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January 3d, about seven o'clock at night, a young lady, without a protector, was insulted in the most outrageous manner in Prince's street, Drury-lane, by a ruffian, who held in his hand a sharp instrument, apparently like a cork cutter's knife. He was tall, well made, and genteelly dressed. He first attacked a fe male in Drury-lane, by cutting a long slip in her gown. Fortunately at the moment he gave the blow, the woman, alarmed at his appearance, endeavoured to avoid him by running off the foot-path, otherwise she might have received a severe wound. When he approached the lady in Prince's street, she observed him take the weapon before described from his pocket, and immediately avoided him, but was not able to escape without her pelisse being cut. This unmanly ruffian has committed several assaults of a similar description in other quarters of the town.

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Esq. Alderman of the City of London, and Colonel of the West London Militia. abilities, integrity, and firmness, brought him early into public notice, and raised him to situations of the highest trust and dignity in the City. In 1774 he was elected Alderman of Vintry Ward; in 1776, he served the office of Sheriff'; in 1780, he was returned one of the Members for the City; in 1783, he was chosen Lord Mayor; in 1794, he was again returned for the City of Loudon; and in the next Parliament, he sat for Ludgershall, in Wiltshire. He afterwards withdrew entirely from parliamentary business, and divided his attention between his regiment and the extensive concerns of his banking house. In every domestic relation, he was endeared by sweetness of disposition, generosity, benevolence, and the warmth and steadiness of his attachments. At Ham Commen, Mary, Countess of Courtown, wife to the Earl of Courtown, and daughter and co-heiress of Richard Powys, Esq. of Hintlesham Hall, in Suffolk, by Lady Mary Brudenell, sister of the late Duke of Montague; she has left issue, Viscount Stop

A gentleman lately died in London, who had attained the advanced age of 85. Some years ago he entered the holy state of matrimony with a young lady, with whom he made the following singular agreement:-He gave her to understand that she would have nothingford, Comptroller of the King's Household, to expect at his death, but that as long as he lived, her allowance should increase with his years; the experiment succeeded admirably, as it thus became the interest of the wife to take every care of him. Let old men similarly disposed take the hint.

and three other sons.-In St. George's watchhouse, to which he was conveyed on being taken in an act of felony, in a garden near the Wooden Bridge at Chelsea, Richard Watson, a lamp-lighter. At nine o'clock the following morning, the watch-house-keeper inquired of MARRIED. At Chiswick, Lord Granville the prisoner, if he wanted any thing, but alLeveson Gower, brother of the Marquis of though he wished for refreshment, he had not Stafford, to Lady Harriet Cavendish, daughter || the means of obtaining it, and at eleven o'clock of the Duke of Devonshire.-At St. George's, he was found dead. The Surgeon who examiHanover-square, Charles Shirreff, Esq. to ned the body, was of opinion that the poor Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. Wm. Brown, of man died for want of food, and it has been Greek-street, Grosvenor-square.-At Mary le- since ascertained that he ate a quantity of bone, George Hannam, Esq. of Bromston hay the day before.-In Wells street, OxfordHouse, Isle of Thanet, to Charlotte Louisa, street, Tiberius Cavallo, Esq. This gentleyoungest daughter of the late John Bristow, man, a native of Naples, and son of an emiEsq. of Calcutta.-Joseph Minet, Esq. to Eli- nent physician of that city, was born in 1749. zabeth, second daughter of the late John Bris- His original destination was to be initiated at sault, Esq. of Southampton-John Goodford, London into the mercantile profession, and Esq. of Yeovil, Somersetshire, to Charlotte, he came to England with that view in 1771. fourth daughter of the late, and sister to the But the study of nature presenting superior present Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bart.-Wm. attractions, he was seduced from the comptingPayne George, Esq. of Foley-place, to Julia house to embrace the leisure of a philosophical Ano, daughter of the late Captain Tupper.- retreat; and acquired a weil merited repuStephen Oliver, Esq. of Keisby, Lincolnshire, tation as a digester and elucidator of philoso to Miss Roberts, of Leatherhead, Surrey.phical discoveries. His remains were interred Robert Metcalfe, Esq. to Jane, youngest daughter of Samuel Wharton, Esq. of Scarborough.-Robert Smyth, Esq. of Upper Guildford-street, to Miss Julia Pemberton, of Gongh House, Chelsea.

