At Whitehaven, Mr. Nicholas Green, 85. Mrs. Ornaby, 82.-Mrs. Plasket. On his passage from Carlingford, Captain William Richardson of the Mona, of Whitehaven.

At Brampton, Mr. Thomas Bell, of the Bush Inn. Mrs. Burns.

At Berkby, Mrs. Scaife, wife of Mr. Robert S. 63.

At Penrith, Isabella, wife of Mr. William Hodgson, 81; and the next day, her husband, in his 74th year.-Mrs. Dinah Nicholson, 53. -Mrs. Workman. Mrs. Adamson.-Isabella, wife of Mr. Joseph Smith, 77; and a few days afterwards, her husband, in his 81st year.

About one o'clock in the morning of the 29th November, the Driggle Reservoir at the top of Stanedge in Marsden, about nine miles west of Huddersfield, burst, and the water flowing in an easterly direction, inundated the whole of the adjoining valley. This reservoir, formed for the purpose of supplying the Huddersfield canal, covered about 28 acres of land, and such was the destructive impetuosity of the flood, that it swept away a cottage occupied by James Scholfield, standing on the declivity of a hill, and his wife and four children perished. in the flood, Rushing forward in its fatal course, the water advanced to the mill of Messrs. Horsfall, and so completely inundated the house of the miller, James Balmforth, that himself and his wife were floated out of their beds; he seized the stone-work in the window, and for some time held his wife in his embrace; but she was at length forced from him; and the next morning her lifeless body was taken up at a place called The Paddock, two miles from Huddersfield; the husband, however, kept his hold of the window till the water subsided, and by that means preserved his life. Besides these fatal accidents, in which six lives were lost, many others of less consequence occurred.

December 10th, the first stone of the new bridge over the river Ouse, at York, was laid with the formalities usual on such occasions by the Lord Mayor, attended by the cityofficers, and the lodges of free-masons. The procession having reached the ground where the ceremony was to take place, Mr. Peter Atkinson, the architect, presented to the Lord Mayor a plan and beautiful eleva. tion of the intended bridge, and addressed his lordship in an appropriate speech. The Lord Mayor having received the plan of elevation, which he described to the Provincial Grand Master, replied. He then proceeded to lay the stone, and deposited therein the different and latest current coins of the present king, together with a medal struck in commemoration

of his Majesty having entered into the 51st year of his reign, which were placed in a glass vessel, and covered by a brass plate, on which the following inscription was engraved: "The first stone of this bridge was laid December 10th, in the year 1810, and in the fifty-first year of the reign of George the Third, by the Right Hon. George Peacock, Lord Mayor: Peter Atkinson, Architect. After which his lordship, in a neat and brief speech, congratulated his fellow citizens on the magnitude and utility of a work which was to be of such great benefit to the public at large, and to the further aggrandisement of the ancient city of York. The procession then returned to the Guildhall, in the same order in which it had come.

Married.] The Rev. Stephen Allen, jun. of Lynn, to Catherine, second daughter of the Rev. Godfrey Wolley, of Hutton Bushell.

At Thirsk, John Bentley, esq. to Miss M. Flintoff, daughter of Thomas F. esq. of Thirkleby.

At Sheffield, Mr. John Gascoigne, to Miss Jane Saynor.

At Hull, the Rev. John Simpson, of Hook Halt, near Howden, to Miss Robinson, eldest daughter of Mr. Michael R.

At Wakefield, Mr. Timothy Beaver, attor ney, to Miss Audsley.

George Kelk, esq. of Sutton Hall, near Bawtry, to Miss C. Fisher, of Selby.

At Leeds, Mr. Christopher Boliand, attor ney, to Eliza, daughter of the late W. Fearne, M. D.

At Scrayingham, John Hutchinson, esq. of Kayingham, to Miss Benson, of Howsham.

At Paul, Edward Lorimer, esq. of Tunstall, to Miss Frances Hardy, of Newton Garth, Holderness.

At Pontefract, Louis Lazenby Fox, esq. to Miss Atkinson, sister of Mrs. Rideal. Died.] At Summergangs, Mrs. Jane Davison, 79.

At Swanland, Mr. John Westerdale, 67. At Whitley Hall, near Huddersfield, Richard Henry Beaumont, esq. one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the West Riding. He served the office of high sheriff for the county in the year 1793, aged 61.

At Sheffield, Mr. Thomas Regester.-Mr. Linsitt.-Mrs. Turner, relict of Mr. Jonathan T. 33.-Mr. Benjamin Scott, sen.—Mrs. Dawes.-Mrs. Mary Corker.-Mrs. Gould.Mr. Samuel Broadley, 65.-Mr. Benjamin Smith.

