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At Penrith, Miss M. Dunn, a lady of ex- 

 tensive charity, whose loss will be severely 

 felt by the afflietPd and the rising- genera- 

 tion.— Mr. W. Beil, 70. 



At Brampton, at aa advanced age, Mrs. 

 Heward. 



At Cockermouth, 48, JJr. W. Mann, 



painter Asfe^i 83, Mr. J. (iraysoii, hatter. 



— Mrs. M. Dickinson, 79, relict of the late 

 Mr. R. D. grocer. 



At Kendal, btf, Mr. J. Dixon.— Mr. M. 

 Carruthers. 74, Mrs. M. Hutchinson, 66. 



At Melinerby, near Penrilh, 73, the Riv. 

 Mr. Slee, rector: in his character, modera- 

 tion and humility were coa<picuous. 



VORKSHIKR. 



At York Lent Assizes, in a cause of the 

 Lord Mayor and Commonalty of York, ver- 

 sus W. Welbauk, for trading- in the city, 

 not being a freeman, a verdict wa^ returned 

 for the plantifls. A custom has prevailed 

 that no person, unless a freeman, should 

 sell goods by retail within the city. Like 

 other privileges of cor.iorate bodies, it was 

 involved in regulations of impenetrable 

 antiquity. Mr. Anderson, solicilor, pro- 

 duced and translated an orig.ual charter of 

 Henry IL whicb confirmed the liberties and 

 customs enjoyed by the citizens, in the 

 time of his grandfather, Henry L 



March 31st. the first stone of a new 

 church, in Sculcoates, near Hull, was laid 

 by Avison Terry, esq. to whose zeal and 

 industry, the parish is materially indebted 

 for the plan and the means of carrying it 

 into execution. 



The Leed's Literary and Philosophical 

 S-ciety, held their first meeting in the So- 

 ciety's Hall, April 6. The institution in- 

 cludes a respectable portion of talent, and 

 from its object, intellectual acquisitions 

 and enjoyments, it seems destined to con- 

 fer equal honour and benefit on the town. 



At the last assizes, the Grand jury recom- 

 mended a classification of the prisoners in 

 the county jail ; this alteration the magis- 

 trates are now attending to. 



Mrs. G. Knight, of Firbeck, has erected 

 at her own expence, a new parish church, 

 on the site of the old one. 



A number of matrices or clay moulds for 

 the coining of Roman money, were lately 

 turned up at a place called Lingwell Yate, 

 near Wakefield. Crucibles for melting the 

 metal were found at the same time, and in 

 some of the moulds there are coins remain- 

 ing. 



The theatres of York, Hull, Leeds, Wake- 

 field and Donca-ster, are advertised to be let. 



Married^ 3 Fawcet, esq. of High Huns- 

 ley, to Miss Hudson, of Little Weighton. — 

 Mr. .M. (iaunt, cloth manufacturer, to Miss 

 H. Lister, both of Bramley.— Mr. J. Tay- 

 lor, surgeon, of Lockwood, to Miss J. East- 

 wood, of Nab Croft, near Huddersfield. — • 

 .Mr. J. Pearson, currier, of Lcnton, near 

 Nottingham, to .Miss Chectham, daughter 



of Mr. C. watchmaker of Leeds. — Mr. J. 

 H. Samson, merchant ot Hull, to Miss M. 

 Shipton, of Green Hammerton, near York. 



Died.] At York, in his 65th year, Mr. J. 

 Barber, sen. — In his 79th year, Mr. T. BoU 

 land. 



At LeedSjMrs. E.Hanson, of the pottery, 

 aged 63, Mr. J. Walker, cloth-dresser. 

 '^ At Sheffield, 26, Mr. W. Smith, cutler. 

 He bore a lingering illness with a resigna- 

 tion truly exemplary, and Death for him 

 had no terrors. ^Suddenly, Mr. J. Craw- 

 thorre. He was playing on an organ, in 

 apparent good health, at tbree o'clock, and 

 was a corpse at four ! 



At Hull, 36, Mrs. A. Overton, wfe of 

 Capt. T. O.— Mrs. Story, 5.5, relict of the 

 late Capt. S. of the Greenland trade. — Mr. 

 J. Wallis, 26, grandson of the late Mr. Geo. 

 Wallis, gunsmith and antiquarian. — In the 

 prime of life, Mrs. Bedford. — Mr. J. John- 

 son, currier. — T. Simpson, gent, formerly 

 of Grantham, 68. 



At Halifax, Miss C. Atkinson, seventh 

 daughter of the late Rev. C. A. Vicar of 

 Thorp Arch.— Aged 72, Mr. J. Hors&ll, 

 saddler. 



At Knaresb.irough, 70, Mr. J. Paulter, 

 formerly a linen manufacturer. 



At Rippon, Mrs. Fr. Carter, wife of Al- 

 derman C. — In his 1.5th year, Wm. third 

 son of Mr. Garland, solicitor of Hull. 



At Doncaster, aged 72, T. Brooke, esq. 

 solicitor. 



At Beverley, 87, Mr. S. Wilson, com ma- 

 chine maker. — W. Wharam, esq. 72. late of 

 the liast York Militia, 



At Whitby, at his mother's house, T. 

 Bateman, M.D. of London, author of some 

 useful publications on medical subjects, of 

 whom a full notice will appear in our next. 



At Weiton, near Hull, aged 66, Mr. J. 

 Wright, innkseper. — At Thornton Hall, 

 near Bedale, in his 83d year, F. Dodsworth, 

 D.D. sen. canon of Windsor, and perpetual 

 curate of Cleasby, in this county. 



In his 59th year, G.J. Svvann, esq. of 

 Cottingham, near Hull. — W. S. Stanhope, 

 esq. of Cannon Hall, in the West Riding. 



On the 13th of Jan. at Barbadoes, in his 

 47th year, Mr. G. Ackroyd, Deputy Assis- 

 tant Commissary General, and youngest 

 son of the late Mr. C. A. of Bradford. — J. 

 Coates, esq. of Stokesley. 



At Biamhara Park, in his 65th year, J, 

 L. Fox, esq. nephew to the late Lord Bing^ 

 ley. He was a gentleman of polished 

 manners, and charity so extensive, that it 

 could never be duly estimated. 



Aged, 74, Mr. W. Martin, paper-maker, 

 of Hpadingl;'y, near Leeds. — Aged 89, 

 Mary, the wife of Mr. Joshua Priestley, of 

 Birstall, near Leeds, brother to the late 

 illustrious Dr. P. — At Hall Field House, 

 near Wetherby, aged 74, Mr. Brook, for- 

 merly a merchant of Leeds. — At Idle, 32, 

 Mv. J. Slead, tanner. 



John 



