1823.3 



Raison Hall, Oiisley, 75. Mr. A. Little.— 

 At Hiitton End, 81, Mr. J. Lnwdeii.— 

 At Warwick, 62, Mr. J. Kicliardsoii, 

 regretted. 



YORKSHIRE. 



Tlie York Whig-Club lately adopted a 

 petition to Parlianit-nt, to procure the 

 following: — 1. A total repeal of the as- 

 sessed taxes, as a cerlain relief to the 

 trading and labouring classes. 2. A con- 

 siderable reduction of the army. 3. The 

 abolition of all sinecnre places and offices, 

 and unraei'ited pensions, together with a 

 serious retrencUnient in «vury branch of 

 the public expenditure. 4. A reduction 

 of the salaries, pensions, and emoluments 

 of all necessary public functionaries, in 

 proportion to the increase in the value of 

 the money by the change of currency. 

 5. A reduction ef the iBtercst of the na- 

 tional debt, also in proportion to the in- 

 creased value of the currency. 6. The 

 sale of the crown lands, and an extensive 

 reduction of the present enormous reve- 

 nues of the established church in England 

 and Ireland; the money arising there- 

 from, to be devoted to a further reduction 

 of the national debt. 7. An assessment 

 of funded property toward the main- 

 tenance of tlie poor, as a necessary and 

 certain relief to the trading and landed 

 interests. 8. A reform in the borough 

 system of representation ; and, a transfer 

 of the elective franchise from many bo- 

 roughs to large and populous towns, which 

 at present are not represented in your 

 honourable House. 



Meetings of the lately established Li- 

 terary and Philosophical Society, in Shef- 

 field, commenced within the month; when 

 an introductory lecture, on the Progress of 

 Literature, from the earliest Periods to the 

 close of the thirteenth Century, was de- 

 livered by Mr. Montgomery. 



A new music-hall is about to be erected 

 at Sheffield. 



Married.] Mr. Wrigglesworth, to Miss 

 S. Greav«s; Mr. B. Hallewell, to Miss 

 H. Noble ; Mr. J. Heaton, to Miss S. 

 Burgess; Mr. S. W. Preston, to Miss A. 

 Strather; Mr. C. Lonsdale, to Miss M. 

 Pickles; Mr. J. Brown, to Miss A. 

 Fletcher: all of Leeds.— Mr. H. Hirst, of 

 Leeds, to Miss 1\L Ainlev, of Uelpli. — 

 Mr. C. E. Edlett, of Mold Green, Hud- 

 derslield, to Miss E.Wainwright, of Leeds. 

 — Mr. W. Saycs, of Holbeck, to Miss M. 

 Giles, of Leeds.— Mr. Fell, to Miss M. 

 Wilkes, both of Huddersfield.— Mr. J. 

 Clarkson, to Miss (Jlement, both of Wake- 

 field.— Mr. W. Allison, of Wakefield, to 

 Miss M. Carrodus, of Keighlcy. — Lieut. 

 II. Lcadley, r.n. of Kilhnm, to Mrs. 

 Fligg, of Scarborough. — Mr. C. Linff, of 

 Scarborough, to Miss Burton, of Holme, 

 i,n Spalding Moor. — W. J. Coe, esq. of 

 Btdalu, to Miss C. Gill, of Oxford.— Mr. 



Yorkshire — Lancashire. 



283 



James Cooper, of Aberford, to Miss 

 Waddlniiton, of Clifford. 



Died.'] At York, Mr. M. A. Kobinson^ 

 i-egietted.— On Bishopshill, 88, Mr. W. 

 Bellerby, greatly respecti-d.— In Mickle- 

 gate, 19, Miss Cath. Tliackiay. 



At Hull, 45. Mr. G. Alcock, much re- 

 spected. — ay, Mr. G. Jackson.— 65, Mrs. 

 Raines.— 49, Mr. J. Purdcn, deservedly 

 lamented. 



At Leeds, in Woodhouse-lane, 46, Mrs. 

 M. A. Hebblelhwaite, deservedly regret- 

 ted. — 59, Mrs. Aston. — John Carr, esq. 

 bf the firm of Messrs. Ikin, Carr, and Co. 

 — 44. Mr. R. Gledhill. — In East-parade, 

 the Rev. W. Shipley, a.m. of Horsforlh. 

 —60, Mr. S. Atack.— (50, Mr. AV. Hindle. 

 —In Park-square, Miss S. A. Atkinson. 



At Wakefield, 67, Mr. James Wilby.— 

 In St. John's-place, Mrs. Mai^ia Hairis. 

 —67, Mr. W. Baines. 



At Bradford, 51, Dr. John Stalker. 



At Malton, 64, Mr. R. Rutier; Mr. 

 James Jennings.— At Selby, 68, Captain 

 Robert Mann, formerly of the Cambridge- 

 shire militia.— At Dunnington, .50, the 

 Rev. Fran. Allen, of Barlow. — .At Head- 

 inglay, 59, Mr. T. Lee, of Leeds.— At 

 Killingbeck Lodge, Miss Maria Walker. 

 —At Hunslet, 76, Mrs. Addeman. 



LANCASHIRE. 



A petition to the House of Commons, 

 praying for the abolition of lotteries, on 

 account of their demoralizing tendency, 

 was lately agreed to at Liverpool. 



A respectable, though not nmiierons 

 meeting, was lately held at Liverpool, 

 " to consider the propriety of petition- 

 ing Parliament to repeal the Insolvent 

 Debtors' Act." The mayor in the chair. 

 Mr. Rushton moved the resolutions, and 

 a petition to be presented to each House 

 of Pai liaraent ; wliich, beini; seconded by 

 Mr. Robert Preston, were unanimonsly 

 passed. 



Married.] Mr. T. Agnew, of Market- 

 street, to Miss J. Locketf, of Water- 

 street; John Atkinson Ransome, to Su- 

 sannah Hoyle; Mr. H. Dychc, to Miss M. 

 Jones; Mr. James Wilkinson, to Bliss M. 

 Logan; Mr. W. M. Boyes, to 3Iiss E. 

 Jackson: all of Manchester.— Mr. R. 

 Boyd, of Manchester, to Miss A. Wilson, 

 of SaKbrd.— Mr. D. L. Hynde, to Miss J. 

 Irwin, of King-street; Mr. J. Spencer, to 

 Miss Cockbane; Mr. J. Maxwell, to Miss 

 Plumb ; Mr. Joseph Rhoid, to Miss S. 

 Broadbenf, of Dimcan-street East. — Mr. 

 J. James, to Miss Brien; Mr. W. Green, 

 to Miss A. Cooper: all of Liverpool.— 

 Mr. J. Spears, of Liverpool, to Miss 31. 

 Smith, of Woolton.— Mr. W. Ditehbinn, 

 to Miss J. Taggarl, both of Harrington.— 

 Mr. G. Lewis, of Monton Green, to Miss 

 M. Pennington, of Chovlton-C4nn-Hardy. 

 — Mr. T. Wiuicrbottom, of Slielo, to Miss 

 M. Keihhaw, of Slack. 



Died.] 



