280 
Lancashire. 
Hornsey, 22, Eleanor, youngest daughter 
of the late J. Hodgson.—32, Mr. J. Water- 
worth, of Delph. 
At Wakefield, in the West Riding Lu¬ 
natic Asylum, Wm. Lawson, well known 
for his eccentric but harmless conduct, and 
for the pithy sermons which he delivered in 
the overflowings of his religious zeal.—42, 
Mr. W. Ledger, woolstapler.—Mr. R. Har¬ 
rison. 
At Bradford, 36, Mr. J. Brear,very much 
respected.—54, Mrs. Marshall, wife of Mr. 
M. ironmonger.—Rev. John Sharp, minis¬ 
ter of the Baptist chapel. 
At Huddersfield, 42, Mr. W. Swallow, 
universally respected.—56, highly respect¬ 
ed, Mr. W. Helliwell. 
At Scarborough, at an advanced age, 
Mrs. Haworth. 
At Northallerton, 47, Mrs. S. Meeke, re¬ 
lict of Mr. J. M. of London. 
At Beverley, 82, Mr. I. Monkman.—85, 
Mr. R. Rodford, highly esteemed and re¬ 
spected—74, Miss A. Powley.—78, Mrs. 
Coliinson, sister to the above. 
At Middleton, the lady of the Rev. John 
Blanchard, after a short but severe illness. 
At Gledstone House, the Rev. W. Roun- 
dele, in his 80th year. 
LANCASHIRE. 
The steeple of St. George’s church, Liver¬ 
pool, is now finished, and is the finest piece 
of architecture in that town. 
The corporation of Liverpool are making 
several improvements, in widening the 
streets. 
A meeting has been held at Manchester, 
and several resolutions passed, relative to 
the dangerous effects resulting from n. pri¬ 
vate paper currency. 
A Mr. King, of Liverpool, has invented an 
extinguishing engine, which he particu¬ 
larly recommends to the proprietors of 
steam-boats. 
The new line of road from Sheffield to 
Manchester, through Glossop, is now com¬ 
pleted. 
The total number rescued from a watery 
grave, in the melancholy shipwreck of the 
Earl Moira packet, was 71. 
The inhabitants of Prestonhave purchas¬ 
ed an elegant piece of plate, which will be 
presented to Counsellor Williams, in testi¬ 
mony of the sense entertained of the zeal 
and ability he displayed in the defence of 
her late Majesty. 
On Monday morning, Aug. 20, about 6 
o’clock, a flash of lightning, accompanied 
by a tremendous peal of thunder, struck 
down a man at Fairfield, and killed him 
instantly. 
The Preston Chronicle lately contained 
advertisements of no less than one hundred 
and twenty-nine farms to let , all in the 
county of Lancaster 1 
A short time since, when the Liverpool 
and Tranmere steam packet was just about 
[Oct. 1, 
leaving the Pier-head for Tranmere, it w r as 
discovered that the boiler, from whence 
steam was emitted, had become red-hot, 
and some apprehensions being entertained 
lest the vessel might take fire, she was 
scuttled and sunk along-side the pier. The 
vessel w r as raised with very little injury. 
A number of printed papers of a treason¬ 
able character, inciting the people to take 
up arms against the government, have 
lately been distributed in several parts of 
this county. It has been understood that 
Fletcher had absconded, but as his employ¬ 
ers remain, they have probably found a new 
agent. 
A clergyman of the Church of England, 
of the name of Blacow, has been convicted 
at the Lancaster assizes of preaching a 
slanderous political sermon on the charac¬ 
ter of the late Queen. He conducted his own 
defence, in the course of which he libelled, 
in a maniacal manner, all the public virtue 
in the kingdom, and appeared to be the 
dupe of all the libels and misrepresenta¬ 
tions of the corrupt part of the press. 
Married. ] Mr. W. Bushton, jun. to Miss 
M. Brown, of Wigan.—E. Fox, esq. sur¬ 
geon, to Margaret Janej eldest daughter of 
J. W. Glenton, esq.—-B. Cogswell, esq. to 
F. Mann, only daughter of I. M. esq. of 
Rochdale.—At Manchester, Mr. I. Nadin, 
of that town, to Miss L. Lavender, of Wor¬ 
cester.—Mr. T. Walmsley, Knight of the 
Sovereign Order of the Feruld, to Miss A. 
Moss, vocal performer.—G. Wright, esq. of 
Buck Hill, near Dublin, to Sophia, eldest 
daughter of J. Millar, esq. of Fairfield, near 
Manchester.—At Liverpool, the Rev. T. 
Oldham, rector of Doverdale, Worcester¬ 
shire, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late 
Mr. J. Cowgill, of Salford.—F. Butler, esq. 
of Pleasington Hall, to Julia, 2nd daughter 
of F. Rush, esq. 
Died.'] At Liverpool, 71, Mr. C. Slater. 
—21, Mr. J. Cooper. — 28, Mr. William 
Knowles, blockmaker-17, Margaret, 
eldest daughter of the late J. Bainbridge, 
esq. of Lindale, in the parish of St. Anne’s, 
Jamaica.—28, Elizabeth, daughter of Ben j. 
Goodman, esq.of Round-hay.—13, Martha, 
only daughter of Mrs. Fortune.—70, Mary, 
relict of the late Mr. T. Gillibrand.—In 
Lancaster Castle, C. Ramsbottom, the 
young man who absconded in May last, 
with a considerable sum of money belong¬ 
ing to his employers, and w'ho stood com¬ 
mitted to take his trial at the assizes for 
that offence.—R. W. Watson, infant son of 
Mr. J. W. 
At Manchester, Mr. W. Newton, after a 
long illness.—Ann, wife of Mr. W. Riley, 
late of this town.—Suddenly 38, Mr. Thos. 
Clark, of Dale-street.—61, S. Hobson, esq. 
—87, Mr. J. Travis, who had been in con¬ 
nexion with the methodists upwards of 50 
years.—37, Mr.J. Littlewood, universally 
esteemed_28, Mr, P, Hesworthy.—35, 
