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MONTHLY PROVINCIAL OCCURllENCES; 



WITH THE MAnnlACJCS AND DEATHS. 



NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 



A new Presbyterian CMapel was opened lately at 

 Bishopwearmouth. An appropriate sermon was 

 preached by tlie Uev. D. Dewar, LL.D., of Glas- 

 gow ; after tlie service a collection was made, which 

 amounted to ,£77- "s- Ud. 



The Museum of the Literary and Philosophical 

 .Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was lately opened 

 for the public inspection of subscribers. 



The Dean of Durham has determined on having 

 that part of the cathedral which has for some time 

 been in a dilapidated state put into complete repair 

 in the ensuing spring, and the pinnacle rebuilt. 



A public meeting was held lately at Newcastle, to 

 take into consideration Captain Brown's plans for 

 erecting a suspension bridge across the mouth of the 

 river Tyne, from North to South Shields, a dis- 

 tance, including the two wijigs or side arches, of 

 l,8tl0feet; the centre span will be 11 J feet above the 

 highest tides, which will allow ships of 4U0 tons bur- 

 then to pass below it under all sail. The expense 

 will be about £lOO,i)00. 



Mari-ied.'i Capt. Barnes, of Botchardby, to Miss 

 Rothwell— At Ford, the Rev. G. Gibb, to Miss H. 

 Rae— The Rev. D. Douglas, of Hamslcrley, to Miss 

 Ami Fopling, of Ktherley — At Durham, Mr. T. 

 C'oulston, of Landcaster, to Miss Ann t'roskell. 



Diecl.2 At Durham, Ann Matilda, daughter of the 

 late G. Fielding, esq., of Starforth-hall, York— 30, 

 Mr. G. Swinburne. 



CUMDEULAND AND WESTMORLAND. 



AInrrierf.] At Whitehaven, S.Wood, esq. to Jane, 

 daughter ot A. Moore, esq, 



Died.'i At Carlisle, CO, T. Benson, esq. He has 

 bequeathed the interest of i,'5,0(Xl to the poor of Car- 

 lisle—At Caldewbeck, 80, T. JeH'erson, esq. 



YORKSHIRE. 



The Wemerian Society held their first meeting 

 for the season on the 19th of November. .'V very in- 

 teresting paper was re.id by H. Witham, esq., on the 

 discovery of live cockles in the peat moss on a farm 

 which, for many centuries, has been named Cockles- 

 bury. The cockles are found in considerable num- 

 bers, and appear to be the common species of our 

 sandy shores — cardium edule. 



At a meeting of the Directing Committee of the 

 Aire and Calder Navigation Company, held lately at 

 Wakefield, it was determined that measures should 

 be immediately taken for continuing forward the 

 new navigation between Goole and Nottingley to 

 Leeds and Wakefield, so as to admit vessels of one 

 hundred tons burthen to come up to both these 

 towns ; and a notice was given, that an application 

 would be made to Parliament during the next ses- 

 sion for an act to carry this highly beneficial project 

 Into effect. 



An alarming fire broke out lately in the ship-yard 

 of S. S. Walton, esq., Hull. 



Married.'] At York, S.Younge, jun. esq., of Shef- 

 field, to Miss C. Kearsley. — Mr. J. A. Cattle, to Miss 

 Lightfoot, of Ea,singw6ld— J. Spencer, jun. esq. to 

 Miss M. H. Phipps— At Long Preston, J. Unthank, 

 esq. to Jane, daughter of J. Parkington, esq., of 

 Workington— At Horton, R. Goodwin, esq., of Glas- 

 gow, to Miss J. Taylor — -At Cottingham, T.Whit- 

 taker, esq., of Howden, to Miss M. Gee — At Addle, 

 the Rev. W. Andrew, to Miss E. H. Hardcastle, of 

 Wakefield — At .Selby, Mr. G. Sayner, to Mrs. Reeves 

 —S.S.Byron, esq., of Scarborough, to Elizabeth, 

 daughter of T. Chandler, esq., of West Ay ton— At 

 Kaslby, Lieut. Col. H. Lane, to the Hon. Harriet 



Frances Dundas— At Ripley, T. Houseman, of 

 Sprucety.hall, to Ann, daugnter of G. Dickinson, 

 esq., of Butter-hill. 



Died.] At Claverley, Gi), Miss E. Fregleton— B. 

 Beverley, esq., of Thorp, Grassington — The Rev. 

