THE WESTMORLAND GAZETTE and KENDAL ADVERTISER. January 15, 1820

[Barb Baker]

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS BY J. KILNER, MARKET-PLACE,
KENDAL.  VOL. III-No. 90.                                    PRICE
SEVEN-PENCE.
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WE ARE REQUESTED to contradict a paragraph which appeared in our Paper of the 5th inst and which we copied from the 'Hull Packet', stating, that a coffin had been left at the door of LORD GRANTHAM, Newby-Hall, with a diabolical inscription upon it.  We are assured the whole is false.
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The EARL OF CARLISLE has given one hundred and fifty cart-loads of coals, to be distributed among the poor housekeepers of Brampton, a most welcome donation at this inclement season.

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**This completes the January 15, 1820 issue of THE WESTMORLAND GAZETTE AND KENDAL ADVERTISER**

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[Barb Baker]

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS BY J. KILNER, MARKET-PLACE,
KENDAL.  VOL. III-No. 90.                                    PRICE
SEVEN-PENCE.
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More MISCELLANIES.

 

 

PRINTED MAPS. - The celebrated MR. FIRMIN DIDOT is now employed in engraving the dies for moveable types for printing maps, which, will, it is affirmed, equal those engraved on copper, and which invention seems to be exclusively his own.  Many attempts have already been made to print maps with moveable types, among which the specimens from the presses of MESSRS. HAAS of Bazil, and PERIAUX of Rouen (who exhibited in the Exhibition of Arts this year, a beautiful map of the deparment of the lower Seine) are particularly distinguished;  but they do not satisfy the expectations of connoisseurs:  it is therefore hoped, that MR. FIRMIN DIDOT, by his talent and zeal, will succeed in conquering the difficulties which have hitherto opposed the complete success of this important branch of typography.

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A countryman stepped into MR. _____________'s, a bookseller, at Doncaster, who was standing at his own door, and enquired if there were in the "Green Dragon".  MR._____________led him gently out to the middle of the street, and pointing to his sign, the "Bible and Crown", said "Is that like a Green Dragon, friend?"-------------------

"I do na knaw (replied Hodge, not in the least disconcerted), for I never seed ane !"

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A discussion respecting oysters, at present occupies public attention in Belgium and Holland.  A bank of oysters has recently been discovered in the neighbourhood of Antwerp.  These oysters, it appears, do not agree with the Belgians;  but the Dutch, on the contrary, are very fond of them, and hence a serious dispute has arisen in the journals of the two countries.  The Batavians say the oysters are not English;  but the Belgians like them the better for that, and pride themselves in giving the preference to their own 'native oysters'; the 'moderates', who may be said to belong to the 'stomach faction', eat both impartially.

        Thus political feeling attaches itself to every thing !  Where will party spirit next find a niche - since it has penetrated even into oyster-shells !

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