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fying the necessity of establishing a house of correc- 
tion in their immediate vicinity. 
The sympathy of the public has been called forth 
at Newcastle on behalf of ‘Thomas Drummond, 
whose father laboured in the mines, and who is him- 
self now working in the mines at New Painsher, near 
Houghton-le-Spring, Durham. He appears to be the 
undoubted heir to the Dukedom of Perth; this, he 
says, can be fully proved; and all that is wanted is 
a subscription to enable him to petition his Majesty; 
and to establish his claim before Parliament. The 
history of his family, as connected with: his claims 
and the Pretender, is remarkably curious. 
Two lads, apprentices toa blacksmith at Hexham, 
having a few words, one of them ran a hot iron an 
inch and a half into the body of the other. Fortu- 
nately the woutided' boy recovered. 
There are six or seven coaches now running on thé 
rallway between Stockton and Darlington. They 
carry on an average 150 passengers per day, or 54,750 
per year. The charge is ld. per mile outside, and 
I}d. inside. 
Married.] At Newcastle, T. Swarbreek, esq. to 
Maria Theresa, daughter of the late Chevalier An- 
drade, Portuguese consul-general—At North Shields, 
Sir W. Elwes, Bart. to Mrs. Thompson—J. C. Ste- 
venson, esq. to Elizabeth, third daughter of J. 
Feauripe, esq. ; 
Died.) At Durham, J. Dickson, esq. and T. 
Chipchase, esq. 87, both aldermen of that city— 
At Egleston Hall, W. Hutchinson, esq. 63, formerly 
high-sheriff of the county of Durham; Mrs. Hut- 
chinson, his wife, died the morning after him—At 
Seaton Lodge, J. Jobling, esq. 63—At Bellingham, 
Rev. M. Harrison—At Gateshead, Mr, J. Thornhill, 
65, author of a work ‘‘ on Grasses, as applied to 
Agriculture.”—At Bames, Miss Pemberton. 
Provincial Occurrences: 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
The Artists’ Exhibition of Carlisle opened on Sept. 
18, and it is the most splendid that has yet been 
seen at Carlisle, and an honour to the country. It 
is a source of great satisfaction to all lovers of the 
arts, more particularly to those who, like ourselves, 
can look back half a century and recollect their 
state at that time in London, when the Royal Aca- 
demy exhibition was exposed to view,—not at Somer- 
set House, but. at Christie’s Auction Room, Pall- 
Mall !!!—and when it was with great difficulty a 
decent exhibition could be formed to fill even that 
place. 
Died.|_ At Corby, Joseph Liddle, one of the So- 
ciety of Friends, aged 102. He managed, till within 
a few years of his death, an extensive garden. He 
was working as a shoemaker in-his shop at Preston, 
in 1745, when the rebels entered that town—At 
Drumpark, Mr. A. Stewart, 71. He was upwards of 
six feet high, and was believed to be the heaviest 
man of his time; his body at his death was calcu- 
lated to weigh upwards of 450 Ibs. 
YORKSHIRE AND CHESHIRE. 
Some unknown benefactor has sent two donations 
of £500 for the relief of the distressed manufac- 
turers of Sheffield—in the garden of Mr. J. Wil- 
kinson, of Carlington New Hall, near Battey, two 
crops of the Spanish dwarf pea have been produced 
this year from the same seed. The first sowing took 
place in the latter end of February, and the crop 
was reaped the first week in July: after some of the 
seed had stood till it was sufficiently ripe, it was 
again committed to the ground on the same. bed, and 
a second crop was reaped on the 27th Sept. last. 
The first stone of a new-church, to be built at 
Guisboro’, in the parish of Rotherham, was laid on 
the 29th Sept. by Lord Milton ; and the first stone 
of anew church to be built at Sheffield was laid on 
the 14th Oct. by the Countess of Laney. 
