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In the FIRST PLACE, it appears to him that, as the present value of this progressive record, during THE HALF OF A GENERATION, could not have been duly anticipated by the public, and as much of that value arises out of the actual length of the Series, many persons would now be desirous of perfecting their broken Sets, but for the heavy expence which attends the purchase of so many Numbers or Volumes. The Editor has, therefore, determined, from this FIRST of NOVEMBER to the FIRST of NEXT FEBRUARY, to sell all the BACK NUMBERS, down to the end of 1812, to the Public, at EIGHTEEN PENCE instead of TWO SHILLINGS, per Number; but, after the first of February, on no ground to sell them at less than the usual price of Two Shillings, the numbers for the current year remaining, however, at their regular price. This temporary concession will, he trusts, meet the wishes of many old Friends who have lost their Numbers or Volumes, and also prove an accommodation to the Funds of wany Book Societies and Public Libraries which have been established since the commencement of the Magazine.--Orders may be given to the various Booksellers, or addressed directly to the Publisher, at No. 1, Paternoster-Row, The SECOND particular to which the public attention is invited, regards the Intelligence itself. For the sake of a record in the Monthly Magazine, which is read more extensively than any other publication of its time, it is surely an object worthy the attention of survivors of deceased friends to transmit (free of postage) a notice of their meritorious actions:-of the committees of public works and bodies to send such sum muries of their progress and transactions as they would wish to have read by this age and posterity;—and for observers of natural and moral phenomena, to contribute through such a common channel to the general stock of useful Knowledge, Tavistock Square; Oct. 25, 1813. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. NOME distinguished northern patriots have lately celebrated, by a public dinner at Newcastle, the memory of the ever-to-be-admired C. J. Fox. Subjoined are given a list of their toasts, deemed worthy of record in our journal, as exhibiting the sentiments of a numerous and respectable body of the friends of that public herty which now is almost out of fashion. We cannot refram however from express ing our grief and chagrin that at such a crisis of the war as the present, and on a question so momentous to the interests and konour of Britain, so utterly disgraceful to the Liberty of the Press-with three times three. Mr. Lambton, and may he ever maintain the Principles of his Father and his Uncle, with three times three. Dr. Fenwick, and the Whigs of Durham. Sir Matthew White Ridley, and the Whigs of Newcastle, with three times three. Sir John Swinburne, and the Whigs of Northumberland. Mr. Henry Brougham. The Memory of Parliamentary Reform, and may there be a speedy Resurrection, with three times three. The health of the Rev. Christopher Wyvill, the great Apostle of religious free dom;-with three times three. The House of Hanover, and may they never forget the principles which seated them upon the Throne. The Constitution as it was established in 1688. The Army. The Navy. Lo:d Wellington, and the Army in Spain; with three times three. Sir T. Graham, and his brave Comrades, who stormed St. Sebastian. The Rights of the People, of which Mr. Fox was ever the zealons defender. The Canse for which Hamden died in the field, and Sidney on the scaffold. The just prerogative of the Crown, and the pure Representation of the People. The Cause of Ireland, and may the exertions of the friends of religious liberty be crowned with Success. The Cause of civil and religious Liberty all over the world. The man who dares be honest in the worst of times. Thanks to those who effected the aboli tion of the Slave Trade. The