Saturday 06 Mar 1819 (p. 3, col. 2-3) The Globe of Tuesday, says,—The statement in The Carlisle Patriot is not correct, that it is intended to send down to the four Northern Counties this spring, a Sergeant-at-Law, with a commission for a gaol delivery. But the Judges on the Northern Circuit (if they have time) will be at liberty to extend their circuit."—This may be true—but we derived our statement from pretty good authority. The potatoe pits belonging to various farmers in this neighbourhood have lately been plundered of a part of their contents. On Sunday evening last, a man named Samuel M'MORRISON, from Scotland, gave out that he had been stopped upon Hissop Holme Banks, very near Carlisle, by three men, who robbed him of upwards of twenty three pounds. From various circumstances, this man is considered an impostor: the reader will judge of the probability of his story on perusing the following substance of a deposition which he made before the Chief Magistrate of this City:— His name is Samuel M'MORRISON, is a labourer, and lives at the Claghan of Dariah [?], in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, county of Galloway. On Saturday the 25th of Feb. last, he borrowed from Samuel MOFFAT, of Augenhasting, Sanquhar, (a laird) the sum of £10; he told MOFFAT that he was going either to Glasgow or Carlisle to buy cottons, corduroys, and handkerchiefs, for the purpose of selling again. MOFFAT was quite willing to lend him the money, asked him for no security, but deponent gave him a memorandum on plain paper; the money consisted wholly of one pound notes of the Bank of Scotland. He had cash of his own, consisting of one £5 note, and eight one pound notes of the Bank of Scotland, and 10s. 6d. in silver; he has three sons and four daughters; the eldest son is 15 years of age, and the daughters are all younger; none of them work, and such as are fit, go to school; he has not had but a few day's close work for a year past; was never any thing but a labourer, and never had any thing from the poor's box. On Friday morning the 27th Feb. he took all this money out of his chest, rolled it up in a piece of paper, and left home about nine o'clock. He did not stop till he came to Collin Tollbar, about 3 miles this side of Dumfries, where he had tea, for which he paid 1s. but did not take out his notes. He left this place between 7 and 8 o'clock on Saturday morning and came to Annan, where he arrived about three o'clock—did not stop on the road, except to speak to one Wm. GRAHAM, whom he met. At Annan he only had a dram of whiskey, his supper, and his breakfast on Sunday morning, and held communication with no one. He left Annan about ten on Sunday morning, came on without stopping, crossed the ferry at Rocliff by IRWIN's boat, and continued his journey till he reached a public house (Cargo Lane End) about 3 miles from Carlisle, where he had a pint of ale. Here he stopped only a very short time, and then proceeded onwards for Carlisle. Between the public house and Kingmoor, he passed two young men who looked like farmer's servants, with reddish hair; one had on a blue coat and trowsers, and the other a blue coat, and drab breeches and leggings—it was then quite light and clear. He proceeded onward until he came within a few yards of the chair upon the Terrace at Etterby Hill, where he met three men—two of them had blue coats and clear buttons; one breeches and shoes, and the other dark pantaloons; the third had a white coat, and light waistcoat und breeches. The man with the white breeches and blue coat, made a push at him with a spear or sharp instrument, which cut through his waistcoat and shirt, grazing his breast, at the same time he called out "stop!"—another seized him by the collar, and the third presented a pistol at him, and said, "not a word, or I'll take your life." The man with the dark trowsers ran his hands down deponent's sides feeling for money about his breast; he (the man) then proceeded to examine all his pockets and took the £23 out of his waistcoat pocket, and 10s. 6d. in silver and some copper, out of his left hand trowser-pocket.—The last work that deponent had, was at John BELL's, at Blackwhairn, in Nov. last; he worked four days for him at 1s. per day and his victuals; he had seven days' work before that at John M'ROBERTSON's taking up potatoes at 1s. per day; previous to that he had had no work for more than half a year.—Soon after he was robbed, he met a Gentleman and a Lady near the place where the men stopped him, and told them what had happened; he then met another man and told him the same, after which he went in search of KIRK the constable. Has no hawker's licence, nor ever dealt in cotton goods. This is M’MORRISON's story—certainly a very strange if not an improbable one. It is rather singular that a labouring man with a large family should possess so much spare cash after having been so long out of work. There is also an error in the dates at the commencement. New Potatoes were exposed for Sale in Brampton Market, on Wednesday last, by Mr. Thomas BOUSTEAD, of Easby. Mr. LAIDLAW, of Hill, near Gilsland, was unfortunately drowned in the river Irthing, on the night of Wednesday the 24th ultimo, as he was returning from Brampton Market, having, as is supposed, missed his way, owing to the darkness of the night. On Sunday night last, some person or persons made an attempt to break into the warehouse of Mr. FORSTER, in Lowther-street and Chapel-street, Whitehaven, by breaking a pane in the window which fronts into the latter street; but finding that there were iron bars across the window on the inside, they contented themselves with taking a pair of shoes, some shoe brushes, and other articles of little value, which happened to be within their reach. Last week, Robert KEY was committed to Appleby gaol, charged with breaking into the weaving shop of Richard HUXTON, at Grayrigg, and stealing therefrom a quantity of linen cloth and linen yarn. Mr. Thos. RATCLIFFE, of North Shields, killed two oxen, of extraordinary beauty and fatness last week. One called "the Flower of Scotland," bred by Mr. STEWARD, of Duncarne Willie, Fifeshire, was exhibited at Mr. CURWEN's agricultural show.