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Saturday 28 Jan 1826 (p. 2, col. 4 + 6 and p. 3, col. 1 + 6)

A dark and ambiguous paragraph having found its way into the Westmorland Gazette of last Week, purporting that the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Penrith had been severally served with a Copy of a Writ for a Nuisance, it may be necessary to state, that when the Paragraph must have left Penrith for insertion, only Three of the Overseers were at Home, the Fourth being at a distance on Parochial Business; and as the circumstance has been thus announced, it is thought necessary to lay before the Public the following outline of the case. The Plaintiff is an Attorney, in Penrith, without possessing one Shilling of Property therein; and although renting an Office is not rated to any Parochial Assessment, notwithstanding, he has not unfrequently presented himself at Vestry Meetings, for the purpose of addressing the same. The Overseers of the Poor, by Virtue of their Office, soon after their election, proceeded to make some trivial alterations in the Workhouse, for the benefit of the Parish, not unknown to nor without the concurrence of several of the Members of the Select Vestry, and the knowledge of many of the Parishioners; and when completed, the alteration gave pretty general satisfaction. The present ground of complaint arises from the Overseers having made a Hole in the Garden Wall, and hung a Door for the ingress and egress of the Manure belonging to the Parish, nearly opposite to the Plaintiff's Office-Door, whose Landlord has a similar Convenience nearly contiguous, and probably will be found in the sequel more offensive.

The Overseers of the Poor have instructed a professional Gentleman of property, talent, and integrity, to answer to the Writ, not doubting that if the action be brought forward before an enlightened Judge and intelligent Jury, a full statement of the facts will lead to a Verdict of the most satisfactory kind.

The Parish at large, who feel interested in the question, consider it a mysterious proceeding, and generally exclaim, "If a nuisance, why has it not been brought before the Quarter Sessions, the proper Court in which to decide matters of such a nature?" In the event of the Cause going forward, no doubt the Learned Judge who presides, will explain this, and probably inform the Plaintiff of the Powers and Duties invested in Overseers of the Poor, of which he apparently at present seems to have an imperfect idea.

Jan. 27, 1826.

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Mr. CURWEN left Workington Hall on Monday last, for London, to be present at the opening of Parliament. On the Friday evening preceding, the Hon. Gent. gave a supper at his residence to about 80 of the principal gentlemen and tradesmen of the town, and laid before them abstracts of the harbour accounts and of the expense of erecting "John's Pier": the latter cost £6341 17s. 11d. including £120 laid out in repair of damage by storms. On the motion of Mr. M. FALCON, thanks were voted to Mr. C. for his exertions. In the course of the evening, the Hon. Gentleman again alluded to the approaching general election, and declared his intention of once more presenting himself on the hustings where he should "feel proud to stand the investigation of his conduct by his constituents." He added that "he had the honour to sit for this county in Parliament, without soliciting a single vote—of that distinction he felt proud—and should he again have the honour to represent them, old as he was in years, but so long as health and strength allowed, so long should they be exerted in their cause." This is all very fine at a man's own table, but the less that is said about it without doors the better, for neither the Freeholders of Cumberland nor the Freemen of Carlisle have yet forgotten the trickery by which the election of 1820 was mainly carried.

The publication of the Whitehaven Gazette was discontinued on Tuesday last. Without intending any disrespect, or tone of triumph, we may say that it was not wanted by the public; this, indeed, is admitted by Mr. LEDGER in his farewell address. "Nothing became him in his life (editorial) like the leaving of it."

The weather has continued open since our last, with the exception of two or three frosty mornings of no great intensity. We were wrong, last Saturday, in saying that the Canal Navigation had been resumed. So great was the thickness of the ice (in some places eight inches), that it could not be got rid of till yesterday; and then only by great exertion on the part of the persons employed for that purpose.

On Wednesday last, the anniversary of the birth of the poet BURNS was celebrated in this City with great spirit. Two numerous parties dined: one at Mr. TWEDDLE's, Scotch Arms, Rickergate, (for the fifth time,) and the other at Mr. RANKIN's, Burns' Tavern, St. Cuthbert's-lane (for the first time). At each table, a well-made haggis graced the board; and the reception it met with clearly demonstrated that the Bard's eulogy on the "chieftain of the puddin' race," had not been lost on those who delighted to honour him. The toast, the sentiment, and the song went round; and the hilarity of the evening was such as BURNS, in his day, would have greatly enjoyed; and the sociality of the guests such as he would have claimed from kindred feelings. Many of the favourite Bard's most popular songs were given in the first style of vocal ability; and "between the late and early," the parties broke up, having resolved to meet again on the returning anniversary of one of the first poets that Scotland has produced. (Correspondent.)

The woman, M'CLELLAN, who cut her throat, at the Dam-side, as stated in our last, still lives; but there is considerable doubt of her recovery, on account of her intractable conduct. Although in a straight-waistcoat, she frequently moves her head to and fro with so much violence as to loosen the dressings and re-open the wound. She continues delirious, or affects to be so. Not a word can be extracted from her.

It is with pleasure, at all times, that we record acts of munificence on the part of the inhabitants of this city; and we readily announce to our readers the liberality of several congregations of Dissenters towards an object in which all denominations of Christians are deeply interested.—Mr. J. SUTTON, a Baptist Missionary, lately returned from the East Indies, (where he aided in the circulation of the Bible,) preached at the following places of worship, and after a suitable address, collections were made for the translation of the Scriptures into the different Asiatic languages, conducted by the Baptist Missionaries at Serampore:—On Sunday morning, at the Presbyterian chapel, where £2 12s. was collected; in the afternoon, at the Independent chapel, £3 3s.; at the Methodist chapel in the evening, £3 11s. 2½d.; and on Monday evening at the Baptist chapel, where £3 was given for the same benevolent purpose. Mr. SUTTON afterwards waited on several persons, who have always been forward in works of charity, and procured, in addition to the collections, the sum of £4 19s.; making, in the aggregate, no less a sum than £17 5s. 2½d.

We understand that an opposition is to be made in Parliament to the proposed bill for the Railroad between Newcastle and Carlisle. This will be a source of great regret to many, as the public are very favourably disposed to the undertaking.—Tyne Mercury.