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DIED.-Aged 87, George Swaffield, Esq. Jate cashier of the Victualling department of the Navy Office, the duties of which situation he most faithfully performed upwards of sixty years-In Stanhope-street, Vice-Admiral Dacres. In Hill-street, Berkeley-square, Sir || Henry Strachey, master of the King's House hold.—In Abingdon-street, Mrs. Ashley, relict of the late, and mother of the present Manager of the Oratorios.-In John-street, Bedfordrow, in his 68th year, Nathaniel Newnham,

in St. Pancras church-yard, in a vault con. structed for the purpose, close to the monument of his intimate friend, General Paoli. The funeral was attended by a number of the philosophical friends of the deceased, among whom were Dr. Pearson, Messrs. Prothero, Gloster Wilson, Prince Hoare, Racket, and Impey.

In Prince's-court, Duke street, St. James's, Mrs. Vanryne, aged nearly 80. This unfortunate old lady had lived in her house upwards of forty years, and whe, on being left alone one Sunday evening, was found, on the return of her daughter who usually attended her, a complete mass of cinders, the back-bone alone remaining unconsumed.

PROVINCIALS,

INCLUDING

REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES, &c. IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF GREAT BRITAIN.

BEDFORDSHIRE.

A custom prevails through this kingdom at

merfield, by Mr. Anderson, of Ullswater. The wings of this royal bird measure, when ex

certain periods, of parishioners going in pro-tended, from point to point, six yards ten

cession to ascertain the boundaries of their

respective parishes; at which time the procession is generally composed of young people, and many of the respectable inhabitants, who are most convivially inclined; and it has been a received opinion, that they had a right to stop all persons, except the King, a mail coach, or a funeral! at which time the party exercised a gentle mode by way of remembrance (but perhaps not very congenial to the feelings of an irritable man) called bumping! Not long ago, the inhabitants of Caddington parish, near Luton, in this county, after exercising their prescriptive right on a number of persons in their way from Dunstable to Luton, they met Mr. Hill, a celebrated auctioneer of the latter place; they accosted him, and told him their intentions. Mr. Hill violently resisted: however, the hamourous good-natured folks, anxious and determined to support a character so gratifying and familiar to John Bull, seized, and in a trice unhorsed the Knight of the ivory hammer, and with a "one, two, and three! a-going, a-going, a-going!" they made the same use of his seat of honour, as he did at times of the before-mentioned ivory hammer, or, in plain English, they bumped him.Mr. Hill brought an action against the parties, and obtained five pounds damages and costs. MARRIED.-At Cardington, John Johnston, Esq. M.D to Miss Curtis, only daughter of George Curtis, Esq.

DIED.-At Bedford, Alderman Campion, surgeon.

CORNWALL.

A rat lately visited a tub of oysters, at the Post-office in Falmouth; and whisking his tail between the open shells of one of them, it closed upon him, and held on so firmly, that he was prevented from escaping through his hole, and was found in the morning with the oyster still bolding fast of his tail at the entrauce of it.

MARRIED.-At Truro, Richard Smith, Esq. of Chaddock Hall, near Manchester, to Miss Betsey Turner, daughter of Mr. Edward Turner, banker.

DIED.-At Camelford, Catherine, wife of Charles Carpenter, Esq. She was a lady of uncommon talents, spoke French and Italian with fluency, sung with taste, and made every thing her own which she had once read.

CUMBERLAND.

An eagle was lately shot in a field near Cum

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inches. It is likely to live, having been only slightly wounded in one of his pinions.

DIED.-At Carlisle, Mr. James Richardson, aged 82 years, 36 of which he had been parish clerk of St. Cuthbert's.

DEVONSHIRE.

The

The following singular advertisement lately appeared in one of the Exeter Papers:WANTED immediately, for a Gentleman, who is neither a Lawyer, a Parson, or London Sharper, desirous of entering into the blissful state of matrimony, a WIFE, of an accomplished mind and lovely disposition. gentleman possesses at least 250l. a year, landed property, and every quality belonging to a docile animal. As the above gentleman lives in the neighbourhood of Sidmouth, letters addressed to J.J. C. at the Post-office, Sidmouth, will be duly attended to, and by him every information, as to the matrimonial preliminaries, will be furnished with all possible dispatch.-P S. Daughters of Newfoundland Captains will be entitled to a preference.

