Saturday 31 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Deaths. In Castle Street, on Monday last the 26th instant, Mr. Thos. CALDWELL, in the 82nd year of his age. He was for half a century a chorister in the Carlisle Cathedral, and upwards of 40 years parish clerk of St. Mary's Church. He was a well-known and skilful disciple of Isaac WALTON, and might be seen throwing his line, early o' mornings, at Eden side, until a short time previous to his death. As cicerone to parties visiting the Cathedral he had long been familiar, and the amount of "perquisites" falling his way during his long tenure of office would be considerable. He was, we believe, four times married, and was a great-grandfather his sons' sons having families. The "great bell," which he had tolled so often for the dead, was tolled for himself on the evening of his decease. He was throughout life much and deservedly respected. At his residence, Swifts Row, on Friday the 23rd instant, in his 28th year, Mr. John SOWERBY, eldest son of the late Mr. John SOWERBY, flax dresser, in this city, and nephew of Mr. William SOWERBY, timber merchant,-much respected. In Botchergate, on the 23rd instant, Mrs. Mary LOWTHIAN, aged 59 years. In the King's Arms Lane, on the 24th inst., Mr. Wm. SPEDDING, butcher, aged 52 years. At King Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs. Isabella IRWIN, aged 77 years. On the 23rd instant, Mrs. Isabella WILSON, King's Arms Lane, aged 62 years. At Long Island, near this city, on the 16th instant, Mr. James STOCKBRIDGE, formerly calico printer, aged 70 years. At Houghton, on Tuesday last, at the house of her son-in-law (Mr. Joseph BECK), Mrs. Hannah HOWE, aged 94 years; as remarkable for her peaceful and amiable disposition, as for her advanced age. At Fogclose, after a severe illness, on Saturday the 17th inst., in his 32nd year, Thomas, eldest son of Mr. Samuel RELPH,-much respected. At Scarrrow Hill, in the parish of Cumwhitton, Mr. Joseph Leach ROBINSON, aged 44 years,-deeply lamented and much respected. At Path, in the parish of Arthuret, on the 18th instant, Mrs. Elizabeth LITTLE, aged 100 years. She was born at the village of Riddens, Arthuret parish, and was upwards of one year old when Prince Charles Edward, "The Pretender," with part of his rebel army, stopped all night at Riddens, on his march south, by way of Carlisle, in the year 1745. At Penrith, on the 28th instant, Bella, wife of Mr. John SCOTT, farmer, Fell Side, near Kendal, aged 47 years. At Harrington, on the 20th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Jas. CHARNOCK, aged 60 years. At Redmain, near Cockermouth, on the 25th inst., Mr. John JAMES, farmer, aged 60 years, and formerly of Asby, near Whitehaven. At Inns of Court, St. Bees, on the 24th instant, Mr. BROWN, aged 57 years. At Sandwith, near Whitehaven, on the 26th inst., Mr. Thos. CRAGG, late of Whitehaven, in the 85th year of his age. At Whitehaven, on the 24th inst., Thomas Archibald, son of Mr. Robert KENNEDY, cabinet maker, aged 11 years. At Jamaica, on the 6th July, Mr. John SHIELDS, mate of the ship Cumberland, of Whitehaven, in the prime of life. At Liverpool, on the 13th instant, aged 64 years, Eleanor, wife of Capt. James COX, of Portland Street, and formerly of Whitehaven. At Kendal, on the 25th inst., Mr. Thomas LIME, card-maker, in the 55th year of his age. At Mireside, in the parish of Bromfield, on the 17th instant, after a painful and lingering illness, Miss TODD, in the 27th year of her age. On the 23rd instant, near Troutbeck Bridge, very suddenly, aged 67, Mr. George LONGMIRE, a well-known and extensive farmer and butcher. At Ambleside, on the 15th instant, Sarah, second daughter of William BRIGGS, M.D. of that place, and formerly of Liverpool. At Lune Villa, near Lancaster, on the 22nd inst., Robert GAWTHORP, Esq. in the 91st year of his age. At Kelso, on the 23rd inst., Isabella, second daughter of the late William SMITH, Esq., writer.

Saturday 31 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Births. In High Street, Wigton, on the 28th inst., Mary, wife of Mr. Wm. STORY, currier and leather cutter of that place, formerly of Cargo, of a son and heir. Marriages. At Workington, on the 24th instant, Mr. John BURROW, stone mason, to Miss Ann UNTHANK. At St. James's Chapel, Whitehaven, on the 25th instant, Mr. William IRWIN, mariner, to Miss Margaret CHAMBERS; same day and place, Mr. Isaac WOOD, husbandman, to Miss Dorothy BRANTHWAITE. At Bootle, on the 25th inst., William, third son of Mr. John PARKER, nurseryman, Bootle, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Anthony SAVAGE, of Kirby. At the parish church of Oldbury, Salop, on the 17th instant, the Rev. M. SALT, Wesleyan Minister, Kendal, to Miss Jane Selina, daughter of Mr. Joseph BUTTELL, Brierly Hill, Staffordshire. At Kendal, on the 19th instant, Isaac, son of the Rev. Edward TYSON, Seathwaite, to Emma, only daughter of the late Mr. John TAYLOR, of Kendal; on the 22nd, Mr. Richard NELSON, of Ashgrove Lodge, near Halifax, to Mary Ann, only daughter of Mr. G. HINDE, of Kent Terrace, Kendal. At St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. Lord A. FITZCLARENCE, Captain R. BERNAL, M.P. for Wycombe, to Miss Catherine Isabella OSBORNE, sole heiress of the late Sir T. OSBORNE, and daughter of Lady OSBORNE. By special license, at the Curch of St. Helen's, Isle of Wight, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Charles JOHNSON, Alexander OSWALD, Esq., M.P., son of the 1ate Richard Alex. OSWALD, Esq., and nephew of James OSWALD, Esq. of Auchencruive, M.P., to Lady Louisa JOHNSTONE, widow of the late Sir Frederick JOHNSTONE, Bart., of Westerhall, and only daughter of the late Earl of Craven.

Saturday 31 Aug 1844 (p. 4, col. 4) OFFENCES. ----- TRIAL OF JAMES COCKBURN BELANEY. The trial of James Corkburn [sic] BELANEY, surgeon, of North Sunderland, for the murder of his wife by administering prussic acid, began, at the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, and closed on Thursday. The prisoner pleaded "Not guilty." The case for the prosecution was stated by the Solicitor-General, in a plain and even forbearing manner; and a great number of witnesses were examined. From the nature of the case, the evidence was entirely circumstantial; as the fact that the poison had been taken was not denied, but only all motive and active participation in giving it. In November last, Mr. BELANEY, then practising in Sunderland, married Miss Rachel SKELLEY. Subsequently, that lady's mother died, and the bride inherited her property. They came to town on the 4th of June, and took lodgings at Stepney. Mrs. BELANEY then expected in two or three months to become a mother. She was not very well on the 4th, but on the 5th she was better. On the 8th Mrs HEPPENSTALL, their landlady, was suddenly summoned to Mrs. BELANEY's bedroom; she was gasping for breath, her husband standing over her with a lancet in his hand; a surgeon was sent for; but before he came, after one shriek, (the last act, said the medical men, of volition,) she died. Prussic acid was at once recognized as the cause of her death, though the surgeon at first kept the suspicion to himself. Such were the admitted facts; the inculpatory evidence consisted of some collateral facts, and a tissue of falsehood which threw a strong shade of suspicion on the husband. It appeared, that before leaving Sunderland, he and his wife had made wills in each other's favour. On the 7th June he went to Mr. DONOGHUE, a surgeon whom he caused to procure some drugs, among them prussic acid; which he was in the habit of taking himself for some internal nervous or dyspepic [sic] complaint. In a letter written on the 5th to a person in Sunderland, he said that his wife was unwell. Next day he wrote that she was very ill, and that she had been attended by two doctors, who expected that she would miscarry; which was false. A third letter posted, if not written on the 8th, after she was dead, said that his wife was worse, and that her medical attendant and himself both thought that she had disease of the heart; a fourth, on the 9th, announced that his beloved Rachel was no more. While his wife was lying in the agonies of death, he told Mrs. HEPPENSTALL that Mrs. BELANEY had had "fits" before, but that she would never get over that one; and he allowed friction, cataplasms, and such remedies, which could have no effect on the real cause of the lady's illness, to be used. When Mr. GARRETT, the surgeon, came in on the 8th, Mr. BELANEY told him that his wife had only been taking a little salts. On Monday began the inquest, and a post mortem examination was ordered; which disclosed the real cause of death beyond a doubt. Before that result was known to him, Mr. BELANEY confessed the fact to Mr. GARRETT; but explained that he had diluted some prussic acid for his own use, and had left it carelessly in a tumbler, having broken a phial; and that his wife had accidently drunk it in mistake for a dose of salts. Mr. GARRETT asked why he had not made this statement before? to which he replied that he was too much ashamed and enraged with himself. This explanation he also made in private letters to Sunderland: adding he did not know what he was about. Such was the evidence for the prosecution. For the defence, Mr. ERLE contended that his client had no motive to the imputed crime, and that his story was the true one; and a great number of witnesses were called. One was Mr. CLARKE, a master-mariner and an acquaintance of Mr. BELANEY, who was sent for on the 8th, and was actually present at Mrs. BELANEY's death. He heard the husband exclaim that she would not recover, and that it was entirely owing to his own gross neglect; and on Monday he told Mr. CLARKE the story of the mistake. Many witnesses, friends from Sunderland, described Mr. BELANEY as a thoroughly humane man, and more kind and attentive to his wife than husbands usually are; while Mrs. BELANEY, a woman of attractive appearance and engaging manners, reciprocated his affection in the most unequivocal manner; after her death, the husband's aspect was marked by all the traits of a profound and sincere grief. Mr. Baron GURNEY summed up, commenting at length on the bad but perhaps erroneous impression which the intricate falsehoods of the prisoner were calculated to make; and the Jury, after retiring for half an hour, returned a verdict of "Not guilty." Hearing the acquittal without apparent emotion, Mr. BELANEY bowed, and retired from the bar.