Rosc, the Thistle, and the Shamrock. The Constitution in full vigour, without its abuses. The Patriots of Spain, and may their exertions be crowned with Success. The Allied Armies in Germany, and may a speedy and honourable peace be the consequence of their successes. The Trial by Jury, and Lord Erskine, the steady assertor of British freedom, whenever and wherever it has been assailed. Lord Holland, and may he always support the principles of his illustrious relative. Lord Grenville, the steady and able friend of Catholic emancipation. The Duke of Norfolk and the Whig Club. The Memory of Sir George Saville. Mr. Whitbread, the zealous detector of abuses, and the determined defender of the oppressed. Sir Samuel Romilly. MONTHLY MAG. No. 247. Mr. Grattan. Lord Lauderdale and the Whigs of Scotland. Mr. Coke and the Whigs of Norfolk. Mr. Selby, and the Independent Freemen of Berwick. The Tyneside Agricultural Society offer ten guineas to the farmer who, in the opinion of the judges, has the greatest merit in the management of his farm.-Five guineas to the farmer, the whole of whose tarnip crop, exceeding four acres, is the best, the whole of whose land in tur nips, in the estimation of the judges, being not worth more than 30s. per acre.-Five guineas to the farmer, the whole of whose Ruta Baga crop, exceeding three acies, is the best.-Five guineas to the labourer in husbandry, employed by a subscriber, who has brought up in habits of honest industry, to at least seven years of age, the greatest number of legitimate children without assistance from the parish.---Three gumeas to the male-servant in husbandry, employed by a subscriber, who has made the longest servitude with the same mastcr; besides numerous other premiums. The Barnardcastle Agricultural Society also offer various premiums for crops of beans, turnips, &e. A society, having the landable object of preventing accidents in coal mines, has been instituted at Bishopswearmonth, Sir RALPH MILBANK in the chair; and several gentlemen, distinguished for their scientific attainments, have been appointed a committee to forward its benevolent purposes. John Geo. Lambton, esq. has been elected to represent the interests and voice of the freeholders of the county of Durham in the House of Commons, in lien of the late Sir H. V. Tempest; and to secure his election for the county, his relation, R. A. Lambton, esq. resigned his seat for the city. Among the candidates to fill this latter vacancy is a Mr. George Allan, who, in a public advertisement, has the hardihood to tell the freemen that he does not see the necessity of a parliamentary reformn! It remains then to be tried whether the frec men of Durham will elect a man to represent them in parliament, who, it appears by his own confession, is afflicted with mental blindness! The Newcastle papers state that 21 acres of wheat at Eiswich produced this antumn 76 bushels per acre. The bridge of five arches over the Eden is in great forwardness. Married.] Mr. Wright, of Upsland, to the daughter of W. Dobson, esq. of Bishop Auckland. At Brampton, Mr. John Robson, to Miss Tenniswood, of Boothby House. Mr. Rand, of Morpeth, to Miss Wardell, of Longframlington. ЗА At At Stockton-upon-Tees, Mr. James Nichols, of Leeds, bookseller and printer, to Miss Bursey. Mr. John Milburn, of Tynemouth, to Eliza, daughter of Mr. Robert Smith, of Newcastle. Ralph Naters, esq. of Sandyford, to the daughter of Henry Trewhitt, esq. of North Shields. Mr. Wm. Wood, of Masham, to Mary, daughter of Mr. J. Moses, of Bedale. Mr. Mensforth, of Belford, to Miss Mensforth, late of Morpeth. Mr. Hall, to Miss Gaff, both of South Shields. Mr. Edmund Graham, to Miss Ludlow, of Gateshead. Mr. Utrick Walton, of Fainberry House. to Isabel, daughter of Mr. J. Dickinson, of Lowbyer. Died.] At Newcastle and Gateshead, Mrs. Alice Cook.-60, Mr. W. Stuart, of the Quay.-18, Robert, son of Mr. J. Coulson.-46, Mrs. Mary Dobson.