At York, aged 91, Mr. William Readshaw. He served as common-councilman for Monk Ward upwards of 60 years, which office he resigned about two years ago. Mr. Readshaw was the youngest of twenty children. His grandfather lived to the age of 95; and his father to 84. He retained his faculties to the last; and has outlived all his relatives.Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. Rylch, gov.re

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"nor of the city goal, 15.Mr. Champney, surgeon, 65.-Mrs. Hartley, 60.-Mr. Elwick, 90.

At Halifax, Mr. Samuel Edwards, schoolmaster. In a fit of lunacy, he unfortunately swallowed a large quantity of arsenic; the dreadful effects of which soon began to ope. rate in a most melancholy manner; and it was a considerable time before his friends could persuade him to declare the cause of his sufferings: immediate assistance was procured, but too late to counteract the effects of the pernicious drug, and he died in about four hours after. He had formerly been a travelling preacher in the connexion of the late Mr. Westley, and was sincerely respected and beloved by the methodists in general for the uprightness and integrity of the principles he inculcated, and for his good conduct during that period.

At Hull, Mr. John Kitchen, 54.-Mr. Anthony Emmett, 65-Mrs. Jane Thornton, 70.-Mr. Thomas Bird, 80.-Mr. George Dale, 38.-Mrs. Mary Charlesworth, 73.Robert Garton, only son of Mr. Martin Foster, 18.

At Ewes Farm, Mr. Paul Parnell, farmer, grazier, and maltster, aged 76, of whom it is truly said, that in his life-time he quaffed out of one old family silver cup upwards of 20001. sterling worth of genuine Yorkshire stingo, of which he was remarkably fond. This was the ben vivant whom O'Keefe celebrated in more than one of his Bacchanalian songs, under the appellation of Toby Phil pot.

At Doncaster, Mrs. Mandall, wife of Mr. Alderman M. 66.

At Hedon, Mr. John Bedel!, an alderman of that corporation, and many years one of the searchers in the customs at Hull, 73.

The Rev. John Alcock, rector of the second mediety of High Holland, near Barnsley and Burnfall, near Skipton, 82.

At Wakefield, Mr. Jolin Stockdale, 79. At Attercliffe, Mary Eyre, 25. About two months ago she was so severely crushed over the body, while she was attempting to rescue her child from the wheels of a waggon that killed it before her face, in the public highway, that the birth of another child folowing so soon after, inevitably proved, as was expected, her death.

At Bridlington, Mrs. Marshall, 48.

At Sledmere, Mr. William Pontey, many years groom to Sir C. Sykes, bart.

At Healaugh, near Tadcaster, Mr. Richard Archbell, 65.

At Nunnington, Mr. Richard Kendall, 59.

At Howden, Mr. Henry Pearson, 38. At Catwick, in Holderness, Eliza, second daughter of the late George Gibson, esq.

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At Freeton, near Rotherham, Mr. William Rodgers, 66.

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beck, widow of Mr. Samuel K. late master of the Diana frigate; and next morning, la the same house, her son-in-law, Mr. William Crawford, aged 25. The case of Mrs. Killingheck was singular: for seven years she had been afflicted with a dropsical disorder, for which she was tapped no less than twenty times; and the water taken from her, in the course of these operations, amounted to 175 gullons.

LANCASHIRE.

Married.] At Manchester, the Rev. Themas Waters, of London, to Matilda, youngest daughter of the late John Whittenbury, esq. -Mr. John Parker Hall, of Liverpool, to Miss Mary Shawcross.-Mr. George Bramal, to Miss Sarah Irlam, daughter of Mr. I. of the Navigation Inn-Mr. Thomas Landor, of Rugeley, Staffordshire, to Miss Wilson, daughter of the late W. esq.

At Liverpool, Mr. T. Crompton, printer, to Miss Agnes Musgrove.-Mr. Richard Martcroft, printer, of Chester, to Miss Eliz. Orom, of Wolverhampton.-Charles Ryan, esq. of Demarara, to Miss Jesse Robinson. Mr. George Burdy, of Durham, to Susan, youngest daughter of Mrs. Backhouse, of Brookfield Cottage, near Ormskirk.-William Cross, esq. of Goosnargh, to Miss Parkinson. At Lancaster, Mr. James Bateson, of Liverpool, to Miss Stables.

Robert Sandland, esq. of Ellesmere, Salop, to Mrs. Fielding, of Blackburn.

At Warrington, Mr. Jos. Pownall, of Hale Mount, near Altringham, to Miss Newton, daughter of Mr. Peter N. sen.