Saturday 31 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 2) INQUESTS. ----- (Before Mr. CARRICK, Coroner.) On the 27th instant, at Hayton, on view of the body of William HALL, yeoman, aged 67 years, who died suddenly in his harvest field the preceding day. Deceased had complained of pain in his back to a servant man who was near him, and the latter called deceased's son from another part of the field; they loosed his neckcloth, when a small quantity of blood came from his mouth. He expired in about ten minutes from being first seized-verdict "Natural death." (Before Mr. LUMB, Coroner.) At Maryport, on Saturday last, on view of the body of an aged female named Elizabeth SIBSON, who resided in a house by herself, and was found dead on the day preceeding [sic] the inquiry. It appeared that the deceased had finished breakfast, and been in the act of preparing to go to market, when it is supposed she had been seized by a fit of apoplexy, and there being no one to render or call in assistance, death had ensued. The jury, after hearing such facts as could be brought to bear upon the case, returned a verdict of "Found Dead."

Saturday 31 Aug 1844 (p. 2, col. 7-8) John NICHOLSON, who was convicted at our last Assizes, of stealing money from a letter in the Post-Office, (in which he was a clerk,) and sentenced to 10 years' transportation, was sent off from our gaol on Wednesday last to the Milbank Penitentiary. DEATH OF SIR P. MAXWELL.—It is with feelings of the most painful regret that we record the sudden and melancholy death of Sir Patrick MAXWELL, Bart., of Springkell, which took place on Tuesday morning last, about nine o'clock. On Monday night, Sir Patrick was returning from Sprinkell [sic] to Knockhill, where he was residing, when, on the road between Kirtlebridge and Ecclefechan, either his horse had fallen with him (which we are informed it had done a few days previous), or from some cause not ascertained, he was thrown on the road, and received a severe injury, which rendered him insensible. He was shortly after found and carried to the farm-house of Caldwellknow, when medical aid was procured, and every available means had recourse to, in order to effect his recovery, but all to no avail, as he gradually sank till next morning, when he expired. THE MURDER AT HIGH EIGHTON.—Two individuals, JEFFERSON and FLECK, who, it will be remembered, were witnesses on the inquest on the above case, are now in custody, charged with the murder of ROBSON, and will be examined this day at the County Justice Room, Gateshead.—Sir James GRAHAM, the Home Secretary, has offered a reward of £50 for the discovery and conviction of the murderer. EXECUTION OF MARK SHERWOOD.—This wretched man suffered the extreme penalty of the law on a scaffold erected on the Town Moor, within the race course, on Friday last. The crowd was immense—the majority appearing to be women—and was estimated at no less than thirty thousand. SHERWOOD made confession of his guilt to the Chaplain, but it merely amounts to the statements he made to his attorney, and on which his defence was founded.

Saturday 24 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Deaths. In John Street, on the 22nd instant, Mary Jane ATKINSON, aged 12 years. At Thursby, on the 13th instant, in the 95th year of his age, Mr. Joseph JEFFERSON, formerly of Evening Hill. The strict temperance of his habits, which, with daily exercise in a healthy locality, had doubtless contributed materially to prolong his days and preserve his faculties, which were, up to the close of life, almost unimpaired-nor was he less distinguished for the peaceableness and amiability of his disposition. At Mireside, in the parish of Bromfield, on Saturday, the 17th instant, after a painful and lingering illness, borne with Christian resignation, Miss TODD, in her 27th year-deservedly regretted by a numerous circle of relatives and friends. At Wigton, on Thursday, the 15th inst, Ann, relict of the late Christopher BORROWDAILE, Esq., aged 82 years. At Peth, near Longtown, on Sunday last, Mrs. Elizabeth LITTLE, widow, at the advanced age of 99 years. At her house, Clapham-common, on the 10th inst., Elizabeth Susannah, relict of the late Thomas GRAHAM, Esq., of Edmond Castle, Cumberland, aged 81 years. At Haltwhistle, on the 14th instant, aged 59, Mr. Wm. BELL of Kellah, eldest son of the late Mr. Thos. BELL, manufacturer Haltwhistle. In London, on the 16th instant, aged 34, of consumption, after a harassing illness under the most distressing circumstances, and leaving four young orphan sons, utterly unprovided for, to lament her untimely end, Mary, relict of the late Mr. Thomas WINDER, daughter of the late Mr. Isaac THOMPSON, South Field, and grand-daughter of the late George HARRISON, Esq., Appleby, Westmoreland, many years a magistrate for that county. Her end was of that holy peace which the world cannot give, being joyful through hope of a blessed immortality in the mercy of her Saviour. At Liverpool, on the 18th instant, Margaret, daughter of Robert and Mary AFFLECK, and grand-daughter of Christopher and Bridget BAINBRIDGE, of Low Hesket. At Appleby, on Wednesday last, Mr. John ARMSTRONG, gardener at Appleby Castle, aged 53 years. At Nenthead, on the 19th instant, Mrs. Hannah HUTCHINSON, aged 65 years. At Cockermouth, on Friday last, Mr. Barwise MITCHELL, watch and clock maker, aged 66 years. At Maryport, on the 14th instant, Mr. John REID, formerly of Liverpool, aged 59 years. At Workington, on Friday last, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Lancelot BOUCH, Esq., in the 39th year of her age. At Seaville, on the 8th instant, after a lingering illness, Mr. Joseph BELL, joiner, aged 24 years. At Dyon Side, near Distington, on Tuesday week, Frances, wife of Mr. Abraham PIPER, dancing master, aged 26 years. The deceased some time ago vomited an animal resembling a water asp, which had long been lodged in her stomach, and seemed greatly relieved by having dislodged the unwelcome intruder; but she lately fell off her health, and gradually became worse, till death at length put a period to her sufferings. At Hensingham, on Wednesday week, at the house of Mr. John SUMPTON, Mr. Aaron HARTLEY, many years landlord of the Globe inn, in that village, in the 78th year of his age, very highly respected. At Whitehaven, on Saturday last, after an illness of only four days, Mr. John MARTIN, bread-baker, in the prime of life; on Sunday week, Mr. James ROBERTSON, shoemaker, aged 76; on Thursday week, Mrs. Jane JACKSON, widow of Captain JACKSON, aged 70 years.

Saturday 24 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Marriages. At Wigton, on the 17th instant, Joseph, son of Mr. William PATTINSON, to Sarah, daughter of Mr. Henry LOWTHER. At the Parish Church of St. Lawrence, Appleby, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Joseph MILNER, M.A., Thomas BRENAND, Esq., Burton in Kendal, to Dorothy, youngest daughter of John HIND, Esq., Kirkby Stephen. At Totteridge, Herts, on the 8th inst., James Peard LEY, Esq., of Oak Bank, Cumberland, to Louisa Susanna, daughter of Charles Augustus TULK, Esq., of Totteridge Park, Herts. At Lamplugh, on the 14th inst., by the Rev. Joseph GILLBANKS, rector, John UNSWORTH, Esq., of Litherland Mount, Liverpool, to Jane, daughter of Joseph DICKINSON, Esq., of Red How, near Whitehaven. At Whitehaven, on Tuesday week, W. G. GUBBINS, Esq., of Uregare House, county of Limerick, youngest son of the late George Gough GUBBINS, Esq., of Maldstown Castle, in the same county, to Mary, youngest daughter of John RUSSELL, Esq., City Place, Limerick. At the Registrar's Office, Cockermouth, on Sunday week, Mr. Paulus Amelius IRVING, farmer, Camerton, to Miss Mary WHITE, of Cockermouth; and on Saturday last, Mr. Joseph REED, rope maker, to Miss Jane NOBLE. At Cockermouth, on Monday week, Mr. John MOSSOP, cooper and turner, to Jane, second daughter of Mr. Thomas FALLOWS, hair dresser; and at the same place, on Sunday, Mr. Thomas STAINTON, of Papcastle, nailor, to Miss Elizabeth KENNAN, of Cockermouth. At the Independent Chapel, Cockermoutb, on Thursday week, Mr James HALL, of the Goat, near that town, to Miss Ann Jane SWEET, of the latter place. At Liverpool, on Sunday week, Mr. Joseph BARNES, joiner and cabinet maker, Harrington, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. James HARDING, of Askham, near Lowther. At St. Bees, on Monday week, Mr. William LEVASON, of Whitehaven, joiner and cabinet maker, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. George SMITH, of Hensingham. At Whitehaven, on Tuesday week, Mr. Joseph YATES, of Rowrah, farmer, to Jane, sister of Mr. Miles NICHOLSON, of Chapel House. At Bootle, on Saturday week, Mr. Richard WILKINSON, of the Hill, to Margaret, third daughter of Mr. HOUSBY, of the Well, near Bootle. At Bolton, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. J. WOOD, Mr. George KERR, husbandman, to Sarah, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Jacob HEWITSON, of Newlands Row. At Kendal, since our last, Mr. Henry HUCK, of Fawcett Forest, to Mary CARRADUS, of Middleton, near Kirkby Lonsdale; Mr. John HALESWORTH, to Miss Hannah ROUSE, both of Kendal. At Bowness, on Monday, the 12th instant, by the Rev. R. P. GRAVES, Mr. James SALKELD, Railway Terrace, Kendal, to Miss Margaret REDHEAD, of Bowness. At the Parish Church of Cockerham, on Tuesday, the 13th instant, Samuel SIMPSON, Esq., of the Greaves, to Ann, eldest daughter of the late Richard ATKINSON, Esq., of Ellol Grange, Lancashire.

