CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY......Part VII AFTER DINNER – LOCAL HERALDRY. After dinner, at “the Crown”, in the evening, several complimentary toasts were given and responded to. PROFESSOR HARKNESS spoke at some length of the connection between archaeology and geology, which year by year were being, as it were, dovetailed into each other, and suggested that that Society might very profitably deal with the subject of caves – those caves which had been already discovered in the north of England, and which belonged to a very early period of man’s existence. The caves themselves were not of such ancient origin as other things which they revealed. It was probably that beneath the hard stalagmite floor there would be found the bones of extinct animals. Such had been the case in some other caves, and he mentioned a very interesting cave at Settle. At the evening meeting MR. JACKSON read a paper by MR. LEES, entitled “An attempt to trace the Translation f St. Cuthbert through Cumberland and Westmoreland”. MR. MOWSON read a paper descriptive of an ancient burial place discovered near Lowther; and COL. BRISTOW spoke of an immense Buddish burial ground in India, 200 feet in diameter, which he had explored, but only found the calcined bones of probably one individual, doubtless some great man. PROFESSOR HARKNESS further described some human remains and a memorial stone found near Brougham Castle. MR. S. FERGUSON read a continuation of his interesting studies of Local Heraldry, the first part of which we printed last year. We give a summary of second part: – In the former paper were mentioned two heraldic visitations of Cumberland, one by DUGDALE extending over the years 1664-66. Since then the writer had discovered an interestingn relic and some curious facts relating to DUGDALE’s visitation. The relic is a pedigree on vellum in the possession of MR. STANLEY, of Ponsonby Hall, which, commencing with WILLIAM STANLEIGH, lord of Stanleigh in Staffordshire, about the time of EDWARD II, brings down to 1592 in parallel columns the pedigrees of the STANLEYs of Cheshire, the STANLEYs of Cumberland, and the STANLEYs of Lee in Susex, their arms and those of the families with which they married being most beautifully painted in brillian colours. From 1592 the pedigree has been continued in an equally beautiful manner, but giving the Cumberland branch alone down to 1665, when it is signed by DUGDALE thus: “Entered in the Visn. of Cumbd. at Egreemont. 3 Arilis, A.D. 1665, by me Willm. Dugdale, Norroy King of Arms”. Few families can have so magnificent a pedigree to show as this. ...................AFTER DINNER – LOCAL HERALDRY will continue........................ _____________________ Barb, Ontario, Canada

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY......Part VI KIRKOSWALD CHURCH. The party proceeded from the Castle to the Church. The remains of the ancient wooden porch are preserved – somewhat of a rarity in these parts. Within, MR. C. J. FERGUSON pointed out the chancel arch, which had been a remarkably fine specimen of the work of the transitional period. One of the aisles was of the early English period; it had an early English window, and there was another at the west end. The windows of the chancel are beautifully pictured with the arms of the DACRES, the MUSGRAVES, and the FETHERSTONHAUGHS. The chancel also contains a curious mural tablet in memory of the wife of THOMAS BERTRAM, who died in 1609. At the east end of each of the aisles there are arches, showing, as MR. FERGUSON said, that they led into chancel aisles which had no doubt been chapels formerly. MR. BEST said the church had been much larger at one time. DR. SIMPSON said the style of the existing chancel was of the time of HENRY VIII. In the churchyard there are two notable old monumental slabs. One displays a cross and sword, and bears the date 1466, and the name of “JOHN LOTHIANE”, – the LOTHIANS, as numerous other stones attest, being an important fell-side family. The other stone, which wa sdug up some time ago, contains no inscription, but is sculptured with a cross, flanked by a pair of whears, showing that it was in memory of some lady. A peculiarity of this church is the circumstance that it has a stream of water running below it. Anciently this stream is supposed to have formed a large baptistry, proving that the church was originally built in Saxon times. MR. BEST said old farmers could recollect when their wives washed their butter in it, on account of its coolness. GREAT SALKELD CHURCH. This church was also visited. It is one of the few remaining perfect specimens of border churches with strong fortified towers, the others being Burgh, Newton Arlosh, and Annan. The tower is certainly very massive, and is well adapted for the sort of warfare which was the experience of the people in these parts three or four hundred years ago. A beautiful early Norway doorway is in capital preservation. In one part of the walls there are four capitals of Norman columns built in. Within, we found the chancel arch removed, as is often the case in fell-side churches. In a curious lumber room in the tower there is an oak chest with the date 1687. The antiquity of the place is shown by the material used in its repair. One of the tower windows has built into it a monumental slab sculptural with a horse shoe, a hammer, and pincers. Another stone, built into the fireplace of an upper room of the tower, shows a sword and belt and bugle, and was no doubt a memorial of one of the lords of the Forest of Inglewood, as words to that effect can be traced. There are several pieces of old armour. MR. LEES, who showed the party over the church, said this armour was of the time of CHARLES I, and were probably relics of the fight on Langwathby Moor, where the Royalists, under SIR PHILIP MUSGRAVE, met the Roundheads under GENERAL LESLIE, after vainly endeavouring to prevent them crossing the Eden. The Royalists were raw levies, and could not cope with the veterans under LESLIE, and these were said to be relics of the fight. At the basement ofo the tower there is a dismal apartment called the “Curry Hall”, which was no doubt a prison in which mosstroopers were immured. The tower above this dungeon, contained three rooms, which would be a refuge in times of siege. ......Part VII will follow.................. _______________________________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY......Part V KIRKOSWALD CASTLE continued.... They are nearly of the same size and pattern, and nearly square, 35 feet by 30. They are set on in a direct line with the plane of the curtain wall, which unites them. Each contains, on the basement, a vaulted chamber, entered from the court by a narrow door way, with a pointed arch, champhered, and each is lighted with a square loophole. The roofs are low, barrel-vaulted, of goodly worked chiselled stones, exhibiting a great variety of mason’s marks. The towers are probably part of the original castle of the date of Edward II. On the north side of the enciente, there is a tall slender tower, 65 feet high, tolerably entire. DR. TAYLOR called particular attention to the fact that it is set on the massive plinth with one of its angles, or diamond-wise, against the wall of the enciente, with rather more than half the tower projecting like the buttress beyond the wall. It had been constructed solely to carry a winding staircase, which afforded access to the upper apartments of three storeys. This side of the quadrangle must have contained the hall, the chapel, and principal apartments; and he quoted SANDFORD, who visited the place in 1610, to show that the hall could not have been exceeded in baronial magnificence and internal decoration by any existing in our counties in the sixteenth century. DR. TAYLOR described the arrangements by the help of a plan. He concluded that there was no part of the Castle earlier than the beginning of the 14th century. The inceptive work of RANDOLPH EGAIN has been of no account; the Norman has left no mark here; in its original design and proportions it was evidently a small Edwardian Castle; that is a quadrangular mural enclosure, with a projecting tower at each angle. Subsequently THOMAS de DACRE – who was a hero both in love and war, for it was he who carried off by stealth in the dead of night, young ELIZABETH, the heiress of Greystoke, from the guardianship of the CLIFFORDS, at Brougham Castle, and also distinguished himself on Flodden Field – surrounded the castle with a splendid moat, which is perfectly preserved, and which was supplied with water from the ponds in the park