Died.] At Slyne, Thomas Greene, esq.

At Manchester, the Rev. Ralph Harrison, for 39 years one of the joint ministers of the dissenting meeting in Cross-street, 63 [A further account will be given in our next.]

At Lancaster, Mr. James Hogarth, 27.Mrs. Lowther. In his 66th year, Rowland, Lord Viscount Fauconberg, one of the lew catholic noblemen remaining of the ancient stock of the peerage of England. As his lordship was never married, his title descends to his brother, the Rev. Charles Belasyse, a doctor in divinity, the only remaining male of his family.

At Forton Lodge, near Lancaster, Mrs. Brade, eldest sister of William and James B. esgrs. 67.

At Prescot, Margaret, third daughter of Mr. John Jackson, 23.-Miss Wright.—Mr. Thomas Spencer, sen. 71.

At Garstang, James, son of Mr. Stephen Winder, of the Royal Oak Inn, 20.

At Wigan, Mr. Thomas Rymer, 56Mrs. Collins.

At Liverpool, Mrs. Judith Doyle, 49.Mrs. Smallpiece.-Sarah Lucy, daughter of Mr. Richard Golightly. Mrs. Eleanor Clarke, mother of the late Capt. H. Kennedy, 90-Miss Fosbrook.-Millicent, youngest daughter of Mrs. Blundell, 36.-Mrs. Robbs, 50.-Mr. George Tod, managing partner of the house of Clarke and Tod's.Mrs. Lowe.-Mrs. Carmichael.-Eleanor Mytton, eldest daughter of Mr. Robert Wood.-Mrs. Warrington-Mr. Michael Boyle, 38.-Mr. David Shaw, 36-Mrs. Ann Redgate, 90-Mr Thomas Gardner, surgeon, 27.—While on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Boulton, relict of Joseph B. esq. banker, of Bridgnorth.

The blue boys are clothed, educated, and fed; and the probationers are elected from the Green School.

Married.] At Chester, R. W. Vyse, esq. of Stoke Place, Bucks, M.P. for Beverley, to Miss Frances Hesketh, second daughter of Henry H. esq. of Newton.

At Roasthorn, Mr. William Newton, of Martincroft, to Miss Newton, of High Legh. At Woodchurch, Mr. Daniel Smith, to Miss Ann Warton, both of Oxon.

At Astbury, Mr. Joseph Lounds, of Stockport, to Miss Mary Beckett.

At Penkridge, Mr. John Stockley, of Kinlet, Salop, to Sarah, only daughter of the late Richard Bagnall, esq. formerly of Eaton

House.

Died.] At Chester, Mrs. Bebbington, wife of Mr. B.-John, only son of Captain Lowndes.-Edward Griffith, esq.

At Audlem, Mrs. Bailiss, third wife of Dr. B.

At Middlewich, Mr. Peter Jackson, 90. At Helsby, Mr. Thomas Hassell, sen. 65. At Mach Hoole, Mrs. Barton, relict of Mr. Miles B. surgeon, late of Southport.

At Winnington, near Northwich, Mr. George Jackson.

At Rake Hall, near Chester, Mrs. Cheeseborough, wife of the Rev. Mr. C. vicar of Stoke, 26.

At Nantwich, Mr. John Hyde.-Mrs. Elwale.

At Lawton Hall, Mrs. Lawton, relict of J. L. esq.

At West Kirby, Thomas, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Trevor, prebendary of Chester.

The Rev. George Tayior, rector of Church Eaton, in the county of Staffordshire, and of Ald'ord, in this county, (whose death is reMONTHLY MAG. No. 207.

corded in our last number) was descended from an ancient, respectable, and opulent family in Devonshire, near Totness; which borough his father represented in parliament. In the course of a morning ride he called upon his friend Henry Crockett, esq. of Little Own Hall, wishing to inspect some alterations now making there, when his horse took fright, threw him, and thus put a period to his existence at the age of 89 years. He was endowed by nature with an acute and vigorous understanding, which was greatly im proved by a good education and by classical studies: he was an excellent scholar, equally free from the ostentation of the pedantic, and the empty parade of the superficial; his manners were polished, refined, and gentlemanly, neither fastidious or licentious: though naturally warm in temper, he was most forgive ing, kind, compassionate, and merciful. In friendship he was open, sincere, and generous, neither disguising his real sentiments by mere formal civilities, nor avowing friendly intentions without correspondent feelings. At his table always plentifully supplied, his friends and neighbours ever received a hearty welcome: nor were the poor and the distressed forgotten by him, being ever ready and happy to relieve the wants of the former, and to mitigate the pains of the latter. His travels into foreign countries were extensive and judicious, and being more than once repeated, had made him intimately acquainted with whatever is most curious, entertaining or instructive in the finest portions of Europe. From all these causes, his conversation was refined, amusing, and instructive, and ever made him a desireable and welcome guest in the best and most polished society; indeed such was the versatility of his talents, and the variety of his acquirements, so elegant his manners, and so accommodating his disposition and habits, that his company was alike courted and admired by every class, by the young and by the old. His religious principles were in strict unison with those of the church of England, neither debased by deistical licentiousness, nor contaminated by supercilious and impious fanaticism. The infirmities of old age had for some years rendered him unequal to the active duties of his sacred profession; as a preacher, his tone and manner were solemn and impressive; his enunciation clear and distinct his accent and emphasis most correct and judicious; his voice sonorous and audible. A chasm and void is occasioned, which his friends and acquaintance will in vain attempt to fill up or supply.

