Carlisle Patriot, 09 Oct 1824 - Local News (2)

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Saturday 09 Oct 1824   (p. 2, col. 6 and p. 3, col. 1-5)     [continued]

 

The Bishop of Llandaff is now on a visit to Mr. STANLEY at Ponsonby Hall.

 

The Newcastle Musical Festival terminated last night, and has been very successful. Madame CATALANI, we are told, did not give that general satisfaction which has in most places attended her vocal efforts.

 

The people of Northumberland will be astonished to learn that there have been 15 pieces of art sold from the Carlisle exhibition, which opened since the exhibition in this town. We are happy to observe that two of the paintings are by Mr. T. M. RICHARDSON, and purchased by the Earl of Lonsdale.—Tyne Mer.

 

On Monday last, a meeting of the corporate body of Appleby took place at the Town Hall, when the Rev. J. MILNER, vicar of Appleby, was elected Mayor of that Borough for the ensuing year. The Rev. Gentleman addressed the Common Council as follows:—"I thank you, gentlemen, for the honour you have conferred upon me; and I assure you that in the execution of my duties as Mayor of this ancient Corporation, the only object I shall have in view, will be that of keeping good order and rule within the precincts of the Borough, and conduce all that is in my power to the peace and welfare of its inhabitants." Having taken the usual oaths, the Mayor appointed R. S. STEPHENSON, Esq. to the office of Town Clerk; after which the meeting was adjourned until the following morning at ten o'clock, at which time the Rev. Gentleman again took his seat for the purpose of naming the other officers of the corporation. Mr. RUSHTON was appointed coroner and one of the chamberlains; Mr. Thomas ATKINSON, chamberlain, in place of his brother, Mr. John ATKINSON, who has resigned. Mr. Robert WILSON, leather searcher, appraiser, constable, bailiff, ale taster, &c. &c. On renewing the appointments of this latter gentleman, the worthy Chief Magistrate wished to put a few questions to him relative to his efficiency in these offices:—Mayor: In looking at the book of appointments, I perceive, Robert, that you have been leather searcher for many years. Answer: I have. Mayor: Do you know the duties of that office? Answer: No! Mayor: You have held a multiplicity of appointments, Robert; and amongst the rest, I perceive that you are ale taster? Answer: I am. Mayor: I suppose it will be unnecessary to ask you any questions as to the proficiency in this latter department? Answer: I believe I have done my duty in it!—Mr. John SARGINSON, Mr. Thomas BIRBECK, and Mr. Robert WILSON were re-appointed constables; they were, however, seriously admonished by the Mayor, on account of former neglect of duty, and cautioned as to the future. The worthy Chief Magistrate told them, that he had thought instead of re-instating them in their places, to have appointed one efficient person to the office of constable. In hopes, however, of their better conduct, they should now be continued. It was necessary that they should keep a good look out amongst those publicans who were so much in the habit of violating the Sabbath; and he wished it to be understood, that should any publican be convicted of selling ale or spirits on a Sunday, not only during the hours of divine service, but any time in the day, the fine or fines to which they might be liable would most certainly be levied.

 

The dinner given by M. BRANTHWAITE, Esq. the new Mayor of Kendal, on Monday last, was attended by 160 persons. After his worship had been sworn in, he proceeded from the late Mayor's residence to the Town Hall, preceded by a band of music, and accompanied by the Deputy Recorder, Aldermen, Burgesses, &c. Having taken his seat, he thanked the company for their attendance. The principal toasts were, The King, 3 times 3; the Royal Family; Duke of York and the Army; Duke of Clarence and the Navy; the health of the Mayor-elect, 4 times 3, and thunders of applause; the late Mayor, and thanks for his attention to the duties of his office during the mayoralty; Mrs. Mayor, and many thanks for her kind entertainment, 3 times 3. Several excellent songs and duets were sung by Mr. Alderman DOBSON, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. HARRISON, Mr. WHITTAKER, &c.

 

The proposed new public building at Kendal, is to be called Whitehall. The town will soon be lighted with gas—and buildings are increasing in all directions, so that Kendal bids fair to become a place of great importance to the manufacturer.

 

Dr. BARNES, of this City, has published in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal for October, 1824, a detailed account of the case of William DEMPSTER, the unfortunate man whose death was occasioned by swallowing a table-knife, nine inches long, while performing some juggling tricks in this city. We find in this statement no material addition to what we have already published. Dr. BARNES describes several propositions made by the Carlisle surgeons for disengaging the knife; but he himself thinks that an operation should have been performed. He says, "It is much to be regretted that DEMPSTER could neither be prevailed upon to sumbit [sic] to an operation, nor to remain in Carlisle. As an operation succeeded near two centuries ago, when surgery was in a very imperfect state, it is highly possible that, under the present improved state of surgery, a similar operation would have been attended with success. The many valuable improvements that have been introduced into surgery, both in the operative part, and in the subsequent mode of treatment, must give the moderns a decided advantage over the ancients, in the success of their operations. Had he remained in Carlisle, even although no operation had been performed, it is very probable, his life would have been spared much longer than it actually was. He became weak and emaciated; but as has been before stated, was able to walk about the town, and the stomach had, in some degree, become accustomed to the presence of the knife. The handle, and perhaps the blade also, would be dissolving, so that the bulk would be diminished; and if the knife had not been altogether removed in this way, it would have produced less irritation, and he might have lived a considerable time. There is even some probability that the knife might, in the course of time, have made its way through the stomach and parietes of the abdomen, by inflammation, abscess and ulceration, as extraneous bodies have been frequently brought from various internal parts to the external surface, by these processes, or by what some surgeons have termed progressive absorption."

 

 

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