1823.) ° 
advantageously. The allusion, in “ The 
Forester,” to the melancholy events eat 
Claremont, is truly happy,—the following 
lines from this piece are very adinira- 
ble :— 
« Empires may fall, and nations groan, 
Pride be thrown down, and states decay! 
Dark Bigotry may rear lier throne, 
But science is the light of day.” 
—¢The Shepherd’s Dream,” and “ The 
Soldier's Home,” are also pieces of great 
merit ; and the last tale of “ Alfred and 
Janet,” written, as the author says, for the 
express purpose of convincing a female 
friend, “‘that it is possible for a blind 
Northumberland and Durham, Se. 
377 
man to be in love,” adds another laurel to 
the many before entwined round the brow 
of the writer. The poetical fame of 
Bloomfield is fixed upon an imperishable 
basis; and in despite of the censures of 
pusy critics and self-sufficient commenta- 
tors, his works will be read in after ages, 
with pleasure and delight. Even those 
who do not admire his poetry, must assent 
to the moral tendency of all his produc- 
tions :—if he erred in his pictures of hu- 
man nature in the lower walks of life, it 
was indeed by looking on its brighter side, 
and painting man not as he is, but as he 
ought to be.” 
PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 
WITH ALL THE MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 
Furnishing the Domestic and Family History of England for the last twenty-seven Years. 
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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. | 
ipa bishop of Darham has recently, 
to his honour, established schools 
throughout the extensive district of Wear- 
dale, and has expended no less than seven 
thousand pounds for that purpose. 
Married.) Mr. J. Morris, to Miss 
E. Scott; Mr. P. Henzell, to Miss J. 
Matthews: all of Newcast!e —Mr. A, 
Lishman, to Mrs. Renwick, of Newcastle. 
—Mr. C. Metcalf, to Miss A. Strong; Mr. 
T. Gainsforth, to Miss S. White: all 
of Durham.—Major-General Seddon, of 
Durham, to Mrs. Methold, of Windle- 
stone.— Mr, W. Clough, to Miss M. 
Wetherald, both of Sunderland. — Mr. 
F. Welch, of Sunderland, to Miss M, 
Williamson, of Chester-le-street.—Mr. J. 
Watson, of Bishopwearmouth, to Miss E. 
Mogg, of Sunderland.—Mr. Forsyth, of 
South Shields, to Miss Wright, of Westoe. 
—Mr. A. Thompson. of Barnardcastle, 
to Miss A. Richmond, of Bishop Auck- 
land.—Mr. KR, Pickersgill, to Miss E, 
Foulmin, both of Darlington —Mr. N, 
Loraine, toMiss Whitfield, both of Hexham. 
——Thomas Rippon, esq. of Stanhope, to 
Miss’ Barker, of Edmonbyers.—-Jas. T. 
Wray, esq. to Miss §. Winstanley, both of 
Wensleydale.—Mr. M.Taylor, of Heworth 
Grove, to Miss E, Robson, of Hylton 
Cottage.—George Fenwick, esq. of High 
Pallim, to Miss M. Robinson, of Hendon’ 
Lodge.—Mr. B. Anderson, of Shittle- 
heugh, to Miss E. Weatherburn, of New- 
ham Edge. 
Died.) At Newcastle, in Newgate- 
street, 70, Mr. W. Bywell, of Darlington. 
—-30, Mr. W. Cooper.—65, Mr. G. Young. 
—46, Mr. J. Lowrey, 
At Durham, Mrs. Jones, snddenly.— 
90, Cirristopher Hopper, esq. senior al- 
derman of the corporation. 
At Gateshead, 60, Mrs. M. Jopling. 
At North Shields, 75, Mr. J. Stephenson. 
—Mrs, Venus, suddenly. 
_MontuLy Maa. No, $88. 
At South Shields, Mrs. P. Hargrave. 
At Sunderland, 53, Mr. M. ‘Taylor. 
At Darlington, 27, suddenly, Mrs. 
Horner, greatly respected. 
At Barnardcastle, 84,-Mr. G. Wade.— 
82, Mr. J. Appleby. 
At Alnwick, 74, Mr. J. Weddell.—69, 
Mr. M.‘Hindmarsh, much respected. 
At Halton Red House, near Corbridge, 
Mrs, S. Hutchinson.—At Shilvington, 82, 
Mr. G. Sanderson.—At Wooler, 65, Mr. 
J, Selby.—35, Mrs. Turnbull.—At Spittal, 
94, Mr. W. Dickson. 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND, 
An academy of arts has recently been 
established at Carlisle: on the 24th ult. 
an exhibition of painting, sculpture, &c. 
by native and other artists, took place. 
Would it not be more effective and useful 
to combine the talents of the six northern 
counties ? : 
A melancholy catastrophe lately hap- 
pened at the William-Pitt colliery, near 
Whitehaven, by which fourteen men, six- 
teen boys, and two girls, lost their lives, 
An explosion from sume cause took place, 
which has not yet been explained, as the 
safety-lamp was used by all the nifore 
iunate persons, and the ustial precautions 
were taken. Seventeen horses were also 
killed. ‘This event has involved nume- 
rous individuals in the deepest affliction: 
Whitehaven participates considerably in 
the niisfortune, and some stagnation has 
been occasioned among the inferior shop- 
keepers. 
Married.] Mr. D. Campbell, jun. of 
Carlisle, to Miss A. M, Fairclough, of 
LiverpooL—Mr. W. Bowman, to Miss 
A. Bell; Mr. W. Fearon, to Miss M, 
Heslop: all of Whitehaven—Mr. R. 
Ansley, to Miss E. Graham, both of Mary- 
port.—Mr. J. Dodd, of Armathwaite, to 
Miss J. Wilson, of Peurith.— Mr. J. 
Carter, to Miss A. Rook.—Mr, J. Dawson, 
to Miss A, Room: all of Kendal.—Jobn 
3C Pattinson, 
