Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 4, col. 1-6) GAOL DELIVERY. [continued] BURGLARY. ELIZABETH IRVING, aged 23, and ISABELLA IRVING, aged 29, charged upon the oath of George TORDIFF, with having feloniously and burglariously broken open his dwelling house in Abbey Holm, and having stolen and taken away divers goods and chattels of the said Geo. TORDIFF, &c. Mr. LOSH opened the case, and stated that the property had been stolen from a kind of out-house, attached to Mr. TORDIFF's residence, which was only fastened by a latch. Geo. TORDIFF, the prosecutor, stated that he lives at Woolsty-Hall, in Abbey Holm. On the night of the 21st of December, a quantity of shirts, shifts, sheets, &c. were stolen. On Thursday he and BECK the constable procured a search warrant at Unerigg, and proceeded to Seaton, on approaching which, he saw Isabella IRVING behind HUTCHINSON's house, taking clothes from a hedge, and when she observed him she pulled them off much quicker. She gathered them up and went into a corner of a field and stuffed them into a conduit, from whence witness afterwards saw MESSENGER pull them. Witness is sure that these clothes were his property. They then went to the house of a person named LITTLE where Elizabeth IRVING lived, and found some more of the stolen clothes in a milk-house. Elizabeth IRVING was not there. The prisoners were taken before a Magistrate. When Elizabeth was taken she said she cared nought for them "and could make a living if her hands were tied behind her back."-On his cross-examination, witness said the prisoners lived 15 or 16 miles from Woolsty Hall: Elizabeth IRVING once lived near that place: he suspected HUTCHINSON and LITTLE (two men) who have since absconded. John MESSENGER went with TORDIFF, BECK, and others to Seaton, on approaching which he saw some clothes hanging upon a hedge and people running about as if they (witness and party) had been noticed. Saw the clothes taken off the hedge by a woman who came out of HUTCHINSON's; she went to the corner of the house and looked as if watching their motions; she then went along a hedge, about 150 yards, and put the clothes into a conduit. Witness walked to her, and she asked what was the matter; witness went and took out the clothes, and charged her with stealing them, but she denied it; she had put some grass and mould over them. They then went to John LITTLE's, neither of the prisoners was there; Isabella was not in custody then. They found a checked shirt in a room that was locked.-Mrs. LITTLE at first said she had not the key, but afterwards produced it. BECK took all the articles in charge. Geo. ROBINSON knows the prisoners. On the evening of the 21st of December, he saw them going over Seaton common leading a black mare belonging to John LITTLE. Elizabeth got upon the pillion and went towards Dereham. The next morning between eight and nine he saw them again coming down to Seaton; Elizabeth was on the black mare, and Isabella was mounted upon a grey poney belonging to W. HUTCHINSON; the latter's horse was very dirty, and she had a bag under her; did not observe that Elizabeth had any thing. David BECK is a constable at Maryport. He went to Seaton and found the clothes as above stated. He saw Elizabeth apprehended behind HUTCHINSON's house. Witness said it would be better for her to tell if there were any more concerned. Her examination was taken down in writing before the Magistrate. Mary TORDIFF, daughter of the prosecutor, identified the property. The clothes when stolen were wet; the house from which they were taken is in the yard, and under the same roof with the dwelling; the door was not locked, but was fastened with a latch. His Lordship was of opinion that there was not sufficient evidence against Elizabeth to go to the Jury. The Jury found Isabella guilty of stealing, but not in a dwelling house,-and she was sentenced to seven years' transportation. [to be continued]

Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 4, col. 1-6) GAOL DELIVERY. [continued] CATTLE STEALING. [continued] Richard COMMON deposed that some time about the latter end of December last, (this witness was very cautious about giving dates) prisoner came to him and said he had a heifer among the Flatts beasts at Gillfoot which would suit witness very well for wintering. Witness went and looked at the heifer, and about three days afterwards prisoner gave her in exchange for an old cow and two cart-loads of potatoes; the heifer was brown upon the back and had black sides; no marks were upon her at that time. Sometime afterwards, witness saw prisoner on the road to Newcastleton, and mentioned his fears to him that the beast was not rightly come by, as there was a report of some having been stolen at Carlisle. Prisoner seemed to be angry, and said that somebody having an ill-will towards him wished to hurt his character. REA's name was mentioned, and prisoner said that REA had got the two beasts he had lost, and desired witness to write to REA to come and see his, the witness's, but witness did not write. About ten days afterwards, REA and DIXON, his man, came and claimed the beast which witness had of the prisoner, who happened to be present at the time. Prisoner desired witness to let REA have the beast until he found the man of whom he said he bought it. REA took away the heifer, and also a black Irish beast. Cross-examined by prisoner's counsel, COMMON said that the prisoner seemed very angry about the report, and did not leave the country, but he might if he had chosen, there was plenty of time: witness never heard any thing against his character: prisoner got his living by buying and selling cattle in a small way. His Lordship, observing the nature of this witness's evidence, and seeing by the examinations before the Magistrate that be had then sworn that prisoner told him he had bought the heifer at Carlisle, questioned him closely on that point: but he persisted that he could not recollect whether the prisoner said he got her at Longtown or at Carlisle-he believed Longtown. Court.-Will you swear that he did not tell you he got the heifer at Carlisle?-I would not say. Court.-If you don't give me an answer, I'll commit you: Did the prisoner not tell you that he got the heifer at Carlisle?-If he did I've forgot-I durst not say-it might possibly be Longtown. Court.-Now, Sir, I again ask you-and mind you have sworn it before-upon your oath, did he not tell you?-I durst not say. Court.-Have you any doubt-your shuffling in this way won't do-did he not tell you?-I think he did. Witness persevered in saying that he thought prisoner said he got the heifer at Longtown, and he thought he had always said so. He remembered being examined before a magistrate: if he then said that prisoner told him he got it at Carlisle, that would not be false.-After much prevarication this witness was suffered to go down. This was the case for the prosecution. When the Prisoner was called upon for his defence, he said that there was a mistake in the advertisement: the Clerk asked him how many weeks ago, and he took down five: it should have been six. His counsel called the following witnesses: Geo. IRVING lives at Longtown. Was at Carlisle on Monday the 14th Dec. last, and returned the same day. Has seen the prisoner casually about Longtown, at the Swan, but does not otherwise know him. As he was going to Longtown on the day mentioned, he saw a man bring a brown-backed highland heifer out of a field at a place called the Bog, between Blackford and Westlinton: this was about 12 o'clock, noon. The man and witness travelled on a little, and Adam MURRAY, the prisoner, came up. Immediately the man proposed selling the beast to MURRAY, and asked him five guineas for it; MURRAY bid him four for it the first word, and after a bit of haggling, the man agreed to take that sum. They all went on together till they came to LATTIMER's public house at Westlinton, where they had a quart of ale. There was another young man on the road with a mell (a mallet) upon his shoulder. Witness had a glass of ale and went on, leaving the others at the public house. This witness underwent a long cross-examination.-He is perfectly sure the hour was twelve and not nine, and if any body has said it was nine, that was false. When he saw the man first, he was fetching the beast out of the field, which he believed was inclosed, and had no road through it. The man did not look like the owner of the field, but like an Irishman. He did not offer the beast for sale to witness, but did to the prisoner the moment that he came up, and in 40 yards the bargain was ended; this was half a mile from Westlinton. If any one has said that the man who sold the heifer had a brother-in-law with him, that is not true. The bargain was not made at the door of the public house. It can't be true that the prisoner got the beast upon Carlisle Sands. If any person had been passing through the village of Westlinton, that person could not see the spot where the bargain was made. Witness has been more than once or twice into the gaol to the prisoner. By the Court.-He thought the man was an Irishman because he was shabbily dressed, but he knows nothing of the prisoner, nor the prisoner of him.-How came the prisoner then to find you out? A carrier told him.-How did a carrier know that you was present at the bargain? I can't tell. William HODGSON, Esq. Mayor of Carlisle, took the prisoner's examination, on the 6th of Feb., and what therein appears is a faithful statement of what he gave in. The examination was read: the prisoner stated that he had bought the heifer in question for four guineas, at Thomas LATTIMER's door, at Westlinton, of a man named BRIGGS or RIGGS, who had another man with him, his brother-in-law. Thomas ABRAHAM proved that he faithfully took down the advertisement above quoted according to the prisoner's instructions, a few days before the 30th of Jan. His Lordship summed up the evidence, and pointed out the great variety of stories which the prisoner had related of this business, no two of which agreed: and made some strong observations on the nature of the prisoner's principal evidence. The offence with which he was charged was a capital one, but in general not of that nature to render it necessary that the law should be carried into execution: still the law had wisely thrown this protection around property which was peculiarly exposed. The Jury without hesitation found the prisoner Guilty. His Lordship immediately passed sentence:-Prisoner at the Bar, Adam MURRAY.-You have been found guilty by a jury of your countrymen upon the clearest evidence of a crimc which the laws punish with death. And there are circumstances of aggravation in your case that would well warrant me in permitting those laws to take their course were I severely inclined. Although you have added to your offence by the subornation of witnesses to commit perjury-at least one witness has clearly perjured himself-I shall not permit the rigour of the law to be carried into execution. Your crime is not a light one: you are a man in a comparatively respectable station of life; and you ought to have, and might have, maintained yourself and family with credit: instead of which, you have lent yourself to a species of theft of a dangerous nature, and I should be perfectly justified in leaving you for execution. But I do not intend to do so. I should betray the best interests of the country, however, were I to permit you to remain in it. You must be banished for life, and may the mercy extended to you this day have such an effect upon you, as to open your eyes to the evil of your ways, and lead you, by future good conduct, to wipe out the stain which now lies heavily upon you.-His Lordship then, in the usual form, passed sentence of death. The prisoner, who during the whole of the trial kept up a good countenance, now drooped, and was taken from the bar dissolved in tears, and in great agitation. [to be continued]

Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 4, col. 1-6) GAOL DELIVERY. [continued] CATTLE STEALING. ADAM MURRAY, aged 37, charged upon oath with feloniously stealing a Heifer of the value of five pounds, the property of James REA. Previous to the commencement of this cause, Mr. COURTENAY, for the prosecution, requested his Lordship to grant him a list of the witnesses for the defence, which was complied with, and notice was given, that if any of them were found to have been in Court during the progress of the trial, they would not be permitted to give evidence. Mr. AGLIONBY for the prisoner, made a similar request, and the like notice was given to the witnesses for the prosecution. Mr. COURTENAY, in his opening address to the Jury, observed that the prisoner was charged with a capital offence, and he entreated their utmost attention to the evidence, for, from what he understood would be the nature of the prisoner's defence, this was especially necessary. Mr. REA, a cattle-dealer in this neighbourhood, lost two heifers on the night of the 12th of December last, from a field in the vicinity of Carlisle. One of these animals was afterwards found in the possession of Mr. COMMAN, a farmer, at Burnmouth, near Newcastleton, and this person would prove that he bought it of the prisoner: it would likewise be proved that the prisoner was at Carlisle at the time that the heifers were stolen: that fact was most important, and the jury would not fail to note it. The prisoner had endeavoured to account for the possession of the stolen property in a great variety of ways, but no two of his stories agreed. He told several persons that he bought it on Carlisle Sands. On the 30th of January, he published an advertisement in a Carlisle paper, under the head of "False Report Detected," in which he said—"On Monday the 21st of December last, as Adam MURRAY was on the road from Carlisle to his residence at Newcastleton, N. B., as he was passing through the Village of Westlinton, a genteelish looking man was driving a cow, in calf, out of a field into the road; the man accosted MURRAY, and asked him if he would buy a cow? demanding five pounds for her: after some haggling, the bargain was made for four guineas. The cow was subsequently sold to Mr. Richard COWMON, of Burnmouth, to good advantage. Three weeks after the purchase of the cow, Mr. James REA, of Wheelbarrow Hall, in the vicinity of Carlisle, claimed the cow as being one which he had lost, and she was given up to him. A false, and perhaps malicious, report was now circulated, that Adam MURRAY had stolen the cow, which induced him, on Monday last, to have an inquiry instituted into the affair before a magistrate, in Carlisle; and he was enabled to bring forward two men who were present when he made the purchase, the fact of which they substantiated on their oaths before Doctor HEYSHAM." On his examination before the magistrate, he said he bought the heifer before the door of Thomas LAMBERT's public house, at Westlinton; and now, Mr. COURTENAY understood, he was about to produce a witness to swear that the heifer was bought between that village and Carlisle. He entreated the jury's attention to these contradictions, and to dates. James REA is a cattle-dealer, and lives at Wheelbarrow-Hall, near Carlisle. On the 26th of November last, was at Down fair, near Stirling, where he bought 150 head of cattle, mostly highland heifers. One lot of about 20 were marked with tar on the left or near side, near the end of the ribs. By his order, and in his presence, his servant DIXON put another mark, also tar, on the other side, near the tail; it was a smitch about the size of two fingers, with which it was done. He is used to cattle, and can readily distinguish one breed from another. From Down, witness attended his cattle to Moffat, and then confided them to the care of DIXON, with orders to be at Carlisle on Friday the 11th December. Witness then went into Yorkshire, and when he returned home on Wednesday the 16th, two of the heifers were missing. He issued hand-bills, and made other exertions for their recovery, but without effect. On the 11th or 12th of the next month, January, in consequence of information, he went into Liddesdale, to a farm called Burnmouth, occupied by Richard COMMON or COWMAN; this place is about three miles from Newcastleton, and 21 or 22 from Carlisle. Witness saw COMMON's stock, and found among it a black-brown heifer which he knew to be one of those he had lost. The tar mark which he had seen his servant put upon it had been cut or shaved off as if by a sharp instrument; the old mark was in a perfect state as when he bought the beast at Down-fair. Among COMMON's stock he also saw a black Irish heifer which he knew, belonging to one M'HENRY, that had also been stolen.* After having discovered his heifer he went to COMMON's house, where he found the prisoner. He said to COMMON in prisoner's presence, that he was sorry to see among his stock, cattle that should not be there. COMMON immediately said he bought them of prisoner, and remarked that it was wrong in him to sell his nearest neighbour things improperly come by. Prisoner said he had bought them on Carlisle sands; the heifer of a highland lad named RIGG or RIGGS, and the other from a person named CRAVEN. Witness replied that prisoner never could have bought his heifer upon Carlisle sands, for it was never shown there. He maintained that he had—and at this period COMMON left them. Witness told prisoner that he undoubtedly came wrongly by them. Prisoner paused and said nothing. Witness insisted, and expressly said that he believed prisoner was the man who had stolen his two heifers. Prisoner then replied that if witness would drop it, he, prisoner, would pay, or witness should be paid, for the other which witness had not recovered, and that he would pay COMMON for the heifer which witness had found. Prisoner went away (as he said) to get the money; witness waited an hour for him; but as he did not return, he and his man drove the heifer homewards. The animal was worth about £7, which was the price witness ultimately procured for it. [* This formed no part of the present charge and was only thus incidentally brought before the Court.] Nothing particular came out in cross-examination, except the fact that MURRAY did not leave the country, but remained openly till he was apprehended. John DIXON is the servant of Mr. REA, mentioned in the foregoing evidence: he corroborated his master in every particular up to the arrival of the drove at Moffat. Witness then came on with the cattle to Carlisle (except 26 left at Evington, near Moffat, which all subsequently arrived at Wheelbarrow Hall) where he arrived on Friday the 11th of December, and he put them for the night into Rickerby Holme, near the new bridge—he counted them and they were all right. Saw them again on Saturday morning, and they were all correct; he counted them again between two and three in the afternoon, and they were then right: they were not exposed for sale on the Sands that day. On Sunday morning, about daylight, when he went and counted them again, two were missing; he saw the prisoner on Carlisle Sands in the course of the Saturday.—This witness went into a long detail of the manner in which he marked the cattle, and gave various satisfactory reasons why he knew the recovered heifer to be his master's: one was, that in driving her to Carlisle, she frequently lagged behind, and this made him observe her particularly, for he thought her with calf. He corroborated his master in some important particulars relative to the admissions made by the prisoner at COMMON's. Adam HEATLEY is herdsman to Mr. ELLIOTT, who lives on a farm in Liddesdale called the Flatts. He was at Carlisle cattle-market on the 12th of Dec. On Tuesday following, the 15th, prisoner came to him at his house at Gillside, in the forenoon, and said he had the night before put an heifer into the field which witness had charge of, and observed that he was going to get liberty of Mr. ELLIOTT's factor for the animal to remain there two or three days. Prisoner told witness that he had bought her at Carlisle (witness believes he said on the Sands) of one Mr. RIGG, an highland-man. The heifer remained in Mr. ELLIOTT's field till the 22nd, when the prisoner took her away.—Witness very accurately described the marks upon her to be the same as sworn to by the preceding witnesses; the tar near the HEAD of the tail (as the witness DIXON had described it) was not then shaved off. [to be continued]

My wife's great-grandmother, Elizabeth HUTCHINSON was born in Bradford on 30 May 1856. From the 1861 and later censuses, I knew that her father, Isaac, was enumerated as born in Kendal or Appleby, and her mother, Mary, in Windermere, Kendal, or Appleby. However, the last two locations were enumerated as ditto marks under Isaac's reported birthplace, so I was always more inclined to believe Windermere as the more likely location. After failing to find a definitive marriage for Isaac and Mary in Westmorland (GARTH and BARROW being likely candidates), I decided to purchase Elizabeth's birth certificate. When it came, I was more than surprised to see that her mother's maiden name was TAYLOR, but I'm certain this is the correct family as the address is the same as where they were living in the 1861 census, and Isaac's occupation was wood turner (he was a bobbin turner in 1861). >From this, I've managed to piece together what I believe to be the story of Isaac and Mary. Isaac was born in the Kendal area, the son of Christopher HUTCHINSON and Margaret (nee CLARK), and was baptised at Burneside on 06 Nov 1826. Burneside was a chapelry in Kendal parish, about 2 miles north west of the town (and 8 miles from Windermere). In the 19th century, it had a number of small factories making bobbins for the textile industry, and it would have been here that Isaac learned his trade. Isaac's father farmed at Hagg Foot, Burneside, but died before 1841 (probably in late 1840) and his mother probably in 1846. Isaac then migrated steadily from Burneside to Bradford, following his trade, and I have found him in Winksley, near Ripon, in the 1851 census, and in Kildwick (between Keighley and Skipton) when he married Mary TAYLOR in 1853. Mary TAYLOR has been more difficult to track down, but I believe she was born about 1829, and was baptised on 4 Mar 1830 at Crook (which is about 3 miles from Burneside), the daughter of William and Ann TAYLOR. He was also a farmer, and the family was at Undermillbeck, Windermere in 1841. I cannot find William and Ann in the 1851 census, so it is possible that they too had died. Mary also moved away, to Everton, Liverpool which is where she was living when she married Isaac at St Augustine's Parish Church, Walton-on-the-Hill on 7 Feb 1853. This is only possible marriage I can find for them, and Isaac's stated occupation as Wood Turner provides confidence that this is the correct marriage. I don't know why Mary went to Everton. It seems probable that Isaac and Mary were sweethearts in Burneside, and that they kept in contact when Isaac went to make his way in the world. When he had sufficient prospects, he asked Mary to marry him, and brought her back to Yorkshire to start their family. If anyone has information on the HUTCHINSON and TAYLOR families living in the area between Kendal and Windermere, I would be pleased to hear from you. In particular, could SKS please do some lookups (ideally copy images) in the Kendal Record Office for the baptisms of Isaac HUTCHINSON (1826) and Mary TAYLOR (1830), the marriages of their parents (both around 1811), and their burials. Many thanks.

Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 4, col. 1-6) GAOL DELIVERY. IN our last, we brought down the proceedings under the Special Commission to Friday night. The Court sat on Saturday, and on Monday till half-past eight at night, when the business was brought to a close. ---------- FORGING A PRIZE TICKET. JOHN TOWNSEND, aged 43, charged upon oath with having in the month of August 1816, at Whitehaven, uttered and published as true, a certain false and forged counterfeit order for the payment of Prize-money, supposed to be due to one Isaac BANKS, a serjeant of marines on board his Majesty's ship Nymph, with intent to defraud the Commissioners and Governors of Greenwich Hospital. Mr. ARMSTRONG stated the case, and Mr. LOSH addressed the Jury at some length explaining the circumstances connected with it. An Agent is appointed generally for the ship's company, and if the prize money is not claimed by those entitled to it within the period of six months from the time of its becoming due, it is paid into Greenwich Hospital, where it may be received on proper application being made, either personally or through an agent. In order to protect seamen from frauds, the 54th Geo. III. enacts that whoever shall forge any seaman's certificate for the purpose of obtaining prize money, shall incur the penalty of death. Robert STEWART, a clerk in the ticket office, in the Navy-office, proved that Isaac BANKS belonged to the Nymph frigate from May 9, 1812, to July 8, 1813, and that he was entitled to prize money. Rich. SMITH, Esq. clerk of the Cheque of Greenwich Hospital, produced the Nymph's prize list, which proved that Isaac BANKS was entitled to £31 11s. 4d. as his share of various captures. An applicant must produce a certificate signed by the minister and a churchwarden of the parish wherein he resides, certifying that they have reason to believe that the claimant is the person entitled. One of these, regularly filled up, was presented by Mr. CHANNON, a respectable prize-agent in London, to whom the amount due to BANKS was paid. The minister's name on that certificate purported to be Wm. WHITELOCK, and the churchwarden's name, James BEEBY. Mary HUTCHINSON, of Keswick, deposed that her brother, Isaac BANKS, who was on board the Nymph as a serjeant of marines, died five years ago last Christmas, at Keswick. After his death she came in possession of his papers, which she gave to Mr. EDMONDSON, surgeon, of Keswick, who attended him during his last illness. Her brother had made a will leaving witness his property and whatever he was entitled to as prize-money. She saw the prisoner, for the first time, a year ago last Christmas—i. e. 1817. Witness applied to Mr. DENTON, the clergyman of the parish, to obtain prize money due to her brother, but she received nothing in consequence of that application, nor did she receive any prize-money previously to knowing prisoner. At Christmas 1817, she applied to the prisoner, at Whitehaven, to learn if any money had arrived for her on account of her brother's prize-money, who replied that he had not yet received any thing, but expected to do so in the course of a few posts. He afterwards gave her, at four payments, the sum of £5. The prisoner made no enquiry respecting her brother, nor did she ever give the prisoner any information regarding him. Cross-examined by Mr. EDEN, witness said that Mr. EDMONDSON directed her to go to the prisoner; he also gave her some papers to be sent to him, which she forwarded by a carrier named SCOTT. Mr. G. T. CHANNON is brother to Mr. CHANNON, a regular navy agent, residing at 4, Clement's Inn, London. Witness received instructions from the prisoner to send him a blank order for prize-money. He believes the letter produced to be from the prisoner at the bar, it is in the usual form, and bears the Whitehaven post-mark. Witness replied to the letter, inclosing a form partly filled up with the names of the prizes on account of which BANKS was entitled to shares. Neither the minister nor churchwarden, nor BANKS's name, were inserted in that form at that time. The certificate now produced is the one sent by witness as before described. It is now filled up, and the handwriting witness believes to be the prisoner's—it is dated 14th Aug. 1816. On the receipt of this certificate, his brother made the usual application at Greenwich Hospital, where he received the money, of which the prisoner was informed by letter. Another letter was afterwards received from prisoner on the subject of BANKS's prize-money. In reply, witness wrote to the prisoner at Whitehaven, inclosing two bills for the amount: the bills now produced are the same; they came back to London for acceptance through the house of Sir C. PRYCE & Co. A signature importing to be that of Isaac BANKS was on the order for payment, which witness now believes to be the hand-writing of the prisoner; the bills were accepted and paid. Does not know the writing of the signature standing instead of the name of the church warden. The Rev. A. DALZELL stated that he has been Curate of Workington Church the last 15 years, and, during that time, there has not been any clergyman named "Wm. WHITELOCK" a minister of that parish; but a person named John WHITELOCK has occasionally done duty there. He stated, also, that there has not been a churchwarden at Workington, during the same period, named "James BEEBY." The Rev. John WHITELOCK of Dereham, said that the signature, "Wm. WHITELOCK" was not his hand writing, and that he never was the regular officiating clergyman at Workington.—Cross-examined by Mr. EDEN, he said that he has a relation in Kendal named Wm. WHITELOCK, but he never officiated at Workington, and witness believes that the signature on the certificate is not that gentleman's writing. Wm. PLASKETT keeps a lodging-house at Keswick. About Christmas 1813, Isaac BANKS came to his house in a very weak state, and died in the course of a fortnight. He previously told witness that, on account of his master formerly having a servant named Henry BANKS, the captain chose to call him Henry instead of Isaac, and as such he was entered upon the ship's books. On BANKS's death, his papers come into witness's possession; he afterwards gave them to Mary HUTCHINSON, the deceased's half-sister. About three months subsequent to this, prisoner came to witness's house as a lodger, but witness does not know that any thing was ever said to him about BANKS's death. Last Christmas but one, witness applied to prisoner by desire of Mary HUTCHINSON, for £14: prisoner said it had not arrived, but he expected a cheque by every post, but did not say where the money was coming from.—Cross-examined—witness said that he inspected some of BANKS's papers after his death; they were in a parcel tied up, but he is not sure that he had them under lock all the time. He did not examine every paper, and cannot say whether or not there was a certificate among them signed by BANKS himself, in order to be forwarded after his decease. John SCOTT, the carrier, knows the prisoner, and has employed him to get some prize-money; but in February 1816, witness called upon him and took away his papers. When about to leave Whitehaven by the coach, prisoner came up to him and enquired if Mary HUTCHINSON had got any prize-money due to her brother, or had employed any one to get it for her? Witness replied, she had not, and the reason was, that Mr. DENTON had not signed the will: prisoner then desired witness to tell Mary HUTCHINSON that he could get it for her—which witness accordingly did. Mr. EDMONDSON, surgeon, of Keswick, had BANKS's papers under his care in September 1813, and kept them some time. He afterwards received a letter from the prisoner requesting these papers, to which he replied, and delivered the papers to PLASKETT in order to be sent according to the request.—Cross-examined, Mr. EDMONDSON said he kept the papers with care, and thinks that there were one or two papers among them signed by the deceased in order to obtain pay. Mary HUTCHINSON recalled. William PLASKETT gave her the papers. Mr. TAYLOR stated that he applied to the prisoner for money at the request of Mary HUTCHINSON. Prisoner said he had not yet received any, but expected some every post from Government, and then he would remit £6 10s. The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, had nothing to offer. His Lordship said, the prisoner was charged with a capital offence. By the 54th of the King, it is enacted, that whosoever shall forge or counterfeit letters of attorney, bills, certificate, or order &c. for the purpose of receiving any allowance, pay, or prize-money; also, whoever shall utter as true any such certificate, order, &c. well-knowing the same so to be, shall suffer death without benefit of clergy. The prisoner was charged, first, with forging; and, secondly, with uttering, knowing it to be forged. He then detailed the evidence, and made various remarks upon its application as he went on. If the jury were of opinion that the charge was clearly proved, they were bound to find the prisoner guilty; if there were any doubts upon their minds, by all means give the accused the benefit of them. The Jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner Guilty. His Lordship immediately passed sentence of DEATH in a very impressive manner:—Prisoner at the bar, John TOWNSEND, you have been tried and found guilty of an offence of no ordinary enormity. It is an offence which the laws of your country very properly visit with the punishment of death. The evidence by which the guilt has been brought home to you, leaves not the slightest shadow of doubt upon the mind. Your offence is, as I have already observed, of no ordinary enormity. The nation owes no small debt of gratitude to those hardy seamen who protect our commerce and fight our battles in every quarter of the globe; and lamentable indeed is the condition of these brave persons, if, on their return to their native country, they shall not be able to enjoy the fruits of their valour. It appears but too clearly, that you have been in the habitual course of depriving these excellent men of the wages which they have so hardly earned. To a person like you, guilty of such an offence, I cannot hold out the slightest hopes of mercy. I therefore exhort you to prepare for your departure from this world, which will be at no distant period. But there is another tribunal which, if you address yourself to it in the sincerity of a penitent heart, may yet grant you a perfect remission and forgiveness: it is only by devout prayer and the most sincere repentance that such a remission can be obtained. It is now my painful duty to pass upon you the sentence of the law, which is, that you be taken to the place from whence you came, thence to the place of execution, and there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy upon your soul. The prisoner during the trial, kept up an active correspondence by note with his solicitor. While his Lordship was summing up he seemed much agitated, and when the verdict of guilty was pronounced, he appeared to feel the horrors of his situation most acutely. 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Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 3, col. 5) BIRTH. On Sunday last, at the Vicarage, Kendal, the Lady of the Rev. J. HUDSON, A. M. of a Daughter. MARRIAGES. At St. Mary's, on Sunday last, Mr. Henry TWEDDLE, painter, to Miss Susan RICHARDSON. Last week, at Egremont, Mr. James FREARS, slater, to Miss SALKELD, both of that place. At Lamplugh, on Monday morning, Captain Joseph JENKINSON, of Workington, to Miss Frances JACKSON, daughter of Mr. JACKSON, of Bird Dyke, Lamplugh. At Garliestown, Mr. John M'KEYNON, aged 82. On Sunday last, at St. James's Church, Whitehaven, Mr. John LLOYD, joiner, to Miss Mary MARTIN, both of that town. At Appleby, on Tuesday se'nnight, Mr. J. SEWELL, boot and shoe-maker, to Miss E. DODGSON, dressmaker.-On Monday se'nnight, at the same place, Richard TINKLAR, to Mary LOWDEN. Lately, at Fulham, the Earl of Dundonald, father of Lord COCHRANE, to Anne Maria, eldest daughter of Francis PLOWDEN, Esq. At Whittington, Salop, Mr. Robert BOWEN, of Preeshenley, aged 19, to Mrs. Ruth MORRIS, aged 85! She is one of the claimants of BARBER's property, and two carriages with four horses were in the procession to church; the Oswestry band also followed; and the turnpike gates were decorated with ribbons and flowers! On Saturday evening, at the Countess of Antrim's house, Bruton Street, London, Lord STEWART, to Lady Emily VANE TEMPEST. The marriage ceremony was performed by Dr. PORTER, the Bishop of Clogher, and the new-married couple immediately set off for North Cray, the seat of Lord Castlereagh. The bride was given away by the Duke of Wellington, and a large company of nobility and gentry was present. DEATHS. Since our last:-Mrs. Ann DIXON, of Botchergate, aged 70.-Same place, Mr. Stephen HORSLEY, aged 15.-Mrs. Mary WATSON, of English-street, aged 81.-Mr. Joseph TURNER, of Upperby, aged 66 years. At Wigton, on Wednesday last, after a long illness, which he bore with pious fortitude, Mr. Wm. LOWES, many years ironmonger there, aged 56. At Penrith, on the 1st inst. Mrs. Elizabeth SUTTON, widow, aged 83,-the last of seven whose remains have been interred at Barton, the ages of whom, united, amount to 583 years.-At same place, on the 2nd, Mrs. Elizabeth LEE, aged 49, widow of the late John LEE, grocer.-Same place, on Thursday last, Mrs. Ann WATKINS, widow, aged 67. On Wednesday the 31st ult., after a lingering indisposition, Miss Catharine WALKER, daughter of Mr. WALKER, Workington. Suddenly, at Workington, Mr. Robert RICHARDSON, ship-wright, aged 38 years. On Sunday last, at New-houses, Whitehaven, Miss Eliz. ATKINSON, aged 20.-Same place, Mrs. Margaret BANNINGTON, aged 76.-On Monday, near Mountpleasant, Mr. John M'GINNIS, cartman, aged 20.-In Church-street, Mrs. Isabella PATTERSON, widow, at an advanced age.-On Wednesday, at Newhouses, Mrs. Isabella HARRISON, widow, aged 63. Saturday last, at Parton, near Whitehaven, Joseph the son, and on Monday, Elizabeth the daughter, of Mr. Joseph WILSON, tobacconist, Whitehaven. On Friday, in Cross-street, Whitehaven, Frances, the daughter of Mr. PERRY, solicitor, aged four years.-In King-street, greatly regretted by all who knew him, Mr. George BRAITHWAITE, aged 22; a clerk in the Bank of Messrs. HARTLEY and Co. Monday se'nnight, in Liverpool, Frances Emma, wife of Mr. John M'KINNEY, late of Whitehaven, and of Workington Mill. Wednesday se'nnight, at Muncaster Castle, Maria, the only daughter of Lord LINDSAY, aged seven months. Saturday se'nnight, at Hill House in Waberthwaite, Mrs. Sarah WILLIAMSON, a maiden-lady, aged 60 years. At Ambleside, Robert PARTRIDGE, Esq. aged 76. The 24th ult. Mr. WARHURST, aged 58,of the King's Arms, Ulverston. Sunday se'nnight, at Acorn House, Keswick, aged 57, much and deservedly respected, Mr. John I'ANSON, for several years master of the Royal Oak Inn, but had retired from business some time ago. At Green Dikes, near Egremont, Mr. Joseph HEWIT, aged 61, formerly of Brow Foot, near Keswick. At Kendal, on Tuesday last, Mr. Thos. BOUSFIELD, carpenter, advanced in years.-On Wednesday last, Mr. Robert JENNINGS, aged 57, after a long and painful indisposition. Friday week, aged 37, Mr. Joseph HANBY, printer and proprietor of the Blackburn Mail, and son of the late Rev. Thomas HANBY, Methodist preacher. On Sunday, the 21st ult. at Skybright, in the parish of Malew, Isle of Man, aged 59 years, Mrs. Mary MOORE, relict of Francis Wilder MOORE, Esq. late of Julianstown, Ireland, and daughter of the late Deemster Thomas MOORE. At Dumfries, on Sunday last, in the 71st year of her age, Mrs. Janet NAIRN. At Dumfries, on Wednesday week, Mr. Richard BENDALL, flax-merchant, aged 75 years. At Madeira, on the 11th March last, James IRVING, Esq. of Kirkbean-a young man of very promising talents, and remarkable for the goodness of his heart. At Middlebie, on the 31st ult. Mr. James IRVING, younger of Middlebie, aged 23, much regretted. At Maxwelltown, on Saturday last, Janet, youngest daughter of Mr. James CUNNINGHAM, clog-maker. The 23rd ult. Mr. Adam WEIR, of Kelso, merchant. The 21st ult. Mr. Thos. MILLER, of Hawick, writer. On the 22nd ult. at Ladykirk Manse, in Berwickshire, the Rev. George TODD. On the 24th ult. at Paris, in the 50th year of her age, Elizabeth, Countess of Lucan, youngest daughter of the late Henry Earl Fauconberg, and originally married to the present Duke of Norfolk.

Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 3, col. 3-4) WESTMORLAND GAOL DELIVERY. [continued] BURGLARY. WILLIAM BURREL was put to the bar, charged with burglariously entering the dwelling house of Mrs. GRUNDON, of Morland-Field. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.—The first witness called was Mrs. GRUNDON, who is a widow and lives at Morland-Field. On Friday the 19th March, near eleven at night, she went out about three or four yards, and perceived a man pass between her and the door. He was disguised in a mask, and she asked him what he wanted? He replied "nothing," and gave a squeal like that of a cat. She thought it was the prisoner Wm. BURREL; she has known him from a boy. He began to caper about, during which witness ran in and bolted the door; having done this she said, "now I defy thee." Prisoner then tried to throw the door off its hinges; and he said, in a low tone, "open the door." She knew his voice on the instant. She asked him what he wanted, and told him to begone, for she knew who he was. He again bade her open the door immediately. Witness then called out, "Thomas, come down with the gun." Witness proceeded,—I knew who he was and would have nothing to do with him, for I knew too much of his family. He again bade me open the door, and I once more called out "Thomas, come down with the gun." He then damned both me and Thomas, and said that he knew where Thomas was as well as I did, and ordered me to open the door, or he would blow my brains out. I asked him what he wanted—he replied, "money or your life." I said that I had no money, and he rattled a blunderbuss which he had in his hand against the door. I told him that I would not open the door, and if I had to die I would die honourably. He damned me, and said that he would be in in an instant. There was another man in company, who went to the parlour window; but before that, the other had punched a hole at the bottom of the door (it being decayed) large enough to admit his foot. The man at the parlour window broke eight panes of glass, and began to pick the glass out. I then lost all hopes of keeping them out, and bethought myself of my pocket-book, which was in the drawer of a writing desk in the parlour. I took the book, went into the kitchen, threw it under an old cupboard, and then opened the door. Wm. BURREL came and put the muzzle of his blunderbuss to my breast, and swore that he would shoot me through the body; he then snapped the lock, which produced fire, but there was no flash. He told me to light a candle and show him the house or he would blow my brains out, adding, "be sharp." He then walked into the parlour, whither I followed him. I let him see the drawer where I kept my money; he took it out, and turned it upside-down upon the floor. As there was nothing of value in it, he asked me for a linen web. I said I had none. He then opened all the boxes, &c. He walked around and saw a watch of my son's hanging up; he asked whose it was; I said it was Thomas's, but that it was good for nothing, it was not going. He held it to his ear, and said, "I shall take this," and took it. A little while afterwards, he said, "D—n it, I'll not have a watch," and he asked me for a bottle of rum. I said I had none if it would save my life. He said I kept a d—d bare house. I said he could not expect to find my house as it had been, for my circumstances were changed. I said I had some drink in a bottle that I would give him, if he chose. He replied, "go and fetch it." I fetched it—it was about 2 quarts of ale. He told me to teem some into a pot standing upon the cupboard. I did so, when he told me to give him the bottle, and he took it out, saying, "I'll return the bottle," which he did. He then took me by the arm, and said, "Kneel down and swear that you'll never say we have been here, or that we have made any disturbance this night." I knelt down and said, "Spare my life and I will not"—at the same time I meant to tell;—he then went away. I had plenty of opportunities of seeing him, as his mask was often shifting; I also saw through the holes which were made for his eyes; the mask apppeared [sic] to be black satin. He had a hat on which was not drawn particularly over his eyes. Peter CASTLEY is an innkeeper at Morland. His house is about half a mile from Mr. GRUNDON's. On the night of the robbery, prisoner was at witness's in company with John JACKSON and others, where he remained till ten or eleven; witness did not see him go out, but missed him before eleven; he saw him again about a quarter of an hour afterwards, when he staid till about four or five in the morning, and had nothing with him that witness saw.—This was the evidence for the prosecution. The prisoner said he was not out of Peter CASTLEY's house five minutes together.—The following evidence was adduced for the defence:— John MOUNSEY met the prisoner on Friday the 19th of March, about half-past nine, near John BROWN's. He said if witness would go back to Peter CASTLEY's, he would give him share of a tankard of ale. He went and stopped at CASTLEY's till near eleven, when he retired, leaving prisoner with his brother and others.—Cross-examined. Witness has been intimate with the prisoner some time. Witness's wife came to CASTLEY's after him before he had been more than a quarter an hour there. He never said that the clock struck eleven after he and his wife were in bed. John JACKSON was prisoner's company at CASTLEY's on the night in question. He found him there about nine, and when he went out at nearly 10, left the prisoner there. Witness then went to a ball at John BROWN's, and staid till near 12, when he again went to CASTLEY's, but did not see the prisoner: saw him again, however, in the parlour at nearly two o'clock, and saw him dance. Cross-examined, he said it was well-known that there was to be a ball at BROWN's. Did not hear Thomas GRUNDON mentioned at CASTLEY's. Isabella DODD, an occasional waiter at CASTLEY's, was there on the evening of the 19th March, and went before seven. The prisoner came in between 8 and 9, and witness does not remember his going out all that night to stop more than two or three minutes.—Cross-examined. She went to the ball about eleven, but did not hear the clock strike; prisoner was not then at CASTLEY's. Prisoner was at CASTLEY's about half-past nine: cannot speak to his being there at a later hour. After the ball she saw Thomas GRUNDON at CASTLEY's, where he staid till one. It had been known for a fortnight before that there was to be a ball at BROWN's. George STEEL is a surveyor of the high-roads. On the evening in question, about seven or eight o'clock, he paid Robert KEASLY two guineas for six persons, (among whom it was to be divided) at Newby, a mile from Morland: the prisoner was one of those persons. Wm. ROBINS was at the Ball at BROWN's, where he staid till near eleven; he then went to CASTLEY's to look for John WILSON, and found the prisoner there with his brother and John MOUNSEY.—Cross-examined—He said he did not see Thomas GRUNDON at the ball. Witness first said that George (the brother) gave him a subpœna; but it was the prisoner, and he afterwards said it was torn. The Learned Commissioner summed up the evidence with great care, and the Jury found the Prisoner Guilty. His Lordship then addressed the prisoner:—You have been found guilty of an offence which the laws of your country punish with Death. If there is one offence more frightful than another, it is when a thief invades the peaceful dwelling of another at the hour of rest, when all is hushed in tranquillity; and it too frequently happens that men engaged in scenes like these, when they are disappointed of their expected plunder, wreak their vengeance upon the unhappy person who lies in their power. Fortunately for you this is not your offence,—but what aggravates your case is, that you once lived in this house as a servant. Had you felt any virtuous principles you would have been the last man to have made an attack upon a dwelling in which you had been kindly entertained, and still more when you knew that it was deprived of its owner, and protected only by an helpless woman. However, notwithstanding all your brutal threats, you were not guilty of any violence towards her, and this is what will save your life; for in consideration of this circumstance I shall recommend you to the royal mercy, and I feel the greatest gratification in the consciousness that the recommendation will be attended to. The public safety demands that you should be banished for life, and hope that during your confinement here, and in your banishment abroad, you will, remembering the mercy that has been extended to you this day, make the best return in your power by altering your conduct, and endeavouring to convince your country that too much lenity has not been shown to you.—Sentence of death was then passed upon the prisoner in the usual form. ROBERT HEY, and JAMES HEY, charged with stealing from Mr. Richard THEXTON, of Grayrigg, linen cloth and yarn, value 30s. and upwards.—GUILTY.—Six months' imprisonment and hard labour. MICHAEL WILLAN was found guilty of Manslaughter.—Fined one shilling. Against WM. SHERWOOD, charged with passing counterfeit coin, and GEO. BURREL, charged with burglary, No Bills. Mr. RAINE, not being able to finish the business of the Special Commission at Newcastle within the allotted period, returned thither after leaving Appleby.

Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 3, col. 3-4) WESTMORLAND GAOL DELIVERY. On Tuesday evening, Jonathan RAINE, Esq., entered Appleby, from Carlisle, attended by a great number of gentlemen who went out to meet him: He immediately proceeded to the Shire Hall and opened the Special Commission, after which the Court was adjourned till the next day. On Wednesday morning the business proceeded. The following gentlemen composed the Grand Jury. Sir Philip MUSGRAVE, Bart., Foreman. Thomas WYBERGH, Esq. | W. W. C. WILSON, Esq. Edward HASELL, Esq. | C. WILSON, Esq. A. SHEPHERD, Esq. | M. ATKINSON, Esq. John THOMPSON, Esq. | John HAMMOND, Esq. N. DENT, Esq. | R. TINKLAR, Esq. R. CARUS, Esq. | F. NORTH, Esq. John HILL, Esq. | John GIBSON, Esq. The learned Commissioner, in his address to the Grand Jury, expressed his satisfaction at seeing before him so many respectable gentlemen, who, he was convinced, sufficiently understood the duties of the important task confided to them, and it was, therefore, quite unnecessary for him to give them any information respecting it. He observed, it had always been honourably said of the County of Westmorland, that it showed a dearth of crime in comparison with other counties; but he was sorry to find in the present calendar a greater number of prisoners than he had been accustomed to see at these assizes. He would not say that the inhabitants of the County were become more vicious or depraved. Perhaps the true reason would be found in an increase of population, which must always be attended, in a certain proportion, by an increase of crime. BETTY NICHOLSON was first placed at the bar, charged with stealing from the dwelling house of Thomas GIBSON, of Helsington, several guinea and one pound promissory notes.-GUILTY. The Judge thus addressed the prisoner. You have been tried and found guilty upon evidence that could leave no manner of doubt on the minds of the jury of a capital crime. It is not my intention to proceed to the utmost extremity of the law. I intend to recommend you to the royal mercy, in consequence of which your life will be spared. There are so many aggravations in your case, that I do not wish you to retain any hope of remaining in this country, or ever returning to it when you have been banished. You are but a young creature, and it is painful to behold to what a pitch your depravity has proceeded.-His Lordship here, at considerable length, impressed upon the prisoner the greatness of her crime, and thus concluded.-Your conduct was so artful that it would have deceived much more sagacious persons. You were most kindly and hospitably received by this family under a fictitious character, and what is the return you make? A return big with vice, with the worst of vices, the basest ingratitude. Did no compunction or remorse come upon your mind? Did conscience never whisper, "Can I make such a base return to all their kindness as to rob them?" Your conduct, from beginning to end, has been a regular system of fraud and cunning; but you are caught, as all the wicked will surely be, though they may triumph for a season in their ill-gotten gains. You cannot, therefore, consistently with the public safety, be permitted to remain any longer in your native land. JAMES WATSON was next tried for forging an indorsement on a bill of exchange, with an intent to defraud HEWITSON & ATKINSON, drapers, of Kendal.-GUILTY.-His Lordship said-Prisoner, you have been found guilty of a capital offence, upon evidence that must have satisfied every one who heard it. Guilt was never more satisfactorily brought home to the accused. The crime of forgery in a commercial country such as this, is accounted most heinous, and is judged worthy of death. It appears but too clear that you were not merely concerned in one solitary instance of forgery, but had extended your depredations to a wide circuit. Your career has, however, been stopped, and I hope that I shall not be judged as departing from my duty by not passing upon you a more mitigated sentence than that of an ignominious Death upon the gallows. If application is made for the royal mercy with effect (and it is seldom made in vain), you cannot expect to remain any longer in this country; and I hope that in foreign parts you will remember the lenity which you have experienced, and permit it to have a proper effect upon your mind and future conduct. [to be continued]

Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 2, col. 6) POSTSCRIPT. London, Wednesday Evening, April 7. EXECUTION. -Daniel M'VEY and William GREEN underwent the sentence of the law this morning, in the presence of fewer spectators than we ever witnessed on similar occasions. (M'VEY was the person who robbed Mr. PARKINS.)

Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 2, col. 5-6) ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION for the Relief of the LABOURING POOR. Dean & Chapter of Carlisle, £21 0 0 Subscriptions continue to be received at all the BANKS, and by Mr. JOHN FAWCETT, jun., the Secretary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSE OF RECOVERY. DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS to the HOUSE OF RECOVERY, not before advertised. Subscriptions. Donations. Miss GILES £1 1 0 Miss HODGSON £1 1 0 Mrs. NANSON 1 1 0 James HEWARD & Son 1 1 0 Mr. TURNBULL 1 1 0 Mr. LONSDALE 1 1 0 Mr. ROWLAND 1 1 0 Thos. LOWRY, D.D. Crosby, 1 1 0 Mrs. EWART 1 1 0 Mr. Thos. STORDY, currier, 1 1 0 1 1 0 Mr. Wm. STORDY, ditto, 1 1 0 Mr. Geo. ROBINSON 1 1 0 Mr. David CARRICK, jun. 1 1 0 Mess. GRAHAM & ARMSTRONG, 1 1 0 Mess. HESLOP & LITTLE 1 1 0 Mr. Geo. WAUGH 0 10 6 Mr. John JOLLIE 0 10 6 Mr. BACKHOUSE 0 10 6 Mrs. LIGHTFOOT 0 10 6 Mr. JAMES, currier, 0 10 6 Mrs. Peter WILSON 0 10 6 Mr. RELPH 0 10 6 Miss GRANGER 0 10 6 Mr. OWEN 0 10 6 Mrs. GRAHAM 0 10 6 Misses BUSTIN 0 10 6 Mr. John SOWERBY 0 10 6 Mr. PEARS 0 10 6 Mr. RAILTON 0 10 6 Mr. SAUNDERS 0 10 6 Mr. MATTHEWS 0 10 6 Sundry small Subscriptions under 10s. 6d. 5 9 6 Further Subscriptions or Donations will be received by Mr. JOHN FAWCETT, jun. the Secretary and Treasurer, or at any of the Banks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WANTED, AN active MAN and WIFE, without a Family, to take the MANAGEMENT of the POOR of the Parish of FARLAM, in the Workhouse at MILTON, near Brampton. Any Person desirous of taking the same, must apply to the Overseers at the Workhouse, on Saturday the 1st May, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon. *** The Person who is engaged will be supplied with constant Work by the Parish. Farlam, April 8, 1819. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO SAIL FROM WORKINGTON FOR ST. ANDREW'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, THE fine Brig EAGLE, WILLIAM CANNON, Master, Burthen 250 Tons; has GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS for PASSENGERS, and will Sail on or about the 13th of April, 1819. For Freight or Passage, (if by Letter Post-paid) apply to the MASTER on Board. Workington, April 5, 1819. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CREDITORS of JOHN WALTON, late of the DYKE, in the Parish of Kirkhaugh, in the County of Northumberland, Farmer and Sheep Dealer, deceased, are requested immediately to send an account of their demands, together with the nature of their securities (if any), to Mr. ISAAC WALTON, of Howgill Rigg, in the Parish of Alstone, in the County of Cumberland, (the Administrator), or to Mr. JOHN BOWNAS WILSON, Solicitor, Brampton, Cumberland. And all Persons who stood indebted to the said JOHN WALTON at the time of his decease, are required immediately to pay the amount of their respective debts to the said Isaac WALTON or John Bownas WILSON, otherwise actions will be commenced to compel the payment thereof. Brampton, April 6, 1819. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN THE PRESS, AND SPEEDILY WILL BE PUBLISHED, THE SHEPHERD'S GUIDE; or, A Delineation of the Horn-Burn, Wool, and Ear Marks of the different Stocks of Sheep; extending from Brampton to Brough, on this side of the Fell, and from Cleaver Hill to Longton in Lunedale, on the other side. Those who intend to take the Benefit of the above Publication are requested to send their names, place of abode, Horn-Burn, Wool, and Ear Marks, (free of expence), to J. CHAPELHOW, appointed Printer and Publisher, Appleby, on or before the 1st Day of May, 1819, otherwise they will be excluded the Benefit of the intended Publication. Appleby, March 27, 1819. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISHERY TO LET. TO BE LET, in Parcels, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, for a Term of Years,—All that FISHERY on the West Side of the River Eden, in the Manor of Wetheral, in the County of Cumberland, in the possession of Sir THOMAS NEAVE, Bart. as Lessee of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle; extending from Warwick Bridge to a place known by the name of Robin Hood Dyke-nook. Mr. WILLIAM MORLEY, of Corby, will treat with any Person inclining to take the same, until Thursday the 22nd instant. Corby, April 9, 1819. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FARM TO LET. TO BE LET, for a Term of Years, and Entered upon Immediately,—A Valuable GRAZING and TILLAGE FARM, called RANBECK, in the Parish of KIRKLAND, in the County of Cumberland, supposed to contain 200 Acres, or thereabouts, of good Land, with suiable [sic] convenient Buildings thereon; also 39 CATTLEGAITS, in KIRKLAND FELL PASTURE, and an unlimited Right of Pasturage upon the extensive Commons adjoining, together with or without a good stock of Heaf-going Sheep. For further Particulars apply to Mrs. SALKELD, at Ranbeck, who will shew the Premises. Proposals, in Writing, will be received at the Office of Messrs. GRAVE and BLEAYMIRE, in Penrith, until Tuesday the 20th Day of April instant, but the Estate will be Let as soon as an adequate Offer is made. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLONBY BREWERY TO LET. TO BE LET, by PROPOSAL, for so long a Term of Years, as the Parties may agree, and Entered on at Whitsuntide or Martinmas, 1819,— ALL that Compact BREWERY, and MALTING CONVENIENCES, situate at ALLONBY, in the County of Cumberland, now carried on under the Firm of J. & J. HODGSON, together with a Dwelling-House, Barn, Byer, Stable, Cooper's Shop, and other suitable Offices, adjoining to the said Brewery, all in excellent repair. The Tenant may take the Stock of Malt and Hops, Casks, and Utensils, now on hand, at a Valuation, if he thinks proper; and may be accommodated with Twelve Acres of rich Arable Land, situate in the Townfields of Allonby, if required. Proposals in Writing will be received by Mr. JONAH HODGSON, of Wigton, & Mr. JOSEPH HODGSON, of Allonby, or at the Office of Mr. STUDHOLME, Solicitor, in Wigton, until the 25th Day of May, 1819, on which Day the Tenant will be declared at the house of WILLIAM FORRESTER, Innkeeper, Allonby.

Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 3, col. 1-2) We have the pleasure of informing our readers, that the Carlisle Canal Bill has passed through both Houses of Parliament, and received the Royal Assent on Tuesday last. On the 7th inst. the Carlisle Gas Light Bill went through a Committee of the House of Lords, so that it now only wants the royal assent, and may be considered as passed. Mr. RAINE left Carlisle on Tuesday afternoon for Appleby. The manner in which he discharged the difficult and important duties of the Special Commission here, has called forth, we believe we may say, unanimous approbation. Combining mercy with impartial justice, he investigated the different causes which came before him with the most praiseworthy circumspection, and a resolute determination to get at the truth, wherever that object was attainable. The clearness and precision with which he summed up the evidence were of the greatest service to the jury: and his manner of pronouncing the awful sentence of the law was impressive in the highest degree—all present seemed powerfully affected, and some even fainted.—Every prisoner placed at the bar, except one, was convicted. Our last page contains a full report of the proceedings. On Thursday morning, Thomas MULLEN, and John LITTLE, were sent off from Carlisle gaol to the hulks. The annual donation of £5, bequeathed by the late Mr. Monkhouse GRAHAM, of Orchard-house, Tarraby, to the distressed housekeepers of the parish of Stanwix, of every communion, for ever, was distributed yesterday in bread, by the Rev. Joseph HUDSON, the vicar. The country now assuming a pleasing appearance. The wheat is particularly luxuriant, and the spring grain is shooting above ground vigorously. On Wednesday evening, a small house, near the Fishmarket, Whitehaven, measuring only 12ft. 6in. in front, to which was attached very little ground backward, was sold in public sale for the large sum of £525, subject to the auction duty. Tuesday the 23d ult. the body of a poor man was found by Mr. Thomas WILSON, of Watendlath, upon the fell, at a place called Coatbarrow. From appearances, it is thought he had been dead for some weeks.—He had on when found, a grey coat, duffle waistcoat, and corduroy breeches, a shirt striped with blue, ribbed stockings, and clogs. In his pocket there were two-pence, wrapped up in a night-cap, and a bag was found near him. In stature he was nearly six feet; grey hair, and had lost two of his fore teeth.—His remains were decently interred at Borrowdale Chapel the Thursday following. The annual meeting of the Westmorland Society, on the 25th ult., at the London Tavern, London, was attended by 300 persons, among whom were the Ladies LOWTHER, Lord LOWTHER, Mr. BECKETT, &c. A considerable addition was made to the funds. The object of this excellent institution is, to maintain and educate the children born of indigent Westmorland Parents within the bills of mortality. All the capital convicts at Durham are reprieved, excepting Geo. ATCHESON, aged 67, for a rape on a girl under 10 years of age. He is to be executed on the 12th inst. The crime was committed by brutal force, in a field where the infant was gleaning, and the prisoner communicated a loathsome disease! At Newcastle, last week, Hugh M'GUIRE, aged 20, and Robert GOOD aged 21, (a Waterloo-man) soldiers belonging to the 6th Dragoons, were found guilty of robbing a man on the king's High-way of groceries, &c. and were sentenced to death, which sentence was commuted to transportation for life. A considerable issue of forged guinea notes, purporting to be of the British Linen Company, has recently been made in Newcastle and neighbourhood. The police has got hold of some of the utterers, and are in pursuit of the rest. The paper of the forgery is much lighter than that of the genuine note; and the execution of the plate much inferior. George EMPSON, a native of Yorkshire, and John DICKINSON, of Newcastle, butcher, have been committed to Durham gaol for having in their possession a number of these forged notes. Melancholy Accident.—On Sunday night last, two brothers, George IRVING, aged 30, and William IRVING, aged 32, both of Annan, in Scotland, were unfortunately drowned in the Ulverston Canal. The following are the circumstances of the awful event:—They left the Canal Tavern with the intention of going on board the Newland, of which George was master, and which was lying in the canal not many yards from the inn: but the landlord had scarcely returned from lighting them down the steps, when he heard the cry of distress; he, accompanied by another person, immediately went in search of the unfortunate men; and as it was ascertained they had not gone on board the vessel, their fate was anticipated; lights were procured and their hats were seen floating on the water, which too evidently indicated their situation and confirmed suspicion: the landlord and his companion quietly retired to rest without making an effort to rescue the unfortunate men from their watery grave! The bodies were drawn from the water about six o'clock the following morning. It is supposed that on leaving the house they had immediately walked into the river, the night being very dark. George has left a widow and five children.—Westmorland Gazette, April 3. Members of Assembly.—Presbytery of Dumfries.—Messrs. MACWHIR, of Urr, CROCKET, of Kirkgunzeon, and M'CULLOCH of Colvend, Ministers; J. CONNELL, Esq. of Conheath, Elder. On Tuesday week, four men of the name of HALLIDAY (a father and three sons), were apprehended near Lockerby, on suspicion of stealing sheep from Castlemilk, the property of Major HART. On searching their house, the carcases of three sheep, along with the hides, tallow, &c. were found concealed in various places. They were committed to the county jail. On Wednesday week, while Mr. John JOHNSTONE, blacksmith at Cummertrees, near Annan, was shoeing a horse, the animal became unruly and struck him upon the body, and so severe was the blow that he instantly expired. Wednesday afternoon, Alex. ROBERTSON was executed in front of the jail, Glasgow, pursuant to his sentence, for breaking into the City Auction Mart, Candleriggs, on the 4th October last.