above. DR. TAYLOR called particular attention to a flanking outwork in the main ditch at its north-west angle, – a sort of ravelin surrounded by a ditch of its own, and its function seems to have been to cover the main entrance and gateway and drawbridge over the moat. In the course of the conversation, DR. SIMPSON mentioned that from a manuscript at Lowther Castle, which had not been printed, it was evident that the roof of Kirkoswald Castle was bought by SIR JOHN LOWTHER for £100, an was by him put on Lowther Hall, which was burned down. DR. TAYLOR said that was very likely, as the castle had been in process of dismantling some time before that. between 1600 and 1620 it was thoroughly gutted. .....Part VI will follow.......... _____________________________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY......Part IV ADDINGHAM CHURCH AND CROSS. The next draw-up was at Addingham Church. In the churchyard there is a very interesting, but rude, stone cross. It has evidentally been taller originally. The sculpture is fine, but obscure; it is nearly the same as that of the cross at Gosforth. DR. SIMPSON said the Society must have it photographed; as it would be impossible to fix the date until this and similar crosses had been classified and compared. MR. STALKER, was of opinion that it contained an inscription. Entering the church itself, we found the chancel quite new. MR. LEES produced the old hand bell, and pointed to the little window recess out of which it had probably been rung on the elevation of the host in pre-Reformation days. He said there were plenty of old pictures showing the priest or an assistant in the act of ringing the bell in this way. DR. SIMPSON remarked that these window recesses were anciently used for many purposes. One was that of displaying a torch after a funeral, in order to frighten off the evil spirits. KIRKOSWALD CASTLE. At Kirkoswald there was another stay, to inspect the striking remains of the old Castle and Church. The former was described by DR. TAYLOR. But first he gave a short sketch of its history. On the authority of DR. TODD, the Castle of Kirkoswald is said to have been founded originally in the year 1202 by RANDOLPH EGAIN. By a marriage of an heiress of the EGAINS, it passed to the famous SIR HUGH de MORVILLE, who was one of the four Knights concerned in the assassination of THOMAS A. BECKETT, and who, in the reign of KING JOHN, obtained licence to fortify the Castle and enclose the park. From the MORVILLES it decended to the MULTONS, by whom, in the reign of EDWARD II, it was further enlarged and fortified. In the seventh year of EDWARD II, the Castle and manor of Kirkoswald, the barony of Gilsland, and other large possessions, by the daughter and heiress of THOMAS de MULTON, were transferred by marriage to RALPH, BARON OF DACRE, Dacre Castle. It wa during the 15th and 16th centuries, during its occupation by the powerful family of the DACRES, that the castle rose to its full pride and magnificence, and about the year 1500 it received its last improvement from THOMAS de DACRE, who “encompassed it with a large ditch for its better security, and beautified it at great expense”. In the rein of RICHARD III, a division of the vast possessions of the DACRES ensued, and the Castle of Kirkoswald passed to the branch known as the DACRES OF THE SOUTH, to the FIENNES and the LEONARDS, the last of whom was created EARL OF SUSSEX by CHARLES II – having married an illegitimate daughter of that king by the DUCHESS OF CLEVELAND – and on his death, in 1715, the castle and the property all round was sold to the MUSGRAVES, in whose possession it now was. It was during the decadence of the DACRES that the spoliation of the castle began, some of its finest decorations being removed to Naworth early in the 17th century. The destruction of the walls has been so complete, that it is difficult to form a plan of the wards adn chambers of the castle. The site is about a quarter of a mile to the south-east of the village, and the approach is by an ancient causeway. The moat, which is broad, and must have been from twelve to twenty feet deep, encloses a level area of about an acre and three quarters, in the centre of which stands the fortress. The plan of the Castle seems to have been quadrangular, about 150 feet square, yet not regular nor complete, seeing that the line of the wall re-enters at the south-east, leaving a receangular recess. Two towers still stand at the angles of the south face. .......Part V will follow............ ___________________________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...Part III THE EXCURSION. “LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS” The party began their journey about half-past one, five vehicles being put in requisition for their conveyance. They drove along the Carleton road, through a portion of the Eden Hall estate, Langwathby, and Little Salkeld, to the celebrated Druids’ Circle near Maughanby, about seven miles from Penrith. Second, perhaps, in importance and interest to Stonehenge, “the sisterhood forlorn”, as WORDSWORTH calls them, stand on an eminence on the east bank of the Eden, and comprise sixty-seven huge boulders, forming an irregular circle 350 yards in diameter. “Long Meg” is a large upright stone standing about a score of yards outside the mystic circle of “her daughters”. The object is most impressive. DR. SIMPSON said the purpose of these wonderful monuments was still an unsettled question. Some ten or twelve years ago he discovered upon the stone some curious spiral or serpentine marks, consisting of circles, one within another. On “Long Meg” these marks were dim and could only be well seen in certain aspects, but they were similar to the marks on ancient stones which his friend CANON GREENWELL had pointed out to him in Northumberland. His attention was first called to them by the late SIR JAMES SIMPSON. As to the object of these monuments, MR. FERGUSON, a great authority on Architecture, had started the new theory that these and similar relics marked the places at which KING ARTHUR won the seven battles which he had to fight in order to gain possession of the kingdom. If such were the case, they belonged to the seventh century, which was much later than was generally supposed. Another theory was that they were erected by the Danes, to mark places of victory; while others thought they were there long before that time. But it would be premature to pronounce an opinion as to their date until their various markings were copied and classified. He expressed a hope that the stones would not be disturbed or injured; some years ago an attempt was made to blast them, when a storm of thunder and hail came on and deterred the people. AN ANCIENT BURIAL PLACE. Led by DR. SIMPSON and MR. STALKER ( a local antiquary ), the party walked about 440 yards to the north-east, where, in a field called “The Whines”, on the Maughanby farm, a remarkable discovery was made seven or eight years ago. Here, said DR. SIMPSON, was a large mound or cairn, rising about four feet above the level of the ground. The farmer thought the soil would do more good spread over the land than heaped up there, so he opened out the mound, when it was found to contain a large number of cobbles mixed up with the earth, and to cover eight huge boulders, one of which was still standing in situ, but the others had entirely or partially fallen. There were remaining eight of those stones, which appeared originally to have formed a circle about 18 feet in diameter. Within the circle was found an oval-shaped cist, in length 3 feet 9 inches from east to west, and in width 2 feet 4 inches from north to south. This cist was formed of rough stones, some of which were red sandstone and others flat stones of various kinds. At the extreme east, in an angle formed by the meeting of two stones, stood an urn, filled with burned bones and charcoal. When removed, this urn fell to pieces. The cist, which was about 10 inches deep, was filled with black earth, the colour of which was so different as to attract the attention of the occupier of the field. No one appeared to have noticed any flat stone that could have covered the cist, but probably it was removed amongst the rest without attracting notice. The cist was opened and the urn found. The men removing the earth and stones had noticed burnt bones and charcoal during the progress of their work, and some of the stones bear evident marks of fire. Most of the large stones forming the circle were covered with earth and stones, and it might be supposed that the circle of stones had first existed, that a cist had at a later