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[Sept. 1

Anna Maria, youngest daughter of the late best state of cultivation, was awarded to Mr.
Edw. Elleock, esq. of Barbadoes.

Died.] At Brighton. Mrs. Garrod, wife of Mr. John G. late of Oxford street, London.-Wm. Tustin, esq. of Fludyer-street, Westminster.-Donald Trail, esq. of Russelsquare, London, 63.-Mrs. Scrase.-Mrs. Sydney, wife of Mr. S. assistant commissary general.-Mrs. Harrison, wife of Jonathan H. esq. a magistrate of Hampshire, 36. At Guestling, Mr. Clark, 74.

WARWICKSHIRE.

The exhibition of the Birmingham Academy of Arts will open the first week in September. It is confined to pictures and other performances by artists and amateurs permanently resident within 30 miles of Birmingham.

During the tremendous storm of the 28th of July, a fire-ball fell upon the picture-gallery of Mr. Bissett, at Leamington, and forced the rafters from the roof in the centre of the room, leaving an aperture in the ceiling of upwards of 100 feet square, The doors of the room were knocked down with violence, seven panes of glass were broken, and the interior arrangements were thrown into the utmost confusion. No great damage was done to the colection; a few paintings were rent and peeled from the canvas, but the more valuable part escaped injury. Two persons who were near the spot at the time, with difficulty extricated themselves from the falling rubbish.

Married.] At Birmingham, Mr. James Crump, solicitor, of Coventry, to Mrs. Hanby,

At Rugby, Mr. Dillon, to Miss Sarah Johnson, both of Coventy.

Died.] A: Stratford, in consequence of being thrown from a gig, together with his wife and niece, Mr. Sodin, of the White Lion, Coventry,

At Coventry, from suffocation while eating, Mr. Joseph Goode, many years parish clerk of Bourton.

At Birmingham, Mrs. Eliz. Gabb, 72.Mr. Thos. Sherratt, 57.—Whilst bathing in the canal, Mr. Edw. Lort, 29.-Mr. Wm. Stinton, 65. He rose early for the purpose of bathing, and being seized, as it was supposed, with fits, to which he was lately subject, was found drowned.-Catherine, daughter of Mr. Palmer, attorney, 10.—Mr. Edw. Bower.-Miss Whitworth.

WESTMORELAND.

Died.] At Kendall, Mrs. Nicholson, a maiden lady, 81.-Mrs. Mary Witton, 74.Mr. James Cock, 74.

At Ravenstonedale, Mrs. Mary Stubbs, 81.

WILTSHIRE.

At the late annual meeting of the Wiltshire Agricultural Society, held at Devizes, the president's premium, being a silver cup, of the value of twenty guineas, for the farmer whose whole farm should be in the

John Grant, for his farm at Manningford.
The premium of five guineas for the best
and most profitable flock of sheep for the
Wiltshire Hill farmer, (not being pure Me-
rino,) was awarded to Mr. Graily, of Alton;
and a similar premium for the best flock of
pure Merino, to Wm. Tinker, esq. of Lit
tleton.

Births.] At Rockley House, the lady of
the Hon. Gen. St. John, of a daughter.
At All Cannings, the lady of the Rev. T.
A. Methuen, of a son.

Married.] At Lechdale, Mr. John Polton, of Tetbury, to Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Hall, post-master.

At Wootton Basset, Rich. Hooper, esq. surgeon, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Rich. Neate, esq.

At Wilton, J. R. Mayo, esq. of Yeovil, to Miss Randall, daughter of Mr. R. clothier.

At Corsham, Mr. Gunn, jun. of London, to Miss Hulbert, of Pickwick.

Died.] At Morden, near Swindon, Mrs. Knight, relict of Dr. K. formerly a physician at Wells, 89.

At Westwood, Elizabeth, fourth daughter of the late Henry Fisher, esq.

