Carlisle Patriot, 19 Nov 1825 - Local News (2)

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Saturday 19 Nov 1825   (p. 2, col. 4-5 and p. 3, col. 3, 4 + 6)     [continued]

 

It is fully determined by the Prelates of the northern Dioceses, that they will in future ordain no candidates for orders, who have not graduated at one of the Universities; we believe the college of St. Bees is the only exception. Hitherto it had been the custom in the dioceses of York, Chester, Durham, and Carlisle, to ordain young men, of competent learning and qualifications, who were either educated with a view to the church, or, if they had previously pursued any other avocation, had devoted two or three years to the studies preparatory to the holy orders. But the great increase in the number of graduates from our Universities, who are desirous of entering the church, and the difficulty of their obtaining titles, has very properly suggested to the heads of the church, this judicious restriction, giving to the Universities that preference which they deserve.—York paper.

 

It is said, that Mr. J. G. LOCKHART, son-in-law of Sir Walter SCOTT, sometime the reputed Editor of Blackwood's Magazine, leaves the Scottish bar for London, to be there Editor of the Quarterly Review.

 

By the Register Act, 6 Geo. 4, Cap. 110, from and after the 5th Jan. 1826, all property in ships is to be divided into 64 parts or shares, and the oath upon the first new register is to state the number of such shares held by each owner.—Smaller portions may be conveyed without stamp, and partners may hold ships or shares without distinguishing the proportionate interest of each owner: and only 32 persons are to be owners of any ship at one time, except as joint stock companies, when trustees are to be appointed and named on the register.

 

It is reported that a new court of Bankruptcy is to be established, at the head of which are to be placed three commissioners, who are to take the whole of that business from the court of chancery.—Morning paper.

 

A white snipe was shot, a few days ago, by Mr. BAINBRIDGE, near Carnforth.

 

The Earl of Carlisle was introduced to his Majesty at the Court held last week, for the purpose of delivering the insignia of the Order of the Garter worn by his late father.

 

The Right Hon. George Viscount Morpeth is appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the East Riding of Yorkshire.

 

Major General HARRIS, has transferred the Head Quarters of the Northern District, from Pontefract to Wetherby.

 

The Linnet, DANIEL, from Carlisle for Maryport, laden with oak timber, struck upon a bank off Beckfoot, on the 10th inst. and upset, and we regret to add, that two passengers, a woman and a girl, were drowned. The crew succeeded in getting into the boat, and landed at Maryport the same day. The sufferers were a poor woman and her child almost nine years old, named THOMLINSON, daughter of Sergeant SKINNER, formerly of the staff of this district; she resided in Caldewgate, Carlisle, but was proceeding to Maryport to receive her rent which was paid by that parish, her husband having deserted her some time ago, leaving her with three children, two of whom she left until her return. At the time of the mishap, she was below asleep;—in that state she was surprised by death. Her child was running about the deck, and was washed overboard; she was picked up soon after near Allonby. [According to FamilySearch, George THOMLINSON and Elizabeth SKINNER married on 23 Dec 1811 at Crosscanonby. Children of this couple were baptised at Maryport: Robert 03 May 1812, George 08 May 1814 and Ann 03 Oct 1816 TOMLINSON.]

 

An account has been received at Maryport, that the Trafalgar, CHRISTOPHERSON, is waterlogged, on her passage from Quebec to Maryport; and that the Anglim, GORLEY, of that port, is lost.

 

The Diligence, MATCHES, sailed from Maryport, on the 8th inst. for Belfast, with coals, and was lost not far from Belfast.—Crew saved.

 

The Dykes, COCKTON, timber-laden, from America, for Maryport, put into Milford, on the 9th instant.

 

The Susan, WELSH, of and for Whitehaven, from Liverpool, in ballast, was wrecked on Sunday week near the South end of the Isle of Walney. The crew were seen in the boat, about a mile and a half from the shore, but ere they could reach the land, it being impossible to tender them any assistance from the violence of the wind and sea, they all perished. The ship's papers and some of the wreck have been cast on shore, but none of the bodies have yet been found. The Captain, it is supposed, would not have less than ?140 upon his person.

 

On Friday last, a vessel, measuring 35 tons, named the Ocean, and which the owner, Mr. RODDICK, intends to employ as a sort of Lighter, was launched from the wood yard Dumfries, broadside foremost, in the presence of a great crowd of spectators. For more than half a century no vessel has been launched so far up the river. This vessel is square-built, somewhat in the shape of a box. Many persons laugh at it; others think it will be found very useful in the Solway in fine weather; and of great advantage in unloading vessels, at low tides, when they cannot get up to the Dock-head.

 

 

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A white snipe was shot, a few days ago, by Mr. BAINBRIDGE, near Carnforth.

 

In an attempt to regain her credibility, the GEU referred to a real source and adds this tidbit:

Male snipes perform a ‘winnowing’ display during courtship using his tail feathers to produce a sound

that sounds like the bleating of a sheep or goat and in some languages snipe are known

by names that mean ‘flying goat’ or ‘sky goat’.

 

https://www.birdspot.co.uk/bird-identification/snipe