period been made within the circle and an urn containing the bones of the dead deposited in that cist, and that then the mound of earth and stones was formed over the whole. But what was of most importance in connection with this mound was the curious circular markings on one of the stones of which the circle is composed. These markings are similar in character to those on Long Meg, but much more distinct, owing to their long preservation from the action of the weather, in a few years they too may become as indistinct as other markings. It was therefore for the Society to have them placed on record and preserved, if not on stone, at all events in the pages of the ‘Transactions’. On one of these stones, the circular markings, indistinct at Long Meg, were very clear, though they had decayed perceptibly since DR. SIMPSON was here seven years ago. He said it was important, in order to decide the date of such monuments, to ascertain whether they were set up to mark a burial place, or whether they had been set up first of all and then used for burials because they were sacred; but it was pretty obvious that the stones were not later then the burials. PROFESSOR HARKNESS said all these boulders had come from the Lake District; they were composed of porphyry, ashes, and volcanic bricks. The sole exception was the upright column called Long Meg, which was Permian sandstone from the neighbourhood. _______________________ ......Part IV will follow..... _______________________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY......Part II THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING continued........... The Chairman said he had seen the Bishop in London, and his lordship said he would be glad to receive the Society at Rose Castle, naming the 6th Aug. as a day which would suit him very well. However, as the Volunteer Review was to be held on the 7th, it might not be generally convenient. MR. R. S. FERGUSON said the review might militate against the success of the meeting. COLONEL NEWDIGATE was anxious they should visit Carlisle Castle, which was about to be greatly altered by Government, and it was desirable to show the great public interest taken in the old fortress. Indeed, the COLONEL wished to entertain the members, but he told him that was out of the question. He believed, however, that MR. ROBERT FERGUSON, who was one of their vice-presidents, wished to receive them at Morton in the evening, if it was a two days’ meeting. The arrangements were left to a small local committee, MR. FERGUSON promising to get up a paper upon the Castle, and adding that he believed he could procure some capital old views for exhibition, showing the Castle before Queen Mary’s Tower was pulled down, and MR. HEAD might lend them his fine oil painting. The subject of the third meeting this year was mentioned but nothing was decided. The Chairman said it was desirable to have some papers on the habits and customs of the people. The following new members were then proposed and elected: LIEUT.-COLONEL BRISTOWE, Eusmere; MR. W. NANSON, Carlisle; the REV. C. H. GEM, Penrith; PROFESSOR HARKNESS, Penrith; MR. D. R. HARRISON, Carlisle; the REV. J. CHAPELHOW, Kirkby Stephen; the REV. R. W. DIXON, Carlisle; DR. McLAREN, Carlisle; MR. FERGUSON, Lowther Street, Carlisle; MR. GRAYSON, Chestnut Hill; the REV. R. BOWER, Armathwaite; MR. THOMLINSON, Armathwaite Castle; the REV. T. EDGEWRIGHT, Sawry; DR. PAGE, Kendal; the REV. MR. WHITEHEAD, Brampton; the REV. W. E. DALTON, Dewsbury; MR. DALZELL, Morton Villa, Lancaster; MR. G. DIXON, St. Bees; and the REV. N. F. Y. KEMBLE. ________________ ....part III will follow................................ ___________________________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.....Part 1 The first meeting and excursion of the season by the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society took place on Wednesday and Thursday last, when many of the most famous relics within driving distance of Penrith, the headquarters of the expedition, were inspected and described. There was a very large turn-out of members and their friends, upwards of forty being of the party on the first day. The weather was fine, though just a little too blustery; and the excursions, being through some of the freshest and prettiest districts of the two counties, were greatly enjoyed by all. There was too much work crowded into the programme, so that greater haste was necessary than was desirable and profitable, and one or two places of interest – such as the Old Roman Camp at Penrith – had to be passed by; but on the whole it was a very successful meeting. Amongst those who attended were the REV. CANON SIMPSON, D.D., chairman of the Council; COLONEL BRISTOWE, Eusemere; MR. BROWNE, of Tallentire Hall; PROFESSOR HARKNESS, F.R.S., Penrith, the REV. CANON DIXON, Carlisle; MR. C. WILKINSON, Kendal; MR. R. S. FERGUSON, Carlisle, Editor of the ‘Transactions’; MR. HARRISON, Portland Square, Carlisle; the REV. JOSEPH BRUNSKILL, Plumpton; the REV. T. LEES, Wreay; the REV. C. H. GEM, Penrith; MR. W. NANSON, Carlisle; DR. and MRS. TAYLOR, Penrith; MR. MAWSON, Lowther; MR. and MRS. JACKSON, Fleatham House, St. Bees; MR. W. B. ARNISON and MRS. ARNISON, Penrith; MR. and MRS. SCOTT, Workington; MR. W. DICKINSON, Thorney Croft, Workington; MR. C. J. FERGUSON, Carlisle; MR. THOMLINSON, Armathwaite Castle; MR. J. FISHER, Crosthwaite, Keswick; MR. V. STALKER, Penrith; DR. I’ANSON, Whitehaven; the REV. R. BOWER, Armathwaite, &c. THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. The members met at noon, on Wednesday, in the Crown Hotel, Penrith, for the purpose of transacting the business of the Association. DR. SIMPSON presided. In the first place the officers were re-elected - the President, the EARL OF LONSDALE; the Vice-Presidents, with the addition of LORD MULCASTER, M.P., and the HON. W. LOWTHER, M.P.; and the Working Council. The Chairman proposed the re-election of the Editor of the ‘Transactions’, MR. R. S. FERGUSON, to whom he proposed a cordial vote of thanks for the trouble he had taken and the ability he had shown in bringing up the arrears of work. The motion was carried. The accounts for the year showed the following items: Receipts: Balance from last account, £217 10s 6d; subscriptions for the past year, £61 10s; total, £279 0s 6d; balance in hand, £133 9s 7d and the subscriptions due July 1st and the Bank interest were still to be received. The Expenditure: included £114, the cost of publishing the transactions, Part II and III, the editorial expenses being £2 2s. the cheapest item in the sheet, as the Chairman said. MR. JACKSON, summarised the financial situation be remarking that they were £150 to the good, with the incoming subscriptions to be received, and the volumes of the ‘Transactions’ paid for. A principal item in the outlay was for autotypes, which added much to the interest and value of the ‘Transactions’. The Council had agreed to co-operate with the Durham and Northumberland Archaeological Society in sketching and photographing all Angle-Saxon inscribed stones in Cumberland, Westmorland, Durham, Northumberland, and Yorkshire. The meeting confirmed this resolution; and the appointment of CANON KNOWLES, MR. WHITWELL, MR. R. S. FERGUSON, and CANON SIMPSON, as a committee to carry it out, was endorsed. The Council had come to a resolution, “That it is eminently desirable to obtain a complete series of drawings of all the sepulchral slabs, brasses, effigies, and crosses in the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland; and that, with a view to that object, a copy of this resolution be forwarded to each incumbent, requesting him to transmit a return of such monuments as may exist in his church or churchyard, of more ancient date than the year 1700, to the Chairman of the Association. And that, when the same are engraved, six copies of the monuments in or adjoining his church be forwarded to each incumbent.” The meeting approved the resolution, and it was added that the Society would be glad if incumbents would supply any information as to old bells in their churches. A Committee to promote the object in view was appointed, consisting of MR. C. J. FERGUSON, MR. MAWSON, MR. JACKSON, the REV. T. LEES, DR. TAYLOR, DR. SIMPSON, MR. R. S. FERGUSON, CANON KNOWLES, and MR. WHITWELL, M. P. The arrangements for the next meeting were then discussed. It is to be held at Carlisle, and one of the places to be visited is Rose Castle. ...............Part II will follow.................... __________________________________________________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.