At Warminster, suddenly, Dr. Seagram, 69.-Mary, second daughter of Mr. John Morgan, 16. She had just returned from church: apparently in high health, when she was suddenly seized, and almost imme diately expired.-Mr. Geo. Neate.

At Salisbury, Mrs. Warn, widow.
At Westbury, John Maltravers,ésq. banker
At Swindon, Mr. Kemble
At Heytesbury, Mrs. Snelgrove.

WORCESTERSHIRE.

From the report read at the anniversary meeting of the Worcester Bible Association, it appears, that during the last year 3234 was received from the subscribers to this Association, by far the greater part of whom contribute only one penny per week, and who consist chiefly of persons in the lowe classes of society. The committee have in consequence been enabled to distribut nearly 700 bibles and testaments.

Married.] At Great Malvern, the Rev. Jos. Morgan, to Marianne, second daughte of the late Rev. Sir W. W. Wray, bart.

The Rev. J. B. Hollingworth, Fellow St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to Lydia daughter of the late Rich. Amphlett, esq. Hadsor House.

At Claines, Thos Hawkes, esq. of Him ley, Stafford, to Alice Anna, only daughte of John Blackburne, esq. of Hawford.

At Droitwich, John Pickernell, esq.t Miss Barrett.

At Chaddesley Corbett, Mr. R. W. Lad bury, surgeon, of Wednesbury, to There Elizabeth, only daughter of John Hobbin esq. of Drayton Grove,

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At Worcester, Mr. R. Bennett, of London, to Joyce, third daughter of Mr. John Bennett, of the former city.

Died.] At Shipston upon Stour, Susan, third daughter of Mr. Colbourne, 19.

At Pershore, Clarinda, youngest daughter of the late Rev. J. Moggridge, vicar of that parish, 25.-Sarah, wife of the Rev. Mr. Probyn, and daughter of the late Rich. Willis, esq. of Monmouth.

At Bromsgrove, Mr. John Bell, chief constable.

At Stourbridge, Mr. Benj. Pike.-Mrs. Harwood, widow of Mr. H. timber-merchant.

YORKSHIRE.

Preferred The Rev. Mr. Bowyer, prebendary of Durham, to the vicarage of Northallerton.

Birth] At Kippax, the lady of the Hon. and Rev. A. H. Cathcart, of a daughter. Married.] At Selby, Jas. Rooth, esq. to Sarah, only daughter of Rich. Dickinson, esq.

At Great Givendale, the Rev. R. Metcalf, of Patrington, to Miss C. Layton, daughter of the late Mr. John L. of Pocklington.

At Leeds, W. G. Terry, esq. of the 1st Life Guards, to Christiana Isabella, daughter of Lieut. col. Tytler, of Edinburgh.

At Whitby, W. S. Chapman, esq. to Miss M. Simpson.

At Bradford, John Duffield, esq. of Town Hill, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of John Sturges, esq. of Bowling Hall.

At Dewsbury, the Rev. Thos. Hewit, Methodist preacher, to the eldest daughter of Edw. Smith, esq.

At York, Mr. Thos, Cattley, merchant, to Anne, only daughter of the late Thos. Tire

man, esq.

At Beverley, Mr. T. Richardson, hopmerchant,Southwark, to Jane, only daughter of the late G. Gibson, esq.

At Rothwell, Rich. Waterworth, esq. of Wressel Castle, to Miss Sowden, daughter of Mr. S. of Thwaite Mills, near Leeds. The Rev. W. H. E. Bentinck, rector of Sigglesthorn, near Hull, to Miss Constable, sister of the Rev. Chas. C. of Wassand, in Holderness.

At Harrogate, John Hanbury, esq. of London, to Margaret, eldest daughter of J.

B. Oliver, esq.

Died.] At Doncaster, Mr. F. Priestley.Miss Musgrave, 15.-Mrs. Berresford. Suddenly, Mrs. Morton, wife of Mr. M. of the Horse and Groom public house. -Mrs. Sinkinson, wife of Mr. S. jeweller, 46.

