In Quebec, Major George Thessiger, deputy for England; but fell into a canal the evening barrack-master of Canada. At the Brazils, the Prince Don Pedro, sonin-law of the Prince Regent of Portugal. At Berlin, Dandon, master of languages, whose death was literally cau ed through want. He gave instructions during the day, and solicited alms at night. 20,000 crowns in specie were found under the floor of his apartment. He had no other heir than his brother, whom he had refused to see for $7 years, because he had sent a letter without paying the postage. Lately, on his passage from Calcutta to St. Helena, (where he had been advised to go on account of his health,) Major-general Maca 1. He served in all the campaigns under Lords Cornwallis and Lake. At St Helena, aged 76, Major Wm. Pierie. He had spent the greater part of his life in the service of his country in Europe, America, and Asia. At Berlin, Professor Wildenow, the celebrated botanist. On board the John, on his passage to Jamaica, James Hance, esq. of that island. At Gottenburgh, Mr. W. Gardner. He had returned from a difficult and dangerous journey to Riga and Petersburgh, through Finland, and was to have embarked next day before his intended departure, and was drowned. His body was not found till nearly a fortnight afterwards. At Orange Valley Estate, St. Ann's, Jamaica, Peter Blagrove, esq. third son of John B. esq. of that island, and of Ankeryke-house, Buckinghamshire. In Demerary, A. Macrae, esq. a member of the Court of Policy of that colony, and chief of the family of his name in the Highlands of Scotland. At Trichinopoly, in the East Indies, John Byng, esq. judge and magistrate of that district, third son of the Hon. John B. and brother to Captain B. of his majesty's ship Warrior, aged 33. In his death the East India Company have lost a faithful and honourable servant. At Cuellar, aged 22, the Hon. Francis J. Percy, captain in the 23rd regimert, seventh son of the Earl of Beverley. At Seville, Lieut. Colonel Colqubet; Capt, Blackall, of the 53rd; Major Smith, of the 36th; and Capt. Jervoise, of their wounds. In Portugal, Major-General Wheatley, of the 1st foot guards.-Major-General Hulse, of the Coldstream.-Lieut.-Colonel Offly, of the King's German guards. PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. Communications for this Department of the Monthly Magazine, properly a thenticated, and sent free of Postage, are always thankfully received. Those are more particularly acceptable which describe the Progress of Local Improvements of any Kind, or which contain Biographical Anecdotes or Facts relative to eminent or remarkable Characters recently deceased. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. ON the 6th ult. a coal-pit, at Shiney-row, Durham, suddenly took fire by explosion of the inflammable air, in consequence of which one man and six boys were severely scorched. They are all, however, in a fair way of recovery. On the Saturday following (Oct. 10) the Harrington Mill Pit, distant from the other about two or three hundred yards, also took fire, most suddenly, by which four men and nineteen boys were killed on the spot, and many people severely wounded and burnt; two boys are missing. This dreadful catastrophe was likewise occasioned by the explosion of fire-damp. A sailor belonging to Sunderland, has been committed at Stockton on suspicion of having murdered a young woman of the latter place. It appears that the clothes of the female were found lying by the side of the river, and, from the parties being seen together late on the preceding night, suspicion at tached to the young man. In his trunk was found a bloody shirt. Mr. John Atkin, of Debden Walk-Mill, planted a potatoe this season, weighing 2. 9%. avoirdupoise, which has produced the amazing quantity of 187 potatoes, weighing 2st. 04lb. It shot forth 46 stems to full per fection, which occupied the space of 15 feet in circumference. Married.] R. C. Pease, esq. of Kirk Ells, to the daughter of John Brooke, esq. of Sowerby. At Jarrow, Mr. John Halder, to Miss Monkcaster, both of South Shields. At Chollerton, Mr. J. R. Wilson, jun, tide-surveyor at Newcastle, to Mary, daughter of Robert Elliott, esq. of Ellwood House, near Hexham. Mr. W. Douglas, to Miss Esther Snowdon, both of Rothbury. Mr. W. Middleton, to Miss Craggs, only daughter of Mr. George C. of Brignell. AJ At Ravenstonedale, Mr. R. Thompson, of Kirby Stephen, to Mary, eldest daughter of W. Elvetson, esq. of Sear Sykes. Anthony Compton, esq. of Carham Hall, to Catherine, fourth daughter of T. Wood, esq. of Bamburgh. Mr. W. Wakeman, to Miss Mary Hesloy, both of Durham. At Newcastle, Mr. John Martin, to Miss Raisheck.