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Saturday 05 Oct 1844 (p. 3, col. 2) AWFUL CALAMITY. ----- DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT HASWELL COLLIERY. ----- NINETY-FIVE PITMEN KILLED. On Saturday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, the village of Haswell was thrown into a state of indescribable excitement by a most calamitous occurrence, involving the sacrifice of no fewer than 95 lives. The men and boys employed in the Haswell Little Pit were preparing to leave their work when an awful explosion took place, and nearly a hundred human beings were at a moment's warning hurried into eternity. As will be seen by the list, fathers and sons, brothers, and the entire male members of families, were included in this fearful catastrophe. So soon as the alarm was given, attempts were made to descend into the pit to the aid of those who were beyond all mortal succour; but the impure vapour arising therefrom, for a time, operated as a barrier to the progress of those who wished to go in search of the sufferers. At length, after the lapse of an hour or two, the foul air having sufficiently dispersed to permit descent with safety, a number of inspectors, overmen, and pitmen, went down into the pit, and by Sunday morning had brought to the surface the corpses of ninety-five ill-fated labourers. The scene of despair which the village of Haswell presented was harrowing in the extreme, wives weeping hysterically over their dead husbands, and whole families shedding tears of unavailing bitterness over the relics of them whom so lately they had called fathers and brothers. In almost every house some link of the domestic circle was broken, almost in every place were heard the wails of the widow and the fatherless. Sunday and Monday were melancholy days; the latter day especially, when many of the bodies were consigned to the grave. Thirty were interred in the rustic burial-ground of the beautiful old church of Easington; others were buried in South Hetton and the neighbouring village. In the public road of Haswell, and in the fields, might be seen throngs of people, almost all wearing the gloomy badges of mourning. Never do we remember to have witnessed so awful a spectacle, or instance in which death had achieved so dreadful a triumph; had his fell messenger the plague desolated these tranquil localities, scarcely a more ghastly hecatomb of victims could have been sacrificed on his shrine. Consolation to the bereft it would be worse than heartless to mention; time only can mitigate that deep affliction which has so suddenly burst upon them, and overwhelmed them with a distress which is almost as painful to describe as to witness. Below we give the names and ages of the sufferers:- Joseph GIBSON, aged 50 | William GILROY, aged 16 John GIBSON, 22 | John BROWN, 42 Robert GIBSON, 15 | Daniel LEMON William GIBSON, 12 | Thomas BRIGGS, 61 George HALL, 38 | John BRIGGS, 25 Robert HALL, 12 | James BRIGGS, 10 Henry WARD, 39 | William BARRASS, 32 John FERRY, 35 | John BARRASS, 10 George FERRY, 14 | James ROBSON, 11 Robert DOUGLASS, 32 | Henry WHEATMAN, 42 John WILLIAMSON, 34 | William WHEATMAN, 14 Robert WILLIAMSON, 19 | William DOBSON, 50 John NOBLE, 40 | John CURRY, 39 John CURLEY, 30 | Robert ROSECAMP, 33 Wanless THOMPSON, 55 | William ROSECAMP, 22 Elliott RICHARDSON, 38 | George DAWSON, 53 John RICHARDSON, 14 | Thomas MOODY, 25 John DIXON, 15 | Joseph MOFFATT, 25 William DIXON, 16 | George BELL, 31 John WOLFE, 25 | -- BELL, 28 Peter WOLFE, 20 | William TAYLOR, 21 William ELSDON, 22 | William DAVISON, 26 George ELSDON, 18 | William DIXON, 46 Henry MATHER, 19 | John DIXON, 21 Christopher TEASDALE, 21 | John PADLEY, 28 John TEASDALE, 19 | John PARKINSON, 28 Stephen TEASDALE, 17 | Robert CARR, 26 Michael THURLEWAY, 18 | William FARISH, 20 Ralph SURTEES, 19 | James MAUGHAN, 23 John SURTEES, 17 | John WHITFIELD, 31 William SURTEES, 12 | John WHITFIELD, 10 Mark DAVISON, 16 | George RICHARDSON, 29 Thomas NICHOLSON, 16 | William JOBLING, 29 William NICHOLSON, 11 | Thomas BOTTOM, 17 George DRYDON, 18 | John BROWN, 17 Robert DRYDON, 16 | Peter ROBINSON, 17 James DRYDON, 25 | Thomas TURNBULL, 22 Thomas DRYDON, 22 | William ROUTLEDGE, 18 Robert HOGG, 20 | William NICHOLSON, 18 George HESLOP, 20 | William HARRISON, 13 Michael CLEUGH, 14 | John HARRISON, 13 Henry CLEUGH, 12 | James LAYLANDS Matthew CLEUGH, 10 | John SANDERSON, 24 John WILLIS, 20 | James RICHARDSON, 41 Thomas WILLIS, 18 | James SANDERSON, 43 John WILLIS, 12 | John HALL, 10 John GILROY, 13 | An inquest was held on Monday, and by adjournment on Tuesday and Wednesday, on some of the bodies, before T. C. MAYNARD, Esq., Coroner. The evidence went to show that the mine was in good working order, and well-ventilated; and that the accident had in all probability taken place in the Meadows way, where the deputy had been drawing a "jud," (a "jud" is a part of a pillar of coal left to support the roof, and it is afterwards worked away). The deputy, whose name was WILLIAMSON, was found within twenty yards of the "jud," near which was his axe. All that part of the pit was worked by a Davy-lamp, and was considered very safe. All who were in the pit had perished. The inquest had not finished when the last accounts came away. The funerals of the unfortunates were proceeding on Tuesday, crowds of mourning relatives and friends following the hearses that conveyed to their last resting-places the remains of the deceased. Nothing short of a searching enquiry by competent persons under the appointment of Government, will satisfy, or ought to satisfy, the public mind. It is perfectly absurd to expect anything at all satisfactory from a coroner's jury, composed of farmers in close connexion with, if not in some degree dependent on the colliery owners, more especially when it is considered that the evidence laid before them must of necessity be that of viewers, over-men, and others, anxious to excuse themselves to their employers, and their employers to the public. There is much about this horrible occurrence that wears a very ugly look. We will not call the explosion an "accident," until it is clearly proved that it could not have been prevented by human care and foresight.

