Carlisle Patriot, 10 Dec 1825 - Local News (1)

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Saturday 10 Dec 1825   (p. 2, col. 5-6 and p. 3, col. 1)

 

[Page 2 is badly filmed, very faded, and in places almost impossible to read - there may well be transcription errors.]

 

The Carlisle Harriers will cast off on Monday the 12th inst. at Hawksdale; on Wednesday, at Blackford; and on Friday, at Scotby—each morning at 9 o'clock.

 

The Dean of Carlisle and Family left the Deanery, Carlisle, on Monday morning, for London.

 

On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, the Glasgow mail, by way of Leeds, was detained by a fall of snow near the latter place, from one to two hours beyond its time.

 

The Directors of the Newcastle and Carlisle Rail-Road, now that the line of road is fixed on, have given notice that the application required by the rules of Parliament to be made to each proprietor of land will be shortly proceeded with, and in the meantime they have caused copies of the plan to be deposited in the Long-room, Turk's-Head Inn, Newcastle, and in the offices of the Clerks of the Peace for Northumberland, Newcastle, Durham, and Cumberland; and they express their acknowledgments to the land-owners "for the uniform courtesy with which the surveyors have been permitted to pursue and complete their labours."

 

An inquest was held at Whitehaven on Saturday last, before P. HODGSON, Esq. on the body of a man which was discovered about six o'clock in the morning, lying near the Lime Tongue in that harbour. It was ascertained that his surname was TYSON, that he was a native of Kendal, and had arrived in that town on the previous Thursday. The sum of 9s. 6½d. was found upon his person.—Verdict: found drowned.

 

A Penrith correspondent says—"The account of the Vestry meeting here, which appeared in the Journal last Saturday, was a tissue of falsehood. Neither Mr. ADDISON nor Mr. SCOTT addressed the meeting; nor was the meeting unanimous. So much for correct reporting!"

 

A fire broke out on Monday morning, on a farm in the occupation of Mr. Thomas LANCASTER, of Staingills, near Penrith: a barn, thrashing-machine, and a stack of barley were consumed. The cattle and horses were fortunately liberated in time.—Another fire occurred, the same night, in a carpenter's shop, at Kirkoswald: and the premises, with the owner's tools, were consumed.

 

The Rev. John UNDERWOOD, B. D. of Catgill Hall, near Whitehaven, has been elected master of Uckfield school, Sussex. Patrons—the Hon. C. JENKINSON, Sir J. SHELLEY, M. P., — MADDOCK, Esq., and the Rev. Mr. WOODWARD.

 

The Rev. J. D. BANNISTER, late of the Clerical Institution, St. Bees, has been presented, by Edmond HORNBY, Esq. M. P., John GARDINER, and Daniel ELLOTSON, Esqrs. to the perpetual curacy of Pilling, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. POTTER.

 

On Monday week, John HERD, of Kirkland, was committed to Appleby gaol by Christopher WILSON, Esq., charged with stealing one wether sheep, the property of Edmund ATKINSON, of Helsington.

 

It is in agitation to establish a mail-coach between Carlisle and Whitehaven, to set off almost immediately after the arrival of the Manchester and Liverpool mail. The following memorial has been sent from Whitehaven to the Postmaster General, signed by upwards of 300 merchants, &c. of that town, Workington, Harrington, Maryport, Cockermouth, &c.; and a similar one will be sent, it is said, from Carlisle, Wigton, and Allonby:—

 

"To the Right Honourable his Majesty's Postmaster General, the humble Memorial of the Merchants, Tradesmen, and Inhabitants of Whitehaven, Harrington, Workington, Maryport, and Cockermouth, in the County of Cumberland, sheweth, That the letters from London, Liverpool, and Manchester, to your Memorialists, are of much greater importance than letters from the midland and eastern counties, and that if the same were received earlier than at present it would be very beneficial to the trade of the said towns.—That the letters conveyed by the Leeds mail for your Memorialists are comparatively of little or no importance, and very seldom require that immediate attention which must be given to letters from London, Liverpool, and Manchester, especially when they relate to the shipping interest.—That although it appears by the communication lately received from Francis FREELING, Esq. and J. H. FLETCHER, Esq. that the alteration in the departure of the mail from Penrith, at an earlier hour, cannot with propriety be made yet: if the letters from London, Liverpool, and Manchester, were despatched by way of Ambleside from Kendal, immediately on their arrival at that place, and not by way of Penrith, the interests of your Memorialists would be greatly promoted, as their letters would be received much earlier than at present, and the distance decreased 15 miles.—That the Scotch and Irish letters, and also those from the eastern counties, for your memorialists, might be conveyed by a mail to be run between Carlisle and Whitehaven, several respectable persons being now ready to contract to run the same, as your memorialists are informed, at little or no additional charge to the Post-office revenue.—Your memorialists therefore pray that your Lordship will be pleased to order that the letters from London, Liverpool and Manchester, and such other letters as come by the same mail for your memorialists, shall be forwarded on their arrival at Kendal by way of Ambleside, instead of Penrith, and that your Lordship will also be pleased to order that measures be taken to establish a mail coach between Carlisle and Whitehaven, by way of Wigton, Allonby, Maryport, and Workington, or that your Lordship will make such other alterations in the conveyance of your memorialists' letters as to your Lordship shall seem meet," &c.

 

Hesket Hunt (in the Forest), on Tuesday, was very numerously attended; the weather fine, and the field sport pretty good; but still better sport was afforded by the excellent dinner served up at the inn by Mr. PEARSON, who showed deep science in his estimate of the taste of his respectable and hilarious guests.

 

On the night of Tuesday week, Mr. James THOMPSON, of Dumfries, and his wife, had a very narrow escape from drowning in crossing Lochar moss, the road over which was inundated; the horse deviated into a ditch, in the dark, and was drowned; and Mr. and Mrs. T., after a struggle, regained a footing, and walked back to the village of Roucan.

 

 

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