Saturday 24 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 2-4) INQUESTS. ----- (Before Mr. CARRICK, Coroner.) [continued] At Penrith, on Tuesday last, on the body of Wilfrid WRIGHT, of Acorn Bank Mill, aged 44 years. The deceased came to the Griffin Inn on Saturday night last, and, after sitting in the kitchen for a short time, his left leg lost all power, so much so that he was obliged to have the assistance of the ostler in leaving his chair. At his own request he was removed to a stable, where he was provided with a straw bed and sufficient clothing, and was waited on by the ostler at different times during the night. He rose at seven the next morning and walked down to the kitchen, having recovered the perfect use of his paralyzed limb. In a few minutes he returned to another stable, where, in the presence of the ostler, he fell forward upon the floor and died, almost instantly. Verdict-"Apoplexy." WRIGHT was a noted wrestler in Cumberland. (Before Mr. LEE, Deputy Coroner.) At the Police-office, Carlisle, on the body of a new-born child, who was found in the river Eden. Mr. BOWMAN, surgeon, was of opinion that the child had not been born with life. Verdict accordingly. There was no evidence to show who was the mother of the child. (Before Mr. LUMB, Coroner.) An inquest was held on Wednesday week, on view of the body of Joseph FURNESS, of Sunderland, aged 84 years, who, on the morning of the preceding day, was found dead in bed. Verdict, "Died by the visitation of God." DREADFUL MISCALCULATION.-A dreadful coal pit accident, attended with loss of life, occurred at the pit belonging to Messrs. OSTLE and DUNGLINSON, at Dearham, near Maryport, on Saturday morning last. Two men and three boys were about to descend into the pit at one time, when another boy also attempted to get into the basket, but fortunately for himself he turned back, feeling rather afraid to descend with so many. When the two men and three boys, who were in the act of descending, were not more than three feet from the top, the rope broke, and the whole were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, a depth of fully fifty yards. Two of the unfortunate sufferers breathed once or twice after they were taken up, but the others had died instantaneously. The names of the sufferers are as follows:-Thomas OSTLE, aged 24, who has left a wife and three children; William MURRAY, aged 39, who has left a wife and five children; two brothers of the names of Wilfrid and Benjamin LISTER, one of them eight years of age and the other twelve; and another youth, named William CALLTHORPE, aged 17, brother-in-law to Thomas OSTLE. An inquest was held on Saturday evening, on the remains of the sufferers, which commenced sitting at six o'clock, and did not terminate till midnight. There had been a report that the rope had been maliciously cut, and pains were taken to sift the affair to the bottom. After a long and careful investigation, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death, caused by the bad and imperfect material of which the rope was composed." We understand that the rope was comparatively a new one, and deemed so sufficient for its purpose that an experienced colliery proprietor asserted that such would have been his confidence in the strength of the rope, from its appearance, that he should not have hesitated to have gone down with the men at the time when the accident took place. The rope was calculated to bear a weight of sixty cwt.; but at the time of the accident, the deceased persons, together with the basket, did not exceed five cwt.! The remains of the unfortunate sufferers were interred in Dearham church-yard on Sunday last, when they were followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of people. [Since the above was in type we have received another account of the accident from a correspondent who attended the inquest, and who says- ] "From the evidence tendered it appeared that no blame was attributable to the owners. That the rope was purchased from the manufacturers-Messrs. John GRIMSHAW and Co., of Bishopwearmouth-and had not been long in use; but had been viewed with suspicion from the first, as faulty; and the engineer had been consequently directed to attend particularly to it. The part where it broke was examined before the Jury, and the opinion given was, that the material was bad, that it ought to have sustained a weight of three tons, and that the weight attached when the accident took place, was about a quarter of a ton only." Our correspondent justly adds:- "Rope-makers, who undertake to supply colliery ropes, should certainly take care that they are of good material, where so many lives are necessarily in constant risk; and we cannot but consider it the duty of coal-OWNERS every where, to test, not once, but frequently, the strength of the ropes used in their concerns. In this case, six infant children and two widows are thrown into destitution; with the prospect of shortly increasing their families."

Saturday 24 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 2-4) INQUESTS. ----- (Before Mr. CARRICK, Coroner.) MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT. [continued] THURSDAY, AUGUST 22. The Jury met this morning a little past ten o'clock when the following witnesses were examined:- William HULLOCK-I live at Carlton, near Penrith, and am of no particular business. I was a passenger on the Whitehaven mail on Saturday last. I was on the seat behind the driver. A gentleman, a stranger to me, sat on my left hand, he was on the outside of the near side of the coach. When passing the Fish Market, and about fifteen or twenty yards off, in the narrow part of the street, I saw a horse and cart coming in the opposite direction to us-and the horse in the cart refused to meet the coach. We had passed the Fish Market gates. The cart, when I first saw it, was moving towards us; the horse refused to go on, and turned angle-wise in the street-appearing as if it wanted to turn round. It turned its head to the shop on the other (west) side of the street-the hind part of the cart being thus placed towards the Fish Market, and we had to pass between. I called to the coachman to stop,-I did so more than once-he paid no attention to me; and I damned him for a fool when I called the second time. He did not pull up the horses-but they were going at a slow pace-I won't say that they were trotting. From the way the cart was standing I did not think there was sufficient room for the coach to pass between the wall and it; and this made me call out to the coachman. The body of the coach was close to the wall when we passed the cart-a yard or two before we came to the out-shot (flue) on the wall. It was apparent to me at the time there that was great danger in attempting to pass the chimney. I was frightened of the wall before we came to the chimney, we were so near to it. We were not more than a few inches-not half a foot from the wall, before we came up to the chimney. We would clear the cart about two yards before we came to the chimney. I was looking to see where I was to go to, for I was sure I was to be thrown somewhere. I was very much alarmed-so much so, that I can't say whether or not the coachman attempted to clear the chimney, after passing the cart. The danger was apparent to me for about fifteen yards before the accident took place. I considered that the coachman had sufficient time to stop his horses before he reached the chimney, after I called out him. I can't say the coach touched the wall before we came to the chimney. About a yard or two before we came to the chimney, the deceased placeed [sic] his hand against the wall to push himself towards me. I threw my arm over his shoulder to try to save him, and my arm was fastened. His knee caught the chimney, and the chimney was on a level with the buttons of his waistcoat, and I saw his body crushed. The knee of the deceased struck first against the chimney, and doubled his thigh back-half the body being at the same time covered by the chimney. I did not see the rail of the seat strike the chimney. The deceased had not his leg over the rail. I am confident of this: and that it was upon the seat. There were four passengers on the seat: it was raining; and I had spread my Mackintosh over all our knees, and saw him stuff the end of it under his thigh on the seat. The seat of the coach gave way, and the deceased was thrust back. My arm was fast, and I was dragged down, and would have fallen, but that I caught hold of something. The deceased fell after me, and I saw him fall upon his back on the ground. By Mr. CASTLE-I had come from Maryport with the coach. I did not see the coachman get anything to drink on the road; and I beleve [sic] he was sober. He had driven middling steady on the road: but a three horse team is a bad one to drive. The horses seemed quite steady at the time I have been speaking. By the CORONER-I don't know the coachman. By Mr. CARRICK-The leg had struck against the chimney before I took hold of the deceased. By Mr. NANSON-I did not jump but was dragged from the coach. I don't know what it was I got hold of. If the chimney had not been there we sholud [sic] probably have got by; but I can't say. Joseph CRAWFORD-I live in English-street, and am a letter carrier. I saw the accident happen. I was near Mr. HIND's shop door, and stepped off the flags-about ten yards from the corner of the Fish Market. I was intending to cross the street; but on seeing the coach coming in a direction in which I saw there was to be some danger, I stood on the middle of the street. There was a horse and cart on the street, near the Wool Pack inn, and behind that an ass and cart. As the coach was making the curve to pass the cart the coach wheels seemed to slip into the channel. This was about a yard before the coach reached the chimney. The horse in the cart was facing directly down the street-and the cart was in a direct line. The ass and cart were more in the middle of the street. I put up my hand as a siginal [sic] for the coachman to stop; but I can't say he saw me. This was after the collision. There appeared to me to be sufficient room for the coach to pass. There would be about a foot or a foot and a half between the coach and the cart when it passed. This was before the wheels went into the channel. The ass and the cart were opposite the chimney-and close behind the horse and cart. The coachman was coming at his usual speed, and I think had the chimney not been there there would have been no accident, and that the coach would have cleared all. The horses were trotting. I think there was sufficient room for the coach to get past without touching the chimney. The seat projects beyond the coach. The leg of the deceased was not over the rail, but on the seat, swinging loosely-the footboard not extending so far as the seat. I think the coachman, to avoid the carts, ran the coach too near the Fish Market, and keeping his eye upon the carts, did not see the chimney. I attribute the accident to this cause. The coachman's name is Vincent EDMONDSON. By Mr. FORSTER-I had sufficient time to see accurately the position of the horse and cart, and am positive they did not move. The coach would slip three or four inches, when the wheels slipped into the channel, and could not recover again. William PROUD-I live in Water Lane, and am a smith. I saw the coach after the accident, and before it had undergone any change. The near side rail of the seat behind the driver, was bent down from the seat. This part would strike the chimney first. From the appearance I should say the bare iron had struck the chimney. There was no blood on the seat-or on the cushion. Thomas BOUCH-I live at Thursby, and am an engineer. I was a passenger on the coach on Saturday. I was sitting on the hind part of the coach, with my back to the horses. The first notice I had of the accident was feeling the luggage, which was driven back, strike me on the head. I had not before this noticed that we were dangerously near the wall. If it had been so, my elbow must have rubbed against the wall, for it was projecting over the same side on which the deceased sat. The gentleman did not fall till after we passed the chimney. The coach was going at the rate of about six miles an hour. [The jury stated that they had examined the coach; and had found that the wheels projected three or four inches beyond the seat. The entire width of the coach is six feet.] Witness-I have passed the same place hundreds of times upon the coach when carts were standing on the street. Wm. JAMES-I am a farmer, and live at Stainton-I was inside the coach at the time of the accident, and was sitting with my back to the horses. When I heard the crash I looked out at the window and saw the deceased falling from the coach. I had observed before this that we were near the wall, but the wheels did not touch it. I think the coach had just passed the cart when the collision took place. I can't positively say whether the cart was standing in a direct line, or across the street. I heard no rubbing previous to the collision. Mr. HULLOCK recalled-By Mr. CASTLE-I attribute the accident to the rashness of the driver. I called out loudly to him to stop. He ought to have seen the danger. I never heard the deceased call out. Wm. BARTON-The mail coach belongs to Mr. Thos. TWEEDDALE and myself. The horses are my own. Vincent EDMONDSON the coachman was called in, and told that if he wished, he might make any statement he pleased.-He said I have been four years driver of the Whitehaven mail, and previous to that was four years coachman to a gentleman. In all the eight years, no accident has occurred to me. I was perfectly sober on Saturday. I had drank two glasses of ale and one of rum. I was coming up street at a nice gentle pace; and when at the Fish market, a woman standing with a cart, just opposite the Wool Pack. Her horse shyed, and in endeavouring to clear tho [sic] cart, the coach came in contact with the chimney, which I did not see. I was close to the cart. The hind-part of the cart came more into the street-the horse turning to the Wool Pack. This was the whole of the evidence. The CORONER shortly addressed the Jury. The points for their consideration, he said, were such as had come before many of them on similar occasions. The first was as to the cause of death; second, as to the identity of the body; and third, as to the ownership of the coach and horses. Upon these questions no doubts could arise; but the most important question for their consideration was-what had been the cause of the unfortunate event? Had it arisen from the unskilfulness of the coachman, or the want of due care on his part by not stopping when the danger became imminent? Or had there been a want of attention and caution on the part of any else? They would observe that there were some few discrepancies in the evidence-particularly between that given on Tuesday, and that heard today-as to the position of the horse and cart, and the position of the leg of the deceased. It was for the Jury to exercise their judgment and discrimination upon these, and to give to each statement such credit and importance as they might deem it to deserve. If the death had been caused by gross negligence or want of skill, then it would be the duty of the Jury to return a verdict of manslaughter against the person to whose unskilfulness or negligence it was to be attributed. If, on the contrary, they were of opinion that it had arisen from one of those accidents against which neither skill nor care could effectually guard, then their verdict must be accidental death, with such a deodand upon the coach and horses as they might deem proper. The room was then cleared, and the Jury remained in consultation about ten minutes, when they returned a verdict of accidental death, with a deodand of 1s. upon the coach and horses. In answer to the Coroner the foreman said the Jury did not think any blame was to be attached to the coachman. The CORONER said he was sorry they had no power to inflict a fine upon those who had caused the chimney to be placed where it was-for a more gross encroachment upon a public highway he had never seen. A JURYMAN said it had never been noticed before, and until attention was thus lamentably drawn to it, its existence was scarcely known. The CORONER said there could be now no doubt of the impropriety of suffering it to remain. He was glad to observe that, since the accident, it had been removed. Mr. NANSON (one of the Jurymen) said as there were several of the corporate body upon the Jury, he thought it a good opportunity of drawing attention to the channel which crossed the street, a little bolow the Fish Market, and which he always looked upon as dangerous to the coaches which had to pass it daily. Mr. W. RICHARDSON said the subject had frequently been before the Council, and they had taken advice upon the subject, but no plan for removing the channel could be devised which would not create a still greater nuisance. [to be continued with other inquests]

