238 Provincial Occurrences : Lancashire, Somersetshire, Sfc. [Aug. 



The operatives of tlie neighbourhood of Hud- 

 dersfield have had another meeting at Almond- 

 bnry, and have resolved that the great masses of 

 wealth consumed by the clergy should be inquired 

 into — that the crown lands ought to be sold to the 

 best bidder, and that it is tlie imperative duty of 

 the labouring part of the community to come for- 

 ward, and with one united voice, demand a suf- 

 ficiency of food and clothing. — Leeds Intelli- 

 gencer, 



In the night of July II, about 12 o'clock, a large 

 reservoir situate at Blackhill, broke down its 

 banks, and swelling the small rivulet of Addle- 

 beck to a mighty stream, carried ruin and deso- 

 lation along with it, (ill it emptied itselt into the 

 river Aire, at Leeds, a distance of 7 miles, which 

 it did not reach till near 4 o'clock on Sunday 

 (July 12) morning. The damage it occasioned is 

 almost incalculable ; nothing could arrest its pro- 

 gress, throwing down bridges, levelling walls, up- 

 looting fences, and carrying devastation into all 

 the adjoining lands, and destroying the dwellings 

 of the humble cottagers. The list of damages in- 

 curred, as given by the Leeds Intelligencer, is 

 quite appalling. 



Meetings to fix a mnximtim price upon some of 

 the necessaries of life are at present holding in 

 many of the manufacturing towns and districts of 

 the north of England. A meeting of this nature 

 was held, July 8, upon Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, 

 numerously attended, and atwhicli itwas resolved 

 not to pay more than IJd. a-quart for good new 

 milk, and not more than Sd. a-pound for butler, 

 and to adopt a rigid economy in the use of flesh 

 meat and strong liquor. A similar meeting, tliough 

 upon a larger scale, was held in Bolton, at which 

 maximum resolutions were also passed. 



LANCASHIRE.— The expenses for this connty 

 from June 25, 1828, to June 24, IS29, amounted to 

 upwards of .f 45,000 ; .£36,099 of which was ex- 

 pended in the criminal jurisprudence, and its 

 et ceteras. Besides .£l,5fi2. Os. lid. for the 

 lunatic asylum, and .£1,500 for repairing bridges, 

 the balance remaining in the treasurer's hands, 

 for the county, is upwards of .£10,000. — Preston 

 Pilot. 



The Common Council resolved, at the meeting 

 held in February last, to grant a sum not exceed- 

 ing one hundred guineas to be distributed in the 

 form of prizes among the artists resident in the 

 town of Liverpool and its vicinity, who shall pro- 

 duce the best pictures, drawings, or statues, at the 

 next exhibition. The prizes are to be divided into 

 two classes ; one class for the 'vorks of academi- 

 cians, the other for the works oi students or artists 

 residing in the town and neighbourhood, but n(t 

 iKiembers of the academy. The particulars of the 

 prizes were only communicated to the secretary of 

 the academy on Saturday last. 



The new fort, which has been erecting at the 

 entrance of the Mersey, is quite completed ; and 

 from the position in which it is placed, and the 

 nature of the entrance to the river, it will, we have 

 no doubt, answer the purpose for whicli it was 

 erected, and afford complete protection to Liver- 

 pool against any attack that may he made on it, 

 or, what is of more importance, will prevent any 

 attack being made. 



two reverends. But docs not " England expect 

 every Clergyman and Bishop to do their duty," 

 as well as every other man ? 



The entrances and lobbies of the new grand 

 stand opened at the recent Liverpool races, are 

 very spacious, both back and front. The under 

 apartments are appropriated for refreshment 

 rooms, and are surrounded on the three sides to- 

 wards the course by a handsome colonnade sup- 

 porting the balcony. Two elegant staircases 

 lead to the main floor, the whole front of which 

 is occupied by the saloon, or long room, an ele- 

 gant apartment above 90 feet in lengtli, and 22 in 

 breadth. This room is lighted by 15 windows with 

 arched tops, three of which are at each end, which 

 form a segment, or bow. The windows can be 

 thrown up to admit the ladies to pass to and from 

 the balcony in front, wliich will accommodate 

 about 500. Leading out of this room is a room on 

 one side for the use of the ladies, and another, on 

 the other side, as a meeting-room for the gentle- 

 men. Ascending still higher, there are two en- 

 trances to the front or lower leads, forming the 

 roof, in steps rising in a pavilioo form. Behind, 

 and railed off from this, are the higher leads, a 

 further stand, over the back part of the building, 

 and to which there is a distinct entrance from the 

 lobby below. The stands are enclosed by neat 

 iron railings ; they will contain about 1,500 peo- 

 ple ; and the whole, it is calculated, will accom- 

 modate about 3,000. 



SO.MERSETSHIRE.— At a meeting held at the 

 chapter-room, Bristol, in aid of a fund for building 

 and enl.arging churches and chapels in the Isle of 

 IMan, it was resolved, " That, considering the po- 

 verty of the Isle of Man, and of its benefices, 

 and its exclusion from the assi^tance of the two 

 societies for building churclu'S and chapels, this 

 mfcting is of opinion that it has peculiar claims 

 on the sympathy and assistance of the ( hrist'an 

 public,'' when a committee was formed, and sub- 

 scriptions entered into. The poj^ulation of the f^ie 

 of Man is not less than 50,000, and the existing 

 churches do not afford room for more than 9,000. 



The recent presentation, by the Dean and Chap- 

 ter, of the living of South Petherton to the son of 

 one of the prebendaries, on the resignation of bis 

 father, has excited much dissatisfaction amongst 

 the minor canons of our cathedral, these gentle- 

 men holding their situations, at trifling salaries, in 

 expectation of being presented to the vacant 

 livings in the gift of the Chapter. The value of 

 this living, till very lately, was only about .£200 

 jier annum, and it has been customarily given to 

 the senior minor canon or the precentor ; hut the 

 gentleman who held it previous to the last incum- 

 bent having found means to raise its value to 

 .£500 or .£600 per annum, it was thought worth 

 the acceptance of one of the prebendaries, and, 

 by the present which has just taken place, is cou- 

 tinucd in his family. — Bristol Mirror. 



WARWICKSHIRE.— The first stone has been 

 recently laid for a new bridge over the Avon, at 

 Charlecote Mill. The bridge will be constructed 

 of cast iron, at the sole expense of the Rev. J. 

 Lucy, rector of Hampton Lucy. 



The iron trade continues iu the same distressed 

 state, and consequently prices are stationary. A 

 considerable diminution of make (nearly 20 fur- 

 naces being put out of blast) has not yet equalized 

 the supply and demand ; and this branch of manu- 

 facture seems now fully to share the lamentable 

 de|iression of every other branch of our national 

 iuiustr)-.— Birmingham Journal. 