-Mr. C. Nixon, to Margaret Watson, of Long Benton. Mr. F. Dryden, to Miss Mary Table, both of Sunderland. At Stockton, Mr. J. Danby, to Maria, daughter of Capt. Mowbray. At Sunderland, Lieut. Samuel George Carter, 16th foot, to Miss Browne, daughterin-law of Lieut.-col. Vernon, of the same regiment. At Sterling, Capt. R. Greene, of the 70th foot, to Margaret, daughter of D. Stephenson, esq. of Newcastle. Captain G. is the officer of whom such honourable mention was made in the public prints of 1806, for his gallant defence of Port Armina, in Surinam, in November 1805; for which service he received the public thanks of the lieut.-governor, and the Court of Policy and criminal justice of the colony, and a present of a sword of the value of 200 guineas. T. T. Walton, esq. his Britannic Majesty's agents for packets at Gottenburgh, to Cutherine Eliza, eldest daughter of T. Todd, of Durham, esq. The Rev. J. Scott, dissenting minister, to Miss Elliott, grand-daughter of Mr. Corbet, of Hexham. Died.] At Dipton, near Corbridge, Mr. R. Jewett, aged 88. He was the father of 21 children by three wives, and grandfather to 73. At Harelaw, Mr. Robert Fairlam, aged 85, 70 of which he was a member of the methodist connection. The wife of Forster Charleton, esq. of Aludike, aged 50. Mr. John Bond, of North Shields, owner. ship. Mr. Wm. Spinks, of Sunderland, ship owner. At Newcastle, Mrs. Dorothy Hepple, 72. In Gateshead, Mr. C. Charlton, 73. Mr. Thomas Wilson, of Bishop-Auckland, 79. At Alnwick, Mrs. Ann James, 78. At Wemergill Hall, suddenly, John Colpitts, esq. steward to the Earl of Strathmore. John Glover, esq. of Staindrop, attorney at-law. At the Shieldfield, the wife of Captain Nicholson. MONTHLY Mag. No. 234 At Yarm, Jane, relict ofe Mr. James Proc tor, one of the Society of Friends, 80. At Witton Cactle, J. T. H. Hopper, esq. aged 40. CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. The Carlisle Journal mentions that a dread ful accident took place lately in Arkengarthdale, which is so famous for its mines of leadore. By some means wind and water got vent into a long level, and drove the men, boys, waggons, and horses, that were in it, for nearly a mile. The shrieks of the men and boys were dreadful; and the roaring of the wind and water was louder than the noise of the loudest thunder. The scene may be more easily conceived than described. Three per sons were killed on the spot, some others are not expected to recover, and a great number escaped almost miraculously. A serjeant of the 74th foot, has been preaching in regimentals to the methodists of Kendal. The novel spectacle attracted a great audience. A writer in the Westmoreland Advertiser says,-"Among the improvements and embellishments around Kendal, ought to be mentioned the extension of the plantation on the eastern side of the Castle, under the auspices of Mrs. Richardson. The venerable remains which now appear with increased beauty through the western screen, will in a few years be rendered complete by this tasteful addition. The rising plantations of Mr. Maude evince the capability of wood growing upon our most scalpy and exposed knowls, and are filling up a part of the vale that was nearly denuded, although, in the memory of man, it was covered with the giants of the forest."-Several extensive tracts have lately been sold under the Inclosure Act; and the commissioner (Mr. Buttle), appointed to divide the land, is loaded with compliments for his judicious allotments. Married.] The Rev. W. Kilner, A.M. of Dufton, to Miss Robinson, daughter of Capt. R. of Battleborough, near Appleby. At Lindale, Mr. Rawlinson, of Walney, to Miss Dodgson, of Cartmel Fell. At Crosthwaite, J. G. Banshaw, esq. adju tant in the Lancashire Local Militia, to Mrs. Thornton, of Keswick. At Kendal, Mr. Joseph Crosby, to Miss Mr. At Appleby, Mr. Thomas Greason, to Miss M. Rutter. At Carlisle, Mr. Peter Bayle, to Miss S. M Nair.