Oh “ > : ‘eign ‘ - oe er 
484 Yorkshire.’ ay 
institution, attended on the oceasion.. Ups 
wards’ of 200.girls were adniittedy to whom 
the Rey. J. Clarke delivered-an affectionate 
address, which appeared to make a proper 
Impression on the minds, of the young pupils, 
as, well as of their mothers, most of whom 
were present. 
At-the.late West Riding séssioss; the new 
court-house at Pontefract, finished under the 
Inspection of Mr. Bernard Hartley, (surveyor 
of the Riding bridges) from’ the plans of Mr. 
Watson, of Yorks was opened. For conve- 
nience, and); accommodation, ‘this edifice is 
acknowledged to be superior to any in the 
county. ; : 7 
» The following report of the woollen cloth 
scarchers in the, West. Riding, from the 25th 
of March, 1810, to the 25th.of March, 1814, 
was exhibited :— 
sinais Ho Narrow cloths. . 
This year 158.252 pieces, or 6,180,181 yards. 
Last year 151,911 5,95197 62 
* rod ~ -— 4 MESSE SLES 
Increase 63,414 229,049 
@ agp ‘Broad cloths. : 
This'year 97 2,664 pieces, or 1,671,042 yards. 
Last year 311,939 "2,826,048 
Decrease 37,575 1,153,006 
This, diminution of the staple manufacture, is; 
to be traced to two. causes ;.the prohibitory 
decrees of Bonaparte, and the orders in coun- 
ell of the British government; by the former 
of which our manufactures are shut out from 
the continent of Europe,.and by the latter 
our commercial relations, with the. United 
tates of America are suspended, Seeing the 
“Operation of these measures, and having their 
etfects every day before our eves inthe num- 
ber of artigans that are, loitering about the 
streets for want of employment, our surprise 
is not that the qvantity of woollens have.de- 
creased so much, but that they have decreased, 
so little ; and this surprise. will appear very 
natural when-the public. aresinformed,.that 
of 1160 shearmen in the) town-and neigh- 
Bourhood of Leeds, 4@O are out of employ; 
But a falling off of only 9253957: yards will 
be, in some, measure, aceoynted for when 
it is considered that the shipments to.-Ame- 
rica, for the fall trade,.in./1810,. were as 
brisk’as usual ; and that for about.six months 
in that year, the depot system prevailed with 
its former. pernicious »activity.3) sosthat! the 
decrease in the broad cloths which appears.on 
this official return, though embracing a pe- 
tioj of a whole year, has, in pointiof vfact, 
arisen within the last six months, as, will-ap~ 
pear irom the following quarterly state- 
ment: 
«| Narrow ¢loths. 
Broad cloths. 
Ast quarter, 28,533 
Yst quarter, 11,371 
8 Gd 22 a osoe7 Mp hRR eai a a Forbes ay 
i AP ir alae 0: Be inti Bede SI cs 
Been 7 oe ae 58,744 
The magistrates very liberally voted 
, at large. 
[June i}? 
3,0001, towards the erection of the projected. 
Sessions House, at Leeds. This measure,will 
tend to the speedy completion of a plap, ab-_. 
solutely necessary for the administration « 
justice within the borough, and which must 
be highly useful and convenient to the Riding” 
Towards the new Sessions House 
at Sheffield, the magistrates voted 10001: 
The grand tunnel on the Huddersfield Cas 
nal is completed, from its commencement at _ 
Huddersfield, to its termination at’ Ashton 
under-Lyne, and is entirely ready for navi- 
gation: This tunnel was projected and begun 
intheyear 1794. It has cost 130,0001. 5 is 5420. 
yards Jong, seven and a half feet deep of 
water, and seven and half head=way’ from ‘the 
surface of the water, -At. the bottom of two 
of the pits ityis made wide,enough for bosts, 
to pass each other, or to. unload lime or 
coal, $aacry (pile 
Married.) AtLeeds,; William, eldest son. 
of Richardson, Borradaile, esq, of Fenchurch, 
street, to Isabella Mary, eldest daughter of,» 
Jobn Qates, esq.—The Rey. Mr. Murray, of 
Rawdon, to Miss Scott. eps 
At York, Richard Sinclair, esq. recorder 
of- York, to, Elizabeth, second daughter of 
the! late. William Sotheron, .esq. of, Darring-, 
toa.—Mr. Thomas Elton, to.Miss B, Knowl. 
sou.--Mr. Thomas Waterworth, to Miss 
Simpson. yo? y + were 
At Ripley, William |Gunning Campbell, 
esq. eldest son of William C. esq.-of Pairs 
ficld, Scotland, to Diana, third daughter of 
Sir John Ingelby,, bart, a di 
At Brandsby, Mr. Robert Maskell, to.Mary,” 
enly daughter of Edward Wailes, esq. of 
Colton. ; > wereld 
. At Bridlington, James Hopkinson,, esq. of, 
Billings Hill, near Brandsburton, to Miss. 
Farthing, daughterof the late John F. esq. 
of Bridlington Quay, . diet 5494 
Captain Lally, of the 6th dragoon guards, 
to Mrs. Moore, widow of Captain M,) of 
Grimston Lodge, near Tadcaster, and daugh- 
ter of George Townend, esq. of York. . .\ 
At Hull, Captain ©. F. Flaton, to Miss 
Maria Scruton, of Nottingham. leceues 
Died.| At Doncaster, Mr. Frost..- Within 
the space of one week,» J. Todd, 725 T.,Jonesy, 
773 Mary Richardson, 78 3 J. Bryan, 735 
and J. Mountain, 75. 22 frudil 
At Ecclesfield, Mr. William Greaves, 81. 
- At Beverley, Mrs.\Jackson, wife, of. the 
Rev. John Jackson, rector of Cheadle, 
At Conisvro’, Mr. Merry weather, 80.» 
At Rotherham, Mrs. Staniforth.—-Mr. 
Flint. 3 : ; eo Seni ban 
At Bishop Burton, near Beverley, Mr.R, 
Thirsk, 79. Mak i + 
At Howden, Miss Sarah Day, 40. - ... 
At Shefiield, Mr, John Theobald, 28.—9 
Mr. James Fletcher.—Mrs. White.—Miss 
Mary Chadburn, 25,—Mrs, Powell.—Mre 
Samuel Uckley.=-Mr. Robert: Woollen, 83. 
—Mr. William’ Fritchley.-Mr. WiNiam 
Marshall, late serjeant in the 14th foot, 73. 
Mr. Abraham Mitchell, governor of the 
Pook; 
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