Saturday 05 Oct 1844 (p. 3, col. 1-2) INQUESTS. ----- (Before Mr. CARRICK, Coroner.) TWO MEN DROWNED AT BOWNESS. A fatal accident happened at Port Carlisle on the night of Friday last, by which two men, named Jeffrey PEAT, of that place, and Jonathan SHARP, of Glasson, lost their lives. It appearad [sic] from the evidence taken at the inquest on Saturday evening, that the deceased were labourers in the service of the Carlisle, Annan, and Liverpool Steam Navigation Company, and that on Friday, at midnight, the Victoria started for Annan Waterfoot to take in cargo for Liverpool, having in tow the Lighter, which, in its turn, was connected by a rope to the sailing boat of the company, called the "Emerald," in which were the two unfortunate men. After the vessels had cleared the jetties, a hundred yards or so, PEAT called out to let go the rope, which was immediately done, when the men on board the Steamer and Lighter saw the sailing boat sinking, her bow foremost. PEAT was observed to cling to the masts, until the whole disappeared. SHARP was never seen. Two boats were lowered with all the expedition possible, and rowed to the place, but too late to save the two men. The bodies were cast up within a few yards of each other near Bowness, next morning.-Verdict, "Accidental Death." PEAT was universally respected. SHARP too was a very decent man, and has left a wife and six children pennyless. COLLIERY ACCIDENT. An inquest was held at High House, Midgeholme, on the body of John MURRAY, collier, in the service of Mr. THOMPSON, of Kirkhouse, whose death was occasioned by a fall of stone from the roof of the pit in which he was removing the parts. Verdict-"Accidental Death." ACCIDENT ON THE MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. At Shaddongate, on the body of John TWEDDALE, aged 54 years. Deceased was gate-keeper on the railway at Dalston Road Crossings. On Tuesday last he had put the points right on the East side of the gates, and was passing to the slips near the coal bed on the opposite side of the road, to let four waggons into the sheds,-being detained for an instant by a man who was improperly attempting to open the gates; deceased was obliged to run forward in front of the waggons, in his way he struck his foot against the loose rail and fell, and two waggons passed over his body killing him on the spot. Verdict-"Accidental death." Deodand 1s. (Before Mr. BRAGG, Coroner.) FATAL EFFECTS OF PASSION. On Wednesday last, an inquest was held at Brigham, in view of the body of James POTTS, who had been fighting on the preceding Sunday evening, by which he was so severely injured that he died on the Monday following. It appeared by the evidence that POTTS, who had been harvesting, had returned to his master's house, after being absent a great part of the day, on Sunday week, when he proposed, after tea, to go with another man to Blindcrake, and have a lark. They went to the public house, where they met with William VITEY and some others, when POTTS became very abusive to VITEY, and as they were both intoxicated a quarrel presently ensued, and they got to fighting. About the third or fourth round VITEY threw POTTS down, and he never rose again; he was carried into the house, where he died on the following day. The jury returned a verdict of "manslaughter" againt [sic] VITEY.

Saturday 05 Oct 1844 (p. 2, col. 5-7) LONGEVITY.-In the parish of Kirkoswald, and not more than a mile apart, there is now living John DODD, of Kirkoswald Town End, (formerly gardener with the late C. FETHERSTONHAUGH, Esq.) in his 97th year, and was on the 27th September digging his garden in perfect health; Mrs. TEASDALE, of Blunderfuld [sic - should br Blunderfield], aged 94, who is quite healthy, and is able to assist in the usual work of a farm house; Mrs. FORSTER, also of Blunderfuld [sic], and next door to the above, aged 104 years, who is rather lame but her intellects are quite perfect. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.-A very handsome white marble tablet has just been erected in the interior of the parish church of Urswick, near Ulverston, at the expense of the parishioners, in memory of the late respected incumbent of that parish, the Rev. William PONSONBY, on which is the following inscription:- Sacred to the Memory of the Rev. William PONSONBY, late Vicar of this church who died on the 8th day of July, 1841, in the 64th year of his age, and 37th of his incumbency. His meek and christain [sic] disposition, benevolence of heart, and integrity of conduct, as well as the plain but earnest manner in which he inculcated the fundamental doctrines of the Gospel, endeared him to his parishoneers [sic] and friends who have caused this tablet to be erected as a tribute of their affection, and to perpetuate his name whose ministry was one of peace and goodwill to all mankind. Mr. PONSONBY was a native of Ennerdale, near Whitehaven, and his conduct and demeanour, through life, both as a minister and a gentleman, richly entitled him to the respect which has justly been paid to his memory by his parishioners. AN OCTOGENARIAN.-John ROTHERY, of Egremont Town Head, over whose head four score and four years have glided away, and who for a great number of years past has been employed by Mrs. BANKS, of Langhorn, and her family, has this season taken his place in the harvest field amongst the reapers, and cut down regularly twelve stooks per day for several days in succession. There are few octogenarians, famed as this county is for the vigour and health of many of its aged inhabitants, who could have entered the harvest field, and equalled the feats of the subject of this paragraph. SUDDEN DEATH.-On Monday evening last, a man of the name of M'WILLIAM, belonging to Maxwelltown, was found dead behind a dyke at the side of the highway, near Mildamhead, on the English road, about a mile from Dumfries. M'WILLIAM, and another man, had been away with a drove of cattle to Rigg, and on their way home, the former fell behind a little, and the latter came on without paying any attention to the matter, not being aware that anything was wrong with his companion and taking it for granted that he was following. The poor fellow, however, had been seized with some illness, as he rested behind the dyke, or he had flung himself there in consequence of his illness. He was found by a boy quite dead. A mural monument has just been erected in Bampton Church, Westmoreland, to the memory of the Rev. John BOWSTEAD, B.D., formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge, and late vicar of Musgrave, in that county. FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Friday week a poor man, named T. DODDS, a waggoner, met with his death on the Pontop Railway, at South Shields: he was riding on the knee end of some light coal waggons, and it is supposed had fallen asleep, when the horse drew them up to some other waggons that were standing, betwixt which his knee was jammed in a shocking manner, from the effects of which he died. He was brother-in-law to T. GIBSON, who was killed in the same way about a fortnight since. BODY FOUND.-On Monday week, the body of a young man was washed ashore near Marsden Rock. It proved to be that of George HALL a coal trimmer at North Shields, who was drowned off the Custom-house Quay twelve days before, by accidentally falling out of a foy boat. Although close to the shore, and many persons about, he was unfortunately drowned. He was twenty-five years of age, and has left a widow and one child.

