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PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 
WITH att tHE MARRIAGES anp DEATHS; iy 
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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
On Monday, the 15th May, the inhabi- 
tants of Alnwick, and its vicinity, were gra- 
tified by the completion of an undertaking 
hitherto unattempted in the north, viz. the 
delivering of coals at Alnwick, from Shil- 
bottle colliery, by waggons conveyed along a 
metal rail-road. The immense sums annu- 
ally paid for this indispensable necessary of 
life in thé county-town of Northumberland, 
have long been severely felt, and of late years 
have produced the effect of almost depriving 
the poorer classes of the community of so 
essential a comfort in this chill climate: 
coals have lately been sold to the consumer 
at the exhorbitant rate of two guineas a New- 
eastle chaldron, (a price unexampled in any 
other part of the county,) nearly one-half of 
which was charged by hired cartmen for lead- 
ing. The rail-road passes invariably through 
the grounds of his Grace the Duke of North- 
vinberland, the proprietor of the mine ; and, 
by its judicious direction, the distance is only 
three miles from the colliery to the staith, 
possessing the most important advantage, that 
not a shilling way-leave is paid. Coals have 
already considerably fallen in price; and the 
‘ whole of this Spirited and laudable under- 
taking has beén planned and executed by, and 
at the sole expense of, Mr. John Taylor, the 
lessée of Shilbottle colliery. 
Maerried.}] At Newcastle, Benjamin Sors- 
bie,“ esq to Miss Robertson, daughter of 
Thomas Robeitson,esq.——Mr. William Fisher, 
to Miss Jane Harriet Clayton, daughter of 
Robert Clayton, one of the aldermen of this 
corporation —Mr, James Young, master of 
the Aurora, of this port, to Miss Jackson, of 
Berwick.—Mr. Greensitt, to Miss Howey, 
his own niece. 
At Alnwick, Mr. William Cook, wine- 
merchant, to Elizabeth, daughter of Anthony 
L. esq. . ms 
At Durham, Mr. Thomas Coldcleugh, to 
Miss fsabella Stout. af 
At Bishopwearmouth, Captain Clay, of 
the Herefordshire militia, to Miss Pemberton, 
daughter of Stephen Pemberton, esa. ° 
Died] At Durham, the Rev, Edward Par- 
ker, rector of St. Mary-le- Bow, in that city, 
and vicar of Kirk Merrington, 44.—Mrs. 
Carr, €9.-—Francis, sen of the late Menry 
Methold, esq. 20. 
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At Newcastle, Mr. James Sharpe, stores 
keeper of the royal artillery, 47.—Mr. Ro- 
bert -Pasley, 63.—Mrs. Mary Smith, 95.— 
Mr. ‘John Stoddart, partner in the patent 
ropery of Shadforth and Stoddart.—-Mr. Mat- 
thew Smith, 70.—Mrs. Milburn, 73.—Mrs. 
‘Teasdale. 
At Belford, Mr. Joseph Mills, 72. 
At Darlington, Mr. John Ridsdale.—-Mrs. 
Smurthwaite. 
At Acomh, Mr, Joseph Hutchinson. 
At Hexham, Mr. Thomas Miles, 82. 
At Morpeth, Mrs. Thompson, wife of Mr. 
Thomas Thompson, 32. 
At Whickham, Mr. James Bridges, 73. 
At Dilston Park, Miss Ann Brown, 28, 
At Wharmley, John Snowball, esq. 69. 
At Bellingham, -Mr. Farrer, officer of 
excise. - 
At Berwick, Mr. William Richardson, 72. 
=-Mrs. Lendergan, 60. 
At Troughend, Miss Thompson, 23. 
At Aikton, the Rev. M. Wilkinson, curate 
of that parish, 53. 
At Thropple, Mr. Thomas Brewis, 72. 
At Alnwick, Mr. Thomas Lawson. 
At the Fell-side, near Hexham, of a ty- 
plus fever, Mr. John Farbridge, 42. His 
daughter Grace, (who introduced it into the 
family,) died April 27, aged 19. John Fars 
bridge, aged 8 years, on the 12th May. Jane, 
his mother, May 13. 2 
At Coldstream, Mrs. Bell, wife of Mr, 
George Bell, 82. : P 
CUMBERLAND. , : 
Married.| At- Carlisle, Mr. Richard Fer- 
guson, eldest son of Richard Ferguson, esq. 
to Miss Margaret Giles, youngest daughter 
of Mrs. Giles. : 
At Wigton, Mr. M. Harrison, printer and 
bookseller, of Carlisle, to Miss Martindale, 
only daughter of the late Mr. Martindale, at- 
forney. 
At Gretna Green, Mr. J. W. Losrian, of 
Brarnptoa, to Miss Walton, only daughter of 
Henry Walton, esq. of Alston, in this 
county. 
Died, | At Whitehaven, Mr. John Herret 
«Miss Margaret Briggs, 21 ; and her mother, 
Mrs. Margaret Briggs, 50.—Mr. Lancelot 
Sumpton, 80.—Mrs. Collins. ' 
At Egremont, Mrs. Mary Dougherty. 
At Carlisle, Mrs. Ann Kammage, 69.—< 
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