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Provincial Occurrences : Stafford, Salop, $ c. 



[JULY, 



yard without the spot where the corpse had been 

 deposited, is the site of an ancient bank, and it 

 may be supposed that the body was buried when 

 that bank was in existence ; but at what period it 

 is not easy to say. The teeth were good and per- 

 fect, and it is conjectured the person had been a 

 man of middle age, and, from the strength and 

 goodness of the coffin, to have been no ordinary 

 personage. After a diligent search, nothing was 

 found likely to lead to further discovery, and the 

 remains, except the skull, were re-interred. Pro- 

 bably this is the site of the abbey of Burstall, part 

 of which was standing not a century ago. 



In the night of the 23d of May, three men en- 

 tered the house of Mr. Shackellton, a lone man- 

 sion, at Greave, in the parish of Wadsworth, a 

 wild and uncultivated part of the county of York. 

 After having plundered the house, one of them 

 shot Mr. Shackellton in the back, who almost im- 

 mediately expired. They got off, and have not ytt 

 been apprehended. 



At the review of the Yorkshire Hussars, on the 

 28th of May, upon Knavesmire, near York, the 

 officers presented Lord Grantham, their com- 

 mander, with a splendid piece of plate, of the 

 ralue of .450, and weighing 300 ounces, as a 

 mark of their respect and esteem. 



A singular circumstance occurred at Mr. John 

 Bulmer's, of Lane House, near Bedale, on Sunday 

 last, the 10th June. A hive of bees cast for the 

 third time within twelve days ; and another swarm, 

 which had lived during last summer in the bole 

 of an old tree, cast upon the top of the tree, from 

 whence they were safely brought down, the per- 

 sons employed escaping without a single sting- 

 It was curious to observe a new swarm of bees 

 on the top of this tree, whilst there was an old 

 swarm in the bole, and a duck sitting on her eggs 

 at the bottom. 



Married.] At Eastrington, J. Farrar, esq., to 

 Miss E. Robinson. At Rotherham, F. Holcombe, 

 esq., to Miss Walker. At York, Hugh Powell, 

 esq., to Miss Wilkes; Hale Munro, esq., to Miss 

 Mac Dowgall. At Leeds, M. Langdale, esq., to 

 Miss Barhill. At Swine, J. Aldorson, esq., to Miss 

 Harrison. At Northallcrton, N. Smith, esq., to 

 Miss Irvine. At Sirsayingham, the Rev. C. Binns, 

 toMissW.i' -a. 



Died.'] At Redcar, J. Maddington, esq. At 

 York, M. Botterill, esq. At Middlesmoor, the 

 Rev. T. Lodge. At Leeds, Mrs. Kirkley,and Mrs. 

 Granger. At Leeds, W. Petty, esq. At York, 

 90, Mrs. Gelson ; she received the sacrament at 

 church in the morning, went home rather unwell, 

 and died before eight o'clock in the evening. At 

 Lawley-hall, C. Norton, esq. At Halifax, 91, 

 Gamaliel Breary ; he served in the army 33 years, 

 and was at the battle of Minden : he had been a 

 pensioner 26. At Gisburn-park, Miss Lister, sister 

 to Lady Ribblesdale. 



STAFFORD AND SALOP. 



The disbursements of the public stock last year 

 for the county of Salop, amounted to .10,406. 8s. Id. 

 in which .3,267. 5s. 8d. was charged for the Jail 

 and House of Correction, and .2,329. 10s. 5d. for 

 bridges and roads. 



A petrifaction, resembling part of the trunk of 

 a tree towards the butt, was recently found in the 

 Moat Colliery, Tipton, Stafford. It measured in 

 length 2 feet 4 inches, and in circumference 4 feet 

 10 inches, with the bark formed into coal ; it was 

 in nearly an upright position among the strata of 

 ironstone, at the depth of upwards of 200 yards 

 below the surface, and which, in the exit action of 



it was broken from the upper part of the trunk, 

 which still remains in the earth. On the exposure 

 of this fossil to the atmospheric air, the coal formed 

 from the bark shivered from the trunk. The proprie- 

 tors of the colliery mean to send it to the British 

 Museum. 