Saturday 10 Apr 1819 (p. 1, col. 3) TO BE LET, and Entered upon at WHITSUNTIDE first, a Convenient SMALL HOUSE, pleasantly situated, adjoining the Turk's Head Lane, SCOTCH STREET. Enquire of H. HALL, Esq. Carlisle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIABLE FOR SALE. TO BE SOLD, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, a handsome, well-built SOCIABLE, nearly new, with a complete Set of Harness belonging to the same, brass-mounted, and in excellent order. Apply to Mr. ROBERT STEELE, of Workington. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOLLS TO LET. TO BE LET, by AUCTION, within the Grahams' Arms, at LONGTOWN, on Thursday the 13th Day of May, 1819,-The Tolls payable at SANDYSIKE, SARKBRIDGE, and SCOTCH-DYKE, on the Longtown Turnpike Road; and also, those payable at SNABB and HAITHWAITE GATES will be Let, in separate Lots, to the highest Offerers, for Two Years, viz.: from the 11th July, 1819, to the 11th July, 1821.-The Persons inclining to offer, to come prepared with proper Security to pay the Rents Monthly or Quarterly, as may be required. For Particulars apply to R. GRAHAM, at Netherby. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESTATE AT SOWERBY-ROW FOR SALE. TO BE SOLD, by AUCTION, on the Premises, on Wednesday the 5th Day of May, 1819 (Unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given); A VALUABLE ESTATE, consisting of a Dwelling-house, Barns, Stables, and other convenient Out-houses, and Sixty-five Acres, more or less, of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Ground, all lying together, and well Watered and Fenced, situate at SOWERBY-ROW, in the Parish of CASTLESOWERBY, in the County of Cumberland, and now in the Occupation of Adam and William HARTNESS. Part of the Premises is Freehold Tenure, and the Remainder Copyhold under the Duke of Devonshire, by Payment of the yearly Rent of 6s. 10d. and a Silver-penny Fine on Death or Alienation. The Wood upon the Premises to be taken at a Valuation. Conditions will be produced at the Time of Sale, and further Particulars may be had by Application to ADAM and WILLIAM HARTNESS, the Owners, or at the Office of Mr. DOBINSON, Solicitor, Carlisle. Carlisle, March 30, 1819. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HODGSON'S CREDITORS, (OF BLENNERHASSET.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Messrs. DANIEL JACKSON, JOHN PINGNEY, and JOHN SIMPSON, Assignees of the Estate and Effects of Mr. JOHN HODGSON, of BLENNERHASSET, intend to make a Second and FINAL DIVIDEND, at COCKBRIDGE, on Thursday the 29th Day of April instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon; and all such Creditors as have not then executed and come in under the Deed of Assignment, will be entirely excluded all Benefit thereof. April 6, 1819.

I wrote: >> THOMAS YOUDALE, aged 28, charged upon the oath of George GRAHAM with feloniously stealing two silver matches from the shop of Mary SIMPSON. << Those were silver watches, of course, not matches!!! Petra

Saturday 03 Apr 1819 (p. 3, col. 4-5) BIRTHS. At Greta Hall, Keswick, the lady of Robert SOUTHEY, Esq., of a Son. MARRIAGES. Lately, at St. Mary's church, Mr. James THOMPSON, glazier, to Miss Jane SHIELDS. At Penrith, on Wednesday, Mr. John KENDAL, of Lowther, to Miss Ann BOAK, of the former place.-Same day, Mr. Thomas ARMSTRONG, to Miss Elizabeth BROCKLEBANK, both of Penrith. At Crosscanonby, by the Rev. Mr. DONALD, on the 28th ult. Mr. Wilfred SWAILEY, mariner, to Miss Eliz. ALLAN, both of Maryport. At Whitehaven, John PEARSON, sailor, to Miss S. ATKINSON. On Sunday last, at Whitehaven, Capt. William BELL, of the Endeavour, to Miss Christiana WILSON, of that town. On Monday last, the 29th March, at the parish church of Kendal, by the Rev. J. HUDSON, A. M. Vicar, James JOHNSON, Esq. Solicitor, to Miss YATE. In London, on the 14th inst., Mr. Joseph COLLINS, shoemaker, to Miss HILTON, both of Whitehaven. On Saturday week, at Newcastle, Mr. James MUNRO, comedian, to Miss Jane Ballantyne NICOLL, daughter of the late Mr. James NICOLL, merchant, Quebec. At Dunglass, on the 27th ult. Henry HARVEY, Esq. of the Madras army, to Lady DE LANCEY, widow of the late Sir Wm. DE LANCEY, K. C. B. and eldest daughter of Sir James HALL, Bart. DEATHS. On Saturday morning last, in this City, aged 76, Mrs. PALEY, relict of the celebrated Dr. PALEY, very much regretted. Since our last:-Mrs. Ann DIXON, of Botchergate, aged 70.-Thomas STOREY, of Broad Guards, aged 67. Yesterday evening, on her return from Liverpool, at Sedgewick House, near Kendal, Mrs. Margaret HODGSON, of Scotby, near this City, one of the Society of Friends. Suddenly, at Nealhouse, in the parish of Thursby, Mr. Jos. HOWE, aged 72-a man much respected. At Kirkandrews-upon-Eden, on Wednesday last, at an advanced age, Mrs. BURN, wife of the Rev. Richard BURN. A few days ago, at Ranbeck, Mr. John SALKELD. At Penrith, on the 19th ult., Ann, the wife of Mr. Benjamin SISSON, carpenter, aged 25.-Same place, on the 24th ult. Elizabeth BOAK.-On Saturday last, Mrs. Margaret ADAMSON, aged 85.-On Wednesday, Mr. William SEWELL, butcher, aged 58. On Sunday last, in Wood-street, Maryport, Mr. Jos. WOTTON, aged 73.-On Wednesday, in High-street, Captain Thomas BOWMAN, aged 56. On Monday last, at Ginns, Mr. John RICHARDSON, aged 60.-Same day, at Newhouses, Mr. Wm. POWE, aged 20.-Same place, on Tuesday, Mrs. HARA, widow, aged 65. In Queen-street, Whitehaven, on Thursday last, Miss Sarah PIPER, one of the Society of Friends, aged 65. In Hamilton Lane, Mrs. RINKIN, wife of Mr. Thos. RINKIN, plumber and glazier, aged 28. At Kendal, on Saturday, 27th March, the Rev. Mr. THORNBOURGH, Curate at Kendal church, and perpetual Curate of Natland, near Kendal, in the prime of life. At Papcastle, on Sunday last, in consequence of the overturning of a gig, Mrs. TAYLOR, of Wigton, widow. On Friday week, at Rose Hill, near Whitehaven, aged 4 years, Margaret, the youngest daughter of Milham HARTLEY, Esq. At Workington, on the 19th inst., Mrs. Ann PARK, aged 48 years. At Egremont, Mrs. Ann EILBECK, widow, in the 78th year of her age. On the 14th instant, at the age of 97, Mrs. PROCTOR, of Selby, of the Society of Friends. At Elrington, near Haydon Bridge, Miss Eliz. LAMBERT, aged 51. At Dumfries, on the 26th current, John GRAY, eldest son of Mr. David GRAY, gold and silver smith.-On the 23rd ult., Mrs. Wilhemina HARLEY, relict of the late James DALZELL of Locharthur.-On Sunday last, in her 93rd year, Mrs. BLAIR of Garroch, relict of David BLAIR, Esq., late Provost of Dumfries, and Collector of Customs.-At Maxwelltown, on Monday se'nnight, very suddenly, Mrs. Mary HOWAT, wife of Mr. Alexander KIRKPATRICK, baker.-On Monday last, at Kelton, near Dumfries, Mr. David M'LELLAN, sen.-At the House of Mr. William GLOVER, Cleughbrae, on the 29th ult., where he had gone for the recovery of his health, Mr. Robert BEVAN, of the Customs, Leith, eldest son of the late Captain and Adjutant Henry BEVAN, of the Dumfries-shire Militia, in the 22nd year of his age. At Annan, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. James BEATTIE, joiner, aged 36.-Same place, on the 16th ultimo, Mrs. Ellen AINSWORTH, aged 82 years, wife of Mr. George ANDERSON, late bailie, (to whom she had been married for the long period of 60 years) respected by all who knew her. At Girvan, Ayrshire, on the 20th instant, in the 25th year of his age, Mr. James CRAIG lately Precentor at the New Church of Dumfries. On the 19th ultimo, at Kensington, Mr. John TODD, of Charing Cross, London, hosier, a native of Newbegin, near Penrith, deeply regretted by his family and numerous friends. On the 11th ult., almost immediately on his return to Paris, Count REGNAULT DE SAINT JEAN D'ANGELY. At Davy Hume-hall, Henry NORRIS, Esq., in the 74th year of his age, one of the oldest Magistrates in Lancashire. At Douglas, Isle of Man, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John KERMODE, master sail-maker, in the 20th year of her age. At White-hoe, near Douglas, aged 58 years, Catharine, wife of Mr. Patrick MAGEE, auctioneer.

Saturday 03 Apr 1819 (p. 3, col. 1-3) GAOL DELIVERY. [continued] THOMAS YOUDALE, aged 28, charged upon the oath of George GRAHAM with feloniously stealing two silver matches from the shop of Mary SIMPSON. The prisoner pleaded not Guilty. Mr. COURTENAY addressed the Jury for the prosecution. Mrs. SIMPSON, he said, is a widow who carries on the business of a watch-maker in Cockermouth. On the evening of the 26th of January, while Mrs. S. was in an adjoining room, the prisoner contrived to get into the shop, without causing any alarm (though there was a bell attached to the door) and search several drawers unheard; but in taking down some watches from the window he made a noise, was discovered, and hastily retreated by jumping over the hatch or half-door. George GRAHAM is a watchmaker in the employment of Mrs. SIMPSON, a widow, carrying on business at Cockermouth. Witness works upstairs. On Tuesday the 27th of January, about seven in the evening, an alarm was made, and he went down into the shop, when he found that three watches had been taken out of the window, where he had himself hung them in the morning. He found nothing else missing at that time, but afterwards discovered that some combs had been stolen from a drawer in the counter. Witness saw the prisoner that night in custody at LONGMIRE's, a public house. John ISMAY shewed witness a watch, and he knew it to be one of those missing from the shop; a quantity of combs were also taken from the prisoner's pocket. Another watch was likewise brought in soon after which had been taken from the shop. John MITCHELL went with ISMAY in pursuit of prisoner, and they took him on the road to Keswick. ISMAY desired prisoner to come back, and he did so, saying that he was not afraid to show his face; when they got about 20 or 30 yards, however, he began to struggle and tried to throw some watches from him. Witness seized prisoner's arms, and heard something like a watch chain jingle. ISMAY said to witness, "take care of his left hand." Witness then struck his left hand smartly, and heard something fall. Prisoner struggled so violently that witness had not the power of looking for what had fallen. They secured him at last and took him to LONGMIRE's, where he was searched, and combs were discovered in his coat pocket. Witness then went to the place where the prisoner was first seized, and found a watch. That now produced is the same; he has had it in his possession ever since. Witness knew the prisoner in Cockermouth a few years back. Court.-Did it not strike you that it was likely for a man to struggle when you were holding him fast? Witness.-No, Sir, he did not strike-he never hit us! John ISMAY corroborated the last witness's evidence, and produced a watch that he took from the prisoner's clenched hand, which he forced open. He also produced the combs taken from the prisoner's pocket. Daniel BARNES was in Castle Street, with a horse and cart, and he saw "the gentleman" come out of Mrs. SIMPSON's shop very hastily. Court.-What Gentleman? Wit.-(Looking at the prisoner at the bar) That gentleman. Court.-How did he come out? Wit.-Three or four steps together.-Witness saw the gentleman again soon after he took up Castlegate, near Mr. HETHERINGTON's tan-yard door, and he asked witness which was the road to the town. Witness said, I am going to the town; stop, and I'll go with thee. Prisoner said, "No, I'm in a hurry." Witness replied, "Thou wast in a far greater hurry a bit sinc when thou cam'st down Mrs. SIMPSON's steps." Prisoner then called witness an old rogue. Court.-That was not true, I suppose? Wit.-That may be as m'happen, but I've lived in Cockermouth a' my life time and was never taxed wi't before. Witness told prisoner when he said that he never was in Mrs. SIMPSON's shop, that he told a lie. Prisoner then made off as fast as he could up Castlegate again. Witness saw the man next day in custody, and is sure that he is the same. His Lordship observed that the capital offence had not been proved. The prisoner said that BARNES, the next day, could not tell whether he was the same man or not that he saw the night before, but only that he had such a coat on. ISMAY was here recalled, and stated that BARNES said that it was the same coat, and the same man. The Prisoner in his defence asserted that he knew the way out of Cockermouth well enough, and had no occasion to ask. He said he got the property found upon him from two men, and was requested by them to take care of it, till they came out of a public house, where they were drinking. His Lordship in summing up, observed that the prisoner had been indicted for a capital offence, in stealing in the dwelling house of Mrs. SIMPSON, in the parish of Brigham, but that had not been proved: there still, however, remained the charge of stealing; and if the Jury found him guilty of that, his Lordship directed them to add, but not in a dwelling house. Verdict-Guilty of stealing, but not in a dwelling house.-Transported seven years. ---------- ISAAC BURTHOLME, aged 53, charged upon his own confession with stealing from the buildings of William HODGSON, Esq. nine pieces of fir wood. The prisoner at first pleaded guilty, but, on the recommendation of the Court, retracted, and pleaded not guilty. John BARNES, the constable, in consequence of directions, went to the prisoner's house, and found there two boards six or seven feet long, belonging to W. HODGSON, Esq. On the Monday following he took the prisoner to Mr. HODGSON's office, where he said that he, BARNES, was a rogue and vagabond, for he bought the wood of a man in Shaddongate.-Lancelot HODGSON, a joiner, proved the timber to be Mr. HODGSON's property.-Mr. John FAWCETT, jun. acted as clerk when prisoner was examined before G. BLAMIRE, Esq. The prisoner then made a voluntary confession that he had stolen the boards at two separate times, but declared that he had stolen no more.-Guilty. His Lordship, after a feeling admonitory address, sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment. This is the whole of the business up to last night. The Court opens this morning at eight. Full particulars in our next.

