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Esq.-At Great Baddow, 73, Mr. P. Larcher.-Mrs. Honeywood, of Mark Hall. -67, Mr. Wm. Shuttleworth, of Mangapps, Burnham.-80, Mr. John Richardson, of Rochford.-61, Sarah Baker, of Barking. -85, John Tabor, of Bocking.-85, Mr. Edw. Pitchey, of Billericay.

KENT.

The petitions from this great and truly independent county, on the subject of the property-tax and corn-bill, have been general.

Among the benevolent institutions which are established in Maidstone, none deserves more notice than that lately established for educating the poor, on the Madras system. Of all theories for constituting a virtuons people, it will at once be conceded, that early education and moral instruction is incomparably the best. This school has been opened about four months, and already contains upwards of three hundred children. The progress exhibited by the scholars, is at once a testimony of the merits of the system, and of the zeal 4 and assiduity of the superintendants.

The advantages derived from peace, are already felt in this and the neighbouring counties. Almost every article of provision is considerably cheaper. Bread is at 9d. the quartern loaf, and meat in proportion; coals, which were last winter as high as 80s. are now at Rochester at 36s. with every prospect of a further diminution.

This county has lately been infested by a set of villains, whose practice has been to rob various farmers of valuable horses and colts, and by disfiguring them render it scareely possible for the owners to recognise them. Associations are forming at Dunbridge and other places to bring these depredators to justice.

The following three two-yearling wethers were bred and fed upon grass only by Mr. John Brisenden, grazier, of New Romney, and slaughtered by his son: Carcases.

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No. 3 136 lbs. Married.] At Bexley, Jos. Watson, LL.D. to Susannah, daughter of J.Littlewood, esq. At St. George's, Hanover-square, the Rev. T. Hyde Ripley, vicar of Wootton Bassett, Wilts, to Caroline, third daughter of the late Wm. Honeywood, esq. of Sibton, and late M.P. for this county.

At Chart Sutton, Mr. Thomas Austin, of Yalding, to Miss Mary Southon, of Marden.

At Canterbury, Mr. John Luckhurst, of Ashford, to Miss Sarah Woodgate. Mr. G. Merryweather, to Miss Taylor, both of Canterbury.

At Stockbury, Mr. T. Edmed, to Miss Hudson, of Stockbury.

Died.] At Maidstone, 79, Mrs. Benstead.—Mrs. Jones, of the ladies boarding

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school at the Nunnery.-Mr. Grover, brewer.-Mr. John Vidion, formerly printer and bookseller.

At Canterbury, George, eldest son of the late Mr. G. Chittenden, of Boughtonunder-Blean.-70, Mr.Henry Buckton, attorney at law.

At Ashford, 14, Margaret, second daughter of Mr. Power, of a decline.-Captain Smart, of the Royal Engineers.-Sarah, danghter of Mr. Apsley.

At Hawkhurst, Frederic Wilson, esq. of Tongs.-At Goudhurst, of a paralytic affection, Mr. G. Johnson, sen.-76, the Rev. James Morris, A.M. rector of Betshanger, in this county.-In Argyle-street, London, 49, Mary, wife of Win. Honywood, esq. of Sibton, and formerly M.P. for this county.-At Folkstone, 81, Mrs. Kingsford.-At Preston, Mrs. Harrison.— At Blackheath, 31, H. R. Goodwyn, esq.

We invite the periodical communi. cations of S. P. S.

SUSSEX.

At a numerous and respectable meeting of the land occupiers of the county of Sussex, John Ellman, esq. in the chair, it was resolved unanimously.-1. "That the depressed state of agriculture in the United Kingdom, in consequence of the unbounded importation of foreign corn, at a time when the price is insufficient to repay the British farmer, and enable him to bear up against the heavy burthen of taxation, the natural consequence of a long and expensive war, which will inevitably prove ruinous to the grower, and injurious to the consumer, by lessening our home produce, and making us dependent on foreign supply. And, 2. That unless protection is given to the British farmers, in the sale of their produce, while struggling under the heavy burthens of poor's-tax, tythe, highway-tax, malt-tax, property, and assessed taxes, as well as other heavy outgoings from a farm, it will be totally impossible to bear up against them, and in many cases (if no rent be paid) a considerable portion of the arable land must be totally neglected, and let run to waste."

