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Provincial Occurrences : Stafford, Lancashire, 



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duty of 26s. per quarter, on foreign wheat, can se- 

 cure the British grower from a ruinous com- 

 petition. 



Agreeable to new regulations adopted by the 

 General Post Office, the mail between Hull and 

 London was despatched across the Humber, for the 

 first time, on Saturday the 6th January. 



Married.'] At Sculcoates, Lt. John Horseley, 

 R. N.,to Miss Sophia Barnes. At York, the Rev. 

 Thos. Richardson, to Miss Mary Grainger. At 

 Shipton,J. B. Leolywrich es<|., to Sarah Hannah, 

 second daughter of John Greenwood, esq. At Tar- 

 vin, the Rev C. Mytton, to Elizabeth, daughter of 

 the late Hon. Borth Grey. 



Died.] At Whitby, Ann, wife of the Rev. John 

 Husband. At York, Henry Presly, esq. The 

 lady of the Rev. J. Fynes Clinton. At Halifax, 

 the RPV. L. Knight. At Bolton Lodge, Christo- 

 pher Marriott, Esq. At Hotham, 86, the Rev. J. 

 StillingfiVet, rector of that place for above fifty 

 years. He was a lineal descendant from Bishop 

 flillingfleet. 



STAFFORD AND SALOP. 



Died.'] At Clee Stanton, 79, E. Walker, esq. ; 

 and within the week, 77, his relict, Mrs. Walker. 



LANCASHIRE. 



The number of vessels reported at the custom 

 house, at Liverpool, for the last six months, is 

 4,771, exclusive of 236 at the port of Runcorn. 

 Of these, 1,717 were from foreign parts ; 1,317 

 from Ireland ; 1,737 coastwise, tonnage 628,187 ; 

 236 to Rnncorn, tonnage 13,906; making in all 

 642,093 tons, which is a decrease in the present 

 year, compared with the last, of 313 vessels, and 

 60,947 tons. Cotton alone amounted to 488,1/0 

 bags ; while in 1825, the quantity was 703,400 

 bags. 



We call our readers' attention to the perusal of 

 the following heart-rending extract of a report 

 made by the Rev. D.Whitle, curate of Church 

 Kirk, near Blackburn. Good Heaven 1 what a re- 

 port to be made in England, and that, too, on New 

 Year's Day! 



Having been appointed one of the committee 

 for the distribution of relief in this district, I have 

 thought it right personally to visit every house, 

 and see the situation of every family ; and this is 

 the real state of those by whom I am surrounded : 

 Here are numbers of our fellow creatures, re- 

 duced, by circumstances over which they had no 

 controul, to the very lowest condition in which it 

 is possible for human nature to exist. English- 

 men and women, toiling from day-break to mid- 

 night, without intermission except on the Sab- 

 bath ; and with all their labour unable to obtain 

 sufficient for their families to live upon. And what 

 Is the food which all this labour cannot procure ? 

 A little meal, a little flour, a few potatoes, and a 

 little milk as a luxury. I know it to be true that 

 whole families of eight and ten souls are now 

 existing upon thin porridge of meal or flour, ge- 

 nerally eaten twice a day; and even with this 

 they dare not satisfy the cravings of hunger. 

 Formerly no cottage was without a place to hang 

 their oaten cakes upon, which any member might 

 go to as he had occasion. Now, to have a baking 

 of oaten bread, is a luxury which very few fa- 

 milies can indulge in ! Butcher's meat is not to 

 be thought of, except it has been overkept, and is 

 sold at a low price. But to describe the state of 

 their clothing is simply impossible. When I speak 

 f rags and shreds of garments, 1 cannot convey 



an idea of the truth. No one who lias not wit- 

 nessed an assemblage of four or five hundred 

 emaciated, squalid objects, begging, praying, in 

 the most moving language, for a few articles of 

 apparel, can form a notion of it. I am sure no 

 man of common humanity can witness it without 

 feeling his heart moved with compassion. Disease 

 has already commenced its work in many parts ! '." 



NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN. 

 Died.] At Spital, 104, Mrs. Thornhill. At 

 Bucknall, 106, Mr. W.Carter. He was ..formerly a 

 farmer, and retained his mental and coporeal fa- 

 culties to the last. 



LEICESTER AXD RUTLAND. 



Died.] At Launde Al:bey, J.F.Simpson, esq. 

 deputy-lieutenant of Leicestershire. At Raven- 

 stone Hospital, 74, Mrs. T. Mart: her father is 

 still living, at the age of 100 ! At Leicester poor- 

 house, 100, J. Bunney. At Oversea!, 72, Mrs. 

 Joanna Lucena, only sister of the late Chevalier 

 John Charles Lucena, consul-general from the 

 court of Lisbon. 



WARWICK AND NORTHAMPTON. 



As a proof of the general revival of trade at Bir- 

 mingham and its neighbourhood, it appears that the 

 tonnage upon the Old Birmingham Canal has* lately 

 exceeded, in amount, the like period, since it first 

 opened. The iron trade keeps very brisk, which 

 renders the situation of those employed by it com- 

 paratively comfortable. 



We arc sorry to see the noble trustees of that ex- 

 cellent establishment, Rugby School, "should have 

 been under the necessity of lamenting the apathy 

 and prejudice of the country gentlemen of War- 

 wickshire, many of whom, without reasonable 

 ground of complaint, have removed their sons 

 from the School ; and having investigated the 

 cause, they find no reason to complain, and cannot 

 but hope that the prevailing unpopularity of the 

 School, unjust as it is unfounded, will shortly sub- 

 side." 



Vied.] At Kettering, 61 , M. Wilson, esq. 

 WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. 



The advantages of effecting the arrival of the 

 London mail at Hereford by twelve o-'clock at 

 noon, and its return at half-past two, are so great 

 and obvious, that the most practical mode of car- 

 rying it into practice is,< we understand, now 

 under the consideration of the Postmaster-General. 

 In consequence of the improvements by Dowdes- 

 well-hill, &c., a coach might convey the mail in 

 sixteen hours. Memorials have been presented to 

 the Treasury on this subject also. 



There has been such an obstinate contest for the 

 coronership at Worcester as is almost without 

 precedent, particularly when it is considered that 

 the last year's allowances to the three county co- 

 roners amounted only to ^203. The contest lasted 

 ten days, and the numbers on the final state of the 

 poll were 3875, and 3685. 



Married.'] At Inkborough, H. Ranking, esq. 

 to Miss F. II. Heath. 



Died.] At Earl's Croome, 80, T. Amott, esq. 

 At Hereford. 79, Miss Ariana Leigh, daughter of 

 the late Archdeacon Egerton Leigh. At Weston, 

 Hereford, 84, Mrs. E. Clarke ; she had lived as 

 servant and housekeeper in the family of the late 

 Mr. Smith, of that place, and his ancestors, sixty- 

 eight years ! ! ! 



GLOUCESTER AND MONMOCTH. 



The sums invested in the Gloucester Savings' 

 Bank amounted, on November, 20, 1826, to 



