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 PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 



ffl(h all the Marriages and Deaths. 



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KOKTHUMBERLAND ASD DDRH.AM. 



IT is intended to build a common jail, 

 a house of coiTeclion, and a sessions' 

 bouse, for the county of Norihuniberland, 

 with suitable offices aud accoinmoda(ioiis. 



In consequeuce of the nunierous burgrla- 

 ries in the city of Durham, at a meeting' of 

 the inhabitants, March 21, (the mayor in 

 the chair) a number of res^olutions were 

 passed, authorising the appoiutniept of 

 some person duly qualified to give vigi- 

 lance aud energy to the police. 



Married.] At Monk V>earmouth,Mr. W. 

 Hardcastle, brazier, to Miss G. Hay. — Mr. 

 T. Bone, of Walbottle, to Miss S. Harvey, 

 of Scotch vsood. — At Earsdou, Mr. T. Hy- 

 mers, pilot, aged 67, to Mifs M. Buurne, 

 milliner, aged '22, both of Hartley ! — Mr. 

 T. Hanison, tobacconist, of Newcastle, to 



Miss M. Robinson, of Shelsis Mr. J. 



Alk'U, druggist, of S. Shields, to Miss Swan, 

 of Wall's End.— At Durham, Mr. J. Cald- 

 clew, draper, to Miss J . Vouug. — Mr. Bate- 

 man, surgeon, of St. John's, Weardale, to 

 Miss Varty, of Kirkoswald. 



Vied.] At Newcastle, aged 77, Mrs. M. 

 Huntley.— Mr. J. Weatherhead, 82.— Mrs. 

 E. Dobson, relict of the latcCapt. W. D. — 

 Jos. Foster, esq. 57, alderman and joint 

 commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, for 

 Northumberland.. — Mrs. Murray, wife of 

 Air. M. surgeon. — Mr. VV. Tnrnbull, many 

 years captain of the nighth watch. 



At Durham, 23, Miss H. WoodfieUI, eld- 

 est daughter of M. VV. esq. 



At Sunderhmd, aged 70, Mr. Al. Gane^, 

 master mariner. 



At Hexham, 33, Mrs. Dixon, wife of ths 

 late Mr. W. D. governor of the house of 

 correction. — Mrs. Atkinson, 70, sister to 

 Mr. Dowthwayte, steward to Sir Henry 

 Lawson, hart. — Mrs. Atkinson, 70, many 

 years housekeeper to Lady Livingstone, 

 of the Spiltal. 



At Bourdeaux, whither he had gone for 

 the recovei-y of his health, 22, Mr. J. Ro- 

 bertson, second son of the late T. R. esq. of 

 S. Shields. 



At Bishopton, Mrs. M. Tinkler, relict of 

 the late lie v. 11. T. 



At Prospect-place, near Williugton, 82, 

 Mr. Huntley, surgeon.— J. Bromfield, esq. 

 of Belmont Farm, in Bciwickshire. 



At Leith, in Scotland, Aun, wife of Mr. 

 Allison, merchant, and daughter of the late 

 i. Bell, esq. of Gallow Hill, IjJorlhumber- 

 laad. — At Widdrington, 67, Mr. R. Reid, 

 well kno^Ti for his superior management 

 of tbe industrious bees, skilfully regulating 

 their movements in the casting time. He 

 frequently exhibited, in Morpeth mai-ket- 

 place, a swam «f bees suspeiuled froai bis 



At Howick Rectory, 86, after giving birth 

 to her ninth child, Sarah, wife of the Rev. 

 Wm. Horner — At Fawdoii, 72, T. Robsou, 

 esq. steward upwards of .'iO years, to the 

 family of M. Bell, esq. of Wolsington. 



At Bombay, in Oct. last, 47, Mr. G. Rid*, 

 dale, surgeon to the 47th regt. of foot and 

 formerly of Sunderland. 



In or near London, whither he had gone 

 for the recovery of his health, 27, Mr. T. 

 Hutchinson, ship-owner, of N. .Shields. 



CUMBEBLANn AND WRS TMOKELAND. 



April 5. At the county meeting, a num- 

 ber of resolutions were passed, without one 

 dissentient hand, in a spiriied conformity 

 with the requisition addressed to the High 

 Sherilf, John Ttiarshall, esq. A petition 

 to Parliament was agreed to, praying for 

 " a diminution of the public burthens, for 

 such rigid economy in the expenditure as 

 may render a reduction of taxation practi- 

 cable and safe, aud more especially for such 

 a reform in (he systetn of rcpreseiitation, as 

 shall restore to the Hour.e of Commons, the 

 confidence of the people, and atFord a rea- 

 sonable hope that their prayers will be 

 heard, their ^i ievances redressed, and their 

 liberties defended, by those whom they 

 may hereafter elect as their represoiita- 

 tives." The principal speakers were J. R. 

 G. Graham, esq. of Netherby ; H. Curwen, 

 esq. of Belleisle ; Mr. Lawsoii, of Brayton- 

 hall ; aud Mr. Brougham. 



March 20, the first stone of the Carlisle 

 Canal Basin was laid, in the presence of 

 the committee and a considerable number 

 of spectators. Mr. Wm. Halton, mounted 

 the stone, and in a concise speech expressed 

 his hopes that the undertaking would prove 

 beneficial to the subscribers, and of advan- 

 tage to the neighbouring districts. 



Married.] At Whitehaven, the Rev. A. 

 Jack, minister of the independent chapel, to 

 Miss H. Fox. —At Ousby, Mr. T. Blades, 

 to Miss M. Waugh. — At Annan, Mr. VV. 

 Lawson, aged 73, to Miss J. Lawson, of 

 Dumfries, aged 19. A proof that the 

 amorous principle, however prolonged, in 

 some cases, is not relaxed. A specimen of 

 " Winter reposing in the lap of May !" — 

 The Rev. T. D. Lumb, M.A. curate of 

 Methley, Yorkshire, to Miss Pris. Wilkin, 

 (laughter of the late W.VV.esq. of Appleby. 

 — Mr. W. Robinson, to Miss E. Parkinson, 

 and Mr. T. Winn, to Miss A. Newby, all 

 of Kendal. 



Died.] In Carlisle, aged 64, Mr. J. 

 James, cabinet-maker, late of London. — 

 Mr. J. Young. 73,— Miss J. Dodd, 22,— Mr. 

 J. Wilson, 73. 



A. Workington. 81, Mrs. Bonrowdale, 

 relict of the late Capt. 8.-88, Mrs. A. 

 Httykatk widow — 67 Mi«s. C. Shipley. 



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