THE WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, and KENDAL ADVERTISER, January 29, 1820

[Barb Baker]

THE WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, and KENDAL ADVERTISER.
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by J. KILNER, Market-Place, Kendal; Saturday, January 29, 1820; VOL. III - No. 91.
Price Seven-Pence.
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RELIGION.

 

From the lone watch-tower by the howling deep,

Where winds and waves their midnight revels keep,

The feeble taper gleams along the tide,

And haply proves the wand'ring seaman's guide.

So o'er the troubl'd flood of changeful life,

Even whose deepest calms are deadly strife,

Religion's light reflects a cheering way,

To guide poor mortals on their dang'rous way.

When reason fails, and hope is well nigh o'er,

And close at hand impends the' eternal shore;

She's the last refuge - she alone appears

To calm their woes, and dissipate their fears;

She's the sheet anchor, which at length they cast,

And in the haven safe they ride at last.

 

Leeds, Jan. 8.                                        H.W.T.

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[Barb Baker]

THE WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, and KENDAL ADVERTISER.
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by J. KILNER, Market-Place,
Kendal; Saturday, January 29, 1820; VOL. III - No. 91.
Price Seven-Pence.

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NEWS.

 

This week we have experienced a very grateful relaxation of the severity of the season.  The southerly winds, which have prevailed during the last few days, have produced a complete change in the temperature of the atmosphere, and the aspect of the earth.  The ice on the Canal, which is yet only partially dissolved, was broken up yesterday by ice-boats, and navigation is resumed.

 

The London Mail, which ought to have arrived here on Saturday morning, did not make its appearance till nine o'clock on Sunday morning, having been detained 26 hours amongst the hills in Derbyshire, by a heavy fall of snow.

 

On the same morning (Saturday), the Mail Coach was obstructed by the snow in its passage over Shap Fells;  the bags, however, were brought on horseback to this town by the guard, and forwarded hence to Manchester in a Chaise.

 

On Monday morning last, a troop of the 6th regiment of horse arrived at Penrith from Carlisle.

[Barb Baker]

THE WESTMORLAND GAZETTE, and KENDAL ADVERTISER.
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by J. KILNER, Market-Place,
Kendal; Saturday, January 29, 1820; VOL. III - No. 91.
Price Seven-Pence.
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NEWS.

Several houses were inundated at Penrith on Monday morning last by the
general thaw, and in some instances much damage was done.
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A detachment of the 33d regiment of foot arrived at Penrith, on Wednesday
last, on their route to Carlisle, to relieve the 40th regiment, which is
about to proceed to the Indies.
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Vagrant-Office, 27th January. - Relieved during the week 10 men, 3 women,
and 4 children.  Amount of relief  9s 2d.
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At the Radical Union School in Manchester, the chief reward given to the
children for proficiency, is a locket of ornamented morocco, enclosing a
miniature, with this inscription - "Henry Hunt, the heroic champion of
liberty."
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We observe by the Almanack, that there will be a grand eclipse of the sun on
the 7th September, 1820.  About nine minutes after three, 11-12th of the
sun's diameter will be covered by the moon.  The moon will rise eclipsed on
the 29th March, about half-past six in the evening, and the phenomenon will
continue till a few minutes before eight.  She will also be visibly eclipsed
on the 22d September, a few minutes before five in the morning, and will set
in that state about an hour after.
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Skaiting has seldom been exhibited in greater perfection than at Wisbeach,
on the 10th inst. when eight of the most celebrated runners in England met
to contest the prize of superiority.  The course, which is half a mile out
and back again, and run twice over, making two miles in the whole, had been
measured out and prepared, below the town;  the former mile was, for the
most part, performed in three minutes;  the latter in three minutes and ten
seconds.  The elevated mounds, which confine the river on either side, gave
all the advantages of an ancient Theatre to the immense concourse of
spectators from every part of the country.
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A dreadful accident happened on Sunday week, at Knottingley, in Yorkshire,
in consequence of the breaking of the ice, by which 45 persons were
precipitated into the water, and 35 sunk to rise no more !!!
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