At Horsforth, Mrs. Baldwen, widow of Dr. B. of Preston, 74.

At Black Hambleton House, near Thirsk, Mr. Wm. Heseltine, well known on the

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At Sheffield, Mr. James Best, adjutant in the Sheffield Local Militia, 46.-Mr. James Shemeld, captain in the same corps, and partner in the house of Shemeld and Oakes, merchants. Mr. Martin Elliott, 72.-Mrs. M. Waterhouse, 55.

At Springfeld, Richard, second son of John Wilson, esq. of Camp Hall.

At Low Moor, Eliza, wife of. H. Daw. son, esq. and daughter of the Rev. Mr. Dean, of Bradford.

At Leeds, Mr. Johnson, architect.-Mr. John Lindley.-Mary, only daughter of the late John Wormald, esq.-William, eldest son of Mr. J.W.Wilkes, late of the Fountain Inn, 19. Mrs. Boyd, relict of Wm. B. esq. of Gibraltar, and mother-in-law of Mr. Alderman Brown, of Leeds.

The Rev. Wm. Ponsonby, rector of Barnby, in the East Riding.

At Knaresborough, Lieut.-gen. Staveley, of the 4th regt. Dragoon Guards.

At Cross Hill, Halifax, John Greenwood, esq. brother to Wm. G. esq. mayor of Leeds.

At Garton, near Sledmere, in consequence of a fall from his horse, W. W. Mason, esq.

At Hull, Mr. Rob. Simpson, ship-owner, and one of the elder brethren of the Trinity House, 56.-Mrs. Woolf, relict of Mr. John W. one of the elder brethren of the Trinity House, 92.-Mary Bell, matron of the Infirmary, 58. She was suddenly taken ill while at Chapel, and expired in half an

hour.

At Bradford, Mr. C. Ackroyd, 80.
At Whitby, James Atty, esq. 73.

At York, Mrs. Jane Stott, who formerly kept Iveson's Coffee-house, 96.-Mr. Henry Tuke, many years a minister among the Society of Friends, and author of various publications, 59.

At Scarborough, Mr. John Kingston, auctioneer.-Ann, wife of Mr. Thos, Clarkson, 60.

At Catterick Bridge, Mr. Ferguson, 76. At Selby, John, eldest son of Mr. Thos. Shepley, coroner, 28.

WALES.

During a late visit to Swansea, that benevolent character, James Webb, esq. completely clothed 250 boys in that town and neighbourhood, and most of them received small sums of money besides. In the twelve days that he resided there, he expended 1,500l. in clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, and relieving the necessities of some hundreds of his fellow-creatures.

Preferred.] The Rev. Thos. Benyon, to the archdeaconry of Cardigan.

The Rev. Morgan Walters, to the rectory of Vaynor, Brecon.

Married.] At Towyn, Geo. Jeffreys, esq. of Gaireg Castle, near Machynlleth, to Miss Scott, of Botalog.

John Heaton, esq. of Plas Heaton, Denbigh, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late VOL. II. Cc

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Scotland-Ireland-British Colonies.

John Jones, esq. of Gelligynan, in the same
County.

Thomas Jones, esq. of Llanerchrigog,
Denbighshire, to Frances Esther, only daugh-
ter of Charles Morrall, esq. of Plas-yollen,
Salop.

Died.] At Cardiff, the Rev. Thos. Lewis, pastor of the Particular Baptist Church there. At Solya, Pembrokeshire, Mrs. Raymond, wife of Thos. R. esq.

At Carnarvon, Mrs. Roberts, relict of Mr. R. printer and bookseller.

At Aberdovey, Mr.Wm. Hughes, surveyor

of the customs.

At Holywell. Mrs. Panton, relict of Paul P. esq. of Plas Gwyn, Anglesea.

