6 WORCESTERSHIRE. · Died.] At Worcester, Mr. Henry Ruff. -Mr. W. Hammand, 32,-Mrs. Hudson. At Hopton, John Spooner, esq. At Upton-upon-Severn, Mr. George Steward, surgeon. At Dudley, Joseph Wainwright, esq. licut.-col. of the Dudley Volunteer Infantry, aged 69. He was a man equally distinguished for his public and private virtues. As a patriot, he was loyal, zealous, and active, in his country's cause; as a member of society, his strong judgment, inflexible integrity, and unbounded benevolence, obtained him the highest respect and confidence; as a scholar, his attainments, both in antient and literature, were very considerable; and as a professional man, his skill and abilities were extensively useful and universally acknowledged. He discharged the duties of a husband, of a father, and of a friend, with exemplary fidelity and affection; in every transaction of life he acted conscientiously; and the whole of his conduct was influenced by sound Christian principles. HEREFORDSHIRE. mo.lern Died.] At Hownhall-farm, near Ross, Mrs. Harry. At Ross, Mrs. Jarvis. At Hereford, Mr. Thomas Watkins, bookseller. At Leominster, Mr. Vales, a member of the body corporate of that place. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Married.] At Minchinhampton, Mr. Rich. Horton, apothecary, to Miss Davis, eldest daughter of Mr. Samuel D. At Cheltenham, Dr. Benjamin Haywood Browne, to Elizabeth Selina, eldest daughter of Eyles Irwin, esq. of the county of Fermanagh, Ireland.-Mr. Bachelor, to Mrs. Hathaway. Mr. Sweeting, surgeon, of Stroud, to Miss Window, daughter of H. W. esq. Died] At Newnham, aged 108, Ann Robins. She had been sexton of that parish upwards of 50 years; gave her evidence in a cause tried at Gloucester assizes, about eight years ago, with astonishing clearness and perspicuity; and retained all her faculties to the last. At Gloucester, Mrs. Ann Marman.—Mrs. Cooper, 64-Mrs. Morson. Mrs. Coley.Mrs. Brewer. At Tetbury, Lieut. Colonel H. H. Sloper, commandant of the Horsley and Tetbury volunteer infantry, 43. At Cains-cross, Mrs. Price, 56. At Tewksbury. Mr. John Ludgrove. Mr. Care, sen. At Barnwood. Mr. Thomas Herbert, 74. At Wotton, Mrs. Barrow, 91. At Whitminster, Mrs. Brewer. At Culver House, Mrs. White, 77. At Cheltenham, Mrs. Whitmore. At Painswick, Mr. Charles Brandon Trye. Married.] At Eaton, Mr. John Richardson, of Stamford, to Miss Ann Sibley. At Bedford, James Hallowell, esq. to Miss Partridge. Died.] At Harlington, John Wingate Jennings, esq. 53. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Married Mr. Thomas Hawes Brains, of Hannington, to Miss Knight, eldest daughter of the late Mr. John K. of that place. At Marston St. Lawrence, Mr. John Bazeley, of Farthinghoe, to Mrs. Blancowe. John George, esq. of Bythorne-house, Huntingdonshire, to Miss Angrave, of Holton-house, near Northampton. Died.] At Sudborough-house, Catherine Mary, only daughter of the late Morgan Vane, esq. of Bibby-hall, 19. At Peterborough, Henry Cole, esq. many years steward to Earl Fitzwilliam, 64. At Oundle, Mrs. Mould, wife of Mr. M. surgeon, 31.-Mr. John Adson, 65. At Rothwell, Mr. John Palmer, 84. At Kettering, Mrs. Bayes, wife of Mr. B. jun. At Ravensthorpe, Mrs. Knight, 26. At Hollowell, Mrs. Thong. -Mr. Manning, farmer of Orlinbury. He was found dead in Sy well-lane, on his return from Northampton market. It is supposed his horse fell with him, and he was killed on the spor.-Mrs. Wauchope, wife of the Rev. rector of Warkton. At Northampton, Mr. Drake. HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Married.] At St. Neot's, Mr. J. W Blount, of Wimborne Minster, Dorset, to At Fenstanston, Mrs. Hammond, wife of John H. esq 35. At Ellington, Mr. Hoddell, 76. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Died.] At Kennett, the Rev. Anthony Luther Richardson, rector of that parish, and of Felpham, and Newbourn, near Ipswich. At Ely, Mr. John Richmond, many years keeper of the house of correction in that city, 66.