Cumbria Family History Society

Hi Jean
Thanks for pointing this out, you are not doing anything wrong, it was my fault, senior moment, I had added the event but had not priced it so you would have been unable to book, you should now be able to do so selecting the number of people. Apologies for this, you are the first to book.
John

 Saturday 19 Oct 1822   (p. 3, col. 3)
 

At Minto-House, Roxburghshire, the Countess of Minto, of a Son.
 

At St. Mary's, on Monday last, Mr. William ANDERSON, dyer, to Miss Ann PENRITH.
 
On Monday last, at Gretna Green, J. H. E. D. MANSFIELD, Esq., son of James MANSFIELD, Esq. of Midman Castle, to Henrietta, eldest daughter of Thomas KNIGHT, Esq. of Papcastle, Cumberland.
 
On the 2d inst. at Gretna Green, Mr. Issac TOWERS, twine spinner, of Beetham, to Miss Agness BARROW, of Hazleslack Tower.
 
At Kendal, Mr. Thos. RICHARDSON, to Mrs. Margaret ATKINSON.—Mr. John WILSON, to Miss Mary HUNTER, of Kirkland.—Mr. William BAINES, of Grayrigg, to Miss Alice ROBINSON, of Stainton.
 
On Sunday last, at Liverpool, Mr. HENDERSON, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr. WARWICK, of Farlam, near Brampton.
 
At Jedburgh, on the 7th inst. Mr. Walter EASTON, printer, to Janet BROWN, daughter of the late Mr. Wm. BROWN.
 
At Douglas, Isle of Man, Wm. CORLETT, Esq. of Ballamona, to Margaret, second daughter of the late Wm. TEAR, Esq. of Ballabeg.—At Kk. Braddan, Mr. Joseph COWLE, to Miss Christina SHIMMIN, both of Peel.—In Peel, Mr. Joshua TAUBMAN, to Miss M. WATTLEWORTH.
 
At Chorley, after a courtship of 44 years and 7 months, Mr. W. BROTHERTON, of Salter-lane, Leyland, aged 67, to Miss Ellen TAYLOR, of the former place, about the same age as her swain.—Worcester Journal.
 

On Saturday last, at the house of his brother in this city, after a very short and sudden illness, John ARMSTRONG, Esq., in the 57th year of his age. This gentleman, after a residence of nearly 40 years in Jamaica, returned to Cumberland to enjoy the ample fruits of his exertions among his relatives and friends, who have sustained a loss of no common kind. He was justly esteemed for many virtues, and society is deprived of a very valuable member.
 
On Tuesday, at Sheen, Surrey, Wm. GILPIN, Esq. eldest son of the late Wm. GILPIN, of Whitehaven, Esq.
 
At Maryport, on the 14th instant, Mrs. Frances HODGSON, aged 64, much respected.
 
Last week, at Egremont, the Rev. Abraham BROWN, aged 72. curate of Haile, and formerly curate of Egremont.—Same place, Henry, third son of Mr. LAWSON, surgeon, aged 5 years.
 
At Frizington, Mr. Joshua SOUTHWARD, aged 64.
 
At Little Crosthwaite, near Keswick, Mr. Joseph YOUNGHUSBAND, aged 72.
 
At Workington, Sarah CHALMERS, aged 20 years.
 
At Oxenfell, near Hawkshead, Mr. John TURNER, slate-merchant, aged 61.
 
At Kendal, Mr. James PROCTOR, of that town, gardener, aged 65.—Miss Agnes HARLING, of Sedgwick, aged 73.
 
At Low Fairnham, Northumberland, aged 102, Mrs. Catherine GREEN.
 
On the 8th inst. at Tent Lodge, Coniston, George SMITH, Esq. late Lieutenant Colonel in the 4th Dragoon Guards.
 
At Hawk-up-lee, near Allenheads, aged 68, Mrs. LEE, much respected.
 
At Mount Vernon, near Liverpool, George VENABLES, Esq. aged 37.
 
At Dumfries, on Saturday last, Mary GORDON, a pauper, aged 102. She retained her mental faculties to the last. Same place, Mr. Wm. MURRAY, shoemaker.
 
At Maracaibo, on the 1st August, in the 22d year of his age, Mr. Robt. J. LAWSON, only son of the late Mr. John LAWSON, merchant in Dumfries.
 
Some time ago, on Lochmaben Estate, near Cedar Point, Island of Trinidad, Alexander RITCHIE, Esq. planter; a native of the burgh of Lochmaben.
 
At Ballacain, Jurby, Isle of Man, Mr. Patrick CAIN, aged 18, eldest son of Mr. David CAIN.
 