The new church at Bilston has recent'y been 

 opened for public service, when nearly .300 was 

 collected. 



Married ] At Highley.T. Rose, esq., to Miss A. 

 Evans. At Ellesmere, the Rev. T. Golightly, to 

 Miss F. Boydell. At Dudley, Mr. Bloxedge, to 

 Miss M. Bond. At Bromneld, W. Lloyd, esq., to 

 Miss Tench. At Wolverhampton, B. Gardner, 

 esq., to Miss Glover. 



Died.'] At Quinton-house, S3, A. Foley, esq. 

 At Pipe-gate.T. Latham, esq. At Bridgnorth,66, 

 Mr. J. Pugh, supposed to be the heaviest man in 

 the county, his weight being twenty score pounds ; 

 his body was borne to the grave by 16 men. At 

 the Wyie-cop, 86, Mrs. Hughes. At Madeley, 75, 

 W. Yonee, esq. At Little Eaves, Bucknall, 105, 

 Mr. W. Willett. 



LANCASHIRE. 



We are glad to state that the recent Improve- 

 ments In trade have not been confined to Man- 

 chester alone, but that they have extended to 

 Wigan, Blackburn, Burnley, Colne, &c., where the 

 weaver*, we are informed, are all in full employ. 



Died,\ At Manchester, 84, I. Touchett, esq. 

 At Walton-hall, Liverpool, T. Leyland, esq., be- 

 lieved to be worth .1,500,000. 



NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN. 



A new workhouse, for the parish of St. Mary, 

 Nottingham, has been commenced. 



The Methodists of the New Connexion, at Bos- 

 ton, have purchased a piece of ground for the site 

 of a new, large, and commodious chapel. 



The Primitive Methodists are erecting a chapel 

 at New Radford. 



By the annual report, recently made, of the Not- 

 tingham Auxiliary Missionary Society, it appears 

 that the number of members on station of this 

 society, amounts to 33,152; the receipts for last 

 year to .45,380. 17s. 2d.; and that 12,000 children 

 are educated in their schools. 



Died.] At Mansfeld, 77, Mr. E. Clifton; 83, 

 Mr. J, Shipham ; 84, Mrs. Sykes. At Notting- 

 ham, 83, Mr. Heron. At Beeston, 81, Mrs. Good- 

 all. At Nottingham, 79, D. Love; he was well- 

 known as a poet in his neighbourhood. 



DERBY AND CHESTER. 



By the abstract of the account of expenditure 

 under the Derby improvement act, it appears that 

 from March 31, 1826, to March 31, 1827, it amount- 

 e*d to the sum of .6,522. 6s. 2^., out of which 

 sum upwards of.3,500 were expended in foot-pave- 

 ments, carriage-roads, scavengers and labourers, 

 wages, watering and lighting the streets. 



Married.] At Doveridge, F. B. Page, esq.. to 

 Miss M. Smith. 



Died.] At Edge-hill, Chester, T. C.Dod, esq. At 

 Hulland, 74, T. Borough, esq. At Spondon, 74, 

 Mfs. Rowbotha.n. 85, W. Cox, esq., of Culland- 

 hall, Derby. At Tabley-hall, Lord de Tabley. 

 At Nantwich, 70, the Rev. J. Smith. At Codnor- 

 park, 81, C. Royston, esq. At Little Brompton, 

 72, Mr. J. Hutchinson ; he had been in the em- 

 ploy of Messrs. Smith and Co., of the Brompton 

 Foundry, upwards of half a century. 



LEICESTER AND RUTLAND. 



Coal has lately been discovered on some land at 

 Ibstcck, within 12 miles of Leicester, and also on 



