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Oh dear, missed it also, Happy Birthday to Bron ansd Cliff Val xx Sorry I have'nt been anywhere near the PC for two days so Happy Birthdays to Cliff yesterday and Bron today. Dave 20 May 1937 - CLIFF wellgreen@xtra.co.nz 21 May 1926 - BRON howard.fuller@ntlworld.com ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST Keep up to date with the current Rules for this List at - www.trivvies.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006

Thank you Geo Wolfie...................the quiet one -----Original Message----- From: Geo. [mailto:gspooner@iinet.net.au] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 11:43 AM To: GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Interesting site Hi, Wolfie. That won't work, try this; http://www.mspong.org/picturesque/contents.html You can also download the book in .pdf format but it's a *big* file, 25MB. I couldn't open it with Adobe Acrobat 5.5 but it was OK with Adobe Reader 7. He also has two other books available on-line. One, 'The Household Cyclopedia' is also a downloadable '.pdf' file. The other, which is most interesting, is 'The Percy Anecdotes'. Lots of interesting articles in that one. Geo. >From another list HYPERLINK "http://www.mspong.org/picturesque/contents.html"http://www.mspong.org/pictu resque/contents.html Wolfie ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST If a subject has already been discussed - there is nothing wrong with refreshing our memories. Lest we forget. :-) -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006

Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] ooops...reminders for YESTERDAY and TODAY And me as well, sorry. Jill.xox Oh dear, missed it also, Happy Birthday to Bron ansd Cliff Val xx Sorry I have'nt been anywhere near the PC for two days so Happy Birthdays to Cliff yesterday and Bron today. Dave 20 May 1937 - CLIFF wellgreen@xtra.co.nz 21 May 1926 - BRON howard.fuller@ntlworld.com ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST Keep up to date with the current Rules for this List at - www.trivvies.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006 ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST Pure Fiction messages are frowned upon - Elephants do not travel in balloons - please use the Adventure List.

I'm sorry, I've missed the birthdays too.....Happy birthday to you both. Maggie Oh dear, missed it also, Happy Birthday to Bron ansd Cliff Val xx Sorry I have'nt been anywhere near the PC for two days so Happy Birthdays to Cliff yesterday and Bron today. Dave 20 May 1937 - CLIFF wellgreen@xtra.co.nz 21 May 1926 - BRON howard.fuller@ntlworld.com ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST Keep up to date with the current Rules for this List at - www.trivvies.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006 ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST Pure Fiction messages are frowned upon - Elephants do not travel in balloons - please use the Adventure List. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Happy Birthday to Cliff and Bron from a very wet Warwickshire!! ((((((((((((((((Birthday hugs))))))))))))))) Gwen. > Where was our reminders.......I did not get one > > Happy Birthday from the Sunny South Cliffy :-0 > > Happy Birthday Bron.....hope you have a lovely day > > Hugs to you both > > DiDi > http://photobucket.com/albums/d100/didi_45 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Valerie Bower [mailto:valerie@ihug.com.au] > Sent: Monday, 22 May 2006 6:12 p.m. > To: GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] ooops...reminders for YESTERDAY and TODAY > > Oh dear, missed it also, > Happy Birthday to Bron ansd Cliff > Val xx > > > > Sorry I have'nt been anywhere near the PC for two days > so Happy Birthdays to Cliff yesterday and Bron today. > Dave > > 20 May 1937 - CLIFF wellgreen@xtra.co.nz > 21 May 1926 - BRON howard.fuller@ntlworld.com > > > > ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== > RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST > Keep up to date with the current Rules for this List at - > www.trivvies.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006 > > > > ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== > RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST > Pure Fiction messages are frowned upon - Elephants do not travel in > balloons - please use the Adventure List. > > > ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== > RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST > If a subject has already been discussed - there is nothing wrong with > refreshing our memories. Lest we forget. :-) >

