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Some Selected Reports from the Salisbury and Winchester Journal
Monday, May 31st, 1813
Swedish Turnip Seed, warranted to be the true yellow kind, and of the last year's growth. To Be Sold, by Mr.Bramble, the grower, of Ensbury, near Wimborne, Dorsetshire, in quantities not less than half a bushel, at forty shillings per bushel. Any less quantity may be had of Mr.Waterman, seedsman, Wimborne, who is appointed Mr.Bramble's agent.
To House Painters.
Three or four good Workmen will meet with immediate employ and the best wages by applying to J.Noble, High-street, Salisbury.
Osiers.
To be Sold, - 500 Bolts of Peeled Osiers, fit for Basket-making.- To be seen at Bemerton, near Salisbury, on application to John Uphill.
Whereas Mr.Thomas Plomer, of Stalbridge, in the county of Dorset, did, on the 15th day of May, 1813, assign and convey the whole of his Estate and Effects to Mr.Samuel Lewis and Mr.Henry Taylor, of Stalbridge, and Mr.Thos.Dowding, of West Stower, for the payment of his debts, and the general settlement of his affairs :- Notice is hereby given, that the said Trustees are not answerable or accountable for any debts or engagements the said Thomas Plomer may contract or enter into after the execution of the above deed.
Dated the 27th of May, 1813.
D.Hill (late Teacher in Mrs.Penny's Boarding-School, Upper Tooting, Surry), begs leave to inform the Inhabitants of Salisbury, its vicinity, and the Public, that she intends opening a Day-School, at Michaelmas next, for the reception of Young Ladies, in Bedwin-street, Salisbury.
Terms.- Instruction in English, History, Chronology, Geography, Plain and Ornamental Needle Work. - Three Guineas per annum - No Entrance.
French 15s. Writing 10s. 6d. per Quarter.
Music, by an approved Master, on the accustomed terms.
D.H. solicits the patronage of her Father's Friends and the Public : and hopes, by paying strict attention to the improvement of her Pupils, to merit the approbation of those parents who place their children under her care.
West Tytherly.
Brick, Lime, and Tile Kilns.
F.Whittle, impressed with a grateful sense of the very liberal support received since entering on the above concern, from a liberal Public, begs leave to return his most sincere thanks; he also begs to inform them, he has on sale a quantity of Bricks and Tiles and Lime of the first quality. He can with confidence recommend his Tiles for durability, as being inferior to none.
Orders left at the Old Rainbow, Milford-street, Salisbury, will be thankfully received and punctually attended to.
May 25, 1813.
Dolphin Inn, Corn Market, Romsey.
J.Chandler, (from the Red Lion Inn, Ringwood), most respectfully informs his Friends, Gentlemen Travellers, and the Public in general, that he has taken and entered on the above Inn. He has laid in a large stock of genuine old wines, the best flavoured spirits, London porter, &c. &c. ; and every attention will be paid to the accommodation and comfort of those Gentlemen who may honour him with their support.
Excellent Stables, Hay and Corn.
N.B. A good Ordinary each Market Day at 1 o'clock.
Portsmouth, May 26.
Lieut-General Whetham, late Lieutenant-Governor of this Garrison, was interred on Wednesday in the Garrison Chapel, with military honours, and every demonstration of respect due to his rank and character, the streets being lined with the Royal Marines, the Worcester, Oxford, and King's County Militias; the corpse was preceded by a squadron of light dragoons, and a train of artillery, followed by the officers of the Garrison, and detachments of the flank companies of several regiments, and 400 of the Irish Dragoon Guards dismounted, and closed with the carriages of the friends of the lamented General. The concourse of people to witness this interesting and awful ceremony, was astonishingly great.
Winchester.
Saturday, May 29.
On Saturday last was married, by special licence, at St.Martin's Church, London, Rear-Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Knt. to the Marchioness of Clanricarde.
