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en the 4th. It is quite impossible to describe the 

 nithusiasm with which he was every where re- 

 ceived, 



A young gentleman residing at Newcastle, took 

 it into his head, a few days ago, to try his loco- 

 motive powers, and with that view started very 

 early in the morning to pay a visit to his friends 

 in Westmoreland, who reside within lour miles of 

 Appleby. He reached his journey's end, a distance 

 of about 70 miles, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon to 

 dinner. We suppose, had he gone on, he would 

 have supped at Lancaster. 



The Directors of the proposed Rail-road from 

 Newcastle to .Carlisle have resolved to proceed 

 with that undertaking, as four-fifths of the esti- 

 mated sum was subscribed, according to the stand- 

 ing orders of Parliament. New surveys will be 

 made, and it is expected that all will be ready for an 

 application to the legislature in the next session. 



A meeting has been held at South Shields and 

 We?toe Town-hall, for the purpose of applying to 

 Parliament, for leave to bring in a bill for light- 

 ing, paving, &c, the said townships, when a com- 

 mittee was appointed, and subscriptions entered 

 into. 



At a meeting of the Newcastle, Shields, Sunder- 

 land, &c., Bible Society, October 4, it was unani- 

 mously agreed to withhold their support from the 

 British and Foreign Bible Society. Dr. A. Thom- 

 son said, "The London Society gave .750 to the 

 Lausanne Society to publish a French Bible. It 

 was agreed that Ostervald's Bible should be fol- 

 lowed without any alteration. When it was fi- 

 nished, it was found that there were upwards of 

 fifty thousand alterations!!!" 



Married*] At Durham, Mr. W. Edgar, to Miss 

 Ann Thwaites. At Newcastle, Mr. G. Halbert to 

 3HsInnes; J. Anderson, esq., to Miss Purvis. 

 At Heighington, Col. O'Callogan to Miss Simpson. 

 At S't. Andrew Auckland, Mr. Dixon to Miss 

 S. Simpion. At Wittori-le-Wear, the Rev. H. 

 Wardell to Miss Newby. 



Died ] At Darlington, /6, Mrs. Adamson. At 

 Newcastle, Mr. Ledsham ; George, the son of P. 

 l. Ellison, esq At Skermingliam, the infant 

 daughter of W. Robson, esq. At Durham, 86, 

 Henry Wheatley, one of the oldest freemen of 

 Jurham. At Bishop Auckland, Mrs. Hodgson. 

 At Newcastle, Mr. E. Bulman. At ?t. Andrew 



Auckland, 89, Abigail Ross. At Croft, Mrs. 

 Bustler. At Stockton, Mrs. Metcalf. At Dur- 

 -, Mrs. Martha Millner, sister to the Countess 

 athmore. 



CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 

 The length of a marmeilade gourd, in Mr. G. 

 ardine's garden, Carlisle, is 37 inches, and its 

 eadth 33 ; the plant is in a very healthy state, and 

 e fruit nearly at its full growth. 

 At. the Bazaar at Carlisle (recently held at the 

 )ot-hall for three days), for the sale of ladies' 

 >rk, produced no less a sum than .720 15s., in- 

 iding 126. Is. as subscriptions, for the pur- 

 ges of charity. 



Married.'} Mr. Metcalf to Miss E. Dryden. 

 r. Rodick to Miss C. Cornwell. At Penrith, Mr. 

 undgett to Miss E. Furness. 



Died.] A. Harrison, esq., of Penrith. At Halt- 



.ff,80, Mr. Carlyle. At Harrington, Captain H. 



ren. At Cumwhitton, 68, Mr. A. Dryden, a 



<scendant of the celebrated poet. At Kendal, 90, 



Harrison, esq. At Kirk by Stephen, Rev. J. 



mbe. At Carlisle, 71, Mrs. Stordy At Pap 



; tie, J. H. E. D. Mansfield, esq. 



YORKSHIRE. 



The newly-appointed vicar of Halifax has de- 

 manded of his parishioners the following dues-- 

 " Easter offerings; surplice and other fees; mor- 

 tuaries; milk, the whole of every 10th day; agist- 

 ment ; foals ; calve* ; pigs ; poultry and eggs ; 

 pigeons (if sold); potatoes and turnips per acre; 

 gardens ; herbs ; small seeds ; rape ; flax ; hemp ; 

 fruits of trees ; bees, honey and wax ; corn mills ; 

 and all other small tithes." Three meetings have 

 been held in the parish church, &c. when it was re- 

 marked, that if the demand was granted, it would 

 amount to between .30 and .40,000 per annum! 

 It was determined to resist these religious claims 

 that have been lying dormant for so many hundred 

 years, in the persuasion that tithes were originally 

 only intended for the maintenance of the poor, the 

 building of churches, &c., not for the personal 

 emolument of priests! The demand now made 

 amounts to twenty-six times and a half more than 

 the late vicar ever demanded. 



Sir George Cayley has sent in his resignation of 

 president of the Whig Club, York, saying, " that 

 it is time such idle distinctions were abolish- 

 ed." 



An elegant and commodious new market hat 

 been opened at Leeds. 



.80. 4s, has been paid to the Bradford Dispen- 

 sary, being the produce of an evening's concert 

 held for its benefit. 



The foundation stone has been recently laid at 

 Doncaster, for a new church, towards the building 

 of which Mr. Jarrat.a parishioner, has contributed 

 no less than .13,000. 



His Grace the Duke of Wellington arrived in 

 York on the 24th of September. He was met by a 

 grand procession, and escorted to the Festival Con- 

 cert Room, where the freedom of the city, in a gold 

 box, value 50 guineas, and an address from the 

 inhabitant?, were presented. He then visited the 

 Minster; and proceeded from thence on his jour- 

 ney to the north. On the 3d of October, he returned 

 through Yorkshire on his way to London. At 

 Ripon, he received addresses from the Mayor and 

 Corporation, and inhabitant?. At Doncaster, from, 

 the Mayor and Corporation, 



The Yorkshire Horticultural Society held its last 

 meeting for this year on the 26th of September at 

 York. The shew of fruit was particularly fine, 

 also that of vegetables. This Society has done 

 much since its establishment in 1820, to improve 

 the horticulture of this county. 



A mushroom was gathered in Sir W. Bagshawe'a 

 Park, the Oaks, near Sheffield, measuring 12| 

 inches in diameter, and 3 feet J of an inch in cir- 

 cumference. 



Within a month, Mr. Richard Norton, of Eigle- 

 moyre-lane, near Cottingham, caught 215 snakes, 

 of various sizes, alive, in a hot-bed about six feet 

 square. 



Married.'} At Rooss, the Hon. and Rev. H. 



Duncombe, second son of Lord Feversham, to Miss 



L. E. Sykes, niece to Sir Tatton Sykes, bart. At 



Hnddersfield, Mr. J. Lister to Miss Langley. At 



Hull, C. Wilkinson, esq., to Miss Gleadon. At 



Sheffield, J. Wade, esq., to Miss Allen. At York, 



T. Gregory, esq., to Miss Hodgson; J. T. Poole, 



esq., to Miss Rawdon ; the Rev. J. Newzam to Miss 



Remington. At Bridlington, H.Pearson, esq.. to 



. Miss Coverley. At Kirby Misperton, I. Haudon, 



esq., to Miss Harrison. At Leeds, W. N. Phillips, 



esq., to Miss Martha Rhodes. At Sulton, N. Wal- 



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