 W. Warrener, of Leeds — f>2, Elizabeth, wife of S. 

 Bhodes, esq., of Leeds— At Scarlwrough, the Rev. 

 H. Kelly, vicar of Bishop-burton— At Settle, the 



Rev.. T. Carr, M. A Katharine, daughter of S. 



Burstal, esq., of Hessic. 



LANCASHIRE. 



It is intended to make application to Parliament, 

 during the next session, for an act to form a new 

 line of road from Manchester to Wakefield, by way 

 of Ashton-under-Line, Staley Bridge, Saddleworth, 

 and Holmforth, according to a survey now making 

 by an eminent surveyor. 



Mr. Kay, of Preston, hasuivented a new mode of 

 spinning flax by machinery, by which he is enabled 

 to spin 2110 yam without difficulty, from an inferior 

 description of flax, and with very little hackling. 



Married.] At Liverpool, Captain Forsyth, to Miss 

 Modgkinson ; T. Jevons, esq. to Mary Ann, daughter 

 of \\. Roscoeley— .\t Manchester, Mr. H. Binns, of 

 Rippondens, to Mi.ss M. Ridehaigh : Mr. R. Riley, 

 jun. to Betsey, daughter of J. Rostron, esq., of EiJcii- 

 wood, near Bury. Mr. J. Mabbot, to Sarah, daugh- 

 ter of J. Barker, esq., of Todmondcn, Yorkshire — 

 At Caton, near Lancaster, J. Kill, esi)., of Ulvcr- 

 stone, to Isabella, daughter of S. Gregson, esq., of 

 Lancaster. 



Died.] At Liverpool, 35, W. A. Hamilton, esq.; 

 Lieut. Col. Bennet, 32d regt.— At Manchester, 24, 

 Eliza, wife of Mr. J. Nadir.— At Preston, 19, ."Vnn, 

 daughter of R. Buxton— .\t Lancaster, Mary, daugh- 

 ter of S. Bower, esq.— Mrs. Ilargreavc-s, relict of J. 

 Ilargre.ives, tsq., of Siiringfielil-flall- The Rev. Mr, 

 Goodwill, curate of Old Church, Wigan — 15, Mr. W. 

 Jackson, of Woodplumpton. 



CHESHIRE. 



November 19, the arch of the new bridge over th« 

 Mersey, near Stockport, v;,as completed. 



Married.] At Chester, the Rev. E. Duncombe, 

 to Susan, dauchter of the late Rev. C. Mainwaring, 

 of Oteley-park — At Alderley, R. Phillips, esq., of 

 Heybridee, to Letitia, daughter of W. Hibbert, esq.. 



of Hare hill 



Died.'] At Ashton, C. Lechmere, son of Capt. G. 

 RusseL 



DERBYSHIRE. 



Married.] At Duflield, S. Evans, esq., of Derby, 

 to Miss WoUaston, of Duffield. 



Died.] In Derby, 80, D. P. Coke, esq 84, R. 



Blurton, esq., of Nobut, near Uttoxeter. 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 



Married.] At Nottingham, \. Stevenson, esq., of 

 Melrose, Roxburghshire, to Elb.abeth, daughter of 

 the late J. Moss, esq., of Damick, near Melrose; 

 Mr. S. Nunn, of Bury, to Miss Parker — At Kirkton, 

 W. CuUen, esq., of Carluke, to Jacobina Steuart, 

 daughter of the late C. Hamilton, esq., ofFairhohn 

 and Kirkton, Lanarkshire. 



Died.] At Nottingham, T. Eveson, esq. ; 79, W. 

 Webster, esq. — 81, H. Hollings, esq. — .\t Walling- 

 weUs, the lady of Sir T. W. White, bart. 



LINCOLNSHIRE. 

 Married.] At Ingham, Mr. R. Goodman, of King- 

 stead, Norfolk, to Miss Brown — Mr. H. Teverson, 

 jun., of Kedington, to Alice Sarah, daughter of J. 

 Silverstone, ofDepden. 



Died.] At Belvoir-castle, the most noble Elizabeth 

 Duchess of Rutland — The Rev. J. Applebee, pre- 

 bendary of Lincoln — 16, Justina, daughter of C. 

 White, esq. — Mr. G. Webster, of Glinton — At Win- 

 terton, Eliza, daughter of the Rev. W. Harrison — 

 At Spalding, W. Wright— At Butterwick, Mrs. Han- 

 son, wife of Mr. R.Hanson; Mr. W. Hanson, her 

 son, and Mrs. W. Hanson, his wife. 

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