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Provincial Occurrences: Stafford, Salop, fyc. 



[Nov., 



ton, esq., to Miss Gesney. At Ackworth, Mr. Maw 

 to Miss Gee. At Halifax, W. E. Hurst, esq., to 

 Miss Alexander. 



Died.']. At Leeds, 100, Mrs. Eve Randall. At 

 Ilcvi'ilt-y, 80, Lieut. Co!. Machell : lie had lost an 

 arm at the battle of Bunker's Hill. At Bening- 

 brough-hall, 88, Mrs. Earle. At Redcar, Mrs. 

 Peterson. At Hedon, W. Day, esq. AtDoncaster, 

 Mrs. Foljambe. At York, Mrs. Hotham ; J. 

 Hedley, esq , At Blansley-park, near Pickering, 

 50, Mr. R. Allaiison, formerly of the Hermitage, 

 Near Malton; at which place his parents were 

 among the earliest supporters of methodism. At 

 Dalby-hall, 80, Mrs. Ann Leybourne. At Elliott- 

 house, near Ripon, Miss Wilkinson. At Rich- 

 mond, Mrs. Taylor, a descendant of Addison. 



STAFFORD AND SALOP. 



At the Annual Meeting of the Trustees of the 

 Salop Infirmary, a sermon was preached, and the 

 collection made at the church doors amounted to 

 .230. 18s. 2$d. 



At the Animal Meeting of the Church Mission- 

 ary Society at Shrophire County Hall, it appeared 

 that the different sums sent from this branch to 

 the parent society had amounted, in the course of 

 the last year, with what was collected on that day, 

 to the ?um of nearly .1,000. 



October 15, the new charter for the Borough of 

 Stafford, was read at the Hall, in the Crown Court, 

 when 300 of the burgesses adjourned to the Assem- 

 bly Room, chose their chairman, and unanimously 

 agreed " that the charter be rejected ;" and while 

 this was passing, His Majesty's Commissioners 

 were administering the oath to the mayor. 



Jlfarrifd.'] At Wolverhampton, Rowland Hill, 

 esq.,toMiss Pearson. At Tixall, Sir Clifford Con- 

 stable, bart., to Miss Mary Ann Chichester; H. 

 Arundell, esq., to Miss Isabella Constable. At 

 Rolleston, J. H. Leigh, esq., to Frances, daughter 

 of Sir Oswald Mosley, bart. 



Died'] At Litchfield, 72, Rev. C. Buckeridge, 

 archdeacon of Coventry. J. Jenkins, esq., late ot 

 Shrewsbury. At Eaton Mascott, Mrs. Williams. 



LINCOLNSHIRE AND CHESHIRE. 



The foundation stone of a new bridge, at Ches- 

 ter, was laid October 1, by Earl Grosvenor, with 

 great pomp and ceremony. It is to be of stone, 

 200 feet span, and nearly 60 feet high. 



The triangular bridge at Crowland, although it 

 has been erected 967 years, yet still exhibits no 

 appearance of decay, and is said to be the most 

 perfect ancient structure in the kingdom ; it was 

 erected A.D. 860 1 



The Lords of the Treasury have allowed rums 

 to be bonded at Chester in future ; thus placing 

 it on an equality with the ports of London, Liver- 

 pool, and Bristol. 



Married.'] At Chester, T. Dicken, esq., to Jane, 

 youngest daughter of the Hon. E, Massey. 



Vied.] At Belton-house, Hon. Mary Cust, sister 

 of Lady Brownlow. At Chester, C. Chilton, esq. 



LANCASHIRE. 



A father and his two sons, one aged 22 and the 

 other 18, were executed together at Lancaster, for 

 highway robberies of a most atrocious nature, 

 which they had carried to such a pitch, as to have 

 become absolutely the terror of the neighbourhood 

 in which they had lived. 



The late Musical Festival at Liverpool has pro- 

 duced near .5,000 for the public charities. Fif- 

 teen hundred persons attended the grand fancy 

 ball, in every variety of costume, indeed no other 



provincial town in Europe ever exhibited such z 

 scene. It is calculated that as much as .50,000 

 has been circulated, direct and indirect, on account 

 of this celebrated meeting. 



At the annual cattle shew, held at the Cloth Hall 

 Yard of the Manchester Agricultural Society, no 

 less than 1,700 persons paid for their admission 

 into the yard, besides those admitted gratuitously ; 

 and the dinner was attended by upwards of 200 

 gentlemen, who received an accession to the Society 

 of 48 new members. 



Married.'] At Preston, S. Horrocks, jun., esq., 

 to Miss Eliza Miller. 



Died.] At Clitheroe, 85, Mrs. I. Haldren. At 

 Castle-park, 68, S. Bower, esq. At Manchester, 

 Mr. Cresswell. 



DERBY AND NOTTINGHAM. 



A society has been formed at Nottingham qn- 

 titled " The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire 

 Schoolmasters' Association," for the relief of 

 aged members, their widows and orphans. The 

 committee solicit the patronage and benefactions 

 of the neighbouring nobility and gentry. Every 

 county in the kingdom ought to have a similar 

 establishment. 



W. Soars, esq., Mayor of Nottingham, has given 

 notice that he will attend at the police office every- 

 day, Sunday excepted, to transact public business 

 an example worthy imitation in all the great 

 towns in the kingdom, as leading to the prevention 

 as well as punishment of crime. 



The Report made October 3, of the state 

 of the Derby Savings' Bank, informs us that 

 their cash in the hands of Government amounts to 

 .94,113. 14s. 7cl. 



Married.] At Newton Solney, the Rev. H. R, 

 Crewe, second son of the late Sir H. Crewe, bart., 

 to Miss Jenney. 



Died.'] S. Finney, esq., of Barley. At Kiel- 

 ham, 101, Mrs. Alice Bates. At Derby, 74, Mr. 

 Longdon. At Alveston, Mrs. Churchyard. At 

 Shirlpy, 77, Mr. Pegg. 76, Mr. J. Harrison, of 

 Bradley Old Park. 



LEICESTER AND RUTLAND. 



The Michaelmas Fair at Leicester proved very 

 dull ; the universal complaint being the little busi- 

 ness done compared with former years. 



A deputation has been appointed by the malt- 

 sters of Leicester, to wait upon the Lords of tne 

 Treasury with a memorial against the New Malt 

 Bill. 



Died.] At Leicester, Mr. P. L. G. Price, eldest 

 son of Mr. Price, printer of the Leicester Journal. 

 80, Mrs. E. Hopewell, formerly ot'Lougbborough: 

 she died of a cancer in the heart At Long Clav- 

 tou, 77, W.Doubleday, esq. 



WARWICK AND NORTHAMPTON. 



The Bazaar for the sale of Ladies' work for the 

 benefit of the Infant School, recently opened at 

 Birmingham for two days, produced as much as 

 .302 (after deducting expenses), for the Infajit 

 Schools the committee of whom have returned 

 thanks to the ladies. 



At a numerous publjc meeting recently held at 

 Stratford-upon-Avon, the mayor presiding, it was 

 resolved that a library should be established for 

 persons engaged in trade and mechanics, and that 

 the subscriptions should be as low as possible to 

 attain the object. 



