1807.] ( 
§9 ) 
PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 
WiTH att tres MARRIAGES anv DEATHS; 
Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South, 
a 
* * Communications for this Department of the Monthly Magazine, properly au- 
" thenticated, and jent free af Pofiage, are always thankfully received. Thofe are 
more particularly deceptable which dejcribe the Progr efs of Local Improvements of 
any Kind, or which coniain Biographical Anecdotes or Facts relative to eminent 
or remar hable Charaéters recently deceafed. 
a 
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
T a refpectadle meeting of the Tyne-Side 
Agricultural Society, lately held at Oving- 
ham, the following prizes were adjudged :— 
for the beft tup more than ove fhear, to Mr. 
Wm. Donkin, of Sandhoe, five guineas; for 
the beft thearing tup, to the fame gentleman, 
five guineas; and for the beft pen of gim- 
mers, to Mr. William Jobling, of Styford, 
five guineas. 
Marricd ] At Bifhopwearmouth, Robert 
Surtees, efq of Mainsforth, to Mifs Ann Ro- 
binfon, daughter of Ralph R. efq. of Midale . 
Hendon. 
At Stockton, William Gray, efq. to Joan-, 
na, only daughter of the late William Scour- 
field, e(q. of Coatham Mandeville. 
At- Neweaftle, Captain Bainbridge, of 
Dent’s-hole, to Milis Margaret Kell, of 
Acomb.—-George Townthend Fox, efq. to 
Mifs Crofton. 
At St. Andrew Auckland, Peter Shield, 
efq. of Tynemouth-p!ace, to Mifs Harriet 
Spencer, youngeft daughter of the late Ralph 
S. ef 
Died] At Gatefhead, Mr. John Embleton, 
attorney, 19; a youth whofe fuperiority of 
talents, and extenfive knowledge, would pro- 
bably have raifed him to confiderable emi- 
nence in his profeflion. 
At Newcaftle, Mr. William Royal, fhip- 
owner.—Mr. Thomas Cannaway, 73.—Mr. 
William Telfer.—Mr, John Walton, 25.— 
Mr. George Codling, fon of Captain C. 18. —— 
Mr. John Bateman, formerly of Appleby, 72. 
wMrs. Atkinfon, wife of Mr. Thomas A.-— 
Mrs. Heugh, wife of Captain H, — Mrs. 
Hmay. 
At Durham, Mrs. Brown, 72.—-Mrs. Sum- 
mers, 98.—Mrs. Featonby, 72.—-Mr. Peter 
Burrell, 69.—John Potts, efq. furgeon, and 
one of the aldermen of the city, 78. He 
ferved the office of mayor in 1737 and 1798. 
At Blyth, Mrs. Hunticy, midwife, 37. 
At Berwick, Mrs. Muir, wife of Mr. M. 
fchoolmafter, 28.—Mrs: Eamer, wife of Lieu- 
tenant E. of the gth veteran battalion.—-Mr, 
John Brown, 80.—Mr. Alexander Neal, 79. 
o- Mifs Sarah Harrifon, 37. 
At Ford, aged $5, Mr. Robert Sanderfon, 
who ferved as ordinary furgeon to General 
Wolfe at the memorable attack on Quebec, 
and isthe perfon reprefented in the engraving 
of the death of that hero as Pile the 
-Monvury Mac. No. 160, 
Britifh General after he had received his fatal 
wound, He often boafted that he was the 
petfon who fhot General Montcalm, the 
French commander at that place. 
At Bifhopwearmouth, Mr. Iaac Richard- 
fon, thip-owner, 60.—Mifs Jane Reed, fecond 
daughter of Mr. Thomas R.m-Mr. George 
White, 55. 
Ac Ferryhill, Durham, Chriftopher Maure, 
efq. 52. 
At Chefter-le-Street, Mr. Robert Kay, 
fen. $7. 
At Sunderland, Enfign Hill, of the 3d 
Weft York Militia, 22. 
At the Red Houfe, near Durham, Mr. 
Henry Airey, formerly an eminent tradefman 
in Neweaftle, 74 
At Langley Mill, Mr. Thomas Mulcafter, 
late of Newcattle, 27, 
At Bindlewray, near Allendale, Mrs. Ha- 
ley, wife of Lieutenant H. 
At Redcar, Mrs, Berkeley, relict of Lionel 
Spencer B. 75 
At Elftob Houfe, Mr. George Skipfey, 30. 
At Wooler, Mr. George Hogarth, fon of 
the late Rev. John H. vicar of Kirknewton. 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
Mr. Curwen’s sheep-shearing at the Har- 
row Slack was this year moft numeroufly 
attended. About eighty gentlemen dined 
with Mr. Curwen, in his tent, and {pent the 
day with great feftivity and good humour. 
A large party of country people likewise 
pastook of his hofpitality. Mr. Curwen’s 
South Down flock was allowed to be much 
improved. The gentlemen converfant in 
the quality of wool agreed, that fo far from 
there being any deterioration in the quality 
of the fleece, they thought it fuperior to 
what it had been in former years. A num- 
ber of South Down tups, and feveral of the 
half breed, were fold at confiderable prices, 
On the whole, there appeared a much greater 
difplay of fpirit and ftronger probability of a 
{peedy improvement being effected in the’ 
breed of our northern fheep. The fhow of 
long horned cattle was not numerous, but 
admitted to be admirable fpecimens of the 
breed. The meeting refolved unanimoufly 
to congratulate the Bifhep of Landai¥ on his 
lordihip’s having received a gold medal from 
the Board of Agriculture, for a ‘¢ Treatite 
on Planting, and the Growth of Foreft Trees.” 
It was fans by all prefent, and Mr. Curwen 
Was 
