Northumberland and Durham; 
avent with Borda afd General. Dabovile to 
Fere, to affift at experiments of a new fpe- 
cies of gunpowder. The duties of this ap- 
pointment rendering it neceflary for him to 
pafs great part of the day expofed to the in- 
clemencies of the atmofphere during a very 
cold and damp feafon, his conftitution, which 
was naturally delicate, fuftained a fenfible 
injury. His health was not fully re-efta- 
blithed, when he again experienced a very 
narrow éfcape from falling a victim to the 
zeal with which he. cultivated his favou- 
rite fcience, being nearly fuffocated by 
inhaling oxyanated muriatic. A violent 
afthmatic complaint was the confequence of 
this unfortunate circumftance, which bafiled 
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all the réfources of -art, and-carried him pre- 
maturely to the grave, in the flower of his 
age, at the ageof 36. In Pelletier fcience 
has loft one of her moft able cultivators, and 
the community an ufeful member, for whom 
it will not be eafy to find an equal fubftitute. 
He pofteffed that dignified expanfion, that 
indefatigable a@tivity of mind, which are 
indifpenfibly requifite to arrive at fuperlative 
excellence, As a literary charaéter, his 
reputation was unftained with reproach 5 and 
in private life, his ftri€t probity, exemplary 
virtue, and unimpeachable morals, rendered 
him an object more cafily admired than 
imitated, 
SSAC SP cao 
PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES. 
ane ‘uding Accounts of all Improvements relating to the Agriculture, the Commerce, the Economy, the 
- Police, &c, of every Part of the Kingdom; with Notices of eminent Marriages, and of all the 
Deaths recorded in the Provincial Prints 3 to which are added, Biographical Anecdotes of re~ 
markable and diftinguifbed Chara&ters. 
‘ NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM, 
"THE bridge at the foot of Hampeth-Bank, 
" near Low Newton, upon the turnpike- 
road-leading from Cow Cawfey to Buckton 
Burn, inthe county of Northumberland, is 
te be rebuilt without delay... 
The Duke of Northumberland haying been 
informed of the praétical benefit derivedto the 
community, by the inftitution of the South 
Shields Cork or Life Boat, by which the lives 
of many hundred thip-wrecked mariners have 
been faved, has made a voluntary offer to the 
fhip-owners and merchants of North Shields, 
of a boat, on a fimilar conftruction, to be 
kept, for the fame benevolent and humane 
purpofe, on the north fide ; and has further 
fubfcribed twenty pounds annually towards 
the other expences attending the eftablith- 
ment. 
It has been determined, at a meeting of 
the principal gentlemen of the county of 
Northumberland, to ereét aniron bridge over 
the Tweed, at'Kelfo, in lieu of that lately 
.wafhed down, 
“A very alarming fire broke out in New- 
caftle on the 25th of laft month, which for 
‘want of a timely fupply of water, nearly 
two hours elapfing from the firft ringing of 
the fire bell, till any water could be procur- 
ed from the pipes, did confiderable damage ; 
and but for the unremitted exertions of the 
inhabitants, would probably have reduced 
the whole fouth-weft fide of Mofley-ftreet to 
afhes.. This fhameful negle@, in the con- 
du of thofe who have been inftruéted to 
fupply the town with water, calls for the 
fevéreft animadverfion. 
_ ‘A fubicription is now open for carrying 
into eficcét the propofed Tunnel from North 
to South Shields. The expence of this ufe- 
ful undertaking, which will’efie&tually be- 
nefit the purpofes.of navigation, and evén- 
tually fave many hundsed lives, (inftanyes 
having occurred of cight fhips having been 
ftranded on the Herd Sands at a time) is cal- 
culated at 69931. 
Married.| At Newcaftle, Lieut. Boger, 
of the Royal Horfe Artillery, to Mifs Bur- 
don, daughter of George Burdon, efq. of 
Newcatftle. 
Mr. M‘Leod, jun. brewer, in Gatefhead, 
to Mifs Addifon, of Newcaftle. Alfo Mr. 
Bentley M‘Leod, to Mifs Hawkes, daugh- 
ter of Mr. Wm. Hawkes, of New Green- 
wich, near Newcaftle. 
At Billingham, near Stockton, Mr. Robt. 
White, of Saltholm, to Mifs Blackburn, of 
the fame place. 
Died.] At Newecaftle, aged 52, Mr. 
Gilfrid Ward. Mr. ThomasSmoult. Aged 
61, Mrs. Ann Fenwick. Milfs Bates. 
Near Newcaftle, at the advanced age of 
100, James Palmer, commonly known by 
_the denomination of Doétor Palmer. For 
the laft thirty years of his life he never 
went to bed fober. He ferved as a privatein 
the royal army in the year 1715, and at the 
age of 73, with only five fhillings in his 
pocket, walked from Newcaftle to London, 
and back again, in the fhort {pace of eleven 
days, one of which he fpent in the metropo- 
lis. The appellation of Doctor was confer~ 
redupon him, from the circumftance of his 
vending noftrums and quack medicines of his 
Own preparing. ; 
At Durham, Mrs. Sharp, relict of the 
late Dr. Sharp, Prebendary of Durham Ca- 
thedral. 
At Newhoufe, near Efk, Durham, in the 
to4th year of his age, and the 73d of his 
miniftry, the Rev. Ferdinand Afhmall, a 
Roman Catholic clergyman. f 
At Barker Houfe, in the 78th year of his 
age, Mr. T. Ord, formerly an eminent fur- 
geon in Hexham, but who. had for feveral 
years retired from bufineds. sae 
