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Provincial Occuirences : Cumberland, Yorkshire, 



[MARCH, 



Legislature to examine into the cause of the pre- 

 sent depressed state of the shipping interest of the 

 country, &c. 



A splendid silver candelabrum has been presented 

 by the inhabitants of Hexham, to T.W. Beau- 

 mont, esq., M. P. for Stafford. v 



On the 3d of February, about a quarter before 

 twelve o'clock at night, there was observed at 

 Bishopwearniout.il, in the north-west, a large flat 

 arch, three or four degrees broad; it appeared 

 like a cloud illuminated by the moon. At the time 

 of observation, strong flushes of fire darted up- 

 wards, beginning at the western end of the arch, 

 and proceeding eastward, and might require six 

 or eight seconds to traverse from one end to the other. 

 The lower end of the arch was 6 below the hori- 

 zon, and extended upwards of 90', and the upper 

 end was about 80. This aurora borealis had 

 entirely vanished by half-past twelve o'clock. 



There are forty-five prisoners for trial in Dur- 

 ham gaol. 



Married."] At Durham, Wm. Taylor, esq., to 

 Miss M a'.tby. 



Died.] At Morpeth, Mr. J . Watson ; he had 

 been !enior bailiff of that borough once, and five 

 times junior bailiff. At Durham, Miss Jane Pear- 

 son. At South Shields, Thomas Green, esq. 



CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 



A sameness continues in our trade. Ginghams 

 are most wofully depressed ; light checks and other 

 fancy fabrics maintain, perhaps, a good ground 

 But there is plenty of complaint, little work, less 

 wages, and no satisfaction on any side, for all are 

 grumbling. To : speak plainly, it is astonishing 

 how the people subsist. When we think on the 

 privations of the middle classes, unknown to any 

 save the sufferers themselves, how many sorrowful 

 hearts are hidden under smiling countenances, we 

 must pursue the thought further, and are bound 

 to believe, that the sufferings of the poor are 

 greater than they appear. A few months since, 

 they could subsist by selling their all; but now 

 that all is gone, and where can they procure food ? 

 Carlisle Journal. 



A widow woman, of the name of Mary Dawson, 

 who has six children, and has, we believe, seen 

 better days, kept a horse and cart, and from the 

 work of the animal she had herself and family to 

 maintain. She ielt herself under the necessity of 

 applying for parish aid ; and Sunday, the 14th 

 January, ^was appointed to consider her claim. 

 The select Vestry met in Troutbeck church. The 

 poor woman attended ; and after some deliberation 

 she was told that she could not be relieved until 

 "her goods and property were sold. To this she 

 demurred, begging them to consider her destitute 

 situation. Remonstrance was in vain, and her 

 horse and three cart loads of hay were actually 

 put up for sale, at a short distance from the altar 

 table, in the body of the church, on Sunday after- 

 noon I Ten shillings were paid down in the church 

 for the horse, and a promise was made that the 

 hay should be paid for when taken away. Thus 

 far the Westmoreland Advertiser. Breathe we 

 in a Christian land ? But we forbear to comment 

 upon the matter, as we understand a statement of 

 the case has been laid before the Bishop. 



YORKSHIRE AND CHESHIRE. 



A general meeting of ship-owners has been held 

 at the lown hall ot Whitby, for the purpose of 



preparing petitions to Parliament against the Re- 

 ciprocity system, under which the shipping inte- 

 rests of England are at present so grieviously suf- 

 fering. The petitions pased unanimously. 



A meeting has been held at Sheffield, to take into 

 consideration the law relative to the exportation 

 of machinery from these kingdoms, when it was 

 unanimously resolved to form a committee to com- 

 municate with the Chamber of Commerce at Man- 

 chester, to co-operate in any way that might 

 seem desirable to' oppose the passing any Act of 

 Parliament for the purpose of allowing the ex- 

 portation of machinery. 



A memorial to the same effect has been una- 

 nimously passed by the merchants, manufacturers, 

 and machine makers of Leeds, at their Court- 

 House, to be presented to the Lords of the Trea- 

 sury. 



Application will be ma !e to Parliament for an 

 act to enable several gentlemen (as proprietors) to 

 effect an intended canal from Wakefield to Ferry- 

 bridge. This very useful undertaking will, amongst 

 other advantages, save seven miles in the dis- 

 tance. 



The silk trade at Macclesfieid is improving, and 

 the people fast resuming employment. 



An exhibition of paintings is about to be formed 

 at Hull, on the same plan as that of the Northern 

 Society, at Leeds. 



Abazzaar, at Leeds, for the benefit of the Dis- 

 pensary, realized upwards of .1,400: and a ball, 

 for the same purpose, upwards of .80. 



There are upwards of one hundred prisoners in 

 York Castle for trial, at the assizes, which com- 

 mence the 24th of March. 



An intention exists of founding a joint-stock 

 bank at Huddersfield, on the Scotch system. 



On the Slstof January, the head, horns, vertebra 

 of the neck, and some rib bones of a large animal, of 

 the deer kind, which may now be regarded as a 

 distinct species, were discovered in the cliff, at 

 Hornswa. They were embedded in saponaceous clay, 

 overlaid with vegetable matter, about five inches 

 in thickness. The head, with the upper jaw, con- 

 taining a row of fine teeth on each side, is entire ; 

 the under jaw is wanting. The horns are of the 

 following dimensions : 



Ft. In. 



Length, from the extreme tip of each horn 8 

 From the tip of one horn to its 



root 5 9 



From the tip of one of the inner 

 branches to the tip of the oppo- 

 site branch 3 



The breadth of one of the palms within 



the branches 1 7 



The length of the head from the back of 

 the skull to the extremity of the upper 



jaw 1 10 



The breadth of the skull 010 



The brow antler*, as well as the main bones, 

 are palmated, and slightly divided at the ends; 

 and the whole may justly be considered as a rare 

 and interesting specimen of organic remains. 



A young woman, named Jane Shaw, the daughter 

 of a peasant, at Ailne, near Beverley, was lately 

 in a profound sleep for eighteen days, during 

 .which time the animal functions were entirely sus- 

 pended. 