There has been a female pedestrian, upwards of 
6) years of age, lately exhibiting in York. Hier first 
Cumberland, York, &¢. [ Nov. 
exploit was to walk 40 miles in ten hours; her next, 
to walk 90 miles in 24 hours: she accomplished 
both tasks within the time. , 
A skeleton was found at the village of Iberlington, 
near York, on the 5th of October, about a foot from 
the ground, by some men who were digging a gra- 
vel-pit. A beautiful cut glass, about the size) of a 
tumbler, and another \plain one, were found at the 
head. . 
The Yorkshire Philosophical Society has com- 
menced its winter sessions; the museum has been 
greatly augmented by various mineralogical and 
geological specimens, 
Of the distress at Macclesfield some idea may be 
formed when our readers are told, that there are now 
upwards of eight hundred houses uninhabited ! ! ! 
The Exchequer has furnished a loan of £6,000 
for the formation of a road from Bradford to Thorn- 
ton, the whole to be repaid within the limited term 
of twenty years.—Oct.10. A meeting was held at 
Macclesfield, in the National School-room (by the 
consent of the mayor and magistrates) of the 
silk-weavers, to petition the houses of Lords and of 
Commons, on the price of provisions—the standing 
army—the Corn-Laws—the impossibility of meeting 
foreign competition—reform of Parliament, &c. &c. 
It was attended by many hundreds operatives; and 
several resolutions passed, aud a petition founded 
thereon to be sent to Mr. Huskisson and the Earl of 
Liverpool, requesting them to present and support 
the same. 
Married.| At Frodsham, T. A. Oakes, esq. to 
Miss C. S. Muntz—At Pontefract, Geo. Dodsworth, 
jun., esq., to Anne, the youngest daughter of John 
Raud, esq.—At Richmond, Geo: Croft, esq. to Mary- 
Anne, third daughter of Mr. Bouruan—At Roth- 
well, S. Johnson, esq. to Miss Lee—At Ripon, the 
Rev. C. Bury to Eliza, the daughter of John How- 
ard, esq.—At York, F. Storry, esq. to Mary Louisa, 
only daughter of Major Rouget, of Lausanne. 
Died.] At Glenhow, Sir J. Beckett, Bart. 84—At 
Gisburne-Park, the Right Hon. Lord Ribblesdale, 
72—At Hull,Mr.T.Guy, 95, formerly Master Mariner 
of that port ; he was the 28th son of the late Rev. 
J. Guy, of Irby, Lincolnshire, who died aged 104— 
At York, Julia, daughter of the late Rear Admiral 
Hugh Robinson—At Batley, Mrs. Hall, ‘aged 78; 
she was the mother of ten children, grandmother to 
92, and great-grandmother to 35—At Numington, 
Geo. Marshall, esq., a most promising young artist. 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 
The Wesleyan Methodists at Uttoxeter have lent 
their chapel for the purpose of the Church of Eng- 
land service twice every Sunday, in consequence of 
the old church having been taken dowi\ to give place 
to a new structure more worthy of that respectable 
town. 
Died.] At Ford Green, aged 86, Jacob Warburton, 
esq. By his death the country has to lament the 
loss of the last member of the old school of potters ; 
he was the early friend of that father of the potte- 
ries, Josiah Wedgewood. 
LANCASHIRE, 
The Stockport Wesleyan Methodist new chapel 
was opened for divine service Sept. 10.,, The expense 
of the building is estimated at £11,000, Two large 
rooms are prepared under the chupel ‘for’ the use of 
800 children belonging to the Methodist Sunday- 
school. Notwithstanding the pressure of the times, 
£550 was collected at the several services. connected, 
with the opening. 1320 OFF 
A grant of clothing has been forwarded to Man- 
chester and the manufacturing districts by his Ma. 
jesty’s Government, consisting of waistcoats, trow- 
sers, gaiters, shirts, stockings, shoes, great-coats, 
rugs, blankets, and flannel-waistcoats, to. the num- 
ber of 40,000 articles: they are from the militia. 
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