-Mr. Edward Peal, to Miss Margaret Fletcher Mr. Joseph Bell, to Miss Tamer Adamson. At Ravenstonedale, Mr. J. Fothergill, to Miss Eliz. Stephenson. At Windermere, Charles Parker, esq. R.N. 30 CO At Whitehaven, Miss Addison, eldest daughter of the late Rev. G. A. of Workington, 18. - Mrs. Selkirk, 84. Mrs. Piper, widow of Mr. I. P. 71. Mr. J. Jackson, eldest son of Mr. R. J. of Spout-house, near Garstang. Suddenly, aged 55, George Welch, esq. of Leck, near Kirkby Lonsdale. He was found lying in one of the fields, with his gun loaded with powder, the ramrod out, and his two dogs at a short distance from him. Mrs. Sawrey, relict of Mr. H. S. of Hawkeswell. At Workington, Miss Margaret Robertson, aged 17, daughter of the late Mr. J. R. of the Customs at that port.-Mrs. Dorothy Smith, gelict of Mr. J. S. pier måster, 74. Miss Polly Lonsdale, of Kendal, daughter of the late Captain L. many years in the service of the India Company. At Stainton, Miss E. Thompson, 55. At Springfield, Mrs. Ann Bowman, wife of Mr. W. B. late of Warwick Bridge, 32. At Hollins, the Rev. Isaac Clark, late of Clithero, 30. of Northamptonshire, we have, however, in serted an article transmitted to us by a correspondent, which professes to be a more accurate report of that transaction, than those which have appeared in the papers.-After a diligent investigation, it is supposed the money contained in the different letters stolen, amounts to about 15,0001. not any of which has yet been discovered or come in. The crop of beans, which is very large, remained in the fields of the northern counties at the middle of November. The principal part of the wheat crops has been housed without sprouting. Some large premises in Park-Lane, Leeds, are converting into barracks for 1400 in. fantry. The public will rejoice to hear that the murderers of Mr. Horsfall have been discovered. The following particulars are given in that interesting paper, the Leeds Mercury, as contained in a letter from Huddersfield, dated October 24.-" A very important event happened here on Thursday last:-A man has been taken up and examined before that indefatigable magistrate, Joseph Radcliffe, esq. and has at length received the offer of his Majesty's pardon, and given the most complete and satisfactory evidence of the murder of Mr. W. Horsfall. In consequence of this, the whole of the wretches concerned in that dreadful transaction have been taken and committed to York Castle, to take their trial. He was with the party (four in num ber) when Mr. Horsfall was shot. They were furnished with loaded pistols by who ordered them to take their stand in the plantation on Crossland Moor. Two others soon after joined them, and took their station about twenty yards below them. When the unfortunate gentleman came up, two fired. They then all filed across the fields, and dd them all the way for not firing their pieces. Two ran forwards to Houlay, four miles off; and two more stopped at a place called Dungeon Wood, and hid their pistols at -'s house there, in some flocks, left their great coats, and ran immediately in their jackets to Huddersfield, where the news of the murder had but just arrived. The next morning all four met at the work. shop of their employer, (a cropper,) and produced a Bible, and made them all swear not to betray each other. These vil lains have frequently been examined before, but have always been discharged for want of sufficient evidence. One behaved with great effrontery till he saw and then he changed colour, and gasped for breath. When he came out, he said, D-n that he has done me.' It appears that " and have been chiefs in all the disgraceful transactions that have occurred in this part of the country the last twelve months, especially at Rawfolds, where the former was Captain of the gun division, and the latter of the pistol: has thus made discoveries which will lead to the detection of a great number of those offenders." Married.] At Hull, Mr. S. Raynes, solicitor, to Mrs. Favalli,-Mr. John Anderson, to Miss Margaret W. Anderson, youngest daughter of Captain A. At Whitby, Captain Joseph Taylor, to Mrs. Ellerby. At Pickering, Mr. William Barker, son of W. B. esq. of Whitby, to Miss Newton. Mr. B. Hunter, to Miss Harrison, daughter of the late Mr. B. Harrison, all of Whitby. Mr. Thomas Dixon, of Nunkeeling, to Miss Moore, daughter of Mr. W. M. of Burn Butts. At Walkington, Mr. R. Webster, of Nafferton, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. S. Shaw, of the former place. At Barwick-in-Elmet, Dr. Mossman, of