Saturday 03 Apr 1819 (p. 3, col. 1-3) GAOL DELIVERY. [continued] MAIL ROBBERY. CHRISTOPHER GALE, aged 33 years, charged on the oath of Thomas ARCHER with feloniously stealing, taking, and carrying away two Bills of Exchange, one of the value of £100, and another £50, from and out of the Mail from Cockermouth to Maryport, the said Christopher GALE then being the person employed to carry the said mail from Cockermouth to Maryport aforesaid. Mr. COURTENAY stated the case, and Mr. EDEN addressed the jury, detailing the circumstances as they appear in the evidence below. He observed, that the prisoner at the bar was charged with an offence which was guarded against by the highest penalty of the law. If this charge was clearly proved against the prisoner, it would be the duty of the jury to find him guilty; if there were any doubts, it would be proper to give him the benefit of those doubts. The following witnesses were called:— Edward NELSON is a merchant at Liverpool. Having occasion to send two bills of exchange to Mr. Thomas ARCHER of Maryport, the bills produced in Court were put into a letter on Friday the 8th of January, either by himself or Thomas GRIFFITHS, his clerk, in his (Mr. NELSON's) presence, and GRIFFITHS took the letter to the post-office immediately. Thomas GRIFFITHS is clerk to Mr. NELSON, the foregoing witness. He recollects that on the 8th of Jan. Mr. NELSON put two bills of exchange into a letter; one for £50, and the other, he believes, for £100. Mr. NELSON then directed the letter, which was either sealed or wafered, and witness took it to the post-office, at a quarter before one o'clock. He copied the letter after it was written.—Examined by the Court, he repeated the principal points of his evidence; the post-office is only about 800 yards from Mr. NELSON's office. Thomas WOODWARD is a clerk in the Liverpool post-office, which is kept by Mr. BANNING. A letter from Liverpool to Maryport would be forwarded by the Carlisle mail at 35 m. past five p. m.; it would be put into the Penrith bag. On the day in question he knows that the Penrith bag was sent, by the amounts being entered in the book in his hand writing. The bags were sent as usual; he saw the guard take it away. The letter would arrive at Penrith about eight the next morning. On his cross-examination by Mr. ARMSTRONG, the prisoner's counsel, witness said that he is not at the post-office every evening; he only knows that he was at the office on the 8th by seeing his own figures in the book; he is absent from the office on alternate Sundays only, and is certain that the 8th of January was not a Sunday, because all the clerks were there—they are not so on that day. Elizabeth GARNETT, the daughter of the postmaster at Penrith, deposed that the Liverpool mail arrives in that town about eight in the morning. The Liverpool bags had arrived regularly from the 1st of January. Thomas GARNETT is postmaster at Penrith. A letter from Liverpool to Maryport would go from Penrith to Cockermouth, and it is his duty to make up the bags for that place. He remembers doing it every morning in the early part of January, and is able to swear that he dispatched the bag on the 9th for Cockermouth. This witness produced a bill of letters for that day; the writing is his, the figures are his daughter's. Patrick SHIMMINGS is a clerk in the post office at Cockermouth, kept by Mr. WOOD. On the 9th of January last, he received the bag from Penrith, at about half-past five in the afternoon, which is the usual time. It is his business to make up the Maryport letters after the mail arrives, and he did so on the 9th of January. He sent a letter bill by the Maryport bags, the same as is now produced, the whole of which is his hand writing. Jane KITCHEN is the post office keeper at Maryport. Witness does not know why the amount of money received does not answer with the amount charged for letters.—On his cross-examination by Mr. ARMSTRONG, witness said he has been upwards of 15 years with Mr. WOOD, and was four years with the late Mr. THOMPSON. Has known the prisoner about 11 years; never saw him read or write: he always bore a good character before the present charge was made against him. Jane KITCHEN has been upwards of 10 years post-mistress at Maryport, and was so on the 9th of January last. On that day she received the Maryport bag from the prisoner about 7 o'clock, the usual time; he carried the mail on horseback in saddle-bags. The sum of 19s. 9d. on the letter-bill produced, is the amount of the letters in the bag; there was a difference of 2s. between that and the amount sent by Mr. WOOD. Cross-examined, she said that to the best of her knowledge, the bags are always sealed. The bag on the day in question appeared to come in the usual way; it might be unsealed and escape her notice. Ann DUFF, a letter carrier at Maryport, is certain that she had not a letter for Mr. ARCHER, on the 9th of January. Examined by the Court, she said that she had carried letters to Mr. ARCHER's house for four years past. Mr. A. enquired one night after he should have had the letter; she delivered one to him about a week before the 9th. Margaret LANGCAKE lives at Ellenborough. Prisoner called at her house in January last; it was his custom to leave Mr. CHRISTIAN's private bag; he called either on the 12th or 13th of January, about seven in the evening, and had some conversation. Prisoner shewed her a bill, and asked her if she could tell him what it was; she told him it was a bill for £50.—Cross-examined, she said that she supposes prisoner could not read the bill; she told him he could get better information when he got to Maryport. Elizabeth MARTINDALE is wife of Wm. MARTINDALE, who keeps a public-house at Dovenby. Remembers that on Wednesday the 20th of January, about a quarter past six in the evening, the prisoner called at her house, and, producing a bill, said he had forgotten to whom he was to deliver it. She shewed it to her husband, who remarked that when the prisoner got to Maryport he would learn to whom it belonged. Witness observed the name of NELSON upon the back of the bill, at the bottom; she returned it to the prisoner, told him it was a bill for £50, and he put it into his breeches pocket. The bill was produced and she identified it.—On her cross-examination by Mr. ARMSTRONG, witness said that the prisoner did not show the bill as his own property. William MARTINDALE corroborated his wife's testimony. Witness knows the bill again by the names of HUMPHREYS, LIGHTFOOT, and DODD being upon one part of it, and by the name of NELSON upon another part. Witness did not minutely examine it, but recollects it was for £50. Ann MILLICAN remembers the prisoner coming to her husband's house between seven and nine on Wednesday the 20th of January, and asked if she could give him small notes for a £50 bill. She answered, No, and the bill was not produced by the prisoner. Jos. MILLICAN was in a room or office adjoining when his wife and prisoner were talking about a bill, and plainly heard what passed. Witness went after the prisoner and found him at the gate-way of the Golden Lion Inn. He asked him if he had yet got cash or notes for the bill? Prisoner replied that he had not. Witness then asked to see the bill, and prisoner showed it to him; it was for £50. Prisoner allowed him to take it to his shop for the purpose of examining it. Witness then carried the bill to Mr. ARCHER, who went with him to the Golden Lion gateway, where the prisoner still was. They asked him to go into a room in the yard called the laundry, where the prisoner took from his fob another bill for £100. Witness recognises the £50 bill by a mark which he set upon it. Mr. ARCHER took the £100 bill. Mr. ARCHER corroborated Mr. MILLICAN. The bills given up by the prisoner were handed over to the magistrate. Mr. NELSON, called again, proved that the bills produced in court were the same which he put into the letter. Here ended the evidence for the prosecution. Mr. ARMSTRONG called Mrs. WOOD, of the Globe Inn, Cockermouth, and wife of the postmaster, who stated that she had known the prisoner nearly 12 years; she believes he cannot read nor write; she always considered him an honest man, and that was his general character. His Lordship summed up the evidence. By the 52nd Geo. III. the penalty of death was imposed on an agent, clerk, deputy, letter-carrier, or post-boy for secreting any letter containing any, or any part of, bills of exchange, or for taking out of letters any bank post bills. If the Jury were of opinion that the prisoner had secreted the letter or the bills of exchange, his life would be forfeited to the laws of his country. A good character had been given to the prisoner; but if they were of opinion that the present charge was clearly proved, previous good conduct had nothing at all do with it. If they had doubts, then they might take his character into consideration. There was no irregularity in the course of the letter till it came into GALE's hands. The Jury found the prisoner GUILTY. His Lordship then passed sentence of DEATH upon the prisoner in a very impressive manner, and gave him no hopes of mercy. He recommended him to spend the short time he had to live in this world, in penitence and prayer, in order to make his peace with God while the means of doing so were still in his power. The prisoner was either extremely indifferent, or so very much affected, as to have lost the sense of feeling—it was difficult to say whether. [to be continued]

Saturday 03 Apr 1819 (p. 3, col. 1-3) GAOL DELIVERY. JONATHAN RAINE, Esq., King's Counsel, arrived in Carlisle on Thursday night, as late as half-past ten o'clock, having been detained at Newcastle by a press of business. The High Sheriff went out to meet him, attended in the usual manner, and the coach was ushered into the town by torch-light. Mr. RAINE immediately proceeded to the Court Houses, and opened the Special Commission for a General Gaol Delivery, after which the Court was adjourned to nine the next morning. In the afternoon, a number of Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace, on the Grand Jury, &c. partook of the High Sheriff's hospitality at the Coffee House; but, in consequence of a recent death in his family, that gentleman was not present himself, and his place at the head of the table was filled by Edward HASELL, Esq. of Dalemain. Mr. RAINE has taken up his residence with the Mayor in Fisher-street. The Court opened yesterday morning at the hour appointed. After the usual preliminary business had been gone through, the following gentlemen were sworn as Grand Jurors. 1. Edward HASELL, of Dalemain, Esq. Foreman. 2. J. D. B. DYKES, of Dovenby Hall, Esq. 3. Wm. Ponsonby JOHNSON, of Walton House, Esq. 4. Thomas WYBERGH, of Brayton Hall, Esq. 5. William CALVERT, of Greta Bank, Esq. 6. G. S. MOUNSEY, of Carlisle, Esq. 7. Richard CUST, of Carlisle, Esq. 8. Matthew ATKINSON, of Templesowerby, Esq. 9. C. W. HUTCHINSON, of Carlisle, Esq. 10. Henry HALL, of Carlisle, Esq. 11. David KENNEDY, of Crosby, Esq. 12. John HODGSON, of Penton, Esq. 13. R. L. ROSS, of Staffield Hall, Esq. 14. James FORSTER, of Carlisle, Esq. 15. John LOWRY, of Bunker's Hill, Esq. 16. George BLAMIRE, of Suttle House, Esq. 17. Thomas BLAMIRE, of Carlisle, Esq. 18. Quintin BLACKBURN, of Norren Lodge, Esq. 19. Rowland FAWCETT, of Scaleby Castle, Esq. 20. Thomas HALTON, of Carlisle, Esq. 21. Wm. BLAMIRE, of Thackwood-Nook, Esq. 22. Peter DIXON, of Carlisle, Esq. 23. Richard FERGUSON, of Harker Lodge, Esq. His Lordship delivered the following charge:- GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND JURY, It affords me great pleasure, that it falls to my lot to address myself to persons such as now compose the Grand Jury; because it comes within my personal knowledge that many of you have that experience in business of the nature to come before you, which will tend greatly to render its performance easy, whilst at the same time it precludes the necessity of my saying much to you in the way of charge. Indeed, when I look at the calendar, I observe with satisfaction, all circumstances estimated, that there are not any cases of an alarming or frightful aspect: for when we consider the time which has elapsed since the last assizes were held in this place, a period fruitful in crime, it is rather a matter of congratulation to this great county that so few offences of a deep die have been committed. I do observe, indeed, three capital offences-one for forgery to procure the payment of prize money; the next, as great or perhaps greater, is for robbing the mail, the person robbing it being in the service of the Post-office, the third is a burglary. These, undoubtedly, are great offences. At the same time they are not marked by any features of atrocity, so as to make it necessary for me to say much regarding them. It will be your duty to examine the witnesses and to ascertain that the matters in charge are in some degree supported-it will be for me, sitting here in the station which I occupy, to sift the matter to the bottom, and to see that justice be impartially rendered. The rest of the offences, so far as the calendar describes them, are of a comparatively light nature. I will not now dwell longer than to suggest to you, that, for your own convenience, and for the dispatch of business, it will be desirable for you to enter at once upon the discharge of your important duties-and if in the progress of your enquiries, any difficulty should arise as to points of law, or of any other nature, I shall be extremely happy-indeed it is my duty-to render you any assistance in my power to give on being consulted by you through the medium of your foreman. [to be continued]

