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March 18. Aged 71, Thomas Starr, esq. of Canterbury.

LANCASHIRE.-Feb. 29. Aged 50, Lieut. R. Low, R.N. Government emigration agent at Liverpool for the last seven years.

Lately. At Fearnhead, near Warrington, Mr. James Cropper, a distinguished member of the Society of Friends, and the principal partner in the firm of Cropper, Benson, and Co. merchants, of Liverpool.

LEICESTER.-March 17. At her brother's, the Rev. James Beresford, Rector of Kibworth, Mrs. Parsons, wife of Samuel Parsons, esq. of North-crescent, Bedford-sq.

Feb. 19. At Belminsthorpe, near Stamford, aged 73, Nathan Croke Wetherell, esq. B.C.L. senior Fellow of University college, son of the Rev. Nathan Wetherell, D.D. Master of that Society from 1764 to 1808, and brother to Sir Charles Wetherell. The deceased had been for 45 years in lodgings in the village of Belminsthorpe, under the medical care of Dr. Willis. He took his degree of M.A. Oct. 11, 1790, and B.C.L. Dec. 7, 1795.

MIDDLESEX.-Feb. 16. At Ashford, aged 70, G. S. Segel, esq.

Feb. 20. At Cranford, aged 61, William Cane, esq. formerly of Pall Mall.

March 1. At the Lodge, Hillingdon, John Chippindale, esq. aged 77.

NORFOLK.-March 7. At Great Yarmouth, Harriott, daughter of the late Robert Brettingham, esq. of Norwich, and aunt to the lady of Sir Robert Smirke.

March 2. At his father's, Swettisham, aged 21, Mr. John Lyas Bishop, late student of King's college, London.

NORTHAMPTON.-Dec. 31. At Peterborough, aged 82, Mrs. Catharine Wes

ton.

March 17. At Kettering, aged 90, William Roughton, sen. esq.

NORTHUMBERLAND.-Lately. At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aged 71, Sir Robert Shafto Hawks. He received the honour of knighthood the 21st April, 1817.

Feb. 29. At Bedlington, aged 110, Mrs. Mary Lorimer. She perfectly remembered the rebellion of 1745, at which time she was in service at Morpeth.

NOTTS.-Feb. 18. At Wigthorpe, near Worksop, aged 90, the relict of the Rev. Richard Morton, Vicar of East Retford.

OXFORD.-Feb. 29. At Cornwall House, near Chipping Norton, Harriot, third daughter of the late Francis Penyston, esq.

Henrietta, wife of the Rev. T. E. Colston, Vicar of Broadwell.

At Oxford, at the house of her son-inlaw James Young, esq. aged 52, Mrs. Servante.

March 1. Aged 84, Sarah, the wife of Robert Speakman, esq. of Oxford.

March 15. Aged 27, Louisa, wife of the Rev. James Guillemard, Vicar of Kirtlington.

SALOP.-Feb. 13. At Preston Montford, near Shrewsbury, Emily Lissey, wife of Sir F. B. Hill, K.T.S. youngest daughter of the late T. J. Powys, esq. of Berwick-house.

SOMERSET.-Feb. 4. At Glastonbury, Mr. Bulleid, draper, of that place; he threw himself from the tower of the church, a height 120 feet, and was killed upon the spot. Pecuniary difficulties had long preyed upon his mind.

Feb. 21. At the residence of his uncle, Bath, Ellis Puget Kitson, M.A., of Balliol college, Oxford, only son of Lieut.-Col. Kitson, 26th Madras N. Inf. He entered as Commoner of Balliol in 1831; at his examination in Michaelmas Term, 1834, he was placed in the third class in Literis Humanioribus, and also in Disciplinis Mathematicis et Physicis. He took the degree of B.A. 1835, M.A. 1838.

Feb. 27. At his father's residence, Perrymead, Thomas Cruttwell, esq. of Doctors' Commons, eldest surviving son of R. S. Cruttwell, esq. Mayor of Bath.

In his 66th year, William Kent, esq. of Bathwick Hill.

Feb. 29. At Bath, aged 69, Alicia Harriot, relict of the Rev. H. F. Mills, Chancellor of York Minster, and third daughter of the late Dr. Markham, Archbishop of York.

March 3. At Stone Easton, aged 71, Samuel Harris, esq.

March 7. At Mendip Lodge, aged 39, Mary-Agnes, wife of Lieut.-Colonel W. Fawcett; also, on the 9th, Mary-Albinia, her infant daughter.

March 16. At Bath, aged 65, MaryAnne, relict of Thomas Boultbee, esq. SUFFOLK.-Feb. 13. Aged 71, John Hoy, esq. of Stoke-by-Nayland. SURREY.-Dec. 29. At Reigate, in his 80th year, Wm. Turner, esq. formerly of Demerara.

