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such a degree, that tlie pon;l which was formerly 

 (ituated in the centre of the moor, is now so near 

 the verge, that it may be expected in a very short 

 time to run over the edge of tlie hank into the sea. 

 If the sea continue to advance as rapidly as it has 

 hitherto done (of which there is every probability). 

 the lower part of the town of Sunderland will, in 

 a few years be swept away. 



The Bishop of Durham has put four Roman 

 Catholic gentlemen into the Commission of the 

 reace for this county. 



A most tempestuous gale from the N. and NB. 

 did great damage amongst the shipping on the 

 toast of Durham, in the night of the I3th, and the 

 morning of the 14th of October. Thirteen vessels 

 were stranded near Sunderland. The gale was 

 attended with rain ; and great damage was done 

 from the rivers overflowing their banks. 



YORKSHIRE. — St. Ftepjien's new church, 

 Kirkstall, has been consecrated by the Archbishop 

 of York ; it contains 50U free sittings, and about 

 .■iOO that are charged for the maintenance of tlic 

 4»iinister. The first stone of a new cluirch has 

 been laid at Xcw Mills, Glossop; the inscription 

 deposited in the corner stone was enamelled on a 

 fine China lile executed at Messrs. Potts and Co.'s 

 establishment. 



In excavating the ground in the vicinity of the 

 old bridge at Layerthorpe Porteni, York, several 

 ■tomb-stones have been found. There were also 

 .found about iiO coins of a kind wbicL has puzzled 

 4he antiquarians to say to what class they belong, 

 •Tliey arc of the rudest workmanship; and the 

 Yorkshire Gazette says, " There is a head on 

 .the obverse, bound round with a plain fillet ; and 

 on the reverse, a naked figure of a man, with a 

 lance or club in hisleft hand, in his right the sun ; 

 and a half moon reversed is placed at the bottom, 

 on the left side." The material appears to be 

 block tin. 



The York Corporation have chosen the Hon. 

 Edward Petre, a Roman Catholic, as an alderman 

 of that city, in the room of Mr. Chaloner, resigned. 



It has been ascertained, that a portion, at least, 

 of the city of York, is raised about thirty feet 

 above the former level ; for remains of a Roman 

 wall, and of a jetty, have been discovered under- 

 ground, at that depth, on the banks of the Foss. 



Ripon minster is about to undergo a thorough 

 repair. A liberal subscription has been entered 

 into for tlie purpose. ' 



A bazaar, for the benefit of the Dispensary, was 

 opened in the little town of Bedale, on the 5th of 

 October, at which the very considerable sum 

 (when the population of the place is considered) 

 of .f 450 was taken. 



Hull fair never went off with so little eclat as 

 this year ; owing to the dulness of the season. 



The debtor's gaol, belonging to Lord Fitzwil- 

 liam'a Manor Court, at Ecclesall, is at present so 

 crowded, that an order has been issued to stay 

 person al executions of warrants for female 

 debtors. 



We regret to perceive from the Carlisle, Man- 

 chester, and Stockport papers, that the improve- 

 ment in trade, no loudly boasted of, as having 

 taken place in those districts, is, as we vuspectcd 

 it to be, a (Me.—Lecdi Intelligencer, Oct. 22. 



1,ANCASHIFIE. — The burgesses of Liverpool 

 have held a public meeting; in the Music Hall, 



wheii several resolutions were passed^ and. a coni- 

 mitte formed, " for the purpose of obtaining the 

 recovery of the privileges of the freemen, and of 

 securing to them a wholesome controul over the 

 administration of the corporate estate, and to give 

 to them an unquestioned right to the management 

 of their own concerns 11!" 



" On Sunday week, the Rev. Dr. Raffles, of 

 Liverpool, preached two elegant sermons in 

 Ebenezer Chapel, Darwen, near Blackburn, when 

 the munificent sum of .£109 was collected towards 

 liquidating the existing debt on the chapel !"— 

 .Macclesfield Courier. 



There has been a trial of locomotive carriages 

 on the Manchester and Liverpool rail-road, for a 

 prize of £500 giveu by the directors ; some of 

 them moving at the rate of 21, II, 12, 16, 30, and 

 one of them even at the rate of 32 miles in the 

 hour, making good the observation of all the 

 spectators, " that the power of steam is un- 

 limited !". 



A most disastrous and extensive conflagration 

 has occuiTed at Manchester. The warehouses 

 belonging to the company of merchants trading to 

 and from Liverpool, Leeds, York, and Halifax, 

 with the adjoining warehouses of Messrs. Barnaby 

 and Falkner, have been red uced to a heap of ashes, 

 and one life lost on the occasion. 



NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.— A meeting of the 

 inhabitants of Newark has been recently held for 

 proposing a petition to the House of Commons, 

 relative to notices received by some of the voters, 

 from the Duke of Newcastle's agent, to quit their 

 premises, in consequence of voting for Mr. Ser- 

 jeant Wilde, when resolutions were entered into 

 for that purpose. 



Last week the whole of the tenants of the Earl 

 of Cardigan, residing in Nottinghamshire, sent in 

 a round-robin to his lordship's steward, stating 

 that it was impossible for them, under the present 

 distressed state of aifairs, with no market for 

 their produce, to think of remaining in their 

 farms at the same rents. We have not yet heard 

 his lordship's answer. A similar document has 

 been forwarded to the steward of Sir J. Isham, 

 by his tenants ; the worthy baronet, in reply, has 

 informed them that he felt for their distressed 

 state, and that he had ordered the whole of their 

 farms to be re-valued, and the price regulated ac- 

 cording to the present times. He further added, 

 he could not suffer one to leave him. Many other 

 farmers are following a similar plan, the poor's 

 rate being in some parishes as high as 2Ss. in the 

 pound, annual, and at the rate of .£3 an acre.— 

 Leicester Herald. 



DORSET.— At the recent sessions for this 

 county the chairman regretted to see the unusual 

 number of prisoners in the calendar, and then 

 alluded to the urgent distress prevalent in the 

 country, stating the necessity of being more than 

 ordinarily vigilant to prevent the alarming an,- 

 tent of crime. 



WORCESTERSHIRE. — At the quarterly 

 meeting of ironmasters, held last week at Birming. 

 ham, the increasing depression of that important 

 article of commerce was evinced by a further re- 

 duction of 5!. per ton upon pig, and lOs. upon 

 bar-iron. The internal conMimplion of iron in 

 £D£Und has decreased in the last year by at least 



