1801.] 
Ridley, a worthy fervant to Mr. Bell; he 
unfortunately fell from a loaded cart of hay 
and was killed on the fpot. 
At the Brooms, aged 69, Mrs. S. Hedley. 
At Hexham, aged 73, Mrs. Baty, of the 
Grey Bull Inn, On retiring to her apart- 
ment, the door of which was contiguous to 
that of the cellar, fhe, haying no light, in- 
advertently entered the l@fer, and was pre- 
cipitated to the bottom-of the fteps, where 
fhe was found, a fhort time afterwards, with 
her head dreadfully bruifed, and ftruggling 
with the laft remains of life, which fhecalmly 
yielded up in the morning. 
Mr. H. Dobby, houfe fteward and butler 
to W. Ruffel, efq. of Brancepeth caftle 5 hav- 
ing engaged to drive a cart a {mall diftance, 
- the horfe took fright and ran-away, when 
Mr. Dobby, in attempting to ftep him, was 
usfortunately throwm down, and one of the 
wheels paffing over his body, moft feverely 
brnifed him. He was inftantly taken to the 
caftle, where he died within two hours. 
At Jedburgh, in Scotland, Mifs A. Ben- 
nett, of Chefter. 
At Barnard Caftle, aged 67, Mr. R. Rich- 
mond, late Serjeant Major in the Durham mi- 
litia. 
At Morpeth, Mrs. Beautiment, wife of 
Mr. W. Beautiment, mafon. 
Cumberland and Weftmor land. 959 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND, 
A large plant of Indian corn is now grow- 
ing in a garden belonging to Mr. Elgin, of 
Kendal; which was fown by fome children 
in the month of May lat. ° It is 6 feet high, 
6 inches in circumference ; and one of the 
leaves meafures 3 feet 3 inches. It is mot 
yet in flower, and to what height it may ar- 
rive cannot even be gueffed at. It is cer- 
tainly a moft extraordinary plant, and num- 
bers of people refort daily to fee it, 
Mr. Thomas Robinfon, of Sedgwick, near 
Kendal, lately planted 13 grains of {quare 
barley, from which 147 ftems or ears were 
produced, Each ear had 6 rows of grain; 
and, upon an average, 12 in each row! This 
{pecics of grain will bear the winter’s froft 5 
and is well worth the attention of the fare 
mer, on account of its produCtivenefs. 
Laft Martinmas, Mr. Benn, of Prefton 
houfe, near Whitehaven, planted 37 grains 
of Egyptian wheat, in an orchard. It was 
reaped about the 25th of Auguft laft, and 
produced as much fine corn as filled a quart! 
This feafon a magnum bonum plum, of 
very extraordinary magnitude, grew in the 
Open air, in the garden of Mr. T. Holmes, 
of Botcherby, near Carlifle; it weighed 4% 
ozs, and was 7% by 7 inches in circumfe- 
rence ! ~ 
Quantity of Rain which fell at the foilowing Places in the Year 1800, in Inches and 
; Decimals. 
Wet 
Bridg- 
Lyndon he : 2 es 
MONTHS |rondon. Ph i in Rut- ford, in|Lincoln. | Kingfton | ¥O"ts Lancaf |e engal, lexeter. 
idge. land. Notting- 
ham fh. 
Se |. cen mete _ | 
January 3,64 | 2,93 | 2.41] 3599 
February 
©,24 | 25 | 9529 | 9535 | 0337 
Ferriby Chath 
pear Ply- 
: mouth 
, | upon ee anes Heo fpital 
Hull. bee 
3:59 | 4,01 | 4,04] 6,59) 4,59 6,38 
0,30 | 0,52] 0,54] 1,777} 1517 | 2519 
Match =| 0,46 | 2,04} 1,62 | 1535 2 1945 | 1571 | 3550) 2572] 2,96 | 1,74 
| April 3534 | 2.49 | 3,06] 2546] 2,411 3,83] 2,34] 5,50) 6,49 | 2565 | 4,12 
May 1542 | 1553] 2,39 | 1.93 | 3242) 3,77| 1,67] 3,79} 4934] 3:24 | 3:97 
June 1,00 | 1,82{ 1,83] 1,31 | 1,82] 1,24] 0,62] 0,67 | ©3971 0,25 | 9525 
July 0,00 | 0,00} 0,14 |] 9,43 |] 0,32] 0,01 | 0,15] 2,03} 1,61} 0,07 | 0,23 
Auguft | 1,52 | 2,38] 5,08 | 2,50] 3,32); 3,00] 0,95] 0,94] 0,89] 9,73 | 1528 
September | 3,08 
O€tober P52 U.62 | °¥572 4 2501s 253 
3,24] 6,66 | 4,71] 3,22 | 5:75] 578| 4,67] 5,389 | 1,62] 2,64 
2} 1482 3,04) Bao 8,24.) To28b 2.54 
November | 4,66 | 4,49] 4,98 | 4225 | 4:03 | 4:63 | 2,76] 5,00}. 4551 | 2574] 7943 
December | 2,10] 2,78] 2,32] 1570 | 1,08 | 2,c9 
- 
22,98 !2¢,62132.25 
26,90 
Married.| At Whitehaven, Mr. W. Sif- 
fon, of Millom, to Mrs, Bowman.—+Mr. T. 
Dobfon, fhip-carpenter, to Mifs S. Clement- 
fon.—Mr. J. Crofsthwaite, of Bank End, 
in Lamplugh, to Mifs J. Shefficld.—Mr. T. 
Lindall, fhip carpenter, to Mifs A. Weit- 
morland. 
At Kendal, Mr. R. Comftone, horfe-comb- 
maker, to Mrs. Pennington, of the White 
Horfe Inn.—Mr. J. Briggs, keeper of Sandy’s 
hofpital and library, and mafter of the charity 
{chool for boys, to Mifs Harrifon. 
On the 24th of May laft, at Kingfon, in 
‘Ay11 129.48 [26,73 134,03 43,20 (24,56135,50 
2503.) 3425 |: Aat4 | 3yG2. 1.03208 
— ee eet were ee eee ee —— 
Jamaica, Mr.M. Hughes, mafter-mafon, for- 
merly of Whitehaven, to Mifs E. Dykes, of 
Liverpool. 
At Brampton, Mr J. Hetherington, flax- ; 
drefler, to Mifs Thompfon.—W. Alionby, 
M. D. fon of W. ANonby, efq. of Flimby, 
to Milfs N. Crofsthwaite of Harrington. 
At Workington, Mr. J. Brown, mariner, 
to Mifs Elien.—Mr. Brown, mafer of the 
brig Blefling, to Mifs Whylie, of Moorclote. 
—The Rev T. Martin, affiftant-minifer of 
St. Nicholas, Whitehaven, to Mrs. Wilkin- 
fon, of Profpeé hill.— Mr. T. Reed, of Bag- 
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