March 4. At Barnes, in her 18th year, the Lady Alicia Hope, daughter of John, fourth Earl of Hopetown.

March 6. At Richmond, Lady Anne Bingham, aunt to the present Earl of Lucan, and sister to the late Lavinia Countess Spencer.

March 11. At Egham, aged 74, Ann Thomasine Haynes, wife of Robert Haynes, esq. of Barbadoes.

March 14. Aged 68, Felix Ladbroke, esq. of Hedley.

March 15. Anna-Maria, wife of Chas. Barclay, esq. Bury Hill, near Dorking.

SUSSEX.-Feb. 22. Aged 74, Charles Harrison, esq. of Folkington, justice of the peace for the county.

Feb. 25. At Shoreham, aged 39, Mr. Frank Bridger, brother to H. C. Bridger, esq. of Buckingham-place.

Feb. 26. At Park-place, Worthing, Mrs. Cartwright, relict of the Rev. Edward Cartwright, of Leominster, F.S. A. the author of the History of the Rape of Bramber. She was his second wife, daughter of the Rev. Edward Tredcroft, married in 1808, and left a widow with three sons, in 1833 (see Gent. Mag. vol. c. i. 375, 652.)

Feb. 28. At Woodmancote-place, aged 80, John Dennett, esq.

Feb. 29. At Hastings, Elizabeth Ann Watson, only child of the Rev. J. Lister, of Stanley, near Wakefield, Yorkshire.

Lately. At Worthing, aged 85, Mrs. D. Venner, eldest dau. of K. Venner, esq. formerly of Bosenden, Kent.

March 5. Aged 59, John Seaward, esq. His remains were interred on the 11th, at Wisborough-green.

March 6. At Brighton, aged 74, Nathaniel Snell, esq. of Gloucester-place.

March 7. At Petworth, aged 80, Charlotte, relict of Richard Bragg Blagden, esq.

March 13. At Brighton, in his 78th year, George Bridges, esq. formerly Alderman of Lime Street Ward, to which he was elected in 1811. He was Sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1816, Lord Mayor in 1819, and one of the Members for the city in the Parliament of 1825-26. He resigned his gown in 1826.

WARWICK.-March 2. At Leamington Spa, aged 55, William Tenison, of co. Monaghan, esq.

March 5. At Stratford-upon-Avon, aged 18, John Bowyer Wynn, eldest son of John Branston Freer, esq.

March 10. At Edgbaston, in his 25th year, Thomas Cotterell Scholefield, son of Joshua Scholefield, esq. M.P. for Birmingham.

At Birmingham, Mr. Charles Pemberton, lecturer on elocution. He was formerly an actor at Covent Garden, where he represented Hamlet, Virginius, and several other characters. In the year 1832, 33, and 34, he contributed a series of papers to the Monthly Repository, entitled Autobiography of Pal Verjuice, which was believed to shadow forth some of the vicissitudes of his own early life. In 1833 he delivered a series of lectures at the London Institution, on the rules and na

ture of Oratory, and he was thought to shine much more as a critic than as an actor. He was also the author of some unpublished dramas and lyrical tales, with which his lectures were occasionally enlivened.

March 12. At Kenilworth, Mrs. Rebecca Bird, sister of the late W. W. Bird, esq. formerly M.P. for Coventry. WESTMORLAND. - Feb. 16. At Biggins, near Kirkby Lonsdale, aged 71, Edward Rawlinson, esq. for 53 years agent to the Earl of Lonsdale.

Lately. At Appleby, aged 80, Margaret, relict of J. Hill, esq. Deputy Lieut. of Westmorland.

March 13. At Temple Sowerby, aged 78, Jane, relict of John Jackson, esq. WILTS.-March 14. At Salisbury, H. W. Markham, esq.

YORK.-Feb. 10. At Little Woodhouse, near Leeds, Francis Thomas Billam, esq. formerly of the 62d foot.

Feb. 16. At Hamphall Stubs, aged 54, George Broadrick, esq. of that place, and of Ottrington Hall, one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and also for the counties of Nottingham and Lincoln. He was formerly a Fellow of Jesus college, Cambridge, where he graduated B. A. 1805 as 5th Junior Optime, M.A. 1808; and he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, on the 23rd June 1817.

Feb. 28. At Bridlington, aged 78, Bryan Taylor, esq.

Feb. 29. Eliza, the wife of R. J. Thompson, esq. of Kirby Hall.

March 1. At Reedness, aged 78, John Egremont, esq. for many years an active magistrate for the West Riding. He was, in his early days, a great admirer of Charles Fox, and he retained to the last an unceasing desire for the support and spread of liberal principles. In proof of this may be mentioned his ardent support of Earl Fitzwilliam, when Lord Milton, in the memorable contest against the house of Harewood, and on several occasions afterwards, his active exertions for Lord Morpeth, and more especially for Daniel Gaskell, esq. the first member for Wakefield.

