1796. ] 
Poor-house, aged 81, ames Montgomery, one 
of the survivors of the gallant crew of the me- 
-mnorable Capt. Death, commander of a pri- 
yateer, in the war of 1756. 
_ At Halifax, Mrs. Norris. —Mr. Richard 
Priestley, son of Mr. J. Priestley, Merchant. 
At Dencaster, Mr. Da/e.—Aged 24, Mr. 
Fobn Dunbill—Mr. B. France.—Suddenly, 
near Ripley, Mr. Fobn Woolley. 
At Richmond, aged 73, Mr. Alex. Campbell. 
At Barnsley, Mrs. Pickering.—At Burnt- 
wood Lodge, near Barnsley, the Rev. 7. 
Marsden, D. D. Rector of Bolton and Percy, 
and Prebendary of Lincoln. 
' At Rippon, aged 96, Mrs Binns; she lived 
in five reigns, and could read the smallest 
print without spe¢tacles. 
At Market Weighton, aged. 72, Mr. Fubz 
— Leaming. 
At Pontefra&t, after a painful illness of 15 
years, Miss 4. Walker, daughter of the late 
—— Walker, of Fairburn, near Ferry-bridge. 
Miss Cath. M. de Strom, of Cliff. 
Mr. Sigston, of Oulton.—Miss Darley, daugh- 
ter of H. B. Darley, Esq. of Aldby Park. 
At Aldboro’, Mrs. dan Abbot.—At Shipton, 
aged 63, Mr. obn Crosby. 
Lancashire.| Great improvements are 
making on Trafford Moss, near Man- 
chester, the property of Mr. Wakefield, 
by covering the bog, recently drained, 
with marle. This sort of bog has been 
hitherto deemed irreclaimable, and of no 
value. Great advantages would probably 
arise from draining it, in situations un- 
explored. 
_ Manchester, March 8.—So numerous 
and alarming have been the depredations 
committed here of late, that a meeting of 
the boroughreeye and inhabitants of the 
town, was held on the 3d inft. to deter- 
Mine on some mode for preventing a re- 
petition of the same. The common beg- 
gars also (whose disgusting appearance, 
often the effeét of art, is as ease as 
their bold importunity) are become so 
humerous, as to call for the attention of 
our police. 
Be nelictee theatre has often been a 
Scene of contention, on the subjeét of 
singing the air of * God save the King !’’ 
One night, lately, a respeétable and nu- 
‘Merous party prepared to oppose this 
practice, and especially the farsical mode 
of taking off of hats !—-On the Monday 
following, both sides colleéted their 
‘Strength, and when the ORDER was 
Biven, -“ of with your hats P’ a general 
Confusion prevailed. Certain officers of 
the military profession, drew their swords, 
and falling upon the unarmed company, 
‘wounded several persons in a dreadful 
Manner. A respectable merchant, Mr. 
Johnson Edenson, had his arm laid open 
from the shoulder to the elbow !—A 
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Stripling officer, a€tive with his broad 
sword, was thrown out of the boxes inte 
the pit, by some spirited persons. 
An institution has been established at 
Manchester, styled The Board of Health, 
which is about to ereét a building for the 
reception of fever patients, to be called 
The House of Recovery. 
At a coal-mine, near Preston, five per= 
sons were lately killed, by a sulphureous 
damp arising, while they were at work. 
The idea of taxing dogs (now gene= 
rally afloat) is not novel, as, in the Isle of 
Man, every greyhound is taxed six shil- 
lings annually, and other dogs propors 
tionately. 
It is in contemplation to apply to par- 
liament for leave to cut a canal, that shall 
join the Calder, and the Peak Forest 
canals, 
A respectable house-keeper, lately in 
Rochdale, in the at of interfering be- 
tween his two sons, while quarreling, 
was killed by a desperate blow, received 
from one of the latter. 
The cotton-workers, &c. at the Union 
Mill, Liverpool, are regularly served 
weekly at the mill, with good salt her- 
rings at five for rd. good barley flour at 
ten pounds for 1s. good oatmeal, seven 
pounds for 1s. and potatoes, five pounds 
for 1d, 
At Lancaster, on the 19th inst. there 
was a grand festival and procession, om 
the roofing in of the new county hall. 
Married.| At Liverpool, Mr. Joseph Fogg, 
to Miss Hannah Moncas.—Mr. Kettlas, of 
New York, to Miss Williams.—Mr, F. Par- 
kinton, to Miss Kirkham.—Mr. Noble, to Miss 
Norral,—Mr. Dawson, of Baltimore, to Miss 
Lowes.—Mr. Fames White, to Miss Priscilla 
Abbot.—At Manchester, Mr. T. Workingtony 
to Miss Lightbourn.—Mr. B. Wright, to Miss 
Duckworth—Mr. George Barwise, to Miss 
Sarah Beever.--At Dean Church, near Boulton, 
Mr. G. Lyon, to Miss Pilkingtom—At Rain- 
ford, Mr. Pryor, to Miss Cowley.—At. Gretna 
Hall, Mr. ames Campbell, to Miss Aan 
M‘Minn.—At Childwal, Mr. Fobn Leigh Brinty 
to Miss Lydia Molyneux.—At Hindley, Mr. 7. 
Walley, to Miss P. Piatt.—At Rochdale, Mr. 
Wm. Kenyon, to Miss Peggy Hoevorth,—At 
Kirkham, Mr. Lawrence Hall, to Miss Eliza- 
beth Harrison. 
Died. | At Manchester, Mr. Swindal, printer 
and bookseller.—Aged 76, Fames Longworth, 
Esq.—Mrs. Sedgwick. —T. Case, Esq. of Red- 
Hagles ; and Miss Esther Geueste. . 
At Liverpool, Mrs. Young.—Miss Hunter. 
—Aged 75, Mr. Fames Barton—Mr. Covke.— 
Mrs. Colley.+-Mis. Houlston.—Mr. Bin. Au- 
stin.——Mrs.. Ann Colrean.—Mirs. Arkle.—Mir, 
Fobn Syers, of Liverpool.—Mr, Fobn Bailey. 
——Mr. Ledward.—Mr. Soba Kilvingion.—- 
Aged’ 50, Catherine Catierrail, estimable and 
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