1826.] 



At Poit-aur Prince, 20, Mademoiselle .Celio Pctlon, 

 daughter of the late president of Uayti. 



At Montseirat, the Hon. T. Hill, Member of His 

 Majesty's ('ouncil, and Chief Judge of the Colony. 



At Calaitta, G. Proctor, esq. 



At Bombay, Col. Cowpcr. 



On the Arracan River, J. Coclirane, esq., M.D. 



At Panlang, Capt. P. Forbes. 



Marriages and Deaths Abroad. 



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At Meerut, Sir David Ochterlony. 



C'apt. W. Heude, Author of a " Journey over 

 Land from India." 



.\t Ramree, Ensign G. Pilgrim. 



At sea, J. Hay, estj., of the lI.C.'s service. 



At Malta, I. James, esq. 



At the Hague, Lieut. General Baron Charles de 

 Beutie. 



MONTHLY PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES; 



WITH THE MAimiAGES AND U1:ATHS. 



NORTHUJIBERI.AND AND DURIIA.M. 



The number of colliers cleared coastwise at the 

 port of Sunderland in the year ending .5th of January 

 H)2a inclusive, was 8,Ilij, being an increase of 2(j() 

 on the former year. 7'he receipt duties for the same 

 year amount to £(i5,3ti(l. 1-ls. 7d., being au increase of 

 £3,8113. 14s. ad. on tlie former year. 



The Durham Agric-ultural Society held their an- 

 nual cattle show on .Saturday the 24th of December, 

 when the usual prices were a<l;u(lged. 



A most brilliant piece of sliiniug yeHow pyrites, 

 with very fine argillaceous substance imbedded, appa- 

 rently some organic remains, resembling much one 

 of the lumbar vertebra? of the spine of the human 

 species, has been found lately by Mr. T. O. Blackett, 

 land surveyor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in a heap 

 of iron-stone, lymg at the mouth of an old stiiple, 

 which some miners are now re-sinking. The outer 

 coaling bears a fibrous impression, and appears re- 

 marltably porous ; on submitting a small piece to tire 

 action of the blow-pipe, a blue dead flame was pro- 

 duced, without tlie strong sulphureous vapour wliich 

 generally arises from pyrites, and was easily reduced 

 to a powder, from which Mr. B. obtained a most 

 beautiful prussiate of iron. 



In a yard, at Bishop-Wearmouth, between two 

 and three feet below the surface of the ground, a 

 human skeleton was found, wliich had been interred 

 in a double posture. In the fold, formed by the hip 

 and thigh-bones, a piece of woolkn-cloth was found, 

 which had the appearance of having been part of 

 a flannel petticoat ; a fr.acture was observed in one 

 of the arm bones : the teeth were perfectly sound, 

 and a very fine set. 



Married.^ Capt. W. Hodgon, to Sarah, daughter 

 of W. Cauogan, esq. of Bruckbum Priory — The 

 Rev. W. Hawks, qf Gateshead, to .Anna Eliza, 

 daughter of J. Croser, esq., of Kentnn-lodge — At 

 Stockton, G. Skinner, esq. to Hanna. daughter of 

 the late J. Walker, esq.— The Rev. J. Birkett, M.A., 

 of Haydon-bridge, to Susanna ^Villiams, daugliter 

 of the Rev. W. Jackson, of Hatton, Warwickshire. 



Dieil.'i At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, S3, W. Batson, 



esq.; (il, the Rev. T. Wood, M. A At Durham, 



R. Kirton, esq. ; 7**, W'. Clavering, esq. — .\t West- 

 lodge, Darlington, 81, Ann, wife of J. Backhouse, 



esqT, sen. — At Slyford, J. W. Bacon, esq At Mid- 



dleton, the lady of E. W. H. .Schenby, esq. — At .Sun- 

 derland, 00, G. Fenwick, esq., of High-ford. 



CDMEERLAND AND WESTMORLAND. 



Married.'} At Whitehaven, B. Sproule, esq., 



R.N., to Miss Taylor— At St. Bee's, the Rev 



Greenhow, of Riddings, near Threlkeld, to Miss E. 

 Irwin — At Bolton-le-Sands, Mr. J. Gaskill, bone- 

 setter, to Miss Taylor, sister of his late- wife, who 

 was interred about three weeks ago; behaving, in 

 the short space of sL\ mouths, had three living and 

 two dead wives. 