Married.] The Rev. T. Kilgove, to Miss C. Dyer, of Cockerhill.

E. Dash, esq. to Miss Newman, of Chichester.-The Rev. John V. Buttou, to Mrs. Freeman.

At Hailsham church, Mr. John Putland, to Miss Mynn.

At Chichester, G. N. Cheek, esq. to Miss Earl.

At Madehurst, Mr. Thomas Duke, to Miss Redwick.

Died.] At Lewes, 100, David Gaul, esq. Mr. R. Green, of Oving.—At Arundel castle, 92, Mrs. Carleton.

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At Havant, C. B. Longcroft, esq. to Miss Jane Padwick.

Lieut.H. A. Bates, R.N. to Miss Isabella Innes, of Portsea.

Mr. Groves, sen. of the Halfway-houses, to Mrs. Smith, of Prince George's-street, Portsea,

Lieut. Agnew, of the 82d regt. to Miss Drury, daughter of V. D. esq. of Portsea. At Stoke, Lieut. Hills, R.Ñ. to Miss Jane Carter, Forton Mill.

At Newport, Mr. Paul, to Miss Hayball.

At Burton, T. D. Shute, esq. to Miss Charlotte Cameron.

Died.] At Portsea, Mr. Allport, linen draper. Mrs. Ford, at the Queen's Head. -Suddenly, Mrs. Love, on the Hard.Mrs. Dixon, wife of Mr.D. sen.-Suddenly, Jas. Bone, esq. of Hambledon. Mrs. Collins, of Godalming.—Mr. Jas. Grist, many years a respectable printer and bookseller in Portsea. Mrs. Rattu.-Mrs. Lawrence, of the Red Lion, Queen-street.-Mr. T. Messum.-24, Mr. George Messum, nephew of the deceased.—In Britain-street, Mr. J. Phillips.

At Ryde, 40, Mr. Jas. Hatcher.-18, Mr. George Lowe.--Mrs. Holmwood, of Fareham.

At Newtown, Mrs. Goodeve, of Portchester. Mrs. Hyslop, an old inhabitant of Gosport.

At Newport, 94, Mr. Edw. Hayles, late of Southampton.-At Newcastle, RearAdmiral Charleton.-At Kingston, Lieut. Wm. Stagg, R.N.-54, Mrs. Smith, of Yaverland Farm, Isle of Wight.-At Stoke, Mrs. Cumby. At Gosport, 80, Mrs. Cornelius. Mrs. Hyslop, of Newtown, near Gosport.- Mrs. Kerley, of Comphouse Farm, Southwick.-Lieut. G. Green, late Commanding the Steady Gun-brig, on this station. At the Vicarage House at Arreton, Isle of Wight, 95, Henry Roach, esq. -Miss Fulford, sister of Mr. Fulford, King's Head, Halfway-houses.

At Over-Wallop, Mrs. U. K. C. Wake, wife of the Rev. Mr. W.-At Cams, near Fareham, 23, John Delme, esq. On the day previous to his demise he was dressing him self to attend ne races, which he had prepared for i amusement of the members of the Hampshire Hunt, when he was seized with an apoplectic fit, under the effects of which he languished until the next morning, when he died.

At Sutton Scotney, suddenly, Mr. John Ewens.

WILTSHIRE.

The landowners and occupiers of this county have presented a strong petition for relief against foreign corn, at the present importation prices.

The cloth manufactory of Mr. Lanfiare, of Calne, was lately destroyed by fire.

Married.] Mr. Baber, of Bradford, to Miss Catharme Biggs, of Ivy Mill Farm.

