THE WESTMORLAND GAZETTE and KENDAL ADVERTISER. January 15, 1820 / MISCELLANIES

[Barb Baker]

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KENDAL.  VOL. III-No. 90.                                    PRICE
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MISCELLANIES.

 

A worm, of a very curious nature, has been found by the cook of the King's Arms in this town, on opening a cod-fish, destined for an entertainment.  It is about four inches long, and shaped like a soal, with a mouth apparently intended to act as a sucker:  but what renders it more remarkable is a cloathing of the most dazzling green feathers, equal in brilliancy to those of the peacock, on the back, which gives it a very singular aspect.  Between the feathers are sharp quills, resembling those on "the fretful porcupine", but comparatively smaller.  The animal would seem too large to feed on the cod, but might rather be considered as a parasite, which is a frequent attendant on the fish species.  It is now in our possession for the gratification of the curious.  Those who have already seen it, many of whom are nautical persons, cannot call to their recollection any creature of a similar kind.

 

 .......Plymouth Paper.......

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NAIVETTE OF A PARISIAN. - An offer was made to a Parisian of an employoment at Passy of a thousand crowns per annum.

 

"What !" replies the Parisian, "do you think I would expatriate myself for so small a sum ?"

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NAPOLEON. - has at length broken silence; and the Ninth Book of his long expected memoirs, descriptive of the events of 1815 is announced in French and English, by a respectable publishing house in London.

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On Monday evening the remains of her EXCELLENCY THE COUNTESS OF TALBOT arrived at Liverpool, in one of the LORD LIEUTENANT's yachts, from Dublin.  On Tuesday all the vessels in the harbour, both English and Foreign, paid due and proper respect to the memory of departed rank and virtue, by hoisting their flags half mast.  This morning the remains of her EXCELLENCY will be conveyed hence to Ingestrie, in Staffordshire, where, it is said, they will lie in state for a few days, previously to their interment in the family vault there.

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Extract of a letter dated New York, 31st December, 1820: --

"Canada is rapidly increasing, and will certainly send, in a few years, double the quantity of produce she now does.  Upper Canada is a fine country; and, if you have an opportunity, pray recommend it to some of our deluded countrymen who come here to starve.  In Canada they receive every possible help, and have land given them as good as can possibly be met with in North America."

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A child of little more than seven years of age, named FAUSTIN HUGES, is at present the object of enthusiastic admiration at Naples, for his extraordinary performances on the violin.

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....more Miscellanies to follow....