Died.] At Knorrr.n, 40, Q.Blackbum, esq.— .\t Car- 

 lisle, 26, R. Henderson, esq. ; tifl, R. Shaw, esq — .\t 

 Dalemain, near Penrith, tti, E. Hasell, esq — At 

 Laithes, 03, H. Dixon, esq— .\t Maryport, 81, Mrs. 

 M. Brown; Sarah, daughter of the late Captain 

 Marrs. 



YORKSHIRE. 



A meeting was convened at the Guildliall, ■\'ork. 



on Monday the 2()th of Decemljcr, on the subject of 

 West-India shivery, the Lord Mayor in the chair, 

 when it was resolved U> petition Parliament during 

 the next ssssion for theemanoipation of slaves. 



Mnrrietl.'] Tlie Rev. J. .\rmsU-ong, of Thirsk, to 

 Miss Thomson— At Knaresbro', J. Clayton, esq. to 

 Fr.-inrei, daughter of the late E. Richardson, esq.— 

 At Hull, J. Crawford, esq., of North-shields, to 

 Jane, only daiighter of \V. Leveth, esq — At N'ork, 

 J. t). Hogg, esq., of .Manchester, to .Maria, daughter 

 of T. Newcombc, esq. 



DW.] At Nether Langwith, James, son of C. 

 Uollins, esq.— At Axminstcr, theRev II. llaynan, of 

 W ilton— At Beverly, Lord Arthur Paget.— At Hare- 

 wood-house, Harriet, daughter of N. Fenwick, esq., 

 of Ue<lford-court. 



LANCASHIRE. 



The underwriters of Liverpind have presente<l 

 Captain Bibby with a superb silver vase, bearing the 

 follov.ing inscription:— " Presented to Capt. Rolit. 

 Bibby, of the barque Caroline, by th3 I'nderwritcrs 

 of Liverpool, iu testimony of their approbation of 

 the real and humanity displayed by him in s.iving 

 part of the crew of the lI.C.'s ship Kent, destroyed 

 by fire in 182j." 



A public dinner was given at Chorlsy, on the 'ilh 

 of January, toN. Brownliill, esq., when an elegant 

 silver cpergne and stand, with a f jw smaller articles, 

 for a dinner service, of the value in the whole of 

 201) guineas, were presented to him. The following 

 inscription is engraved on the epcrgne; — " As a 

 testimony of public gr.-it'.tude and esteem, this 

 epergne and stand, with a small service of plate, 

 are prcsente<l to Mr. N. BrownhiU, by his friends 

 and fellow townsmen, as a token of their approba- 

 tion of his long, judicious and efficient services, 

 executed with zeal and integrity, on behalf cf the 

 inhabitants of Chorley, of which their improved 

 roads and highwa)*s are evident proof, 182j." 



A seam of coal has been discovered at the depth of 

 about 130 yards, at the point of land near Overton, 

 a few hundred yards northw^ard of GlassOii-dock. 



Mairied.'i .\t Slanchester, W. Har)ier, esq. to 

 Eliza, daughter of the late J. Pershouse, esq., of 

 Bridgnorth; the Rev. T. C. Holland, to Miss Rob- 

 berds — At Preston, W. St. Clare, esq., M. D., 

 to Sarah, daughter of S. Horrocks, esq., M.P.— At 

 Ashton-under-Lyne, — Earle, esq. to Sarah, daugh- 

 ter of the late J. Wvch, esq.— At Rochdale, J. White- 

 head, esq., of Denshaw, to Elizabeth, daughter of 

 the late J. Radcliffe, esq., of Bowkhouse. 



DieH.l At r.Ianchester, J. White, esq.. Author of 

 the " New Century of Inventions." — Harriet, wife 

 of R. H. Thorpe, esq .\t Liverpool, Sir W. Bar- 

 ton. Knt At Ulverstone, 29, 1. Mason, esq— At 



Clithero, the Rev. R. Heath. 



CHESHIRE. 



An elegant and powerful organ has lately been 

 erected by Messrs. Renn and Boston, of Manchester, 

 in AU Saint's Chapel, Marple. It is an elegant piece 

 of workmanship, of a liglit gothic construction, 

 twelve feet hig'i, eight feet in front, and six feet 

 deep. 



Married.^ At Chester, R. H. Barnston, esq. to 

 Selina, daughter of W. M. Thackeray, M.D. 

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