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‘NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
A srémarkable ez rge fkate was lately fold 
in Sunderland market, which far exceeded in 
fize any fith: of that fpecies defcribed by Ray 
and ether,naturalifts:. It meafured five feet 
fix iaches acrofathe back, from the extremity 
of each fin, and fend i141 ftone,.. Ano- 
ther {kate was found-in its belly, which re- 
fembled the feat of a common chair. 
A moft-tremendeus and extraordinary ftorm 
of thunder, lig ghtning and hail, «was experi- 
enced in-fome parts of the coalt of Northum- 
berland on the 6th infant. At Seaton alone 
not lefs than 700 panes of glafs were deftroyed 
by the hail- ftones, which meafured upwards 
ef halfian inch in diameter. : 
Married.| At Newcaftle, Benjamin Browne 
Devis,:efqi: ofthe ifland of Antigua, to Mits 
Darnell, of the former.town. - Mr. Innes, of 
London, . to. Mifs. Stodart, of Eifwick, near 
this. town. 
Atthe Quaker’s mecting-houfe i in Sunder- 
Yand, Mr. John. Smith, jun. merchant. of 
“Thiet, to. Mifs Eliza Harris, of Maryport, 
in Cumberland. 
At Workington, Mr. Henry Salkeld, maf-_ 
. ter efthe Green Dragon inn, to Mils Steele. 
Mr--Maughan, of .Whinetly, to Mus 
Dixon, of Hexham, 
At Portland, -Mr. John Mafon, of Wy- 
jam,. farmer,-to Mifs Mary Grace, of JMafon 
Denzington. 
At, Weftward, . Mr. 
rdew. Hall; to Mifs Huntingdon, of Curth- 
waithe. : 
At Haydon-.Bridge, Mr. Thomas Maug- 
haa, of Peelwéll, to Mifs Jane Wears, of 
Lang hope. 
Died. |. ;At. New, Hall, nea z+ Cromarty, 
Dr. Hagh Gi ilies; Phyficlan to ‘the embafiy 
to China, under Earl Macartney, and phys - 
cian general to the jes at the ane ot Good 
Hope, rom: which place he had lately . re- 
turned on account of ill health. ’ 
At- Neweattle,, Mr, Edward Kidd. Mrs. 
Coats, of the Crown public-houfe. In her 
Sothsyear, greatlyand defervedly lamented, 
Mrs. Bfunton, widow of the late rev, ye 
theny-Munton... Mifs Torrence, formerly a 
haberdather urthe Side. Mrs. Skelton. Sud- 
denly, Mr.:Wm. Storey. 
AtCaulfield, near Langholm, in, ge 98th 
yearsr: Mrsi Willige m “Nicol, farmer, ..Till 
within- alweek of this deceafe, he conftantly 
attendedthe Lang zholm markets, and had the 
character of a very pun@tual and upright man. 
in.all-his dealings.’- He was thrice married, 
and wes attended: to His) grave by children ae 
each marriage, 7He- etpouted hislat wife, by 
whom, -heT had left three children, at. the 
age of: ete hty- oe 3 
‘At-Dotham, Ms. mes Young. 
Mrs. Hales of Gatethead, innkeeper. 
At Winvice 
gwvan ian. 
Aged 7 72; Mrs. Woodhoufe, 
Joba Milburne, of 
Mrs. Wilfon, of the White, 
a PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES. 
At Hexham, Mr. Wm. Pearfon, furgeon. 
At Bee oee n.Loan, aged 109 ycars and 
fome weeks, Lewis Bifiet. 
Miis Hudion, aged 24, only daughter of. 
Mr, Chriftopher Hudfon, _of Hail Clif, and 
niece of the rev, Dr. Hudion, prebendary of 
Carlifle, 
Atl Loughr rigg, in the parith of Grafmere, 
Mr. ee Atkiafon,. butcher. As the 
friends of the deceafed were recorning from 
the See. they were met by a mefienger,. 
who had been fent to acquaint them with the 
death of Atkinfon’s widow, fince the corpre 
of her hutband had left the houfe. 
. CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND». - 
At. Whitehaven, Mr, Aaron ~ 
Married,| . 
Nieholfon, to Mifs Sibfon. - Mr, 
Gibfon, to Mifs Elizabeth Janfon, 
At Kendal, Mr. Thomas Suart, mafter af 
the Fleece inn, to Mifs Lamb. ; 
At Harrington, Captain Benjamin Crofs- 
thwaite, of the Nelly, to Mifs Crofsthwaite.. 
The rev. Robert eee of  Bithop Auck- 
land, to Mifs. Maclellan, . daughter of the 
rev. G. Maclellan, poder of Great Staynton, 
Durham, 
Died.] 
Robett 
At Whitehaven, azed 79, -Mts. 
Nixon. Suddenly, Captain Madders, of the 
Britannia. In her, goth year, Mrs. Ang 
Peele. In her 26th year, Mils Agnes At- 
kintfon. Aged 77, Mr. James Dawfon, ma- 
riner. Mr. John Benfon, aged 84, 
At Penrith, Mr, Richard Carmalt. 
At Carleton, near Egremont, in his 83d 
year, Mr. John Frears, flater. 
At Kefwick, aged 72, Mr. Wm. Atkinfon, 
formerly an officer in the excile. 
At Talking, aged 92, forty of which he 
had been a widower, Mr. Thomas Miiburn. 
Inthe parifh of Cleator, in her 7$th yeary 
Mrs: Jane Palmer. 
At “Brigham, aged 69, Mrs. Fanny Wilfon. 
At New Town, Mr. Hugh Kefwick. 
At Outyeat, near Hawkfhead, aged go, 
Thomas Grimrod. He had been 54 years a 
gatherer of rags in that parifh and neigh- 
bourhood. : 
At Morkerkin, in the parith of Lewwater, 
Mr. James Graham, aged79. _. 
At Thackwood Nook, Mrs. Graham, fitter 
to Dr. Biamire, of the Oaks, near Dalfton. 
Aged 73, Mr. Braithwaite, of High Wray, 
in the parifh of Hawfkead, aad the Wednei-_ 
ared 
day following his. widow, a ged 59- 
At Silloth, in the Abbey Helm, "in Cae 
berland, Mr. eee Willis, farmer, aged 84. 
During the courfe of a long and afeful life, 
he had devoted almoft ev ery hour that could 
be fpared from his labour to the dgvout and 
ferious perufal of the Holy Scriptures; in 
which it cannot, after this ftatement, appear 
extraordinary to add, he was verfed above moit 
men. 
With the moft minute attention. he 
had readall the-books of the Old and New 
Tefaments eight fucceffive times, and had 
proceeded 
