Lancashire 



At Leeds, SB, Mr, Richard Wilson, of 

 tbc lirni of iMessvs. John Wilboii and Sou. 

 ; — 87, Mi-f. H. Dyson. 



At Sheffitr'ld, occasioned by her dress 

 catching fire, Mrs. Clarke, rej^retted. 



At VViikfclield, 26, Mr. W.Toetal, justly 

 regretted. 



At Doncaster, 82, Mr. Samnel Tinkler. 



At Bradford, suddenly, Thomas Skclten, 

 esij. rtep.-licnt,for the West Riding, uni- 

 versally respected. 



AtSr.arborougii, 45, Mr. Joseph Booth, 

 respected. 



-At Eilaiid, 77, Benjamin Oiitram, esq. 

 mncii respected. — At Hedou,R(;, Mr. Julin 

 Garforlli. — At Ricliinond, William Ellis, 

 esq. l)anker, J4i,st!y respected. — At Bariis- 

 ky, 50, the Rev. John Mence, fellow of 

 "Worcester Collej^e, Oxford. — Mrs. R. 

 Wride.-r-At (;iock-hotise, Nathan Jowett, 

 esq.— At Kawden, Mrs. B. Wade— At 

 Brolherton, 7.5, John Ciowdei', esq. justly 

 lamented. 



LANCASHIRE. 



A public meeting was lately held at 

 Oldham, to consider the best means of re- 

 lieving the pour of that extensive and 

 populous place. On its being announced, 

 that au ofi'er of pecuniary assistance had 

 been made from the City of London 

 tavern committee, a good deal of opposi- 

 tion to the receiving it was nianifesteil, by 

 a number of voices exclaiming "no alms 

 from sinecurists and public paupers !" &c.; 

 in constqueHCe, it was deemed necessary, 

 in order to obtain the true sense of the 

 meeting, to put it to the vote; which being 

 done, it was carried by a large majority, 

 that no assistance slioidd be accepted from 

 the said committee. 



A public meeting was held at Wigan, 

 on tl)c 2 jth of NovemJ)er, for the purpose 

 of taking into consideration the causes of 

 tlie present public distress, and for recom- 

 niepding to government and the people, 

 such measures as may seen> best calcn- 

 )at«jd to atford effectual relief;— Mr. John 

 'i>aH0Lt-;Fii;LD, in the chair. — It was unani- 

 mously resolved, that the industrious and 

 nscful population of this great county, are 

 in a state of miparalleled distress, which 

 ibrciWy induces as to endeavour to ascer- 

 tain its lamentable cause, and to seek for 

 its effectual remedy. 



2. That we find the main cause of this 

 general distress, in the existence of a cor- 

 rupt state of our national representation, 

 which has sanctioned a iminons system of 

 fmauce, and has supported by pecuniary 

 (supplies,. a long, remor'.eless, and unneces- 

 sary war; the ex|)enditure of which has 

 rcqiiireU a burthen of taxation, hitherto 

 unheard of in any age, or in any country, 



3. That to tlie same coiruption, wc at- 

 tribute the creation and support ot a hand 

 of luveless, and woine than useleftfi, place- 

 men, itinecurists, and pensioners, who diawr 

 froni the taxes of tJic cujuiiiy, princely le- 



' . MpNTiiLY Mac. >Jfl. v'i'i'.' 



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venues, and wha are maintained in lux- 

 urious protligany, while our honest pea- 

 santry and artizaus, bereft, by the effects 

 of those taxes, of tliat employment which 

 would procure bread for tiiemselves and 

 families, are reduced to the humiliating 

 miseries of pauperism. 



4. That the same corruption has brought 

 upoii the nation, a debt, the bare. interest 

 of which it appears impossible to pay, and 

 the principal of which tlireatens to be an 

 hereditary and unjust oppression on pos- 

 terity; unjust, because it is wicked to 

 gratify our passions and prejudices in any 

 war, at the expense of tlie welfare of our 

 children ; and particularly so, because it 

 has been contracted, not by the people of 

 England, but by a House of Commons, for 

 the most part illegally composed of bo- 

 rough-mongers and ministerial depen- 

 dents. 



Married.'] Mr. Thomas Leech, to Miss 

 Julia Amalric. — Mr. Henry Hardy, to 

 Miss Ellen Piatt.— Mr. J. Lowe, to "Miss 

 Jane Gould.— Mr. Ratchffe, to Mrs. 

 Vl'alker: all of Manchester.-^Mr. JameS 

 Poulson, of Manchestter, to Miss Eardley. 

 — Mr. Alexander Fraser, of Bury, to Miss 

 Sarah Rothwell, of Spout-Bank.— Mr. Ed- 

 ward Pritchard, to Miss Mary Doughty, 

 of Rose-place.— Mr. B. Haigh, to Miss 

 Cheney : all of Liverpool.— Mi'. John Gib- 

 bons of Liverpool, to Miss Ellen Cannell, 

 of Douglas.— Mr. A. Garnett, of Liver- 

 pool, to Miss Anne Mewbnrn, of Denie- 

 rara. — Mr. Edward Ward, of Liverpool, to 

 Miss Elizabeth Pearson, of Shrewsbury.— 

 Joseph Bushel, esq. of Preston, to Miss 

 Lucy Dalton, of Thurnhani. — The Rev. 

 Augustus Campbell, rector of Wallasey, to 

 Miss Eliza Aspinall, of Liverpool, 



Died.] At Lancaster, 63, Mr. Edward 

 Fayrer.— Mrs. T, Hay. 



At Manchester, in Oldham-street, .S4, 

 Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson.— 46, Mr. Wil- 

 liain Goulden. — Mr. Tiiomas Hargreaves. 

 — In Great Lever-street, 70, Mr. Nathan 

 Dixon, surgeon and botanist. — Miss Elea- 

 nor Bird, of Castlefield. — 62, Mr. Soloniah 

 Bancroft. 



AtSalfoid, 63, Mr. John K^enrlck, de- 

 servedly respected. 



At Liverpool, 66, Miss Jane Anderson, 

 and a few days after, 66, her brother Mr. 

 Robert A. both of the Society of Friends. 

 — 34, Miss Ann Moore. — .^8, Mr. William 

 Jones. — 83, Mrs. Bleufield.— 100,/irr. JoAu 

 IVidhce.—Uv. R. Bulraer.— 48, Mr. Geo. 

 Gosling, justly respected. 

 At Rochdale, Rlr. Williatii Stewart. 

 At Chowbeni, Mr.s. Rothwell, deser- 

 vedly lamented. — At Prestwould hall, 90, 

 C. James Packe, esq — At Preicor, Mr.j 

 John Bates. 



At Prcslon, 77, Mrs. Catlicrinc Pvich- 

 ardsoH. 



At CUestcr, a niectiu{; was lately held, fo 

 4 D ' cun' Ider 



