Carlisle Patriot, 06 Nov 1824 - Local News (1)

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Saturday 06 Nov 1824   (p. 2, col. 3 and p. 3, col. 1-3 + 6)

 

At the gaol delivery for Berwick, on the 27h ult. Elizabeth COOK, a girl about 13 years of age, was convicted of stealing a five pound note, and sentenced to three months imprisonment.

 

An association has been formed in Workington for the better regulation of that town, and in order to prosecute all who break the peace, and injure property of whatsoever kind. A House of Correction is to be built without delay, and the association will be conducted by a committee of twenty gentlemen, chosen annually.

 

We are happy to inform our local readers, that there is now a probability that St. Cuthbert's church, in this city, will soon be supplied with what has long been a desideratum there—an organ. A meeting was held at the Town-hall on Monday last, present, the Dean, the Rev. J. FAWCETT, and about twenty of the principal gentlemen of the town. There was little formal discussion. The Dean subscribed liberally, as an individual, and promised to use his influence in the Chapter to the same end; other gentlemen also put down their names for liberal sums; a Committee was appointed to transact the necessary business; and Mr. T. K. ATKINSON was named Secretary and Treasurer. The matter is now upon a proper footing; there is therefore no fear as to the result.

 

The Earl and Countess of Lonsdale, on leaving Whitehaven, proceeded to Storrs-Hall, on the Banks of Windermere, the seat of John BOLTON, Esq. They were accompanied by Lord F. BENTINCK, Miss THOMPSON, and the Hon. Mr. O'CALLAGHAN. Lady F. BENTINCK, G. L. THOMPSON, Esq. M. P. and Lady, and Miss GRISDALE, attended the Concert of the Whitehaven Harmonic Society, on the 28th, and the next morning set out for Lowther. The Earl and Countess will soon leave Westmorland for Rutlandshire.

 

During the past ten days there have been several flights of "happy pairs" through this city, towards the shrine of Gretna. On Wednesday, an old man from Askham, Westmorland, (aged 60), flew thither on the wings of love, with a buxom damsel of twenty, whom he there took for better and for worse. And yesterday, a more elevated couple drove Northward, in chaise and four, full gallop. Who they were or whence they came, no one can tell; but, like the late Lord ERSKINE, the gentleman was veiled as he hurried through the town! These are rare times for the brandy-loving noose-tyer.

 

A salute was fired at the Castle, yesterday, November 5, in commemoration of the discovery of the Gunpowder-plot.

 

Fine seasonable weather seems now to have set in, after as wet an autumn as most persons can remember. We had sharp frosts on Thursday and Friday mornings.

 

The Surveyor-General of the Customs is now on a tour of inspection in the North. He last week visited Whitehaven and Carlisle.

 

The servant-girl of Joseph STODART, of this City, was on Saturday last committed to gaol, on a charge of robbing her master of various shop-goods.

 

A melancholy accident took place on Saturday night last, in a narrow lane leading from Crosby to Newby, about five miles from this city. Mr. Thomas NICHOL, farmer and cattle-dealer, of Newby, and Mr. Charles WARTON, a neighbour, were riding homewards in a cart, both the worse for liquor, when the horse suddenly started, and springing to the side of the road, the cart overset, and falling upon the persons who were in it, NICHOL was killed on the spot, and WARTON received considerable injury, though not so much as to disable him. The unfortunate sufferer has left a widow and seven children.

 

Seizures of smuggled whiskey in this city and neighbourhood, have lately become matters of such every-day occurrence, as to excite but little attention. We have sometimes, however, been led to notice the ingenuity or dexterity made use of by some of the smugglers for the purpose of evading the vigilance of the excisemen. The following incident occurred one day last week, in the vicinity of Rockliff, which, for dexterity and good management, will perhaps bear comparison with any we have yet placed on record. A smuggler, returning from the North, laden with the dew of the mountain, which he carried in bladders, and accompanied by his faithful dog, was pursuing an unfrequented path along the banks of the Eden, leading towards this city, when the enemy, who had been on the look-out, suddenly made his appearance at a short distance. To save his whiskey by flight was impossible; he therefore tied the bladders fast round the neck of the dog, and sent him into the river. The canine culprit just entered the stream in time to evade the rage of his pursuer: he forded the river in safety, and faithfully deposited the cargo on the opposite bank, where it was received by a "trusty brother of the trade," who had been waiting for the purpose. During the time the dog was crossing the river, the smuggler himself made his escape, leaving the exciseman fairly "outwitted."

 

On Wednesday morning, the 27th ult., as Mr. Thomas MORPETH, supervisor of Excise, was going between Longtown and Brampton, attending the Collector, who was on his journey collecting the duties of Excise, he being about one hundred yards before the Collector, came up to a man with a horse and cart, which he supposed to be laden with whiskey, brought from Scotland; but not thinking it prudent then to search the cart, he waited the arrival of the Collector and his attendants, who discovered that the cart was loaded with Scotch spirits, immediately seized the whole, gave the horse and cart into the charge of two of his attendants, and arrested the man, whom he took along with him, in the chaise, to Brampton, where the horse and cart, and 26 gallons of spirits, were safely deposited in the Excise Office. On the following morning, the man, Thomas BOYS, of Lochmaben, was committed to Carlisle gaol, by Mr. RAMSHAY, for want of bail.

 

 

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