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