Saturday 10 Jul 1819 (p. 2, col. 6 – p. 3, col. 2) We are happy to observe that Mr. WEBSTER, well known throughout the kingdom as an eminent scientific character, intends to deliver a course of Lectures in Carlisle, to commence on the evening of Friday next. Mr. WEBSTER's apparatus is now superior to any that has ever been seen in this part of the kingdom. He has already obtained a very respectable list of subscribers; which, we feel assured, will greatly increase as soon as his intentions become generally known. The numerous improvements which have lately taken place in the sciences embraced in Mr. WEBSTER's lectures, will render them novel as well as interesting even to the majority of those who pay more than ordinary attention to scientific subjects. Besides a complete gaslight apparatus, Mr. WEBSTER carries with him no less than eight working models of steam engines, and his illustration of the principle of Davy's Lamp is at once scientific and familiar. We refer the reader to the advertisement, and feel confidence in recommending his Lectures to public attention. The Triennial Visitation and Confirmation of the Lord Bishop of this Diocese was holden in the Cathedral on Monday last. There were 1543 persons confirmed upon this occasion.—His Lordship, in his charge to the Clergy, delivered some most excellent and judicious remarks upon the course of study and the necessary qualifications of candidates for ordination. He also recommended to the Clergy in general, the establishment of a fund for the relief of distressed clergymen, their widows and orphans. In consequence of his Lordship's recommendation the Clergy (who dined with the Bishop) unanimously entered into a subscription for the above useful purpose, and 30 guineas were subscribed. In our last number, we fell into an error in saying that the Carlisle Gas Light Company had contracted for lighting the city lamps; they have contracted with a person of eminence for the erection of the necessary gas works which are now in progress; the whole to be finished, and the city and suburbs lighted by the 1st of October. The body of Mr. Walter LAIDLER, traveller for BUSH & WERE, of London, (whose fatal accident we mentioned in our last) was found on Saturday, a few yards below where he sunk. A Coroner's Inquest was held in the evening at the Grapes Inn, and the Jury's verdict, was "Drowned while bathing in the river Eden." On Sunday, the remains were interred, in St. Mary's Church-yard. The funeral was attended by Mr. NICHOLSON, who came down from the House, and all the Commercial Travellers at the different Inns, in number above 20, as well as many of their friends in this city. Mr. LAIDLER was much respected by his employers, and his books and accounts were found perfectly correct. We are sorry to find that his widow and child and an aged mother, are left without means of support. Several absurd reports have got into circulation relative to a supposed difference between the deceased and his wife, &c. but they are entirely destitute of truth. On Wednesday night, a quantity of clothes left out to bleach, was stolen from a garden at Stanwix by some nightly depredators, who have not yet been completely discovered, but we are happy to learn that there is a clue to their detection. On Thursday last, at Crosby-upon-Eden, a cow that had shortly before lost her calf, attacked a child about three years old, knocked it down, and trampled upon it. A woman of the name of REAY ran to the child's assistance, when the animal turned upon her, soon brought her to the ground, and very much hurt her, dislocating her wrist, and trampling upon her neck: the poor woman was rescued by some of her neighbours with great difficulty. On Friday last, as John ADDISON, a boy about 12 years of age, was riding on a horse in a cart near Wigton, he unfortunately fell backwards and died instantly on the spot from the wounds received in his head and neck by the fall. On the following day a Coroner's Inquest was held, when the Jury returned a verdict of accidental death. It was said in our last paper, that Mr. PARKINS had been elected Sheriff of London and Middlesex, "under the auspices of Mr. WOOLER." We are assured by a gentleman who was present, that Mr. WOOLER had not the slightest connexion with the business, and that Mr. P. was chosen by the unanimous voice of a great number of the livery, upon independent principles. In a speech in the House of Commons, on Tuesday night, on the Charitable Foundations Bill, Mr. BROUGHAM said, that the number of children educated in the county of Cumberland, with reference to the amount of the population, is one-eleventh. In Bedford, they amounted to only one-twenty-first. Signal stations are about to be erected on several parts of the coast, to watch the movements of the smuggling vessels, and give notice of their approach. A correspondent informs us, that at the late Newcastle races an unfortunate Dandy met with a serious kind of accident. Mounted on his Rosinante, he was showing off in great style in the neighbourhood of the course, when, in consequence of some irregular motion on the part of his horse, he lost his seat and fell to the ground. He fortunately pitched on his head, which being formed of true Dandy materials, sustained no injury, but his neck, being vulnerable, suffered severely from a tin stiffner enclosed in his cravat. It was literally cut all round, and bled profusely. Mayor's Court.—In the Mayor's Court, held at the Town Hall, on Monday, a case came before his worship and a jury, which is of some importance to tradesmen, and will serve as a caution. It was an action brought by a mail-coach guard, named GRAHAM, against Mr. THURNAM, bookseller, in Carlisle, for the recovery of £1, under the following circumstances.—John UNDERWOOD deposed, that he was sent by GRAHAM from the house Mr. M'GLASSON, an innkeeper, to get four Scotch notes changed for those of the Bank of England, which he wanted to carry south in order to oblige friends in that quarter, where Scotch notes are not current. UNDERWOOD procured three at Mr. THURNAM's, and one at Mrs. SEWELL's, the whole of which he put together, but he well knew the latter's note on account of its colour. This was on a Wednesday. GRAHAM carried the notes south, and on Sunday he brought back one of them, saying it was forged, which witness knew he had of Mr. THURNAM by a rent that was in it. On taking this note back to Mr. THURNAM on the Monday morning, that gentleman refused to change it, alleging that is was not the same which had been obtained of him. On his cross-examination by Mr. PEARSON, and in answer to some questions put to him from the bench, the witness admitted he did not know the note by the number, signature, or any private mark, but simply by the rent: it also appeared that GRAHAM had been in Carlisle two or three times in the interval between obtaining the note and the time of returning it. Mr. ROWLANDS, of the New Bank, said that he was present when UNDERWOOD swore to the note before Dr. HEYSHAM, and he heard UNDERWOOD say that he thought the rent was longer when he had the note of Mr. THURNAM, than when GRAHAM brought it back. Mr. ROWLANDS had no doubt whatever of the note being a forged one. If he had mixed a note having such a rent with others, he should not have thought of swearing to it by that mark alone. But a great many notes passed through his hands: perhaps if he had received only three or four, he might be able to do so.—Mr. PEARSON addressed the jury at some length: he dwelt upon the improbability of UNDERWOOD being able to swear to a note by a simple tear or rent, and pointed out the danger of giving a verdict upon such a species of identification—for if so slight a knowledge were allowed to be conclusive, the hazard to which respectable tradesmen would be exposed, was great and alarming. He felt assured that the jury would never give sanction to such doubtful proof.—The Mayor in summing up, told the jury, that the question for them to decide was, whether they thought the mark was such as to enable UNDERWOOD to identify it. If they thought so, the plaintiff must have a verdict; if they thought otherwise, they were bound to find for the defendant. The jury retired for a short time, and returned with a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 20s.