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no vessel was on the stocks. They loosely 
reckon the loss at fifty thousand pounds. 
About five weeks ago, a cow, the-pro- 
perty of John Davis, of Glasson, near 
Lancaster, had her pastern-joint so contu- 
sed, as to render amputation of the part 
necessary. Mr. Mayor, veterinary surgeon, 
of Garstang, was sent for, and he performed 
the operation so successfully, that the cow 
may be now seen pasturing in the fields, 
with the assistance of a cushion for the part 
to rest upon; and what is most strange, she 
has not ceased to give the usual quantity of 
milk, during the whole period that she has 
been under the care of Mr. Mayor. 
Married.| At Liverpool, Mr. G. Howell, 
to Sophia Louisa, daughter of M. Anslow, 
esq., both of Brewood—At Huyton, the 
Rev. J. Holroyd, of Delph, to Miss Wal- 
ker, of Prescot Brook—At Oldham, J. 
Whitehead, esq-, of Dobcross, to Elizabeth, 
eldest daughter of G. Wilson, esq., of 
Waterloo-house, in Oldham—Mr. J. O. 
Watson, of Liverpool, to Catherine How- 
ard, eldest daughter of the late T. Court, 
esq., of London.—At Liverpool, S. Black, 
esq., of Monte Video, to Sarah Witten- 
bury, only daughter of the late T. Ollivant, 
esq., of Manchester. 
Died.| _At Liverpool, 24, Mary, wife 
of J. M. Brown, esq.—27, Louisa Caroline 
Mary Ann, wife of J. Addison, jun. esq., 
of Preston—23, Mr. M. Ligby, son of 
the Rev. J. Rigby, of Blackley—Mrs. 
Morris, wife of R. R. Morris, esq., of 
Brownlow-hill, Liverpool, formerly of 
Morfa Lodge, Carnarvonshire—At Toxeth 
Park, Liverpool, J. Newton, esq. of Bel- 
mont, Shrewsbury, and of Plantation 
Metten Meer Zorg, Demerara—At Pen- 
dleton, Sarah, widow of the late T. Olli- 
vant, esq., of Manchester—At Lancaster, 
Mr. Bailey, comedian, leaving a widow 
(Mrs. Bailey, of the Bath Theatre) and 
seven children to lament their loss—At the 
Wrekin, 82, W. Edwards, esq.—At Mill- 
hill, near Blackburn, 65, T. Turner, esq. 
—At Bolton, 76, Mrs. Betty Chapman, 
great grand-daughter of the celebrated Rey. 
N. Heywood, of Little Lever, near Bol- 
ton, Unitarian minister at Ormskirk: 
CHESHIRE. 
On Thursday, the 25th August, the 
centre arch of the bridge now building over 
the Mersey, at Stockport, fell with a tre- 
mendous crash, and in its descent killed 
two men who were working under it at the 
time, and severely wounded two others, 
who were all precipitated along with the 
ruins into the river. The accident is 
supposed to have been occasioned by 
the pressure of the immense mass of 
stone which had been piled upon this part 
of the bridge preparatory to the turning of 
the arch, of which only five courses of stone 
on each side had been set. 
Married.| At Bowden, the Rev. S. 
Brown, Wesleyan methodist minister, of 
Provincial Occurrences :—Cheshire, Derbyshire, §c. 
[Oct. 1, 
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, to Mrs. Martha 
Alderoft, relict of the late Mr. T. Ald- 
croft, Altrincham, Cheshire—At Runcorn, 
J. Marriott, esq., of Liverpool, to Sarah 
Ann, youngest daughter of the late J. 
Bury, esq., of Salford. 
Died.) At Waverton, 83, J. Jefferson, 
esq.—At Birkenhead, W. Roylance, esq. 
of Higher Ardwick—At Whatcroft-hall, 
Cheshire, Frances Robinson, the youngest 
child of D. F. Jones, esq. 
DERBYSHIRE. 
A discovery has lately been made of an 
immense cavern, situated in the Secondary 
Limestone, at Matlock, Derbyshire, de- 
scribed by geologists as the grandest con- 
tinuation of caverns hitherto explored. 
Married.| Sir G. Heathcote, bart., of 
Normanton Park, to Mrs, Eldon, of Park 
Crescent, Portland-place—At Kenleston, 
J. Beaumont, esq., of Barrow-upon-Trent, 
Derbyshire, to the Hon. Mary Curzon, 
daughter of Lord Scarsdale. 
Died.|_ G. KR. Hulbert, esq., of Ashton 
Lodge, Derbyshire, formerly secretary to 
the Right Hon. Sir C. B, Warren, com- 
mander-in-chief of his Majesty’s squadron 
onthe American and West-India stations. 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, 
Died.) At East Retford, Mr. J. Hop- 
kinson, better known under the appellation 
of Serjeant Hopkinson, aged 83. He was 
upwards of twenty-four years in his Ma-~- 
jesty’s service; during which period he 
served in eleven general engagements, ten 
of which were by sea, in which he offi- 
ciated as a marine ; he was at the taking of 
St. Eustatia, on the 20th November 1781. 
He retired upon a pension about thirty-five 
years ago, and through life he was noted as 
a man of strict probity, 
LINCOLNSHIRE. 
The Stamford News says, ‘¢ a large 
serpent was seen a few days ago, in a field 
called ‘the Lots,’ near Crowland, sup- 
posed to be nearly eight feet in length.” 
Marvied.] J. Williams, esq., m.r. for 
Lincoln, to Harriet Catherine, only daugh- 
ter of D. Davenport, esq., m.r. for the 
county of Chester. 
Died.) The Rev. Dr. Evans, rector of 
South Reston, Lincolnshire, and one of 
the vicars of Salisbury Cathedral— The 
Rev. B. Smith, m.a., $7, rector of Great 
Ponton. ; 
LEICESTER AND RUTLAND. 
Married.| At Ratby, R. Bickersteth, 
esq., of Liverpool, to Katharine, youngest 
daughter of J. Pares, esq., of the New- 
arke—The Rev. G. Hunter, of Great Wig- 
ston, to Miss Siddons, of Cromford, near 
Matlock. 
Died.| At Osgathorpe, 75, Mrs. G. 
Fell, relict of the Rev. J. Fell, of Orston 
—W. F. Hulse, esq., Lieut.-Col. of the 
Leicestershire militia, a magistrate, and a 
deputy 