taining together six hundred and eighty feet. The adventurers seem not to have considered that there is already a canal communication between the several places before mentioned, and that in point of distance it will be shorter than theirs, particularly when the intended improvements are made on the Oxford canal; and also, that their proposed line has upwards of one thousand feet more lockage than the present, with two miles more of tunnels. There is another matter which seems not to have been in their contemplation, namely, that as the sum to be necessarily expended will be enormous, the tolls must be high in proportion, and if high, then but few goods will pass, since the existing canals take only a moderate toll, and would of course take less rather than lose the trade.

Married At Bakewell, Samuel Perkins Ward, esq. of the Island of St. Helena, to Miss Ann Pidcock, of Doves Wood, near Worksworth.

At Ashborne, Mr. T. Hawthorn, printer, to Miss Frith, daughter of Mr. John F.

Died.] At Ticknall, G. Wilkinson, labourer, 104. This poor man, on the Jubilee day (October 25, 1809) sat at the head of the first table, when the labouring poor of Ticknail and their families, to the number of near one thousand, were entertained with a plentiful dinner.

At Stanton, Mr. William Briggs, yeoman. This person had accumulated a considerable property, and his attachment to it was excessive, he deemed it an act of great extravagance to wear a shirt, and he indulged himself in doing it only on two days in the year, viz. when he attended the races Derby and at Lichfield.

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At Chesterfield, John Cock, esq. At Derby, Mr. Samuel Fletcher, soap manufacturer. He was attending a copper of boiling soap, when he unfortunately fell in, and was so terribly scalded that he survived the accident only three hours.

At Allestree Hall, Sabina Elizabeth, eldest daughter of J. C. Girardot, esq. 15.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Married.] At Mansfield, E. Kendall, esq. to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Mrs. Darling. Mr. J. Wragg, to Miss Ann Curtis. -Mr. Thomas Brothwell, to Miss Mary

Kitchen.

At Newark, Mr. Langley Curtis, to Miss Jane Bottomley, of Carlton-upon-Trent. -Mr. Robert Hall, to Miss Flint.

At Tythby, Mr. Slack, jun. of Bingham, to Miss Mary Foster.

Mr. Chapman, of Nottingham, to Miss Gill, daughter of the Rev. Mr. G. of Wilford.

Died.] At Newark, William Handley, esq. 59

At Scamblesby, Mrs. Marsh.

At Southwell, Rowland, son of the Rev. Godfrey Heathcote.

At Nottingham, John Richards, gent. 79.

Mr. Wigley.—Mrs. Barwick, wife of Mr. B. keeper of St. John's prison.—Mrs. Whitehead, 80.

At East Retford, Mrs. Marshall, relict of Thomas M. esq.

At Wilford, Mary, daughter of the late Mr. Benjamin Bradley, of Newark, 15. At Langar, near Bingham, Mrs. Rowbotham, 59.

At Swinderly, near Newark, Mr. Henry Pounders, 70.

At Bridgeford on the Hill, Joseph Caunt, gent. 75.

At Farndon, Mrs. Horsepool, late of Newark.

At Cransley, John Robinson, esq. brother to Sir George R. bart.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

A subscription has been entered into at Grantham, for the purpose of establishing a school on the Lancastrian system.