-Mr. John Boyce. At Cambridge, Mr. William Baxter, 52. -Mrs Waterson, relict of Mr. Hesry W. late of Huntingdon, deputy registrar of that archdeaconry, 79. NORFOLK. The following statement will doubtless be highly gratifying to the benevolent friends of the lower orders of society. During the last eleven months, the period of Miss Howell's visit to Norwich, three schools have been established, in which no fewer than two hundred and ninety-four children are now educated, and furnished with sufficient instruction to become useful and respectable members of the community. This great improvement commenced with a school for forty-eight girls, under the immediate superintendance of the Miss Gurneys; and the directors of the charity schools, struck with the superior advantages of the new mode of education, adoptedit in their establishment also; by which means they were enabled to extend its benefits to one hundred and six children, instead of forty, which they had before. An example like this could not fail of imitation, and accordingly another school, containing one hundred and forty children, was soon after projected in St. Paul's churchyard, and is now completely arranged. No. thing so much evinces the excellence of this plan of education, as the striking fact that it has been eagerly adopted by persons of opposite opinions, who have emulated each other in spreading its benefits around. The Court of Guardians, with a praise-worthy attention to the interests of those more immediately committed to their care, have prepared a room, which will be speedily opened, for the instruction of about fifty children, belonging to the workhouse; and this is the first attempt with which we are acquainted, to provide a moderate but Sufficient education for those who are placed in the most abject situation of society. On this account we consider this part of the plan as the most important of any, and promising the greatest advantages. At the late general meeting of the Norfolk Agricultural Society, at Lynn, there was no stock shewn for the premiums of fered. Mr. Chambers, a butcher, near Lynn, shewed a cow, which was bred and fed by Mr. Bell, of Wallington, in this county she was dried so late as the 29th of last September, and yet, by grass, hay, and turnips, exhibited the most meat that could well be expected upon so small a bone. Mr. Marsters, of Gaywood, shewed an excellent two-shear Leicester wether, which was slaughtered, and weighed 391tbs. per quarter, with 18lbs. of tallow. Mr. Coke, of Holkham, sent four south-down wethers, of which two were shearlings, and the other two shear; the weight of one of the shearlings slaughtered was 25lbs. per quarter, with 15lbs. of fat; the others were such as Mr. Coke always produces, very good. There were three claimants of the premium for at least nine acres of water meadows, and one for at least five acres: and two claimants of the premium for lucerne. These claims were referred to judges, to be decided in the course of this year. The society ordered 50s. to be paid to each of the four meritorious labourers in husbandry, certificates of their merit having been previously sent to the secretary, according to the direction of the society. To George Reader, a cottager of West Tofts, for keeping bees, the society ordered 21. At the same meeting it was resolved to petition parliament against the bill now pending to prohibit the distillation of spirits from barley. The unusual precipitan cy with which this bill is carrying through the house, precludes the society from the opportunity of requesting a public meeting upon the occasion, and has induced them to send the petition with all the dispatch possible to the principal places of the county for signature. The points upon which this petition is grounded, are,-1st, That the necessity which existed at the time when the prohibition was first instituted (viz. the abundance of sugar in hand) is now done away; and the 2nd, That the badness of the season during the last harvest was such as to prevent the barley crop from being got in as it ought: the consequence is, that most of the barley was so much injured, that it is unfit for malting, and not saleable, except at such a price as will not remunerate the farmer his expenses of cultivation. Married.] At Sculthorpe, the Rev. Horatio Dowsing, rector of North Barsham, to Mrs. Jones of Cranmer House. At Yarmouth, Captain Thomas Gunton, of Bermondsey, Surry, to Miss Mary Smith. At Norwich, Mr. W. A. Burridge, printer, to Miss Charlotte Caroline Smith. At Swatkham, Mr. James Shalders, pr nter and bookseller, of Holt, to Miss E. Stapleton. At Attleburgh, Mr. Robert Sheldrake, attorney, to Miss Mary Atmore. T. blake, esq. of Yelverton, to Miss Nichols, eldest daughter of J. Nicholls, esq. of Hales. Died.] Died.] At East Dereham, Mrs. Priscilla Alpe. At Swardestone-hall, in the 98th year of her age, Mrs. Mary Berney, the last surviving daughter of Thos. B. esq. of the same place, who died in 1720, and the last surviving sister of the late John B. of Braconhall, esq. At North Walsham, Mrs. Raven. At Yarmouth, Mrs. Benyon, 45. At Harleston, Mrs. Eliz. Heyman, widow of Henry H. esq. of Stroud, Kent, 81. At Cromer, Mr Francis Pearson, 85. At Swaffham, Mr. Anthony Hyde.