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the grate. His air and manner were fo dif- 
ferent from the fituation he was in, that the 
inhabitants of Bridlington were in an uproar 
about it: the lower kind of people faid it was 
a fhame to keep fucha child to fo mean an 
employment; and, poor as they were, he 
fhould be welcome to ihare with their own 
children. The Mifs Stricklands, of Boynton, 
hearing of the child, went over, and were 
fo much interefted with him, and fo per- 
fuaded that he had been ftolen, that, as the 
chimney {weeper was glad to part with him, 
they took him home with them; and he is 
with them ftill. Soon after he got to Boyn- 
ton (Sir George Strickland’s feat), a plate, 
with fomething to eat, was brought him: 
he was quite delighted when he faw the filver 
fork, and faid, Papa had fuch forks as thofe ; 
the carpet too in the drawing-room he faid 
was like Papa’s. The houfekeeper fhewed 
him a filver watch ; he afked what fort it 
was,—Papa’s was a gold watch: hethen preffed 
the handle, and faid, ‘* Papa’s watch rings; 
why does not your’s?” Sir George, on be- 
ing told of this, fhewed him his gold re- 
peater; the child preffed the fpring, and 
when it ftruck, jumped about the room, 
faying, ‘‘ Papa’s watch rings fo.” At night, 
when he was going to bed, he faid he could 
not go to bed till he had faid his prayers ; he 
then repeated the Lord’s Prayer almcft per- 
fectly. The account he gives of himfelf is, 
that he was gathering flowers in his Mama’s 
garden, and the woman who fold him came 
_ in, and afked him if he liked riding ? He 
- faid, ** Yes! and fhe told him he fhould 
ride with her, and fet him on a horfe ; after 
which they got into a veffel, and the fails 
were put up, and ‘away we went.” He 
has no recolleétion of his name, or where 
he lived; but it feems to have been in the 
country. He ftarted whenever he heard a 
fervant of Sir George’s called George, and 
looked as if he expeéted to fee fomebody 
he knew: on enquiry, he faid, he had an 
uncle George whom he loved dearly. Sir 
George has had the child advertifed ; but it 
is fuppofed that his friends may have con- 
cluded he was drowned. 
In digging a drain in the yard of York 
Minfter, from the fouth entrance to the weft 
end of the cathedral, feveral ftone coffins or 
vaults were difcovered about five feet from 
the furface, containing human bones perfect. 
All the coffins were filled up with water. 
They evidently eppeared never to have been 
difturbed before, and muft have been depo- 
fited in the ground feveral centuries fince, 
as ftone coffins have been difufed above 3c0 
years. The bones were all carefully re- 
placed in their refpe&tive vaults, which were 
afterwards walled up. 
The Grand Stand at Doncafter Race-ground 
has lately been enlarged by a confiderable 
addition eref&ted at each end, which renders it 
one of the firit ftru€tures of the kind in the 
kingdom. 
It exceeds York Stand in front 5 
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and will accommodate nearly double the nume 
ber of people that it could before. The ftyle 
of the architeéture is much admired, and dif- 
plays great tafte and genius. 
An application is intended to be made to 
Parliament for an A&t for making a road from 
Huddersfield in this county to Rochdale in 
Lancafhire, with a branch to communicate 
with the turnpike road from Leeds to Elland, 
at the bottom of.Toothill-lane, in the town- 
fhip of Raftrick. 
Married.| Mr. John Hill, adjutant of the 
Royal Wakefield Voluneasiel to Mifs Martha 
Hartley, daughter of Mr. Samuel Hartley, 
all of Wakefield. ——Mr. E. Wainhoufe, mer- 
chant, of Halifax, to Mifs Nicholfon, of St. 
John’s-place, Wakefield. : 
At Winwick, the Rev. Clement Madeley, 
A.M, vicar of Horncaftle, to Mifs Houghton, 
-daughter of W. Houghton, efq. of Newton 
Parks, 
At Mafham, Philip Howard Afhworth, efq. 
of Elland Bank, near Halifax, to LN 
of the former place. 
At Doncafter, Sir Charles Monk, bare! of 
Belfay Cattle, Northumberland, to Mifs 
Louifa Cook, fixth daughter of Sir G. Cook, 
bart. of Wetherby. 
At the Friends’ Meeting-houfe, York, 
Mr, John Hipfley, jun. of Hull, woollen- 
draper and mercer, to Mifs Mabel Tuke, 
daughter of Mr. “. Tuke, tea-dealer, of 
York.—Mr. Hodgfon, merchant, to Mifs 
Pee both of Wakefield. 
Shefheld, Mr. 'T. Newbound, to Mifs 
as "Bil lington.--Mr. D. Broadhead, to Mifs 
H. Dickenfun.—Mr. J. Vickars, to Mifs Ro- 
berts, both of Garden-ftreet.—Mr. C. Hub- 
fon, to Mifs Ruth Longley.—-Mr. J. Morton, 
merchant, to Mifs Mary Clare Wake 
At Leeds, Mr. R. Bell, to Mifs Brown.—« 
J. Rhodes, efq. of Puen to Mifs Gibfon, 
daughter of the late Mr. Gibion: of New= 
caftle-on- Tyne. 
At Talifax, the Rev. W. Wilmot, A.B, 
curate of that parifh, to Mifs S. Whitworth, 
third daughter of the Rev. J. Whitworth. 
Died:] At York, aged 54,7. Burton, efq. 
He was much refpected by all’ who knew 
him, for his amiable manners, upright con- 
duét, and benevolent difpofition. 
In her 29th year, Mifs Drake, only daugh- 
ter of the late Rev. Sam. Drake, reétor of 
Hawkefwell in this county, and vicar of 
Lantiewchaiarn in the county of Montga- 
mery, North Wales —-Aged 46, Mifs Jen- 
nings, daughter of the late W. Jennings, 
gent. 
At Hunfingore, near Wetherby, aged 37, 
the Rev. C. Mariin, M.A. vicar of Braytony 
and rector of Cowthorp. 
At Beefton, near Leeds, aged 35, the Rev. 
E. Tennant, M.A. curate of the former place. 
At Tadcaitter, aged 88, Mr. T. Wood, 
fexton of that parith; which fituation he had 
held upwards of fixty-nine years. It is re- 
markable that he never was ablent from the 
duties 
