NEW ALMSHOUSES IN THE OLDBURY.

In the course of this year (1830), Samuel Barnes, esq. erected a spacious alms-house, in the Oldbury Field, three stories high, and containing twenty-four convenient dwellings, of two rooms each, with suitable offices, for the benefit of the poor people of the parish. The eight dwellings on the ground floor are occupied by eight married couples, the man not less than 60 and the woman 50 years of age: those on the first floor by eight widows or maids, not under 50; and the upper story by eight widows or maids, not under 45. The inmates are subject to proper regulations, and are to attend divine service at the parish church twice every Sunday. It is understood that this excellent charity will be suitably endowed by the liberal founder.

THE CLERICAL CONJUROR,

Or Balaam the Second.

[In the memorable election contest in 1796, when Peter Moore and Philip Francis, esquires, were candidates to represent Tewkesbury in parliament, the Rev. William Smith, M. A. rector of Birtsmorton and curate of Ashchurch, who first introduced the "two Nabobs" to the electors, published many scurrilous papers relative to James Martin and William Dowdeswell, esquires, and their friends; in consequence of these unprovoked attacks, the late Henry White, esq. a most respectable attorney, wrote the following humorous and satirical ballad.]

GOODLACK, Gossip Fame, what a story to tell,
How some folks were caught by a Conjuror's spell,
In a black cloak, and a clerical wig!

Who, waving his wand o'er a corporate town,
Pronounc'd it the scene of his future renown,
(As the devil view'd Lincoln, and call'd it his own,)
In a black cloak, and a clerical wig!

His form (if the Muse could but aptly describe)
Might lead you, perhaps, to discover his tribe,
In a black cloak, and a clerical wig!

He had taken a pilgrimage far in the East,
And stole all the learning the Hindoos possess'd,
To grace the Religion that suited him best-

Twas a black cloak, and a clerical wig!
His genius soar'd up to the regions on high,
He saw all the wonders that float in the sky,
In his black cloak, and a clerical wig!

Tis said, that Sir Isaac attempted the flight;

But so weak were his wings, and so dense was the light,
That our daring adventurer distanced him quite,

In his black cloak, and a clerical wig!

So marvellous, rare and transcendant his parts,
You justly might style him a Master of Arts,
In his black cloak, and a clerical wig!
In fact, he could all men in cunning exceed;
Could be, or not be, as it suited his need;
And vacate a living, to vacate his deed,

In a black cloak, and a clerical wig!

His eloquence growl'd in a strain most sublime,
In prose very often, and sometimes in rhyme,

From his black cloak, and a clerical wig!
And when in harangue he first open'd his pipes,
In language so squeezed into figures and types,

He look'd like Dame Science, when plagued with the gripes, In a black cloak, and a clerical wig!—

"Good People,-two Worthies arrived from Bengal, "By me, their Apostle, send greeting to all,

"In my black cloak, and a clerical wig!

"Come ye, who can ravage, can plunder, or rob,
"Choose your own Representatives-each a Nabob !
“Name, name your own price-I'll contract for the job,
"In my black cloak, and a clerical wig!"

At his strong incantation, all order changed place,
Fell Discord went forth as the Herald of Peace,
In a black cloak, and a clerical wig!

Meek Charity look'd like a Harlot in paint;
The Paupers' Asylum, a Bastile* restraint;
Whilst Venality preach'd like an Orthodox Saint,
In a black cloak, and a clerical wig!

Thus, "perverting his ways," as the Muse does unfold,
He sought for promotion like Balaam of old,
In his black cloak, and a clerical wig!

But his Dæmons were those of a whimsical class,
And a strange transformation at length brought to pass,
For our Balaam himself represented an Ass,

In a black cloak, and a clerical wig!

* This alludes to the reverend gentleman's having, in a printed paper, termed the Tewkesbury House of Industry "the Bastile."

James Bennett, Printer, Tewkesbury.

TEWKESBURY

YEARLY

Register and Magazine.

FOR 1831.

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PREFERMENTS.

[N January, the Rev. Francis Duncan Gilby, M. A. was instituted to the Vicarage of Eckington, in the County and Diocese of Worcester, void by the resignation of the Rev. George Henry Deane, the last incumbent, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

At a general ordination of the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, in his Cathedral, on the 5th of June, Francis Henry Romney, B.A. of Worcester College, Oxford, was admitted into Deacon's Orders.

In July, the Rev. Richard Sandford, B.A. upon his own petition, as patron, was, by the Bishop of Hereford, instituted to the Vicarage of Eaton, Salop.

MARRIAGES.

JAN. 20. At the Abbey Church, Joseph Barnard, esq. of Oldfield Cottage, to Maria, eldest daughter of Joseph Higginson, esq. all of this borough.

FEB. 3. Mr. Thomas Fletcher, gun-maker, of Gloucester, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Rd. Compton, carpenter, Barton-street, in this borough.

14.—At All Saints' Church, Worcester, Mr. Benj. Dobbins, butcher, to Sarah, second daughter of Mr. Geo. Eagles, butcher, all of this borough.

14.-At Kempsey, Mr. Samuel Bishop, butcher, to Miss Eliza Merrick, both of this borough.