Saturday 24 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 2-4) INQUESTS. ----- (Before Mr. CARRICK, Coroner.) MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT. It is this week our painful duty to record an accident which has proved fatal in its results to a gentleman who was a stranger to our city, but whose deplorable fate, under circumstances peculiarly calculated to awaken sympathy, has thrown a gloom over the inhabitants which could scarcely have arisen from more sincere regret had the stranger been the best known and best loved among themselves. The circumstances under which the melancholy occurrence took place are as follow:— Mr. John BORRER, junior, who practised as a surgeon in Brighton, was an outside passenger on the Whitehaven and Carlisle mail on Saturday last. It arrived in this town a few minutes after its usual time—shortly before two o'clock, and when passing the narrow portion of English-street between the Wool Pack inn and the Fish Market, or Old Guard House, the driver, in order to avoid a cart belonging to Mr. SALKELD of Monkhill Mill, which was coming from an opposite direction, was obliged to drive the horses, three in number, near the wall of the Fish Market. Mr. BORRER was sitting at the extremity of the seat behind the driver, and his left leg was brought into violent contact with the brick work of a flue which projects about ten inches from the wall, near its extremity. He was thrown from his seat, and dashed to the ground upon his back. He was immediately lifted and conveyed to the Royal Hotel, and Mr. ELLIOT, surgeon, was speedily in attendance. He examined the limb and finding it so much fractured as to render amputation necessary, and Mr. BORRER sinking from loss of blood, he compressed the arteries from which the blood was flowing and sent for other medical assistance. Dr. JACKSON and some others were soon upon the spot, and with their assistance, and at the urgent request of Mr. BORRER, who was collected and sensible, Mr. ELLIOT took off the limb. Stimulants were then administered, and there seemed for a time a possibility of the patient's recovery. Dr. PRICE, a physician of eminence from Brighton, who was acquainted with him, passing through this city on Sunday and hearing of the accident, visited him, and held a consultation with Mr. ELLIOT and Dr. JACKSON. Mr. BORRER then appeared to be progressing favourably, though much exhausted by the loss of blood, and every attention was paid to him that the skill of the medical gentlemen could suggest, and the unwearying solicitude of an anxious and devoted wife could administer. But all proved in vain. On Sunday the symptoms grew alarming; the patient rapidly lost strength; and continued to sink until Monday night about eight o'clock when he expired in the arms of his distressed wife. Her parents, and Mr. BORRER's partner, Mr. LAWRENCE, had arrived from Brighton in the course of the day. Mr. BORRER was twenty-nine years of age, and had been married little more than a week—on Thursday se'nnight. He was returning from his wedding jaunt when he met with the unfortunate accident which has plunged his bride, who was inside the coach at the time, into the afflictions of a premature widowhood. The following slight sketch will enable the reader to understand the locality where this most unfortunate accident occurred:— __C__ __D__ | | | | East _______| |____________| |____________E______ |___| ENGLISH STREET. *Cart. West __ ___________________ ____________________ |__| |_____| A B A. St. Cuthbert's Lane. B. The Wool Pack Inn. C. Entrance to the News Room. D. Entrance to Fish Market. E. Projecting flue, 10 inches. >From the wall of the Fish Market, beneath the flue to the kerb stone on the opposite side, is 16½ feet—so that the coach and cart had barely room to pass each other. THE INQEST. An inquest was held upon the body of the deceased, before Mr. CARRICK, coroner, on Tuesday morning, before the following jury: JURY. John CARRICK, foreman. Edward CASTLE. William WILSON. Wm. RICHARDSON. William WRIGHT. George FORSTER. John SOWERBY. William CARRUTHERS. John BROWN. Wm. NANSON. Christopher TAYLOR. John WELSH. Jacob MILBURN. Joseph HARRISON—I live at the Wool Pack inn, in this city. It is immediately opposite the Fish Market, in English-street, in the parish of St. Cuthbert. I was there on Saturday last, when the accident occurred. It would be between one and two o'clock. I was in the gateway. This was at the time the Whitehaven coach was coming past; it was the mail. I have seen the driver; but he is a stranger to me. I don't know how many passengers were on the top or in the inside of the coach. A cart belonging to Mr. SALKELD, of Monkhill Mill, was going in the opposite direction. It was driven by a female; but I can't say what her name was. She had reins to her horse, and had a little girl in the cart with her. There was no other cart near, that I observed. To the best of my opinion, I think the coach was going at its usual speed. I don't know how many miles an hour the usual speed is. The street is not sufficiently wide to admit of three carriages. The cart was not close up to the kerb stone. The coach was going very near the wall at the time. There is a chimney at the outside of the wall of the Fish market, just at the place where the coach and the cart met, and it projects out from the wall. I did not observe what distance there was between the cart and the coach at this time. I did not see deceased strike against the wall. I only saw the seat which is behind the driver strike against the chimney, and he flew off after it struck. Deceased was sitting on that seat next to the wall, and he fell from the coach to the ground. A person of the name of Geo. JOHNSTON helped to lift him up, and he was carried away. I could not positively say whether the cart occupied more than half the road. The horse in the cart was a stupid animal. The woman pulled the reins as if to stop it, and instead of stopping it went more into the middle of the street. This was at the moment the horses were just passing the cart, and the movement of the cart horse was very sudden. I can't positively say whether from what I saw I would attach any blame to the driver. I think he might be driving too fast, not faster than usual, but too fast on a market day. By Mr. G. FOSTER—I did not observe whether the reins the woman in the cart had were cord or leather. By Mr. RICHARDSON—The horse had turned into the middle of the street before the coach came up. I dont know whether there was time to draw up after the cart backed. By the CORONER—I have seen coaches pass the brewery dray standing in front of our door. The coach was near the Fish Market gates at the moment the woman came into the narrow part of the street. I do not know how far the chimney is from the end of the wall. By Mr. RICHARDSON—The horse backed. I thought the woman had got hold of the wrong rein. The horse's head went more towards the Fish Market: the wheels went more into the channel. And as far as I was able to judge there was sufficient room between the horse's head and the Fish-market for the coach to pass. I do not know whether the coachman slackened his speed or not. Peter TURNER—I live in Mrs. YOUNG's yard, and am an assistant ostler. I was at the Grey Goat on Saturday. I sent Mrs. SALKELD's cart away on that day, near upon two o'clock. She was driving, and had reins to the horse's head, and was inside the cart. Her daughter was with her, and she went in the direction of the Fish-market. I led the horse a few yards from the door. I quitted before the coach came up,—when it was between the Fish-market gate and the corner of the Fish-market. The coach had then not come up to St. Cuthbert's lane. It was coming, I should guess, at the rate of between six and seven miles an hour. The cart might appear to be some sixteen or eighteen inches from the kerb stone, and the coach went past it without touching it at all. I did not see the cart back at all. I could not observe what distance there was between the horse and the coach. As the coach passed the cart the cart-horse threw up its head, but I did not observe it change its course. To the best of my knowledge there was sufficient room for the coach to pass. I was not able to see how far the coach was from the wall. The cart was below the chimney—perhaps three or four, or five yards. There is a deep gutter by the side of the market, and the wheels of coaches often slide down close against the wall. The horse is a sort of half bred thing, and always throws its head up; but I dare say it is quiet enough in the cart. I never had much to do with it, only bringing it round with the cart. By foolish, I mean it has an awkward way of throwing up its head, and it starts at everything it comes to. By the FOREMAN—The gates of the Fish-market were standing open. Robert BLAMIRE—I am a blacksmith, and live in Caldewgate. I saw the accident happen. I was standing at the corner just beside the chimney, sheltering from a shower of rain. I was within a yard of the chimney, on the west side of it, near the bow-window, against the fish-house wall. I saw a cart standing anenst the foot stone in front of the Woolpack. I did not take notice whether any one was in the cart. This was just at the moment the Whitehaven coach was coming up. There were three horses in it. I don't know who the coachman was. The coach was going gaily fast. There was scarcely room, as I looked at it, for the coach to get by without coming against the wall. When the coachman came up to the wall, he appeared to draw up nearer the fish-house wall to avoid the cart. The cart-horse's head was anenst the door, and the cart was rather ahint. I was peeping by the corner. I saw the coach when it hit the wall, and it then hit the chimney. If there had been no chimney there would have been no mischief. The deceased was sitting on the second seat, just behind the driver, and it stands out a bit from the coach. The man's thigh struck the chimney first, and then the iron rail struck it. He was sitting on the outside of this seat; his right thigh was resting on the seat, and his left thigh resting on the rail. If he had kept upon the seat he could not have hit the chimney. He was twisted round with the force of the blow, and it threw him completely round. As soon as ever the coach got by the corner he fell off—clear of the coach, and very near fell a-top of me and another man. He dropped at our feet on his back, past the corner of the wall—not between the coach and the wall. The old chap that was standing beside me said, "he's felt." I lifted his leg, and the left knee was broke all to pieces. The trowsers above it were cut clean round. No blood had come. We asked him where he would like to be carried. He could not speak, and then we'd gone on a little bit, he mentioned "Hotel;" and we brought him right on to the Royal. The coach stopped when it got by the corner. We put the man down in a room, and the doctors came. They said we could do no good, and we left him. By Mr. RICHARDSON—I was looking by to see if it was fair when I saw the coach coming by St. Cuthbert's lane end. I could not see what room there was between the cart and the coach: they were between me. John LAWRENCE—I live at Brighton, and am a surgeon. I knew the deceased. His name was John BORRER, and he was also a surgeon in Brighton. That is his body which I have shown to you to-day. He was married last Thursday week, and he and his wife were on their marriage jaunt. They were married in London. He is about 29 years of age. John GRAHAM, superintendent of police, Carlisle—I have measured the different distances of the street where the accident occurred. >From the base of the wall to the kerb is sixteen feet and a half. This is from the base below the chimney. The projection of the chimney nine inches and three-quarters. The distance between the chimney and the entrance to the fish-market, about ten yards and a half. The projection of the iron gates when turned outside, is nineteen inches. The distance of the chimney from the west end of the market is bout a foot. The channel alongside the wall is about three inches below the level, and is about nine inches from the wall. If the wheel of the coach had been running in the channel, the seat of the coach must have necessarily come in contact with the chimney. I never before heard of any accident with the chimney; nor did I ever hear any complaint made of it. Thomas ELLIOT—I am a surgeon in Carlisle. About two o'clock on Saturday afternoon I first saw the deceased, in an up-stairs room in the Royal Hotel. He had just been brought in. He was bleeding profusely at the time from a wound in the left leg, near the knee. I immediately compressed the femoral artery and caused his trowsers to be removed. Had I not done so he must have bled to death. The nature of the injury was what is called compound dislocation of the knee joint. The coverings were torn through. The thigh bone was broken and much splintered. The large artery behind the joint must have been torn through. He was perfectly sensible and collected, and as soon as he saw the limb he requested it to be amputated immediately. I told him it was useless flattering him—it must come off, and the sooner the better. I sent for Dr. JACKSON and Dr. ATKINSON, and some three or four others attended. I amputated the leg about half an hour after the accident. From the time that I attended him there was no blood lost at all. He remained perfectly sensible during the operation, and was removed to his bed. We administered stimulants—brandy and wine. The case went satisfactorily at first. About twenty-nine hours afterwards Mrs. BORRER told me he had been slightly delirious. I found him cold at his extremities. His pulse was feeble, and he was labouring under the combined effects of shock and loss of blood. Stimulants were administered very freely. He had two bottles of wine and half a bottle of brandy during the night without any effect. Dr. PRICE, of Brighton, was passing through on the Sunday, and we held a consultation during the day. At six in the evening, as soon as I observed the change, I wrote him a note, saying I was afraid deceased was sinking. He died last night, about eight o'clock. The cause of the death I should say was the combined effects of the shock to his system and the loss of blood. Mr. LAWRENCE saw him about six hours before his death. He was then sinking, and only occasionally sensible. Mr. LAWRENCE—I beg to thank the medical men and the proprietor of the hotel, in the name of his friends, for the very great attention they have paid to deceased. I am quite satisfied with Mr. ELLIOT's treatment—quite satisfied. The party thrown off the coach was Mr. HULLOCK, of Carlton, near Penrith, and it being deemed advisable to examine him, as one of the passengers, the inquest was adjourned until ten o'clock on Thursday, the coroner intimating that he would not take the evidence of the driver of the coach, unless it might turn out essential to the enquiry. [to be continued]

