Carlisle Patriot, 22 Oct 1825 - Local News (1)

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Saturday 22 Oct 1825   (p. 2, col. 3-6 and p. 3, col. 5-6)

 

INQUESTS.—On Sunday last, an inquisition was held at Causewayhouse, near this City, before Richard LOWRY, Esq. coroner, in view of the body of Mr. Wm. NICHOL, innkeeper there, aged 46, who met with his death on the preceding evening, under very melancholy circumstances. Joshua SEALBY, of Low-Hesket, deposed as follows: On Saturday evening, between six and seven o'clock, being on the turnpike-road, near Mr. HENDERSON's cottage, he saw the deceased riding up from Low-Hesket; and when he came opposite the cottage, his leg or stirrup-iron came in contact with the off-side shaft of a cart then moving along the road in a contrary direction; by which the deceased was thrown from his white poney upon the ground with great violence: instantly, the poney galloped off, and Mr. NICHOL was dragged by the near-side stirrup, nearly a quarter of a mile, to his own house. Two women were in the cart, one of them driving, but no blame could justly be attached to them, as there was room enough to pass on either side. There was no previous unruliness in the poney; the accident was solely attributable to the cause stated, by which the animal was thrown down on its side.—Mr. JAMES of Carlisle, surgeon, stated that he was called upon to visit the deceased about eight on Saturday night, and arrived at Causewayhouse by nine. On taking off the deceased's clothes, he found a compound fracture on the left leg, a simple fracture on the right thigh, and a considerable fracture on the back part of the head, which were quite sufficient to cause death, and doubtless did cause it, Mr. NICHOL surviving the accident about two hours only.—The Jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Thus perished the hilarious "Willie NICHOL," as he was usually called by his familiar acquaintances, and he had many of them. Alas! poor Willie! He was "a fellow of infinite mirth," and will be regretted by hundreds, besides his widow and a large family of young children.—On the following day, Mr. LOWRY held another inquest on the body of John PATTINSON, aged 63, an inmate of Harraby-hill workhouse, who drowned himself in a fit of lunacy on that day, in the river Caldew, opposite Boustead's Grassing, throwing himself into shallow water, and rolling down with the stream till he came to a greater depth, and there he perished almost in the presence of a looker-on, who had in vain endeavoured to save him.—Verdict, lunacy.

 

On Wednesday last, an inquest was held at Maryport, before Peter HODGSON, Esq., on the body of Jas. CATHCART, a youth aged 13 years, who died in consequence of a girl having unthinkingly thrown a fork at him, one of the prongs of which entered his head above the eye and injured the brain. He lingered two nights and a day, chiefly in a state of insensibility.—Verdict, "accidental death."

 

On Sunday next, two sermons will be preached at the Catholic Chapel in this city, by a very popular preacher, for the benefit of the St. Patrick's Society school, lately instituted in this city for the education of poor Roman Catholic children. We trust the collections will be worthy the well-known charity of the City. It is pleasant thus to see the Catholics anxious to educate their poor; and we are quite sure that in this noble work they may always calculate upon the aid of their Protestant fellow-subjects—vide advt.

 

On the 11th inst. as Mrs. HOPE, accompanied by Mrs. GLAISTER, Salt-Coats, were on their way to Wigton, they were unfortunately thrown from their horse, in consequence of which Mrs. HOPE was very much injured; but she is now in a fair way of recovery.

 

Those who delight in the most sublime of all the sciences, that of Astronomy, may be gratified on the evenings of Monday and Tuesday next, when Mr. HOLDEN intends to give two Lectures in this City, illustrated by a splendid orrery and a variety of appropriate and novel apparatus, such as were never before exhibited, we believe, in Carlisle. The particulars are to be found in an advertisement, p. 1.

 

The Carlisle harriers will cast of on Monday the 24th, at Scotby; on Wednesday, at the kennel; and on Friday, at Hesket in the Forest—each morning at nine o'clock.

 

Forged guinea notes of the Royal Bank of Scotland have been in circulation in this neighbourhood for some time past. On Tuesday, an Irishman, named Patrick M'VEA, was apprehended in Carlisle on a charge of uttering them, and lodged in gaol for further examination. Several facts have come to our hearing connected with the alleged offence; but in the present stage of the business we say no more.

 

 

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