Saturday 12 Dec 1818 (p. 2, col. 4-6) CARLISLE CANAL NAVIGATION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS to the proposed CANAL between the City of CARLISLE, and the SOLWAY FRITH, will be held at the Town Hall, Carlisle, on Wednesday the 23rd December instant, at 10 o'Clock in the Forenoon, when the Draft of the Bill for carrying into effect the proposed Canal Navigation will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting. By Order of the Committee of Management, W. NANSON, Secretary. FURTHER SUBSCRIPTIONS. Rev. Robert MARKHAM, Prebendary of } Shares. £. Carlisle, } 10 500 John EVANS, (additional) 1 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT on the Twelfth Day of December instant, an Order was signed by JOHN LOWRY and DAVID KENNEDY, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Cumberland, for diverting, turning, and stopping up a certain part of a Highway within the Townships of KIRKLINTON, MIDDLE, and LINESIDE, in the said County, lying between Lineside Toll-bar and the west corner of a certain Field belonging to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Bart., at or near Astonby; and that the said Order will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the said County, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden at COCKERMOUTH, in and for the said County, on the 12th Day of January next; and also, that the said Order will, at the said Quarter Sessions, be confirmed and enrolled, unless upon an Appeal against the same to be then made, it be otherwise determined. Dated this Twelfth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord, 1818. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT on the Ninth Day of December, 1818, an Order was signed by Thomas LOWRY, Doctor in Divinity, and John HEYSHAM, Esquire, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland, for stopping up two certain common Highways at and near STREET-HOUSE, in the Township of HAYTON, in the Parish of Hayton and the County of Cumberland aforesaid,—One of the said Highways leading from Street-House aforesaid, to the North-West Corner of a Close belonging to Mary GRAHAM, of Stonehouse, in the said Township of Hayton, Widow, for the length of 476 Yards, or thereabouts: And the Other of the said Highways leading from the North-East Corner of the said Close of the said Mary GRAHAM, to the Coal Road between Street-House aforesaid, and Talkin, at the North-East Corner of a Close belonging to one James FISHER, for the length of 362 Yards, or thereabouts,—And for diverting and turning the same into one line or tract as to be more commodious for the Public, as follows, that is to say, from the North-East Corner of the said Close of the said Mary GRAHAM, to the said Coal Road at the South-East Corner of the said Close of the said James FISHER, being of the length of 362 yards, or thereabouts. And that the said Order will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the said County, at the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden at COCKERMOUTH, in and for the said County; and also that the said Order will, at the said Quarter Sessions, be confirmed and inrolled, unless upon an Appeal against the same to be then made, it be otherwise determined. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKBINDING. J. SOMERVILLE, (Late Binder for Mr. B. SCOTT, Bookseller,) RESPECTFULLY informs his Friends and the Public, that he has commenced Business as BOOKBINDER, in Peascod's Lane, Market-place, CARLISLE. During the last Ten Years he has embraced every opportunity of attaining (and flatters himself has acquired) a perfect knowledge of the Business, and still intends to direct his attention exclusively to the Binding, and therefore hopes to give that satisfaction to his Employers which will merit a share of the Public Favour. N. B.—Account Books made and ruled to any Pattern. Booksellers' Work executed on the most reasonable Terms. Specimens Bound in Calf, Russia, Morocco, and Velvet, may be seen at his House. Carlisle, Dec. 11, 1818. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MRS M. E. NUTTER, (LATE H. THOMPSON,) RESPECTFULLY announces her intention of carrying on the SCHOOL so long and ably conducted by the late Miss ROLANDS, on the same Plan and Terms as heretofore; and trusts by unremitting attention and strict regularity, to meet and merit that share of Public Patronage which it shall be her constant study to secure. Drawing taught in Oil and Water Colours. Foot of Fisher-street, Dec. 9, 1818. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOG LOST. STRAYED from the NEW CROWN INN, PENRITH, on the 27th of October last, a large Red and White SETTER DOG, answers to the name of MOSCOW. Any person who has found him, and will bring him to the above address, shall receive TWO GUINEAS REWARD, and have reasonable Expenses paid. Penrith, Dec. 10, 1818. