1827.] 



Yorkshire, Stafford, and Salop. 



nel and Noith Sundcr'and have discovered Hint the 

 adjoining sea offers the most inexhaustible re- 

 sources for supporting an extensive fishery ; and 

 persons of capital and enterprize are now erecting 

 convenient buildings for curing fish. &c. This 

 establishment must rapidly augment the wealth 

 and population of this district. 



A stem of oats was plucked in a field belonging 

 to Mr. Crass, of West Bolden, a few day ago, 

 which contained no less than 689 grains. The 

 head measured in length two feet three inches. 



An extraordinary crim. con. case has been de- 

 cided by the Sheriff's Court, at Durham, pursuant 

 to a writ of inquiry from the Court of King's 

 Bench, where the defendant had suffered judg- 

 inentto go by default; the plaintiff, a wooden- 

 legged shoemaker, and the defendant, a blind tid- 

 dler, both belonging to Shields. The damages 

 were laid at .500, and the jury awarded one 

 farthing! 



At Durham Assizes, 3 culprits were condemned 

 to death, 2 transported, and C imprisoned. 



At Newcastle Assizes, one recorded for death, 

 one transported, and one imprisoned. 



At the Northumberland Assizes, one recorded 

 for death, and one imprisoned. Mr. Baron Hul- 

 lock complimented the county on its scantiness of 

 crime, as highly creditable to its people and po- 

 lice. 



Married.'] At Durham, J. S. Green, esq., to 

 Miss D. Lambton ; H. Cattley, sq., to Miss S. T. 

 Warner. At Hexhaoi, Mr. Thompson, to Miss 

 Whitfield. Mr. J. T. Carr, of Newcastle, to Miss 

 Sophia Balleney. At Clifton-hall, J. M. Hog, esq. 

 to Helen, daughter of Sir A. C. M. Gibson, hart. 

 At Bernard-castle, Dr. Macklin, to the Hon. 

 Miss.;jessop At Temple Sowerby, the Rev. H. 

 Brown, to Miss Bazruom. W. C. Tvevelyan, esq., 

 to Miss Tait. At Stairidrop, G. Hodgson, a sigh- 

 ing swain of 80, to Elizabeth Dunn, a blooming 

 lass of 28. At West Bolden, J. Yellowley.esq., to 

 Miss Elizabeth Stewart. 



Died.'] P. Jackson, esq., of Rainten-hall, Dur- 

 ham. At bunderland, 85, Mrs. Middleton. At 

 Barningham, 78, Mr. M.Newby ; he presided over 

 the school there for upwards of half a century. 

 At Kisliopweannouth, 89, Mrs. Richardson, relict 

 of the late T. Richardson, esq. 83, Mrs. Paxton. 

 At Lilburn-towcr, H. Collingwood,esq. 



YORKSHIRE. 



The Yorkshire Philosophical Society have given 

 notice for plans for the immediate erection of a 

 museum. 



The new Cliff Bridge, at Scarborough, was open- 

 ed lately with great pomp and ceremony, the arch- 

 bishop of York joining the procession, with a highly 

 respectable assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, 

 in the following order : The labourers employed 

 in their work, with their various utensils ; the 

 children of the Amicable Society Schools ; band of 

 musicians j ladies guarded on each side by gentle- 

 men with white wands ; the clergy ; the archbishop, 

 supported by the bailiffs and town-clerk in their 

 robes: the projector; and the members of the com- 

 mittee, proprietors, &c. Upwards of 10,000 spec- 

 tators were present. 



At a numerous vestry-meeting lately held at 

 Leeds, it was resolved, "That it is inexpedient and 

 unjust to impose a rate upon the parishioners of 

 Leeds for the repairing, or for defraying any other 

 expense connected with the three new churches 

 recently built in this parish by His Majesty's Com- 

 misbioners." 



At the recent assizes at York, 2.5 prisoners re- 

 ceived sentence of death, 4 were transported, and 

 8 ordered to be imprisoned. 



