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Provincial Occurrences : Lancashire, Norfolk, Sfc, QSept. 



Chester, bare very properly published an address 

 in answer to llie turn-out of the journeymen, in- 

 volving in want and misery from 8 to 10,01)0 per- 

 sons. They say, " Were it generally known that 

 these men were refusing wages which would 

 average above 303. per wtek, and that for every 

 spinner who remains idle, from eight to ten other 

 individuals are kept out of employment, and de- 

 prived of llic means of subsistence, few persons, 

 it is thought, would contribute to prolong so un- 

 necessary a state of misery." 



The exhibition of the Academy at tlie Royal 

 Institution was opened, Aug. 17, and e.vcels any 

 former dis]ilay which Liverpool has witnessed, for 

 the number, variety, and excellence of the paint- 

 ings. — Liverpool Mercury. 



LIXCOLNSHIRE.— At Boston, the storm of 

 July 24, was awful and most calamitous in its 

 effects. Neither memory nor ancient record fur. 

 nishes example of a similar combination of the 

 elements. Several fields of beautiful wheat and 

 other corn were entirely destroyed '. — This term 

 must be taken in its most unlimited sense ; the 

 corn is not merely layered, or partially beaten 

 down, but the wheat straw is broken and split, as 

 though it had passed through a thrashing machine. 

 Some oat fields have a very singular appearance, 

 the crop stands erect, and at a distance looks re- 

 markably fine, hut when the spectator approaches, 

 lie discovers that it is merely the skeleton of corn, 

 the ears being completely thrashed out. Mr. 

 Horsewood has lost nearly 100 acres of corn, and 

 about 14 acres of coleseed, by this awful calamity, 

 and Mr. Curtois, of Langret Ferry, has lost about 

 300 acres of corn. From Brotbertoft to Langret 

 Ferry, and thence to Sibsey and part of Carring- 

 ton, scarcely a single farm has escaped, and judg- 

 ing from what we have seen and heard, we should 

 certainly say that the damage sustained there 

 exceeds .£70,000 in value. The dreadful line of 

 devastation appears to extend about a mile in 

 breadth, and eight miles in length, through one of 

 the most fertile paits of Lincolnshire.— JSo«?on 

 Gazette. 



NORFOLK. — Sixteen prisoners received sen- 

 fence of death at these assizes ; one of them was 

 executed for murder. 



By the published account of expenses for the 

 last year of the city and county of Norwich, it 

 appears tljat the total expenditure on the new 

 gaol amounted to .i"2/,358. Ifis.— the sum of 

 .£6,156. ISs. was paid for the annual expenditure, 

 out of wliicli nearly £3,000 wrs absorbed by the 

 criminal jurisprudence. 



STAFFORDSHIRE.— At these assizes sen- 

 tence of death was recorded against 31 prisoners, 

 two of whom were not more than 13 years of age 1 



SUSSEX. — At the assizes held at Lewes, 14 

 prisoners received sentence of death. 



HANTS. — Eleven prisoners received sentence 

 of death at the assizes, one of them for murder, 

 who was accordingly executed ; foijr were trans- 

 ported, and a few imprisoned. According to the 

 provisions of the late act. the expenses of the pro- 

 secution of the two Stacies will fall on our borough 

 rate, and an order for the sum of .£400 (!!!) to de- 

 fray them, was this morning delivered to the trea- 

 surer, signed by the judge. Sir .lames Burrough. 

 — Hampshire Telegraph, Aug. 3. 



A society has been formed, at Portsea, for the 

 purpose of granting annuities to the wives and 

 children of petty and warrant officers of the navy, 

 packet vessels, and revenue craft, upon the prin- 

 ciple oitlie Naval Annuitant Society ; in addition 

 to which, medicnl attendance is provided, and 

 supcranuations allowed to members on their at- 

 taining tlie age of 65. To this is also to be ap- 

 pended a Saving Bank. 



The ceremony of laying the first stone of the 

 new church of St. Jolm, at Forton, Alverstoke, 

 took place, Aug. 12, in grand style: the proces- 

 sion (in which were 600 children of the national 

 and Sunday schools) was nearly three quarters of 

 a mile in extent. 



LEICESTER.— At these assizes sentence of 

 death was recorded against four prisoners, and 

 five were transported. Tlieie were only 13 pri- 

 soners for trial in the county gaol, and not any in 

 the borough jurisdiction, 



CAMBRIDGESHIRE. — At the Isle of Ely 

 assizes, held at Wisbeach, six prisoners were re- 

 corded for death. 



NORTHAJIPTONSHIRE.— By the abstract of 

 the accounts of this county for the last year, it 

 appears that the sum of .£14,lGii. 7s. j^d. was ex- 

 pended from Thomas a Secket* sessions, 1828, 

 to Easter sessions, 1829. — Under the beads of va- 

 grants, felons, prosecutions, debtors, gaol, judges' 

 house, county hall, coroners, between .£0,000 and 

 .£7,000 were paid — the county bridges are stated 

 at .£633. lis. lOd. 



The calendar for the assizes has been a light 

 one, only 29 prisoners beijig for trial ; four were 

 recorded for death, and eight for transportation. 



CHESHIRE.— The new rector of the extensive 

 parish of Wilmslow, has given notice that be shall 

 require the payment of one-tenth part of the 

 annual value of the land in the parish, according 

 to the poor rate assessment, as a composition for 

 his tithes, and in case of refusal thus to com- 

 pound, the landowners and occupiers are required 

 to set out in kind the tithes of hay and all other 

 produce of their farms. This claim, we are as- 

 sured, is contrary to the immemorial custom of 

 the parish, and the landowners and occupiers have 

 determined to take legal measures for resisting 

 the demand. A committee has been appointedt 

 and subscriptions entered into for this purpose.-r 

 JMacclesfield Courier. 



DERBYSHIRE.— At Derby sentence of death 

 was recorded against seven prisoners, but none 

 were left for execution. 



DEVONSHIRE.— At these assizes 14 prisoners 

 were recorded for death (two for murder), and 

 eight transported. 



The completion of the Torridge Canal, and ap- 

 proaches to it by means of the new line of road 

 through the VVooUey estate and vale of the Tor- 

 ridge, has been celebrated by the gentlemen and 

 yeomen residing in the benefitted districts, who 



• Surely such Popish nomenclature should be 

 expunged from our Protestant calendar. Thomas 

 a Becket sessions indeed ! why " Jonathan 

 a Wild" would sound equally as well, and would 

 not remind the nation of the degrading spectacle 

 of a King of lijiglajid, barefooted, and with naked 

 shouldeis, submitting to he piously lacerated by 

 order of the Pope!!! 



