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Oct..1, 
PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 
WITH att THE MARRIAGES anp DEATHS; ; 
Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. 
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-* Communications for this Department of the Monthly Magazine, properly au- 
thenticuted, and jent free of Pofiage, are always thankfully received. Thofe are 
more particularly acceptable which dejcribe the Progrefs of Local Improvements of 
any Kind, or which contain Biographical Anecdotes or Fatts relative to eminent 
or remarkable Charaéters recently deceafed. . 
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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
VALUABLE collection of books, consist- 
ing principally of superior editions of the 
Bible, inthe italian, Spanish, German, and 
Dutch langnages, has been presented to the 
Literary and Philosophical Society of Newsas- 
tle, agreeably to the will of the late Robert 
Page, esq. who was a member of that society 
fromits first institution to the period of hisdeath. 
Married.| At Monkwearmouth, William 
Waite, esa. of Burley Lodge, near Leeds, to 
Miss Smith, niece of Simon Temple, esq. of 
Hylton Castie.—-The Rev. John Henderson 
of Tranent, to Miss Grace Bell, daughter of 
the late Thomas B. esqe of Fenwick. 
At Newcastle, Captain Goble, of the Sussex 
Militia, to Miss Dorothy Mitcalfe, daughter 
of William M. esq-—Mr. John Fenwick, to 
Miss H. Jackse \.=—-Mr. Peter Purvis, to Miss 
Mary Yarwood, of Stockport, Cheshire. 
At Sunderland, the Rev. Isaac Dawson, of 
Ryton, to Miss Elizabeth Smurthwaite. 
At Berwick, Lieut. Landles, of the navy, 
to Miss M. Richardson. ae Fae 
At Darlington, Mr. Nixon, of Carlisle, to 
Miss Burnet, only daughter of William B esq. 
Died.| At Newcastle, Miss Simpson, daugh- 
ter of the jate Thomas S. esq.—Miss Grace 
Bulman, 53.—-Miss Ann Marshall, 28 —Mrs, 
Harrup, wife of Mr. H. o! tie Trinity House. 
Elizabeth Bicket, 105. She enjoyed good 
health, till within six months of her death. 
—Mr. Hugh Jolinson, many years teacher or 
the Blue-coat charity school, in the parish of 
All Saiats, 74.—Mr. Thomas Fenhill, tide- 
waiter, 80. He had gone on board a vessel 
which he was assisting up the river, when he 
expired without previously complaining —Mr. 
Aiexander Creighton,70.—Mr. Josep. Barker 
38.—Mr. William Bolton, 43.—Mrs. Coliing- 
wood, relict of - C. esq. of Unthank, 72, 
—Mr. Thomas Tunbull, 86 —Mrs. Hebtron, 
%3.—-Mrs. Elizabeth Henzell, 77. 
At Sunaerlani, Mr. Robert Bewick, paper- 
manu acturer, 98.——Mr. Robert Penrith.—Mr 
Roberi Crow. 
At Stockton, Mrs. Ann Thrush. —Miss Isa- 
bella Bamlett 
At Morpeth, Mr, Edward Atkinson, 84.0 
Mr. Coliins, 42.—-Mrs. Wardle. 
At Darlington, Mr. Jeph Forster. 
At Throc'-ley, Mrs. Robson, 90. She had 
never used spectacles, and till a short time 
previous to-her death, was in the habit of 
yeading the smallest print by candle light. 
At Felton, Mrs. Alnwick, 70.—Mr. John 
Pyle, of the Hose and Jockey inn. 
At Berwick, Mr. Alexander Fleming, for- 
merly serjeant in the 25th foot, and latterly 
Serjeant-major of invalids, 91. 
At Whiterigg, Berwick, Mrs Cockburn, 
relict of Mr. Juhn C. of Ayton Law, 67. 
At Durham, Mrs. Wilkinson, relict of Tho- 
mas W. esq, late ot Brancepeth. 
At Hexham, Mr. Scort, 73. 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
Married.] At Whitehaven, Mr. Isaac 
Webb, merchant, of Dublin, to Miss Young- 
husband. 
At Penrith, Mr. Joseph Taylor, of North 
Shields, merchant, to Miss Elizabeth Harris. 
At Drigby, Joseph Burrow, esq. to Miss 
Atkinson, daughter of Cuthbert A. esq. of 
Carleton Hall. 
At Crossthwaite, Mr. Caleb Atkinson, of ~ 
Keswick, to Mrs. Mayson, of Portinscale. — 
Died.] At Mire Syke, in Loweswater, Mr. ~ 
John Mirehouse,101. Onthe 19th of Oc- 
tober, 1805, on which day he completed his 
100th year, he received a very numerous party 
of his neighbours, seated in a new oak chair, 
and clothed in a new coat, which he pleasantly 
observed, might, with care-taking, serve 
his life time. He possessed, in an eminent 
degree, all his faculties; sightexcepted. His 
memory seemed per‘ect tothe last; for he oc- 
casionally spoke with the same accuracy of re- 
cent transactions, as be had been accustomed 
todo in relating occurrences of former times, 
which he had either witnessed himself, or 
heard detailed by contemporeries of a period so 
remote as that of at least ninety years. He 
was marr.ed in the Sist year of his age, and 
was the father of five sons and one daughter. 
He possessed a strong and vigorous constitu- 
tion. He was also of a remarkably chearful 
disposition; and during the course of so long a 
lize, itis not known that he ever had the least 
disagreement with his neighbours or acquaint- — 
ance. His funeral was attended by an im- 
mense concourse of people; all emulous of _ 
shewing their respect to the memory of one 
whom they had, individually, esteemed whilst 
living, ard whose death, though in full times 
deprived their vicinity of so yenerable an orna- 
ment ; and also of the example of one who had 
“€ kept innocency, and taken heed unto the 
thing that is right; such as alone s/aall bring - 
4 man re peace at last.” <a 
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