{ 500 ] [June 1, 
PROVINCIAL CCCURRENCES, 
WITH att tHE MARRIAGES anp DEATHS; 
Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to, South. 
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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
ARRIED.| At Baneburgh, Captain 
George Brown, to Misss Helen Blackett, 
daughter of Mr. James B. of North Sunder- 
Jand. 
At Newcastle, Mr. Charles Magnay, to 
Miss Sarah King, of Pelton.—The Rev. Sa- 
muel Pollock, of the Low Meeting House, 
North Shields, to Miss Johnson, daughter of 
the late Captain J. - 
At Lanchester, Mr. C. M. White, to Miss 
White. daughter of Thomas W. esq. of 
Wooclands, Durham, 
At Stockton, Mr. Robert Shortcliff, to 
Miss Porrett, daughter of Mr. John P. of 
Hart Warren, near Hartlepool. 
At Sunderland, Mr. John Bailey, second 
son of Mr, B. attorney, to Miss Fisher. 
Died.| At Harrowgate House, near Dar- 
Jington, Mr. George Maxson. 
At Durham, Mary, widow of Anthony 
Grey, 88.—Mrs. Ann Pearson, 84.—The 
Rev. James Deason, curate of Edmondbyers 
and Pittington, minor canon, sacristan, and 
_ librarian of the cathedral, 85. 
At Newcastle, Mr. Graham.—Mary, wi- 
dow’ of Mr. Jonathan Kidd, 82.—Ciara, 
daughter of Mr, Joseph Pollard.—-Mrs. Jane 
Henzell, 91.<-Mis. Esther Swinbank, 89. 
lak Belford, the Rev. Kobert M‘ Pua 69. 
At Hamburn Hall, near Hexham, Mrs, 
Johnson. 
At Witton Gilbert, Mrs. Dunn, 
At Kingshaw Green, near Hexham, Mrs. 
Cowing, wife of Mr. John C. 76. 
At Hexham, James, youngest son of the 
late Mr. Edwayti Parker. 
At Sunderland, in her 10ist year, Mrs. 
Douglass. —Mr. Gardner. 
At Blyth, the Rev. John Thompson, A.M. 
76. 
At Mr. Pybus’s, sen. Chester-le-street, 
azed 70, Sir Thomas Conyers, bart. who, af- 
ter a life of much vicissitude, had lately, by 
the kindness of his friends, been placed in a 
situation of comfort and respectability, which 
he lived but a short time to enjoy. Leaying 
no male issue, the title becomes extinct. 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
Amongst the numerous improvements of 
the present age, that of weaving figures on 
cloth is certainly not the least, A double 
damask table-cloth has been woven at White- 
“haven, for the Countess of Lonsdale, which 
is thought by good Judges to ‘Surpass, ip point 
‘produced in that part of the kingdom. 
of workmanship, any thing of the kind ever 
It is 
four yards anda half in length, and three 
yards anda quarter in breadth; the centre 
exhibits, in the most spirited and correct 
manner, the family arms, with a border of 
the most exquisite fancy. ‘Fhe buds of roses 
are such as would appear to ‘‘breathe fra- 
grance all. around,” were it possible for the 
artist to exalt vem with the tints of nature. 
In short, the loom itself, the beauty, the fa- 
bric, and the amplitude of the table-cloth, 
exceeds every thing that can be shown in the 
north of England. 
Married: At St. Bees, the Rev. Dr. 
Fisher, of Whitehaven, to Miss Watson. 
At Brigham, Mr, James Cunnion, school- 
master, of Pardshaw Hall, to Miss Rebecca 
Lancaster, of Dean Scales. 
At Carlisle, John Edmond Sutton, etq. of 
the parish of Greystock, to Miss M‘Wil- 
liams, daughter of Mr. William M‘ Williams, 
of the city of Carlisle. 
At Urswick, Mr. Robert Boardman, of 
Liverpool, to Miss Heywood, daughter of the 
late Robert H. esq. of Geinchrutcherry, age 
of Mann. 
At Workington, Mr. A: Johnson, stations 
of Liverpool, to Miss Eliza King. 
Died.] At Todrole, Mrs. Harinah Dixon. 
At Eunerdale Bridge, Mrs. Hannah Wil- 
son. 
At Rischow, near Maryport, Sarah, wife 
of Mr. Jghn Braithwaite. 
Frederic William, third son of the late Sir 
John Brisco, of Crofton Hall. 
At Morresby, after a long iliness, con- 
fracted by bathing when heated, Mr. Chris 
topher Hall, 24. 
“At Wincham, Mr. Robert Pickshall. 
At Douglas, Iste of Mann, Mrs. Brew, 93. 
At Upperby, aged 89, Mrs. Ann Simpson, 
aunt to Thomas Simpson, esq. an eminent 
merchant in London, who, greatly to his ho- 
noyr, supported her for the last forty vears, 
She was born and died in the same house. 
At Stainton, Mr. Thomas Sander, well 
known for several years as eminent in the 
profession of bone-setting, and successor to 
the late Benjamin Taylor. His death was 
occasioned by his being overtaken by.a thick 
fog in passing over the mountains from Bor- 
rowdale to Cockermouth, where he was 
obliged to remain al] ai and a heavy rain 
falling during the night, he had so far lost 
the 