The manfaetures of the West Riding have at- 

 tained a steady and prosperous condition in the 

 woollen cloth, the worsted stuff, linen, and cotton 

 branches ; and the abundant harvest seems likely 

 to secure a good home tratle, while the prospects 

 from North and South America are of the most 

 favourable kind. 



Married.] AtPontefract, W. G.Taylor, esq., 

 to Miss Sophia Shaw. At Leeds, P. Larid, esq., 

 re-married Miss Felicie Mesmer, of Dresden, hav- 

 ing been previously married at Dresden ; F. Shep- 

 pard, esq., to Miss E. H. Peat. At Scarborough, 

 F. Jansen, esq., to Miss S. Tindall. At Humble- 

 ton, Rev. I. Dixon, to C. Helen, third daughter ef 

 Sir W. Bagshawe. At Scruton, H. R. Glaister, 

 esq., to Miss Newsham. At Knaresborough, W. 

 Garnett, esq., to Miss Achewyde. At York, J. 

 Blanchard, esq., to Miss Richardson. At Brid- 

 lington, A. Contes, esq., to Miss Jefferson. At 

 Pontefract, the Rev. C. Smith, to Miss Truman. 

 At Welmsley, the Rev. R. D. Pape,to MissHugifl. 

 AtSutton,the Rev. J. Watson, to Miss Alden. At 

 Sheffield, L. Smith, to Miss Shore. 



Died.'] 86, J. Lacy, esq., of Larpool-hall. At 

 York, Caroline Julia, the white negress. At Hud- 

 dlestone, the second son of J. K. Watson, esq., of 

 Hull; he was drowned in endeavouring to save a 

 little dog, At Ryther, A. Holmes, esq. At Hcak^ 

 ston, E. Carter, esq. At Guisboro',Mrs. Clarke 

 relict of H. Clarke,, esq. At Richmond, J. Foss, 

 esq. At Lutton, near Hull, J.Norman Crosse, 

 esq. At Hull, Huddleston, second son of J. 

 R. Watson, esq. At Henley, near Wawn, Mrs. 

 Manby. At Hull, Miss Jane Carlill. At Watb, 

 W. D. Wadel esq. At Leeds, M. Temple, esq. 



STAFFORD AND SALOP. 



At the assizes held at Stafford, 20 prisoners were 

 sentenced to death, 4 for transportation, and 20 

 imprisoned for various periods. 



At the same assizes, an action was brought for 

 a libel against the Wolverhampton Chronicle, 

 and the jury very properly awarded one farthing 

 damages. This is the fifth action of a similar na- 

 tureand for which the whole five have, for their 

 fame, been allowed three farthings, so intent the 

 juries have at length become to protect printers 

 and publishers from wanton prosecutions. " The 

 greater the truth the greater the libel," seems to 

 be gone out of fashion. 



A meeting, numerously and respectably attended', 

 was held recently at Bridgenoith, to take into 

 consideration the state of the salmon fishery in the 

 Severn : when after a luminous speech from Mr. 

 Whitmore, M,P. for Bridgenorth, it was unani- 

 mously agreed to form a committee of 40 gentle- 

 men, whose object should be to watch this ques- 

 tion, and to disseminate information upon the sub- 

 ject, and to petition Parliament for a Bill for its 

 protection. " In order to give an idea of the prolific 

 powers of the salmon, I will merely state that," said 

 Mr. Whitmore, " arithmetically speaking (without 

 estimating accidents, I mean, of the effects of sea- 

 sons), 12 salmon would produce as many fry as, 

 when full grown, would supply the London mar- 

 ket with all the salmon exported annually from 

 Scotland the great source of its supply. 184,000 

 salmon are sent to London from Scotland upon an 

 average in a year ; and 12 spawners, as I have 

 said, would furnish this supply, if there were no 

 contingencies. That there aiv contingencies every 

 one knows ; but making due allowance for them, 

 ft is not improbable that 100 or 200 mother fish 

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