Bradford, physician, to Mrs. Ramsbotham, of the former place. At Whitgift, Mr. Thomas Sheriff, of Swinefleet, to Miss Ann Lister, of Stockbridge. At Sculcotes, Reuben Craven, esq. to Eliza, only daughter of Lewis Gray, esq. all of Hull. At Thornton in Craven, Mr. John Wilson, of Hull, merchant, to the daughter of the late Rev. Josiah Flemming, rector of the former place. At West Stockwith, Captain John Bennett, of the ship Venerable, to Miss Flowers. At Wakefield, Mr. Morgan, in the firm of Morgan and Lockwood, Borough, to Miss Webster, daughter of Mr. J. W. of Wakefield. At Watlass, Mr. Morland, of Leyburn, to Mrs. Richardson, of York. Mr. William Barker, son of W. B. esq. of Whitby, to Miss Newton, of that place. Mr. J M. Horner, to Miss Mary Schofield, of Leeds. At Driffield, Mr. Richard Jennings, attor rey, to the daughter of the late Mr. R. Lawless, of Castle-street, London, attorney. Mr. Cantley, druggist, to Mary, youngest daughter of Mr. William Knapton, of York. R. C. Pease, esq. of Kirk-Ella, to Miss Brooke, daughter of J. B. esq. of Sowerby. At Tadcaster, Mr. Wilson, of Bramham, to Miss Brearcliff, of Hutton. The united ages of the bride, bridegroom, and bridegroom's man, are 220 years; and what is singular, those three persons have only one eye each. At Leeds, Mr. W. D. Varey, printer, to Miss Birchall, of Bloom-street, Manchester. Mr. Thomas Hindle, printer, to Miss Mary Lindsley. Mr. Samuel Showter, of Purston, to Miss Mary Baker.-Mr. Joseph Low, upholsterer, to Miss Nancy Craven.-John Hirst, esq. of Bradley Mills, to Harriet, second daughter of the late John Cartlidge, esq. of Woodman-house. Mr. John Milner, bookseller and stationer, to Miss Eliz. Greenwood, both of Halifax. Mr. Richard Jaques, surgeon, to Mrs. Cockburn, widow of Mr. J. C. of Grassington. Died.] At Ackworth, Ann, the second daughter of John Plowes, esq. of Leeds. At Northallerton, aged 34, Mr. John Wood. Mrs. Maxwell, wife of Captain M. of Scarborough. Mr. Taylor, of Sheffield, well known there for having performed several astonishing cures on the lame, the deaf, and the blind. At Wakefield, in his 78th year, Mr. Peter Priestley, who has been employed about the parish church near sixty years, twenty of which he has been sexton, and twenty-five parish clerk. Mr. Joshua Beckett, of Batley Carr, clothier; one of the persons delegated on a recent occasion, by the manufacturers, to the Legislature, to state the effect of the Orders in Council upon the Trade of the West Riding. He was a good husband, a kind parent, a sincere friend, and his loss can only be estimated by those who had the pleasure of knowing him. Mrs Crowther, wife of Mr. Isaac C., merchant, of Morley. At York, aged 75, Mrs. Aldridge, widow of Mr. J. A.-Mr. Robert Wright, 85. He served the office of sheriff for York, in the year 1797.-Harriet, second daughter of the Rev. Joseph Whitely, of Leeds. At Hull, Mr. William Terrington, 24, son of Captain T. late of Lincoln.- Mr. Tho mas Smith, 79.-Aged 74, Mr N. Gordon, thirty-eight years butler at the garrison.Mr. Robert Alder, 81.-Mr. William Amers, 82, of Hornsea. Mr. John Levett, late of South Cave. Mr. William Corlass, 66, wine and brandy merchant.-Elihu, the youngest son of E. Dickinson, esq. of Highflatt, 28. At Leeds, Mr. George Bischoff, 75.—Mr. James Linley.-Mrs. Mather, 56, widow of Mr. A. M. many years a preacher in the Methodist connexion. At Whitby, Mr. Thomas Pyman, one of the agents of the Whitby Shipping Associa-` tion. Mr. Jonathan Storm, late master of the ship Rambler. At Harrogate, Mrs. Scatchard, wife of W. S. esq. of Morley. Mrs. Sarah Townsend, eldest daughter (and the only surviving child) of the late Rev. S. Moult, of Rotherham, and wife of the Rev. J. Townsend, dissenting minister at Elland. Mary, the wife of George Moorhouse, esq. of Moorcroft, near Holmfirth. Eliza, wife of Samuel Lapage, jun. esq. of Leeds, and daughter of Thomas Caister, esq. of Catterick, near Manchester, youngest daughter of the late Mr. J. P. But ler, merchant.-Mr. John Coppock, to Miss Short James Dixon, to Eleanor Carson.Mr. William Wilkinson, to Mrs. Ann Griffiths. Mr. John Chadwick, to Miss Mary Roberts. Mr. Morley, to Mrs. F. Morley, of Desborough.