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUND DOG LOST. STRAYED or taken away from CARLISLE, a day or two ago, a fine HOUND DOG, distinguished by the following marks: Black Back; White underneath the Belly and around the Neck; has the letter L. faintly marked on one side; and a piece has been cut from the left ear: answers to the name of RULER. Whoever will bring the said Dog to Mr. SCOTT, the Printer of this Paper, shall be rewarded for their trouble: and if detained by any one after this Public Notice, such Person will be Prosecuted. December 11, 1818. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO BE LET, by PROPOSAL, for the Term of Seven, Nine, or Eleven Years, as may be agreed upon, and Entered upon at CANDLEMAS next,— ALL that Valuable FARM, called SCUGGER HOUSES, situate in the Parish of St. Cuthbert's, CARLISLE, now in the occupation of Mr. Hugh DIXON; consisting of a good Dwelling-House, and excellent Out-buildings, and 152 Acres (exclusive of Plantations) of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, the whole whereof is TITHE-FREE, paying a small Modus, well Watered and Fenced, and within 2 miles of the City of Carlisle, with good roads on each side of it. Proposals will be received by Mr. PENNY, Gilcrux, or Mr. MAGNAY, at Dovenby Hall, where any further particulars may be known; and the Tenant will be declared on Saturday the 2nd January next, at the House of Mrs. CAIL, the Half Moon, Fisher-street, Carlisle, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon. The present Farmer will shew the Premises. Dovenby Hall, Dec. 10, 1818. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MELMERBY HALL ESTATES IN CUMBERLAND. TO BE SOLD, in PUBLIC AUCTION, at the GEORGE INN, PENRITH, Cumberland, on Wednesday, the 3rd of February, 1819, at 1 o'clock; by Mr. J. WRIGHT,— THE Extensive and Valuable MANOR of MELMERBY, in Cumberland, abounding in every species of Game, for which the Northern Counties are celebrated; and from the prospect of the Uninclosed part of it called Melmerby Fell, being very profitable in Lead Mines, particularly worthy the notice of Gentlemen of fortune. Also the PERPETUAL ADVOWSON of the RECTORY of MELMERBY aforesaid, of the estimated annual value of £200 arising from a Parsonage House, Out-offices, 30 Acres of Glebe Land, and Tithes, the next Presentation to which may be calculated to occur at no distant period, the present Incumbent being 71 years of age. And the Capital MANSION, called MELMERBY HALL, tastefully ornamented with delightful Gardens, Vinery, Shrubberies, extensive Plantations, and other improvements, together with complete Out-offices, and the Park, Demesne Lands, Woodlands, Farms, and Estates, comprising together 686 Acres of Land of very superior quality. Melmerby, through which the Post between the Post-towns of Penrith and Alston, passes regularly on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday every week, is pleasantly situated at the distances of 8 miles from the Market Town of Penrith, 4 miles from the Market Town of Kirkoswald, 10 miles from the Market Town of Alston, and 18 miles from the City of Carlisle; at easy distances from Coal, and the Roads, particularly those leading to Penrith, are good. Plans of the Estates may be seen, and particulars and Conditions of the Sale and other information, may be had at the Office of Messrs. BRIGGS and HALL, Solicitors, Appleby, Westmorland; of Messrs. MOUNSEY and FISHER, Solicitors, 31, Red Lion Square, London; and at Melmerby Hall. And Printed Particulars may be obtained at the George Inn, Penrith; Coffee-house, Carlisle; Queen's Head, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; King's Arms, Kendal; Commercial Inn, Lancaster; and of Messrs. HALL and CLARE, Water-street, Liverpool. The Estates may be viewed at any time, upon application to ISAAC YOUNG, at Melmerby Hall. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WATSON'S BANKRUPTCY. THE Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt, awarded and issued forth against JOHN WATSON, late of TOTHMAIN, in the Parish of Shap, in the County of Westmorland, DEALER and CHAPMAN, intend to meet on the 31st Day of December instant, at Eleven in the Forenoon, at the GEORGE INN, in PENRITH, in the County of Cumberland, in order to make a final Dividend of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt, when and where the Creditors who have not already proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Dividend; and all claims not then proved will be disallowed. ANTHONY PRESTON, Solicitor.