 
Reproduced with kind permission of British Newspaper Archives
 

 
JAMES FERGUSON, an itinerant book printer, a native of Scotland, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing some knives from the shop of Mr. Lancelot HARRISON, of Rickergate. The prisoner came into Court with a written defence, or rather apology, which showed that he had fully prepared himself for the part he had to perform. We had an opportunity of seeing this document—it thus commences:
 
"Have you any obgection to the Jury? No. I can have none, as the gentelmen is entirely unknown to me; but I supose they are all gentelmen of respectiability and Good reputation or otherwise they would not be selected for that purpos. Are you guilty"—
 
This question having been put by the Bench, FERGUSON read from his paper as follows: we copy verbatim et literatim:—
 
"To save the honourable Court the trouble in seeking precognitiance of witness, with penitance and sham I fuly acknoledge my Guilt, and sincerly bege the clemency of the honorable & learned Judges and Court for mitagation of puneshment, and hops you will endulge me so far as to make a few remarks on the subjeck.—I am a native of Scotland and a prenter by business, and being out of employ, and went to Manchester, leeds, hull, and york, and cam to new Castel on my return to Scotland, having failed in obtaing a situation; a man, profesing himself to be a hatter, was shown to bed to me; he got up at twelight in the morning, under pretence of going to the privey, and carried of with him my bundle of cloths and papers, som of them beng of the outmost emportance to me, and dresed himself comfortly in my cloths, saving my coat, and left me old desgreeable things to put on, and carried all my mony with him: he told me the evening befor that he was destained this way, and having got information on the road, I cam up to a man at branton, which came from new Castle—a hatter from Cork, Irland, seeking work; but he was not the man I was in queest of. I came to Carslile in despair of seing him, and totaly destituted of money; and having got a deal of spirites the evening befor, and that morning, from som Country men of my own, and som men which was with me in the service of my king and Country, I was in a state bordring upon insanity—l went into the shope in queeston, not with the intintion of cometing the shamfull deed that I was left to my self by divine and restraing grace to comit, but to ask a smal suport to facilitate my way, and no person being in the shope, I was instantanisly temped and left by god for a moment to commite the shamfull deed. I am arenged befor this Honourable Court and Jurey, the which I sincerly repent, and throw my self upon the mercey of the Judge and Jury. I have served my king and Country a soldier for twenty-tow years in the land service. I received several severe wounds on my head; so that when I drink any considerabl quanaty of spirites, it makes me in a Capacity not altogether Capapal of manageing myself, the which I strive to avoid for the said reason; but unhaply gave way to it on the ocasion for which I am justly cald in question. I enlisted in to the service in September 93, and joined the army under the Comand of His Royal Highnes the Duke of york in august 94. & was with armey on their Retreate through the severe winter of 94 in holand, and embarked from bremen the spring of 95 for England, and embarked July 95 for the west indians; was present under the Comand of Genneral Sir Ralph ABERCROMBIE at the Retaking of the Islands of St. Luciae, St. Vincent, & Grenade in the 1796; and in febuary 1797, took the Island of trenedad under the comand of the above General; in May 97, Disembark on portrico, but did not succeed; came hom in 98, and in 99 went to Holand with Sir Ralf ABERCROMBIE. The army was afterwards comanded by His Royal Highness Duk york in person. The army came hom in terms of negociation; & in 1800, embarked under the Comand of General Sir Ralph ABERCROMBIE with the army destind for egypt; disembarked in march 1801; the 8 day engaged; on the 13th, the General action; on the 21st, Sir Ralph was wounded, and died; continued there till the evacuation of the british army; and was in Scotland, Ireland, and England, till 1807; went on the expedition to Copenheagan, under the comand of General lord CATHCART; at the evacuation of the armey came to england; son after, was ordred on an expadition, under the Comand of Sir John MOOR, to Sweden; continued in gotenburgh Roads for 6 weks; came to speed head; sent out to portugal under the Comand of the said General Sir John MORE, wher we landed prevous to the action of vemierie; the armey was selected and sent to Spain, under the Comand of the said Sir John MOOR. We continued for a time in Salamanca, afterwards advanced upon Madred by Bennevente, in advance of which we wer nearly surounded, & comenced that fattal retreat to Coruna, where we engaged and defetated the enemy with the loss of our Comander-in-chief, and was obliged to mak a preciped embarkation, and sail for england in Jany 1809. Same year, went on the expodicion to flusing, under the Comand of the Earel of Chatham; came to england at the evacuation of the troops from walcheren; and the sam yeare, in december, sent out to lisborn, from whence we were ordered to cadez, under the Comand of General GRAHAM, where we was closely beseged till we were Cald to portugal the august following, upon the advance of a french army under MESINA upon portugal, till we gaind the Army under the Comand of lord wellington, by forced Marches, on the Hights of besaca, the day befor the action which took place there; lay at toresvedos lines till the enmy retread next springe, 1811. I shall not be too tedious. Was present at fontes de horo; at storming of Cuded rodridgo and Badegoce; at the Battel of Salamanca, siege of Bargos, battel of victorie, and at the afars that took place on the pyrenees, and near pampeluna; and at the storming of the french lines, front of Jeandeluce, alonge the foot of the pyreenes, and charging the enmy into Bayone; and was enged on the 9, & 10, & 13 december, 1813, when the enmeny salied out from bayone; was present in all the afaires that toak place on the march through france, ortes, &c. till we engeaged the emeny on the hights befor toulouse, which we defeated the enmy befor we knew of BONOPARTE's abdication. In this servis I was 5 times wounded. Soon after the British armey evocated france, and I was discharged 17th of December, 1814, and I have lived in Scotland with my famely; I have a wife and 3 of a famely, and on my industry depends theere suport; neither is anny of them able to do for themselves, being under 10 years of age. Therefor I hope that my longe and ardeous service in behalf of my Gracious King and Country—wherein, as an endividual, with my Companions in arms, headed by brave and meritorious Comanders, has maintaind the hazzardious Contest which at last terminated favourable and honourable to the british arms, and has brought our renound kingdom to rank high among the nations of urope; therefore, I hope, you will be gracisly pleased to sympathise with a faithful servand of my king and Country, who has permiscusly falen into a Crime by a sudent temtation, through my wants, and the agitaion of mind, together wiih the state of provaty I was then in, and I do assur you, my honourable Judges, not in the least habitualy inclind; therefor I throw Myself upon the Gracious Mercy and Clemancey, hoping you will be pleased to mitigat my sentance as your superior knowledge and high learing & station deems proper. I never was befor anny judges or magistrates for the liek before. I hope you will excuse this Iliterate pramble. I am your Honours humble and pennitent prisinar at the bare."
 
