92 Cumberland and Westmoreland— Yorkshire— Lancashire, &c. 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
On New-year's-day, a ewe of the South Down 
breed, belonging to Mr. William Robinson of Car- 
lisle, yeaned a very fine male lamb, which thrives 
remarkably well, and is meant to be preserved by its 
owner. 
A. very fine specimen of the rough-legged falcon 
(Falco lagopus of Linnzeus) was taken alive at Wrea, 
near Carlisle, having been shot at and wounded in 
the wing. . It measures two feet two inches in length, 
four feet two inches in breath, and is feathered down 
to the tocs. This rare bird is a native of Denmark 
and Siberia. 
Married.) At Breconthwaite, near Wigton, the 
Rev. B. Wood, to Miss Hayton—At Cockermouth, 
the Rev. E. Gatley, to Miss Lightfoot, daughter of 
J. Lightfoot, esq. of Durham—At Kendall, Mr. T. 
Wilson to Miss M. Tipping. 
Died.} At Cleator, 65, Miss Perry—At Carlisle, 
88, E. Nevinson, esq.—At Whitehaven, 80, J. Dixon, 
M.D. 
YORKSHIRE. 
Benjamin Gott, esq. has presented the Leeds Me- 
chanics’ Institution with £250, and has. promised 
another donation to the same amount, when £1,700 
shall have been raised towards erecting a building. 
Marvied.] At Knaresborough, the Rev. E. C. Wil- 
son, son of W. C. Wilson, esq. of Custerton-hall, 
Westmoreland, M.P., to Jane, daughter of T. Maude, 
esq. of the Woodlands, Harrowgate—At North Ot- 
terington, J. Addison, esq. of London, to Jane, eldest 
daughter of the late T. Beckett, esq. of Thornton- 
le-Moor, near Northallerton—At Leeds, Mr. Ryland, 
to Marianne, only daughter of the late G. Prince, 
esq. of the Strand, London—At Sheffield, J. Fernley, 
esq. of Selford, Manchester, to Maria Beard, daugh- 
ter of T. Holy, esq. of Highfield-house, near Shef- 
ficld—At York, R. Mansel, esq. of the Inniskillen 
Dragoons, to Maria, eldest daughter of W. Arm- 
strong, esq. of the same regiment. 
Died.] Mrs. Hart, relict of the late Howell Hart, 
esq. of Nun Appleton, near York—81, J. Oates, esq. 
of Westwood-house, near Leeds—At Halifax, Miss 
S. Ibbotson. 
LANCASHIRE, 
Dec.21.—A dreadful accident occurred at the works 
of Messrs. Windsor, Hyde and Co., machine-makers, 
Manchester, by the explosion of the engine-boiler. 
Nearly the whole of that building was blown up, and 
the windows of almost every house within five hun- 
dred yards, totally destroyed. Four men were killed, 
and several severely wounded. 
The plans and designs for the Royal Manchester 
Institution were decided upon on the 22d of Decem- 
« ber last, and it is expected this elegant building will 
be commenced early in the spring. Mr. C. Barry is 
the architect chosen. 
A little auk, the ice-bird of Greenland (Alca alle, 
Linn.) was. taken alive near Sale, on the 10th ult., 
and has been deposited by Mr. Moore in the Museum 
of the Natural History Society at Manchester. 
£100,000 have been subscribed to form a rail-road 
from Manchester to Bolton. There is also another 
company forming, to be called the Manchester, 
Stockport and Peak-forest Rail-road Company. 
Died.] At Broomhill, near Broughton-in-Furness, 
, 82, Major Gilpin—At Manchester, Mrs. Brown—At 
Tildesley, in the parish of Leigh, 54, J. G. Barker, 
esq.-—At Eccleston in the Fylde, 83, W. Bamber, esq. 
» —At Liverpool, 84, J. Hutton, esq.—At Wavertree, 
64, Mrs. Hargreaves, relict of the late J. Hargreaves, 
esq. of Liverpool—At Everton, S. Halliday, esq. of 
Castle-hill and Ballyclaughan, counties of Down and 
Antrim—At Liverpool, 62, A. Hamilton, esq.—The 
Rev. N. R. Baldwin, vicar of Leyland. 