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Beats a mattress, I suppose . . . not as lumpy <g> Jennifer Geo. wrote: > >From The Times, 01 Apr 1818, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. > > Geo. > > > > SINGULAR DISCOVERY. - As two gentlemen and a constable were in search of some > stolen goods, a few days ago, in a village a few miles distant from Carlisle, > they visited the dwelling of two miserable-looking beings, a man and a woman, > who, it was reported in the neighbourhood, gained their livelihood chiefly by > begging. The man being known to have had connexion with persons of notorious > character, was suspected to be acquainted with some of the circumstances at > least of the robbery in question. It was on this ground that the search was > made. The appearance of the house beggars all description. A large heap of > rotten sticks, used for fire-wood, rendered the entrance almost impracticable, > and it was rendered still more difficult by the mire and filth immediately > within the door. The whole room did not exceed 12 feet square, one half of which > was occupied by a huge bedstead covered with two or three mattresses and > feather-beds filled with filth and vermin. The roof and walls were covered with > a solid mass of cobwebs, and the furniture in general corresponded with the > decorations of the house. Among other articles was an old oak desk, which the > constable requested to examine; this was, however, steadily resisted by the > woman, who as well as the man had hitherto shown no disposition to hinder the > search. Resistance only increased the anxiety of the constable to view what she > was so desirous to conceal, and a desperate struggle commenced between the > heroine and the peace-officer. The latter imagining that something was > concealed, that, to answer the end of justice, ought to be divulged, immediately > took steps to enforce his authority, when the Amazon became perfectly composed. > The officer then proceeded in his examination of the contents of the mysterious > desk. After turning out a variety of old rags and articles of apparel, he came > to a large bag, which he immediately began to search, not doubting but he should > find evidence of coining, if not forgery, having been practised by this happy > couple. To his utter amazement, however, and that of his party, he found 50 or > 60 small parcels tied up in rags and pieces of paper, each containing different > sums of money from two or three old shillings and a little copper to 20L. in > banknotes and gold, besides promissory notes; the whole amounting to several > hundred pounds. The man appeared as much delighted as he was astonished at this > sudden display of his chere amie's wealth, and gave every encouragement to the > constable to go on with his search. As, however, so much money was not safe in > such hands, and in such a situation, the gentlemen earnestly exhorted the > possessors of it to put it in a place of better security; which suggestion > having beem seconded the next day by some of their neighbours, they have wisely > complied with it. The old woman to whom the wealth really belonged was in the > habit of taking the bag constantly about her, under her clothes. The whole of > the silver which the gentlemen saw was of the old coinage, and amounted alone to > a very considerable sum. - Carlisle Patriot. > > ~ >

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From The Times, 01 Jun 1819, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. THE CARLISLE WEAVERS (4). ----------------- [From the Carlisle Patriot.] Since writing the above, we have been favoured with a copy of the communication made by the weavers to the Mayor: it is as follows: - "As justice is the grand object we wish to obtain, it is necessary to draw up a correct scale of prices, built on the unerring principles of justice and equity: they are also calculated on the very lowest rate possible; so as to enable those employed in the said work to exist by their labour. "We, therefore, most earnestly request, that you would use your magisterial interference in our behalf, in calling together the principal master-manufacturers, and requesting them to accede to our most just and humble claims. If, from the depressed state of trade, they are unable to give us all full work at the annexed rate of prices, we are quite willing to have the quantity of our work limited to any given sum manufacturers think proper: we being fully convinced that in a state of low trade a reduction of the quantity of work tends to remove the evil by reducing the quantity of goods in the market, whereas the impolitic system of reducing the price of labour, to the starvation of the workmen, tends only to glut the markets with low-priced goods, thereby prolonging the misery we complain of." The Mayor and many other gentlemen whom we consulted, considering the sentiments and views expressed in this document as reasonable and just, are willing to sign a petition to the Legislature, praying for legislative or any other relief that may be thought expedient, or to use their legislative influence in any other desirable way. To promote this object, the Mayor will call a public meeting, to be held at the Town-hall on Monday next, which, we entertain no doubt, will be numerously attended, and some mode of proceeding most likely agreed upon. Every one will be anxious to do all in his power for the relief of unmerited distress. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From The Times, 01 Jun 1819, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. THE CARLISLE WEAVERS (3). ----------------- [From the Carlisle Patriot.] We have already adverted to the low rate of wages which the manufacturers of this city and neighbourhood have for some time past been compelled to allow their gingham weavers, in consequence of the distressed state of this branch of trade. On Tuesday evening, they assembled upon the sands in great numbers; a committee of 12 was appointed, and the whole body agreed to the publication of an address, which was read in manuscript, &c. The following day many of the leading men determined not to work unless the manufacturers allowed them more wages; and they went from shop to shop in every part of the town and neighbourhood, and compelled all others to follow their example, taking the unfinished work from the looms, and sending it home to the masters. In the evening they again assembled on the sands, to hear a letter from Mr. CURWEN read, in answer to one transmitted with the petition before alluded to. On Thursday strong parties went to Penrith, Wigton, Dalston, Brampton, Longtown &c. and compelled the weavers there to follow their example. Many would fain have continued their labours, but were forced to desist by threats of all kinds of visitations. On Wednesday the following address was circulated and posted through the city and neighbourhood. [Here the address is given, as it appears above.] Yesterday, the weavers of the adjacent towns arrived here and joined their brethren, and about four o'clock, the whole assembled upon the sands, to the amount of nearly 2,200, where they passed some resolutions; the greater part afterwards marched into the market place and English-street, in close order, without the least noise or disturbance, and in a short time those resident at a distance departed for their homes in the most peaceful manner. In the course of the day, the Committee issued another hand-bill, pledging themselves that every thing would be conducted with a scrupulous regard to the public tranquillity, and they also made a communication to the Mayor, explaining their wishes and their object. Hitherto, with the exception of the violence and threats in compelling the unwilling to leave their work, the men have conducted themselves with great decorum, and we hope they will continue to pursue this line of conduct. The detachment of the 18th Hussars for some time past quartered here, under the orders of Major KENNEDY, was to have marched on Thursday morning on its route to Ireland, but at the requisition of the Mayor and other Magistrates, its departure is very properly delayed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From The Times, 01 Jun 1819, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. THE CARLISLE WEAVERS (2). ----------------- (From the Carlisle Journal of Saturday.) The weavers of Carlisle and its neighbourhood have been in a state of very natural excitement, though not the slightest symptom of turbulence has occurred; but the Magistrates have deemed it necessary to keep the military in readiness. Several hand-bills have been distributed by the poor distressed and industrious, though harshly calumniated creatures, respecting their case, of which we make the following selection, as giving a tolerably faint, and scarcely that, idea of the misery to which man, so calling himself, can submit: - "AN APPEAL TO PUBLIC FEELING. "The Journeymen Weavers of Carlisle and neighbourhood beg to call the attention of the public to the following simple truths: - We are now arrived at a pitch of wretchedness and misery, such, we sincerely believe, as never existed in any country in time of profound peace, except visited by a natural famine. We are a powerful people, and yet we want strength. We are an industrious people, and yet we want bread; whatever the cause may be, we will not at this moment pretend to determine, but the effects are dreadful to be contemplated, and still more horrible to experience. Only for a moment let any rational and reasonable being amongst you lay it to his own heart, and there, at the tribunal of that principle that dictates between right and wrong, imagine us, if he can, labouring in a place peculiarly unwholesome from its closeness and damps, where the air is impregnated with noxious matter, so that what we inhale is little better than a fetid gas; which, though inseparable from the nature of the work itself, is nevertheless a particular aggravation of our misery, and all this for the reward of 1s. a day, and fed chiefly on potatoes, the proper food only for hogs; yet our miserable, half-famished children wait with anxious desire for their scanty morsel of those provisions; and the fond mother, the last of all to complain, summoning all her resolution together