Northumberland and Durham. 



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At liis house in Piccadilly, CO, fiir county iie also represented in parliament : 

 WUlhm Paxton, kid. a. senior partner of he s-.a in the Irish Honse of Conanions dij- 



iin eminent bankinK-lionsc in Anstin-friars, ~'' ' " ' '"*° 



and of Middleton-hall, in Carmarthenshire. 

 Sir William was a native of Sc'Otlaiiil; 

 went early in life to Indi:), where, havinj; 

 realized a lari;e I'ortui.c. lie retmncd to 



ring three snccessive parliaments, and was 

 second only to Mr.Grattan in the. energy 

 and acliv ity of his eloijuence. His strong 

 accent « as, however, liiifavourahle to his 



• - - - success ill the United Parliament; and, 



England, purchased ail estate in Carmar- though he often spoke in it, yet without 



thenshiro, and represented Carmarthen in the commanding power which he evinced 



the House of Common ; ; but being seduced in his native country. 



to stand for the county, he lost the elec- At Kuniham-house, near Dingle, county 



tioH, after a severe contest, wiiich cost of Kerry, 83, Lord Ventnj. He was 



him upwards of 30,000/.; since which time created Baron in July ISOO. 



he has had no seat. In politics he was a At Malta, in a fit of apoplexy, the Right 



truly independent man, and possessed of Hon. Sir Thomas Maitland, governor of 



extensive information ; while in private Malta, &c. He was the younger brother 



life he was one of the most amiable, — a 

 good husband, an indulgent father, and 

 zealous friend. He was also a cnnslant 

 patron of all improvements, ami one of the 

 tirst promoters of the system of lighting by^ 



of the Eail of Lauderdale". His conduct 

 ill Malta and the Ionian Islands lias been 

 the subject of much comment and contro- 

 versy, and quite at variance with our feel- 

 ings and opinions. The Greeks hail his 



pas. At the beautiful watering-place of death as a providence ni their favour; but 



Tenby, his name will never be forgotten, heprobably did nothing more than execute 



as the erector of its accommodations and the orders which he received from the 



conveniences. IJritish cabinet ; and re-act against a spirit 



Sir Frederick Flood, l-u>l. Ciistus Rom- of hostility which his prescribed conduct 



Jorum of the county of Wexford, vvliich excited. 



PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 



WITH ALL THE MAliRIAGliS AND DEATHS, 



furnishing the Domestic and Family Hislonj of England for the last twcntij-nine Years. 



NORTHUMBERLAND AND DUnHAM. 



AT a late numerous meeting of the free- 

 men of Newcastle, held at the Forth, 

 in the ojien air, they having been excluded 

 by main force from the Guildhall; Mr. 

 John Fife, chairman. The following were 

 among their resolutions : — That it is the 

 opinion of this meeting, that the conduct 

 of the mayor at the last gnihl was not 

 legal, in refusiuL' to take the sense of the 

 burgesses in guild assembled on the mo- 

 tion then made ; which was—" That no 

 more money be borrowed by the common 

 council upon interest or annuities, unless 

 the consent of the mayor and burgesses as- 

 sembled in guild be previously obtained, 

 and that the town clerk be ordered to iii- 

 (lert this resolution in the guild book, and 

 give due notice thereof to the common 

 council, that they may conform themselves 

 thereunto." That in order to put a stop to 

 the impro|)er conduct of the common coun- 

 cil, and their profuse expenditure, which 

 lias already incurred a debt of 88,8001. 

 (daily increasing ;) and to save the pro- 

 perty of the corporation from irretrievable 

 ruin, the power established in the mayor 

 and burgesses assembled in guild, should 

 be put in force, for which purpose a com- 

 mittee be ap|>ointed and a fund raised. 

 That such committee do engage eminent 

 counsel, and proceed to apply for a writ 

 Monthly Mag. No. 393. 



of mandamus, and adopt such other legal 

 measures as shall be advised, to compel 

 the mayor to act in guild, and thus to re- 

 store the " mayor and burjicsses in guild 

 assembled" to their proper legal authority. 

 The anniversary of the poet. Burns, 

 has been, within the month, celebrated 

 at Newcastle, Sunderland, and Shields. 



Married.] Mr. J. Burdiss, to Miss J. 

 Winn ; Mr. W. Tickle, to Miss A. Fergu- 

 son : all of Newcastle.— Mr. W. Kell, to 

 Miss M. Apedaile, both of Gateshead. — 

 Ml. Blair, to Miss Reed ; Mr. J. Ayr, to 

 Miss J. White : all of Bishopwearmouth. — 

 Mr. J. Siiiith, to Miss M. Patteson, both 

 of Monkwearnioutli. — At Hebbnrn-hall, 

 W. H. Lambton, esq. to Henrietta, daugh- 

 ter of Cuthbert Ellison, esq. m.p. for 

 Newcastle. 



Died.] At Newcastle, 31, Mrs. E. 

 Shield.— In Low Friar-street, 83, Mrs. I. 

 Elliott.— At the Castle Stairs, 57, Mr. .S. 

 Brown.— 31, the Rev. R.Atkinson, late 

 curate of Darlington. 



At Gateshead, 81, Mr. R. Proctor. 

 At Durham, in Old El vet, 67, Jane, 

 widow of W. Fielding, esq. of London. 



At North Shields, 41. Mrs. J. Grant.— 

 Mrs. Naters, widow of P. H. N. esq. 

 At South Shields, lOl, Mrs. Dobsun. 

 At Morpeth, 84, Mrs. Wilson, widow of 

 J. W. esq.— 43, Mr. G. Laidmau. 



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