On Saturday the 22d inst. died, at Penton Mewsey, near Andover, Mrs.Guy, wife of Mr.Guy.
On Tuesday last died, at the Rectorial-house of Stratfield-saye, in this county, on his birth-day, to the inexpressible grief of his greatly afflicted parents, George Rivers Bastard, aged five years, only son of the Rev.John Bastard, rector of that parish.
On Wednesday last died, at Yaldhurst, near Lymington, deeply and sincerely regretted by those who were intimately acquainted with her, Susanna, wife of the Rev.William Dixon.
On Friday night the 21st inst. a fire broke out in a cottage at Headbourn Worthy : it was supposed to be occasioned by some hot ashes having been thrown on some dry furze. The house was entirely consumed, with most of the furniture.- Mrs.Golding, who inhabited the cottage, narrowly escaped being burnt.
John Charnisky and John Colbertson, two marines, are committed to the county gaol, on a charge of manslaughter, for having killed Edward Keegar, a private in the Limerick militia, at Portsmouth.
Salisbury.
Monday, May 31, 1813.
The Rev.Henry Allwright Hughes has been presented to the rectory of Honiton, Devon, void by the death of the Rev.Dr.Honeywood.
Edward Henry Keasberry, Esq. is appointed General Stamp Distributer for Dorsetshire, in the room of Wm.Whitaker, Esq. resigned.
We have much pleasure in noticing that Mrs.Margaret Geddes, of Alderbury, near this city, has this year been presented, by the Society of Arts, with the Isis Gold Medal, for an original oil painting of a Peasant's Boy.
It is expected that the Ball on Friday, in honour of his Majesty's birth-day, will be very numerously attended. The profits are to be paid to the Treasurer of the Salisbury Infirmary.
On Monday last the 1st battalion of Wilts Local Militia assembled at Marlborough, and the 3d in this city. The 2d assembles at Devizes to-day.
The bank of Messrs. Fowlers, Good, and Co. of Bridport, which suspended its payments in November last, in consequence of failures, whereby it considered itself to be importantly affected, is discharging all its liabilities in full; and we are happy to hear, that the surviving partner sustains a much less loss than has been expected : indeed, we understand that in the quarter where the heaviest loss was contemplated, it has proved altogether insignificant.
On Wednesday last was married Mr.Charles Cusse, seedsman, of the Market-place, to Miss Cusse, milliner, of Winchester-street, in this city.
The same day was married, at Upper Deal Church, by the Rev.J.B.Backhouse, Mr.Bowling, chemist of this city, to Miss Dixon, only daughter of Mr.Dixon, of Lower Deal, Kent.
A short time since died, at Bristol, Mrs.Elizabeth Fawconer, widow of Mr.Syndry Fawconer, formerly of this city.
On Saturday the 8th ult. died at Potterne, near Devizes, in his 66th year, Mr.James Rooke, a worthy honest man.
On the 21st instant died, in the 26th year of his age, at Kinsale, in Ireland, of an inflammatory fever, Edmund Earle Benson, Esq. Lieutenant of the Grenadiers of the 76th regiment. He was sincerely beloved by his brother Officers.- His loss is severely felt by them. The reflection that the remembrance of his virtues has called forth the sympathetic tear from those who were bound to him by no natural tie, affords some small portion of consolation to his deeply afflicted relatives.
On Friday the 21st inst. died at Poole, in 74th year of his age, George Harrison, Esq. a Member of the Society called Quakers : he was universally respected for his sterling integrity and real (though unostentatious) benevolence.
On Tuesday last died, after a few days illness, in the 99th year of his age, Samuel Doddington, Esq. of Horsington, in the county of Somerset.
On Wednesday last died in Castle-street, in this city, Mr.Thomas Wilkins, aged 83 years.
On Thursday last died Mr.William Reekes, of Wimborne.
On Friday last died, at Stourpaine, near Blandford, Mrs.Birt, wife of Mr.T.Birt, of that place, lamented by all who knew her.
