 
4 long 
