Carlisle Patriot, 10 Jul 1824 - Local News (3)
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A young carrion crow, entirely white, was shot in Northumberland, a few days ago. It was hatched in a nest, near Wark, with 3 black ones.
On Wednesday, as the Rev. E. S. RANCLIFFE, accompanied by his servant, was riding on the banks of the Ribble above Walton, he observed at some distance, a man deliberately walk into the river with his clothes on. He immediately rode up to the spot, and arrived in time to save the unhappy being from a watery grave. When drawn from the river the poor man was nearly exhausted, but by the application of proper means, was soon restored. About an hour after this occurrence, a person passing along the river, observed something floating on the surface, which, on being taken up, was found to be a ledger wrapped in a silk handkerchief, and was owned by the unhappy person, who had just attempted self-destruction. The man alleges some disagreement with his wife as the cause of his leaving home in a distracted state of mind. He comes from Cockermouth, in Cumberland, but we forbear to mention his name, out of regard to the feelings of his friends. Some of his relatives are expected to arrive in a day or two to take him under their care.—Preston Chronicle, June 26.
Viscount Kenmure arrived in Dumfries, on his way from London, last night, and was welcomed with the loudest acclamations by the whole assembled populace. Immediately on his alighting at the King's Arms, the bells commenced ringing, which at intervals continued to chime till a late hour; a great many guns were fired during the evening, and squibs, rockets, and blazing tar barrels were kept constantly flying in all directions by the vast crowds assembled in the High-street, whose huzzaings and other expressions of joy and satisfaction were incessant. About nine o'clock, a fine balloon was set off by the sons of Mr. M'PHERSON, which rose majestically to a great height, and drew forth thunders of applause from the gazing multitude. His Lordship, and a great number of the most respectable gentlemen of both town and country, dined together in the King's Arms inn, where the evening was spent by them in the greatest harmony.—Dumfries Courier.
Associations have been formed among the colliers in the neighbourhood of Berwick, to compel their employers to increase their wages, and they have been corresponding with colliers in Scotland, from whom delegates were sent to initiate them into the mysteries of what they term the brotherhood; the object of which is to prevent the coal owners from employing any person who refuses to join their unlawful associations, and to compel them to submit to their own terms, both as to the amount of wages and the time of working; and to carry their object the more effectually, they bind themselves by a most diabolical oath, the breach of which renders the offending brother liable to be murdered by any of his associates! In consequence of the brotherhood having refused to hire, the masters have been reluctantly obliged to engage other workmen from a distance; and the occupiers of the houses refusing to leave them, they were turned out by force. The colliery engine at Gatherick has been maliciously set fire to; and such of the workmen as have refused to join the brotherhood have been cruelly assaulted, and threatened with further violence if they continued to work. To put a stop to these flagrant breaches of the law, a reward has been offered for the apprehension of the persons who set fire to the engine, and applications have been made to the magistrates of Durham and Northumberland, who have expressed themselves determined to punish all offenders with the utmost rigour of the law. Several of the men refusing to perform their contracts, and others charged with assaults, have been sent to prison.
The immense wealth of Mr. BOWES, father of the late Countess of Strathmore, arose in a great part from his mines in Durham. He paid in tithe to the rector of one parish, an equitable modus of £700 per annum. The living, exclusive of this, was worth only £100. The rector became covetous of a larger modus, and demanded £1000 per annum. Mr. BOWES desired a few days to consider the matter. In the interim, he sent for his head-miner, and gave him orders to shut up the shaft then in use, and to open one in the next parish, where there was a very poor living. He then sent word to the covetous man that the shaft was shut up, and should never be opened while he held the living.
In Galloway, large craigs are met with, having ancient writings on them. One in the farm of Knockieby has, cut deep on the upper side—"Lift me up, and I'll tell you more." A number of people at one time gathered to this rock, and succeeded in lifting it, with hopes of being well repaid; but instead of finding any gold, they found wrote on its ground side, "Lay me down as I was before!"
Robert BROWN, prisoner in the Castle of Jedburgh, has been indicted to stand trial for the murder of his own daughter, a child of five years old.
We congratulate our readers on the gay prospect before us of plenty. The blessings of the heavens above have late bedewed our crops with certain promise of an abundant harvest; while "the blessings of the seas" are daily manifest in the commencement of the herring fishery.—Isle of Man paper.
The new building for the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle, rapidly approaches completion. The exterior is finished, and as soon as the handsome front railing issues from the hands of the founder (Thomas COOKSON, Esq.), the building will be opened to public view. In the interior, the Lecture-room is nearly finished, as is also the museum. The plain and bold style of the former forms a happy contrast with the lightness and elegance of the Museum, and the more grand and tasteful design of the great room. The scaffolding erected in the latter for the execution of the work in the ceiling, was removed a few days ago, when the effect—even to those most familiar with it—was most imposing, and excited the warmest approbation of all who witnessed it. The chasteness and elegance of its lengthened unbroken entablature, joined to the grandeur and magnificence of its pannelled and finely-arched ceiling, enriched with the finest ornaments and mouldings, in the purest Grecian taste, produce, indeed, an effect of which it is not easy to speak too highly, and afford a happy assurance that this room, when finished, may vie with any of the kind in the kingdom.
Amongst the many rare plants in the garden at Springfield, near Ulverston, the seat of Miss TOWERS, a "Cactus grandiflorus, or great flowering creeping Cereus," has during the last week, produced three very beautiful and unusually large flowers—the calyx of each being 15 inches in diameter, and the depth of the tube 16 inches. Our Botanical readers know that this plant blooms at midnight, and that the flowers fade immediately afterwards.
Spoken at sea, the Blucher of Workington, from Hamburgh for St. John's, N. B. on the 25th ult. in lat. 49. 50., long. 54. 30.
The Sarah, KENDALL, from Liverpool, has been towed into Newfoundland, dismasted, by H. M. S. Clinker.
The Derwent, HARRISON, from Liverpool, and the James Grave, from, Maryport, are safely arrived at Pictou. The Margaret, HUGAN, from Dumfries, at St. John's, N. B.
The Corsair, ROBINSON, sailed from Maryport on the 2nd inst. for Liverpool and Batavia.
An extract of a letter from Mr. MANN, of the Economy of Harrington, describes the imminent danger which that vessel encountered on her passage out to North America; but she arrived in Placentia Bay without essential damage, having fallen in with the brig Cumberland, of Liverpool, without a soul on board.