Many thanks Petra for another Sutton David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Petra Mitchinson To: Cumberland Mailing List ; Westmorland List Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 3:51 AM Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Carlisle Journal, BMD, 28 Sep 1844 (1) Saturday 28 Sep 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Marriages. At St. John's Church, Liverpool, on Sunday the 22nd inst., Mr. Joseph R. SUTTON, of Liverpool, to Ann, third daughter of Mr. James ROBINSON, innkeeper, Stanwix. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

THE FAMINE IN INDIA THE FAMINE IN INDIA. The following is a copy of the weekly telegram from the Viceroy of India dated Calcutta, June 6th. Latest famine news contained in following telegram from SIR R. TEMPLE, dated Mozufferpore, June 5th: “Good rain fallen first week of June in most parts districts save South. Last Tirhoot agricultural prospects good for most crops, except lowland rice, wherein some failure expected. I have investigated Tirhoot grain supplies with the various subdivisional officers. Total allotment barely sufficient for whole district, but supplement can be arranged. I have been obliged to strengthen Mudhoobunee and Mozufferpore by transferring 12,000 tons from less distressed sectainare. Have conferred with collector about Chumparun supply, which may prove more than enough. Relief labourers leaving works for agriculture and private employments. Sales of grain to public increasing, and advance to ryots after inquiry village by village, zemindars giving security and generally behaving well. I have visited many relief circles, and am satisfied that organisation reaches every village. Relief establishments complete. Much evidence, official and non-official, to improved appearance of people since relief began.” No deaths from starvation ascertained to have occurred since last telegram. Total of proved deaths, 22. _________________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.

Saturday 28 Sep 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Deaths. In Rickergate, on the 25th inst., Mary CARLYLE, aged 82 years. At Lesson Hall, on the 7th inst., Sarah IRVING, aged 35 years servant with Charles RAY, Esq., of the above place. At Hayton, on Sunday the 13th inst., Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Jos. SIBSON, of that place. At Brampton, on the 24th inst., Mrs. Catherine HEWART, aged 49 years; also, on the 25th instant, Mr. Edward BELL, weaver, aged 38 years. At Skirwith, on Wednesday the 25th inst., Joseph Dobson, youngest son of Mr. W. J. BENSON, aged 4 years. At Kirkhaugh Rectory, on the 24th inst., Jane Sarah, wife of the Rev. Edward BIGLAND, and eldest daughter of the late Brown HODGSON, Esq., of Alston, aged 32 years. At Pooley Bridge, on the 17th instant, Mr. Thomas BEWSHER, carpenter, aged 65 years. At Down Hall, in this county, on Friday the 20th instant, Barbara, relict of the late Jos. HODGSON, Esq., of Thornby, in her 86th year. At George Street, Dumfries, on the 12th inst., in the 19th year of his age, William, eldest son of the late Thomas HARKNESS, Esq., writer. At Whitehaven, at the great age of 91 years, Mrs. Elizabeth WILSON, relict of the late Mr. Isaac WILSON, tobacconist; in Sandhills Lane, on the 5th instant, after a painful illness, Mary, the wife of Mr. John STORDY, husbandman, aged 50 years; on the 17th inst., in Queen Street, Jane, wife of Mr. Edward BRANTHWAITE, mariner, aged 65 years; on the 22nd, in the New Town, Mary, wife of Mr. Nathaniel BARR, mariner, aged 62; on the 19th inst., in Quay Street, Mrs. Martha LAYBURN, widow, aged 81 years. At Holm Rook, on Thursday week, Mr. Thomas SINGLETON, of Moor Side, in Gosforth, aged 71 years. At Workington, on the 21st instant, Mr. William KIRKHAUGH, aged 70 years. At the Union Workhouse, Cockermouth, on Thursday week, Mary Ann SPEDDING, formerly of Keswick, aged 25 years. At Kendal, since our last, Mr. John HOLME, tailor, aged 77. At Clawthorpe, near Burton, on the 17th instant, Mrs. Mary BOLTON, aged 67 years. At Bowness, Windermere, on Tuesday week, Mrs. Ann WHARTON, aged 61 years. At Dover, on the 5th instant, Agnes, eldest daughter of the late Joseph SKELTON, Esq., of Loweswater, in this county, aged 32 years. DEATH OF CAPTAIN BASIL HALL.-We regret that we have to announce the death of this gallant officer, which took place on Wednesday week at Haslar Hospital, after a protracted illness, in the 56th year of his age. Captain Basil HALL was not only distinguished in the service as an able, enterprising, and meritorious officer, who had the entire good of his profession at heart, and who lost no opportunity of forwarding its improvement in every way that his inquiring and discerning mind enabled him to do, but he was also known in the world of literature, of which he formed a distinguished ornament. In his early life, in the command of a small vessel in an unknown sea, he rendered conspicuously interesting a dreary voyage to the north part of China, and the coast of Coreo, by the publication of a lively, intelligent, and scientific account of a new people inhabiting the Loo Choo Islands. Since then his industrious and active powers have never allowed him to visit a scene without recording its novelties, peculiarities, and politics; and we have thus before the world his opinion and description of both South and North America. His various nautical tales, told under the name of fragments, of which several series have been published, prove the playfulness of his mind, and the extent of his observations.