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At Corsham, Mr. P. Shuring, to Miss Baker.

Thomas Edridge, esq. of Monkton Jux. ta, to Miss Ann Figgins.

Rev. John Bailes, to Miss Susan Chapman, both of Hilperton.

Died.] At Beaverstone, 79, Mrs. Ann Stockwell.-At Marlbro', 32, Mr. Thomas Church. At Malmsbury, Mrs. Andrews. --Mrs. Tovey, of Shrewton, daughter of J. Gilbert, esq.-At Stockton, 75, Mr. W. Pinchard, esq. many years an active member of the Bath Agricultural Society.—At Bradford, Bush, esq.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

The Bath Petition against the Property Tax measures 19 yards; that of the county 60 yards.

The Bath Penitentiary was enabled to expend 3787. last year; a sum vastly below its just claims on benevolence.

The Eye Infirmary of Bath relieved 275 patients within the last year.

We collect from the well-selected columns of Mr. Savage's Taunton and Bridgewater Journal, that an improved line of road is determined on between that town and Wellington.

The same paper records a shocking instance, at Saltash, of the dreadful consequences of presenting guns in joke. One young man took up a gun and snapped it twice at another, and the second time it discharged its contents into the head of the other, and killed him on the spot. Distracted by what he had done, he flew from the room, and threw himself into a mill pond, where he was drowned.

Married.] At Taunton, Major W. B. Kersteman, 10th regt. to Susanna, daughter of the Rev. John Ambrose, D.C.L. of Dublin.

At Freshford, Wm. Ancrum, esq. of Ca nonbury Grove, to Miss S. Fisher Joyce. Mr. Thomas Purnell Luff, of Wells, to Miss Ann Meacham, of Shepton Mallet. Mr. George Kite, of Batheaston, to Miss Ann Tree, of Swainswick.

John Hensley, esq. to Susanna Maria, second daughter of the late Egerton Allcock, of Abbot's Bromley Park.

William Finch, esq. of Tullamore, to Miss Coales, daughter of Philip Coales, esq. They had previously been married at Gretna Green.

At Bath, Edward Dolman Scott, esq. of Great Barr, to Catharine Juliana, eldest daughter of Sir Hugh Bateman.-Hugh O'Reilly, esq. of Meath, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the Rev. John Jones.Capt. Francis Edward Seymour, R.N. to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Charles Cooke, esq.-Mr. Robert Penny, of the Bladud Bank, to Miss Stothert, of Northgate-street.-Mr. Charles Caines Clifton, surgeon, to Mary Ann, daughter of William White, esq.

Died.] At Farley, 58, the Rev. Joseph Griffiths,

1815.1 Griffiths.-Mrs. Stowell, of Bedminster. At Wincanton, 75, William Blacher, member of the Society of Friends.-At Wells, Mrs. Wilkinson, relict of Mr. George W. brandy merchant.-At Mudford, 71, Mr. Oliver Hayward.-At Monckton, near Taunton, Thomas Parry, labourer, 102: a hard-working man, always frugal and temperate in his mode of living, and an early riser. He retained the use of his faculties to the last.-114, Mrs. Johnson, mother of Mrs. Weymouth, Post office, Bedminster. She enjoyed her faculties to the last, and was confined to her bed only three weeks.-In Shepton Mallet, Mr. Thomas Skone, 54 years an eminent brewer.-Mary Anne, eldest daughter of John Blackberrow, esq. of Banwell Court.-At Wrington, 82, Mr. Thomas Cole, fellmonger.-At Midsomer Norton, 71, James Savage, esq.-At Bath. easton, Mr. Blackford, schoolmaster.-At Kelstone, 62, Mr. James Steger.-69, Samuel Edwards, esq. of Cothain Lodge. -At Bathwick, Mr. Johannot, dramatist. -At Hallatrow, Mrs. Martha Broadribb. -At Wiveliscombe, Mr. James Leane, formerly a banker.-At Crowcombe, 94, Mrs. Mary Gard.-James Bennett, esq. of Cadbury House.