SCOTLAND.

Alex. Don, jun. esq. is elected M. P. for Roxburghshire, vice Lord Melgund, now Earl Minto.

Births.] At Dalkeith-house, the Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry, of a daugh

ter.

At Elmford, near Dunse, the wife of Mr. Geo. Mitchell, of two sons; and about half an hour after, at Caidshillhaugh, near Dunse, the wife of Mr. John Mitchell, son of the above, of a son and daughter.

Died.] At his seminary, Lismore, Argyleshire, the Right Rev. Dr. John Chisholm, Roman Catholic bishop of Oria, and vicar apostolic of the Highland district 22 years.

At the manse of Skene, Mrs. Meason, in her 105th year. She retained all her faculties to the last.

At Perth, Mrs. Ann Henderson, 103. She was born in the parish of Mortlach, in Banffshire; and removed to Perth about 30 years ago. She retained her faculties, and could read distinctly, without spectacles, till within two years of her death, when she was suddenly deprived of her intellectual powers, but her bodily senses continued entire to the last.

At Lochmaben, in Jan. 1814, in the 116th year of his age, William Ruthven, who was born at Whiteshawgate, in the parish of Avendale, in May, 1698. He was long a cooper at the Bridge-end of Dumfries; and for many years before his death travelled the country in summer with his relations, who are tinkers. When he last visited his native place, in April, 1813, he was in his ordinary good health, and sound in his judgment, though he had been long blind, and a little paralytic.

At Glasgow, in the 97th year of her age, Mrs. Catherine Edmond, spouse of the late Thomas Neilson, farmer, Cardross. She was mother of 12 children, grandmother of 59, and great-grandmother of 35. She was 50 years married, and nearly 26 years a

widow.

At Longformacus manse, the Rev. Selby Ord, in the 73d year of his age, and 48th of his ministry.

IRELAND.

[Sept. 1,

Married.] At Booterstown, near Dublin, Letitia, daughter of the Right Hon. Jas, Fitagerald, sister to the chancellor of the Irish exchequer, to John Leslie Foster, esq.

In Dublin, Thos. Bernard, jun. esq. only son of Thos. B. esq. M. P. for King's county, to Miss C. Henry Hely Hutchinson, second daughter of the Hon. Francis H. and niece to the Earl of Donoughmare and Lord Hutchinson.

Died.] At Gormanstown Castle, Harriet, eldest daughter of Viscount Gormanstown.

At Drumcondra, near Dublin, in the 112th year of his age, James Beatty, farmer, a native of Noynalty, in the county of Meath, where he worked as a weaver in his early years. At the time of his death he had three sons, by three different wives, the eldest eighty-four and the youngest seven, the mother of whom was a fine young woman, and particularly attached to her husband, which she proved till his death by the most uniemitting kindness and affection. He was a hard drinker till he was sixty; since that he uniformly drank three pints of porter and two glasses of whiskey, walked eight miles, and shaved himself every day, even within two days of his decease. He kept his person cleanly, and wore top-boots winter and summer; and, what is more remarkable, he never lost a tooth!

At Plassey, near Limerick, Thos. Maun sell, esq. one of the common council of that city, 82. He spent several years in an im portant situation in the East Indies, and after his return was sixteen years a member in the Irish Parliament. Anxious to place Li merick in that light which its rising commercial prosperity seemed to point out, he caused the establishment of a bank in 1789, and was the head of the firm of that respectable house for twenty-five years. When, in 1796, the measure of the yeomanry force was conceived by Government, Mr. Maunsell was most zealous on the occasion, and by the formation of the Merchants' Corps added efficiency and strength to the disposa ble troops of the country.

In Dublin, the Rev. Averell Hill, D. D. archdeacon of Limerick, and register of the diocese of Limerick, Ardfer', and Aghadoc.

BRITISH COLONIES.

