Saturday 19 Dec 1818 (p. 3, col. 1-2) As in most other places at this moment, the Typhus Fever is greatly on the increase in Carlisle and its immediate neighbourhood. It gives us great pleasure, however, to observe, that, at the requisition of a great number of the principal Inhabitants, his Worship the Mayor has appointed a Meeting to be held at the Town Hall, on Tuesday next, "for the purpose of considering the propriety of establishing an Institution for the cure and prevention of contagious fevers." Of the propriety of such an establishment, most persons, we believe, were agreed long ago; and the desired measure would have been carried into effect last year, if unavoidable obstacles had not prevented it. No such obstacles now exist: a convenient situation offers itself: all that is wanting is pecuniary support, and that, we feel assured, will be liberally afforded the moment that proper persons are duly authorised to receive and manage it. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement in the front page, and entreat them to attend a meeting which will afford them an opportunity of doing a great good by the subscription of a small sum. It is the business of every one to assist in repressing a scourge that pays no more respect to the richest than to the poorest,though, of course, the latter, being more exposed to contagion, must be the greatest sufferers,but this, again, is an additional call upon those whom Providence has placed in more favourable situations. On Thursday forenoon, about eleven o'clock, a robbery of a very unprincipled description was committed in the dwelling-house of Mr. John BURROW, machine-maker, Scotch Street, in this City, by Joseph SKANES, a lodger, who stole nearly £20 in notes, of the East Lothian and Whitehaven Banks, two silver watches; one marked "Henry IVISON, Carlisle, No. 1822," and the other "James RENNIE, Carlisle, No. 645." SKANES is by trade a tailor, and has lately entered as a recruit in the 55th regt. He is about 5 ft. 5 in. high, has a round face, pug nose, black bushy hair, and dark eyes. The loss is terribly heavy on Mr. BURROW, who can ill sustain it: he has offered a reward for the villain's apprehension. The Caldbeck Fells, last week, were topped with snow. On Tuesday morning we had a sharp frost. St. Ann's Hospital, Appleby.It has struck many persons with surprise, that, while Mr. BROUGHAM was so actively engaged in his enquiries relative to the abuse of Charitable Funds, should forget St. Ann's Hospital, at Appleby, under the controul of the Earl of Thanet. A writer on this subject, in a Kendal paper, gives the following statement. INCOME. EXPENDITURE. Tenants. Acres. Am. Robert NICHOLSON £200 | 12 Widows, 20l. each £240 Rev. J. JENNINGS 15 8 | 1 Widow, 22l. 22 Thomas LAMB 15 30 | Rev. J. HEELIS 20 James BEWSHER 17 34 | 13 Cart loads of Coals 8 Joseph THOMPSON 25 50 | Surplus not account- } A. CRAIG, & Co. 18 48 | ed for } 250 Farmer at Brougham 170 | ------- | ------ £540 | £540 He further observes"I will not pledge myself for the accuracy of every item in the above account; but I will affirm the gross amount to be near the truth. I will likewise affirm, without fear of contradiction, that the real value of the estate is eight hundred pounds per annum. However, the present object is to enquire about the appropriation of the surplus, with its accumulation of interest for the last thirty years, which amounts to the sum of eighteen thousand pounds."It is to be hoped that Mr. BROUGHAM's vigilance will not slumber herethere seems ample room for enquiry. At this period, when so much alarm is excited by the appearance of the Typhus Fever, householders of all descriptions cannot be too attentive to every department where cleanliness is necessary, and particularly in removing every kind of nuisance from their dwellings, &c. The Rev. Mr. HUDSON, of Stanwix, has now in his garden, gooseberries, which measure an inch and a quarter in circumference. A Correspondent says"There is now (Tuesday last) in the neighbourhood of Drumburgh, a Hawthorn in full bloom." Fletcher RAINCOCK, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, is appointed Recorder of the Borough of Kendal, vice the late Richard HOWARD, Esq.