-Mrs. Randall, relict of Robert R. gent. and sister of Mrs. Dusgate, of Tring. At Tring, Thos. Dusgate, esq. and about three weeks afterwards, his wife, Mrs. D. At West Walton, Mr. Watts. At Holverstow-hall, Mrs. Munsey, 72. At New Houghton, Mr. John Mitchell, 75.-Mr. Reynolds, surgeon, of Massingham. He was called upon to attend the above Mr. Mitchell, and, while at his house, expired, by a similar fit to that which proved fatal to his patient. At Trunch, Harriet, second daughter of the Rev. M. Ward, 23. At Downham Market, Mr. Keen Bunkall, 91. Mr. James Hampson, 56. At Norwich, Mrs. S. Chapman, 88.-Mr. James Page, 77.-Miss Ann Barrow.-Mr. J. S. Boulter, 30.-Mrs. Hannah Toft, 77. Mr. James Boardman, 51.-Mrs. H. Gardiner, 71.-Mrs. Kinghorn, wife of Mr. K, dissenting minister, 71.-Mrs. Ayres, 84. -Mr. James Girlington, 78.-Mrs. Martineau, wife of Philips Meadows M. esq. surgeon, 58.-Mr. John Fransham, teacher of the Greek and Latin languages, and mathematics, 79.-Mr James Pitchers. At Gunton House, Harbord lord Suffield, 76. SUFFOLK. A piece of garden-ground, at Ipswich, has been purchased for the purpose of being converted into a provision market; and the corporation have offered premiums for plans for the best mode of constructing the same. Married.] At Beighton, B. L. Clayton, esq. surgeon, of Norton, to Mrs. Midson, widow of Robert M. esq. late of Stowmarket. E. Fuller, esq. of Carlton-hall, near Saxmundham, to Miss Tatnall, daughter of W, T. esq. of Leiston Old Abbey. Died.] At Cockfield-hall, Sir John Blois, bart. 71. He is succeeded by his eldest son, now sir Charles Blois, bart. lieutenantcolonel of the Ouse and Derwent volunteer corps of infantry. in her 83d year, Mrs. Wakeham, relict of the Rev. D. W. dean of Bocking. At Lavenham, Miss Eleanor Branwhite. John Mudd, esq. At Barningham, Mr. John Day, 78. At Clare, Mrs. Mary Harrison. At Gunton-hall, Mrs. Fowler. At Ipswich, Mrs. M. Hingeston, daughter of the Rev. Mr. H. formerly master of the grammar-school of that town. Mrs. Parish, a maiden lady, whose benevolent disposition induced her to relieve every one whose necessities appeared to call on her charity; she actually had 20 pensioners living at her house when she died, besides children supported at different schools, and numbers relieved by her occasional donations. At Beccles, Mr. John Allcock, 70. At Bury, Mr. Felix Loveless.-Mrs. Ely. -Mr. Richard Ward Mrs. Knowles, relict of the late Rev. Dr. K. prebendary of Ely, and lecturer of St. Mary's in this town, 85. At Little Bently hall, Mrs. A. King. The Rev. George Dinsdale, rector of Stratford St. Andrew, and vicar of Benhall, both in this county. AtWest-thorp, Mr. Robert Whistlecraft,97. At Melford, Mrs. Baker, 72. At Halesworth, Mr. John Wade, of the Angel Inn. ESSEX. Married.] At Writtle, Samuel Simpson, esq. of Isleworth, Middlesex, to Miss Mary Parnell, daughter of the late Mr. P. of Grays, near Writtle. At Waltham Abbey, Mr. Nathaniel Davis, attorney, Lothbury, to Miss Catharine Wallis, daughter of Thomas W. esq. Died.] At Writtle, Mr. Finch, of the Rose and Crown. At Woodbridge Cutting, gent. 91. At Roxwell, Mrs. Birch, wife of the Rev. Richard B. 78. At Harwich, Mr. Cornelius Colosson, sen. 74 At Colchester, Mrs. Craven, wife of Benja. C. esq. and daughter of the late William Kerstemean, esq.-Whilst attending divine service at Holy Trinity Church, Mr. Martin Riddellsdell, 80. He was apparently in good health, till, falling suddenly into the arms of the persons in the pew with him, he in a few minutes expired without a struggle. At Sible Hedingham, Mrs. Maria Sedgwick, relict of Thomas S. esq. of Hack KENT. It appears on an examination of the accounts made by requisition of parliament, that the amount of the repairs done to the cathedral of Canterbury during the last 20 years, is 21,0051. giving an annual average of 1050. 