Saturday 16 Nov 1844 (p. 2, col. 5) INSOLVENT DEBTORS.-The following insolvent debtors were heard at Carlisle, on Tuesday, the 12th day of November, before William John LAW, Esquire, one of the Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors:- John GRAHAM, late of Carlisle, innkeeper, opposed by Mr. CARRUTHERS, for Mr. ANDREW, spirit merchant.-Discharged. John SCOTT, late of Carlisle, innkeeper.-Unopposed and discharged. William BIRBECK, late of Penrith, shoemaker.-Unopposed and discharged. William WRIGHT, late of Maryport, joiner.-Unopposed and discharged. WARNING TO BRIDEGROOMS.-A worthy couple named Welford NELSON, of Nenthead, and Sarah KEMP (not Sairey GAMP) of Bowness, having a mind to leave their state of single blessedness and become one in a double sense, the lady at last fixed the day. Saturday the 9th, would be the best day, it would be the very day of all others to suit her best-they would have a long day, Sunday, to court their courtships over again; and that day was fixed upon. On Friday night Welford went to bed and, it is said, Wept for downright sorrow To think the night must pass before the morrow. At length he composed himself to sleep-but, alas! he slept too long: the day was waxing old when "up he rose and donned his clothes," and he was in a great flurry to make himself spruce for the occasion. More haste less speed. His razor was blunt-it wouldn't shave kindly- " He cut, and dug, and winced, and stamp'd, and swore, Brought blood and danced, blasphemed, and made wry faces, And cursed the razor's body o'er and o'er. His muzzle formed of opposition stuff, Firm as a Foxite, would not lose it's rough, So kept it, laughing at the steel and suds." Then his handkerchief wouldn't sit right, and the button of his shirt collar broke. Other mishaps followed, and when he turned out to meet his betrothed, the witching hour of marriage was passed. Faint heart, however, there was none: the couple applied to the parson, the Rev. S. THOMPSON-could he not marry them that day; they would be so much obliged to him. No, he must have a day's notice. The couple, dressed in their wedding gear, were like to break their hearts with the disappointment-and, what was worse, the fact of their intended marriage, which they had intended to keep secret, got buzzed abroad, and jokes were passed upon them in abundance. Next day, however, fortune was kinder. "The kirk was decked at morning tide," and both bride and bridegroom being there in time, they were duly "spliced." [According to the IGI, the marriage of Wilfrid NELSON and Sarah KEMP took place on 10 Nov 1944 at Patterdale, Westmorland. In 1851 they lived in Lancaster with three young children, but in 1861 and 1871 they were back in Grasmere. Wilfrid was born about 1805 and Sarah about 1815.]