[List-Cumbria] Carlisle Journal, 22 Oct 1814 - Local News

[Petra Mitchinson]

Saturday 22 Oct 1814   (p. 3, col. 2-4)

 

At the Quarter Sessions for the City on Monday last, there was no business of any public interest. At those for the County, held at
Penrith on Tuesday last, Elizabeth DRAKE was convicted of having uttered base money, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment. 

 

The quarterly Meeting of the Diocesan Committee for promoting Christian Knowledge will be in the Town-hall here, on Thursday
next.—See Adv. 

 

The sum of £12, 17s. 6d. was collected in Dalston church, near this city, on Sunday, the 9th inst. for the Society for promoting
Christian Knowledge, after an appropriate sermon by the Worshipful and Reverend Walter FLETCHER, A. M. Vicar of the parish, and
Chancellor of the Diocese. 

 

OUR CITY IMPROVEMENTS—go on with a celerity we seldom witnessed. This week the roof was put upon a spacious school-room erected
adjoining the west walls, calculated to contain about five hundred girls in one place, and five hundred boys in another. The
children are taught gratis, under the inspection of the Bishop of the Diocese.—We lately mentioned great improvements making on the
west walls; they are now nearly completed, and similar improvements are making on the line of the wall from the Scotch Gates to the
Castle.—A particular account of this, and many other projected improvements, shall be given soon. 

 

Decayed schoolmasters are a class of men particularly deserving the attention of the public. The value of a worthy teacher is so
self-evident that we shall not insult the judgment of our readers by enlarging on the subject; but shall briefly remark that we have
known, for nearly 40 years, Thomas BELL, schoolmaster in the neighbourhood of Longtown, whose case was advertised in a late Journal;
and can, with confidence say, that his abilities in his profession, particularly as a mathematician, were of the highest order, and
have proved eminently useful. 

 

The following singular occurrence happened on the evening of the 12th inst. at Whitehaven:—a party of four old ladies, having met
together, amused themselves with whist, at which they played with great spirit for five hours—none of them stood in need of glasses,
and the aggregate of their years amounted to 321. 

 

Lately at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth, in a field belonging to Mr. Joseph KENDAL, was dug up (upon a limestone quarry, the most
elevated situation near the village) a human skeleton. The bones being disjointed and broken, by taking them up, there was no
opportunity of measuring its length. The bones were hard at the time, but afterwards mouldered, and amongst them was found a broad
sword, two feet four inches in length, the guard ornamented with inlaid silver; also a halberd eleven inches in length, (both much
rusted) and a bronze fibula (broach, or breast pin), five inches in length, and used undoubtedly for fastening loose raiment. The
ring at the top is carved; the figures are two serpents with their tongues hanging down upon the upper part of the ring:—their tails
forming the lower. It is supposed that the person interred here has been a man of considerable rank; but nothing is handed down by
tradition relative to the time or circumstance of the interment. 

 

The first division of the Cumberland Militia marched from Liverpool on Wednesday, and the remainder on Thursday and Friday
(yesterday). 

 

Last week, the son of Mr. John SARGINSON, of Armathwaite, joiner, aged about five years, was unfortunately drowned by falling into
the bay there. 

 

The Marquis of Stafford has presented the Rev. Stephen HARTLEY, formerly of St. Bees school, to the living of Lilleshall,
Shropshire. 

 

On Tuesday se'nnight, Mary Ann JENKINSON was committed to Appleby goal, for stealing six heifers, the property of Mr. J. SIMPSON, of
Nabb in Rydall, Westmorland. The prisoner was on her road from Whitehaven; she found the cattle grazing near Grassmere, and drove
them to Kendal (upwards of sixteen miles), where she sold them on Saturday. She is a young woman, a native of the neighbourhood of
Longtown. 

 

Lieut.-Gen Sir Lowry COLE, late commander of the gallant 4th division of Lord Wellington's army, is appointed to the united
districts of Yorkshire and the northern district—head-quarters at York. Major-Gen. Thomas BRADFORD, another of the Peninsular
heroes, is appointed second in command of the same districts,—head-quarters at Newcastle. 

 

A daring attempt was made by four felons to break out of Newcastle gaol on Sunday last. They had burned a hole in the door of their
cell, through which they passed, and had contrived to burn the lock of another ponderous door, when they were discovered by the
issuing of the smoke. 

 

The Cumberland, TOLSON, of Maryport, is arrived at Swansea, from Pictou. 

 

LAUNCHES.—Yesterday week, a fine new vessel, at Whitehaven, by Messrs. T. and J. BROCKLEBANK, called the TRITON.—Saturday last, from
the building-yard of Messrs. A. WOOD and Co. Maryport, a fine new brig of 400 tons, called the CÆSAR, built for Capt. John ATKINSON.


 

During the gale of wind, on the evening of Monday se'nnight, the Lord Nelson, SCOTT, a constant trader between Dumfries and
Liverpool, was driven on shore at Harrington, but has suffered little injury. The cargo, consisting of goods, has been unloaded, the
damage done to which has been trifling. The vessel has been since loaded. 

 

 

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