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more. pur liculurly acceptable which describe the Progress of Local Improvements of 
_ any Kind, or which contain. Biographical, Anecdotes or Facts relative to eminent 
or remankable Characters recent, LY MBE CSE Nie sc. jare Hage 
Nok THUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
‘HE 4th of June, being his Majesty’s birth- 
day, was considered by the committee. for 
-establighifg the school at Newcastle on the 
plan.of Mr. Joseph Lancaster, as the most 
stone of the new buildingen'the\Garthlieads, 
to be erected with, the money collected for 
that purpose on the day of jubilee, and to be 
‘ dedicated to! that) venerable, monarch, who 
_has so munificently patronized: this. Regcellent 
“scheme of instruction. and who declared, with 
great. emotion, to the worthy, inventor, his 
s€arhest wish»that every poor child in the 
kingdom might be able to read the Bible. 
, The ceremony was: performed. by G. Ander- 
’ “son, esq. the chairmanofthe.committee, who 
at the same time declared, the purpose of the 
building, and in a short prayer implored the. 
, Divine Blessing on the undertaking, 
~The foundation-stone of a Methodist cha- 
i ot feel. was laid'in, Péercy- street, Tynemouth, on 
* © the 16th of May,and an appropriate and im- 
or "pressive discourse delivered by, the Rev. Mr. 
gp Phillips. dtis ‘singular that in a place so po- 
toe and of such extensive resort daring 
e greater partiof the year, there should: ne- 
“wer! have. been.a building erected for divine 
worship. 
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On the 24th of May, the lade dort MEGA, «ak 
“new bridge was laid at Thorpton, near Roth- 
bury. On this occasion the Coquetdale Rane 
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_gersand:Percy.  Tenantry paraded. The Rev. 
» Dr. Watson laid the first stone, and delivered 
.  am/appropriate prayer; aseach stone was laid, 
% the yolunteers fired a volley. . This Ne is. 
oe Married.) At Bishopwearmouth, T. M. 
_» Coppin, esq. of London, to Miss Andrews, 
 enly,-daughter of Newark A, esq. 
- At Brancepeth, Lieutenant- Colonel W. H. 
Bunbury, of the Sd. regiment, to Miss Russel, 
| Vdaughtes of William R..esq. of Brancepeth 
3 _ fo be builc by subscription. 
Castle. 
m At Stockton, ‘Mr. Robert Cbands: of Clap- 
.- hong to Miss Carr, eldest daughter of John C, 
a .esq.—Mr. E, Ferrand, druggist, of Stockton, 
vy to Isabell2, youngest daughter of the late 
John Bamlete, esq. 
George Espiner, esq. of Redmire, to Miss 
-Bearpark, of Reston, in Wensleydale. 
At Newcastle, Caprain Thomas Wilson, 
owner of the ship John, of South Shields, to 
Jane; daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Oli- 
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appropriate season for laying the foundation- 
ver.—Mr. William Robson, ship-owner; to 
Miss Eliza Carnaby.—Mr. Harrison, to Mise 
Atkinson, daughter of 'T. A. esq. 
At Durham, Thomas Righardby, esq. to 
Miss Marshall. 
Died] At Beales Mr. George Bose 
tér, 95: 
At Monkwearmouth, Ms. Bligabeth Lynn, 
84. 
At Mordon House, neat Sedgfield, Mr, 
Hixon, 89, 
At Benridge, near Morpeth, Mr. William 
Bower, 75. 
At Chester-le-street, Ann, wife of Mr. 
“William Pickering, 54. 
' At Morton House, DuLhech Johny soa of 
William Leaviss, esq. 
At Shildon, Mrs Wilson, - 
At Hexham, Mis. we Kirkley, 87 .—= 
Mrs. Tillit, 23. ) . 
At Ms Aterland: Mr. Shin el Powell, for- 
“merly surgeon to the Durham militia, oaMss, 
Middleton, 38. 
At Wingates, Mrs. Garkson, 87. 
At Wallington Dove Cot, ‘Eliza, daughter 
of Mr. ¥. Johnson, 18. 
At Bisnopwearmouth, Mrs, Match ows, 
wife of Mr. George M. ship-owner, 72.—0 
Thomas Sanderson, esq. 5%. 
At Ovingham, Mrs. Ann Coates, Gas 
. At Morpeth, Mr. Robert Singleton. 
At Wooler, Mr. Archibald Brafl-ston. 
At Manchiesknow, Mrs. Jane Burn, 78. 
‘At Stockton, ‘Thomas Burdon,. esq. for- 
-mersly well knownm'on the turf as the owner 
of the best racers in England, 
At Fair], Mrv Lae Barron, 755 and the 
same day, his wife, Mary B.70._— -. 
_ At Durham, Hester Mary, second daugh- 
ter of J. Drummond, esq. of Charing Cross, 
London, 16.--The Rev. J. B. Jackson, mi- 
nor canon of the Cathedrak,and curate of Wol- 
viston, near Stockton.—Mr. Isaiah Brown, 
Th, Ldylins: Ang Miller, of the Blue Bell rity 
—Mr. Thomas Watson, 73.—Mr. Thomas 
Bainbridge, 71.—Mr. John Cockburn, 70.—~ 
Mrs. Middleton, 58.—Mr, Robert Chapman, 
31.—Mrs. Margaret Stoker. 
© At Pittington-hall Garth, near Durham, 
Mr. Joseph Shipley, 37. 
At Newcastle, Mr. Thomas Bell.-Mr, i 
Thomas Gowland, shoemaker, a leader and 
lgcal peacher among the Methodists, 23.— 
William Cramlington, esq. one of the alder. 
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