Married.] At Trinidad, Martin Strickland, esq. captain in the militia of that island, to Miss Sorzano, daughter of the Hon. Maunel S. member of the council.

Died.] At Nassau, New Providence, Alexander Begbie, esq. commissary-general to the forces there, 56.

At Samarang, Java, David Hopkins, esq. assistant-surgeon on the Bengal establishment, and superintendant-general of the teak forests in the island of Java.

At Calcutta, J. Blythe, esq. 77. He went to India in 1765, and by industry and economy accumulated a large fortune, of which

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Hospital.

At Trinidad, Sam. Chollet, esq. collector of his majesty's customs in that island. His death was occasioned by a second paralytic attack, similar to one with which he was seized at Barbadoes, when commissarygeneral there, brought on by intense application to the duties of his office.

At Halifax, Nova Scotia, Capt. J. Bedford, who had just been promoted from the Childers sloop. He had taken and paid for his passage to England in the packet, but the same morning that he was to have gone on board he shot himself through the head.

ABROAD.

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Married] At Valencia, in Spain, P. C. Tupper, esq. his Britannic Majesty's consul for that province, to Miss Vincenta Ruiz, of Valencia.

Died.] On his passage from Coimbra to Santander, the Rev. Thos. Williams, late vicar of Weybread, Suffolk, and one of the chaplains to the forces.

On board the Warley Indiaman, on his passage to England, Lieut. Geo. Boys, of the E. Ind. Company's service, third son of John B. esq. of Ashcomb, near Lewes, 24.

NATURALIST'S MONTHLY REPORT,
JULY 18 TO AUGUST 18.
Reaping Month.

Now Ceres' gifts in waving prospect stand,
And holding tempt the joyful reaper's hand.

July 19.-The blossoms of the lime-trees perfume the air.

July 20.-Young partridges are seen.

July 25.-The caterpillars of the pass moth (phalena Bombyr vinula of Linnæus) from the hard glue-like cases in which they undergo their first changes.

July 26. The common hart's tongue (scolopendrium vulgare) opens its capsules and sheds its seed. Of wild plants, the following are now in flower: White ladies bed straw (galium montanum,) yellow ladies bed straw (galium verum,) soapwort (saponaria officinalis,) wormwood (artimisia absinthium,) greater bindweed (convolvulus sepium,) marsh sowthistle (sonchus palustris.) In gardens; marvel of Peru (mirabilis jalapa,) orpine (sedam telephium,) musk rose (rosa moschata,) damask rose (rosa damascenă,) and common holly-hock (alcea rosea,) are also in fower.

July 28.-The fruit of the brainble changes colour.

A drinker moth (phalæna bombyx potatoria,) the caterpillar of which went into the carth on the 5th of the present month, issued this day from the shell of its chrysalis. These insects have always been observed to continue under the surface of the earth twenty-three days previous to their appearance in the winged state.

For the last four days the weather has been unusually hot. The thermometer stood as high as 90° in the shade. There was this morning one of the most tremendous thunder storms that has been known for many years. It was so general as to be felt in nearly all the southern and midland parts of England. In the neighbourFood of Christchurch, Hampshire, it raged with great violence for several hours. The rain descended in torrents. Several cows were killed, and in various parts of the neighbourhood trees were struck by the lightning. One of the under keepers of the New Forest has frequently observed oak, ash, birch, and other trees to be struck by lightning, yet he never knew an instance of a beech being injured by it. In some parts of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire the hail-stones were so large that much damage was done to the glass of hot-houses and green-houses, and many windows were broken.

August 1.-There is prevalent amongst the common people of Hampshire a singular notion that, during the month of August toads are harmless, whilst during the whole remainder of the year they are poisonous. This month is consequently called the paddock, or toad month, paddock being an old word which signifies a toad or frog.

August 3.-The hay harvest appears now to be finished in the southern parts of England, and the corn begins to change colour.

