1789.—July 23rd, T. Phipps, a lawer, and his son, just twenty years of age, were executed at the old heath for forgery; Mr. Phipps had an income of about £300 a year from landed property. 1793.—May 13th, the first stone of the new Welsh bridge was laid. 1794.—April 28th, John Pritchard died in Frankwell in the 101st year of his age; he had ten children by the first wife, and twenty-two by the second. 1795.—February 7th to 11th, one of the greatest floods ever remembered in the Severn; Mr. Johnson and his man were both drowned in endeavouring to recover a large barrel. 1802.—A sturgeon eight feet six inches long, three feet four inches in girth, and weighing 192lbs. was caught near the wear below the castle. 1809.—February 7. The suburbs of the town deeply inundated by the Severn. 1811.—May 27th. An extraordinary flood in the Meole Brook, which inundated all the houses in Coleham, situated near the confluence of the brook with the river Severn, and caused the latter river to rise four feet in less than ten minutes; although the Meole Brook is an inconsiderable stream, the rush of water actually turned the current of the Severn at its confluence with that river. 1811.—August 24th. Four persons executed on the new drop for a burglary at Betton, near Market Drayton. 1814.—June 30th. Lord Hill paid a visit to Shrewsbury after the peace of Paris. The day was one of general festivity among the inhabitants; thousands went out to meet him, and in the evening partook of tea in the quarry. On the 17th of December the first stone was laid of the column in honour of Lord Hill. 1827.—July 19th. First stone of the new infirmary laid by General Lord Hill; opened for the reception of patients September, 1830. 1828.—August 4th. Three persons executed on the new drop of the county gaol for murder. On the 24th of the same month Ann Harris was executed for the same offence. 1831.—February 10th. In consequence of the sudden melting of the snow, the suburbs of the town were deeply inundated. Though the flood in 1831 was considered a very high one, according to evidence of brass plates affixed to the inside of the window jambs of a house in Frankwell, the Severn at that end of the town was 3½ inches lower than the great flood in 1795. The lowest plate bears the following inscription:— “This is to let you know The Severn up to me did flow. December 21, anno 1672.” A second plate two inches above the preceding, records— “To this line flowed Severn. November 8, 1770.” On the third plate six inches higher than the second is inscribed— “This plate is fixed to let you know That Severn to this line did flow. February 11, 1795.” 1832.—The cholera morbus in its destructive career through the kingdom visited Shrewsbury, when about a hundred persons fell victims to that direful malady. 1849.—The cholera again made its appearance in Shrewsbury; the fatal cases were fewer than in 1832. CHARITIES.