484 



Yorkshire, 



[June 1, 



many whose avarice increases with their 

 years,) when his personal wants became 

 few, (arising frora the loss of his excellent 

 wife, and the marriage of all his children) 

 he became his own executor, and divided 

 among them a considerable part of his 

 property. His last illness, which' was pro- 

 tracted and painful, was sustained with 

 the most exemplary and pious resignation, 

 and his memory will be cherished by his 

 family and friends, with the most affec- 

 tionate and lasting attachment. 



The eldest son of Mr. R. Armstrong, of 

 the Black Bull Inn, at Brampton. He was 

 returning on horseback from Hawhistle, 

 aud was struck down by the lightning; 

 and he and his horse were instantly killed. 

 The Newcastle Mail came first up to the 

 body which was lying in (be road close to 

 the horse, and nearly naked — all his 

 clothes, with the exception of his stock- 

 ings and shoes, being torn to pieces ; 

 some of the fragments were picked up at 

 nearly 100 yards distance. There were 

 deep wounds in the neck and thigh, and 

 the few clothes which remained were burn- 

 ing when found. The saddle was aho 

 torn to pieces, and the hair nearly singed 

 off the horse. 



YORKSHIRE. 



By a recent decision of the Court of 

 Chancery, the revenue of two schools, 

 cue at Dewsbury and the other at Rish- 

 worth, near Halifax, have been augmented 

 from £500 to nearly £3000 a-year. The 

 endowment originated from a bequest by 

 Mr. J. Wheelwright, in 1724. 



A meeting of the society to promote re- 

 ligious instruction amongst seamen, was 

 held at Hull, April 19th, to consider of 

 building a floating chapel for the use of 

 the seamen. It appeared, that a floating 

 chapel capable of containing 7 or 800 

 seamen, might be constructed for about 

 £670. 



A remarkable phenomenon occurred at 

 Bishop Monckton, near Ripon, lately, on 

 the estate belong,ing to Mr. Charnock. — 

 About two in the afternoon the attention 

 of a person in his service was attracted by 

 a rumbling noise, which "apparently pro- 

 ceeded from the stack-yard, distant 30 

 yards from the house. He supposed it to 

 proceed from children throwing stones 

 against the doors and wall ; but, on look- 

 ing up the avenue, fomied by a row of 

 stacks, and leading to the house, he ob- 

 served a small portion of the ground in 

 motion, which, after continuing in a state 

 of considerable agitation for some minutes, 

 suddenly presented an opening of about a 

 foot square, whence issued a great body 

 of water. Returning with violence, it 

 soon enlarged the cavity, and in its pro- 

 gress, carried down with it a portion of the 

 surrounding earth, several feet in extent, 

 which was buried in the abyss below. The 



water continued to ebb and flow more or 

 less, at intervals, during the day. — Mr. 

 Charnock plumbed this subterraneous pit 

 in the evening, and found it 58 feet in 

 depth ; the water has now subsided, aud 

 remains settled within two yards of the 

 top. 



Report of the woollen cloth milled during 

 the last year, viz. from the 25th of March, 

 1820, to the 25th March, 1821, as deli- 

 vered by the searchers to the magistrates. 

 May 2nd. 



NARROW CLOTHS MILLED. 



Pieces. 



First Quarter 34,705 



Second ditto 32,862 



Third ditto 32,317 



Fourth ditto... 



Milled last year. 



29,335 



129,279 

 ..119,700 



Yards. 



5,225,791 



4,889,181 



increase 9,579 



BROAD CLOTHS MILLED. 



First Quarter 68,308 



Second ditto., 77.399 



Third ditto 71,207 



Fourth ditto 69,806 



286,720 

 Milled last year 263,278 



Increase 23,443 



9,186,223 

 8,406,314 



779,909 



Total milled this year in yds..,. .14,412,014 

 Total milled last year in yds.. ..13,295,495 



Total increase this year in yds- .1,116,519 



Married^ At Dewsbury, the Rev. J. 

 Bailey, late curate of St. Michael-le-Belfry, 

 York, to Miss Parkin, niece of J Haliley, 

 esq. — Thomas, eldest son of T.Brown, of 

 Horton, Wilts, to Susannah, only daughter 

 of Mr. J. Haworth, jun. of Hessle, near 

 Hull.— At Leeds, Mr. W. Whitehead, malt- 

 ster, to Miss M. Wood. — B. Cooke, esq. of 

 Owston, to Charlotte, daughter of Sir G. 

 Cooke, bart. of Wheatley — Mr. J. East- 

 burn, merchant of Leeds, to Miss M. 

 Fryer, of Knaresborough. — ^Tlie Hon. C. 

 Langdale, brother of Lord Stourton, to 

 Mary, eldest daughter of the late M. C. 

 Maxwell, esq. of Everiugham Park. — Mr. 

 Aistiu, surgeon of Huddersfield, to Miss 

 Wilson, of Greet-house. — At Halifax, Cap- 

 tain F. Macbean, of the 6th regt. foot, to 

 A. H. Benson, youngest daughter of the 

 late Lieut. Gen.B. 



Died. At York, aged 48, Mr. F. Ben- 

 son, printer ; he had suffered the amputa- 

 tion of one of his legs. 



At Hull, 58, Mr. W. Seymour, white- 

 smith. 



At Whitby, aged 87, Mrs. Stonehouse, 



widow of thelateMr. H. S. shipowner. 



— Mr. J. Bedliugton, formerly commander 



of the Volunteer Greenland Ship. — ]\Irs. 



F. Chapman, 



