1825.) 
blish a communication between Liverpaol 
aiid other great commercial towns by tele- 
graph. ; . 
A distressing scene took place within 
the month,” in Oldbam church, when the 
place was excessively filled. A loud crash 
was heard on the roof, and the plaster of 
the ceiling began to fall. It was imme- 
diately apprehended that the edifice was giving 
way, and the congregation rushed to the 
doors and windows, and got out with all 
possible expedition; several persons were 
trampied upon and bruised. 
“Married.| Mr. J. Beaumont, of Man- 
chester, to Miss S. Monhouse, of Oldham— 
Mr. J. Kenworthy, of Quilk, Saddleworth, 
to Miss M. Mann, of Prestwick—Mr. C. 
Hawkesworth, of Manchester, to Miss S. 
Mitchell, of Sheffield—The Rev. J. Ack- 
worth, a.m, to Sarah, daughter of M. Thack- 
ney, esq. of St. Ann’s-hill, Burley—Mr. R. 
Dewhurst, to Miss Hardwick, both of Liver- 
pool—Mr. E. N. Crossley, of Timplerly, to 
Miss Robinson, of the Lower-horse-farm, 
near Cheadle— Mr. H. Nelson, to Miss A. 
Greenwood, both of Blackburn—Mr. Alher- 
ton, of Manchester, to Miss E. Ramsden, 
of Lee Bridge-house, near Halifax—Mr. 
A. Lawne, of Liverpool, to Margaret, 
daughter of the late J. Kerr, esq. of Grena- 
da—E. H. Lushington, esq. to Miss Cathe- 
rine Philips, daughter of the late T. Philips, 
esq. of Sedgley—Mr. H. H. Fishwick, to 
Jane, daughter of the late W. Fishwick, esq. 
both of Numley. 
Died.| At Lancaster, 63, J. Watson, esq. ; 
66, J. Hinde, esq. a magistrate for the 
county—At Manchester, 80, Mr. P. Young 
—In Lumber-street, 72, Mr. W. Haigh, 
late of Huddersfield—In Deansgate, 22, Mr. 
H, Hiles—In Lever-street, Mr. W. Leigh 
—At Liverpool, 33, A. Gilfillan, esq.— 
Rev. T. Edwards, for many years a labo.- 
rious minister among the Welsh Calvinistic 
Methodists, Liverpool.—At Rochdale, 82, 
Mr. T. Collier, painter, second son of the 
late’ J. Collier, alias ‘Tim Bobbin, author of ~ 
the “Lancashire Dialect, Remarks on the 
History of Manchester,” &c.; 74, Mr. J. 
Lord ; 74, Alice, widow of S. Patten, sen: 
esq.—At Blackburn, Mr. Cunliffe, sen.— 
At Pendleton, 78, the Rev. J.: Pedley, m.a. 
He had been forty -years and: upwards an 
assistant master at tlie Free Grammar School, 
Manchester, and for forty-nine years incum- 
bent curate of St. Thomas’s chapel, Pen- 
dleton. : 
igi - * CHESHIRE. 
‘large fish was lately observed by some 
boatmen’ at Runcorn, when the tide was 
ebbing, to be entangled between twostones. : 
With some difficulty, they secured it. It 
attempted to bite the man who held it; they 
were tlerefore compelled to knock it on, 
the head It turned out to be 4 young 
basking shark —the first, we believe, that’ 
hes eyer been heard of in’ the river Mersey. 
' 
ures about four feet'six inches long. | 
It was brought to Manchester on the follow- 
~Moxrtury Mae. No, 413. 
Cheshire, Derbyshire, Notttighamshire: ’ 2 
Sf 
ing day, and ‘is now deposited’in the mtisetin’ 
of the Natural History Society of that 
town. xi 
At Little Leigh, a poor woman was dé" 
livered, within the month, of a child with" 
two heads, on which the hair was an inch” 
long, two necks, which unite above’ the 
shoulders, and four arms, four hands and” 
fingers beautifully fornied; one body down 
to the hips, with one umbilical cord or 
navel ; the organs of generation perfect as 
in two male children; four thighs, four 
legs, fect, and toes, all well formed. A 
short time before birth the accoucheur 
thought one of the heads shewed symptoms 
of life. 
Married.| Mr, G. Williams, of Chester, 
to Miss J. Watkins, of Shrewsbury— Henry, 
eldest son of P. Marsland, esq. of Wood 
Bank, near Stockport, to Maria, ‘second 
daughter of H. Hollins, esq. of Pleasley— 
Mr. T. Egerton, to Miss Hussey; Mr, 
J. Maddox, to Miss Anne Birrom, all of 
Knutsford. ‘ he 
Died.| _At Neston, Mrs. Dobsin—At 
Birkenhead, Ann, widow of S. Humphreys, 
esq. prothouotary of Chester— At Stocks, in’ 
Stayley, J. H. Cooke, esq. eldest son of the 
late Rev. J. Cooke, m.a. of the formcr place. 
DERBYSHIRE, 
Married.|_ Mr: A. Harvey, of Derby, to 
Miss E. Hall, of Mansel-park—Mr. R. 
Pitman, of Derby, to Miss Holland, of 
Worksworth—Mr. B. Gillett, of Dalley-’ 
house, near Balper, to Miss Watson, of 
Court-house, near Duffield—At Derby, Mr. 
W. Clifford, of Hegworth, to Miss Wateril!, 
of Little Chester— The Rev. R.: Wallace, of 
Chesterfield, to Miss S: Lakin, of Leicester 
—Mr. Hallam, of Kegworth, to Miss Shep- 
pard, of Shardlaw—Mr. J. Brown, to Miss 
A. Turner, both of Barlborough—The Rev. 
C. H. R. Rodes, m.a. of Balboro’-hall, to. 
Avna Maria Harriet, youngest daughter of 
W. Gossip, esq. of Hatfield-house, near 
Doncaster. . 
Died.| ‘ At Derby, 80, John Borough, 
esq.—In the Ashborne-road, Mrs. Jenkin- 
son—At Chesterfield, Mrs. Snibson; 89, 
A, L. Maynard, esq.— At Etwall, 24, Mr. 
W. Bosworth, late of Queen’s-college, Cam- 
bridge—At Staveley, Mr. W. Flint; 84, 
Mr. S. Kirk—At Melbourne, Mr. Haines 
—Mr. R. Bellingham. of Bakewell, late of 
Bourne, Lincolnshire—At Stoney Middle- 
ton, Elizabeth, wife of J. A. Shuttleworth, 
- esq.—At Hulland, 20, Miss Colburn—At 
Darley abbey, 65, T. W. Swinburne, esq. 
of Mill-hill-house. ‘ 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. \ 
A considerable number of persons, natives 
of Leicester, Loughborough, and Notting- 
ham, are now living at Calais, where they are 
employed in the manufacture of lace. ‘They 
have formed a reading society among them-’ 
selves, and regularly receive tlie Monthly” 
Magazine, and several of the London jour-’ 
nals. They have also established a protes-' 
tant place of worship, and afford a liberal 
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