-47, Miss Mary Hudson, milliner.-43, Mrs. Saralı Atkinson.-51, Mr. T. P. Flanders.-80, Mr. John Robinson. Mr. John Chapman. -59, Mr. James Banks, dancing master,— Mr. John Jefferson.-61, Mr. Walter Shields, of St. Nicholas Church-yard. At Durham, 98, Mrs. T. Emerson.-65, Mrs. E. Penny.-60, Mr. Robert Harrison. Mrs. Hays.-86, Mrs. Sarah Ramshaw. -54, Mr. Joln Smith. At Shields, Miss H. Moore.-Mrs. Boag. -60, Mr. R. Stonehouse.--90, Mr. John Bewick.-Mrs. Greenwell, a lady of excellent qualities.-71, Mr. A. Glover.Mrs. Marg. Kidd, by a fall.—Mr. T. Young. -41, Mr. John Prector, a respected mem. ber of the Society of Friends.—Mrs. Sigsworth.-40, Suddenly, Mr. W. Banks. At Sunderland, 95, Eliz. Russell.-69, Mrs. Harrison.-78, Mr. R. Lamb.-Miss Satchell.--Mrs. Angas.-Mrs. Barker.-Mr. N. B. Simey.-59, Mrs. Harrison.-50, Mr. John Fawell.-Mr. Martin. At Ovingham, 52, Mr. John Maughan. 49, Mr. G. Roberts.-Mr. R. Sisterton. At Cleatham, 62, Robert Moses, esq. for merly of Darlington. At South Biddick Hall, 86, Mrs. Mary At North Biddick, 85, Mr. G. Golightly. At Tynemouth, Mr. E. Brown, formerly of North Shields." At Matterville, Quintin Blackburn, esq. much lamented. At Spittal, 32, Mrs. M. Burn. At Kedden on the Wall, 102, Mrs. Ann Rutherford. At Leyborn, Mr. John Bell. At Startforth, 79, Mrs. Harrison, dangbter of the late H. Parke, esq. of Whitbeck Hall. At Pallion, 66, Mrs. Jane Todd. At Wynyard, after a short but severe illness, Sir H. V. Tempest, bart. member of parliament for the county of Durham, and on Thursday the 12th of Aug. his remains were deposited in the family fault of LongNewton. The procession left Wynyard at ten o'clock, attended by an immense train of his friends and tenantry; passing through Wolviston, Stockton, and Elton, to LongNewton. At two o'clock the funeral procession reached Long-Newton, the ancient. residence of the Vane family. The pall was supported by J. D. Nesliam, esq.; R. E. D. Shafto, esq.; Edward Shipperdson, esq.; Richard Wright, esq.; Cuthbert Sharp, esq.; Thomas Wilkinson, esq.; John Wharton, esq. M.P.; Robert Surtees, esq. And the chief mourners were, M. A. Taylor, esq. M. P. and Mr. Vane. The church of Long-Newton was crowded to excess, and the solemn service was frequently interrupted by the sighs and the tears of the congregation. It seemed as if every one present had lost his dearest friend and nearest connection; so much was Sir H. V. Tempest beloved and lamented. In the year 1794, Sir Henry Vane Tempest was elected a member of parliament for the city of Durham, at a time when, from his long absence in a foreign country, his precarious health, and the total want of intelligence, the knowledge of his existence was rendered extremely doubtful. On his marriage with the Countess of Antrim, cousiderations of the highest personal importance reluctantly obliged him to resign a seat which had been so honourably conferred; to the sincere regret of the freemen. In the year 1507 the representation of the county was eagerly sought by four different candidates, who were successively offered to the choice of At Weetwood, 65, Mrs. Hall, sister of the freeholders; and the zeal of party spirit Mr. C. Clark.-Mrs. Orde. At Bladon, 81, Mr. James Hunter. At Hexham, 68, Mrs. Kirsop. raged with its utmost violence. Sir H. V. Tempest had just returned from Ireland, and no sooner was his return made public, than all eyes were turned towards him; and though laboming' under the oppression of severe indisposition, the entreaties of his friends prevailed, and he stood forward a candidate on the "independent interest.” Every succeeding year encreased the con fidence fidence of his constituents, and afforded him fresh opportunities of proving that he was not unworthy of their choice, by his unremitting attention to their interests. In his politics, Sir H. V. T. was, we think, too much attached to the administration of Mr. Pitt, and he afterwards