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[ Feb. / 15 
PROVINCEARCOGCCURER EVCES, 
WITH aLu THE MARRIAGES anp DEATHS; 
Arranged gecgraphically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. © 
*.* Authentic Communications for this Department are always very thankfully received, 
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NORTHUMBERLAND-AND DURHAM. 
At the late meeting of the Agricultural So- 
ciety of the countyof Durham, which was at- 
tended by a large body of refpectable members 
and yNitors, premiums were adjudged to the 
following perfons. to Mr, Seymour, of Wood- 
houfe Clofe, near Bifhop Auckland, 10 gui- 
neas for the beft fat ox under four years old, 
which weighed when alive r25 ft. alb., and 
the carcafe 84 ft 5 Ib.—To Mr. Thomas 
Deighton, of Winfton, 16 guineas for the 
beft pen of fat wether iheep under two years 
oid; weight as follows: firft, alive, 14 ft. 
alb., carcafe, 9 it. 5lb. 5 fecand, alive, 13 ft. 
z21b, carcafe, $ ft 11b—To Mr. Wm. 
Reed, of Durham, 5 guineas for the beft fat 
pig eighteen months old; weight, alive, 36 
ff. 2 1b., carcafe, 32 ft. 6lb.—To Mr. Nef- 
ham, of Houghton, 5 guineas for the beft 
heifer. 
From the bills of mortality of Newcafile, 
it appears that in the year 1805:the number 
of chriftenings In: that town amounts to 
4173; of burials to12%2 ; of marriages, 75. 
—WDecreafed in baptifms, 33 increafed in 
burials, 234.3 decreafed in marriages, 2. 
Marrted.| At Hamfterley, Mr. William 
Shaftoe, of Durham, attorney, to Mifs Jop- 
ling. zg 
At Newcaftle, Charles Wilkinfon, Efg. of 
the firft regiment of Staffordfhire militia, to 
Mifs Hubback, of Coopen, near Stockton.— 
Captain William Ord, of the fhip Byker of 
that port, to Mifs Mary Hall, daughter of 
Mr. Miles H. of Byker.—Anthony Spadding, 
Efq. of London, to Mifs Gibfon, filter of 
Thomas G. Efg. banker, of Newcaftle — 
Colonel Francis Laye, of the Royal Artil- 
lery, to Mifs Mary Airey, daughterof Mr. 
jofeph A. pies 
At Balmbro, the Rev. Watfon Dodd, to 
Ars. Selby, widow of the late George S. 
Efq. of Tivizle Houfe. 
At Whittingham, William Barber, Efq. 
of Alnwick, a captain in the Royal Cheviot 
Legion, to Mifs Sarah Anderfon, fifter of 
Edward A. Efq. of Glantin. 
At Heddon on the Wall, 
of Koutchefter, aged 30 
Proud, 20. 
Died.| At Newbottle, Anthony Storey, 
Efq. one of his Majefty’s juftices of the peace 
for the county of Durham. 
At Fenwick Hall, near Stamferdham, Mrs. 
Ann Dixon, too. 
fr. John Kent, 
to Mifs Mary 
At Sunderland, Mr. Matthew Barker, fhip- 
owner.—In the poor-houte, Mary Farmer, 
{pinkter, 112. ‘ 
At Newcafile, Mr. Witltam -Lainthaw; 
her Grace the Duchefs of Northumberlaad’s 
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own bagpiper, 25. This extraordinary per- 
former on the improved fmall pipes was grand~ 
fon of the celebrated piper, Lamflaw, of - 
Morpeth, on whofe deceafe he was faken 
from the band of the Northumberland mili- 
tia, in which he had been ever fince the age 
of 12 years. When only 18 he played a 
match againft the moft famous pipers in the 
north of England, at Elfden, before the 
Duke’s baronial court and feme diftinguifhed 
judges, and obtained the prize It is faid to 
have been the intention of Earl Percy to 
have had him introduced to the theatres in 
the metropolis, but a confumption has fruf- 
trated that defign.—John Noble, one of the 
brethren of Sherbourn - Hofpital, 71—Mr. 
George Alexander, tailor, 67.—Mr. Arthur 
Donkin, a lievtenant in the North Shields — 
and Tynemouth volunteers, 37.—Mrs. Wil- 
kinfon, mother of Mr. W. veterinary fur- 
geon.—Mr. Robert Gardner, father of Mr. 
John G. gun maker, 60.—Mr. Matthew 
Corner, undertaker and builder, 33.—Mr. 
Thomas Jannifon, broker, 63.—-Mrs. Mary 
Elliott, 99.—Mrs. Sterling, widow of Mr. 
James S. 67. 
“At Pandon Bank, Mrs. Archibald Turner, 
widow of Mr. Thomas T. late merchant of 
Newcattle, 
At Ryton, Mrs. Mary Hall, wife of Mr. 
Fenwick H. 53. hah se 
At Alnwick, Mils Caftle, only daughter 
of the late John C. Efq. of Grenada, 19. | 
At Tudboe, near Durham, Mr. John Ord, 
paper maker. 
At Durham, Mr.’ William Hodgfon, of 
London, coach-painter —=Mrs. Leighiton, re- 
lict of John L. Efq 76. : 
At Darlington, Mrs. Parkinfon, mother 
of Mr. P. of York. 
At Walfingham, Mr. ‘W. Bricknell, late 
verger in the cathedral church, Durham, 75. 
At Gatehoufe, James Davitts, Efq.~ 73. 
This gentleman had a cheefe which he had 
kept upwards of forty years, and which he 
ordered to be broken on the day of his inter 
ment. Be 
At Barnard Caftle, the lady of Major Ge- 
neral Hengonin, 84. eee A a) Ve 
At Berwick, Mrs. Foreman, $2. She has 
bequeathed rcol. to the charity fchool in 
Berwick, and ve%ed the fum of 4ool. in 
traftees, the intereft of which fhe has di= 
rectéd to be paid quarterly to five poor men 
and five poor women, inhabitants of that pa- 
rith. She has likewife lefc various other 
legacies, but nothing to her own or ‘her late 
hufband’s relations, —Mr, "“m. Rowland, of 
ficer of the cuftoms,*69—w9irs, Forfter, @ 
maiden lady, 7o. Ne At 
