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PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES. 
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In our newt No. will be given an accurate 
Lift of the Members returned to the New 
Parliament, with the State of the Poll, 
at the Clofe of each Election. 

Northumberland  Durham.| A new 
carriage-read is now making, from 
Wearmouth-bridwe to Tyne-bridge, with 
a branch extending to South Shields. 
A fociety has been lately formed at 
Newcaftle (to correfpond with fimilar 
inftitutions in other parts, &c.) to pro- 
pagate the Chriftian religion among Pa- 
gans, &c. 
At Northumberland quarter-feffions, 
two parifh overfeers were fined ten gui- 
neas each, for having neglected to _re- 
lieve a pauper. 
The inhabitants of North Shields had 
lately a general meeting, to confider of 
petitionmg the lord lieutenant of the 
county, to appoint gentlemen, refident in 
the diftriéé, to the commiffion of the 
peace; and alfo of applying to Parlia- 
ment to extend the Police Act to the 
diftriét and river, in the fame manner as 
concuéted at Weftminfter and South- 
wark. é 
~ The fhip-owners alfo of North Shields, 
at a late meeting, refolved: ‘that the 
harbour there was in a worfe ftate than 
it was twenty years ago ;—that, within 
the laft five years, the evil has increafed 
in an alarming degree;’’ and that “a 
furvey fhould be made, and facts col- 
lected,” with a view to remedy the evil. 
The harbour there is capable of con- 
fiderable improvements ; but, from neg- 
leét, is choaked up by a gradual accu- 
mulation of fands and fhoals. The trade 
there alfo is greatly increafed of late 
years. : 
As the plan of making a canal from 
the German Ocean to St. George’s 
Channel will call for time in its execu- 
tion, a cut is intended to be made from 
Neweaftle to Haydon-bridge, as the 
fame may be fpeedily accomplithed. 
A letter of thanks has been received 
by Mr. Dodd, the engineer, from the 
Lords of the Admiralty, for his able 
report on Hartlepool harbour. The 
Corporation alfo have ordered a furvey, 
with the projeéted improvements, to be 
exhibited at London, and all the fea ports 
between Hull and Leith; including a 
plan for raifing, from the tonnage on 
thipping, the furs neceflary for carrying 
the {cheme into execution. 
The Durham Agricultural Society 
have lately adjudged feveral premiums, 
of five guineas and under, for the beft 
fhow of iiallions, bulls, &c. 
Married.| At Newcaftle, Mr. R. Pile to 
Milfs A. Crifp. ue 
At Shields, Mr. Taylor to Mifs Taylor. J. 
Scuit, efg, to Mifs Bar. Smith. 
At Ford, Mr. J. Macleod to Mifs M. Batters. 
Died.| At Newcaftle, Mr. J. Bates, with the 
character of a worthy, honeft man. 
Suddenly, of an apoplectic ft, aged €0, Mr. 
J- Greg, efteemed for his inoffenfive and ami- 
able manners. 
Mr. W. Mion. Mrs. Darling. Mr. T. Ancett, 
ferjeant at mace. Mrs. Parke. Mafter Edm. 
Jobling, fon of Mr. R. Jobling. 
At Walker, near Newcaftle, aged 84, ‘Mr. J. 
Carlcor, ftaithman to the Walker colliery.--From 
the attention and integrity evinced by him for 
many years, his falary had been liberally con- 
tinued during the laft four years of his life ; al- 
though, by age and infirmities, he was incapa- 
ble of performing the duties of his office. 
At Tynemouth, Mifs M. Wallice. 
At Morpeth, Mr. R. Clark. 
At Alnwick, Mr. J. Drabble. 
Near Sunderland, Mrs. Surgifon, of the Red 
bathing-houfe. 
At Benwell, 
Mr. W. Barrel. 
At Eland-Hall, Mifs Wilkie. 
At Stockton, Mrs. Humphrey. 
At Wark, aged 86, the Rev. Mr. Railton, 
retor of Knarfdale and Lambley fifty-four 
years. fs 
Mrs. Sadler, of Bp. Wearmouth. Same 
place, aged 61, Mrs. A, Hammond, to the fur~ 
prize of ‘her friends, found dead about the time. ~ 
the had previouily mentioned. 
Mifs Gregory, of Pandon-Dean. 
Near Hamfterley, Mr. J. Dowson, reputed to 
be the beft feythe-maker in the north of Eng- 
land.---His death was occafioned by the break- 
of a grind-ftone. 
Cumberland and Wefimoreland.| The 
truftees of the town and harbour of 
Whitehaven are laudibly exerting them- 
{elves to remove nuifances, &c. injurious 
to the health and comfort of the inha- 
bitants. 
A remarkable fheep, weighing nearly 
eighteen ftone, and having eighteen 
pounds of fat, was fold lately at Carlifle 
market. 
Morried.| At Penrith, Mr. J. Sharp, of 
Maryport, to Mifs Weight, of Culgarth, Weift- 
moreland, 
Died.| At Carlifle, Capt. Brown, the town- 
major. Mr. W, Hodgfon. Near Carlifle, Mr. 
W. Bacon. 
At Cockermouth, Mr. Sihfon, jun. 
At Workington, Mrs. Bates. Mr. D. Falcon. 
At Whitehaven, Mifs J. Wake. Mr. J. Barras. 
Near Aldftone, Mrs. Graham. Near Egre- 
mont, Mr, J. Woodhall. 
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aged 21, of promifing talents, 
