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[Aug. 15. 
PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES. 
WITH ati THE MARRIAGES anp DEATHS, 
Arranged seographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. 
*.* Authentic Communications for this Department are always very thankfully received, 
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
Lately at Brancepeth, two bats were. ac- 
cidentally caught in the hollow of an ancient 
oak, and being brought into the caftle, were 
put under a glafs cafe for an hour or two; 
when one of them was delivered of a young 
ene, which immediately on its birth ap- 
peared very active, andclung tothe mother’s 
breait, where it continued as if in the a& 
of fucking. This incident proves, beyond a 
doubt, that the bat is not oviparous, as has 
been fometimes thought by naturalifts. 
The projected improvements of Tyne 
Bridge commenced June 30. The comple- 
tion of the work is ftipulated for Auguft 
3802, when about zo feet of commodious 
paflage will be added to the internal width of 
that valuable ftruéture. 
Population of the parith of Wickham, in 
the county of Durham. Males 1739—fe- 
males 1920—total 3659. 
Population of the town of Berwick upon 
Tweed; males 3009,— females 4173. 
‘Tweedmouth ; males 771,—females 937. 
Spital; males 421,— females 579,—total 
number of inhabitants; 9695. 
An ae has lately paffed for the eftablih- 
ment of fchools for the education of poor 
children, in the county palatine of Durham. 
Marvried.} At Sunderland, Mr. Smith, 
wine merchant, and adjutant to the Sunder- 
Jand volunteers, to Mifs Graham, daughter 
of Mr. J. Graham.—Captain Wilfon of the 
volunteer corps, to Mifs E. Horn, daughter of 
Mr. T. Horn, coal fitter.—Mr. Mountain, 
of Knarefborough, in Yorkfhire, to Mifs E. 
Robfon, daughter of Mr. Robfon, taylor, of 
Newcaftle. 
At Crondale, in Surrey, G. S. Camden, 
efg. of Hurfham, to Mifs M. Gaull, fecond 
daugter of the late major Gaull, of New- 
caftle-—Mr. R.*Rowell, farmer, of the War- 
rener’s houfe, near Morpeth, to Mifs E. Com- 
mon, of Morpeth North Bar—The Kev. J. 
‘Ireland, jun. of Weft Routon, in Yorkfhire, 
to Mifs Cunningham, of Tynemouth. 
In Durham, R. Surtees, efq. to Mifs Ro- 
binfon.—Mr. J:Reynoldfon, of North Shields, 
to Mifs Heron, daughter of Major Heron, 
of South Shields.—Mr. Bell, of Walwick, 
near Mexham, to Mifs White, of Nilftone 
Houfe, near Langley Mill.——Mr, Irving, 
furgeon, of Heiket, Newmarket, to Miis 
Dawfon, of Greyftock. ; 
Died} At Newcafile, Mrs. M. Bulman, 
‘dealer in houfeheld furniture.-Mr, GC. 
Veitch, taylor.—Mifs M. Newton, daughter 
of Mr. W. Newton, grocer, of Gatefhead. 
Mr. J. Dodds, architect. — Aged 80, Mr. 
N. Wallis, mafter mariner.—Aged 84, Mrs. 
Lake. 
At Stockton, in her 66th year, Mrs, At- 
kinfon, widow. 
At Alnwick, Mr. T. Harrifen, an emi- 
nent plumber and gjazier.—J. Stephenfon, 
efq. of North Shields. 
At Sunderland, Mrs. A. Davie, wife of 
Mr. J. Davie, fail-maker.—Mr, A. T homp- 
fon, formerly an opulent butcher. ; 
At Bithop’s Aukland, aged 78, Mrs. Raws 
ling, relict of Mr. Rawling, furgeon.— 
Mr. Pawfey, of the horfe fhoe, Haverill. 
From fome unknown caufe, for feverat 
weeks previous to his death, he refufed every 
kind of fuftenance, and literally ftarved him- 
felf to death. 
At Edinburgh, Mr. J. Bruce, tackfman 
of Kelfo Mills, and an officer in the Kelfo 
volunteers. Pfr. 
At Windleftone, Mr. G. Watts, gardenes 
to Sir John Eden, Bart. 
In his 62d-year, while on a vifit at Kerr- 
ficld, near Peebles, in Scotland, Mr. J. Ro= 
bertfon, goldfmith and jeweller, of New- 
caftle.—Captain J. White, fon of R. White, 
efq. of Morton, near Stockton. , 
At York, in his 28th year, Mr. H. Guy, 
of Neweaftle. He arrived there ih the Mer- 
cury coach, on his way to the latter town, 
and was found dead in bed on the following 
morning, at the Black Swaninn. He was 
in a deep decline. 
Mr. Wetherall, a very promifing young 
man of Whitby, in Yorkfhire. He had ferv- 
ed his apprenticefhip at South Shields, and 
bathing in the fea, near Sunderland, ventured 
too far in and was drowned. 
At Stella, aged g5, Mrs. Dunn. 
At Tynemouth, in his 28th year, J. -Yeo-« 
man, efq. eldeft fon of the late H. W. Yeo= 
man, efq. of the Woedlands, near Whitby, 
juftice of the peace for the North Riding. 
He ferved as captain in the 23d regiment of 
foot in Ireland, and on the Continent. 
At Corbridge, aged 76, of an apoplexy, 
Mr. W. Glazonby, formerly an eminent 
boat builder, at South Shields. 
At Newwater Haugh, near Berwick upon 
Tweed, aged 74, Mr J. Hall, late of Ford- 
hill, Northumberland.—-Mr. Dixon, mafter: 
of the Bridge Inn, Claypath. 
At Weflacomb, near Hexham, Mrs. Mews 
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