Carlisle Patriot, 25 Dec 1824 - Local News (1)

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Saturday 25 Dec 1824   (p. 2, col. 6 and p. 3, col. 1, 3 + 6)

 

It will be seen by an advertisement in p. 1, that Mr. DEWAR, teacher of dancing in this city, has just published a new set of Parisian Quadrilles.

 

The late conviction of Capt. CHRISTOPHERSON, of Maryport, for putting seamen ashore in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, has produced a circular from the navy office, pointing out the conviction, and the law as laid down by the Lord Chief Justice, and intimating that notice thereof has been sent to all the consulates abroad, in order that masters of vessels may take warning.

 

Long-continued and very heavy rain fell in this neighbourhood on Monday, Tuesday, and a great part of Wednesday. The waters of the Eden were higher than they have been for two years past; the whole of the low grounds were covered. The Caldew, on Wednesday, exceeded its usual bounds in a still greater degree—it pretty nearly approached the height of the great flood in 1809. The whole of Caldewgate (beyond the bridge) and Shaddongate were under water for several hours. Many footbridges, that of Cummersdale among others, were washed away, and the wreck came down the stream. A strong garden wall belonging to Mr. DIXON, which has resisted many a flood, was broken in two pieces; and a small brick summerhouse, near the bank of the river below the bridge, was overthrown, and a great part of the materials disappeared. No personal accident occurred; nor is the loss of property very important. The water retired in the course of Wednesday night. Thursday morning dawned upon a very hard frost; but the rain returned in the evening, and last night was a very stormy one. It will be seen by subsequent paragraphs, that considerable inconvenience has been experienced by floods in other parts of this district—but how far short is this of the terrible inundation of St. Petersburgh and Cronstadt, of which we this day insert further particulars!

 

Committed to Carlisle gaol, on Wednesday last, by the Rev. T. MATTHEWS, William GARDNER, for stealing spirits from a rum cask, while under care of Mr. BUSHBY, common carrier.

 

An inquest was held on Monday last, at St. Cuthbert's work-house, Harraby-hill, on the body of Nicholas SOMERS, aged 60 years, who was that morning found dead, in the turnpike road, near this city, in the parish of St. Cuthbert. There were no marks of violence on the body; and the jury, therefore, brought in a verdict of, Died by the visitation of God.

 

The Carlisle harriers cast off on Tuesday the 28th inst., at Gibson's-cover; on Thursday the 30th, at Durnhill; and on Saturday the 1st of January, at Leach's cover: each morning at eight o'clock.

 

We have the pleasure to inform our readers that the present year is likely to close without the announcement in this, or any other local newspaper, of any failure or failures in the north of England or south of Scotland—even from the extensive agriculturist, manufacturer, or merchant, to the common horse and cattle dealer. While agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, move in conjunction, there can be no fear of the wheels of trade becoming entangled.

 

The usual annual statement of the Carlisle Savings Bank appears among our advertisements.

 

The scholars of Guild-hall school, conducted by Mr. J. YOUNG, were entertained on Thursday last with biscuits and ale—previous to which Mr. YOUNG was presented, by one of his pupils, with a very handsome silver snuff-box, valued at £2 2s.

 

On Saturday night, a man went to the stall of Mr. HEWITT, butcher, at the head of Botchergate, took up a piece of beef, asked the price of it, and while Mrs. HEWITT (who attended the stall) was speaking to another customer, the fellow ran off with the meat, but was closely pursued down Water-lane by the plundered party, who cried 'stop thief!' as loudly as her lungs admitted, but the fellow got away.—On the same evening, a man entered a grocer's shop, in this city, and ran off with a whole cheese, in a similar manner.

 

In consequence of the great advance in the price of malt and hops, the Brewers in Whitehaven and neighbourhood, we understand, have raised the price of ale four shillings per half barrel.

 

On Saturday evening, soon after night-fall, a female dealer in whiskey, who had paid her devoirs too freely to her own "cratur," walked into the Canal Basin, and would have been drowned, but for the prompt assistance rendered by the crew of one of the vessels there, who heard the splash of her fall, and her efforts in the water to keep herself from sinking. When taken out, she smelt so strongly of whiskey, it was evident that water had little to do with her potations.

 

WIGTON, DEC. 22.—From the heavy fall of rain on Wednesday morning, there has been the largest flood at Wigton ever remembered by the oldest inhabitants. The river Wisa began to rise about eight o'clock, and in two hours the water was upwards of 10 feet above the general run of the river. Considerable damage has been done by the flood in the houses in the lower parts of the town. The road at the west end was impassible for many hours, and the coach from Carlisle to Whitehaven could get no further than Wigton. The coach from Whitehaven had not arrived at five o'clock in the evening, when this letter was sent out.

 

The depth of rain that fell at Wigton, in eight hours, was 2 inches, as measured by Mr. SIMPSON.

 

The rivers Eamont and Lowther, near Penrith, were exceedingly high on Wednesday last, and did some damage in the low-lands. The lower part of the town of Penrith was inundated, owing to the washing down of a wall—the insufficiency of an arch to contain so vast a body of water as issued from Scumscaw. This, however, had no connexion, we are informed, with the lately-constructed drains, which kept the town clear, so far as their operation extended.

 

The Eden, at Appleby, on Wednesday, was so much swoln that it inundated the high road, upon which the water was a considerable depth.

 

On the 9th inst., John TEMPLE, (second son of the late Capt. H. TEMPLE, of the Content of Harrington,) a seaman on board the Elizabeth, ATKINSON, of Harrington, was found drowned in the river Shannon, at Limerick. It is supposed that he had fallen overboard whilst keeping watch.

 

 

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