Saturday 24 Aug 1844 (p. 2, col. 7-8) DR. DALTON'S TOMB.-On Thursday last, the upper stone was placed over the vault in which the remains of Dr. DALTON were interred on Monday. This stone, which is what is well known under the name of "Yorkshire flag" was procured from Yorkshire, expressly for the purpose. It is a beautiful stone, exceedingly hard and compact, and measures 10 feet 1 inch in length; 6 feet 8 inches in breadth, and is of the uniform thickness of six inches. FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Wednesday, the 14th instant, Thomas SMITH, of Warcop, bacon dealer and grocer, met with an accident which, we are sorry to say, proved fatal. It appears that deceased, who was also a carrier, was on his way to Barnard Castle market, and had reached the Barras Brow, about a mile from Slip Inn, on Stainmore, between one and two o'clock in the morning, and is supposed to have been asleep, when the horse deviated from the road and overturned the cart. He was found shortly after the accident occurred, by some other carriers, resting against the wall in a very weak state, and they immediately removed him back to the Slip Inn. Medical assistance was procured, and, on examination, one of his ribs was found to be broken, and the other injuries on his breast of such a serious nature as to cause death the following evening. Deceased was 57 years of age, and generally respected. DON'T PLAY WITH BULLS.-On Sunday se'nnight, an accident of a serious character occurred to a young man named John DENT, a servant with Mr. R. WALTON, Crackenthorpe, near Appleby. The young man whose duty it was to attend to Mr. WALTON's bull, had gone with an acquaintance and another of the servants to view the animal, which is allowed to remain untied in the house in which he is confined. DENT, to show the bull's docility, went into the place and three or four times called him to him, patted him, and then ordered him off again, when, without any apparent signs of irritation, the animal rushed at him and violently crushed him against the wall. This was repeated a second time, when the other men, having armed themselves with sticks, resolutely assailed the furious beast, and succeeded in keeping him at bay till the poor fellow was dragged to the door, where he remained in a state of insensibility for several minutes. The injuries which he had received were of a severe nature-on the abdomen; and one of the horns had slightly touched his right side; but we are happy to say that he is now fast recovering. Such an alarming accident as the above, that in a few minutes, if assistance had not been rendered, would have proved fatal, ought to be a warning to others not to trust too much to the tractableness of these animals. The bull obtained the head prize of the Appleby and Kirkby Stephen Agricultural Society on two successive occasions. THE MURDER AT EIGHTON.-This affair remains in as deep a mystery as ever. The inquest on the body of the deceased, ROBSON, was resumed at the office of the Team Colliery, on Friday, last, before Mr. FAVELL, coroner, but no light was shown on the subject, and the inquest was adjourned for a month-to Friday the 13th of September.

Saturday 17 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 1) INQUESTS. ----- (Before Mr. LEE, Deputy Coroner.) At the house of Mr. SCOTT, of Corry Lees, in the parish of Stapleton, on the 10th instant, on view of the body of a new born male child, of which Mary MURRAY, late of Great Corby, single woman, and maid servant, was the mother. This is the fourth child to which the girl has given birth. It appeared that on the previous day she had travelled on foot from Carlisle to Herst Hill, in the said parish, and on her return, called at Corry Lees, and solicited a night's lodging, which was kindly granted to her. She was then evidently far advanced in pregnancy. On the following morning she rose about four o'clock, and left Corry Lees to proceed to Carlisle. About seven o'clock, the daughter of Mr. SCOTT, when on her way to Carlisle market, about a mile distant from home found the woman sitting by the public road side, with the dead child in her lap, and crying; she said she had been taken suddenly in labour, and the child never moved after it was born. Miss SCOTT directed her to return to Corry Lees, which she accordingly did, carrying the child with her. On examination by Mr. GRAHAM, of Ullermire, surgeon, it was ascertained that the child had been born with life. There were no marks of violence upon the body, nor any other evidence from which it could be inferred that the mother had been instrumental in causing its death. The Jury returned a verdict that the child had been born with life, but how or by what means if came to its death no evidence appeared, thus leaving the matter open for future investigation. (Before Mr. CARRICK, Coroner.) An inquest was held at Penrith, on Tuesday last, on view of the body ot [sic] James JOHNSTON, aged 57 years, whose death took place on the preceding day under the following circumstances. The deceased was a waggoner in the service of Mr. MAYCHELL, carrier, between Carlisle and Lancaster. On Sunday evening, at about eight o'clock, deceased was on his return home, having in charge a waggon drawn by four horses, and in passing along the streets of Penrith he attempted to get down from the shaft, upon which he had been riding;-in doing so he stumbled and fell, and the near wheels passed over his right leg a little below the knee, fracturing and larcerating [sic] the other parts, from the effects of which he died in 12 hours. Verdict-Accidental Death.

WEST WARD UNION. The meeting of this Board was held on Tuesday last, in place of Wednesday, the latter day being inconvenient to Guardians on account of the Fair at Appleby. MR. ATKINSON presided, and the usual routine business was gone through. There was not much of public interest, excepting the Quarterly Report of the Medical Officer, which was accompanied by a tabular statement of the Health of the Ward. The Report was as follows”": During the quarter ending March 31st, 63 births and 30 deaths were registered in the West Ward. The natural increase of population was 33. The general mortality was less than that of the preceding quarter, chiefly through a diminution of deaths at the early periods of life; and the number of deaths from diseases of the lungs and zymotic class were remarkably low. Birth Rate. – The births were at the rate of 30.34 per 1000 of the population. Of every 100 births, 8 per cent. were illegitimate. Death Rate. – The death rate was equivalent to an annual one of 14.75 per 1000. The proportion of deaths among children under one year of age, to the total number at all ages, was 10 per cent.; and to births registered, 4.7; both figures constituting one of the most satisfactory features of the report, inasmuch as they point to the great security of infant life. The influence of weather was not conspicuous in the number of deaths, especially from inflammatory affections of the lungs, during the period under consideration. The mortality from zymotic diseases was at the rate of 1.4 per 1000 against 1.8 on the previous quarter. The appearance of diphtheria, in Shap, during the month of March, led to the immediate adoption of precautionary measures, and, amongst others, to the distribution of disinfecting materials, and handbills of instruction upon the proper management of the sick-room, and the removal of nuisances. The village school which appeared to have a share in the more rapid dissemination of infection at the outset, was closed by the trustees at my recommendation. Fortunately the outbreak was characterized by an unusual mildness throughout, and not a single death was recorded. DAVID PAGE, M.D. __________________ barb, ontario, canada.

