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PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES. 
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
A female lunatic has lately been admitted 
into the Hofpital near Newcaftle, who has 
lived more than three years among the rocks 
on the fea fhore, near Seaham, By what 
means fhe came there, or from whence the 
has wandered is unknown: fhe fpeaks the 
Scottifh dialect, appears to be about thirty- 
five years old, and is chearful and inoffenfive. 
During her refidence among the rocks, fhe 
dreffed herfelt fantafticallywith the ragswhich 
chance or a wreck threw in her way, She 
conftantly kept a good fire of weed or coal, 
which the fea threw up, and, it is fuppofed 
muft have lived upon thell-fifh, &c.- It is 
remarkable that her beard has grown on the 
Jower part of her chin nearly an inch long, 
and is bufhy like the whilkers of a man. 
Married.| At Newcafle, Mr. D. Wilkin, 
Jinen-draper, to Mifs Ann Hali. 
Mr, John Friend, of Alitone, Cumber- 
land, to Miis Lee, formerly of that place. 
Mr. John Rayne, to Mifs G. Fothergill. _ 
At North-Shields, after three days court- 
Ship, Capt. H. Anderfon, to Mrs. ‘Codling, 
being his fifth wite. : 
At Durham, the Rey. C, Burgefs, prebend 
of Durham, to Mils Bright. Mr. George 
Brown, jun. to Mifs A. Rontree. 
At Stanhope. Mr. J. Davidfon, to Mifs 
M. Rumney. 
At Winfton, W. Heard, efq. of London, to 
Mifs Harrifon, of Stubb-Houfe. 
Died.]_ At Neweaftle, Mrs. Bell, wife of 
Mr. J. Beil, painter, 
At Weft Shaitoe, Mrs. Kirkley, wife of 
Mr. Kirkley, of Newcattle. 
At Bamburgh Caftle, Mrs. Maughan, wife 
of the Rey. Mr. Maughan. _ 
At Rothbury, Capt, Quin, late of the 8xft: 
regiment of foot. 
At Monkwearmouth, Lieutenant William 
Abbs. 
_ At St. Anthon’s, near Newcaftle, 
Dagnie. 
At Morpeth, Mr. H. Lumfolen, dyer. 
At Durham, George Wood, fen. efq. 
proctor of the Confittory Court of Dur- 
ham, &c. &c. 
At Throfton, near Hartle-pool, Mr. Wi- 
diam Stephenion, 
At Waitehall, near Chefter-le-ftreet, aged 
79, Mr. George Pattifon. 
At Stockton-upon-Teefe, in the prime of 
lite, Mr. Atkinfon of London. 
At Sunderland, Miis M. Hardcaftle. 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND, 
At the late quarter feffions of the peace tor 
the county of Weftmoreland, holden at Ken- 
dal, Mr. William Alderfon, overfeer of the 
poor for the townthip of Nutland, near Ken- 
dal, was convicted of having neglected and 
{uttered to die of want, Elizabeth Atkinfon, 
aged 80, and Eve, her daughter, an idiot, It 
Mr. 
‘eaten into holes by vermin. 
| November, 
appeared on the trial that the fufferers, being 
unaple to work, received a penfion from the 
overfeer, which was too fmall, to enable them 
to procure the common neceflarics of life = 
and that they were frequently feen wander- 
ing in lanes, and complaining that they were 
ftarving for want of food. In this fad condi- 
tion thefe poor people exifted during the laft 
inclement winter ; when, at length, kecom- 
ing too weak to crawl out of doors, their 
wants and themfelves were entirely forgotten - 
by Alderfon and the neighbours. How long 
they remained without food is uncertain, as 
they. were accidentally difcovered bya paffen- 
ger, who, looking in at the window, faw the 
old woman {tretched on the floor. Upon en- 
tering the houfe, Mrs. Atkinfon was found to 
be dead, and her body in various parts’ was 
Her daughter 
was in bed, too ill torife; and covered with 
filth and vermin. Upon this difcovery, Al- 
derfon was fent for, who locked them both 
inthe houfe, without ordering any attendance 
or food to the wretched furvivor.—The fol- 
lowing morning, when the undertaker went 
to meafure the corpie of the old woman for a 
coffin, he found the daughter dead!!! Al. 
derfon was fentenced to be confined in a foli- 
tary cell in the houfe of correction for three 
months, and to ftand one hour in the pillory, 
in Kendal, on the next fair-day, November 
the 8th. ) 
At Ginns, near Whitehaven, as Mary 
Simpfon, a poor woman, was lately working 
in.a field, the received the agreeable intelli- 
gence that the fum of 14,0001. and other 
confiderable property was bequeathed to her 
and her two daughters, by a brother of her de=- - 
ceafed hufband, who had acquired it in the 
Ifland of Grenada. 
Marvied.} At Carlifle, Mr, Richard Sew~ 
ell, of Cummerfdale, ta Mifs J, Blamire, of 
Blackweil. 
At Moorhoufe, near Carlifle, Mr. T. John- 
fon, tallow-chandler, to Mifs Stordy, of 
Great Orton. } 
At Whitehaven, Capt. Afkew, of the Su- 
fannah, to Mits M. Kinney. Capt. Richard- 
fon, of the Phenix, to Mits Shepherd, daugh- 
ter of Mr. J. Shepherd. 
At Harrington, Mr. T. Horn, to Mifs S. 
Simpfon, both of Parkhoufe. 
At Difiington, Mr. William Cape, fhoe- 
maker, at Parton, to Mifs.M. Storey, of Dif- 
fington Caftle. nae 
At Greyfouthen, Mr. J. H. Sutton, fp'rit 
dealer, of Carlifle, to Miis M, Pearion, late 
of Whitehaven. . 
Died.]} At Carlifle, Mr. George Snow- 
den, many years Sexton of St. Mary’s 
church. \Miis S. Scott. Mr. Jeremiah Blow, © 
fon of Mr. E. Blow. “ee 
At Tell Hall, near Cockermouth, Mr, John 
Father. 
At 