MARRIED.-At Loddiswell, John George Children, Esq. of Tunbridge, to Caroline, eldest daughter of George Furlong Wise, Esq. of Woolstone, near Kingsbridge.

DIED. At Stoke, near Plymouth, Benjamin Cosway, Esq. His death was awfully sudden. He had been spending the evening in a circle of friends, and retired to rest about ten o'clock; shortly after which, finding himself unwell, he rung the bell, and called for Mrs. Cosway. Medical assistauce was immediately sent for, but before its arrival he was a corpse.

DORSETSHIRE.

MARRIED.-At Glanville's Wootton, J. B Knight, Esq. of Anderston, to Elinor, youngest daughter of the Rev. H. Evans.

DIED.-At Wimborne, Mr. James Barfoot, watch-maker. His death was attended with circumstances peculiarly distressing:-He was in good health on the morning of the day on which he died, but having a son dangerously ill, he had sent to Shaftesbury for his daughter. When the young lady reached home to visit her sick brother, she had the still greater affliction of finding her father a corpse. After sending for her, he had been seized with an apoplexy, of which he expired. His son survived him only two days.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

In Lord Ducie's park, at Tortworth, in this county, there is a chesnut-tree of most extraordinary age and dimensions. At five feet from the ground its circumference is fifty feet, and at three feet, fifty-two; the body is only ten feet from the base to the fork, yet that part alone measures 1,000 feet solid measure. In the reign of Stephen, this tree was so remarkable for its magnitude, that it was called the Great Chesnut Tree of Tamworth (now Tortworth.) From this circumstance it is calculated that the tree must have been planted in the reign of Egbert, anno 800; and this calculation is founded on the supposition that a chesnut tree is 300 years before it is in its prime so that, allowing this conjecture to be correct, the tree is no less than 1000 years old!

MARRIED.-At Down Hatherly, Captain Wilson, of the 19th regiment of light dragoons, to Jane, third daughter of John Turner, Esq. of Hatherly House.---The Rev. J. Sanger, A.M. Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and Chaplain to Earl Grey, to Miss Symes, eldest daughter of Richard Symes, Esq. of Brandon-Hill House.

DIED.At Huntley, aged 100 years, Mr. James Dobbs.---At Temple Guiting, aged 64, the Rev. Francis Pryce, perpetual Curate of that place.At Charton, near Cheltenham, John Nettleship, Esq. of Basinghall-street, London.

HAMPSHIRE.

MARRIED.At Southampton, John Mills Jackson, Esq. to Miss Little.In Jersey, Captain Irwin, of the 74th regiment of foot, to Miss Smith, niece to General Leighton, commanding officer in that island.---Dr. Carnegie, to Miss HemeryAt Guernsey, R. Maunsell, Esq. of the Royal African Corps, to Sophia, daughter of the late Rev. Peter Paul Secretan, of the island of Sark.

DIED.-At Winchester, Dr. John Littlehales, a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; he was a gentleman of extensive practice and unbounded charity, and, by his death, his friends and society have sustained an irreparable loss.--At Portsmouth, by poison, Richard Whitbread, apprentice to Mr. Wilkinson, surgeon: on the coroner's inquest, it appeared in evidence, that this youth had conceived a violent affection for a young woman, a servant to Mr. Wilkinson. He had for the last five weeks appeared in a lowspirited and dejected state of mind, often uttering strange and incoherent expressions. On the day he committed the rash act, he said all his hopes were blasted of being married to the girl, and he appeared greatly agitated and depressed. In the afternoon he sought an opportunity of taking about two ounces of the timeture of opium: it was soon discovered that he had taken it, and he was forced to take snch medicines as his case required, but they all proved ineffectual. He died in three-quarters of an hour afterwards, without assigning any other motive for bis rashness. Verdict---Lunacy. The deceased was related to the late Mr. Martin, pastry-cook, of Portsea, by whose will he would have soon become possessed of upwards of 1000l.---At Overton, Eliza Frances, youngest daughter of Dr. Ludlow, late of Ringwood.

