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PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 
WITH att roe 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 ai 
thenticated, and sent free of Postage, are always thankfully received. Those are 
more particularly acceptable which describe the Progress of Local Improvements of 
any Kind, or which contain Biographical Anecdotes or Fucts relative to eminent 
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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. At Hexham, Mr. James Robson, 94.— 
N Act af Parliament having been lately Mrs, Wild.—Mr. Robert Ranney, 54. a 
obtained to build a new court-house and At Chester-le Street, Mrs. Richardson, 53, 
gaol forthe county of Northumberland, on At Morpeth, Mrs. Wilson, 85. 
the elevated piece of ground in Newcastle, Az Stockton, Mr. Thomas Haswell, 18. 
called the Castle-garth, plans were some At Newcastle, Miss Ann Herdman, 18.— 
time advertised for, and many were.incon- Mr. Michael Elsdon, 67.—Mr. Thomas Dob- 
Sequence presented. ‘The various planswere son, 51.—Mr. W. Dixon.—Mr. Michaei 
submitted, in the assize week, to the grand Charlton, smith; a man of great ingenuity 
jury of the county, for their decision, and in that line. 
one executed upon a grand principle by Mr. At Durham, Mr. David Low, formerly 
William Stokoe, of Newcastle, was finally proprietor of the Grand Hotel, Covent Gar- 
approved of, and the building will be speedily den, London. 
commenced. At Redheugh, néar Bellingham, Mrs. Doe 
The ceremony of laying the foundation- rothy Charlton, 70. . ; 
Stone of the county courts, &c. at Durham, At Alnwick Grange, Mr. William Har- 
took place on the 31st of July. It was per- bottle, 73. 
formed by Sir H. V. Tempest, bart. assisted At Chowdean Hall, Mr. Luke Wilkin, 50. 
by R. J. Lambton, esq. and the officers and CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
brethren of the provincial grand lodge of The Free Grammar School at St. Bees, 
the county of Durham, inthe presence of the near Whitehaven, founded by Archbishop — 
Lord Bishop of Durham, the magistrates, Grindal, in the year 1597, has not undergone 
Clergy, and gentry of the county, and the any material change since that period, until 
corporation of the city. the present time. Occasional repairs were 
Married.} At Newcastle, Mr. J. Brown, indeed found absolutely necessary,. for the 
of the town-clerk’s office, to Miss Ann Wil- support of the buildings; but no improvee 
liamson.—Mr. Edward Robson, to Miss Lucy ment seems ever to have been attempted. 
Akinson.—Mr. Thomas Willing, to Miss Through the munificence of the Eari of 
Elizabeth Robson, rae Lonsdale, this long-respected seminary is now 
At Whicham, Christopher Fenwick, esq. put into complete order,, and made more 
of Newcastle, to Miss Margaret Collingwood, suitable to the purpose intended by the pious 
daughter of Henry C. esq. of Lilburn Tower. founder, than it has been at any time since 
Mr. R. Burnett, surgeon, of Rothbury, to its erection. Exclusive of what has been 
Miss Cotmmons, of Thropton, done at the spacious school-room, the library 
At Lamesley, Mr Coxon, of Brancepeth, is rendered more commodious. ‘The master’s 
to Miss Clare, of Kibblesworth. house (which adjoins the school,) has been 
At Bishopwearmouth, Mr. Andrew Rich- enlarged; some parts of it rebuiit; a good 
ardson, to Miss Ann Nanson. garden walled. round; and the whole made 
At Hexham, Mr Joseph Wilkinson, to a very comfortable and eligible residence. 
Miss Weatherel. A very ancient medal has been lately 
At Durham, Mr..Richard Shields, sonof found on the ruins of old Carlisle, near Wig- 
Viliiam S. esq. banker, to Miss Smith, of ton. It is of copper, about the size of a 
Greenwich. penny-piece, and appears from the coinage to 
Died.} At North Shields, deeply la- be that of the Roman Emperor Commodus, 
mented by her friends, Miss Mary Rcddam, who reigned in the year 191. On one side is 
daughter of Mrs. R. bookseller, 16. a bold Roman head, and on the reverse is a 
At Monkwearmouth, Mrs. Sharp. chariot ahik four horses; which precisely - 
At Berwick, Mrs. Atkinson, relict of agrees with a print and description which 
Dr. A : Addison gives af it in his Dialogues on the 
At Poplar Row, near Stockton, Mr. John Usefulness of Ancient Medals. ‘The female 
Stephen, well known to the gentlemen of and cornucopia, and wreath, representing the 
the turf, 56. < earth, are nearl¥ defaced with rust ; bet the 
At Stubb House, Barnardcastle, Mrs. Kip- chariot and horses, as also the head of Com- 
ling; G1. ss lt modus, ate in tolerable preservation. © 
Married.} 
