[list-cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 08 Nov 1823 - Local News (1)

[Petra Mitchinson]

Saturday 08 Nov 1823   (p. 4, col. 2-4 + 6)

 

THE CHACE.—The Carlisle Harriers will cast off on Monday the 10th inst. at Harraby Bridge, on Wednesday the 12th inst. at Stanwix,
and on Friday the 14th at Itonfield, each morning at 8. 

 

SAFETY LAMPS.—Late accidents have rendered this subject one of the utmost importance to humanity. It appears that the Davy Safety
Lamp affords to the pitmen a very weak light, which in some instances has occasioned them to remove the wire-gauze from the oil
lamp, even in the face of an atmosphere of fire-damp. We beg to inquire, of scientific men, whether a strong light might not be
procured for the miners, in their dismal abode in the bowels of the earth, where it is, from the nature of the place, so needful?
Can no safety lamp be devised to supply that quantum of light which the coal-miners require? 

 

The past week brought us a mixture of cold, wind, rain, and sunshine, affording but little opportunity for the farmer to get in
whatever remains of the oat-crop he may have found necessary to leave out till this late period. He has, however, been enabled to
pursue his operations in the potatoe field without material interruption. 

 

There have been some very severe floods in the midland and western counties, on account of late heavy rains. The Manchester mail, in
consequence, did not reach this city on Sunday last, till near two in the afternoon, instead of about half past nine in the morning:
so that the three mails for the north were not dispatched till between two and three. 

 

On Wednesday last, Nov. 5, the anniversary of the discovery of the Gun-Powder-Plot, the flag was hoisted, as usual, at our Castle,
and a salute was fired at noon. 

 

On Monday last, as Jos. EARL, of Borrowdale, was working in a quarry, he had the misfortune to fall a distance of several yards,
perpendicularly, (owing to the ladder giving way upon which he was standing,) and lighted on a quantity of stones and rubbish, from
which he received some severe contusions; but he is recovering. 

 

Last week, a Miss Ann GALILEE, formerly of Bishopwearmouth, and late of New Elvet, Durham, was committed for trial at the next
Newcastle sessions, on a charge of having, on the 30th of October, 1823, by means of a fabricated letter, and other false pretences,
defrauded Sir M. W. RIDLEY, Bart. BIGGE, GIBSON, and Co. bankers, in Newcastle, of the sum of £100. 

 

THE WONDERFUL CHILD.—Notwithstanding the decision of the Glasgow surgeons that the marks of this child's eyes are not letters, the
question is not yet at rest, for no less than eight gentlemen, equally competent to judge, have published their testimony, that the
words "JOHN WOOD," on the right, and "BORN 1817," on the left, in beautifully ornamented whitish-blue letters, are so distinct as
not to require the aid of a glass. Who shall decide when doctors disagree? The fortunate step-father is likely to make some money of
his singular step-son. 

 

The salmon fishery in the Solway Frith belonging to the Borough of Annan, the toll dues, and the town weights, were disposed of by
public auction, on Friday the 31st ult., being the second time that the fishing was set up. More fortunate, however, at this time
than at first, (when not a bidder appeared to offer the upset sum of £80,) it went off at £101, contrary to all expectation. The
state of the salmon fishery in the frith, or the waters leading into it, has not been, for many years, such as to present a rational
prospect of remuneration, and, in most instances, the occupiers have sustained considerable loss. 

 

A cow at Dallam Tower, near Kendal, was some time ago observed to decline in its health, by some unaccountable malady. Curiosity
having been excited as to the cause of its complaint, the cow was opened as soon as it died, and the skeleton of a leveret was found
in its stomach! 

 

On Saturday week, a child of Mr. BURTON's, grocer, Kendal, being in the attic, crept out at the face light, in pursuit of some
pigeons, upon the slate of the house; where, as might be expected, the child's foot slipped, and it fell into the back yard upon the
flags, a height of forty-two feet! The only injury sustained by the fall, is a broken thigh. 

 

Typhus Fever is very prevalent in Whitehaven. Two patients died in the House of Recovery last week, and there are at present
seventeen persons confined in the same asylum, afflicted with this dangerous malady. 

 

Lately, at Galgate, near Lancaster, a poor woman of the name of LAMB, was delivered of two female children, grown together at the
breast, so as to give the idea of a child with one body, two heads, four arms, and four legs. The infants just lived to be baptized;
and one died about half an hour before the other. On dissection they were found to contain only one heart. 

 

Robert SCOTT, who was convicted at the late Jedburgh circuit of the wilful murder of Robert SIMM and James AITCHESON, while on their
return from Earlstoun fair, suffered the sentence of the law on Wednesday the 29th ult. near the spot where his atrocious crime was
perpetrated. He was conveyed as far as Earlstoun in a chaise, and there put into an open cart, which took him to the place of
execution. Arrived at the scaffold, he got out of the cart, and ascended the ladder with considerable lightness, attended by the
Rev. Mr. GORDON, of Gordon. Having performed the last necessary acts of devotion, he addressed the multitude around, acknowledging
the justice of his fate, and exhorting them to beware of excessive drinking, bad company, and indulgence of violent passion. Then he
untied his neckcloth, the rope was adjusted, and after again praying for a considerable time, he gave the signal, and was launched
into eternity. SCOTT's age was about 36. He was born at Lintees, Berwickshire, and has left a mother, a wife, and five children. At
one period he travelled as a carrier between Earlstoun and Edinburgh; but was afterwards employed as gamekeeper or gamekeeper's
assistant, by Sir Philip MUSGRAVE, in England, and latterly followed the same occupation in his native county. He was a very
powerful and muscular man, and so expert a pedestrian that he has been known to keep pace with one of the stage coaches from
Edinburgh to Gordon, a distance of 34 miles. His acquaintances always considered him passionate and vindictive; but since his
condemnation, he has been resigned and penitent. 

 

 

[to be continued] 

 

 

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