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beth, eldest daughter of Sir H. Hawley, Bart. of Leybourne Grange---The Rev. Richard Osborn Tylden, Vicar of Chillam, to Miss Frances Fairman, of Millars Lynsted.---At Ospringe, Lientenant Innis, of the 42d regiment, to Miss Fraser, daughter of Capt. F. of the same regiment. DIED.---At Rochester, Mr. Boucher, in cousequence of the wounds he received of some villains when walking near that city about a month be fore: the perpetrators of this murder remain at present undiscovered.---At Bromley, Thomas Soane, Esq.---At Boughton House, after being delivered of twins, Jane, wife of William Henry Douce, Esq.---At Chatham, Mr. Peter Paddon, a man of uncommon stature, his coffin measuring seven feet in length.

LANCASHIRE.

A man of the name of Satterthwaite, aged 82 years, residing at Cool-house, in the north part of this county, has five children living, aged 257 years; thirty-six grand-children, aged 712 years; and seven great grand-children, aged 18 years. Their united ages amounted to 1059!

A few days ago, as two sawyers were employed in cutting up an oak tree, about 13 inches in diameter, for the use of the Earl of Derby's colliery, in Rainford, the man in the pit perceived something to move in the cut they were then cutting, which, on examination, proved to be a full

-grown toad. The animal was quite alive when taken up, notwithstanding one of the legs had been cut off by the saw. The cavity in which it was found, was exactly in the centre of the tree, just large enough to contain the body, and measured three yards and a half from the root or bottom. The tree was perfectly sound in every part, and not the least crack or aperture could be discovered that bad a communication with the atmosphere.

MARRIED.At Liverpool, R. Pickering, Esq. to Miss Ann Downward, daughter of Thomas Downward, Esq.---At Walton, John, second son of John Hosken, Esq. of Carines, Cornwall, to Miss Harper, daughter of Wm. Harper, Esq. of Everton.

DIED ---At Wavertree, Mary, second daughter of John Myers, Esq.---At Rochdale, in his 74th year, Mr. John Leech, upwards of thirty years an indefatigable preacher among the methodists.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

aged 26, to Mrs. Ostler, aged 76.---At StallingMARRIED.-At Fotherly, Mr. Matthew Shaw, borough, Mr. Bull, aged 70, to Miss Mears, aged 25.

DIED.---At Withern, near Louth, Miss Holland, eldest daughter of John Holland, Esq.---At the Deanery House, Lincoln, aged 72, the very Rev. Sir Richard Kaye, Bart. LL.D. Dean of Lincoln, Rector of Mary-la-bonne, Middlesex, and Kirby and Clayworth, Notts; a Prebendary of the collegiate church of Southwell, Archdeacon of Nottingham, a Governor of Christ's Hospital, London, and member of other charitable corporations. The family of Sir Richard Kaye was of very high antiquity in the county of York, being descended from Sir Kaye, one of the Knights of the warlike table of King Arthur. Sir John, in the reign of William the Conqueror, married the daughter and beness of Sir John Woodesham, of Woodesham, Knight, an ancient Briton from him the 27th in lineal descent was Sir John the first Baronet, a Colonel of a regiment of horse in the service of Charles the First in the civil wars, in which he suffered much both in person and estate.

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MONMOUTH.

DIED.At Chepstow, in the 62d year of his age, Samuel Jenkins, Esq. As a parent, he was most affectionate and indu gent, as a friend, steady and zealous in his att chments, as a master, kind and generous.---Th. Rev. John Davies. At Langattock Vibonave House, near Monmouth, (the seat of her brother, Thomas Evans, Esq.) Mrs. Phillips, relict of Herbert Phillips, Esq. of Monmouth.

NORFOLK.

A person who has amassed by his industry some property, and wishing to bestow it in the education of his only daughter, sent her to a school of considerable distinction in this county, wishing her to be taught every thing. On his going for the young lady last Christmas vacation, he told the governess that a friend of his had observed, (the preceding holidays) that his daughter had not made that progress in music which she ought, considering the time she had been taught. The governess replied, that great pains had been taken with her young pupil, but added, as delicately as she could, that all persons were not equally gifted with talents, and she believed that for that peculiar study she wanted capacity to make greater proficiency. The honest farmer directly replied, well ma'am, but then why did you not buy her a capacity, for you know I do not grudge any money to make her a complished girl."

We are assured that the quantity of turkies sent up last Christmas to London from Norwich within ten days, did not amount to less than 30 tons weight; which, averaging each bird and package at 12lbs. the number would amount to 6000!

Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, Bart. has erected a lodge at the end of his park in this county, and in the masonry are displayed the family arms, supported by a brace of greyhounds, with the motto "toujours fidele,"---always faithful. Two countrymen passing that way, one of them observed, "what beautiful dogs, I dare say they run some stammen great matches, or their pictures would not have been put up here by the road side. Aye, and there seem to be some writing below them, I wish I could read what it is about." His companion replied he could spell a little, and letter by letter at last accomplished the task, exclaiming, "why it is nothing but the two dogs' names, Towzer and Fiddle" "Aye, said the other, what a fine thing now learning is, I shall often think of Towzer and Fiddle."

MARRIED.---Robert Emerson, Esq. of Titchwell, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mathew Nelson, Esq. of Holme, by the Sea.---At Norwich, John Brown, Esq. of Mattishall, to Mrs. Sarah Hudson.---At Yarmouth, the Rev. Mr. Benyon, dissenting minister, to Miss Mary Stewart.

DIED.At Long Stratton, Mrs. D'Urban, mother of Lieut. Col. D'Urban.---Aged 98, Mr. William Moore.---At Harleston, aged 72, Mr. Henry Tilney, master of the Mathematical Academy in that town, which he conducted for many years with great credit. It reflects no small honour on this worthy man, and the seminary which he superintended, that the Rev. Professor Vince, of the University of Cambridge, and the Rev. Dr. Brinkley, Astronomer Royal at the University of Dublin, received from him the rudiments of their mathematical knowledge.---At Gilderstone, in his 62d year, Thoams Kerrich, Esq. He was an acting Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for this county, and served the office of High Sheriff in the years 1788 and 1789.

NORTHUMBERLAND.

A few days since, Mr. Tate, of Newcastle, cabinet-maker, was surprized in his warehouse, which is up two fights of narrow high winding stairs, by a visit from a dragoon horse, which had contrived to march up without displacing any of the numerous pieces of timber with which his passage was incommoded. The poor animal, when he found himself among the looking glasses and chairs, trembled excessively; but he was got down without injury to himself or his host.

The following Epitaph is inscribed on a tombstone in All-Saints' church-yard, at Newcastleupon-Tyne :--

Here lies Robin Wallis, Clerk of All-hallows, King of good fellows, And maker of bellows.

He bellows did make till the day of his death;
But he that made bellows could never make breath.
MARRIED.At Newcastle, James Dixon, Esq.
Lieutenant in the third West York Militia, to
Miss Dale, late of Donenster.---The Rev. Mr.
Hayton, of Sunderland, to Miss Elizabeth Mason.
DIED.---At Bolam, Robert Horsley Esq.---At
Esq.---At Nunlands, near Berwick, Mrs. Wood,
Morpeth, Mrs. Midford, wife of Gorge Midford,
relict of James Wood, Esq. and mother of Dr.
Wood of Newcastle, aged 79.---At Kirkharle, Sir
William Loraine, Bart. aged 60.

OXFORDSHIRE.

MARRIED.---At Watlington, Thomas Hambleton, aged 32, to Ann White, aged 65. This happy pair were attended by two friends, in the characters of father and bride's maid, the former of whom is 92, and the latter 60 years old.--At Charlbury, Egerton, eldest son of Egerton Leigh, Esq. of High Leigh and Twemlow, Cheshire, to Wilhelmina Sarab, only daughter of the late George Stratton, Esq. of Great Tew Park.

DIED.At Henley, William Augustus, second son of Thomas Willatts, Esq.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

A general meeting of the Proprietors of the Kenuet and Avon Canal, and of gentlemen interested in the trade of South Wales, was lately held at Bath, when, in addition to 206,000l. reported at a former meeting, 160,000l. were subscribed for effecting a junction between the Kennet and Avon and Basingstoke Canals, and other purposes connected therewith; also 100,000! towards extending the Kennet and Avon to Bristol; and 36,2001. for making docks at Newport in Monmouthshire.

Mrs. Shew, the mother of Mr Shew, of Bath, dentist, is now living at Yeovil, in this county, and at the age of 88, is healthy and strong, and retains all her faculties. She has now living tive children, thirty-three grand-children, 48 great grand-children, and two great great grand-chil dren, whose ages together amount to 1417 years, and all without a single intermarriage. The gentleman who favoured us with this account has lately seen the five generations---viz. this truly good woman and her children's children's children's children.

