Saturday 26 Dec 1818 (p. 2, col. 6 – p. 3, col. 1-2) We are happy in announcing the return of Mr. CARLYLE to this City. Since his commencement in Nov. 1817, upwards of 200 Ladies and Gentlemen have sat to him, and about 30 during his short visit to the South of Scotland. This is the best proof we can give of the excellence of his productions: we refer our readers to his address in another column. On Wednesday last, a General Meeting of the Subscribers to the intended Canal from Carlisle to the Solway Frith, was held at the Town Hall, when the draft of the act was submitted to their consideration; and it was unanimously resolved that measures should be taken to get it passed through both Houses of Parliament as soon as possible. It is designed, if practicable, to introduce a clause which will be of great benefit to the inhabitants of Carlisle and its neighbourhood, namely, to give the Committee of Management the power of appointing a person to measure or weigh all coals that may be sold at the Canal basin, in order to prevent the frauds which it is notorious are daily practised in the sale of that article;—this person, when he has weighed or measured the quantity wanted, at the expense of the seller, will send or deliver to the purchaser a ticket certifying that the weight or measure is really what it purports to be.—There is now, we understand, a fair prospect of carrying the navigation onwards to the Eastern Coast: the gentlemen of Newcastle, we are told, are again on the alert, and are determined to persevere: so we are informed, and we are ready to believe it, for we have no doubt of their public spirit: in that case, the inhabitants of Carlisle, and those who have so nobly come forward in support of the measure in Cumberland, will have an additional reason for congratulation that they took the post of honour and led the way. May they be rewarded an hundred fold! and this they may reasonably expect if the whole of the navigation is completed.—A fact was stated at this Meeting of a pleasing nature: the Canal Committee lately advertised the casting of a considerable quantity of clay to be let, near Fisher's Cross, for brick-making. Forty tenders were given in for this work—and it was let for just one half the expense laid down in Mr. CHAPMAN's estimate. Taking this as a criterion, little fear need be entertained that the total charge will exceed that gentleman's calculations. The workmen who have contracted to cut the clay for brick-making, on the line of Canal, about a mile this side of Bowness, have been much impeded in their labour this week, by unexpectedly coming in contact with the foundation of the celebrated Roman Wall. After this was removed, they came to a regular pavement immediately underneath it. The quantity of stones dug out is considerable, and they are, in general, of a large size. Should the foundation extend further, it will become very useful in the construction of the Canal, as stones are valuable in that neighbourhood. What a difference in the state of the country do the two works imply! The Earl of Lonsdale's birth-day will be celebrated at the King's Head, Appleby, on the 29th inst.: Also at Whitehaven, in the usual manner. We have had some sharp frosts during the past week, which have put a stop to premature vegetation. On Thursday last, a young woman named MILLER, 20 years of age, nearly lost her life in Shaddongate, near this city, in a most melancholy manner. While standing with her back towards the fire, her clothes caught in a flame, and discovering it, she immediately ran into the road, screaming and calling for assistance in her flight, though there were some persons in the house with her. Her rapid motion increased the strength of the flames, and she ran about so violently that no one for the moment could render her any aid. At length a young man named Jonathan STORY, rushed out of his shop, caught her his arms, threw her down, and thus extinguished the fire, but not without being burnt himself very considerably. The poor young woman was dreadfully scalded as well as frightened. Medical aid was instantly obtained, but there is very little hope of her recovery. On Saturday last, Jane GRAHAM was committed to Carlisle gaol, charged with stealing a piece of Beef, the property of Mr. Joseph ALLISON, of Stainton.—And the preceding day, Edward BURROW was likewise committed for killing two rabbits in the warren of Mr. Robert BEEBY. Yesterday, Elizabeth IRVING, and Isabella IRVING, single woman, arrived at our gaol, committed by John CHRISTIAN, Esq. for burglariously breaking into the dwelling house of Mr. George TODIFF, of Woolstey Hall, and stealing therefrom divers articles of wearing apparel, and other property. The poor felons confined in the gaol return thanks to a benevolent person unknown, for a plentiful mess of Beef for thirty-five. Mr. MULCASTER, of Stanwix, has this year given his usual annual gift of coals, beef, and potatoes to the poor inhabitants of that village. Mr. John GRAHAM, of Blackhall Wood, is now soiling his cattle with natural grass, the fourth time cutting; he has a good supply without any kind of forcing by water, or by any other method. There appears to be at Penrith, a set of depredators, whose plan it is to enter people's houses when the doors are left open, or when the family happens to be absent, and stealing whatever they can most readily carry off.