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The singular success which has attended the proceedings of the SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, is to be mainly attributed
To the Judicious selection of the lives insured.
To the careful investment of the funds.
To the equitable principles upon which the division of the SURPLUS PROFITS is made.
To the freedom from all BURDEN in the way of DIVIDENDS to PROPRIETORS.
To the PROMPTITUDE and LIBERALITY of the dealings.
To the strict adherence to the utmost Economy, so far as consistent with the Efficient Conduct and Management of the Business.
Copies of the Prospectus, Forms of Proposal, and every necessary information may be obtained at the

HEAD OFFICE, EDINBURGH, 5, ST. ANDREWS SQUARE,
or at any of the Society's Agencies.

JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
T. MARSTON, Agent for Carlisle.

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CHEAP CIRCULATING LIBRARY,

Plume of Feather's Court, Scotch Street, Carlisle.

JAMES FOSTER begs respectfully to acquaint his Friends and the Public in general of Carlisle, and its Vicinity, that he has opened a large and well-selected LIBRARY in the above Premises: comprising the Newest and most Popular Works in History, Voyages, Travel, Biography, Novels, the Drama, &c., &c., to which constant additions will be made of New Works of merit, immediately after publications of SCOTT, BULWER, COOPER, O'NEAL, TROLLOPE, GORE, &c., &c., and as the terms of Subscription are extremely low, the Proprietor trusts to receive an extended share of public support, which it ever shall be his careful study to merit,

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Letterpress Printing in all its Branches, viz.:
Books, Pamphlets, Posting and Hand-bills, Invoice and Ledger Headings, Cards, Circulars, &c., Printed with neatness, accuracy, and dispatch.

Copperplate Printing & Machine Ruling in the neatest style.
Country Orders promptly attended to.
N.B. Catalogues (gratis) may be obtained on application at the Library.

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 INTENDED DEPARTURE
                            TO THE LADIES OF CARLISLE    

MRS. NICHOLAS GEARY,
of No. 61, St. James's Street, London,
Court Stay Maker to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen,

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, Her Majesty the Queen of Holland, and Royal Family,

Begs to announce to the Ladies, that in consequence of her not being able to receive the whole of the Orders from London this week, she is unavoidably detained in Carlisle, until Tuesday next, the 5th instant.  She therefore solicits attention of those Ladies who may wish to avail themselves of the advantages of her presence, and to inform them that they can be immediately suited with any description of her incomparable DRESS and other STAYS, &c., until the Evening of Tuesday next, the 5th instant.

Address - MRS. NICHOLAS GEARY, No. 38 English Street, (nearly opposite the Court House) Carlisle.
Hours of Business from Eleven to Five o'clock.

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Holme Cultram and District Farmers' Club.

The Annual Exhibition of the CLUB will take place at Abbey Town, about the beginning of November, (of which further Notice will be given.)

MR. WM. MESSENGER, of Longburgh, will give the Sum of One Pound as a Premium to the best Foal of 1843, by his Horse (SIR WILLIAM WALLACE) shown there.  This Premium is Open to others as well as Members.

Abbey, Aug. 31, 1843

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Carlisle Union.- Contract for Provisions. &c.
The Board of Guardians of the above Union will receive Proposals for the Supply of Oats Meal, Flour, Barley Meal, Rye Meal, Groceries, Beef, Mutton, Suet, Clogs, Shoes, and Milk.  Payments for the same will be made Monthly.

Also for Coffins, well Pitched, and made of good materials, including all fees for bearers and other expenses, for the following ages, viz.:-Children under two years of age, from two to seven years, from seven years to sixteen years, and adults from sixteen years and upwards.  Payments for the same will be made weekly.

Tenders for the above named articles must be delivered at the Office of MR. JAMES MOUNSEY, Solicitor, Friars Court, Carlisle, on or before Wednesday, the 20th day of September, where further particulars may be know.

Carlisle, 31, August, 1843

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Desirable Country Residence and Farms to Let.

To be let, by Proposal, for a Term of Years, and Entered upon at Candlemas next, either together or separately.