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At Bath, 75, Mrs. Ann Breedon, of Chapel-row. 71, B. Bate, esq. son of the Rev. J. Bate.-Mr. William Ridings, assistant serjeant to the Court of Requests.-59, Mrs. Fanny Moger Lyne, of Kingsmead Terrace.-In Green-park-buildings, great ly regretted, 77, Mrs. Farrer, wife of James F. esq.-In Milson-street, T. Roberts, jun. esq. of Charter-house-square.-Justly lamented, Mrs. Evans, relict of Charles E. esq. of Jamaica.-Mrs. Fuller, wife of Mr. Thomas F. coachmaker.-In Alfred-street, 69, suddenly, Mrs. Barber.

DORSETSHIRE.

A subscription is proposed for building a new church at Malcombe Regis, capable of containing 2000 persons. We have frequently lamented the inadequate size of churches as one, if not the chief, cause of the increase of Methodism, and it appears to us that a government which has lavished 1000 millions in purposes of political strife, ought to dedicate one or two to the service of the established church, by building ten or twelve spacious church in every county.

Married.] Capt. W. Burchell, to Miss
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Mr. Poole, of Sherburne, to Miss Jane
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At Sherborne, T. Tulk, esq. to Miss J.
E. Brice,

Died.] At Bridport, 87, Mrs. Hayter, of the Golden Lion Inn.-At Chetnole, 91, Mrs. Mary Hewlett, relict of the late Mr. Timothy H. and mother of the Rev. John H. morning preacher at the Foundling Hospital. Mr. Jas. Castleman, of Hinton St. Mary, 96.-At Child Okeford, 61, Mrs.

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DEVONSHIRE.

At the late quarter-sessions it appeared that it has for some time past been the practice of a resident of St. Giles's, London, to fabricate and seli to vagrants false papers, describing them as discharged soldiers, sailors, &c. on their way to their families. These impostors have in consequence spread themselves over the kingdom, and extorted money with great success from benevolent persons.

Married.] At Tavistock, Hugh Snell, esq. to Miss Hill.

At Bishop's Teignton, Col. Goodridge, to Miss Caniden.

At Trinity-church, Mr. Richard Legg, to Miss Mary Dennis, both of Exeter.

At St. Edmund's-church, B. Flood, esq. to Miss Hakewill, of Exeter.

Died.] At Exeter, Mrs. Arscott.-Mrs. Bidwell.-55, R. Rooke, esq.

At Tavistock, Miss P. Rundle.

At Dartington House, 53, Mr. John Skinner.-At Moreton Hampstead, Miss Mary Mardon.-At Berry Nardor, sincerely lamented, Mrs. Jane Spencer.--Mrs. Jackson, late of Heavitree.-At Ot tery, Mrs. Phillips.-At Heavitree, 60, Mrs. Drewe, of Grange.-At Barnstaple, Mrs. Mullins.-At Stoke, near Plymouth, Mrs. Cumby.-At Strawberry Hill, Jos. Lyons Walrond, esq.--At Sidmouth, Mr. Jonathan Hewlett.-Mrs. Sarah Feltham, late of Hinton St. George, Somerset.~ Mrs. Wingyett, confectioner, Plymouth. -Mrs.Bidwill, of St. Thomas's, Exeter.45, Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Wm. Cutcliffe, esq. of St. David's Hill, Exeter.

At Chawleigh, 87, Mrs. Cornal, widow. -84, Mrs. Jane Reed, widow.-Miss Mary Burrow. At Lifton, 75, Mrs. Mary Burne.

At Teigumouth, 36, Mr. John Carter.At Topsham, 87, Mrs. Brooke.-At Huaton, 96, Mr. John Hutchinson.

CORNWALL.

Married.] At St. Ives, Mr. T. Greenfell, to Miss Mary Woodcock.

