we Cumberland und Westmoreland. 
@n board the Athenienne, of which he was 
fir lieutenant, Thomas Swinburne, efq. late 
of Hamfterley, Durham. He fell a facrifice 
to an honourable perfeverance in his duty, 
which induced him. to negle& all means of 
felf-prefervation, as he remained on the wreck 
to the laft. 
At Bifhop Auckland, Mr.Chriftopher Chap- 
man, 68, many years in the Baltic trade, from 
Newcaftle. - 
At Bifhopwearmouth, Mrs. Lodge, 68. 
The Rev. Wm. Longftaff, vicar of Kelloe, 
Durham, 73. 
At Middleton, Ralph Patterfon, efq. 46. 
Suddenly, in the midft of her pupils, Mrs. 
Wilfon, of Saville-place, Newcaftle, 59. 
Born to affluence, fhe was early vifited by a 
fevere viciffitude of fortune, under the pref- 
fure of which, her exemplary conduét en- 
gaged the efteem and refpect of many judi- 
cious friends. But the misfortunes of the in- 
dividual proved of effential benefit to the pub- 
lic ; as they led her to devote her life to that 
important profefiion, in which the foundnefs 
_of her judgment, the extent of her informa- 
tion, and the dignified gentlenefs of her man- 
ner,: particularly qualified her toexcel. Her 
plan of education was not confined to the 
mere ornamental accomplithments; but ex- 
tended itfelf to the regulation of the mind 
and heart on the principles of 2 rational piety, 
and with an enlarged view of the importance 
of the female chara€ter. Her great fuccefs is 
abundantly teftified by the many excellent 
and amiable. members of fociety who have 
been trained -pp under her direétion; by the 
warm attachment whigh they have uniiormly 
continued fo fhew to the preceptrefs and 
friend of their youth; and by the deep regret 
which not only they, but the public at large, 
have expreffed for her fudden removal from 
that {cene of ufefulnefs, in which fhe conti- 
ued till the moment ofher death. 
Let others teach the meaner courfe of art, 
To give the polish, but negle& the heart ; 
Ts point to female youth life’s fowery way, 
And tell ghem, pleafure dwells but with the 
gay 5 
Ox Beauty build their influence and power, 
Beauty, that blows and fades within an hound 
Far, iar from Her, o'er whom we mournful 
bend, 
Youth’s firme guardian, beft and gentleft 
friend, 
Far, far fram her fuch precepts of the day, 
Which hear o’er Fathion’s flaves refiftlefs fway; 
Her’s was the tafk thofé leffons.to impart, 
Which *‘raife the gents,” and which ‘* mend 
the hearz ;°’. 
Canfer by culture dighity and grace, 
Aad give to ornament a ‘fecond place 5 
Make the fair form intelligent, refin’ dy 
The eye the index te the tutor'd mind ; 
Bo plant thofe ghidés which-elevate the foul, 
_ Tafte to dire&, and Reafon to controul — 
Long Mall the memory of thy virtues ret 
Phe faithful tenant of this forrawing breaft. 
[Feb. t; 
CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
At a refpe€table meeting of gentlemen and 
farmers, held at Carlifle, it was unanimoufly 
refolved, that a market for fat ftock, of every 
defcription, at or near that city, would be a 
beneficial and ufeful eftablifhment 5; and that 
a fubicription fhould be opened for carrying 
the meafure into effect. 
Lord Lowther has given-orders for the im- 
- mediate fitting up of the building in Lowther- 
ftreet, Whitehaven, known by the name of 
the Reckoning-houfe, tor the purpofe of ac- 
commodating the inhabitants of that town with 
a court-room, coflee-room, and library. 
Married.| At Gretna Green, Lieut. Fifher, 
of the 3d Weft York militia, to Mifs Maria 
Forfter, fecond daughter of John F. efq. of 
Newton, near Carlifle; whofe confent being 
obtained, on the following day they were re- 
married at St. Mary’s church, Carlifle. 
At Carlifle, John Berger, efq. captain in 
the 25th regiment of foot, to Mifs Sarak 
Forfter, eldett daughter of the above-men- 
tioned gentleman.—Robert Paley, efq. of Ha- 
lifax, M.D. to Mifs Mary Paley, third daugh- 
ter of the late Rev. Dr. P.—Mr. Robert 
Thompfon, to Mifs Sarah Barnes.—Mr. John 
Common, fupervifor of excife, to Mifs Mary 
Richardfon.—Mr. James Bryfon, to Mifs Jane 
Mitchell.—Mifs Spooner, daughter of Thomas 
S. efq. to Mr. Bond, of Lancafter.. 
Mr. John Barton, of Colts-clofe, to Mifs 
Jamefon, eldeft daughter of J. J. efq. trea- 
{urer of the county of Cumberland. 
The Rev. John Sunderland, of Pennington, 
near Ulverfton, to Mifs King, of Afkham, 
Weftmoreland. 
At Worthington, Capt. Rebert Dixon, te 
Mifs Mary Pratt. 
Died.| At Penrith, Mr. John Dawfon, 
who had been siaeile clerk and bellman 
upwards of forty years. By his- wife, who 
furvives him, he had twenty-two childrene 
The occafion of his death was a violent. 
cold, which he caught at the late eleétiun at 
Cockermouth. Though a moit eccentric cha~ 
rater, yet he.was in many refpects a goud 
man. About an hour before his death, he 
called his niece, Mifs Dawfon, of Stainton, 
to his bed-fide, and after giving fome excellent 
advice to her, refpe€ting her conduct through 
life, made the following remarkable obferva- 
tion, that if ever fhe married, fhe fhould re- 
member him and his wife, who had been mar- 
ried fifty-three years, and that their honey- 
mgon was not yet over. 
In Appleby gaol, Mr. Thomas Parker, 663 
a moft fingular charaéter, who had made that 
place his refidence, by choice, for feven years. 
At Black Dub, Mr. John Bell, 101. 
At Carlifle, Mrs. Farifh, 80.—Miis Ana 
Nicholl, daughter of Mr. Robert N. 23.—Mr. 
john Robfon, 66.——Mr. William Paverlats 
86.—Mr. Jofeph Hind, 90. 
At Hawkefdale, Mr. Nicholas Bell, 66. | 
~ At Whale, near Lowther, Mr. Tho. Yarkey, 
game-kceper to Lurd Vifcount Lowther, 66. 
: At 