He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment in the Carlisle House of Correction.
 
John CROPP, John BURN, and Thomas THORNTON, the three soldiers of the 66th regt., lately committed for riot, and assaulting (stabbing with a bayonet) an aged woman, named Margaret ROUTLEDGE, in Finkle-street, as mentioned in our paper at the time, were discharged, there being no prosecution. At the period of committal, Margaret ROUTLEDGE was too ill to be bound over to prosecute, and thus these men most probably escaped conviction and consequent punishment. We hope they will in future have a better sense of duty as soldiers, and more respect for the lives of their fellow-subjects. The offence with which they were charged, with other irregularities of some of their comrades, led to the removal of the detachment of which they formed a part.
 
 
Reproduced with kind permission of British Newspaper Archives
 

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 Saturday 19 Oct 1822   (p. 2, col. 5-6 and p. 3, col. 4)
 
It will be seen by our marine news, that the late stormy weather has proved disastrous to the shipping on both coasts of the northern part of the Kingdom. There are a great many losses which we have no room to specify: they are not, however, of a local nature.
                                         
We omitted to state in our last, that the light company of the 66th regt. has taken up its quarters in our Castle, under the orders of Major NICHOLLS, in place of the detachment of the same regiment, commanded by Col. GOLDIE, which has been removed.
 
The plan for the improvement of Whitehaven harbour, proposed by Messrs. WHIDBY and RENNIE, was adopted by a majority of six Trustees.
 
On the night of Friday se'nnight, the shop of Mr. BARNETT, of Aspatria, was broken into and robbed of a quantity of woollen cloths and other articles.
 
A Bethel Union Meeting was holden at Workington last week; a great many sailors attended.
 
The Duke and Duchess of Athol and suite have arrived in the Isle of Man. Their Graces were received with military honours.
 
Egremont was visited by a tremendous storm on Monday; one of the large ash-trees, growing near the bridge, was torn up by the roots.
 
Three apples, grown this year by Mr. TWENTYMAN, of Woodhouses, when plucked from the tree, were of the following dimensions and weight:—Of the kind called Tankard, 12½ inches by 11¼ inches, 11½ ounces; Golden Russet, 11½ by 11 inches, 10¼ oz.; Smith, 11 inches, 8½ ounces.
 
On Monday night last, as Mr. WINDER, ironfounder, of Gate Beck, was returning home in a cart, laden with eight hundred weight of iron, he was overtaken by a party of young persons in a state of inebriation, who had been celebrating the marriage of a friend; in consequence of their repeated cheering, his horse took fright and set off at full speed, and for a considerable time after was very unruly: at Barrow's Green they again came up with him, and the horse set off as before, when Mr. W. was thrown from his seat; the wheel passed over his head, one of his eyes was forced from its socket, his nose broken, and his skull severely fractured; his neck was also lacerated; but the latest intelligence from his medical attendant is favourable.—Kendal paper.
 
A man, named John TELFORD, charged with stealing a horse, from Wm. CARRICK, of High Town, near Haltwhistle, has been committed to Morpeth gaol, for trial at the next Northumberland assizes.
 
Mr. LAMBTON has bought Newbottle colliery, late the property of NESHAM & Co., for £70,000; £50,000 to be paid immediately, and the remainder in twelve months.
 
Mr. Alderman THOMSON, one of the new Sheriffs for London and Middlesex, is the son of Mr. THOMPSON, of Grayrigg, near Kendal.
 
The eldest son of the late Dean of York has been appointed Commissary of Richmond, by the Bishop of Chester.
 
A great number of forgeries of the Ship Bank, Glasgow, have been discovered in Dumfries. Sir W. FORBES & Co. of Edinburgh, offer a reward of two hundred guineas for the discovery of persons who have uttered a counterfeit one pound note purporting to belong to that establishment.
 
Mr. A. BURTON has been ordained Minister of the parish of Castleton, presbytery of Langholm.
 
 
Reproduced with kind permission of British Newspaper Archives