Saturday 17 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 6) Deaths. In Union Street, on the 8th instant, Mr. James ROBINSON, butcher, aged 37 years. In Botchergate, on the 15th instant, after a short illness, Mr. John LITTLE, blacksmith, in the 72nd year of his age. At Devonshire Terrace, on the 9th inst., Frederick Wilkinson, infant son of Mr. LONSDALE. At his house at Camberwell, London, on Sunday, the 11th instant, Mr. John NANSON, in the 50th year of his age-much lamented by a large circle of friends and relatives. Mr. NANSON was a native of this city, and was for upwards of 33 years employed in the Banking House of Messrs. BARCLAY & Co., Lombard Street, London. At Scotby, on the 10th instant, Mrs. Margaret MURRAY, aged 57 years. At Manchester, on Tuesday, the 6th instant, Mr. John IRVING, aged 63-formerly of this city. At Raughton Head, on Monday, the 12th inst., suddenly, Mr. KITCHING, father of the Rev. Mr. KITCHING, at an advanced age. At Bowness, in this county, on the 10th instant, at the residence of his sister, Mrs. SIMPSON, Miles HODGSON, Esq., in the 69th year of his age. At Sleagill, on the 8th instant, after a lingering illness, borne with truly Christian resignation, Mr. Joseph BELL, joiner, aged 24 years. At Wigton, on the 6th instant, Sarah, widow of the late Mr. George FURNESS, hatter, aged 72 years-much and deservedly respected; on the 10th, Mary, the wife of Mr. John MARTINDALE, aged 36 years. At Tarnrigg Moor, in the parish of Wigton, on the 12th inst., William, son of Mr. Robert MURRAY, aged 11 years. At Penrith, on the 11th inst, Mr. Edward ARMSTRONG, labourer, aged 62 years; on the 12th, Mr. John BARNES, weaver, aged 75 years; same day, Mr. Thomas BIRKETT, joiner, aged 32; Mr. James JOHNSON, currier, aged 57 years. At Appleby, on Tuesday morning last, after a lingering illness, Mr. William DIXON, in the 21st year of his age. At Maryport, after a short but severe illness, Mr. John RIND, formerly of Liverpool, aged 59 years. At Nenthead, near Alston, on the 10th instant, aged 39, Lucy, wife of Mr. Tinniswood MILLICAN, agent for the Governor & Co's, Lead Mines at Nenthead. In Keswick Workhouse, on Sunday morning last, Mr. Robert VICKERS, formerly a husbandman at Braithwaite, near Keswick, aged 71 years. At Cockermouth, on Monday week, Mr. George THURSBY, weaver, aged 62 years; and on Sunday, Dorothy, wife of Mr. W. WRANGHAM, weaver, aged 67 years. At Workington, since our last, Mr. Wm. SLOAN, aged 32; Mr. John CAMPBELL, aged 88; and Mary, infant daughter of Mr. Wm. IRWIN, aged nine months. At Preston Hows, near Whitehaven, lately, Mr. Robt. SMITH, shipwright, aged 32 years. At Whitehaven, last week, Mr. George WATSON, in the 22nd year of his age. At London Head, in the parish of Irton, on Tuesday week, Mr. John WALTON, aged 76 years. His death was very sudden, and an inquest was held upon the body before Mr. THOMPSON, deputy-coroner for William BRAGG, Esq., when the jury returned a verdict of "Died by the visitation of God." Mr. WALTON was formerly a grocer in Whitehaven, and greatly respected by all who knew him. At Woodside, Island of Leguan, West Indies, suddenly, on the 20th of June last, Christiana, wife of the Rev. W. J. T. DODGSON, M.A., late minister of Trinity Church, Ulverston, Rector of St. Peter's parish. On Thursday week, aged 53, Ann, wife of John LODGE, Esq., Bare Hall, near Lancaster. At Cousin's Cottage, near Dumfries, on Friday last, of consumption, aged 19 years, John, son of Mr. James RIGG, mole-catcher. At Messina, on the 16th July, Elizabeth Frances, relict of Humphrey SENHOUSE, Esq., of Netherhall, in this county, and daughter of the late R. C. GREAVES LEY, Esq., of Ingleby Hill, in the county of Derby. DEATH OF LADY ANNE SCOTT.-We regret to announce the death of Lady Anne Elizabeth SCOTT, eldest sister of his grace the Duke of Buccleugh, at Leamington, on Tuesday, where her ladyship has been residing for some time past. Lady Anne was the eldest daughter of the late Duke of Buccleugh, having been born on the 17th of August, 1796. DEATH OF LORD HUNTINGFIELD.-This nobleman expired on Saturday last, at Hevingham-hall, Suffolk. The deceased, Joshua VANNECK Baron Huntingfield, of Heveningham-hall, in the peerage of Ireland, and a baronet of England, was eldest son of Joshua, first Lord Huntingfield, by Maria, second daughter of Mr. Andrew THOMSON. He was born on the 12th August, 1778, so at his death was within two days of completing his 66th year. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL GALWAY.-This gallant flag officer died on Friday last, at an advanced age. He entered the navy on the 19th of February, 1786, and had seen considerable service in his profession. At the battle of the Nile he ably distinguished himself under the eye of the immortal NELSON, being senior lieutenant of the Vanguard, that hero's ship. At Walcheren he commanded the Dryad; and in 1841 was actively employed on the north coast of Spain, in co-operation with the Patriots, or National party.

Saturday 17 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 6) Births. At Maryport, on the 4th inst., the wife of Mr. A. ANDERSON, baptist minister, of a son. At Tramwellgate Hall, in the city of Durham, on Sunday last, the lady of Joseph CHAMBERS, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. At All Saints Church, on Saturday, the 10th inst., by the Rev. Edward Robert PEMBERTON, Mr. Thomas JEFFERSON, draper, Carlisle, to Frances, eldest daughter of Mr. Matthew ATKINSON, Wandsworth, Surrey. [According to FamilySearch, the marriage took place at All Saints, Wandsworth, London.] At St. Cuthbert's Church, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. B. WARD, the Rev. W. MIDDLETON, Wesleyan minister, to Miss Mary DENT, of Princess Street, Botchergate. At Dalston, on the 15th instant, Mr. Peter HODGSON, manager of the Joint Stock Brewery, Dalston, to Miss Dinah WATSON, youngest daughter of the late Mr. John WATSON, of Gill. At Castlecarrock Church, on the 10th inst., by the Rev. T. C. HEYSHAM, Mr. Richard WATSON, of Moorguards, to Miss Jane HIND, second daughter of Mr. Isaac HIND, of Greenwell, yeoman. At Abbey, on Saturday last, by the Rev. Joseph SIMPSON, Mr. Robert HARRY, of Sleagill, to Miss HAYTON, of Wolsty. At Penrith, on the 10th instant, Mr. Joseph TURNER, Carlisle, to Miss Ann BROWN, of Penrith; on the 11th, Mr. Jos. RICHARDSON, to Miss Mary CARRICK. At Cockermouth, on Monday last, Mr. John BARTON, cabinet maker, to Miss Jane BOWES. At the parish Church, Ulverston, on the 11th instant, Mr. James ATKINSON, waller, to Miss M. A. MURTHWAITE, both of Ulverston. On the 7th instant, at the Chapel of Lambeth Palace, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Claud HAMILTON, M.P., brother to the Marquis of Abercorn, to Elizabeth Emma, second daughter of Rear-admiral the Hon. Granville Leveson PROBY, and niece of the Earl of Carysfort. On the 13th inst., at West Derby Chapel, by the Rev. James HEYWORTH, Richard POTTER, Esq. of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, only son of the late Richard POTTER, Esq., of Manchester, to Lawrencina, only daughter of Lawrence HEYWORTH, Esq., of Yew Tree, near Liverpool.