to hide the poignancy of her grief from her already disconsolate partner; her child, perhaps, at her breast, feebly sucking that nourishment that nature almost refuses to bestow: if this be not the very climax of human misery, tell us in what does human misery consist? - Wives and children heart-broken and in rags, and plunged altogether in helpless, almost hopeless, and to all appearance quite irremediable ruin, we have only one gleam of hope left us, which is, that the Legislature will take our distresses into consideration - we having petitioned our Prince and the Parliament to have us conveyed to Canada, or some of the Northern colonies [the petitions were each signed by nearly a thousand persons], that our families may yet hope to survive the wreck of misery that we are now involved in, and is apparently still getting nearer the final goal of destruction, for we are fully convinced that trade is near its consummation; that a severe winter, or a failing harvest, would introduce a fever that would not be easily eradicated. We are likewise convinced that the public in general know, that every principle of philosophy, justice, and sound policy, imperiously demands that the poor be protected; since the immutable and irreversible laws of nature have so blended the fate of all classes of society together, that whatever makes against the poor must, in the end, prove the destruction of the great. In our present unparalleled distresses, it is not too much to demand, with a voice of thunder, the adoption of a system of economy, and the stripping the undeserving of their ill-merited pensions. We have no peculiar affection for one denomination of public men more than another. Both Whigs and Tories have, in their turn, cajoled the people, and profited by their credulity; but experience has opened the eyes of the public mind to principles rather than to men; and we swear upon the altar of the Constitution - by the bravery of our forefathers, and by the blood shed by them in asserting the immutable rights of human nature, that we are their legitimate sons, and that our conduct shall never belie their ancient fame!" They had, yesterday, upon the Sands, a general meeting, including deputations from the towns of Wigton, Brampton, Longtown, Penrith, and all the intermediate villages, to the amount of about 1,700 in number; but we do not understand that any thing definitive is settled upon. Their procession through the city, in regular files, their mournful silence, and the laurel boughs that many of them carried in token of their peaceable intentions, whilst it gave the lie practical to the professed object of the Pitt club members, gave a melancholy interest to the scene, that could not be resisted by hearts participating in the feelings of our common nature. We trust an amicable arrangement will take place; for we know that the principal manufacturers are anxious to ameliorate the condition of their workmen; but this must be a work of co-operation. Hitherto all mutual understandings amongst the master-manufacturers have been as ropes of sand; but they must now be convinced that, in this respect, the maxims of trade have other foundations than the maxims of religion, and that, as it regards the former, a community of faith is necessary for the general interest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From The Times, 17 Mar 1819, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. DISTRESS OF THE CARLISLE WEAVERS (1). --------------------- (From the Carlisle Patriot of Saturday last.) On Monday last, in the forenoon, at the time that the principal inhabitants of this city were about to meet at the Town-hall, with an intention of petitioning the two Houses of Parliament against the renewal of the present laws regarding Insolvent Debtors, a great number of weavers, some wholly out of work, and others only partially employed, assembled together in the market-place, for the purpose of making their distressed situation known to the leading gentlemen of the city. A communication was held with some of them: they stated their distresses in calm and respectful language, and expressed their willingness to work at whatever employment might be procured for them. A requisition was immediately presented to the Mayor, requesting him to call an early meeting on the subject, which he instantly complied with by appointing the following day. Accordingly, on Tuesday morning, a great many gentlemen repaired to the Town-hall, and after a short preliminary discussion, resolved that Committees should be appointed for separate districts, to ascertain the number of persons in want of work, and the best means of affording them relief, &c. Committees for those purposes were instantly named, and the meeting adjourned till Friday. The adjourned meeting took place yesterday at the Town-hall, as agreed upon, the Mayor in the chair. The gentlemen appointed to institute inquiries relative to the number of weavers out of employment made a report, which stated, that