—On Saturday evening last, some one took a dining table and several other articles from a dwelling-house: various houses have experienced similar visits,—so that it is now the duty of housekeepers and servants to be more than ordinarily circumspect. Committed to Appleby gaol, Betty NICHOLSON, charged with stealing £14 in bank notes from the house of Thomas GIBSON, in the township of Helsington. Tuesday se'nnight, the Anniversary of the subscribers and benefactors to the National School lately erected at Kendal, was held in that town, when a satisfactory report from the Committee was read, and other business transacted, The subscribers dined at the King's Arms on the occasion, John PEARSON, Esq. Mayor of Kendal, in the Chair. Daniel WILSON, Esq. Dallam Tower, and several of the most respectable gentlemen of the neighbourhood, were among the company. The generous founder, Matthew PIPER, Esq. of Whitehaven, was not forgotten. Considerable damage was done by fire, last week, in the flax and tow shop of Messrs. CRAGG and BOWERBANK, Milnthorp, Westmorland. It is intended to present Joshua DIXON, M. D. with a Piece of Plate, as a mark of public respect for his gratuitous attendance on the patients relieved at the Whitehaven Dispensary, during a period of thirty five years, and upwards. Lord Ellenborough's remains have been interred in the Charter House, of which he was a Governor: his Lordship was in his 69th year. One night last week, the gamekeeper of Cuthbert ELLISON, Esq. M. P. of Hebburn Hall, was shot in the thigh by a young man, one of a gang of poachers whom he detected. The offender is in custody. Appointments in the Isle of Man:—J. COSNAHAN, Esq. late Water Bailiff, to be one of his Majesty's Deemsters, vice the Hon. Deemster MOORE, deceased. Robert STEWART, Esq. to be Collector of his Majesty's Customs, vice William SCOTT, Esq. deceased. George QUIRK, Esq. late Secretary to the Hon. Lieut.-Governor SMELT, to be Water Bailiff, vice John COSNAHAN, Esq. promoted. St. Ann's Hospital Appleby.—There are two sides to every question, and the proper method of coming to a decision is to hear both. We last week inserted an extract from a Kendal paper relative to the funds of the above institution: we find the following answer to it in another Journal, printed in that town:— "Now this writer was not aware, that while endeavouring to raise a charge against the Earl of Thanet he has shewn that this Nobleman has been in the habit of paying to the poor three times as much as was directed to do by the will of the Foundress. By referring to Dr. BURN's History of Westmorland we find a summary of the Statutes of the Foundress, Anne Countess of Pembroke, which concludes thus—"and they, (the Heirs of the Countess) also to be visitors of the said Hospital, and have power to expel for immorality or any other cause: and with the consent of the Lord Chancellor or of the Archbishop of York for the time being, to have power to make Statutes for the government of the said Hospital and disposition of the lands, goods, and revenues thereof; the said revenues not to exceed the sum of £100 yearly." Vol. I. p. 329. And in the Statutes the distribution of this £100 among the Widows and Chaplain after a reservation for repairs, is provided for. The poor Widows, who if they had been dealt with according to the letter of the charter would have had a scanty pittance, enjoy at present a comfortable subsistence. The Estates of the Hospital have but recently been raised to their present rent, and the Earl of Thanet has directed that from Christmas next, £10 a-year shall be added to each of the stipends. This, on 14, will amount to £140; which, added to the sum mentioned makes £430. That ingenuous writer never mentions any of the necessary deductions from the gross produce of the land, of which all landholders are well enough aware; nor any of the necessary outgoings of an Establishment like the Hospital; nor the directions of the Foundress to reserve a certain part of the revenue to provide against contingences.—Now to the charge against Mr. BROUGHAM. Why, (it is said,) did he not inquire into this abuse in the Hospital at Appleby as Chairman of the Education Committee? In the first place we have shewn that there is no abuse; but, on the contrary, that the Visitors of that Hospital have acted with a degree of generosity for which they are deserving of praise: in the next place if there had been any abuse, Mr. BROUGHAM as Chairman of the Education Committee, could have nothing to do with it." The three sons of which the wife of Mr. Thomas BAXENDALE, near Preston, was lately delivered at one birth, have all fallen sacrifice to the small pox: and a poor man named John CROSS, a boat-wright, of Marsh, in Lincolnshire, has within the last fifteen days lost his wife and six fine children, by the same dreadful disease. This is a striking instance of the folly, we might almost say the wickedness, of not adopting vaccination.

Hi all, Vaccination for small pox -- interesting -- hadn't realised it was being recommended by 1818, but then I checked Wikipedia ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine> Various methods of inducing immunity known as "variolation" or "insufflation" (using "ingrafting" in Turkey) was recognised as a practice as much as 100 years earlier (Britain and North America), and the Chinese even earlier - 1567-1572. Susan -----Original Message----- From: eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com <mailto:eng-westmorland-bounces@rootsweb.com> ] On Behalf Of Petra Mitchinson via Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2015 23:32 To: Cumberland Mailing List; Westmorland List Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Carlisle Patriot, 26 Dec 1818 - Local News Saturday 26 Dec 1818 (p. 2, col. 6 - p. 3, col. 1-2) <<snip>> The three sons of which the wife of Mr. Thomas BAXENDALE, near Preston, was lately delivered at one birth, have all fallen sacrifice to the small pox: and a poor man named John CROSS, a boat-wright, of Marsh, in Lincolnshire, has within the last fifteen days lost his wife and six fine children, by the same dreadful disease. This is a striking instance of the folly, we might almost say the wickedness, of not adopting vaccination. <<end>>