March 2. Mrs. Hannah Dodgson, of Herodwell, near Halifax, aged 105 years and seven months; this venerable lady has left eight children, 63 grandchildren, and 161 great-grandchildren.

March 2. At Whitby, aged 78, William Chapman, esq. brother of Aaron Chapman, esq. M.P. for Whitby.

March 4. At York, at an advanced age, Charles Liddell, esq. formerly proprietor of the lead works. He served the office of Sheriff for that city in 1822.

WALES.-Feb. 22. Aged 70, Richard Jebb, esq. of Rhiwlas, Denbigh, nearly 40 years agent of the late Viscount Dun.

gannon.

Lately. At Llanferry, Carmarthen, Anne, wife of E. Bevan, M.D.

At Brecon, Walter Churchey, esq. SCOTLAND.-Feb. 4. At Ingleston, Strathmore, Andrew Dalgairns, esq.

Feb. 23. At Sanquhar, Robert Barker, esq. late Captain of the 20th Foot, and of the Rifle Brigade.

At Edinburgh, in his 80th year, James Gentle, esq. S.S. C.

At Auchterarder, J. Smeaton, esq. of Coul, in his 95th year.

March 2. At Eaglescorne, aged 6, William Francis, youngest son of Lieut.Gen. the Hon. P. Stuart.

IRELAND. Feb. 17. At Lismore Castle, William Samuel Currey, esq. formerly Lieut.- Col. of the 54th regt.

At Ennis, Miss Macnamara, sister of the late Colonel Francis Macnamara, of Moyreisk, Clare.

ABROAD.-July 28. On board the Anna Robertson, proceeding on her voyage from London to South Australia, Mrs. Elizabeth Morton, wife of E. Morton, esq., sixth daughter of General Walker, Lime-Park, Devonshire.

Oct. 11. Drowned in an attempt to reach the shore from the wreck of the Sunda, off the N. Coast of Hainan, in the China Seas, aged 55, James Ilbery, esq, of Clement's Lane, and Doughty-st. Also, in the same wreck, James Macpherson, esq. with his wife, and infant.

BILL OF MORTALITY, from Feb. 18 to March 24, 1840.
Christened.

Males 676

Buried.

Males 606

1244

Females 6641340 Females 638

Whereof have died under two years old...279

Between

2 and 5 111
5 and 10 59

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50 and 60 119 60 and 70 144 70 and 80 99 80 and 90 41

90 and 100 5

AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, by which the Duty is regulated, March 27.

Wheat. Barley. | Oats. Rye. Beans.

d. S.

Peas.

S. d. S. d. S. d. S. d.

67 0 38 9 25 0 37 3 40 3 40 2

PRICE OF HOPS, March 27.

Sussex Pockets, 21. Os. to 31. 38.-Kent Pockets, 21. 2s. to 61. Os.

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITHFIELD, March 27. Hay, 31. 15s. to 4l. 17s. 6d.—Straw, 17. 18s. to 21. 4s.—Clover, 47. 10s. to 5l. 17s. 6d.

SMITHFIELD, March 27. To sink the Offal-per stone of 8lbs.

Beef..............

Mutton.........

..3s. 6d. to 4s. 10d.
..4s. 4d. to 5s. 2d.

Head of Cattle at Market, March 27.

Beasts........

Veal..

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..5s.

Pork......

Od. to 6s. Od. ..4s. 6d. to 5s. 4d.

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COAL MARKET, March 27.

Walls Ends, from 16s. Od. to 24s. 6d. per ton. Other sorts from 17s. Od. to 24s. 6d. TALLOW, per cwt.-Town Tallow, 56s. 6d. Yellow Russia, 53s. CANDLES, 8s. Od. per doz. Moulds, 9s. 6d.

PRICES OF SHARES.

At the Office of WOLFE, BROTHERS, Stock and Share Brokers,
23, Change Alley, Cornhill.

Birmingham Canal, 217.- Ellesmere and Chester, 82.-Grand Junction 165.- Kennet and Avon, 263.-Leeds and Liverpool, 760.-Regent's, 12. Rochdale, 105.- -London Dock Stock, 66.- -St. Katharine's, 101.- -East and West India, 105.- Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 183.--Grand Junction Water Works, 66}.—West Middlesex, 96.- -Globe Insurance, 128.Guardian, 37. Hope, 58.- Chartered Gas, 56.- -Imperial Gas, 531. Phoenix Gas, 30.-Independent Gas, 50.- General United Gas, 35.Land Company, 33.- -Reversionary Interest, 134.

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METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY W. CARY, STRAND.
From February 26 to March 25, 1840, both inclusive.

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