at the beginning of the present week, about 140 were in that predicament, and that at the end of it, 80 more were expected to be added to the number. The report added, that there was no present prospect of an improvement in the trade, but, on the contrary, it was likely that the number of unemployed would increase. Several resolutions were unanimously agreed to, and several handsome sums inscribed on the subscription paper. It was intimated at the Meeting, that others, besides weavers, were out of employment, to whom the benefit of the subscription will be extended. Power is conferred upon the Committee to afford relief to whom and in what manner they shall find most likely to promote the design of the subscribers, keeping strictly in view that effectual aid can only be rendered by employment: they will commence their inquiries on Monday. The inhabitants of Carlisle have never yet been backward when called upon to relieve the necessities of their fellow-townsmen: we feel convinced that on the present occasion they will not shrink from discharging so obvious a duty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From The Times, 19 May 1819, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. [Advertisement.] - FORGERY OF PRIZE ORDERS. - At the last assizes for the county of Cumberland, held at Carlisle, John TOWNSHEND was convicted of forging an order and certificate to obtain the prize money due to one Isaac BANKS, who had been a seaman on board the Nymph. He was also found guilty of uttering forged orders to obtain prize money in the name of Henry BANKS, and was sentenced to be hanged. This man had been in the practice of assuring seamen and marines that he could readily get their prize money from Greenwich Hospital, and after obtaining their orders he commonly forged a certificate to complete his purpose. In some instances he obtained the money from Greenwich Hospital, and in the case for which he was prosecuted he had obtained more than 40L., out of which he gave to the person really entitled only the sum of 5L. He was executed at Carlisle. As the Directors of Greenwich Hospital prosecute all those who are discovered personating or assuming false names or characters, or forging or uttering forged orders or certificates to obtain prize money, and the punishment is death, it is hoped the fate of this man will operate as a warning to prevent others from being guilty of these crimes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From The Times, 17 Mar 1819, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. REMOVAL OF PAUPERS. - On Monday last, between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning, a poor woman, named Mary CHALMERS, expired in the coach within two miles of Kendal. The circumstances attending her death are painful to the feeling heart. Under a suspended order of removal as a pauper to a place of settlement, she was put into the coach at Carlisle, and accompanied by an overseer, for the purpose of being conducted to Warton, a distance of nearly 60 miles; but her strength proved unequal to the fatigues of such a journey, during a cold and inclement night, and the result was what we have stated above. If (as we understand was the fact) a medical gentleman gave an opinion that there was no danger in the removal, the parish officers are not to blame; but, surely, in doubtful cases, humanity dictates that the last moments of ebbing life, even in a wretched pauper, should be spent in all possible peace and comfort. - Kendal Chronicle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From The Times, 14 April, 1818, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. The Carlisle Journal of Saturday gives the following account of the spirit of emigration prevalent in that quarter: - "We understand that no fewer than 14 families are preparing to emigrate from Caldewgate alone, one of the outskirts of this city. During the week a great number of men, women, and children, passed through here for Port Annan, thence to proceed across the Atlantic; and it is conjectured, that the vessel which will convey them (and which would sail yesterday if the wind was favourable) contained upwards of 40 families from this neighbourhood and the adjacent borders of Scotland. In the last vessel which sailed from Dumfries to America, 165 individuals voluntarily expatriated themselves to avoid the extremity of human distress which assailed them at home!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh, how I wish they'd give names! Perhaps some of my disappeared MITCHINSONs were amongst that lot... Petra

