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Provincial Occurrences : Yorkshire and Lancashire. 



[Oct. 



YORKSHIRE.— The York peoiile were al! up 

 in arras, a week or two back, on arcourt of tlie 

 dcterniinafion of tlie l)ean and Cliapter to remove 

 the beautiful elaborately-carved screen, which 

 divides the nave from the choir, farther to the 

 eastward ; an alteration said to be rendered 

 necessary by the enlarged size of the organ which 

 is building in London, from a plan by Dr. Ca- 

 niidge. It is very doubtful wliethcr the s.-reen 

 can be removed withont receiving great injury; 

 and so zealously do the Yorkists cherish the re- 

 membrance of the cathedral as it uas, that they 

 do not at all relish tiie proposed innovation. 

 However, in consequence of the loudly declared 

 opinion of the public, the Dean has ordered the 

 removal to be suspended for twelve months ; and 

 if he finds the general voice against it at the end 

 of that period, it is expected he will aUandon it 

 altogether. 



The commerce of the port of Goolehas increased 

 most rapidly since its establishment. In the first 

 six months of 1S2S, the quantity of cotton yarn 

 exported from that port was 1,101,449 lbs. In the 

 first six months of 1S29, 6,2/1,7(14 lbs. The value 

 of manufactured goods exported in Midsummer 

 quarter of 1828 was .£142,960, and that of Mid- 

 summer quarter, 1829, .£625,500. 



There have been 45 inquests held by the coroner 

 for the town and county of Hull, since the 14th of 

 November last. ' 



Joanna Southcote's followers are not yet ex- 

 tinct. Some of them, with their preacher, have 

 lately made a pilgrimage into this country. 



On the 15th of September, the ship-owners and 

 ship-builders of Whitby gave a sumptuous dinner 

 to Mr. T. Sadler, esq., M.P., as a token of the 

 estimation in which they hold his public charac- 

 ter, and the approbation with which they regard 

 his public principles.— For a coiTect report of his 

 speech, see page 438. " 



His Grace the Duke of Wellington attended 

 Doncaster races, when the freedom of that 

 borough was presented to him in a gold box value 

 100 guineas. 



The radical reformers at Leeds have formed 

 themselves into an union ; and agreed to sub- 

 scribe one penoy a week to further the purposes 

 they have in view. 



Aug. 31. — The new Museum at Scarborough 

 was opened, with a valuable and interesting col- 

 lection, and 100 guineas have been collected by 

 the ladies at a bazaar there for the benefit of the 

 Infant's School. 



Sept.8.— TheTranby sailed from Hull for the 

 Swan River, Australia, with passengers, stores, 

 live stock, agricultural implement,, &c. &c. 



The Doncaster Agricultural Association last 

 year appointed a committee to inquire into the ad- 

 vantages of bones as manure. Queries on the 

 subject were forwarded to farmers in certain dis- 

 tricts, and the result of communications from 49 

 leading agriculturists has been embodied in a re- 

 port. The committee state that their correspon- 

 dents, with only two exceptions, all concur in re- 

 presenting bones to be a highly valuable manure, 

 and on dry soils superior to all other manures; 

 but of its use on heavy loams or clays the opinions 

 are unfavourable. 



The overseers of the poor for Sheffield, for last 

 year, have published a statement of their ac- 

 counts, from which it appears, that the average 

 of weekly payments is about .i.190, and that 



throughout the year the weekly sum has not in 

 any instance exceeded .£222, nor been less than 

 .£172. For maintenance of illegitimate children 

 .£1,33.'); for provisions .£2,357; to the county 

 rate .£1,419; for law .£346; to the constable 

 .£210; to the magistrate's clerk .£181 ; to the sur- 

 geon ^226 ; new workhouse cost alout ^3,000 

 during the year, exclusive of purchase money for 

 building and land. Total expense for the year is 

 ^21,327. 3s. 0|d. Present number of inmates is 

 331. Maintenance of each for one week costs Ss. 



Aug. 31. Our corporate body assembled in the 

 Guildhall to accept their new charter, which is 

 every thing that the corporation could have wish- 

 ed for. — York Caurant. 



The weavers of Bainsley have broken out into 

 acts of riot and outrage, in consequence of an in- 

 tended reduction of wa^es ; and the bouses of three 

 very respectable manulacturers have been assail- 

 ed, and the library and furniture of one of them 

 burnt. There had been previous meetings of the 

 labouring classes on Barusley-green, when several 

 resolutions were passed, and very strong language 

 had been used respecting the laws. " Observe th^ 

 laws of the country," said one of them, " and also 

 remember the laws of nature.'" — " Look," said 

 another of the speakers, " at the law which allows 

 Prince Leopold to receive .£50,000 a-year, while 

 there are oOO men here that have not a bit of 

 bread."* Indeed the distress of the weavers iip- 

 pears to be very severe, as out of 3,703 loohis in 

 13arnsley,170only are in full work, 1,689 partially 

 employed, and 1,844 totally idle!!! 



A meeting of gentlemen was held, Aug. 3], at 

 the White Lion, Halifax, when it was unanimous- 

 ly resolved to form a public company to be entitled 

 " The Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company," 

 whose subscribed capital sliall be .£500,000, to be 

 divided into 5.000 shares of .£100 each. " It will 

 be seen by the list of the committee already ap- 

 pointed," says the Halifax Commercial Chroni- 

 cle, " that its projectors and promoters are 

 amongst the at9uent and influential of the inha- 

 bitants of our extensive parish !!! 



In the Report transmitted to the Secretary of 

 State for the Home Department, on the State of 

 the Labouring Classes in the neighbourhood of 

 Huddersfield, is the following heart-breaking 

 passage: " After careful examination, it appears 

 that, in the several townships occupied in the 

 Fancy Business, there are upwards of 13,000 in- 

 dividuals who have not more than twopence-half- 

 penny each per day to live upoDj and find wear 

 and tear for looms, &c.!!!" 



LANCASHIRE.— By the return made by the 

 Clerk of the Peace for this county, it appears that 

 the number of Dissenters at Manchester, asso- 

 ciated with the various denominations in that 

 place, is stated at 64,032. of whom 48,730 are Ro- 

 man Catholics, and 1,300 Unitarians. 



At a recent meeting of the merch.ints and prin- 

 cipal inhabitants of Jlauchester, at the Exchange 



• At a subsequent meeting, the operatives re- 

 solved on a petition to the Duke of Wellington, in 

 which they state, that " by the present unparallel- 

 ed stagnation in every branch of the trade, manu- 

 factures, and commerce of this country, their 

 misery has become so great, as to deprive them of 

 most of the necessaries of life." In tlje Duke's 

 answer, he sympathised with their distress, and 

 promised to lav their memorial before the Board 

 of Trade 