August 6.-Walnuts are gathered for pickling.

Oysters are this day brought to the London markets.

August 7.-The berries of the mountain-ash (sorbus accuparia,) turn red. Straw berries begin to fail. Several kinds of plums are ripening.

August 8.-Salmon, which in the rivers Avon and Stour were very scarce at the commencement of the season, have lately been extremely numerous. In the former of these rivers there were this day as many as thirty-three caught at one haul, and almost immediately afterwards, in another part of the river, sixteen more. August 11.-The rye harvest has commenced.

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Agricultural Report.

[Sept. I, Caterpillars of the poplar hawk moth (sphinx populi,) have changed colour and left their food, for the purpose of digging their way under the surface of the ground to go through the subsequent changes of their form. They will not issue from thence in a perfect state until about the month of July next.

Auggst 14. Immense shoals of sprats are remarked near the shore in various parts of the coast of Devonshire.

August 18.-Mackrel of small size appeared for two evenings on the shores of the western parts of Hampshire.

The flowers of the yellow and white water lilies (nymphæa lutea, and alba,) now float in great beauty on the surface of the rivers.

There is every appearance of an abundant crop of hazel-nuts this year.

The young pheasants have suffered much from the weather, particularly during the time which is always considered peculiarly dangerous to them, of getting their tail feathers.

A much greater number of the white butterflies have been remarked this summer than usual.

The wheat harvest has commenced in the south of England. In several parts of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, the corn has been much laid by the heavy rains; and in some places the wheat is said to have suffered from blight during the time of flowering.

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

In consequence of the bright warm weather at the beginning of last month the harvest on the warm highly cultivated soils is ten days or a fortnight sooner than was expected. The greater part of the wheat being cut, and some of it will housed, the blight or mildew upon the lighter soil in the southern counties is very prevalent. On many breadths the straw is nearly black, and the ear remaining bright with the grain; little affected in others, the corn is very light and troughy, so much so that it becomes doubtful whether the produce will be adequate to the expense of harvesting and threshing: but where the crop is not affected, the produce is of the finest quality, and a great crop.

Barley harvest is heavy, and the quality fine, and has the appearance of an ave

rage crop.

Oats are well corned, and their quality good, but the crop light upon stiff soils. Beans are large on the haulm, and well corned in those crops where the plants are not too much crowded.

Peas a great crop, both of straw and corn, and free from the grub.

Vetches a light straw and well-corned. Turnips made a strong growth at the beginning of the last month, but the dry weather checked them towards the end. Hops are very promising, and the summer fallows in a clean husbandman-like

state.

Corn Exchange, Aug. 26.-Wheat 56s. to 87s. 39s. Malt 64s. to 79s. Oats 20s. to 29s. Fine to 70s.

Rye 33s. to 38s.
flour 70s. to 75s.

Barley 30s. to

Seconds 65s

Smithfield Market, Aug. 26.—Beef 4s. to 5s. 6d. Mutton 5s. to 6s. Lamb 65. to 7s. Pork 7s. to 83. 4d.

Haymarket, Aug. 26.-Hay 31. to 51. Straw 11. 16s. to 21. 5s.

Hops, new Pockets.-Kent 61. to 91. Sussex 51. 12s. to 71. 7s. Farnham 81. to 121.

MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT.

The transactions in colonial merchandize throughout the month of August have been very considerable, and several articles have experienced a very extensive demand at gradually advancing prices, whilst manufactured goods in general have been in limited demand at declining prices.

The false impressions that so generally prevailed throughout the European continent of vast stocks of merchandize having accumulated in England in consequence of the proscription that has for several years past interfered with all commercial transactions, seems to have completely subsided, as every mail from the continent now continues to bring orders without much limitation in price for all the great staple articles of colonial inerchandize, and the exportation of cotton wool being permitted from hence without restriction, has already enabled the cotton manufactures of France and Switzerland to come into competition with the like

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