Saturday 17 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 3-4) FUNERAL OF THE LATE DR. DALTON. ----- On Thursday evening, shortly after nine o'clock, the first step in this interesting public ceremonial took place. The remains of Dr. DALTON were removed from his private residence to the large room of the Town Hall, which has been converted into a funeral apartment for the occasion, with considerable taste and propriety. Shortly after nine o'clock, the coffin was placed in a hearse, drawn by four horses, and preceded by two mutes, and followed by a mourning coach, containing John MOORE, Esq., F. L. S. one of the vice-presidents of the Literary and Philosophical Society; Mr. CLARE, another vice-president of that society, and one of the executors; Mr. Thomas TOWNEND, a member of the committee of arrangement; with Mr. Alexander MORRIS, the undertaker,—it was thus conveyed from the late residence of Dr. DALTON, Faulkner-street, to the Town Hall, where the town-clerk received the small cortège, and officially received the remains from the privacy in which they had lain till that moment, for the purpose of giving to them the respectful honours attendant on a public funeral. The coffin was borne by eight men, up the principal stairs, to the large room, preceded by the mutes, and followed by the gentlemen named, and was placed on the platform prepared for its reception. The room is hung for the occasion with black drapery, which covers the whole of the side wall between the two entrances. A semicircular space, extending from one entrance to the other, has been enclosed in front of the wall, by a light guard, or rail, covered with black cloth. In the centre of this space, which, at its greatest diameter extends ten or eleven feet from the wall is placed a platform (to which there is an ascent by two steps), about eight feet in length, by three feet in breadth, upon which the coffin was placed, with its head to the wall, and its feet towards the centre of the arc formed by the fence. Over the platform and coffin is a handsome square canopy covered with black drapery, appropriately festooned. The floor of the platform, steps, and inclosed space, is covered with black cloth, and black fluted draperies cover the whole wall. The room is darkened for the occasion; all the windows are closed, so as to exclude the day-light; they are covered with black draperies; and the apartment is lighted by the two gas candelabra, and also by eight wax candles of exceedingly large size, in tall candlesticks, covered with black crape, and placed on square pedestals covered with black cloth. As the coffin could not be placed conveniently for the public reading the inscription on the breast-plate, copies of it have been printed and placed at the base of the platform, together with the words (which are not on the coffin-plate) "Aged 78 years." Behind and above the coffin, in the place usually assigned to the hatchment of the deceased, was placed the beautifully engrossed copy of the resolution of thanks and respect, so recently presented to Dr. DALTON by the council of the Literary and Philosophical Society,—the receiving which and his acknowledgement of it, being the last public acts of his life. The inner coffin is of strong oak, which is inclosed in a leaden one. Upon the lid of this lead coffin is soldered a strong copper-plate, bearing the following inscription:— "Within this coffin are the mortal remains of John DALTON, D.C.L. L.L.D. F.R.SS.L. & E.M.R.I.A. member of the Institute of France, president of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, &c. &c. &c.; the illustrious philosopher, who, amongst his many brilliant discoveries, first developed, by the power of his exalted genius and profound scientific investigations, the law of the arrangement of the ultimate atoms of matter, and of their uniting in certain definite proportions, which compose that great variety of bodies existing in nature.—He was born at Eaglesfield, in Cumberland, on the 5th day of September, 1766, and died at Manchester, the 27th day of July, 1844, where he had lived 51 years." The outer coffin is the most handsome one we have ever seen, being constructed of a very beautiful specimen of the finest curled Spanish mahogany, highly polished. It is quite without ornament, other than a projecting lid and base, and handles of frosted brass. Upon the lid is a shield-shaped breast-plate of brass, inscribed:— "John DALTON, D.C.L. F.R.S. &c. &c. Born, September 5th, 1766; died, July 27th, 1844." The public were admitted to the room between the hours of eleven and seven on Saturday. During the first hour and a half, the number of persons entering the room averaged 110 a minute; afterwards the average number varied from 90 to 100 per minute; and, during the eight hours, it has been computed that not fewer than 40,000 persons passed through the room. On Monday morning the preparations for the funeral commenced at an early hour. The various societies and public bodies assembled at their own institutions, and proceeded thence at or soon after ten o'clock to the Town Hall, where different rooms were assigned to them, and whence they were directed to their place in the procession. From its numbers and length, it was found necessary to commence the formation of the procession by assigning to its van a station in Market-street, as high up as Brown-street, and the various societies and public bodies occupied all the intermediate space, between that point (down Market-street, Exchange-street, St. Ann's Square and Street, and Cross-street) and the Town Hall. Owing to the excellent arrangements made, most of the different branches of the procession took up their respective positions without difficulty, the streets and avenues being exceedingly well kept by the police; no carriages or carts, from any direction, being allowed to pass through those streets along which the procession passed. At twenty minutes after ten o'clock the hearse arrived at the Town Hall, and shortly afterwards the coffin was placed in it. This is one of those elegant carriages which we believe are peculiar to this town, on which are sculptured allegorical subjects applicable to their intended use. The design in this car is simple, but bold in execution; the cornice is composed of scrolls and arches, supported by massive trusses, resting on a plinth, dividing the sides into three compartments. The centre on one side is occupied by a representation of Death: at the supposed moment of the departure of the spirit, the relatives are gathered round the couch, the clergyman has closed his book, all seem absorbed in grief, whilst the spirit is represented winging its way to realms of bliss. The whole effect reminded us of the cenotaph of the Princess Charlotte, in St. George's Chapel, Windsor; from which, though much altered in the arrangements, the idea seems to have been taken. In the centre compartments on the other side is a representation of the funeral ceremony: the clergyman has just performed the last rites of the church, and is seen retiring in the distance. The relatives are lingering around the grave, age and youth alike desirous to cast a last look into the tomb. The end divisions on each side contain representations of angels kneeling in the attitude of prayer; on the end, or door, is a figure of St. John preaching. The top is mounted with five handsome plumes; the centre one of large dimensions, giving a very imposing effect; and the whole is much improved by the judicious method of finishing the panels. The figures are left in dead colour, which enables them to be seen and understood at a glance; and affords great relief to the architectural parts, which are highly polished, without detracting from the solemn grandeur of the whole. The six black horses, with black velvet quarter cloths, led by two grooms in mourning attire, greatly heightened the tout ensemble of this handsome funeral car. The following was the programme of the procession, as fixed by the Committee of Management:— Police constables. Mutes. Steam engine and machine makers, millwrights, &c. Manchester and Salford Temperance Association. Private carriages. Gentlemen, not representing any public body, on foot. School of Design. Portico committee. Salford Literary and Mechanics' Institution. Medical Society. Private club, of which Dr. DALTON was a member. President of the Sheffield Philosophical Society. Athenæum. Geological Society. Botanical and Horticultural Society. Manchester Mechanics' Institution. Royal School of Medicine and Surgery. Royal Manchester Institution. Medical officers of the Manchester Lying-in Hospital. Natural History Society. Manchester Agricultural Society. The Society of Friends. The boroughreeve of Salford, the constables & churchwardens. The mayor and corporation of Salford. The churchwardens and sidesmen of Manchester. Boroughreeve of Manchester. The mayor and corporation of Manchester. Mutes. H E A R S E, Pall Bearers. Four CONTAINING Four Pall Bearers. Bearers. T H E B O D Y . Bearers. Relatives and mourners. Members of the Literary and Philosophical Society. About five minutes after eleven o'clock the head of the procession began to move from Market-street, opposite the end of Brown-street. There were nearly 400 of the borough police force on duty; lining the streets, and keeping an open space for the procession during its passage from the Town Hall to the Cemetery, with a small body of police at the head, and another bringing up the rear of the procession. It is right to add, that there was not the slightest attempt, on the part of the dense crowds, to force their way; and nothing could be more marked or gratifying than the quiet, orderly behaviour, and silent respectful demeanour, of the immense concourse of persons along the whole distance. We never saw so large a multitude manifesting its presence and numbers by so few audible signs. The head of the procession moved from Market-street opposite the end of Brown-street, exactly at eleven o'clock, and reached the gates of the cemetery precisely at a quarter past twelve,—a distance of about a mile and a half. The rear of the procession entered the same gates about ten minutes before one; so that the time occupied by the procession passing a given point would be about 36 minutes. As the whole distance was traversed in about double the time taken to past [sic] a given point, it follows that the length of the procession was about three-quarters of a mile. The square presented a very interesting scene, as the procession passed through it. It was densely crowded; the shops were closed; ladies and gentlemen, in mourning, filling every window; and even the roofs of the houses (as was the case along the whole line of route) were numerously occupied by parties evidently taking a deep interest in the occasion. On reaching the cemetery, we found there nearly a hundred members of the Society of Friends, of both sexes, who, having conscientious objections to forming a part of the procession, had gone direct to the cemetery from their respective residences. On the procession entering the cemetery, the police kept the gates and the outer enclosure, and lined the principal walk; and some of them directed all the carriages into the side walk, where they set down their occupants, and then passed out of the cemetery by the gate at the end of the side walk, in Summer Place. The mourners, relatives, and immediate friends of the deceased were contained in six mourning coaches, each drawn by four black horses, and a private carriage, which set out from the late Dr. DALTON's residence, Faulkner-street, and took their place in the procession at the Town Hall, in the following order:— First coach—Mr. and Mrs. Robert ABBATT, of Liverpool; Mr. and Mrs. Robert BENSON, of Preston. Second coach—Mr. Henry DALTON, of Eaglesfield, and Miss WOOD; Mr. ROBINSON, of Eaglesfield, and Miss JOHNS. Third coach—Mr. John DALTON, of London, and Miss HOYLE; Mr. John DALTON, jun., and Mr. Henry DALTON, jun. Fourth coach—Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Wm. NEILD; Rev. Wm. JOHNS and Mrs. JOHNS. Fifth coach—Mr. Joseph COMPTON, Mrs. RANSOME, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred BINYON. Sixth coach—Mr. and Mrs. Ollive SIMMS, of Stockport; Mr. JACKSON, of Warrington. Mrs. TAYLOR's carriage (of Meston)—Miss TAYLOR, Miss POTTS, of Chester, and Mr. Peter CLARE. Mr. J. A. RANSOME's carriage, in which were Mr. and Mrs J. A. RANSOME. The funeral service was concluded with the usual benediction at twenty-four minutes after one o'clock. The parties forming the great bulk of the procession then left the cemetery, after looking at the coffin as placed in the vault. The mourners returned to the residence of the late Dr. DALTON, in Faulkner-street; and, we understand, that during the afternoon the will and codicil of the deceased were read. The cemetery was thronged with crowds the whole afternoon, the public being freely admitted to see the vault and coffin. The cemetery was admirably kept by a strong body of the police; but they had little trouble or difficulty in doing so, as, notwithstanding the many thousands of people that were admitted during four hours, there was not the slightest disorderly feeling manifested. At six o'clock in the evening the large stone was placed on the ledge within the vault, in the presence of Mr. A. MORRIS, the undertaker; the crowds quietly retired from the cemetery, and thus closed a day that must ever be memorable in the annals of Manchester.—Abridged from Manchester Guardian.

Saturday 17 Aug 1844 (p. 3, col. 1) SENTENCE OF DEATH.-Mark SHERWOOD, who was tried at the Newcastle Assizes, last week, for the wilful murder of his wife, in March last, was found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. The particulars of the case appeared in our paper at the time of its occurrence. MYSTERIOUS CASE OF MURDER.-A most cruel and horrid murder was perpetrated at High Eighton, in the county of Durham, on Saturday last. It appears that a potatoe field, belonging to Mrs. MITCALFE, of High Eighton, had suffered severely from depredators of late, and Mr. FLECK, manager of the farm, placed a watch to prevent the recurrence of these losses. On Saturday night last, he had sent a young man named YARROW to watch; and he in company with two other men, had proceeded to the brakehouse of one of the pits of Ravensworth colliery. YARROW, far as we can learn, had staid in the brakehouse till the brakesmen, Thomas ROBSON, and J. JEFFERSON, had gone to see that all was right. While they were proceeding along the top of the field, JEFFERSON observed somebody in the hedge, but went on without speaking; the brakesman also observed one, and called out "hollo," upon which the villain instantly fired a pistol at him, and he staggered a few yards and fell dead. His comrade was so paralyzed by the dreadful deed as to be completely deprived of his faculties, and he also fell, and remained in a state of stupor for a considerable time. At length Mr. FLECK came to the spot, and found them as described. ROBSON was quite dead, his heart having been partly blown out of its place, and his breast dreadfully shattered.-On Monday an inquest was held before J. M. FAVELL, Esq., county coroner, and a most respectable jury, at a farm-house on the Team Colliery, where the deceased had held the situation of a brakesman. The testimony of the youth JEFFERSON, Mr. FLECK, and Mr. DAVIS, a surgeon, were taken but the result of the examination only left this cold-blooded murder involved in still deeper mystery. Mr. DAVIS, the surgeon, and another medical gentleman took a post mortem examination of the deceased. The apex of the heart was shattered, and no fewer than 187 shots were found in his body, the greater part of them being in the back part of chest, and many of them were flattened by coming in contact with the ribs. The Coroner said that no time had yet been allowed to the police to make any inquiry into the circumstances, and therefore he would adjourn the inquest till Friday morning at 10 o'clock, in order that more information might be procured.