MARRIED.---At Clifton, William Hale Symmonds, Esq. of Chaddlewood House, Devon, to Milly, youngest daughter of the late William Miles, Esq.--Hugh Hughes, Esq. of Haddesdon, Herts, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late J. F. Kemp, Esq.---At Bristol, the Rev. J. Sangar, A. M. Fellow of Oracle College, Oxford, and

chaplain to Earl Grey, to Miss Symes, eldest daughter of Richard Symes, Esq. of Brandon Hill House.

DIED.---At Bath, the Rev. John Amyatt, vicar of South Brent, Durn, and domestic chaplain to the Prince of Wales.

STAFFORDSHIRE.

A few days since as several miners were at work in the coal pits at Madely, the damp came upon them, and thirteen immediately perished, leaving several large families to regret their loss.

A juvenile set of buskin'd heroes of the mimic stage, resident at Stafford, had obtained permission to exhibit "The Earl of Warwick" a few nights at the theatre, as Christmas amusement for their friends. Continuing their fun, however, beyond the week, they received a hint from the Mayor, concerning dropping the curtain, which, perhaps owing to their recent applause, or injudicious advice, was not attended to. The consequence was an excellent scene betwixt King Edward and his nobies, and the town constables. King Edward gallantly drew his sword in his defence; but Warwick and the King not being on the best terms in the world, he was most ingloriously seconded, and consequently subdued. The Mayor committed them to prison for 28 days, but has since released them. This was perhaps owing to King Edward's advice not being attended to so much as his wit, who exclaimed as he entered the prison,

"Guard well the palace gates." MARRIED-At Tamworth, Henry Alford, Esq. Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, and of the Inner Temple, London, to S. Eliza, third daughter of T. B. Paget, Esq.

DIED.At West Bromwich Hall, Thomas Jervoise Clarke, Esq.

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SURREY.

An extraordinary circumstance lately occurred at Beddington-corner, near Mitcham. An elderly woman dropped down dead, and fell into a ditch. A Coroner's Inquest was held, and a verdict given, died by the visitation of God. She was buried at Beddington church; and one of the men who assisted in carrying the body to the ground, on his return home from the funeral, found himself ill, and dropped down dead, at the same spot where the woman expired.

DIED. At Guilford, Mrs. Smallpiece, wife of John Smallpiece, Esq. solicitor.

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About a year ago a few individuals in Kendal established a Society under the name of the Kendai Female Society, for visiting and relieving the sick and poor. By the report of the Committee just published, it appears that the society has distributed in provisions and clothes, to 145 persons the value of 671. 5s. 6d. exclusive of three casks of wine, which cost 61. 1s. 6d. and that the general supply of clothing in use and resumable, consists of blankets, sheets, bolsters, shirts, flannel bed-gowns, &c.

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YORKSHIRE.

North Riding of this county, went to the parish
A young couple, who resided at a village in the
church to be married. The Curate of which,
judging from the meanness of their appearance
that they had not much money, before he be-
gan the ceremony asked for his fees: the bride-
groom produced half-a-crown, his whole stock of
cash, which the clergyman said was not enough,
bridegroom, "as I have not got money sufficient
and refused to marry them.---" Well," said the
for the whole of the ceremony, please to let me
shillings and sixpence."
have as much of it as you can afford for two

belonging to Mr. Jepson, of Comsbrough, they
As some workinen were cutting down an elm
discovered, in the heart of the tree, a horse-shoe
supposed that it must have been in the tree for 50
with a nail in it, in excellent preservation. It is

years. The elm is five-feet in circumference. Mr. Green, of High-street, Sheffield, has the shoe in his possession.

MARRIED.At Mirfield, John Joshua Jubb, of Hopton, to Miss Shepley, daughter of Mr. Joshua Shepley, of the former place.---The bride and bridegroom are cousins, and the bridegroom's brother having married an aunt of the bride's, they stand in point of kindred, as uncle and aunt, brother and sister, and cousins, to the new.married couple.

DIED.At Hull, Major-general Hewgill, commander of the troops in that garrison, an Lieutenant-Governor of the Scilly Islands, aged 49.---In her 82d year Mrs. Kemplay.

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