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which he taught his pupils better by his 
own method than by any other. 
The chief works of the Abbé Sicard are, 
“Un Memoire sur PArt @Instruire les 
Sourds-muets,’ 1789; ‘ Catechisme a lUsage 
des Sourds-muets,’ 1796; ‘ Manuel de 
V'Enfance, 1796; ‘Elemens de Gram- 
maire générale,’ 1799, 2 vols.; ‘Cours 
d’Instruction d’un Sourd-muet, 1800, re- 
printed in 1803 ; ‘ Journée Chrétienne d’un 
Sourd-mnet,’ 1805; ‘ Theorie des Signes,’ 
1808, 2 vols. He also published an 
edition of Hartley’s English work, ‘De 
rHomme et de ses Facultés ; Des Tropes 
de Dumarsais, and du Dictionnaire génea- 
logique de lEcriture Sainte.” He pro- 
jected a system of universal writing, 
which he developed in a book written for 
the purpose, published in 1797. In 1817, 
€ Une Vie de la Dauphine, Mere da Roi,’ 
in 12mo. was published, to which he pre- 
fixed his name , but there is reason to be- 
lieve that he only lent the authority of his 
name to the work, 
Northumberland and Durham.—Cumberland, &c. 
[Sept. 1, 
The obsequies of the Abbe Sicard were 
celebrated at Notre Dame. ‘The funeral 
was attended by the members of the aca- 
demy, the directors of the establisliment of 
the deaf and dumb, and his young pupils. 
After divine service, the body was taken 
to the barying-ground du Pere de la 
Chaise, where funeral orations were pro- 
nounced over histomb. M. Bigot Préame- 
neu spoke in the name of the academy, 
and M. Lafond Ladebat in the name of 
the directors of the establishment. 
He was succeeded by M. PAbbé Goude- 
lin, who is at this time professor of the es- 
tablishment for the deaf and dumb at Bor- 
deaux, and to whom M. Sicard had, a few 
days before his death, entrusted his pupils 
by this little note :—‘ My dear brother,— 
Ready to die, 1 bequeath to you my dear 
children. I bequeath their souls to your 
piety, their bodies to your care, their in- 
tellectual faculties to your enlightened ca- 
pacity. Perform this noble task, and I 
die in peace.’] , 
- PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 
; ws With all the Marriages and Deaths. 
= 
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
A SOCIETY of Arts is about to be 
formed at Newcastle, under very fa- 
vourable auspices. 
At the Jate Durham assizes, Robert 
Peat, aged 50, was found guilty of mur- 
dering his cousin, of the same name, by 
putting laudanum into a pot which was 
boiling for dinner. ‘The prisoner was 
executed. 
At the same assizes an action was 
brought by the clergy of Durham, repre- 
sented by their divcesan against Mr, 
Williams, the patriotic editor of the Dur- 
ham Chronicle, for libel. Mr. Brougham, 
in behalf of Mr. Williams, made a powerful 
appeal to the jury, in which he urged the 
right to free discussion upon public ac- 
tions, The jury returned a verdict con- 
firming the libel. 
Married.} Mr. R. Craig, to Miss M. 
Clark; Mr. T. Smith, of the Side, to Mrs. 
Youll, of Vine-lane; Mr. J. Ness, to Miss 
J. Grant; Mr, G. Carr, to Miss A. Clark: 
all of Newcastle.—James Spencer, esq, of 
Newcastle, to Miss M. Wilkinson, of 
Greystoke —-Mr. N. Johnson, R.N. to 
Miss E. Hogg, both of North Shields.— 
Mr. G. Chipease, jun of Darlington, to 
Miss M. Wilson, of Bishopwearmouth.— 
The Rev. T. C. Winscom, to Miss E. M. 
Clutterbuck, both of Warkworth,—Mr. 
J. C. Anderson, of Jesmond-house, to Miss 
Losh, of Point Pleasant.—Mr. C. Parker, 
of Blyth, to Miss Smith, of Crofton.—Mr. 
C. Carr, ot Wagtail-hall, to Miss Bolam, of 
Rothbury. 
~~ Died.) At Newcastle, in Blackett-street, 
67, Mrs. M. Clark.—In Collingwood- 
street, 23, Mr. J. F. Stirling, much and 
deservedly lamented.—Mr. C. Seymour, 
greatly regretted. —In Westgate-street, 
72, Mrs. Fairbairn; 45, Mr. R. Naisbet; 
29, Mrs. Warburton.—Mr. J, Robinson. 
—In Sandgate, Mrs. Bell. 
At Gateshead, 57, Mr. J. Hutchinson. 
—83, Mr. F. Bramwell.—56, Mr. R. 
Bruce.—At the Windmill-hills, 49, Mr. 
G. Halbert.—19, Mrs. Croger. 
At North Shields, 66, Mr. J. Roxby.— 
Mrs. M. Ord.—99, Mr. R, Douthwaite.— 
69, Mr. R. French. 
At Bishopwearmouth, 32, Mrs, Powe. 
—56, Mr. P. Dixon, of Sunderland. 
At Darlington, 52, Mrs, Witherell. 
At Alnwick, at an advanced age, Mrs. 
G. Downey.—Mrs. J. Graham. 
At Alnham, 40, Mrs. A. Marshall, justly 
lamented. — At Castle Eden, 92, Mr. 
W. Harding—At Denton, 85, Mr. R. 
Blythman.—At Middleton Tyas, 67, Mr. 
R. Bonner.—At Seaton, 63, the Rev. T. 
Le Mesurver, rector of Haughton le 
Skerne.—At East Ord, 24, Miss E, Logan. 
—At Whorlton, 74, Mr. W. Robson. 
At Sunderland, Mrs. Hannah Weather- 
burn, in her 67thyear. She was the daugh- 
ter of a respectable farmer in the county 
of Northumberland, and received a very 
limited education; but, endued with supe- 
rior understanding, she soon discovered a 
taste for reading, and by her own volun- 
tary exertions became possessed of one of 
the most enlightened minds. In the year 
1800 she was made librarian to the Sub- 
scription Library at Sunderland; and, in 
that situation, continued twelve years. 
She executed the trust reposed in her with 
such 