MARCH 1.-At Cheltenham, by the Rev. Charles White, Mr. Daniel Lloyd, of this borough, to Miss Morse, of Haverfordwest, only daughter of the late Rev. John Morse, curate of Tewkesbury.

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17.-At Ashchurch, Mr. George Moore, surgeon, of Moreton-in-Marsh, to Eliza, fourth daughter of John New, esq. of Northway.

APRIL 21.-At North Nibley, Mr. Joseph Smith, maltster, of Tewkesbury, to Maria, daughter of the late Mr. Marsh, of the Hyde, near Minchinhampton.

JULY 5.—At Ripple, by the Lord Bishop of Worcester, the Rev. Richard Martin, Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and son of the late Rev. Joseph Martin, of Ham Court, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Rev. Job Walker Baugh, rector of Ripple.

AUG. 25.—At Trinity Church, Marylebone, London, Charles Tracy Leigh, esq. eldest son of Charles Hanbury Tracy, esq. of Toddington, to Emma Elizabeth Alicia, youngest daughter of G. H. Dawkins Pennant, esq. of Penrhyn Castle, North Wales.

Nov. 8.-At the Abbey Church, John Allis Hartland, esq. banker, to Anna Maria, only daughter of Mr. Jacob Allis, Church-Street.

10. At Stanway Church, Mr. Philip Thomas, auctioneer, to Sarah Anne, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Francis Guy, of Taddington.

15.-At Clifton, by the Rev. James F.West, the Rev. Francis Henry Romney, of Ashchurch, to Rebecca Harriette, eldest daughter of James West, esq. of Clifton, and formerly of Beaumont-Street, Oxford.

DEC. 22. Mr.Wm. Becket, draper and tailor, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. Charles Edw. Chandler, High-Street.

DEATHS.

JAN. 16.-Benjamin, youngest son of the Rev. D. Trotman, minister of the Baptist Congregation.

20.-In the 23d year of her age, Sarah, fourth daughter of Mr. William Lord, of Bushley.

FEB. 4.-At Stapleton, aged 37, Catherine, wife of Thomas Camplin, esq. one of the aldermen of the city of Bristol, and only sister of Charles Porter, esq. of the Mythe.

6. At Bodington Manor-House, Ann, the wife of the Rev. John Neale, vicar of Staverton and Bodington, and rector of St. Mary Port, Bristol.

9.-At Eastnor Castle, in the 74th year of her age, the Right Hon. Margaret Countess Somers. Her ladyship was the only child and sole heiress of the late Treadway Russell Nash, D.D. the Historian of Worcestershire.

13. In her 82d year, Mrs. Sarah Darke, sister of the late John Darke, esq. of Bredon.

14. At his brother's, in Church-Street, Mr. Samuel Gardner, late traveller for Messrs. Read and Son, wine-merchants, Worcester, and son of the late Mr. William Gardner, statuary, of this borough.

MARCH 11.-Mr. Henry Compton, of Gupshill, aged 75.

17. In the 78th year of her age, Mrs. Cooper, relict of Mr. Thomas Cooper, formerly proprietor of an extensive whip-thong manufactory, and a member of the corporation of this borough.

26.-At his town mansion, Coventry House, Piccadilly, the Right Hon. George Earl of Coventry, in the 73d year of his age, having been born April 28, 1758. His Lordship was the seventh Earl of Coventry, and succeeded his father in his titles and estates on the 3d of September, 1809. He was Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Worcester, Recorder of the City of Worcester, and High Steward of the Borough of Tewkesbury. The Earl was twice married: first, on the 18th March, 1777, to Lady Catherine Henley, fourth daughter and co-heiress of the last Earl of Northington; and by her Ladyship, who died in 1779, had no issue. His Lordship married, secondly, 10th January, 1783, Peggy, second daughter and co-heiress of the late Sir Abraham Pitchess, of Streatham; and by the Countess, who survives him, he has left a family of nine children-viz. 1. George William, Viscount Deerhurst (now Earl of Coventry), born 16th October, 1784, M.P. for the City of Worcester in three parliaments.-2. Lady Augusta Maria Coventry, born 11th September, 1785, married May, 1806, Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, K.C.B., late of the 47th Foot, and now Commander of the Forces at Jamaica.-3. Lady Georgiana Catherine, born 13th September, 1786, married February, 1807, M. W. Barnes, esq. of Reigate.-4. Hon. John Coventry, born 30th June, 1789.—5. Hon. and Rev. Thomas Henry Coventry, born 18th September, 1792.-6. Lady Jane Emily, born 4th June, 1794, married 8th June, 1828, James Goding, esq. of Knightsbridge.-7. Hon. William James Coventry, born 1st January, 1797, married July, 1821, Mary, daughter of James Laing, esq.-8. Lady Barbara, born July, 1799, married July, 1818, Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Charles Crawfurd, son of Sir James Crawfurd, bart.—and 9. Lady Sophia Catherine, born November 30, 1801, married June 2d, 1821, Sir Roger Gresley, bart. M.P. for New Romney, and Groom of the Bedchamber to His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. The late Earl having been upwards of fifty-three years afflicted with blindness (in consequence of an accident