supported the leading measures of Perceval. In many instances, however, he voted in opposition to ministers, and he never became the tool of party, nor slavishly followed the opinions of any set of men, but conscientiously voted according to the best of his judg ment. He was in his 42d year. Descended from a noble and respectable family, he added dignity to his birth, by the possession of those acquirements which distinguish and adorn the accomplished gentleman. In the various duties of domestic life, Sir H. V. T. was a warm friend, a tender husband, and an affectionate parent; to his servants he was ever a kind master, and to his tenantry a considerate landlord. Wyn yard was the abode of plenty, the seat of hospitality; and if his friends had ever reason to complain, it was, that, by his obliging and endearing attentions, they forgot every other consideration in the charms of his society. In all public charities, the name of Sir H. V. T. was conspicuous: he was ever ready to relieve the distresses of the poor, and his purse was never closed to the calls of suffering humanity: his charity did not arise from a cold sense of duty, it was the spontaneous emotion of a benevolent heart. CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. Lately, as Mr. Holme, of Orton, was going from thence to Ellergill, seven weasels came out of an old wall, and presented a very threatening attitude, at the same time making a shrill noise, which at first nuch alarmed him, but he mustered conrage to encounter them, and, after a sharp contest, killed three; the rest made their escape. A machine for splitting leather has been invented by Messrs. Busher and Co. of Kendal, by means of which a tanned hide may be split in five minutes quite smooth, and to any thickness required. Capt. Browne, of Crossfield,lias improved S30 acres of Inglewood Forest, which he purchased for 20s. per acre, in such manner that it now lets for 40s. per acre per annuin! He has also planted on another tract 400,000 forest trees. Leeches, which generally sell at half-acrown each in London, are found in great plenty in various parts of Cumberland. The mud is agitated by a pole, when a person walks into the water with his legs bare, and the leeches attach themselves in great numbers. A man of the name of Grierson was lately executed for a robbery in this coun ty, being the only one since 1782; and on the following night burglaries were committed at two houses in Stramongate, Kendal. Married.] At Ulverston, Mr. Carter, surgeon, to Miss Jane Hustler. Mr. R. Thompson, of Wythburn, to Miss Mary Tyson, of Blackhall. Mr. Abr. Crossthwaite, of Windermere, to Miss Bowness. At Whitehaven, the Rev. H. Lowther, son of Col. L. of Kensington, M.P. to Miss Eleanor Younger. At Carlisle, T. Atkinson, esq. to Miss Isabella Hodgson. At Wetheihall, Dr. Ramsay, to Miss S. Graham, of Low House. Mr. John Noble, of Hawkshead, to Miss Clark, of Satterthwaite. Capt. Johnson, to Miss Hutton, only daughter of the Rev. J. H. of Burton, in Kendal. Died.] At Carlisle, 43, the Rev. Joseph Pattison, minor canon of Carlisle, &c.-80, Mr. John Langcake.-60, Mr. T. Graham. Mrs. Wilson,-Mr. T. Beattie.-20, Miss Jane Nanson. At Kendal, 19, Miss Jane Line.-19, Miss Margaret Briggs.-91, Mrs. Martha Baldwin, bread-baker, niece of Dr. Shaw, the traveller. At Whitehaven, 50, Mr. Jos. Brooks.82, Mrs. Littledale. At Penrith, 64, Mr. R. Townley.-90, Mrs. S. Bouzier.--70, Mrs. E. Costworth. At Herrington, 70, Mr. Jer. Kay. At Cockermouth, 65, Mr. Jos. Scott. At Greymore Hill, 50, Mrs, L. Harkness. At Ulverston, suddenly, Mr. Parker, surgeon. At Workington, Mr. Joseph Tyson.30, Miss Hodgson. At Ravenstonedale, 66, Mr. J. Ward, At Orton, 86, Mrs. Agnes Rowras. At Kingmoor, 78, Mr. Jos. Rush.-73, Mr. Ainsey Rush. At Kirbymoorside, 84, Mr. Harwood. At Mirkbooths, 20, Miss J. Jefferson. At Wieton, 31, Mrs. F. Winthorpe.Mr. H. Craighill. At Leeson Hall, 50, Mrs. M. Spark. At Muncaster Castle, the Right Hon. Lord Muncaster, deeply and generally lamented.