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Yoi^ksh ire — Lancashire. 



191 



YORKSHIRE. 



It appears from the minutts of the Mctho- 

 diiT: Conference which was lately held at 

 Leeds, that the increafe in the focieties this 

 year amounts to near 9000. Seventeen 

 preachers have been admitted into fall con- 

 nexion, and more than forty on trial. Fifty 

 adciitional chapels have been ordered to be 

 erected the enfuing year. On the whole, it 

 appears that the lociety was never at any for- 

 mer period in fo |irofperous a ftatc. 



Mari:eJ-] At Cottinghara, near Hull, Mr. 

 Balmer, of Caiftor, Lincoln'hire. lolicitor, 

 to Mifs Smith, feconJ dau^ihter of J. Smith, 

 efq. 



At Sheffield, the Rev V/iUiam Wiute- 

 legi, to Mifs Jilii.ibetli Kicholfon, of Shef- 

 field Park 



At Campfall, W. Martin, efq., of Barmby 

 Dunn, to Mifs Bedford, of Fcnwick Grange. 



At Leeds, the Rev. Thomas Taylor, Dif- 

 fcnting mir.iiler at Ofiel, to Mifs Rawfon, 

 daughter of the late Mr. R., merchant^ 

 Mr. George Rawfon, merchant, to Miis 

 Clapham. 



At Barnfley, Mr. KcnJray, merchant, to 

 Mifs Aldevfon. 



At York, the Rev. W. W. Layng, vicar o.*" 

 St- Lawrcnxe, to Mifs Helena Buimer. 



At Addinghani, the Rev. John Coates, 

 rector of th.ac place, to Mifs CunlifVc j and 

 the fame day, Air. Richard P^irr, of .A.l?ar- 

 klrk, Lincolnihire, to Mifs Eliia Cunlilie, 

 Jioth ibughcers of John C efq. 



At Halifax, Henry Ingram, efq., young- 

 efl fon of Franci:: I., efq., banker at Vv ake- 

 iieltl, to Mifs Ann Moore, only daughter of 

 J Moore, efq., of Brockvvell. 



Da-rf.j At Mull, iMrs. Baker, reJic'l of 

 John B., efq., 8.;. — Mifs Mary V/audby, 

 youngcft daughter of iMr. Samuel W., i!l.-_ 

 Mr. Emanuel Wood, grocer, 60. — Mr. John 

 Richardfon, la'e of Hedon, but who had re- 

 tired .^rom bulinefs as a plumber and glazier, 



At Wakefield, Mr. Robert H^rrifon, com- 

 mon brewer, 47. — ilrs. Sheppard, relift oi' 

 Mr. William S., maltller. 



At Pontefraft, Mrs. Blagborough, wi.'e of 

 Mr Samuel B., of Leeds, merchant. 



At Knarelborough, Mr. William Brown, 

 formerly a confiderable linen nianufaflurer, 

 «9. 



AtRawdiftV, John Wilfon, efq., 84. 



At Leeds, Mrs Granger, wife of Mr. G., 

 attorney.— Mr. John King, fon of the Rew. 

 Mr K., of St. James's, i'.l. — Mrs. Knight, 

 wife of AJr Kniglir, one of the perJbrmers at 

 ;he York and Hull theatres, 'J-i. 



At Throftle Neft, near Garforth, Mrs. 

 Battie, J(<(>. 



At Calvciley, Mrs. Fal)er, wife of the 

 Rev. Tliomas F., vicar of that place, 6;5. 



At Whitby, the Kcv. Mr. Muckcuiic, late 

 a ch.iplaii! ir. the aimy. 



At Selby, John Thompfon, efq., Sf. 



At Sheffield, Mr. Thom.as Mapplebecitj at- 

 torney. 



-At I'.irk Hill, near ShenieKl, S.imncl 

 Buck, tfq., recorder of Leeds, iKl- rtutie: of 

 which Office he difcharged with ability up- 

 ward.s «i' thirty years. 



At Heaton, the feat of her fon-in^law Jo- 

 fliua Field, efq., Mrs. Wilmcr, widow jf 

 Randall W., efq., late of Upper KeimPey 

 r.Kar York, 9'2. 



At Bra.'.fotd, Mr. Jofeph Bentlev, attorney, 



7.5 .Mils Bower, 27. On the' d.iy of her 



dcMth (he had tyrice .ittenJed divine fi-rvice 

 and received the (aerament ; and only lull' an. 

 Jrour previous to it, h.id read prayeii to her 

 Icrvants in her ufual ftatc of he iJch. 



At York, Mrs. Meggefon, keeper of the 

 goal, 6.J. — fohn Hay, efq., one of t'nc lU 

 dermen of the corporation. He fcrved the 

 ortice of .(heritf in 1783, and that of iurd 

 mayor in 179 i. — Mrs. Wilkinfon, fiftcr ta 

 the lad mentioned gentleman. 



At Eall I.'arlfey, the Rev. J Steele, cu- 

 rate, and ma/ler of to.- grammar fchoot at 

 that pKice, an otlice whiJi he difcharged witk 

 thcgrejteft credit. As a clergyman, h.'s uni- 

 verlal benevolence and the genuine goodnefs of 

 his heart were fuch as endeared him to all his 

 parilhioners ; and he was poU'eded, in an emi- 

 nent d.'gree, of all thofe qualificatio.is whick 

 conftitute the gentleman, thefcholar, and the 

 divine. 



LANCASHIRE. 



His M.ijefty has been gracioufiy pleafcd t» 

 give an order fur the payment of his fu'jfcrip- 

 tionof lOOOl. to the Free Church in Lancaf- 

 ter, clear of all fees of oflice. 



The corner ftone of tiie ^3■ew Commerciai 

 Building now rearing in the .Market-place at 

 Manchcitcr was laid, on the CllJof July, by C. 

 Pnillips, elq,, (who ofliciated in theat^fence of 

 W. Fox, efq., the aoioughreeve,) attended by 

 the con'tables, and many other gentlemen, 

 amidlt the plaudits of a gnat number of fpec- 

 tators, who terminated the ceremony by- 

 three-times-three cheers. A marble vafe, 

 vvith feveral pieces of current coin, and me- 

 dals of Lord Nelfon and Mr. Pitt, ia tiie 

 fame, was inclofcd in the wall. 



The fcite and plan of the intended Corn 

 'Exchange at Liverpool are row finally fettled. 

 It is to be eredei in Brunfwick-ltreet, on the^ 

 fituatjon where Ned's (-oftee-houie njw ftands. 

 It is not doubted that the building will be 

 worthy of the town, and of the wealthy and 

 liberal body who. have instituted the Icheme. 



M.ifrkn.] At Lancaiter, Mr. James Car- 

 ter, Uirgeun, to Mifs James Kilner. 



At Liverpool, Mr Walter Bridge, mer- 

 clianr, to Mils Mudlehurft, daughter of ;AIr.' 

 James M.— Mr. G. Barnlley, of Manchcftcr^ 

 to Mifs IfabclUDilworth, — Captain H..tha- 

 way, of the ihip Danube, to Mifs Bunker, 

 daughter of the late tjiptain B. — Mr. Jamrt 

 K.-.:ndiic.-, 



