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‘Jan. 1 3 
PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 
WITH att tHE MARRIAGES anv DEATHS; 
Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South, 
** Communications for this Department of the Monthly Magazine, properly au- 
 thenticated, and Jent free of Pofiage, are always thankfully received. Thofe are 
more particularly acceptabie-which defcribe the Progrefs of Local Improvements of” 
any Kind, or which contain Biographical Anecdotes or Facis relative to eminent 
or remarkable Charaéters recently deceafed. 
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
Married.| At Norton, near Stockton, 
Thomas Martin, esq. late captain in the mili- 
tary service of the Eaft-India company at 
Bengal, to Miss Wardell, daughter of the late 
Mr. George W. of Sedgefield, Durham. 
At South Shields, Robert Shield, esq. of 
Tynemouth Place, to Miss Eliz. Hart, daugh- 
ter of Mr. William H. ship-owner. 
At Tynemouth, Lieut. Richard Wilson, of 
the royal navy, to Miss Cair, of North 
Shields. 
At Durham, Mr. Thomas Cockrill, of Sun- 
derland, to Miss White. 
At Sunderland, Mr. Thomas Eynett, ship- 
owner, to Miss Thompson. 
Died.| At Sunderland. Mr. Wm. Barton, 
attorney, 30.—Mr. W. White, 49.—Mr, 
Ralph Orton.—Mrs. Dunn, wife of Capt. D. 
Finding herself indisposed, she lay down on 
the bed, and was discovered in a few hours 
quite dead.—-Mr. James Pyeburn, 38.—-Mr. 
James Hill, of the Marine tavern, 57. 
At Tynemouth, Mrs. Smith, wife of Mr. 
Nicholas S. One of her children, five weeks 
old, died about a fortnight, and another, tliree 
years old, two days before her. 
At South Shields, Mr. Wm. Wyles, late 
master of the Success, of that port. 
At Morpeth, Mr. John Sandwich, 75. 
At Morton House, Durham, Miss Jane 
Leaviss, daughter of Wm. L. esq. 
At Earsdon, Mr. Miles Warkman, brother 
of the Rev. Wm. W. rector of Ford. 
At Berwick, Mrs. Robertson, wife of Mr. 
John R. merchant, 72.—-Mr. Samuel Lough, 
58. His death was occasioned by the follow- 
ing circumstance: he was going on-board one 
of the smacks lying at the quay, after dark, 
to meet his wife and family, who were on- 
board on 2 visit to the captain, (his son-in- 
law,) when his foot slipped, he pitched with 
his head on the gunwale of the vessel and fell 
into the river. The alarm being instantly 
given, he was got out of the water in a few 
minutes; medical assistance was immediately 
procured, and every means used to restore 
life, but in vainsk——Mrs. Hannah Fleck, 80. 
At Collercoats, near North Shields, John 
Ramsay, mariner, aged 115. He served in 
the capacity of cabin-boy on board one of the 
ships in Sir George Rovke’s squadron, at the 
taking of Gibraltar, in 1704. He retained 
his faculties in full perfection till within a 
few days of his death, nor did his great age 
in the smallest degree damp his lively spirits, 
or shade his blythe countenance 5; and his so« 
ciety was eagerly courted by the young and 
gay in the neighbourhood, whom he never 
failed to gratify with a merry song or good 
old story. 
At Newcastle, Mr. Alex. Frazer, of Inver= 
ness. The infant son of John Cookson, jun. 
esq.— Mr. John Blaylock, son of Mr. George 
B. 23.——Mrs. Margaret Lee, 47,—Captain 
Burton, 75.—<-Richard Wilson, esq. of Forest 
Hall, near Long Benton, 49.—The Rev. Wm. 
Wartilow, many years a Roman-catholic 
priest in this town, 69.—=Miss Frances Carr. 
Mrs. Lee, wife of Mr. Thomas L. 47. 
At Raby Castle, Mrs. Margaret Cafton, 
housekeeper to the Earl of Darlington, 59. 
At the Demesne, near Morpeth, Mrs. 
Addison, relict of John A. esq. of Whitby, 
68. 
At Bishopwearmouth, Mrs. Barbara Greens 
well, 55. 
At Chester-le-Street, Mrs. Garth, of Bo- 
lam, near Weft Auckland, 81. 
At West Bowdon, Miss Robinson. 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELANDs 
Married.} At Middleton Chapel, John 
Moore, esq. of Grimeshill, to Miss Gathorney 
daughter of the late Richard G. esq. of Kirby 
Lonsdale. 
At Kendal, Mr. John Drinkwater, jun. of 
Liverpool, to Miss Gandy. 
Major Williams, of the Bombay establish- 
ment, to Martha, third daughter of the late 
Charles Deane, esq. of Keekle Grove. 
At Wigton, Mr. N. Routledge, of Carlisle, 
te Miss Milcha Chambers, of Cowfall, near 
Wigton. 
Died.} At Carlisle, Mrs. Margaret Work- 
man, 38.—Mrs. Ruth Hebron, 85.—Mrs, 
Susannah Hope, 76.—Mr. John Graham, 76. 
—Mr. Adam Anderson, 91.—Mr. Thomas 
Penrith, 36.-<—Miss Margaret Glendinning, 
24,—0eMr. Robert Allen.—Miss Nancy Blakey, 
40.—Mr. fobn Moffatt, 76.—Mr. Mark Bax- 
bey, 45.—-Mr. Thomas Graham, 75.  » . 
At Burneside Hali, near Kendal, Mrs. 
Harrison. . 
At Harrington, Mrs. White, widow. She 
was blind, and during the short absence of 
her attendant, her clothes caught fire, which 
occasioned her death in a few hours. 
At Workinzton, Mr. Fryeare Baxter, 25, 
surgeon, and lieutenant inthe grenadier com- 
pany of Workington volunteers, 
At 