At Llanivet, Mr. Wm. Thomas, to Miss Mary Anu Tinckum.

At St. Columb, Mr. Wm. Bone, to Miss Avery.

At Boscastle, Mr. Wm. James, to Miss Bellamy.

At Padstow, Mr. D. Morton, to Miss Mary Mitchell.

Ai St. Tudy, Mr. Samuel Couch, to Miss Mary Sideman.

At Helston, Mr. H. Plomer, of Manaccan, to Miss Eliz. Martin, daughter of Mr. Cosworth M. of Mullion.

Died.] At Launceston, Miss Honor Lenn.-At Gwithian, the Rev. Rowland Veale.-At Gwinear, 19, Mrs. Osborne.-At Mawgan, 78, Mrs. Eliz. Bennett.-At Chacewater, Mr. Wm. Richards.--At Tre vere, 80, Mrs. Moon.-At Polruan, Mrs.

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Jane. At Street-au-Nowan, near Penzance, Mrs. Kelynack.-At East Looe, 74, Mr. Jonathan Jackson, one of the officers of the Customs at that port.-At West Looe, Mr. Chas. Bowden, of Looe. At Padstow, Mrs. Rowe.-25, George, eldest son of Mr. George, of Tetcott. He was thrown from his horse, on returning from Holsworthy, and killed on the spot.

WALES.

The Montgomeryshire canal is to be carried up to Newtown, and 40,000l. is to be raised by mortgage for that purpose.

The new and advantageous road between Merthyr Tydvil and Abergavenny will be opened to the public on the 1st of June.

Married.] At Llanbadarn Fawr, James Newall, to Miss Emily Locke.

Died.] At Glanrhyd, the Rev. Jonathan Hughes.-John Bower, esq. of Abertholwyn.-At Machan, 104, Mrs. Eliz. Thomas. At Rythen, 103, David Lewis.

SCOTLAND.

Parish banks have been established in many parts of Scotland, for the deposits of the small savings of mechanics, servants, and labourers, which are accumulated at compound interest, and withdrawn at pleasure.

It merits notice as a decision worthy of the dark ages, that the Faculty of Advocates have determined that decisions of Scottish Juries need not be unanimous; -which is as much as to say that, instead of their verdicts being truths, as must necessarily command unanimity, the decisions of the Scottish courts need only be probabilities, true or false, in the ratio of the numbers on each side!

Married.] At Dunbar House, J. Balfour, esq. of Gorton, to Lady Eleanor Maitland, third daughter of the Earl of Lauderdale.

Died.] At Edinburgh, William Creech, esq. bookseller, and late lord provost of that city. He was long known as an excellent and elegant scholar; and although, from the extent of his business as one of the most eminent booksellers of his day, and his many social engagements, he had little leisure to direct his mind to any deliberate literary work, yet the frequent light pieces and essays which came from his pen, evinced the elegance of his taste, his knowledge of character, and his capability of a higher attainment in composition, if he had chosen to aim at it. It has perhaps fallen to the lot of few men to have

enjoyed more than Mr. Creech did, the correspondence and confidence of most of the great literary characters who flourished in Scotland from about the middle to the end of the last century. He continued in business for the long period of forty-four years, and has been concerned in all the principal publications during that time.

At Edinburgh, Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Francis Lord Seaforth, Baron Mackenzie, of Kintail, his Majesty's lieutenant of the county of Ross. The wonderful powers of his mind, undiminished even by the privation of the sense of hearing; the stores of information which he had acquired in almost every branch of science, and his rare proficiency in several, will be long remembered.

DEATHS ABROAD.

Died.] At Madeira, 28, Mr. Thomas Carrick, son of T. Carrick, esq. banker, of Carlisle, deeply lamented by all who were acquainted with his benevolent disposition.

At Berlin, 77, the Prussian Genoral Lestocq, late governor of Berlin.

