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Whitehaven Gazette - Oct. 18, 1819

COCK BRIDGE HUNT.


       The Cock Bridge Hunt was held on Wednesday last, and fortunately for
the sportsmen it was the only fine day in the week.

       The Company assembled at Mr. G. SHEFFIELD's, about ten in the morning
and the hounds immediately cast off near Whitehall. The first hare made an
excellent run, and was taken at last in a barn at Bagrow. The gentlemen rode
chiefly in scarlet which gave the field a very gay appearance; among the foremost
of the riders, and none were slack, we observed Mr. LAWSON the master of the
hounds, Mr. VANE, the Rev. E. STANLEY, Mr. P. WYBERGH, Mr. GRAHAM of Netherby,
the Lord Mayor, and Mr. C. PARKER.

       Many other gentlemen distinguished themselves in the chase, and
afforded great amusement to the country people, who seemed to enjoy the scene almost
as much as those who were immediately engaged in it.

       At five o'clock a very numerous company sat down to dinner, and a
better dinner was never sat down to. The wine, we suppose, must also have been
good - for not a man quitted his chair till one the next morning.

       G. STANLEY, Esq. of Posonby Hall, was elected Lord Mayor for the year
ensuing, and was conducted to the chair with the usual ceremonies. - As
"Reporters were excluded" it is not in our power to give any account of the toasts
or songs, but the choruses were very full and loudly applauded.

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       On Monday last, the Radical reformers of Carlisle had a Meeting at
Coalfell-Hill, near that city, Mr. BELL, stated, "For the purpose of denying
themselves the use of certain exciseable articles, until a Radical Reform was
obtained in the House of Commons." After long speeches from Mr. M'KENZIE, Mr. Jas.
WEEMS, who proposed the resolutions and other radical Orators the Meeting
quietly dispersed.

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