1st. The Mansion House, Out-offices, and Garden with or without 4 acres of Land adjoining, called "Kingfield House, " in the Parish of Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, in the County of Cumberland.

2nd.  The compact and eligible Farm, of "Kingfield," consisting of a Dwelling House, and newly erected Farm Buildings, and 133 Acres of Arable, Meadow, and pasture Land, now in the occupation of the owner, lying in a ring Fence, well Sheltered by Plantations, and in a good state of Cultivation.

3rd.  All the Allotment of Grazing Land, called "Liddle Park, " containing 232 Acres, now in the occupation of MR. JOHN FENWICK.

The above Premises will be Let either together or separately, and the Crop on the Kingfield Farm may be had on a Valuation, with the Eatage of the Meadow and Lea Fogs, and immediate possession of the farm.
Proposals in Writing for the same will be received at the office of MR. JAMES MOUNSEY, Solicitor, Friars Court, Carlisle, where the Conditions of Letting may be seen.
Carlisle, August 31st, 1843

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TO   LET

That Old Established SKIN, or TAN YARD, together with a convenient Dwelling House, situate at Buckabank, near Dalston, within five miles of Carlisle, and one mile of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway, with every facility for carrying on an extensive business; and well worthy the attention of any one wishing to commence either of the above branches.

For Further particulars apply to MRS. BLAMIRE, the owner.

Buckabank, September 1st. 1843.

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 MARYPORT  AND   CARLISLE   RAILWAY

Half-Yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway held at Aspatria, the 23d day of August 1843
                   F.L.B. Dykes, Esq, in the chair.
The advertisement of the half-yearly meeting having been read,
Resolved - That the common seal of the company be affixed to the share list;
That the reports and accounts now submitted to this meeting be approved and adopted;
That the following directors retiring by rotation, be unanimously re-elected, viz: - Sir Wilfred Lawson, Bert., Chas. Rev Joseph Harris, and Nicholas Ross, Esqs;
That the transactions and resolutions of the directors be approved of and confirmed;
That the thanks of this meeting are due and hereby voted to the chairman and directors, for the ability and attention with which they have conducted the affairs of the company.

                    Report of the Directors.