Saturday 28 Sep 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Births. At Barrock Lodge, on Friday the 13th instant., the lady of Captain JAMES, of a son. At Mill-house-cottage, in this county, on the 6th instant, the lady of Colonel HAY, Bengal Army, of a son. Marriages. At St. Mary's Church, on the 21st inst., Mr. John HOLLIDAY to Miss Ann FAWCETT, both of Broad Guards. At St. John's Church, Liverpool, on Sunday the 22nd inst., Mr. Joseph R. SUTTON, of Liverpool, to Ann, third daughter of Mr. James ROBINSON, innkeeper, Stanwix. At the Parish Church, Kendal, on Monday morning last, by license, by the Rev. J. F. AMOS, curate, Mr. Thomas BELL, compositor, formerly of this town, to Agnes, youngest daughter of the late Mr. John KENDALL, Low Oaks, Marthwaite, near Sedbergh. At Brampton, on Tuesday last, Mr. William HARRABY, of that place, to Anne, second daughter of Mr. David MATHEWS, commercial traveller, Newcastle upon-Tyne. At Penrith, on Thursday the 12th September, Mr. William CARRUTHERS, Draper, to Miss VARTY, dressmaker, both of Penrith. At St. James's Chapel, Whitehaven, on the 22nd instant, Mr. Daniel WAITE, hatter, to Miss Mary PLASKETT, both of that place. At Crosscannonby, on the 19th, Mr. Daniel GLAISTER, to Miss Margaret SANDERSON; same place, on the 22nd, Mr. Jonathan ASHLEY, to Miss Dinah BUCKLEY, all of Maryport. At Cockermouth, on Monday last, Mr. John BARLOW, hatter, to Miss Mary RICKERBY, formerly of Ellenborough. At Dornock, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. James LAIDLOW, Kirtlebridge, Mr. George HERBERTSON, parochial schoolmaster, Annan, to Miss Mary IRVING, Wellington Street, Annan. At Addingham Parish Church, on the 21st inst., by the Rev. Wm. SHARY, Mr. Thomas WESTMORLAND, carpenter, to Miss Margaret IRELAND, youngest daughter of Mr. Joseph IRELAND, of Hilltop, near Hesket-in-the-Forest. At Aldingham parish church, on the 16th inst., Mr. Thomas BROCKLEBANK, commercial traveller for the firm of PEEK, Brothers, and WINCH, of London and Liverpool, to Eleanor, second daughter of James KENDALL, Esq., of Gleaston, Low Furness. At Kendal, since our last, Mr. Robert THORNTON, to Miss Mary TOWERS, both of that town. At Grasmere, on the 14th inst., Mr. G. ELLIS, to Miss TYSON, both of Ambleside.

A NOVEL DINING-TABLE is in use in one of the palaces of the Emperor of Russia. The table is circular, and is placed on a weighted platform. At the touch of a signal, like a rub of Aladdin’s lamp, down goes the table through the floor, and a new table loaded with fresh dishes and supplies, rises in its place. But, this is not all; each plate stands on a weighted disc, the table-cloth being cut with circular openings, one for each plate. If a guest desires a change of plate, he touches a signal at his side, when his place disappears, and another rises. These mechanical dining-tables render the presence of servants quite superfluous.

Saturday 28 Sep 1844 (p. 3, col. 3-4) INQUESTS. ----- (Before Mr. CARRICK, Coroner.) MANSLAUGHTER. The adjourned inquest on the body of John COULTHARD, was resumed before Mr. CARRICK, at Wigton, on the 20th instant. Several witnesses were examined tending to the implication of Thomas ROBERTSHAW, the old sailor. Mr. NIXON and Mr. EWART, surgeons, made a post mortem examination which disclosed extensive inflammation of the stomach, the result of acrid acid poison. The contents of the stomach were also analyzed, furnishing indisputable evidence of the presence of mercury. The Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Thomas ROBERTSHAW, and a warrant for his apprehension was immediately issued. An inquest was held before the same coroner, at Wigton, on the body of William COULTHARD, aged 67 years. The deceased was formerly an extensive farmer and cattle dealer, but of late years has been much reduced in his circumstances. On Tuesday night he called at several public houses and had ale at each. He was last seen by the police about twelve o'clock. His body was found the next morning in the Wiza, between Wigton and the Railway Station. It is supposed that he had been on his way to visit his sister, who lives a short distance to the south of Wigton, and that owing to the darkness of the night, and the unprotected state of the footpath, he had fallen into the river and been drowned. The Jury returned a verdict of "Found Drowned," and at the same time complained of the dangerous state of the road at the place where the accident happened. It appears that the river runs a distance of one hundred yards and upwards alongside the public road, and that there is neither fence, railing, or anything else to protect passers. The surveyor of the highways being present he was appealed to, but he denied that the parish was responsible, alleging that that part of the road was under the charge of the County Bridge Master, whose attention the coroner was requested to draw to it. At Bridge Bank, on the 20th, on the body of Jane CALVERT, aged 6 years, whose death was occasioned by her clothes catching fire in a neighbour's house. Verdict "Accidental Death." At Arkleby, near Oughterside, on the body of James BLAND, engine man, aged 37, who was found dead in bed. Verdict, "Natural death." (Before Mr. LUMB, Coroner.) ACCIDENTAL DEATH AT DEARHAM NEW COLLIERY.-An inquest was held at Dearham, on Wednesday last, on view of the body of a man named ALLEN, who lost his life in Dearham new colliery, belonging to Messrs. WOOD, STEEL, and Co., in the following manner:-The workmen at the top of the shaft were sending down some planks in a basket, but unfortunately in its descent the basket was capsized and the wood fell to the bottom, where two men were standing, one of whom was hit by the falling planks and much injured, and the other, the unfortunate deceased, was killed upon the spot. The jury, after a patient investigation of the whole affair, returned a verdict of "Accidental Death," with a deodand of 5s. upon the planks.-The deceased was a married man, and has left a widow and young family to deplore his untimely end.

