1805.] 
completed, and then this city will, in thofe 
refpects, no longer lie under the reproach of 
ftrangers, and of men who have feen the 
world,’’s The ring, in the market-place of the 
fame city, appropriated to the favage fport of 
bull-baiting, which formerly fo much wound- 
ed the feelings of the inhabitants, has, to the 
honour of the magiftrates, been removed. 
At Workington, in the laft yéar, there 
were 262 baptifms, 144 burials, and 64 mar- 
riages; at Harrington, 60 baptifms, 33 buri- 
als, and g marriages. It is remarkable, that, 
in the latter parith, about forty years ago, 
on an average of feveral years the baptifms 
‘were only 8, and the burials 6. 
A correfpondent of the Newcaltle: Chro- 
nicle fays; **Qn a journey which I ufually 
take every fix months in the commercial line, 
I was lately obliged to ftop three or four days 
at Alfton, a town on the borders of Cumber- 
land, fituated in a mountainous country among 
the lead mines. I faw, with aftonifhment, 
the improvements that have been made there 
within thefe ten:years:.I furveyed the 
new foundery for caft iron, a very fpacious 
flax-mill, and a laboratory ‘for cafting 
fhot, all newly erected: They feem all to 
be ina thriving condition, and likely to be- 
come extenfive concerns. I went with Mr. 
Harrop, the proprietor, to view his fhot fac- 
tory, where I faw fome fhot made by a pro- 
cefs of his own invention, at leaft equal, but 
in my opinion much fuperior, to the patent 
fhot, both in folidity, foundnefs, and fine po- 
lifh. In fhort, a ftriking fpirit of enterprize 
begins to fhew itfelf among thefe hitherto 
negleéted wilds.” 
Marrijed.| At Carlifle, Mr. Thomas Bou- 
ftead, to” Mifs E. Norman —Mr. G, Jordan, 
to Mifs Jean Nefbitt. 
At Kirkhoufe, near Brampton, Lieut. Jolin 
Mofes, of the Weftmoreland militia, to Mifs 
Margaret Lawfon, eldeft daughter of Mr. 
Lawfon. 
At Whitehaven, Mr. Dixon, paper-manu- 
faTurer, to Mifs Cowman.—Mr. Jacob 
Thompfon, linen-draper, of Liverpool, to 
Mifs Hannah Parker, third daughter of Mrs. 
Parker. 
Died.] At Penrith, very fuddenly, aged 
74, Mr. John Soulby, father of Mr. Soulby, 
printer, of Ulverfton. 
' At Whitehaven, Mrs. Collyer.—Aged 28, 
Mifs Johnfton, eldeft daughter of Mr. Richard 
Johniton.—Mr. James Wilfon, aged 74.— 
“Mrs. E. Downie.—Mr. H. Caffon, aged 32.— 
‘Mr. James Young, aged 84. 
At Broadgate, in MiHom, Mr. Thomas 
Lewthwaite, the youngeft fon of William 
Lewthwaite, efq. of Whitehaven —Mr. 
Thomas Heflop, of Rofe Trees, near Long- 
‘town, aged 64. 
At Egremont, aged 74, Mrs. Ruth Brock- 
‘bank, widow of Mr. Abraham Brockbank, 
‘and mother of Mr. Chriftopher Brockbank, 
“oF Whitehaven. 
At Kendal, aged 80, Mrs. Deborah Burton, 
Yarkpire, 185 
wife of Mr. Emanuel Barton.—Mr. James 
Wilfon, formerly a confiderable merchant and 
manufacturer, who had retired fome years ago. 
At Goat Mills, near Cockermouth, Mr, 
Mofes Mawfon, miller. 
At Burton, in Weftmorland, Mrs Eliz. 
Cropper. aged 35. 
At Morton Head, near Carlifle, Mr. Thomas 
Snowden, aged 95. 
At Caftle Sowerby, Mr. anaes Wilkin- 
fon, aged roo. 
YORKSHIRE. i 
At the annual meeting of the Hull Dock 
Company, lately held at the Guiluhall in 
that town, the accounts for the laft year were 
audited, and the total fum to be divided was 
declared to be 14,7331]. 15s. or Sl. As. 6d. 
per fhare, upon 150 flares, in which number 
are included the fifteen new proprietors ade 
mitted in the year 1804. 
A great improvement is taking place in the 
breed of fwine in this county, which for- 
merly produced the worft ftock of pigs of 
any in England, whofe marks were long ears, 
long fnouts, long legs, and to which may be 
added, long in feeding. Mr. Elgie, near 
Whitby, has recently fattened a pig of the 
new Leicefter breed, which weighed 59 ftone, 
6 pounds. Its dimenfions were; length 7 feet 
§ inches ; girt round the body 7 feet 7 inches; 
round the neck 5 feet; height z feet 5 inches. 
Towards the conclufion of 1803, a few 
young ladies of Leeds formed an aflociation 
among themfelves for the purpofe of vifting 
the cottages, and inveftigating the wants of 
their poor, neighbours with regard to their 
wearing apparel, &c. By meansof their own 
fubferiptions, and the benefa“tions of others, 
amounting to forty pounds, they purchafed 
in the firft year ufeful linens, woollenz, &c. 
which they made up jnto fhirts, fhifts, and 
other articles of clothing. Thefe they dif- 
tributed among 135 poor families, in propor- 
tion, as far as poifible, to their colpoele 
wants, 
The public difpenfary at Whit by continues 
to flourifh. During the laft year, 279 pa- 
tients have been difcharged, cured, and 12 
relieved; and 27 remain ‘oh the books. On 
fettiing the annual accounts, a confiderable 
balance remained in the ’treafurer’s hands. 
At this inftitution, 172 perfons have heen 
inoculated for the cow-pox, all of whom 
have done well, 
The firft ftone of a new chapel for the 
Methodifts has been laid in New-(treet, 
York. The building, which will be large 
and commodious, is intended to be completed 
in the enfuing fummer, 
A plan has been formed for erefting a light- 
houfe, of a pecutiar conftruftion, on Flam- 
borough Head; ahd it is expected that it will 
be carried into execution, [t is to be con= 
ftruéted with two lights, revolving on a ho- 
rizontal plane feventy. feet from the ground, 
and refleéted by two concave mirrors, appear- 
ing to. the mariners at fea alternately feyenty 
feet 