The pillar on Lincoln heath was built in the year 1751, by a spirited individual (Sir Francis Dashwood) who dedicated it to public use. It stands in the parish of Dunston, and is a square pillar, encompassing a flight of steps, ninety-two feet high. Until within a few years it had at the top a lantern, fifteen feet and a half high, for the reception of which the structure was designed. The lantern was lighted up at night, and served as a beacon to travellers over the dreary and extensive heath. As soon as the circumjacent tract began, by inclosures and the formation of good roads, to lose something of its wildness, the lighting of the lantern was discontinued; and for about thirty years the pillar has been of no use, beyond that of perpetuating public admiration of the liberal spirit of the founder. The estate upon which it stands, is now the property of the Earl of Buckinghamshire; and his lordship has put the column to a noble use, by placing, in the part lately occupied by the lantern, an extremely well finished colossal statue of our veneral King. It has been executed by Code, in artificial stone, measures fourteen feet in height, and stands upon a pedestal nine fert high. Though its elevation from the ground be one hundred and fifteen feet, yet the fea tures of the statue are perfectly distinguishable, and have been admired by many hun dreds of visitors. His Majesty stands erect, crowned with a sceptre in his right hand. On the west side of the pillar, (two feet above a short Latin inscription of Six F. Dashwood,} is affixed a tablet with the following:

"The statue upon this pillar was erected A.D. 1810, by Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third." The rapid improvements of drainage is this county will, very shortly, dry almost the whole of the marsh grounds; and the system now pursued of uniting the waters of as many

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drains as possible, to pass by one large outfall to the sea, instead of discharging them, as heretofore, through several small ineffec tual channels, widely distant from one another, will permanently prove and establish its superiority; for, in the latter cases, the out-lets, continually silting and choaking up, occasioned infinite mischief and expense, whereas, upon the present plan, the great body of water always keeps the course clear, and the lands secure, at a trifling charge. There is an improvement of this kind in contemplation, by six or seven parishes, between Alford and Saltfleet, which are now drained through three or four different sluices, but which may, with great facility, unite and pass their waters through one sluice, and this must evidently be attended with very great advantage to all, but, more particularly, to two of those parishes, (Theddlethorpe and Mablethorpe,) which will, at little or no expense, in the first instance, obtain a much better fall for their waters, and, for ever afterwards, be relieved from, perhaps twothirds of the charges that would otherwise be continually incurred, from the insufficiency of their present works of drainage. Thus it is clear, that the combination of measures so essential to the improvement of the low lands, cannot be too much encouraged, nor too speedily adopted.

Married.] At Boston, the Rev. J. B. Spooner, rector of Blyborough, to Miss Lawrence, youngest daughter of the late John L. esq. of Lincoln.

At Scawby, John Nelthorpe, esq. of Ferriby, son of the late Sir John N. bart. to Marianna, third daughter of John Brooke, esq. of Bardney Hall, Barton on Humber.

At Gainsborough, Charles Henry Schwanfelder, esq. of Leeds, to Miss Elizabeth Wade.

At Grimsby, Mr. Piercy, to Miss Stockdale, daughter of the Rev. Mr. S.-J. Moody, sq. surveyor of the customs, and an alderman of the horough, to Miss Cook, only daughter of Robert C. esq.

At Scremay, Mr. Mitchel, of London, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Robert Uvedale, D.D. rector of Langton, near Spilsby.

Died] At Brunston Hall, in child bed, Mrs. Curtois, wife of the Rev. Peregrine C. and daughter of the late Sir James Patie, bart.

At Boston, Mr. William Drake, many years a teacher in the royal navy, and well known as an able mathematician, 36-Mrs. Elizabeth Mason, 75.-Aged 40, Henry Clarke, esq. merchant.-At the time of the late high tide, the cellars of this gentleman's house being filled with water, he exerted himself to remove some casks which were Aoating there, and licerated one of his fingers against an iron hoop. Not giving proper attention to the wound, it in a few days became serious, and ultimately occasioned his death.

At Kirton, Mr. Bishop, surgeon, 42.Mrs. Borwell.

At Heighington, Mrs. Goodacre, 50.

At Lincoln, Mr. Charles Franklyn, surgeon. Mrs. Bott, of the Green Man, on Lincoln Heath.-Susan, daughter of Robert Smith, esq.

At Tinwell, near Stamford, Mrs. Christian, wife of B. C. esq. 65.

At Appleby Carr Side, Mr. John Wharton, 31. When only 18 years of age, he weighed 18 stone, and continued to increase in weight, a stone each year, till he was 30 years old. His coffin was so capacious, that a side of the house was taken down to permit its egress. It was six feet broad at the shoulders.

At Revesby, Mr. Briscoe, who accom pinied Sir Joseph Banks in his circumnavigation of the globe, 73.

At Marchem, Mrs. Soulby.

At Mowis Enderby, Mrs. Franklin, wife of Mr. Willingham, F. 59.

At Swaton, near Falkingham, Mr. Sten

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STAFFORDSHIRE.