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Provincial Occurrences: Stafford, Salop, 



respect to the river Aire is, to form a continuous 

 line of canal navigation from Leeds to Allerton 

 Eyewater, which will be followed to near its con- 

 fluence with the Calder; from whence a new cut 

 will be made to Bullholme Clough : below which 

 place the river is very deep generally to Ferry- 

 bridge, where the Goole Canal commences. Our 

 commercial readers will readily appreciate the 

 immense advantages which will accrue from these 

 improvements. Connected with Goole as a port, 

 \vc hail them as fresh stimulants to the trade of 

 the whole district. 



Reliques of the ancient times are continually 

 being found in York. Several coins, fragments of 

 urns, and other articles, have been found in dig- 

 ging the foun 'ations for a new street, without 

 Micklegate Bar. 



In the last week of October, auriculas were in 

 bloom in a garden near York. At Sheffield, poly, 

 anthuses in the gardens, and primroses in the 

 field.*, sent forth their sweets, and displayed their 

 colours, as if it were a new spring. 



A new church was consecrated at Ripon, on the 

 31st of October, by his Grace the Archbishop of 

 York. It has been built at the sole expense of the 

 Rev. Edward Kilvingtnn. 



Some workmen, in lowering the hills of the Ro- 

 man ridge, near Kippax, discovered ten skeletons, 

 which had probably been consigned to that deposit 

 during the time of the civil wars. 



The Methodist Society in Leeds is quite in a 

 state of disorganization, owing to Conference hav- 

 ing sanctioned the erection of an organ in one of 

 the chapels there, against the opinion of some of 

 the class leaders and local preachers. The affair 

 threatens to produce a breach in the Society. 



The trade at Leeds is very dull. There has not 

 been any increased demand in the Baltic trade in 

 consequence of the importation of foreign corn ; and 

 the merchants are much less warm in advocating 

 the repeal of the corn laws than they were. 



Married.'] At Stonegrave, J. Dale, esq., to 

 Miss Robinson. At Thwing, J. Sturdy, esq., to 

 Miss Wright. At Knaresborougb, K. S. Bowers- 

 back, C*q.,to Miss Walton. At Leeds, W.Cadman, 

 esq., to Miss Rhodes ; R. Raisin, esq., to Miss 

 Oliver. At York, M. J. Quin, esq., to Miss Smith. 



Died.] At Stainton, the wife of J. Favell, esq. 

 At Farnley, the Rev. T. Pullaw. At Sheffield, R. 

 Blakelock, esq. At Hull, 100, Mrs. Ann Robins. 

 At Knaresborough, G. Atkinson, esq. At Bram- 

 hope-hall, Mrs. Rhodes. At Scarborough, the Rev. 

 J. Kirk. At Stone-gap, near Skipton, W. Sedg- 

 wick, esq. At Paunal-house, near Harrowgate, 

 90, Mrs. Crosby. At Waketield, Mrs. Soulby. At 

 Richmond, Mr. Douthwaite. 



STAFFORD AND SALOP. 



By a meeting of the inhabitants of Ludlow, Oc- 

 tober 23, it appears that " the bailiff's feast and 

 ball" has been abolished, although it has existed 

 time out of mind, to the manifest injury of the 

 trade, and the uncalled-for deprivation of the 

 amusement of the town. Several strong resolu- 

 tions were passed at this meeting, and the follow- 

 ing : "Resolved, that those persons, who have at- 

 tempted to reduce the tradesmen of this town to 

 want, for no other reason than because they have 

 in the least offensive manner asserted their rights 

 and privileges, are entitled to the scorn and de- 

 testation of all good Englishmen." 



Trade is in nn improving state in the Stafford- 

 shire potteries; and the winter project i* so far 



preferable tothatof last year, that it is highly gra- 

 tifying. 



Married.'] At Lichfield, W. Oakeley, esq .fourth 

 son of Sir C. Oakeley, hart., to Mary Maria, dau"h- 

 ter of Lieut.-Col. Sir E. Miles. 



Died.'] At Ludlow, Admiral James Vashon. 

 At Dawley-green, G. Gilpin, esq.; he has li-ft a 

 curious MS. on the Emigration of Prince Mailo", 

 and the Existence of a Tribe of Welch Indians m 

 America. In August, 1826, died Mr. Lateward, 

 of the Hall Orchard ; and 15th September follow- 

 ing, his daughter ; soon afterwards his mother- 

 in-law expired ; and 18th August last, his wife 

 making the 4th corpse in one family within 12 

 months ; and, since then, his sister, Mrs. Mnnscll, 

 of Envill, is also dead. At Shrewsbury, 87, W. 

 Jones; he had been grave-digger at St. Chad's 61 

 years At Uttoxeter, 86, B. Hodgson, esq. At 

 Cannock, 105, Mrs. Brindley. 



LINCOLN AND NOTTINGHAM. ' 

 Died.] At Cromwell, Rev. C. F. Clinton, rector 

 of that parish, and prebendary of Westminster. 

 At Newark, 84, "Porr Billy Briggs!" who, tliou. 

 quite blind, used to carry parcels to any part of the?. 

 town without a guide. At South Coliingham, 94, 

 " Honest Will Farrow!" whose lengthened exi 

 ence solely passed in the arduous occupation oPk 

 river Trent fisherman, inwhich employment he en- 

 countered all the trying difficulties and privations 

 of Unassisted penury; his regular diet was mint 

 tea for breakfast and supper, and bread moist- 

 ened in the river for dinner. " Blush, grandeur, 

 blush I" 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.. 



At a meeting held in the Town-hall, Liverpool, 

 it has been resolved to erect a bridge over the 

 Mersey, at Fidler's Ferry. The expense is esti- 

 mated at .30,000, to be raised in shares of ,100 

 each. 



By the General Report of the Macclesficld Com^ 

 missioners of Police, it appears that the expenses 

 of the lighting account, from September 29, 1825, 

 to September 29, 1827, wtre .1,192. 5s. 6d. ; and 

 those of the highway and improvement account, 

 .3,932. 11s. 8d. 



The Mayoralty of Liverpool has been contested 

 for with all the characteristics of the return of an 

 M.P. It lasted six days ; the lucky candidate had 

 1,780 votes, and the unlucky one 1/65. 



On the morning of November 13, at half-past 12 

 o'clock, R. Gleave was ta^en on the premises of 

 Mr. J. Longshaw, Warringfon, stealing fowls, and 

 secured, and, in one hour, delivered into the cus- 

 tody of the deputy constable, who took him in a 

 chaise, with the prosecutor, at 7 o'clock; at 10 

 o'clock they anived at Kirkdale a bill was found 

 he was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to 7 

 years' transportation. The offence was thus com- 

 mitted, the prisoner taken into custody, conveyed 

 20 miles, convicted, and transported, in the space of 

 12 hours a proof of judicial expedition. 



Died] At Wh alley, 76, Rev. C. Wright, princi- 

 pal of Stonyhurst College. At Chester, J. S. Asp- 

 den, e?q., deputy seal keeper for the County Pala- 

 tine of Lancaster. 



LEICESTER AND RUTLAND. 



Died] At Lyndon, 75, Mrs. A. Bull.-At Goad- 

 by-park, Anne Manners, wife of Otho Manners, 

 esq., high sheriff for Leicestershire. At Boswortb- 

 park, Sir Willoughby Dixie, bart. At Great Bow- 

 den, Mr. D. French. 



WARWICK AND NORTHAMPTON. 



The Northamptonshire National School Society 



has approved of the establishment of a Preparatory 



Infant School in Northampton, and are carrying It 