G’day Petra The marriage occurred in a “steeple house” – it’s recorded in 1748 at St Cuthbert’s Carlisle according to the IGI (but I’ve not had that microfilm in at my local library yet). I believe it is the first marriage for both of them. Mary was a Quaker by birth, so I imagine there’s a story to be had in the Quaker Minute Books (it’s a pity the LDS haven’t microfilmed them as they have the Quaker BDM registers). Now that I have an age for Thomas, it appears from Family Search that he was baptised in Lanercost in 1728, son of Edward, so he may even have been under 21 at the time of their marriage. Cheers David From: Petra Mitchinson via Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 2:56 AM To: cumberland@rootsweb.com ; 'Westmorland List' Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] [CUMB] Carlisle Patriot, 27 Mar 1819 - BMD Thank you, David. I'm pleased the transcription gave you new information! Was this either David's or Mary's second marriage? Otherwise this age difference with the wife being older was (and still is) quite unusual. Petra -----Original Message----- From: cumberland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cumberland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Armstrong via Sent: 07 January 2016 22:56 To: Petra Mitchinson <petra.mitchinson@doctors.org.uk>; Cumberland Mailing List <CUMBERLAND@rootsweb.com>; Westmorland List <ENG-WESTMORLAND@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CUMB] Carlisle Patriot, 27 Mar 1819 - BMD Many thanks Petra Thomas was the husband of Mary Sutton (and I hadn’t previously known that he was nearly ten years younger than his wife). David Armstrong Maylands Western Australia From: Petra Mitchinson via Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 4:15 AM To: Cumberland Mailing List ; Westmorland List Subject: [CUMB] Carlisle Patriot, 27 Mar 1819 - BMD Saturday 27 Mar 1819 (p. 3, col. 5) DEATHS. In Carlisle, on Tuesday last, the 23rd inst., in the 91st year of his age, Thomas CARRICK, father of David CARRICK, Banker, one of the Society of Friends. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Saturday 03 Apr 1819 (p. 3, col. 4) Monument to BURNS.—Mr. GRIERSON, of Dumfries, has received a letter from Messrs. MARTIN, DUPORT, and Co. of Demerary, containing a bill for £150, being the amount of subscriptions in Demerary towards the erection of the mausoleum and monument over the remains of BURNS. We are happy at the same time to mention that the marble sculpture, by TURNERELLI is arrived at Dumfries by the Sally and Anne from London, and on Thursday week was safely lodged in the session-house of St. Michael's Church, till a proper person is sent down to erect it in the mausoleum. It is packed in six large cases. Saturday last, a little girl, the daughter of a respectable tradesman in Dumfries, unseen by her parents, put her mouth to a kettle then on the fire, and unfortunately swallowed some of the warm water. The child, notwithstanding every medical assistance, after suffering in great agony, expired next day. A few days ago a native of Sanquhar put an end to his existence, by plunging into the river Nith. The deceased's affairs had long been in a very embarrassed state, and having, like too many, endeavoured to banish his cares by a practice that always augments them, it is supposed he had committed the rash act while under the influence of liquor. On Friday week, several persons, anxious to discover his body, searched the river with a drag near to the fatal spot, when, to their astonishment, they brought up the corpse of a beggar woman, whose fate, but for this circumstance, might have remained altogether unknown. After a farther search of nearly two hours, the body of the individual first mentioned was found, a considerable way below where his hat and watch seal had been picked up, and where, of course, it is supposed he had entered the river.

Saturday 03 Apr 1819 (p. 2, col. 3-4) ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS for the Relief of the LABOURING POOR. The very Rev. the Dean of Carlisle, £10 10 0 Mr. Thomas HUDSON, 1 1 0 Rev. Samuel HUDSON, 1 1 0 Miss BLAIR, 1 1 0 Miss FERGUSON, English-street, 1 1 0 Mr. William STORDY, 1 1 0 The Produce of two Nights' Per- formance at the Theatre by Amateurs, £46 9 3 } Mr. M'CREADY (the hire of the } 54 17 3 Theatre), 8 8 0 } Subscriptions continue to be received at all the BANKS, and by Mr. JOHN FAWCETT, jun., the Secretary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of RECOVERY met, on FRIDAY the 26th of MARCH, to receive the Estimates, according to Advertisement, for the intended Erection, when the lowest Estimate delivered in amounted to £800; but the Funds of the Committee not being more than Half that Sum, this most desirable Institution appeared likely a second Time to fall to the ground, had not Dr. HEYSHAM, with great liberality, stated, that in case the Subscription should not amount to more than £400, he would advance the remaining £400, and build the House on a Property of his own, very near the Scite last fixed upon, and, in the Opinion of the Medical Gentlemen present still more eligible, granting to the Committee a Lease for 99 Years, at the same reserved Ground Rent which they would have paid for the other Situation, at 6 per Cent; but if the Subscription amounted to £500, he would advance the Remainder at 5 per Cent. This proposition was gladly received by the Committee, who, however, desirous, as much as possible, to reduce the Sum to be advanced by Dr. HEYSHAM, immediately added to the former Subscriptions as follows:— The High Sheriff, £3 3 0 | Henry HALL, Esq., 2 2 0 Capt. HALTON, 2 2 0 | Mr. John FERGUSON, 1 1 0 C. W. HUTCHINSON, | Dr. BARNES, 1 1 0 Esq., 2 2 0 | COWEN, HEYSHAM, & Messrs. Peter DIXON | Co., 2 2 0 and Sons, 5 5 0 | ROTHWELL &. Co., 2 2 0 John FORSTER, Esq. 2 2 0 | Further Subscriptions will be received by Mr. JOHN FAWCETT, jun. the Secretary and Treasurer, or at any of the BANKS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Partnership between JAMES HEWARD and THOMAS HEWARD, under the Firm of JAMES HEWARD & SON, of Scotch Street, CARLISLE, TAILORS & HABIT-MAKERS, is dissolved with mutual Consent. Witness their Hands, JAMES HEWARD. THOMAS HEWARD. Witness, RICHARD LAW. In future, the above Business will be carried on by THOMAS HEWARD alone, who hopes by Punctuality and Attention, to merit from his Friends and the Public, a Continuation of the liberal Favours conferred on his Father and himself during their Co-partnership. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STAINGILLS FARM, NEAR TEMPLESOWERBY. TO BE LET, for such a Term of Years as may be agreed upon, a most desirable FARM, situated Seven Miles from PENRITH, consisting of upwards 550 Acres. The Estate has been in the possession of the Proprietor many years, and the whole is in the highest state of Cultivation. It may be either entered upon immediately, and the Crop and any part of the Stock taken at a valuation, or at Candlemas next. MATTHEW ATKINSON, of Templesowerby, Esq. the Owner, or Mr. CRAIG, will give every information; but it will be unnecessary for any person to apply except such as have both the inclination and ability to pursue the present improved state of Husbandry. April 2, 1819. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOSIERY BUSINESS. STOCK IN TRADE, MACHINERY, AND FINISHING UTENSILS, &c. FOR SALE. TO BE SOLD, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, the Valuable and Well-assorted STOCK IN TRADE of R. & G. COWEN, Hosiers, &c. Castle Street, CARLISLE; together with SEVENTEEN STOCKING FRAMES, in excellent working Order, FINISHING UTENSILS, &c. &c. To any one desirous of commencing the HOSIERY BUSINESS, this Concern would be found very advantageous, as R. & G. COWEN, during the last seven years, have established most respectable Connections in Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire, Northumberland, Durham, &c.; and for Twenty Years prior to that time, the Business was profitably carried on by the late Mr. T. MARSTON. Having formed other connections, R. & G. C. are reluctantly constrained to withdraw from the Hosiery Business altogether, and any respectable Person will find them ready to treat for its disposal on the most liberal Terms. HOSIERY GOODS SELLING OFF AT PRIME COST. R. & G. COWEN beg to inform their Friends in the above Counties, and elsewhere, that, in the mean time, their Orders will, as usual, be punctually attended to, and that their goods will be charged at the Cost Prices only. They also beg to acquaint their Friends in Carlisle and its Vicinity, that the whole of their extensive Retail Stock, consisting of Silk, Cotton, Lamb's-Wool, Worsted, Angola, and Vigonia Hose, of all Sizes, and of the best Quality; Sewing, Knitting, and Working Cottons; Angola, Lamb's-Wool, and Worsted Yarns, &c. &c. &c. are at present selling off at Prime Cost. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW PAPER. ON MONDAY, the 19th of APRIL, 1819, WILL BE PUBLISHED, A NEW WEEKLY PAPER, TO BE CALLED THE WHITEHAVEN GAZETTE, AND CUMBERLAND ADVERTIZER. Orders for the Paper are requested to be Addressed to T. WILSON, the Publisher, King Street, WHITEHAVEN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO BE LET, and Entered on at WHITSUNTIDE, a large and convenient DWELLING HOUSE, with a Garden and Stable backwards, situated at the Foot of FISHER-STREET. Particulars may be known by application to Mr. GIBBONS, the Owner. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DWELLING HOUSE TO LET. TO BE LET, for Five Years, and Entered upon Immediately, a large and Commodious DWELLING HOUSE, with an excellent GARDEN and ORCHARD, with other Conveniences, situate at PARKBROOM, in the Parish of Stanwix, in the County of Cumberland. Application for taking the same to be made to JAMES GRAHAM, Esq., of Richardby, the Owner; or to Mr. BOUSTEAD, Fisher Street, Carlisle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEARING AND SLOPING TO LET. TO BE LET, the LABOUR of WEARING and SLOPING of about Sixty Roods, against the River Eden, in AMBROSE HOLME, near Linstock. Proposals (by the Rood) in Writing will be received by Mr. BOUSTEAD, of Fisher Street, Carlisle, until the 17th Day of April instant. James BELL, Hind at Ambrose Holme, will shew the Place to be weared, and the Width and Direction of the Sloping. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEARING STAKES, RAILS, POSTS, &c. TO BE SOLD. TO BE SOLD, at the Plantation (near HIGH CROSBY), belonging to JAMES GRAHAM, Esq., a large Number of WEARING STAKES, of various Lengths, RAILS and POSTS, HEDGE-STAKES, and FIR TOPS, prepared and ready for immediate Use. Any Person wishing to purchase, may be supplied with any Number by applying to Mr. BOUSTEAD, Fisher Street, Carlisle, or to WILLIAM MARTIN, Carpenter, Linstock; the latter of whom will regularly attend at the Plantation to deliver the same. 1st. April, 1819.