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PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES. 
NORTHUMBERLAND AXD DURHAM. 
OHS and yet fimpie combina- 
a » for the vurpofes of + 
tating the oe ae of wag ggons, la 
we dawn an.inclefed plane, 
Benarell collery, on the north-fide of the 
ae ne, to the Staith at the border of the 
Five ty and for bringing up. the waggons, 
when unloaded, by the fame ‘power that re- 
Etted, irs age ile impetus in tie deicent, 
bas lately been perfected and brought into 
ufe by Mr. Barnes. -The Jength of the rai] 
way, on which the waggon runs, is 864 
yards, which diftance it defcends in two mi- 
nutes and a half, and reafce I 
fpace of time; fo that the loaded waggon 
be letdown with eafe and fafet ty, 
difcharged, ae the empty waggon returned 
to the pit, within the compais of jeven 
wunutes! The iimpelling and the refitting 
powers of motion, are dexived from 2 plum- 
met, weighing 16icwt. which the waggen 
in defcending and. es alternately 
, 
rope, by which ne wagon is im 

aceslerated, winds rounds the aris o g 
wheel, in a niche or groove inthe middie, 
that gives the rope only fpace to coi! round 
upon itfelf, and thereby guards againft all pof= 
bility of entanglement. Near ta the axis of 
the fa arge coiling heels there is an obligue in- 
indention of cait iron, which correfponds with 
@nd v ee into a firnila r conformation cn the 
rim of a {maller w Heat: round waich the 
plummet rope is coiled or warped, and is, 
itt confequence therec:, moved aad only 
ence in fix rotations of the fufpending and 
ret racting wheels which exa@ly correfpends 
with the elevation of the w eigh t and t 
fcent of the waggon. To aiiteeee the rop 
from injury, by dragging on the ground 
Paliers with Iron pivots and br: afs fockets, fo 
it torun Upon, are elevated in the middle of 
the rail-way; but fuafficientiy low to prove 
no obitruGion to the waggon, which paiies 
over them, 
Married.| At Newcaftle, Mr. 
Froft, jun. to Mifs Todd, ‘of Mitford. 
FA; Kidd, engraver and copper-plate printer, 
tg. Mifs Atkinion. Mr. Thomas Ratcliff, to 
Mits Brown, of jarrow. 
Robert 
Mi ee 
#t Nort Seliea Mr. W. Turnbull, 
cafter of the John and Richard, to Mils 
I> wrey. 
At Tynemouth, Mr. Robert Ramfhaw, at- 
to-ncy, of North Shieids, to Mifs Aan Ptii- 
fick, of South Shields. 
At Ovingham, Mr. Jobn Hali, broker, of 
Newcaftle, to Mifs Jane Brown, of Wylam. 
Mr. Robert. James, late of the Cock Inn, 
Newcaftle, to Miis Mary Swinburn, of New- 
bottle. 
At Corbridge, Mr. Lancelot Armftrong, 
furgeen, to Mits Ifabelia Rewcaittle. 
At Bywell, Mr. John Charlton, of Walton, 
Pee n 
to Mifs Barbara Rowell, of Stelling, near 
Corbridge. 
Died.|_ In Newcaftle, in his 69th year, 
after a long and very pana ilineis, Mr. 
William Newton, archite&. His inte grity 
and atlable manners procured him a reipect- 
able circle of friends in private life ; and his 
profefional reputation w vill be perpetuated by 
the vari ious edifices planned and built under 
his. dire@tions, in this. and the adjacent 
countess : 
At Eafingwold, Mr. Rebert Yates. 
see Hepburn, Mr. fohn James. ‘The ofisce 
f parith clerk to this town had been fuccef- 
fively held by his Saeed his father, 
nd himfelf, for che term of 132 years. 
At aetrcis Mir. William Phoiton, printer 
and antares ; 
CUMBERLAND AND WESFTMORELAND. 
Marri ied. | At Whitehaven, captain Henry 
S 
Fisher, of the Favourite, te Miis Eleanor 
Piafket, youngeft daughter of the late cap= 
tain Johnt Plafeet, 
At New Hutton, near Kendal, William 
Sieddall, efg. to Mifs Holmes. 
At Bra ampton, Mr. Thomas Hutton, of 
eai ik oy to Mifs jane 
Noble, of Bi gh Haw. 
AtH Hawk eihe aly Mr. Harrifon, of Hawkes, 
head Hall, to Mrs. Tewafon, 
Died,|- At Whitehaven, in-her 71ft year 
Mrs. Ann Skelton: Mr. James Raney. Ae 
ri ear Mr. George Stalker, jun, 
After 2 fkort il of Mr. Ralph Hendley. 
At Carlifle, aged 4g, Mr. James, Bousheld 
linen-draper, ; Fi ei % 
At Kendal, Mr. Batty Hodgfon, tobacco~ 
nift, and an alderman of the corporation. wins 
John § Swainion, turrier. 
At Scorings, near Refwick, in her 7h 
year, Mrs. Martha Gibfon. 
At Lowca, aged 76, Mr. Jofeph Young- 
hufband, fhoemaker. 
A = Ketwick, aged 63, Mrs, Dinah Clark. 
At Low Barkchoate Setmurthy, aged 28, 
Mrs. Irvin. 
Le] 
2S Zoch 
YORKSHIRE, 
_ From Mr. pyesus L the treafyrer’s annual 
port of the fate of the woollen manufactory, 
acters in at the laft apetice es: feffions, it 
appears, that of broad cloths there have been 
manufactured in the laft year, pieces 229,292 
—yards, 7,235,038 5 which gives a decreafe 
from the returnsof the preceding year, of 
7% pieces, amounting to §95,498 yards, 
Narrow cloths, on the other hand, have ex- 
perienced an increafe, there having been ma- 
nufaGured in the courfe of the lat years 
156,709 pieces, or 55503,648 yards, giving 
an increafe of 5115 pieces, or 257,944 yards. 
_Married.| At York, Mr. Lonfdale, linen- 
draper, to Mrs. Hov “ell. Mr. Wm’ Aftley, 
filverfmith, to Mifs Clark 
At Knarefborough, Mr. George soa: 
grocer, to Mifs Cl eugh. 
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