Carlisle Patriot, 07 Jan 1826 - Local News (2)
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Saturday 07 Jan 1826 (p. 2, col. 5-6 and p. 3, col. 5+6) [continued]
We are happy to hear that his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, after examining the line of the intended Railway from Newcastle to Carlisle, has signified his cordial assent.
Mr. FINLINSON was last week unanimously elected master of the Free Grammar School of Parton, near Whitehaven, endowed by the late Mr. WILLIAMSON. Mr. FINLINSON is an experienced teacher, has long been famed for his general and extensive literary attainments, and as a pen-man he has perhaps few if any equals.
James, second son of Mr. Robert JENKINSON, of Whitehaven, was found on Monday, near Ulpha, having perished through the inclemency of the weather. He was in his 19th year, and apprenticed to a painter in Whitehaven, and had shown talents of no ordinary kind.
The subscribers to the Cockermouth Newsroom, following the example set them by those of Wigton, have discontinued the Whitehaven Gazette on account of its degrading scurrility.
"We are authorized to state that the representation made in the Carlisle Patriot of the 24th ult. cautioning the creditors of Messrs. JOHNSTON, ADAMSON, and HOPE, not to be too sanguine in their expectations of being paid in full, was altogether unnecessary, and whoever wrote the paragraph was ignorant of the circumstances of the House. That there will be a considerable loss is too clear, but that loss must and will be borne by the separate estates of the partners, which it is ascertained are more than adequate to make good any deficiency of the Joint Estate. We trust that misinformation alone prompted the author to write the paragraph, and in these times he will see that any unnecessary excitement is injudicious as it affects the public, and cruel towards the suffering individuals who have to make up the loss they could not contemplate." So says the Cumberland Pacquet. If our caution was unnecessary, it certainly was not malicious, nor intended to wound. We shall be glad if the result proves the groundlessness of our fears; and we feel much more satisfaction in copying the above paragraph, (which seems to imply a better state of affairs than is generally anticipated) than in publishing statements of a less favourable nature.
We are extremely sorry to announce an occurrence which took place early this (Monday) morning in William Pit, by which nine persons unfortunately perished. The circumstances which led to this melancholy loss of lives, so far as the late hour at which they were known, and the hurry of our day of publication would allow us to collect, we understand are briefly as follow:—One of the engines under ground in that Pit had been at work several hours last night and this morning, when the men in attendance discovered the space about the engine to be instantly enveloped in flames, which had the effect of igniting the coal, and also the wood work, which soon produced an immense body of fire. The air passing through this body, and thus rendered unfit for respiration, had to travel at least two miles before it reached the upcast shaft: at this place two men who had the charge of the furnaces for rarifying and maintaining the ventilation, were unfortunately suffocated. The remaining seven, on the impulse of the moment, went in search of the two sufferers, and, we regret to add, shared a similar fate. The direct road through which they had to pass leading to the upcast-shaft has a distinct ventilation from William Pit; but, in consequence of the furnaces at this place having become extinguished, the current of the air was reversed, and on this account the road was impregnated with the impure air from William Pit—an event which no person could possibly have anticipated or guarded against.—No injury whatever was sustained by any person in William Pit or the workings; for by having extinguishing doors in readiness for occurrences of this nature, the district such affected was soon cut off. No blame whatever we understand attaches to any individual, nor are we aware that the first cause of the fire has been yet ascertained.—Whitehaven Pacquet.
According to custom the children belonging to the Egremont National School (upwards of 70 in number) went to Gillfoot, the seat of Thomas HARTLEY, Esq. on Christmas-day, where they partook of some refreshment, and received a donation of 6d. each.
The New Powder-works at Elterwater, near Ambleside, belonging to David HUDDLESTON and Co. commenced operations on Wednesday week.
The Appleby new year's ball was numerously and respectably attended, on Monday evening last, at the King's Head Inn.
A few days ago, Mr. THWAITES, Governor of Appleby Gaol, found a butterfly in one of the rooms of the prison in a state of inanimation; he took it up, and the warmth of the hand resuscitating the little insect, it took flight over the walls on an expedition which will probably prove its last.
The Brough band visited Appleby, on Monday last, in compliment to Mr. FRYER, innkeeper, whose merry-night took place that evening. The scientific manner in which the young men of the band acquitted themselves is highly creditable.
Bongate Christmas sports took place on Monday last, and were principally the same as last year, of which a circumstantial account was given in this paper. Fanny BROWN, the well known Irish mendicant, was there in all her glory, and made one of the procession. The whole ended with a dance in the evening at Mr. Robert HOWE's, innkeeper, Bongate.
The Rev. John DAVIDSON, B. D., Recor of Washington, Durham, has been preferred to a Prebendal Stall in Worcester Cathedral.
Parish Church of St. Cuthbert's, Carlisle: Marriages, 80; Christenings, 232; Burials, 155—during 1825.
There is no longer any doubt that the Paris, MOORE, of Maryport, was lost on the Goodwin-Sands, as part of her cargo has been found. The captain has left a wife and three children.
Fourteen vessels belonging to Maryport, have been lost since the 5th of January, 1825, and most of them above 120 tons burthen.