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Cumberland and WeflrMr eland. 



[Sept ], 



ments, and was remarkable at that early pe- 

 riod of life for his ftudious and inquifitive turn 

 of mind. So retentive was his memory that 

 after a fingle hearing he could write down the 

 precife words of a phUofophical leflure which 

 had engaged the orator an hour and an half in 

 the delivery with all the ncceflary calcula- 

 tions and fcientific terms accurately repeated. 

 He was of a rnild and unafluming difpofition, 

 and never {hewed any attachment to thofe 

 games acd diverfions which ufually occupy 

 the time and attention of thoughtlefs ado- 

 lefcence. 



eUMBEHLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 



( An application is intended to be made to 

 parliament in the enfuing feflion, for an aft 

 for continuing, amending, and extending the 

 powers of former aiSs. relative to the harbour 

 of Whitehaven, and the roads leading to it, for 

 fupplying them with water, and for paving, 

 lighting, and improving the town, and for 

 regulating the hire of wages of labourers, car- 

 riers and other perfons employed by mafters 

 of veffcls trading to and from the harbour 

 and by merchants and tradeis in the town. 



Mr. Curwen's {heep-ilicaring was lately 

 held at H^rrowflack. The cup for the beft 

 tup crofs with the Scyth Down was adjudged 

 to Mr. Curwen ; who declined accepting it, 

 and requcfled that it might be prefented to 

 Wr.MichatlSatterthwaile,of Hawklhead-hall 

 Msho had the fecond beft. The cup for the 

 heft lliearling e«e was adjudged to Mr. Daw- 

 fon, of Keiitmore-liall. The cup for the beft 

 yearling bull and two years old heifer were 

 adjudged to the Rev. John Fleming, of Ray- 

 rigg. A bull calf of his, fix weeks old, was 

 fuld for ten guineas. 



Miirried] At Whitehaven, Mr. Jofeph 

 Bell, mailer of the (loop Griiel.to Mifs Wil- 

 ton, daughter of the late Mr. Ifaac Wilfon, 

 tobacco manufafturer. 



At Kayton, Mr. Jofeph Fleming, of Sun- 

 derland, to Mifs Wills, daughter ol the late 

 Kcv. Mr. Wills, rector of Haj ton. 



At Morntiby, tnU. Henry Thompfon, of 

 RoJe-hill, to Mifs Mary Bowman, of Ken- 

 nedy. 



At Harrington, Captain Ifaac Key, of the 

 fliip Peggy, to Mifs Clafferty. — Mr. Robert 

 Farriday, of Kirbyftephen^ to Mifs Mary 

 Cannon of Penrith. 



At Cockermouth, Mr. William Stoddard, 

 manufaflurer, t a Mifs Robinfon, daughter of 

 Mr. Jofeph Robinfon. 



At Carlif.c, SJr. John Fidler, to Mifs Ann 

 Walker, both of the hamlet of Middlcfceugh. 

 — Ivlr. John Davii'on, to Mifs Sarah Fiftier. 



D.xd.] At Catlifle, Mrs. Mary Mackerel, 

 wijow, 74. — Mr. Arthur Luiford, 97- — A 

 few hours after being delivered of twins, Mrs. 

 Marfton, wife of Mr. Thomas Marfton, 

 flocking manufa£lurcr. 



At Weltr<n, parifh of Sebergham, Mr. 

 Robert Bufliby. 



At Hawkcldalc, near Carlifle, Mifs Maria 



Newton, daughter of Mr. Samuel Newton, 

 inn keeper, 22. 



At Egremont, Henry Ellifon,efq. 6?. 



At Branthwaice, very fuddenly, Mrs, Anm 

 Ritfon, relift of Mr. John Ritfon. 



At Flimby, Mrs. AUanby, wife of William 

 AUanby, efq. 70. 



At Penrith, Mr. John Norman, one of the 

 loyal Leathward volunteers. — Mrs. Howgill, 

 reli(SofMr. Howgill, organift, 70. 



At Longtown, Mr. Walter Graham, 84.— 

 Mr. George Armttrong, fon of Mr, Andrew 

 Arroftrong, innkeeper, 20. 



At EUenborough, Mrs. Ann Fletcher, wife 

 of Mr, Robert Fletcher, 38. 



At Whitehaven, Mr. Richard Railton m» 

 riner, 24. — Francis Vefey, efq. 85 — Mrs. 

 Williamfon, relift of Mr. William Ailliam- 

 fon; many years pier-mafter of Whitehaven.— 

 Mr. Thomas Garret, a member of the White- 

 haven volunteer infantry. — William Wellh, 

 104. He was well known in the rjeighbour- 

 hood, to the diltaice of twenty or thirty 

 miles 35 a tinker, in which occupation he 

 travelled the country till within a few week^ 

 of his death. 



At Leek, near Kirby Loofdale, Mr. James 

 Moore, tailor. 



At Great Strickland, Weftmoreland, Mrs. 

 Mary Piieftman, wife of Mr. Thomas Prieft- 

 man, farmer. 



AtWigton, Mr. Robert Hodgfon, fenior. 

 79. — Mr. Henry Porter, carrier, 50. 



At Corkicle, near Whitehaven, Mr, 

 Chriftopher Steadman, 58. He had ferved 

 in the capacity of farrier and Kind fteward to 

 the Lowtber family upwardjof fixteen years. 



At Sjkes, near Kefwick, the Rev. Thomas 

 P..obinfon, curate of St John's chapel, 4^. 

 He had retired to his bed. room about the 

 ufual time, but not rifing at his accuftomed 

 hour, one of the family opened the door of 

 his apartment, and found him dead ! It ap- 

 pears that he had expired in the aft of wind- 

 ing up his watch ; having the cafe hanging 

 upon the thumb of his left hand, and the key 

 in bis right. 



At Lanehead, in Strickland Kettle, near 

 Kendal, aged 83, Jane Thwaite, wife of 

 James Thwaite. She had been r.arried 59 

 years ; and, during that time, only flept from 

 her hufoand ore night. 



Near Red Tarn Crag, in Patterdale, Cum- 

 berland, Mr. Charles Gough, of Manchefter, 

 On the iSth of April laft, Mr. Gough was at 

 Patterdale, on h;s road to Wynurn, a place 

 he frequently vificed in fummer, for the 

 amulement of fi(hing. After receiving fome 

 rcfrefliment at the inn, he requefted the af- 

 fiftance of a guide, to conduft him over the 

 mountains ; but it being a general review 

 day of the volunteers in that neighbourhood, 

 he could not procure one. He therefore pro- 

 ceeded on his jojrney, without any otheif 

 companion than a favourite fpaniei bitch, and 

 had never been heard of fince, till Saturday 



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