[ Feb. 1, 
CHESHIRE, } 
Married.) At Cheadale, R. Hole, esq. of Long- 
sight, to Frances, daughter of T. Marsland, esq. of 
Holy Vale—At Ashton-upon-Mersey, the Rey. W. B. 
Guest, to Anne, youngest daughter of the late G. 
Stelfox, esq. of Ashton-halI—At Sandbach, Mr. J. 
Barlow, to Miss Pedley, of Middlewich—At Beetson, 
Mr. J. Kirkland, to Miss Attenborough—At Aston, 
T. Millwater, esq., to Miss E. Allcroft, both of 
Worcester. 
Died.] At Wrexham, J. Downman, esq.—84, Mrs. 
Woolley, of Congleton. 
DERBYSHIRE. 
Married.) At Egginton, the Rev. F. W. Spilbury, 
of Willington, to Emma Penelope, only daughter of 
A. N. Mosley, esq. and Lady Every, of Park-hill. 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, 
The extraordinary mildness of the season has 
already induced some of the feathered tribe to begin 
building their nests. A husbandman plashing a 
hedge, in the parish of Mansfield, discovered a black- 
bird’s nest with four young ones. 
Married.) At Worksop, the Hon. and Rey. Leland 
Noel, seventh son of Sir Gerard Noel, Bart. and the 
late Baroness Barham, to Mary Arabella, eldest 
daughter of the late J. S. Foljamhe, esq. of AldWark- 
hall, Yorkshire—At Nottingham, R. Mansel, esq. of 
the 6th or Inniskilling Dragoons, to Maria, eldest 
daughter of W. Armstrong, esq. of the same regi- 
ment—At Basford, J. G. S. Lefevre, esq. of White- 
hall-place, London, to Rachael Emily, fifth daughter 
of Ichabod Wright, esq. of Mapperly—At Mattersey, 
the Rev. T. Sampson, of Edwinstowe, to Miss Paw- 
son, daughter of — Pawson, esq. of Liverpool—At 
Tresswell, J. Dean, esq. to Miss Dean—At Worksop, 
C. Doncaster, esq. of Fiskerton, to Ellen, youngest 
daughter of W. Thompson, esq. of Hubington-house, 
Lincolnshire. 
Died.] At Kirkby-park, near Mansfield, J. Robin- 
son, esq. 
LINCOLNSHIRE. 
Married.] At Boston, the Rev. T. Mitchinson, to 
Miss Clarke—The Rev. H. J. Burne, of Long Sut- 
ton, to Miss E. Rudd, of Norwich, 
LEICESTER AND RUTLAND, 
Married.] At Loughborough, Harry, second son 
of E. Beavan, esq. of Kingston, to Mary, relict of 
the late T. Nicholls, esq. of Burton, Dorset. 
Died.| 74, the Rev. W. Pochin, rector of Morcote, 
Rutlandshire—At Wimeswould, 39, E. Lacy, gent.— 
At Rotheley, 73, Mr. T. F. Cooper—At Frolesworth, 
74, W. Gimson, gent.—At Leicester, Caleb Lurdham, 
esq. 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 
Married.) At Yoxall, the Rev. E. M. Robinson, 
to Lydia, daughter of the Rev. T. Gisborne, M.A. of 
‘Yoxall-lodge, prebendary of Durham. 
Died.] At Bromley-hall, near Lichfield, 73, J. Lane, 
esq.—At Uttoxeter, 93, S. Brown, gent. He was 
Yeoman of the Guards in the reign of George the 
Second, and attended, in his official capacity, the 
Coronation of George the Third. 
WARWICKSHIRE, 
Married.) At Alveston, the Rev. J. T. Parker, of 
Newbold-upon-Avon, to Anne, eldest daughter of 
Sir Gray Skipwith, bart.—At Edgbaston, the Rev. 
C, Barker, M.A., to Caroline, daughter of Mr. T. 
Richards, of Edgbaston—At Birmingham, the Rev. 
M. Davies, M.A, of Hinstock, Salop, to Hannah, 
daughter of Mr. J. Lawford—The Rev. J. Taylor, 
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