—(See Londen.) 3A 2 YORK YORKSHIRE. The Union and Rockingham coaches, of Leeds, lately travelled from London, or 196 miles, in 23 hours, or 84 miles per hour! We hope the horses were changed at least every ten miles, otherwise such a fact is a record of barbarity. A servant who has lived 59 years in the service of Mrs. Wilson, of Moor-Grange, near Leeds, liberally received two guineas reward from the Wharfdale Society. Better would it be to omit to give premiums so incominensurate with the merit which they profess to reward. The plentiful corn harvest has enabled the carriers in Yorkshire to reduce the rates of carriage. An honest and sensible Quaker, of Totmorden, printed in the Leeds Mercury, of Oct. 9, one of the most eloquent appeals against this fatal war that we remember to have seen. We wish that truly Christian fraternity would reprint and circulate through the nation Lord Whitworth's correspondence, that the authors and causes of the war may be justly estimated. A Mr. B. Johnson, musician, of Scarbo rongh, lately entered the 104th year of his age. The Rockingham, of Hull, states, that 30 men and boys were lately killed by the explosion of hydrogen gas, in a coal-pit at Chester-le-Street. Such is the estimation of Sir JOSEPH RADCLIFFE, bart. that 1000 guineas have been subscribed for a print of him from Owen's picture. There has been a grand Musical Festival at Sheffield, at which Madame Catalani assisted. The following is a shipwright's wife's statement of house-keeping per week, with a family consisting of three children, given in a late Rockingham: f. 8. d. Leeds, Mr. Samuel Eveleigh, to Maria, Mr. Joseph Gaunt, clothier, to Miss At Thorp, James Thomlinson, esq. to At Gretna Green, Mr. Inman, of Market Cornelius Clark, jun. esq. of Barnby, near Blyth, to Miss Stonehonse. William Walton, esq. to Miss Hamah Austin, both of Armley. Mr. William Holliday, to Miss Ann Bickerdike, both of Leeds. Sir Wm. Hillary, bart. of Rigg-house, to Amelia, daughter of the late P. Tobin, esq. At St. Martin's, York, Newcomen Edgeworth, esq. of Kilshrewby, to Mrs. Townend, of York. Mr. John Whitton, jun. merchant, of Hull, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. John Raines, of Flinton. Mr. William Hill, of York, to Miss Anna Maria Smith, of Manchester. At Doncaster, Capt. William Gardner, At Richmond, Mr. David Peele, At Shaw-hall, 18, Miss Maria Whitehead, a most amiable young lady, whose death was occasioned by the bursting of a small cannon fired by her at an entertainment to celebrate some late military events, which were supposed to be connected with some interest of this country.. At Eskdaleside, 50, Mr. Howden, after being bed-ridden 20 years. At Whitby, 84, Mrs. D. Willis.-28, Mr. W. Haslewood, of Ruswarp.--70, Mr. Geo. Porritt.-59, Mr. John Howden.- Mrs. 02 Taylor, wife of Capt. T. 4 £. s. d. Potatoes O ¡NOCO7O 9 0 11 0 0 24 Meat..... 0 0 .... 0 6 Pepper 0 0 1 .. 0 1 4. 1 2 1 65 Not including tools, cloathing, and children's learning. The wages are 4s. or 4s. 6d. per day! The sentence of the court-martial, held on Lieut.-Col. Maxwell, paymaster of the Leeds recruiting district, at Leeds, has been made pube. The Court found the prisoner guilty of the charge of having em bezzled or misapplied the sum of 7998!. 68. and sentenced him to be dismissed from his Majesty's service, and to be imprisoned till the above sum should be repaid. Married. At the Friends' meeting-house, At Hull, 84, Mrs. Proctor.-16, Master Young.-52, Mr. Tho. Brigham.-33, Mrs. Boyle.-53, Henry Bedford, esq. of Sutton, partner with Messrs. Pearse, Harrison, and Co.--86, Mr. Jolm Kirk, of the Customs.-Mrs. Watson-58, Mr. Jackson, surgeon.-46, Mr. Geo. Staniforth.--Mr. Jeremiah Wright.-65, Mrs. Thorpe.-83, Mrs. Smith, of Little Hatfield.-82, Mr. F. Muncaster.-49, Mr. C. Wade, timbermerchant. At |
