( 504 ) [Dec. \, 



PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 



WITH ALL Till: JMARPJAGES and DEATHS; 

 Arranged geogrttpliicaU I/, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. 



^* Communicntiona for this Department of the Monthh/ Magazine, properit/ au- 

 thenticated, and fent free of Poftagc, are ahcays tliaiikfiilli/ received. Thqfe are 

 vioi'e parliculurli/ acceptable which dej'crihe the Proisnjli of Local Improvements ot 

 any Kind, oi" which cQiitaia Biographical Anecdotes or Faih relative to eminent 

 or remarkable Characters receiitlij dr.cenfed. 



KORTHUMBERLAKD AND DURHAM. 



'pHE foundation- ftone of the new quay and 

 market-place at North Shields, vv»as lately 

 laid under a triple difcharge of nine pieces of 

 ordnance, 'llie Duke of Northumberland's 

 bailiff for Tyncmouth, Mr. Stcphenfon the 

 archite£l, and a vaft concourfc of fpetlators 

 attended. The (hips difpUyed their ('olours ; 

 and the afternoon was fpcnt at the Half- 

 Aloon inn, in li.irmony and fellivity, liy a 

 number of friends to this important improve- 

 ment, worthy of the houfe of Percy. 



Married.] At Newcallle, Mr. Robert 

 Taylor, to Mifs Sands. — Mr. Richard Hcp- 

 ple, furgeon, of Staindrop, to Mifs I'roftor, 

 daughter of \Vm. P. efii — Mr. H. Monro, 

 to Mifs Elizabeth FairUimb, daughter of the 

 lute John F. ef4. ef Varm, Yorkfhire. — 

 Captain Mellerrti, of the SufTcx militia, to 

 Mifs Walker. 



At Berwick, Mr. Hugh Mofiit, to Mifs 

 Ileanor M.irk. 



At Stockton, Mr. Bellamy, formerly of 

 the Theatre Royal, Newcaftle, to Mifs 

 Walker, of the theatre Stockton, and only 

 •Uughter of Mr. W. innkeeper, Durh.im. 



At Hunmanby, Mr. John V/ard, agent to 

 H. Oibaldtfton, cfq., to Jlifi .^n:i Faucctt, 

 •f Darlington. 



Ac SleJmcre, Mr. George Searle, of 

 Leeds, druggirt, to Mils Mary Turnbull, 

 only daughter of Mr. T. of Whitby. 



Dud.] Mr. J')hn Hume, youngcft bro- 

 ther to Jofeph H. cfq. of Ninewells, Bcr- 

 wickfoirc, and nephew of the late David H, 

 the celebrated hiliorian. Kc put an end to 

 his life, by fliooting himfelf through the 

 .head with a piliol, in a field on his biother's 

 elUte. 



At Newcaftle, Mr. John Newtoij, 43. — 

 Mrs. Margaret Hewitfon, wife of Mr Law- 

 rence H.— Mrs. iManners, relid of Mr. M. 

 late town marlTial of the c uporation. — Mr. 

 John Wriglit, 'J.5. — Mr. S. Siir.pfun, nuifcr 

 «f a vedel from Arbroath. 



At Berwick, Mr. Edward Keen, .S.i.— Mrs. 

 Stow, a maiden lauy, far advanced in years, 

 filter to Blake Stowe Lundie, efq. of Scotch 

 Epittal. 



At Durham, Mr. Gibfon Yarrow, SI.— 

 Mrs. I'axtun, of the City Tavern, 37. 



At Darlingion, the Rev. Francis Dodf- 

 .vorfh. 



At North Shicltfe, in the prime of life, 

 Mi. Kickai'd Cornfuitii, flii,jO\Tner. h.e was 



found dead in his bed, to which he had retir- 

 ed in apparent good health. 



At Sunderland, Mrs. Fleming, wife of Mr. 

 Mark F. — Mrs. Rowntrec, wi.c of Mr. Ro- 

 bert R.— Mrs. Br.ifs.— Mr. T. Thompfon. — 

 Mrs. Mary Ranc, 71. — Mrs. Hannah Haf- 

 well, 9V. — Mr. Wm. Corner, (hip-owner.— 

 Mrs. Cook, of the Balloon public-houfe. 



At Eyemouth, Mr- Andrew Edgar, mer- 

 chant. 



At Hexham, Mrs. Flaming, wife 'of Mr, 

 F. 



At Lanchefler, Durham, the Rev. Jofeph 

 Walker, 17. His unfeigned piety, and Hn- 

 remitting attention to the difcharge of his 

 parochial duties, .idded to friendlinefs of dif- 

 pofition ; and tkat afiability and cheerfulnefs 

 of temper, for which he was rewarkable, 

 gained him the fmcere cfteem and afieClion 

 of his parilhioners. 



At Bronme Park, Northumberland, Bryan 

 Burreil, efq. 78. 



At the Hermitage, near Chefter-le-ltrect, 

 Marmaduke Featherftouehaugh, efq. 



At Alnwick Caftle, Charles Williams, 

 efq. formerly mafter of the ceremonies at the 

 affem'blies in Newcaftle. 



CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 



The late meeting of the Kendal Agricul- 

 tural Society wus very numcroully, as well 

 as refpeflahly, attended. The ihew of cattle 

 was t'lought to be fuperior to any fince the 

 inftitutiori of the fociety, and to afford evi- 

 dent proof of improvement. 



Married.'] At Kirkhy Lonfdale, Mr. Fre- 

 derick Hare, fecond fon of the Rev. EdwaiM 

 H. of Docking Hall, Norfolk, to Mifs Agnes 

 Scales, your.gelt daughter ot the late John S. 

 efq. of 'Ihv.aite Head, near lUverllon. 



At Dean, Mr. William Penny, of OH 

 FiciJ, to Mifs Rachacl Rudd, third daughter 

 of Mr. Robert R. 



At Paidfhaw, Mr. Rooke, mercer and dra- 

 per in Newc.Itle, to Mifs Sarah Dixon, of 

 Bottom, in the pariih of LowtfwaC r. 



At Carlille, Mr. Matthew YouH: , to Mift 

 Topping. — Mr. John Tomlinfon, to Mifs 

 Ann Philipfon. 



Diid.} At VValby, Mifs James, daughter 

 ef Mr. HL^hJ. 23. 



.-^t hgrcmont, Mrs Roberts, wi.e of Mr. 

 R. So- 



At Whelpfidc, Mrs. FuUerton, mother of 

 the Rev. J'lfeph F. 73. 



At iiilwofe, n«ar Workington,* Mr. Thos. 

 Tkornto.ii 