5s. At half past two o'clock, on Tuesday, January 16th, the corning-house, No. 4, in the king's powder-mills, at Faversham, blew up with a most tremendous explosion. Of the six mea employed in the building at the time, four were blown to pieces, and their bodies and limbs were scattered to a distance of upwards of one hundred yards from the site of the building. One of the arms was found on the top of a high elm tree. The fifth man was taken up alive, but no hopes of his recovery were entertained. The sixth man, George Holmes, the foreman of the work, singular to relate, was found alive also, sitting in the midst of the smoking ruins, with his clothes burning; but he was otherwise not much injured, and is likely to do well. At the door of the corninghouse was standing a tumbrel, or covered waggon, with two horses and a driver. The waggon was blown to pieces, and the driver and horses were killed. Of three horses employed in the building, two have perished, but the third is living. No circumstances have transpired from which an opinion can be formed with respect to the cause of the accident: it is the third of the kind that has happened at these mills within these seven years. A plan is in contemplation, by which it is hoped that these fatal accidents may in great measure be prevented. It is intended not only to simplify the machinery, so that the power of one horse only will be required, but the whole of the works are to be sunk in the ground, with a loose roof of weatherboarding, which, in the event of the compo sition taking fire, will fly off and give vent to the explosion. of, without any compensation, except one arising from harbour dues. The pier heads pound in every clear one hundred pounds, also are naturally formed by two clumps of rocks placed at a distance of two hundred and ninety feet, forming the channel through it is here worthy of remark, that there will which vessels are to enter the harbour; and never be less than twelve feet of water at any other harbours cannot be entered but at the time of the tide, whereas Dover and many height of the tide-this is an incalculable advantage, in a commercial point of view, ting the channel. The materials required as well as to the safety of the vessels navigain the erection of this harbour will be free of expense to the company-the labour will constitute the chief expenditure. Under these circumstances, therefore, we are not to be surprised that this important undertaking Jessop), at the very small sum of 22,0001. is estimated by an eminent engineer (Mr. which has been raised by four hundred and forty shares, of 501. each, payable by instalments of not more than 15. per annum. Besides these natural advantages, Folkstone being much the nearest point of communication with the continent, the dues for passage boats and merchandize in time of peace will alone that we are to look for advantage in be immense; but, it is not to this source this undertaking, for in time of war also, the dues of this harbour will yield a very large per-centage on the capital. Among the increasing fishery of Folkstone will not be many sources of profit, the extensive and of mackarel and every last of herrings will found one of the least; for every hundred pay a proportionate harbour.due, exclusive of vessels of every description belonging to guineas each, annually. Building materials, the town, which will pay from one to tep yield a considerable income; and the conand every species of merchandize, will also sumption of coals alone in this town will pay clusive of its populous and fast increasing two and a half per cent. on the capital, explete, and it may be safely said, that much environs. The grand western wall is comthe most difficult part of the work is finished, cluding all parliamentary and other prelimi although only 8,400/. have been expended, innary expenses, which in many recent establish ments have amounted to a considerable part of the capital. We have therefore a fair reagood management which has hitherto been son to hope, that by a continuation of that displayed, the capital of 22,0007. will be ample