-Mr. William Dowson, merchant, to Miss Moss, of Pleasant-street. Anthony Eidsforth, esq. of Poulton Hall, near Lancaster, to Miss Grace Atkinson, of Shap, Mr. Hargreaves, solicitor, of Blackburn, to Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Robert Hargreaves, of Bury. Mr. John Bubberstey, jun. of Burton, to Dorothy, second daughter of Mr. James Newsham, of Wood Plumpton. At Preston, Mr. William Holmes, to Miss Blackburn. At Bolton, J. Isherwood, esq. of Marple, to Miss Dancroft, daughter of the late Rev. T. vicar of Bolton. At Manchester, Mr. D. Ogden, to Jane, second danghter of Mr. S. Button, of Manchester. length, as a warning to those who are unacquainted with the manner of preventing the effects of noxious airs. It will be the means of making more generally known, the importance of the discoveries of the late Mr. Cavendish, detailed in the miscellaneous part of this number.-On the 11th of October, Robert Armstrong, a joiner, residing at a public house at Martin, in Cleveland, asked a companion to let him down by the bucket into the well, about sixty feet deep, but only two in water, to bring up two wooden dishes which had been in the well nearly five months. He had not been lowered more than thirty feet, before he fell out of the bucket into the well; his companion continued to lower the bucket, and called to him, but received no answer. An alarm was given, when James Ingledew, of Martin, blacksmith, was lowered down in the bucket, without being tied to the rope, which he refused to have done, in order to save his companion Armstrong. He was scarcely lowered twenty feet before he fell in like manner. A ladder was then procured, and Joseph Tennison, of Martin, a labourer, was immediately, at his own request, lowered by the ladder into the well, to endeavour to save the other two; when he had been lowered a few yards, he was observed to fall on the side of the ladder, senseless. It now occurred to the bye-standers, that the cause of these disasters arose from foul air in the well, when a fourth man, William Hardwick, of Martin, labourer, went down on the ladder, with a rope tied round him. Hardwick had not gone down inore than twelve feet, before he likewise became senseless and fell, when he was immediately hauled up, and was black in the face, and apparently dead, but soon after recovered. Every effort was now used by a number of men with grapple irons, but without effect, to bring up the three bodies. A well-sinker was then sent for, who endeavoured to take out the foul air with which the well was filed, but in vain. An improvement was then suggested and made in the grappling irons, when, after much difficulty, the three bodies were brought up. A surgeon examined Mrs. Ann Shaw, 84, mother of Mr. S. them, and found them to have been dead for surgeon, of Liverpool. Mr. Richard Wroe, of Stretford, to Miss Mary Chantler, of Manchester. Mr. H. Scott, attorney, to Miss Nangles, both of Preston. Mr. John Bowness, of Sedbergh, to Eleanor, youngest daughter of the late Mr. T. Proctor, of Ulverston. At Eccles, Mr. John Whitehead, of Aldersgate-street, London, to Miss Phillips, of Manchester. At Penwortham, near Preston, Mr. Ralph Pritt, to Miss Isabella Houghton, of Clay ton-le-woods. At Lancaster, Mr. Dewhurst, of Preston, to Mrs. Gaskell, of Lancaster. Mr. Markland, of Manchester, to Miss Simpson, of Myerscough. Mr. William Muithead, of Manchester, to Miss Phoebe Walker, daughter of Mr. J. W. of Salford. Died At Liverpool, in her 85th year, Mrs. Margaret Benson, sister of the late M. B. esq. Aged 50, after a very short illness, Mr. Edward Rye, of Manchester. Mr. William Peel, printer, of Preston. Aged 41, Mr. William Nabb, of Manchester, solicitor; a gentleman much respected. Aged 53, Mr. Kite, well known as mapager of a company of equestrians. CHESHIRE. An auxiliary Bible Society meeting was held at Chester, on the 18th November. We insert the following catastrophe at <ac some hours. A Coroner's verdict was, eidental death by suffocation in the well from the foul air." Ingledew has left a widow and five children. To this melancholy nat rative, it may be proper to add, that no person should venture down a well of any depth before he tries whether a candle will bura down to the water. If a candle will burn, he may go down with safety, if not, it is certain death. The foul air, the carbunic acid gas of chemistry, is heavier than atmospheric air, and always sinks to the bottom. It may be drawn out of the well by a bucket, in the same manner as water. Married.] At Chester, Mr. Thomas, druggist |