Saturday 28 Sep 1844 (p. 2, col. 5-7) There is now living at Kirkoswald, a person of the name of John DODD, aged 97 years; and at Blunderfield, in the parish of Kirkoswald, one Mrs. FOSTER, aged 104 years; and within 20 yards of the last-named, one Mrs. TEASDALE, aged 94 years;—ages that few survive. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT DEARHAM.—Soon after the recent unfortunate accident at Dearham, by which five lives were lost, subscription was set on foot in the neighbourhood for the relief of the widows and families of the sufferers. Nearly twenty pounds were collected, but we grieve to add that the two persons who took upon themselves the duties of collectors exhibited so little sympathy with the destitute condition of those for whom the charity was intended, as to make a charge of nearly £5 for their labour. Comment upon such conduct is unnecessary. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—An extraordinary and fatal circumstance occurred on the shore, near Hest Bank, on Tuesday last. On the morning of that day Mr. Adam CLARK, of Hest Bank, and a man of the name of John TEESDALE, who is from the neighbourhood of Appleby, and has for some time been living off and on in the neighbourhood, were returning along the shore from eel-spearing, and had arrived so far home as within 200 yards of the ascending footpath that leads from the beach to the high land, and thence over the canal bridge to the hamlet of Hest Bank:— At this spot grows in considerable abundance the deadly nightshade, astropa belladonna a perennial plant with herbaceous stem. The fruit has a berry as large as a small grape, and a dark purple colour. Two elderly women, one of the name of Jane SANDHAM and the other Betsy WAINHOUSE, and both residing in Lancaster, were standing amongst the plants and eating the berries when Mr. CLARK and TEESDALE came up. Mr. CLARK inquired what the berries were, and on being told by the females that they were blaeberries or barberries, he began to gather and eat also, as did TEESDALE. The parties separated, Mr. CLARK and TEESDALE coming on to the Hest Bank Hotel (which belongs to Mr. CROSKELL, Mr. CLARK's father-in-law), and bringing with them several of the berries which were immediately pronounced by Mr. CROSKELL and a neighbour (Mr. KNIPE) to be poison. Finding this, Mr. CLARK swallowed a dose of such medicine as was at hand, and that, luckily for him, served all the purpose of an emetic. Nevertheless he was seized with alarming illness, parched tongue, dizziness, difficulty of swallowing, swollen face and eyes, and delirium. Mr. ELLERY, surgeon, of Bolton, was sent for, and by the unremitting attention of that gentleman Mr. CLARK was eventually brought round in the course of the following morning, and he is now quite restored, but still exhibiting some effects of the deadly character of the poison. Meanwhile the two women, who had come out from Lancaster merely to enjoy a little excursion on the seashore, made the best of their way home, but they had not proceeded far before the symptoms described above began to manifest themselves. Parched and thirsty the great desire was for drink, but one of the two having heard that drink ought to be avoided in such cases (for they had suspicion they were poisoned) had the fortitude to abstain. They succeeded in reaching their dwelling in Bridge-lane, in Lancaster, and one of them instantly repaired to Messrs. RESTON and LEACK, surgeons, and those gentlemen were in immediate attendance. The condition in which both the patients were was most alarming, and but for the constant application of remedial measures, and the great exertions of the medical gentlemen, no doubt both would have died. They were in a state of mania throughout the night, but eventually the means adopted proved successful, and after much suffering the poor women both recovered. It should be mentioned that the one who abstained from drink, though she had eaten most, suffered the least. One ate about a pint of the berries, and the other about a dozen. Mr. CLARK thinks he could not have swallowed half-a-dozen at most. The poor fellow, TEESDALE, had been missed soon after his arrival at the Hest Bank Hotel, which would be about noon on Tuesday. He was nowhere seen, and the wonder was where could he be. The day and the night passed away, and he did not make his appearance. It happened that Mr. CROSKELL had a load of straw coming home, and it arrived about 11 o'clock on Wednesday. In order to prepare a place for its reception, Mr. CROSKELL went up into the hay-loft, and began to clear away the old straw, when he discovered TEESDALE lying stiff and insensible, with his body swollen to an extraordinary size, eyes closed, &c. Mr. CROSKELL returned immediately to the house and gave the alarm, and TEESDALE was carefully brought down from his retreat and put to bed. Without loss of time Mr. ELLERY was sent for again, and again that gentleman applied himself with praiseworthy diligence. Every means were taken to neutralize the effects of the poison, and, in fact, Mr. ELLERY stopped the whole, night with his patient. After some time the medicines answered their intended purpose, and there was a considerable rallying, so that at one time there appeared some hope of recovery. However, the patient again grew worse, and on Thursday Dr. DE VITRE was sent for from Lancaster, but human aid was of no avail. The poor fellow lingered on through Thursday night, and yesterday morning, between 6 and 7, breathed his last, in a state of perfect exhaustion. The deceased was about 60 years of age, and of robust constitution.—Lancaster Gazette. ELOPEMENT.—On Friday night, about 11 o'clock, a post-chaise, containing a lady and gentleman, neither of them arrived at years of discretion, drove up to the Commercial Inn, Dumfries. Fresh horses were speedily harnessed; and, although the nerves of the male passenger were a little discomposed by the appearance of another carriage, which he supposed to contain the lady's father, who was believed to be in full pursuit, nothing disagreeable occurred; and the young hopefuls were, in a short time, and at full speed, en route for the Gretna blacksmith, where, it may gratify some of our fair readers to know, they arrived in safety, got wedded in due form; and immediately afterwards set off, via Carlisle, for Preston, where the bridegroom resides. The lady, who is said to be very pretty, is from the neighbourhood of Newton-Stewart.

Fascinating to read the drunk driving charge of the day. Plus ca change. Sharon Sharon Oddie Brown, Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ On 22/02/2014 1:59 PM, Barb Ontario Canada wrote: > PETTY SESSIONS > > PENRITH – TUESDAY, JUNE 9 > > (Before J. JAMESON, Esq., J. THOMPSON, Esq., W. PRITT, Esq., REV. J. > HEYSHAM, W. HARRISON, Esq., J. SALKELD, Esq., J. HUDLESTON, Esq. J. E. > HASELL, Esq., HON. A. ERSKINE. > > > CHARGE OF BEING DRUNK WHILE IN CHARGE OF A HORSE AND GIG. >

Saturday 21 Sep 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Deaths. In Botchergate, on Sunday the 15th instant, Arabella, second daughter of the Rev. Joseph TWENTYMAN, aged four years and seven months. In King Street, on the 16th instant, Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of M. BOULLEN, French teacher, aged 21 years; same place on the 19th, Charlotte, daughter of Mr. James NICHOLSON, painter, aged 10 months. At Longtown, on the 12th inst., Mr. John FORSTER, blacksmith, at an advanced age; same place, on the 16th, Francis O'BRIEN, cattle drover, of Dumfries, on his way from London to Dumfries, aged 60 years. At Gildersdale Forest, near Alston, on the 18th instant, suddenly, Mr. Geo. MAUGHAN, of Kirkhaugh, aged 29 years. At Cockermouth, on the 15th inst., Mr. William HUDLESS, labourer, in the 57th year of his age; same place, on the 18th, Mary Jane, third daughter of Mr. Christopher TATHAM, aged nine years. At Dover, on the 5th inst., Agnes, eldest daughter of the late Joseph SKELTON, Esq., of Loweswater, in this county, aged 32 years. At Harrington, on the 14th inst., Mrs. Isabella BIRKET, widow, aged 64 years, much respected. At Keswick, on the 11th inst., Mrs. Jane SEWELL, at the great age of 84 years. At the house of her son-in-law, John GRIGG, Highfield Street, Liverpool, on the 14th inst., Mrs. Jane CLARKE, widow, late of Whitehaven, aged 62 years. At Waterloo Terrace, near Whitehaven, on the 15th instant, after a long and painful indisposition, Mr. James GUNSON, aged 62 years. At Trumpet House, near Whitehaven, on the 16th inst., after a short indisposition, in the 54th year of his age, the Rev. John BRUNT, who for upwards of twenty years was incumbent minister of the parish of Cleator. At Sawley Parsonage, on the 5th inst., the Rev. James Lowther SENHOUSE, M.A., Perpetual Curate of Sawley, and some time Rector of Gosforth, in this county. At Whitehaven, since our last, Ann, daughter of Mr. Thomas COWEN, boat-builder, aged four years; John, son of Mr. John FAIRCLIFF, currier, aged three years. At Newcastleton, on the 18th instant, Mr. Archibald ARMSTRONG, merchant, aged 37 years.