Saturday 16 Jan 1819 (p. 2, col. 4-5) The Earl of Carlisle, with his accustomed liberality, has caused to be distributed in the course of last week, upwards of 140 cart loads of coals amongst the poor housekeepers of Brampton. The Pigeon-Cote at Rose Castle has lately been plundered of a quantity of pigeons; a sun dial-plate has been taken away from the pleasure grounds; and a few articles have been stolen from one of the stables. The Rev. Thos. RAMSHAY, Vicar of Brampton, has made a handsome donation of Oatmeal to the poor housekeepers of the parish under his care. Walter SCOTT, by the death of his wife's brother, has come in possession of a large fortune. The weather has been exceedingly boisterous during the past week. Sunday last was a very wet and stormy day; but towards midnight the wind increased to a pitch of violence seldom witnessed in this climate, and continued to rage, accompanied by very heavy rain, until about four o'clock on Monday morning; there was also a considerable quantity of lightning. The roofs of various houses in Carlisle and neighbourhood were more or less injured; but that is the only damage which we have heard of in this quarter. On Thursday, the wind again blew with great fury; the roofs of many houses were again damaged, and many windows were blown in; the most extensive injury of this kind was at St. Mary's Church. From four to six in the morning, there was much lightning. The flashes were unusually vivid, and very rapid in succession: there were also both thunder and lightning yesterday morning. We are afraid that we shall receive some disastrous news from sea; our shipping intelligence already contains an account of several wrecks and other losses on the West Coast. It appears by our Scotch News that the storm on Sunday night was very severe at Dumfries. Three men, disguised, entered the Dwelling-house of Mr. John PEARSON, of Cliburn, near Penrith, on Monday night last, presented a pistol at the old man, and fiercely demanded his money. He had received Twenty Pounds in the course of that day, which he delivered up. The villains have not yet been discovered. We are informed that the Great Northern Bard, Walter SCOTT, has had the honour of a Baronetcy conferred upon him. Whitehaven, on Sunday evening last, was visited by a most tremendous storm of thunder and lightning, with torrents of rain. On Monday forenoon, an alarming fire broke out from the chimney of Mr. BROCKBANK, stationer, Whitehaven, which was happily extinguished by the people assembled on the occasion, without much damage. At the Croft Pit, Whitehaven, on Tuesday morning, as a girl, aged 13, was stepping into the basket, to go down to her work, her foot slipped, she fell to the bottom, and was almost dashed to pieces! Caution.-Last week, at Bishopwearmouth, a fine child about 4 years old, drank out of a tea-kettle which had just been taken off the fire, and was so dreadfully scalded as to die almost instantly.