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“gay become of this theory upon a more 
clofe inveftigation, it muaft be allowed to be 
ingenious, and deferving the attention of the 
Curious inquirer. The rapid and great in- 
creafe of plants in water highly impregnated 
with fixed air, as fhewn by Ingenhouz many 
years ago, feems moft eafily accounted-for in 
this way: and the phenomenon of petrefying 
f{prings, at the fame time that they can hardly 
be explained on any other fuppofition than 
that of the lime being diffolved, by means of 
a redundant quantity. of | coe nee acid, which 
feparating on the water’s coming ia. contact 
with the atmofphere, the lime becomes in- 
foluble, and forms an incruftation, very 
ftrongly corroborate this hypothefis, concern- 
ing the aétion of lime, Gince petrefaCtions of 
this kind are often found to become deliquef- 
cent on expofure to the atmofphere; probably 
by the re-abforption of fixed air!” 
The gentlemen and other inhabitants of 
North Shields have lately fet en foot a fub- 
icription for the eftablifhment of a difpenfary, 
for difiributing medicines to the poor of that 
#own and neighbourhood gratis, which has 
defervedly met with general apprebation and 
encouragement, The Duke of Northumber- 
Jand has fubfcribed the fam of rool. for this 
Siberal purpofe, and has handfomely fignified, 
at the fame time, by letter, his intention to 
contribute fill further tothe fupport of the 
inftitution, by a conftant annual fubfcription. 
An affociation of fhip-owners has been 
Jately eftablifhed at South Shields, for the 
mutual infurance of all fhips and vellels, 
loading or delivering at Newcaftle, or at the 
Sprouts, or in the river Tyne. The faid affo- 
“Ciation is to be conduéted and managed upon 
and under very liberal rules and regulations. 
The medallion lately prefented by Dr. 
‘Hawes, in the name of the Royal Humane 
Society, to Mr. H. Greathead, of Shields, 
for his -very ingenious and important improve- 
ment on boats, for the prefervation of the 
lives of fhipwrecked mariners and paffengers, 
has, on one fide, a boy blowing a nearly ex- 
haufted torch ; the motto is, Leteat feimtillula 
ferfans. Around, under his feet is read, Soc. 
Lond. in_R cfeufcitat. inter Mortucrum, inft. 
mpceLtxxiv. On the reverfe appears, Do. 
Greathead, cives_ob fervatos, 1801. ~ Around, 
Hoc pretium cive fervato tulit. The Society-of 
Arts, Manufa@tures andCommerce, of the 
Adelphi, London, have likewife prefented to 
the fame gentleman, their gold medal, ac- 
companied with a purfe of 50 guineas, as a 
teftimony of the fenfe they entertain of the” 
© extraordinary benefits’ which have refulted 
to the country gh his truly ufeful inyen- 
tion. | 
Married. } A: P Sihdeelande Mr. J. Mackin- 
tofh, of the Wear bank, to Mifs E. Robin- 
fon. Cap. WwW. Mitchell, to Mifs E. Rubfon, 
eldeft daughter of Mr. B. Robfon,  fhip- 
>» owner.—Mr. G. Fairlamb, butcher, to Mifs 
‘Gill,—Mr. Athy, furgeon, late of the navys 
ee Mila A. Atkinfon, youngeft daughter of 
Northumberland and Durham. 
Mr. Atkinfon, cheefemonger.— Mr. H. Ans 
drews, of the Windmill Hills, Gatethead, te 
Mrs, Shotton, of the Wall- Knoll, in ‘New- : 
caftte. 
At Newcaftle, Mr. Edwards, to Mifs. je 
Rutherford—Mr. J. Irwin, to Mrs. Rofs, of 
the Bay Horfe public houfe, North Shields. 
—C. W.- Bigge, efqg to Mifs Wiilkinfon.— 
Mr. T. Brankftone, grocer,-to Mrs. M. Croa 
zier —-Capt.- J. Storey, of the thip Crown, 
of London, to Mifs M Robinfon, niece te — 
Capt. E. Bailey, of Newcaftle, 
At-Morpeth, Mr. R. Hay, taylor, te 
Mifs M. Taylor. 
At Stockten, Mr. H. Ww, Foxton, dyer, 
and adjutant: of the Loyal Stockton Votun- 
teers, to Mifs M. Bailes, daughter of Mr. 
J. Bailes, innkeeper.—W Bruce, efq. of 
Cowden, to Mifs M. Oliver, dsughter of 
Mr.R. Oliver, furgeon, of North Beene a 
Mr. M. Ainfley, of Huntlaw, to Mifs J. Ion, 
of the Weft Houfes, near Poitelaad. ft 
B. Reed, of Morpeth, to Mifs D. Dale, of 
Pannen. —Mr. T. Culbertfon, gardener, 
at Lambton Halli, to Miis D. Weft, of Che#- 
ter-le-ftreet. 
At Darlington, Mr. Sampfon, of Doncafer, 
to Mifs McCowan.—Mr. Davifon, jun. of 
Sedgefield, to Mrs. Grange, of Stockton. 
Died jJAt Whitworth, Mr. Taylor, commonly 
known by the name: of the Whitworth Doc- 
tor, and ‘whofe celebrity (it is. well known} 
was, fo great as to procure him the honor of 
attending the late Bifhop of Durham, brother 
of Lord Thurlow. The hiftory of this man 
and bis brother, who was his partner, is wor- 
thy of notice. By profeflion they were far- 
riers, and to the laft if both a two “legged. and 
a four legged patient were prefented, at the 
fame time, the Dotor always preferred the 
four legged one. Partly from fingularity of 
manners and partly from fuccefs in curing,the* 
practice of the two brothers was immenfe, as _ 
may be well imagined from the orders they 
gave the druggift; they dealt principally _ 
with Embank and Walls, of York, and a ton 
of Glauber’s ie with other articles in pro- 
portian, was their ufual order Ona Sun- 
day morning the Doctor ufed to bleed gratis. _ 
The patients were feated, often to, the num- 
ber of a hundred, on benches round a room, 
where troughs were placed to receive the 
blood.. gine of the Doétors then went and 
tied up the arm of each patient, and was 
immediately followed by the other, whe 
opened the vein. So gnaginy a {cene may 
be much eafier canceived than defcribed. — Ta 
their medical praétice , the nice formality of 
fcales and weights was totally unknown ; all 
was rule of thumb. An example of. this 
practice may ferve to elucidate their claim te 
celebrity. Being fent for toa patient, whe 
was in the laft flage of a confumption, the 
“learned Dr, prefcribed a leg of mutton to be 
, boiled, fecundum aitem, intoa very ftrong broth, 
a quart of which. was to be taken at proper 
intervals. What might have been the fuccefs 
, Of 
