1804.] 
nald of che royal marines of his majefty’s thip 
Canopus.—-Lieutenant John Knowlley, late 
of his majefty’s thip Argo. 
At Lymington, Mr. G, Pitt, farmer. 
“WILTSHIRE. 
At Wilton St. Giles’s great fheep fair, near 
S:liibury,the number of fheep penned amount- 
ed to 58,000, and this large number met a 
brifk fale. Tre greate(t demand appeared for 
South Down lambs, which were eagerly bought 
up. Mr. Dodfon obtained the high price of 
25s. 6). for 300 South Down ewe lambs. 
Mefirs. Pokes, Whale, and Parks, purchafed 
at leaft 12,000. Mr. Arthur Mift was offered 
ten guineas for one of his beautiful new Lei« 
cefter rams, for the feafon, which he declined. 
Married] Mr. William Snelgrove, of 
Heytefbury, to Mifs Rolles, of Sutton, n¢ar 
Warminfter. 
At Edington, Mr. Edward Price, of Tin- 
head, to Mifs Taylor. 
At Downton, Sir Edward Smith, bart. of 
Newland Park, Yorkthire, to Mifs Sufansah 
Dawkins, youngeft daughter of H. Dawkins, 
efq. of Standlynch. 
Died |. Aged 16, Mifs Catherine Bowies, 
fifth daughter of William Bowles, efq. of 
Heale.—Mrs. Webb, of Roundhill. 
Mr. James Waight, lseeper of the caunty 
gaol in Fifherton Anger; which fituation he 
held for twenty years, and difcharged its du- 
ties molt honourably and pun¢tually. 
BERKSHIR Es 
Married.| At Reading, the Rev. Mr. 
Smith, to Mifs Maran,—Mr. Benjamin Kent 
of Abingdon, to Mifs Browne, daughter-in- 
law of Mr. Archer of Oxford. 
Died.| At Wallingford, Mrs. Deane, relict of 
the late Rev, W. Deane, rector of Woolhamp- 
ton and Brimptomin this county, and of Dfh- 
ton in Wilts, 
At Reading, Mr. Eleanor Quelch.—Mrs. 
Webb, wife of Mr. Webb, of the Wheat-theaf 
inn.—Mr, William Miller, who had been a 
ichoolmafter at Hungerford upwards of forty 
years, 
At Abingdon, John Galloway, efq. aged 
35 years. ; : 
Near Cardiff, Mifs Mary Adkinof Wind- 
for Caftle, fecond daughter of the late Rev. 
Robert Adkin, of Rainham Norfolk. 
SOMERSETSHIRE, 
At a gencral meeting of the Bath and Weft of 
EnglandS sciety forthe Encouragement of Agri- 
culture, Arts, ManufaGtures and Commerce, 
the report of a committee on a furvey of Lord 
Somerville’s flock of fheep, of the Spanith 
admixture, was read and referred (othe atten- 
Uon of the November meeting. ‘The thanks 
of the fociety were voted to T. Eftcourt, efq. 
for his treatife entitled “* An Account of the 
Refult of an Effort to better the Condition of 
the Poor,” &c. and to Mr, Creafer, furgeon of 
Bath, for his ingenious treatife on a difeafe in 
fheep called the Hydatids, as well as for his 
promife to offer to the fociecy a number of _ 
ether effays in veterinary medjcine. 
Wiltfbire—Berkjhire—Somerfetfbire, Sc, 
371 
The dire€&tors of the Briftoi Dock Com- 
pany have laid before the public a very fatif- 
factory report relative to that concern. They 
ftate that fince the laft general meeting the 
works have been commenced and will be pro- 
fecuted with vigour ; that they have contract- 
ed for cutting much the greater part of the in- 
tended courte for the river Avon, and the 
erection of two iron bridges. They farther 
report, that judging from the prices at which 
they have made the prefent contracts, which 
are confiderably lower than the eftimate, they 
have no reafon to doubt the completion of the 
works at the fum originally eftimated. They 
conclude with ftating that they have begun to 
form towing-paths, which they confidered it 
materia] to the trade of the port, to be fur- 
nifhed with as foonas poffible; and that to 
Judge, of the progrefs of the works, by that 
already made, they will certainly be com- 
pleted within the time fpecitied by the act, 
that is, within four years from their come 
Mencement. 
Married.] At Briftol, Mr. Thomas Fofter, 
of Bath, to Mifs Catharine Crofs.—The Rev. 
William Green Humfray, lecturer of All- 
Saints, and junior-minor canon of the Briftol 
Cathedral, vicar of Romney in Monmouth- 
fhire, and domeftic chaplain to his Grace the 
Duke of Devonthire, to Milfs folitte, of 
Queen-fquare.——Mr, James Moore, to Mis 
Bicknell, 
At Bath, James M‘Pharlan, M. D. to Mifs 
Simfon, daughter of the late William Brooks 
Simfon, efg—Mr. Davis, to Mifs Gould.— 
Mr. ‘John Langley, to Mifs Mary Profler, 
both of Road. 
Died.] At Briftol, Mifs Ormerad.—Mrs. 
Madox, wife of J. Madox, efq.—Mrs. Grei- 
ley, relict of the late John Grefley, efq. 
At Bath, of an apoplectic feizure, Thomas 
Read, efq. of the royalnavy, and late fuper- 
intendant of Halifax, Amer:icaa—Mr. Mills, 
apothecary.—eAged 73, George Paul Monk, 
efq. a lineal defcendant of the celebrated Ge- 
neral Monk, afterwards Duke of Aibemarie. 
—Mrs. Smalling, filter ta the family of 
Matthias’s of Lilangwarren, Pembrokethire, 
—The Rev. George White, 26 years rector 
ef Hunthill. . 
At Mangotsfield, Mrs. Martha Maberly, 
aged 94. 
At Taunton, in an advanced age, Mr. 
Matthew Franklin, mercer. 
DORSETSHIRE. 
Married.] At Lyme, John Mark, efq. of 
Lefkeard, Cornwall, to Mifs Badeley, daugice 
ter of Gill Badeley, efg. of Bath. 
Died.] At Lyme, the Rev. William Evans, 
vicar of that placee—Mr. William Grey, 
youngeft fon of the Rev, Mr. Grey, diflente 
ing minifter, of Stalbridge. 
At Dorchefter, aged 95, Mrs. Richards. 
Mifs Godwin, of the Ship inn, Weft Stour. 
At Sherborne, John Marthall, efq. of Lyme 
Regis.—-Mrs. Tindall, wife of Mr. Thomas 
Tindall, of Weymouth, 
302 DEVONSHIRE. 
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