The stairs, and was cut down, but not soon
enough to revive, though the usual means were
funmediately resorted to. At Piddinghoe, aged
97, Mrs. Ann Back. She has tive sons and
daughters, and left grand-children, great grand-
children, and great great grand-children, to the
number of 113.-At Chichester, Captain Cra-
eraft, R. N. Commander of the Sea Fencibles on
the coast of this county. He was First Lieutenant
of the Brunswick on the 1st of June, 1794, and
gallantly fought that ship after Captain Harvey || tioned social and fraternal Wasseil.
was mortally wounded.

church, not by way of sacrament, but merely in
sign of mutual charity. To encourage this dis-
position, and by way of favour to the society it-
self of York cordwainers, Archbishop Scrope, as
it seems, was pleased to grant a relaxation of
forty days canonical penance, or a pardon of forty
days, as it was anciently called, which, by the
by, had no connection whatsoever with the for-
giveness of sins of any kind, to those who on
such occasions should join in the above-men-

WARWICKSHIRE.

As a nursery-maid, in the service of Sir T. Pilkington, of Chevitt, was lately sitting with the Baronet's infant child near the fire, a spark flew on the child's clothes and set them on a blaze. The maid, with a sentiment of humanity and duty that merited a better fate, instantly ran to the cradle, and by wrapping the infant in the bed

A fine Buck was lately observed by Mr. John Baucutt, of Northend, feeding in the inclosures near that place. The deer, on Mr. B. riding towards him, made off, at speed, across the country; topping every fence in his way, he took a circuit through Burton Dassett, be-furniture, saved it; her own dress, however, was

yond which place, being hard pressed, in endeavouring to cover a thick high hedge, the noble animal got entangled by his antlers, when his pursuer jumped off his horse and secured him. It is remarkable, that Mr. Baucutt followed the buck over every inch of ground, and over every leap, and that he caught him without a dog, and took him home without any assistance. The buck is kept in a stall, and takes his feed as quietly as a cow. The distance run was about

four miles.

DIED.-At Moor-hall, John Hackett, Esq. At Birmingham, aged 88, Mrs. Haden. WESTMORLAND.

DIED. At Dove Nest, Ambleside, in consequence of her clothes taking fire, Miss Pedder, daughter of Edward Pedder, Esq.--At Newby, Mrs. Robinson, relict of James Robinson, of Ploverick.

YORKSHIRE.

The Treasury of the Cathedral of York has lately been enriched with a curious silver bowl, on which an inscription purports, that it was given by Archbishop Scrope, who was beheaded in 1405, to the confraternity of cordwainers of this city, with the promise of forty days pardon

to

those who should drink out of it. To under-
stand this matter, it is to be observed, that the
different professions and trades were accustomed
in ancient times to form themselves into confra-
ternities or societies, to which a great number of
religious practices and devotions were annexed;
and that amongst these, that of the Grace Cup,
or Poculum Charitatis: which consisted in drink-
ing health to each other, with the repetition of
the word "Wasseil," at the conclusion of any
public repast, was universal, being considered as
a pledge of fraternal affection and charity.
the same purpose it was the practice of the
French, till their late dreadful revolution, to eat
bits of fine bread, which were distributed to all
present in the most solemn services of their

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by this time in flames; she ran into another room, and rolled herself in the carpet, but unhappily too late, for she was burnt to such a degree that, after five days excessive torment, she expired.

MARRIED. At Kirby-hall, the Rev. Dr. Claudius Buchanan, to Miss Mary Thompson.-J. Ridley, Esq. of the Plantation, near Whitby, to Letitia, daughter of the late Dr. Wells-At Campsall, near Doncaster, W. Rowley, Esq. of Kirk Smeaton, to Miss Sarah Bedford, of Fenwick Grange.-At Hull, Capt. Cresser, of the Cumberland Militia to Miss Metcalfe.

DIED-At York, J. Bilton, Esq. -Mrs. Brandon, aunt to Sir W. Fettes, of Wamphray, Bart. in her g1st year. At Hull, J. Robinson, Esq. At Sheffield, Mrs. C. Lindley. At Pocklington, Mr. Simpson.-At Wakefield, Miss Lonsdale, in her 17th year.

WALES.

The late Rev. Rice Pritcharch, was for some time after his admission into the church, awfully ensnared by the sin of drunkenness; he was at length recovered from it in the following singular way:-He had a tame goat which was wont to follow him to the alehouse which he frequented; and he one day, by way of frolic, gave the poor animal so much ale that it became intoxicated. What particularly struck Mr. P. was, from that time, though the creature would follow him to the door, he never could get it to enter the houseRevolving on this circumstance, Mr. P. was led to see how much the sin by which he had been enslaved, had sunk him beneath a beast, and from that time, he not only became a sober man, but an exemplary Christian, and a very eminent minister of the gospel.

MARRIED. Captain Brigstooke, of the North Gloucester Militia, to Harriet, sister of Sir William Mansel, Baronet, of Iswed, Carmarthen.

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