Since the last general meeting the directors have to congratulate the shareholders on the opening of the line from Wigton to Carlisle - a great event in that part of Cumberland, and conferring a proportionate benefit upon the district through which it passes, in promoting so much the convenience of the public.  No idea, can of course, be formed of the traffic upon it during the short period that it has been opened - since the 10th May last.  It must, no doubt, eventually be very considerable, at present it is much checked by the want of accommodation in stations, &c., and the fitting of proper chachinery; but these arrangements are proceeding as rapidly as possible, and the directors trust the station, lime and coal cells, and other conveniences will be soon ready.  A small additional accommodation lately effected has already produced a considerable accession of goods, traffic.  A daily accommodation by mail has been established between Wigton and Keswick, - and by that, and other modes of conveyance, a considerable number of lake tourists pass over the line, and are no doubt, likely to prove a good source of revenue in the season.  In connexion with coaches, at the Carlisle end they are booked through over the line, to Edinburgh and other places.  The directors are thus still more stimulated to carrying through the remaining portion of the line between Aspatria and Wigton, so as to give full effect to the whole, and an entire development of the traffic.  An act having been obtained this session for a continuation of the powers of the company, which would otherwise expire in July, 1844, and sanctioning also, an advantageous diversion of this part of the line, the works upon it, for which a very reasonable contract has been made with MESSRS. BLACKSTOCK, and MR. McKAY, are in active progress, and will no doubt be carried forward by the contractors in a spirited manner, - these and other similar matters will be explained to the shareholders by the company's engineer.  The directors are most anxious and will use every exertion to force the line through, seeing that the same expense of maintenance of staff and plant they incur now, will thus be sufficient for a traffic so much extended, when a passage is opened to the east of the county, for the minerals and goods from the mines, and ports of the west.  The traffic for the half-year ending 30th June, amounts to 3675 pounds 10s. 5d., being an increase of above 1000 pounds on the average of the previous five half-years; - the smallness of this in comparison with what it might have been, is attributable to the want of coal drops in the harbour of Maryport, also to the want of wagons.  The directors having lately been prevented doing so by other engagements, are now taking effectual measures for remedying those deficiencies.  As was previously stated, a similar cause equally in progress of removal, has also as yet stood in the way of the addition to the revenue to be expected from the eleven miles lately opened - with that, however, made by the seven weeks they were opened previous to 30 June, the passenger traffic for this half-year amounts to half of the whole sum obtained during the former five half-years.  The maintenance of way, &c. amounts to 1588 pounds 6s. 5d, which would doubtless have been adequate to a much larger amount of traffic had the line been open throughout, as the directors trust will soon be the case.  A dividend out to have been declared, but the directors trust the shareholders will agree with them, in thinking it wiser policy to sacrifice that for a short period, and strain every nerve in carrying out the final consummation of the undertaking- an adequate reward may then be reaped.  The directors have purchased the ground at Carlisle, for the extension of the line to Crown-street, where they purpose building their station, this will take the line quite into the town, and prove a matter of the greatest convenience to the public.  One of the most decided advantages attending this line is, that it leads direct to the capital of the county, and to it, therefore, everything at all within reach will necessarily converge.  Having now nearly finished twenty miles of the whole distance, the directors still feel justified in maintaining that the whole line will be put into operation at a much cheaper rate than almost any other.
There is every reason also now to expect that it will at no distant period be carried on to Whitehaven, independently of such an advantage in itself to our line, this would infallibly be decisive of the direction which the western railway communicates with Scotland would take, so large a portion of it being then made, and the remainder so easy of execution.  The Maryport and Carlisle Railway posses amply within itself the elements of it's own prosperity; but it would still be a matter of the highest gratification to it's promoters to see it then form an integral part of so noble an undertaking, and derive corresponding advantage from such an event.

                                                    ENGINEERS REPORT - TO THE DIRECTORS.

Gentlemen, Some report of the present state and prospective completion of the works of this undertaking may be expected, as proceeding immediately from your engineer, for the information of the shareholders.
Your own knowledge derived from inspecting the line, and your constant attention to its speedy execution render this, in some measure, as addressed to yourselves a work of supererogation.
Agreeably to your instructions the station house and works of station at Wigton were set out, and are now being speedily completed.
The iron bridge over the Abbey Holme highway is finished, and the road approach by the station yard to the rails, will very shortly be available to passengers and goods traffic.
The next most urgent and important work on the line between Carlisle and Wigton, is the completion of the embankment, making the extension of the station to Crown street, Carlisle, and the erection of the permanent works of station at this point (which is within a quarter of a mile of the Court Houses.)
Though the traffic at Carlisle may have hitherto been subject to some inconvenience from the want of suitable station accommodations, I beg leave to submit that such inconvenience is most amply compensated, by your having now secured a site so much more valuable and convenient to alter considerably the line from Aspatria to Wigton as first set out. This has been done always within the deviation limit allowed by parliament, after carefully re-surveying the ground and taking the necessary levels over the whole line.
The entire line is now se out upon the ground, and the contractors are at work with two out of the three heavy cuttings contained in their contract.  They have removed from the largest (the Aspatria cutting) about 40,000 cubic yards, and will commence the other and only remaining heavy cutting in a few days.
By the deviation at Heathfield, an ordinary turnpike road bridge is substituted for a very long oblique railway bridge, and there is now no large bridge on the remaining work.  Several of the bridges may be set out and built immediately.
After harvest the woks will be prosecuted without delay, at every convenient point of the line, and from the known resources and energies of the contractors, it may be hoped, the weather permitting, that they will complete the work within the time assigned by their contract.
The new line as set out is still the shortest of any of the proposed lines, and has the saving advantage of a large reduction of cutting and embankment.  I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your most obedient servant.

WILLIAM MITCHELL