The first Ploughing Match of the Wiltshire Agricultural Society took place on the 19th inst.in a field at Monckton, belonging to Mr.Brown. The soil was stiff, and in a heavy wet state. The expectation that ploughs would start with two oxen as well as two horses, and both without drivers, had excited considerable interest, and the company was numerous and respectable. Eleven ploughs started for the different premiums, viz. two drawn by two horses each, and two by two oxen each; four by three horses each, and three by four oxen each. After dinner the judges delivered in the reports, in substance as follow :-
Class 1. (Time allowed, 2 3/4 hours). - The successful ploughman was Wm.Gray, servant to Mr.Davis of Fisherton; a one-wheel plough, made by Plenty, and drawn by two horses, without a driver; weight in its work 4cwt. 0qrs. 14lbs. The half acre was ploughed in two hours and three quarters. The judges observed, that they had seldom seen so good a ploughman as Wm.Gray; that he did his work in excellent style, and deserved the highest commendation. The horses and plough also had considerable merit.
Class 2. (Time allowed, 3 3/4 hours). - The successful ploughman was John Bullock, servant to Mr.Alexander, of Avebury; a two-wheel plough, made by Tickel, and drawn by two oxen, without a driver, weight in its work 4cwt. 3qrs. The half acre was ploughed in three hours and thirty four minutes. The oxen in this class were much distressed, and unequal to their task; but the judges observed that this trial had produced a conviction on their minds that a large proportion of the land cultivated in Wiltshire might be profitably ploughed with two oxen in plough, with a driver; and they expressed a hope that this use of oxen would soon become more general.
Class 3. (The time allowed for horses, 2 1/2 hours; for oxen 3 1/4.)- The successful ploughman for the first premium was Wm.Collier, servant to Mr.Brown, of Monckton; the old Wiltshire foot-plough, drawn by two horses; weight in its work 4cwt. 1qr. The half acre was ploughed in two hours and twenty-three minutes. For this premium there were seven competitors.- The second-best ploughman in this class was Seymore Shun, servant to Mr.Brown, of Chisseldon; a two-wheel plough, made by Mr.Plenty, and drawn by three horses; weight in its work 4cwt. 2qrs. The half acre was ploughed in two hours and twenty-three minutes.
Lost, May 23, 1813, (supposed to be Stolen,) from the premises of William James Godwin, of Compton, in the county of Sussex, - A Chesnut Mare, about 15 hands high, with silver mane and tail; has a stale mark on the off knee; some white in the face; a small spot of white hair in the flank, on the near side.
Whoever will give information, so that she may be recovered, shall receive Five Pounds Reward, if strayed; if stolen, a Reward of Ten Pounds, on conviction of the offender or offenders, by application to Mr.W.F.Godwin, of Compton, Sussex, near Petersfield, Hants.
Whereas the under-mentioned persons, who were enrolled to serve in his Majesty's Third Battalion of Wilts Local Militia, have neglected to appear at the training and exercising of the said Battalion, which commenced at New Sarum on Monday the 24th day of May instant, they are therefore deemed Deserters, viz -
Samuel Smith, of Tidpitt, enrolled for St.Thomas, Sarum.
John Lumber, of St.Martin, Sarum, enrolled for St.Edmund, Sarum.
John Wilkins, of Milford, enrolled for St.Edmund, Sarum.
Charles Bye, of Hindon.
William Bye, of Hindon.
Thomas Ayres, enrolled for Fonthill Gifford.
Stephen Gosney, enrolled for Sutton Magna.
James Blake, enrolled for Warminster.
Isaac Blake, enrolled for Warminster.
Robert Kinnimont, enrolled for Bathampton.
Benjamin Debnam, enrolled for Warminster.
A Reward of Twenty Shillings is allowed by the Act of Parliament for apprehending each of the said Deserters.