At Rome, 39, the Rev. Francis Deacle, B.D. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. At Vienna, in his 824 year, Field Marshal the Prince de Ligne, celebrated as a wit, a scholar, and a soldier; and whose Letters on the Turkish Campaign, equal the productions of Voltaire. On his deathbed he remarked, that the confederated sovereigns had been treated with all sights at Vienna, but he proposed to treat them with the funeral of a Field Marshal!

At Gottenburgh, 45, C. E. Brandstrom, esq. of Hull.

At Triconopoly, 52, her Highness Habidal Nissa Begum, wife of the brother of the late Nabob of the Carnatic.

At Paris, the young Princess of Leon, aged 26, celebrated for the charms of her wit and the qualities of her heart. She was engaged to dine with the Duke of Orleans, and at five o'clock, her dressing was finished, consisting of a crape dress; a lighted taper at the fire-place attracted the crape, and set it in flames. The Princess, by her agitated efforts to extinguish the blaze, only assisted it to spread more rapidly. The house was roused by her cries, and the servants ran to her assistance, but she was found in a horrible state, and all the exertions of medical skill could not save her. Our often-published remedy would have saved her.

TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

Various opinions relative to the Corn Bill have, we trust, acceptably occupied several pages of our current Number. In the mean time, Parliament has adopted a palliative to diminish the symptoms, instead of removing the cause of the disease; and, during the discussions, the cause itself has been kept wholly out of sight, the primary effects being treated as causes, and nothing proposed, but a means of palliating the symptoms!

As soon as the intercourse is renewed with America we shall endeavour to recover our arrears of Literary and Scientific Intelligence from that Country.

Several unpaid Letters have recently been returned to the Post office, for want of the Indorsement of the Writer on the outside for our guide. Our Correspondent at Galway is ins formed, that good original Poetry is always acceptable to us.

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MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

No. 267.]

APRIL 1, 1815.

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When the Monthly Magazine was first planned, two leading ideas occupied the minds of those who undertook to con duct it. The first was, that of laying before the Public various objects of information and discussion, both amusing and instructive; the second was that of lending aid to the propagation of those liberal principles respecting some of the most important concerns of mankind, which have been either deserted or virulently upposed by other Periodical Miscellanies; and upon the manly and rational support of which the Fame and Fate of the age must ultimately depend.Preface to Monthly Mag. Vol. I. As long as those who write are ambitious of making Converts, and of giving their Opinions a Maximum of Laduence and Celebrity, the most extensively circulated Miscellany will repay with the greatest Effect the Curiosity of those who read, whether it be for Amusement or for Instruction.JOHNSON.

For the Monthly Magazine.

GALL AND SPURZHEIM's SYSTEM OF CRANIOLOGY.

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view of Dr. Gall's Science of CRANIOLOGY, accompanied by an engraving of heads, shewing the dependance of the exterior physiognomy on the shape of the skull.

Since that time the labours of Dr. GALL, and of his coadjutor Dr. SPURZREIM, have increased the celebrity of the system; and, whatever may be its foundation, or with whatever success they may have analyzed the powers of nature, the public curiosity on the subject is a suffi cient justification of our attention to it. It is probable that the shape of the skull, and consequently of the excesses of particular portions or functions of the brain, may be links in the chain of secondary causes hitherto unobserved; and in that sense the new. science merits MONTHLY MAG. No. 267.

the attention of philosophers. At the same time it is not improbable but the doctrine may have been carried too far, and that too nice a discrimination of passions and powers may have been attempted by the ingenious professors.

Dr. SPURZHEIM has however afforded the British people an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the foundations of his deductions in lectures, which he has been engaged in delivering during the past winter, in London and other places; and also in an elaborate Treatise, ia which he has unfolded at large his own views, and those of Dr. GALL.

From that ingenious work we have co pied the above map, and, with the aid of the index, it will convey to our readers a clear view of the system. The figures indicate the localities of the ORGANS or FUNC TIONS, and an enlargement of that part is 2 C considered

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