Saturday 10 Aug 1844 (p. 2, col. 3-4) SUDDEN DEATH.-We are sorry to have to announce the sudden death of Joseph DIXON, Esq., of Broadwath, on Thursday morning last. Mr. DIXON has been declining in health for some weeks past, but not so much as to excite any alarm in the minds of his family. On the morning in question he was slightly indisposed, and did not leave his bedroom at his usual hour. At twelve o'clock he went down stairs, accompanied by his eldest son, aged four years, and had scarcely taken his seat in the dining room when he was suddenly seized with a vomiting of blood. He called for assistance, and Mrs. DIXON ran to him from an adjoining room; he had in the interval reached the lobby, where he sank upon the floor and died almost instantaneously. Mr. JAMES, surgeon, of Warwick Bridge, was called in, but on his arrival, in twenty minutes, life was extinct. An inquest was held the same evening before Mr. CARRICK, when the jury returned a verdict that Mr. DIXON died from the rupture of a blood-vessel in his chest. Mr. DIXON was 45 years of age. He was very highly respected in the county, and his death will be deeply lamented by a wide circle of friends as well as by all his neighbours. FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Wednesday morning, while the steamer Nithsdale was on her passage from Liverpool to Glencaple Quay, Dumfries, one of the crew, we regret to state, met with his death under the following circumstances:-Two o'clock was the hour appointed for the helmsman to be relieved from his post; but his successor not answering the summons of the bell, the mate went in quest of him. He had been observed about 10 minutes previous seated on the gangway, from which, it is supposed, having got drowsy, he had fallen, and his temple coming in contact with an iron bolt, he received such an injury, that death must have ensued. The deceased, who was much respected in his profession, was named Isaac MOSSOP, a native of Egremont, in this county. He was 30 years of age, and has left a widow and child to mourn their loss. SUICIDE.-On Wednesday week an inquest was held at Maryport, before W. LUMB, Esq., on view of the body of a poor man named John AIKETT, who was found in his bed-room on the preceding morning, suspended by a small rope from a crook in the ceiling, and quite dead. The unhappy man was a carpenter by trade, and had for some time past been in a low state of mind, though no immediate cause was alleged for so rash an act. On these circumstances being made known to the jury, they immediately returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity." MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.-On Saturday week, the body of a female was seen floating on the surface of a deep pool in the stream of Avon, between the two bridges, immediately behind Beattock Inn, Moffat. The body was discovered to be that of a woman of the name of WEIR, who had been serving at an adjacent farm house. The deceased had gone out to fetch some water, from a well situated near the margin of the Avon, and though absent much longer than was necessary, no suspicion of her fate was entertained by any of her neighbour servants. SUDDEN DEATH.-A female named FARLES, landlady of the lodging-house in College Street, Maxwelltown, in which the murderer BRYCE was apprehended in January, died very suddenly on the evening of Friday, or morning of Saturday last. It appears that her husband, who is an old soldier, had drawn his pension on the Friday, and both had got intoxicated. On retiring to rest, the man observed his wife lying upon her face in bed, but thinking her asleep, did not disturb her. About five o'clock on the following morning, however, when her husband went to arouse the unfortunate woman, she was found to be quite dead.

Saturday 10 Aug 1844 (p. 2, col. 6) Deaths. In the White Hart Lane, English Street, on the 31st ult., Mrs. Elizabeth WALLAS, aged 74 years. At Bombay, on the 6th June last, after a few days illness, Mr. James Parker JAMES, in the 20th year of his age, son of the late Mr. Hugh JAMES, chair-manufacturer, of this city. At Stockdalewath, in the parish of Castlesowerby, on the 2nd instant, Jane, wife of Mr. Thomas ARMSTRONG, aged 31-deeply lamented by all who knew her. At Brampton, on the 5th instant, Mrs. Agnes SCOTT, aged 67 years. At Oulton, in the parish of Wigton, on the 1st inst., Elizabeth BARNES, aged 76 years. At Standingstone, in the parish of Wigton, on the 7th inst., Jane, wife of Mr. Edmund GILLS, aged 64 years. At Wigton, on the 3rd inst, Mr. John CONKEY, aged 87 years; on the same day, Thomas, eldest son of John PARKIN, calico printer, aged nine years. At Penrith, on the 5th inst., Thomas BOWMAN, Esq., surgeon, aged 53-greatly beloved and lamented by his family and numerous friends. On Sunday morning, after a long illness, Mr. Thomas DAWSON, landlord of the Black Cock inn, Broughton in Furness, aged 44 years. On Saturday week, at Papcastle, near Cockermouth, aged 82 years, Mr. POOLEY, of that place. At Maryport, on the 28th ult., William, son of Mr. BROWN, landlord of the Star inn, in that town, aged seven years. At Great Beckermont, a few days ago, Mr. John BRAGG, yeoman, at the advanced age of 84 years. At St. Bees, near Whitehaven, Mr. Phillip SHARP, aged 72 years. At Whitehaven, on Friday last, Mr. John GREEN, butcher, at the great age of 96 years; on Tuesday week, in George Street, Mr. Adam JACKSON, in his 67th year. DEATH OF JOHN LAMBTON, ESQ.-This melancholy, but, for some years past, not unexpected event, took place at Morton House, on the morning of Monday, the 29th ult. Mr. LAMBTON attained the age of 76, on the 25th of May last. The accident which he received in the hunting-field, on the 15th of March, 1838, had caused his confinement to the house, with partial reliefs of carriage-exercise, and the occasional enjoyment of the air in his garden chair, from that time up to his demise. His sufferings, of varied acuteness, during that long period, were borne with unshrinking fortitude and resignation. Mr. LAMBTON was second son of the late General LAMBTON, by his marriage with Susan, daughter of Thomas LYON, Earl of Strathmore, and was consequently uncle of the first Earl of Durham, and of the present Mr. William Henry LAMBTON, the Liberal member for North Durham. He was beloved by his relatives; and it is no exaggeration to state that he was almost venerated by all classes of persons in this county. From the death of his elder brother, Mr. William Henry LAMBTON, he assumed the mastership of the celebrated Lambton fox-hounds, which he continued to hold until 1838-having for many years furnished this noblest of all the sports of the field to the county at his own expense-when the injury he sustained, and his subsequent severe affliction, led him, though most reluctantly, on the recommendation of his friends, to give up the pack; which thereupon passed into the hands of Lord Suffield, and ultimately became the property of Mr. ROBERTSON, and are still, we believe, kept in North Durham. Under Mr. LAMBTON's management, the "Lambton and Sedgefield Hunt" became one of the most popular in the kingdom, and the superiority of the hounds was the theme of pride and boast to every sportsman in the North of England. Mr. LAMBTON served in Parliament for the city of Durham from 1798 to 1813; when he resigned his seat in obedience to the call of the Tories, who, on Lord Durham being elected for the county, objected to a member of the same family retaining a seat for the city. Though Mr. LAMBTON never took a conspicuous part in political warfare, he was a firm and conscientious supporter of the political principles of Mr. FOX; and the Liberal party, in its local struggles, always found him a staunch and decided friend.

Saturday 10 Aug 1844 (p. 2, col. 6) Births. At Carlton Cottage, on the 30th ult., Mrs. Edward CHARLTON, of a daughter. At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the 31st ult., the Lady of J. T. HOYLE, Esq., solicitor, of a daughter. At Florence, on the 20th July, the Viscountess Drumlanrig, of a son and heir. At Wilton Crescent, London, on the 25th ult., Lady DOUGLAS, of a son. Marriages. At St. Mary's Church, on the 3rd instant, Mr. George HAMPSTEAD, to Miss Sarah ELLIOT; on the 8th, Mr. Wm. HUTCHINSON, to Miss Jemima TATE. At the Superintendent Registrar's Office, on the 8th July, Mr. James Mc.CUSKER, of the 43rd Regiment, to Miss Hannah LINCH, of Annetwell Street, Carlisle; on the 26th, Mr. Thomas CRAIG, of Caldewgate, to Miss Mary TEMPLE, of Botchergate; on the 29th, Mr. William LITTLE, of Caldewgate, shoe maker, to Miss Eleanor HENDERSON, of Trinity Buildings; on the 2nd inst, Mr. Thomas CREEBY, of Botchergate, to Miss Mary MAXWELL, of Upperby; on the 5th inst., Mr. William GILL, of Blackfriar's Street, tin plate worker, to Miss Ann ECCLES, of Rickergate. At St. Mary's Church, Gateshead, on Friday, the 2nd instant, by the Rev. George THOMPSON, Weardale, Mr. Peter HAGGIE, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Francis JOLLIE, Esq., of Carlisle. At Marylebone Church, London, on the 3rd instant, Mr. Isaac BARNES, of Great Salkeld, near Penrith, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. John MULLINDER, of this city. At St. Luke's, Chelsea, on the 7th instant, Mr. Robert GALE, late of Carlisle, to Caroline, third daughter of William RAMAGE, Esq., Old Manor Street, and formerly of Brompton, in Kent. At St. Pancras Church, New-road, London, on the 3rd inst., Edward GRAHAM, Esq., second son of Sir Robert GRAHAM, Bart., of Esk, Cumberland, to Adelaide Elizabeth TULLY, youngest daughter of the late James Dillon TULLY, M.D., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals at Jamaica. At Ainstable, on the 7th instant, George Henry Carlton SUNDERLAND, Esq., Royal Navy, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Lieut. Col. STORY, Royal Artillery. At Wigton, on the 4th inst., Mr. Robert SUTHERLAND, to Miss Rebecca BARKER. At the Parish Church, Lancaster, on Tuesday last, by the Rev. Joseph TURNER, vicar, Mr. FOX, to Jane, second daughter of Mrs. LOUGH, Commercial inn. At St. Pancras' Church, London, on Thursday, the 1st inst., by the Rev. W. H. JOHNSTON, Wm. Grierson HOUSTOUN, Esq., of Garroch, to Emma, only daughter of the late Wm. PARKER, Esq., Sunderland. At Watermillock, Cumberland, on the 5th instant, the Rev. John TINKLER, B.B., Senior Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College, and Rector of Landbeach, Cambridge, to Rebecca, youngest daughter of the Rev. J. HUTCHINSON, of Hurrock Wood, Ullswater. At the Friends' Meeting House, on Wednesday week, Frith WOODHEAD, Esq., Grove Street, Liverpool, to Mary, eldest daughter of William MILLER, Esq., of Whitehaven. At St. James's Chapel, Whitehaven, Mr. Thomas OSTLIFF, rope maker, to Miss Ann LITTLE, both of Whitehaven. At St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Captain John CORMICK, of the Brothers, of Whitehaven, to Mrs. J. CLARK, innkeeper, Kingstown.