From The Times, 17 Jul 1818, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. THUNDER-STORM. - CARLISLE, June 11. - On Tuesday evening we were visited in this neighbourhood by a very severe storm of lightning, thunder, and rain, of considerable duration. It extended from Carlisle over nearly the whole of the northern and eastern parts of the county. It was particularly violent in Alston Moor. The lightning struck the house of Mr. W. WALTON, and instantly killed Mrs. WALTON, his wife. Mr. WALTON and his daughter were both struck senseless to the ground by the same flash, and their recovery is yet very doubtful. A cow and several sheep, belonging to Mr. W., were also killed at the same moment. At Grimoor-hill, near this city, the lightning killed a cow, while her calf, which was standing by her side, escaped uninjured. The same evening, between 5 and 6 o'clock, the neighbourhood of Pennybridge and Bouth was visited by a most tremendous storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied with a violent hurricane of wind and rain. The electric fluid struck the coping of the chimney of the dwelling-house of the Rev. H. ELLERTON, of Colton, and after injuring the top of the chimney, seems to have taken different directions; one part burst from under the foundation of the house in two separate places; one at the outside of the dwelling, the other near the kitchen door, where the servant girl was standing, who was instantly struck senseless and motionless, the lower part of her back being very much scorched. Though the girl has recovered the use of her limbs, she still lies in a dangerous situation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From The Times, 01 Apr 1818, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. SINGULAR DISCOVERY. - As two gentlemen and a constable were in search of some stolen goods, a few days ago, in a village a few miles distant from Carlisle, they visited the dwelling of two miserable-looking beings, a man and a woman, who, it was reported in the neighbourhood, gained their livelihood chiefly by begging. The man being known to have had connexion with persons of notorious character, was suspected to be acquainted with some of the circumstances at least of the robbery in question. It was on this ground that the search was made. The appearance of the house beggars all description. A large heap of rotten sticks, used for fire-wood, rendered the entrance almost impracticable, and it was rendered still more difficult by the mire and filth immediately within the door. The whole room did not exceed 12 feet square, one half of which was occupied by a huge bedstead covered with two or three mattresses and feather-beds filled with filth and vermin. The roof and walls were covered with a solid mass of cobwebs, and the furniture in general corresponded with the decorations of the house. Among other articles was an old oak desk, which the constable requested to examine; this was, however, steadily resisted by the woman, who as well as the man had hitherto shown no disposition to hinder the search. Resistance only increased the anxiety of the constable to view what she was so desirous to conceal, and a desperate struggle commenced between the heroine and the peace-officer. The latter imagining that something was concealed, that, to answer the end of justice, ought to be divulged, immediately took steps to enforce his authority, when the Amazon became perfectly composed. The officer then proceeded in his examination of the contents of the mysterious desk. After turning out a variety of old rags and articles of apparel, he came to a large bag, which he immediately began to search, not doubting but he should find evidence of coining, if not forgery, having been practised by this happy couple. To his utter amazement, however, and that of his party, he found 50 or 60 small parcels tied up in rags and pieces of paper, each containing different sums of money from two or three old shillings and a little copper to 20L. in banknotes and gold, besides promissory notes; the whole amounting to several hundred pounds. The man appeared as much delighted as he was astonished at this sudden display of his chere amie's wealth, and gave every encouragement to the constable to go on with his search. As, however, so much money was not safe in such hands, and in such a situation, the gentlemen earnestly exhorted the possessors of it to put it in a place of better security; which suggestion having beem seconded the next day by some of their neighbours, they have wisely complied with it. The old woman to whom the wealth really belonged was in the habit of taking the bag constantly about her, under her clothes. The whole of the silver which the gentlemen saw was of the old coinage, and amounted alone to a very considerable sum. - Carlisle Patriot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From The Times, 09 Oct 1817, posted with permission of the transcriber, Petra Michinson. Geo. On Sunday evening, a boy, about twelve years of age, fell asleep during divine service in St. Mary's Church, in Carlisle; and when the congregation retired he was unconsciously left there the whole night! When found next morning he was senseless from fright, and he still continues in a state of extreme danger. Should his health be restored, he is not likely to recover his intellects. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~