for its completion. It is calculated that this undertaking will be completed in 1811. But the harbour-dues will commence in 1810, and very little doubt can be entertained that the first year's receipt will pay at least ten per cent. on the expenditure. The new harbour at Folkstone will Occupy nineteen acres of land, and contain five hundred vessels, from four to five hundred tons each, affording them shelter and protection from the strong southerly winds which are here prevalent, and also from the swarms of privateers which infest this narrow part of the channel; there being at present no shelter to our brave defenders, to the distressel mariner, or to the commercial interest in general, from Dungeness Point to the Downs, a line of coast of more than forty miles. Nature has bountifully afforded every facility towards accomplishing this desirable object; for, within one hundred yards of all parts of this work, are abundance of rocks, which are formed, by the constant washing of the ocean, to all the purposes required, and are secured to the company free of any expense, together with other materials on the contiguous estates of the earl of Radnor, which he permits the company the free use Sawkins, esq. and daughter and sole heiress Court, } Court, Isle of Thanet.-Mrs. Miles, relict of John M. esq. At Canterbury, Mr. Partridge, sen. 71. Mrs. Smith, wife of Mr. Edward S. sen Mrs. Mary Parker, 91 Mrs. Reynolds, 88. -Mrs. Tiblain, 70 At Shepherd's, Cranbrook, Mrs. Tempest, wife of John T. esq At Dover, Mr. John Taylor, of the theatre of that town. At Northfleet, Sir Thos. Wiseman, bart. 80. post office-Mrs. Jones, wife of Col. J. of the 18th light dragoons. At Hurst pierpont, in consequence of falling down stairs, Mrs. Mitchell. At South Stoke, Mrs. Wilton, relict of the Rev. Mr. W. rector of that place, whom she survived but a few weeks, leaving eight small children wholly unprovided for. At Arundel, Mrs. Overington. HAMPSHIRE. Married.] At Cheriton, the Rev. John Courtney, to Miss Ferrers, only daughter of At Whitstable, Mrs. Carr, 70.-Miss the Rev. Edmond F. Furbrace, 21. At Herne, Mrs. Greenland. At Brookland, Edward Snoad, esq. 24. At Down Court, Doddington, Ann, daughter of Mr. John Johnson, 13. This is the third daughter he has lost within the last three months. At Folkstone, Mr. Bazely Warman, 66. Mrs. Sladen, 85.-Mr. H. Upton, 24. At Deal, Mr. Jeremiah Nicholas, and a short time afterwards, his widow, Mrs. N. At Bradborn, sir Johu Papillon Twisden, At Ringwood, H. Combe Compton, esq. of Manor House, to Charlotte, second daughter of William Mills, esq. M. P. William Dyke, esq. of Vernham, to Miss Eliz. Steele, of Ashmounsworth, both in this county. The Rev. George Illingworth, rector of South Tidworth, to Miss Emma Smith, daughter of Thomas Ashton S. esq. of Tidworth-house. Died.] At Portsmouth, Capt. Marmaduke Bailey, of the Wanderer, of Hull, in the Jamaica trade. While adjusting the jib-halliards of his boat at the mast head, he was washed away by a heavy sea, and never seen after.-Lieut. Richardson, formerly of the 1st Veteran Battalion, 83.-Mr. Pancras, carpenter in the royal navy, 90.-Dr. Roberts, late physician to the Royal Naval Hospital, at Haslar. At Winchester, Mr. Downes, solicitor.Mrs. Seares, 55.-Mr. William Rogers.Mrs. Hall, 94.-Mrs. Lyford, wife of Mr. L. Married.] At Semley, Mr. Joseph Roberts, to Miss Charlotte Sanger, both of Warminster. John Gabriel, esq. of Calne, to Eliza, eldest daughter of John Ward, esq. of MarlMaryborough. Married.] Mr. C. Verrall, surgeon, of Seaford, to Miss King, daughter of the Rev. J: W. King, rector of Tarrant Rushton, Dorsetshire. Died.] At Southover, Mr. James Beadle, 80.-Mr. Nicholas Tourle, 73. At Brighton, Mrs. Mary Howell, one of the oldest female bathers of that town, 76. Mrs. Ann Pitches, daughter of the late Thomas P. esq. accountant general of the Hallifield O'Donnoghue, A. B. of St. Edmund's-hall, Oxford, to Lydia, third daughter of the Rev. Edward Spencer, rector of Winkfield. At Salisbury, Mr. Joseph Scobell, of Stonehouse, Devon, attorney, to Miss Ann Jane Cooper. Died.] At Burbage, Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Rev. H. Jenner, and niece of Dr. J. At Westwood, Mrs. Southerton, wife of Mr. S. solicitor. At Warminster, Mr. Walter Brett, 68. 2 At |