[List-Cumbria] Carlisle Journal, 17 Sep 1814 - Local News

[Petra Mitchinson]

Saturday 17 Sep 1814   (p. 3, col. 1-3)

 

For the list of prizes to be disposed of ***** athletic sports at Carlisle Races-see adv. 

 

THEATRE.-The benefit-nights, this week, have been well attended,-and the season concluded, until the races, with Mr. William
M'CREADY's night, which was graced with a very fashionable and crowded attendance, This we fully expected, as he is an actor of
great merit, and who, we have little hesitation in saying, will become one of the first ornaments of the stage. 

 

Miss MACAULEY, whose abilities in every department of the drama, particularly in impassioned characters, is superior to anything we
ever observed in a provincial company, is, we understand, about to retire from the stage. Respecting the private character of this
amiable young woman we could mention several meritorious traits, but deem it unnecessary, as wherever her acquaintance extends,
there will her virtues be duly appreciated. 

 

The third arch of the new bridge over the Eden is now closed, and the frame-work is nearly ready for the other two arches. 

 

REMARKABLE PHENOMENON.-On the evening of Sunday last, about half-past seven o'clock, a very singular phenomenon was observed in the
heavens. A narrow streak of luminous matter extended from N. E. to S. W. passing near the zenith, and immediately appeared to have a
very quick motion towards the southern horizon. At 55 minutes past seven it passed through the first stars in the Lyre, the Swan,
and the Serpent; at ten minutes past eight it extended in the direction through Altair, Enir, and delta Pisces. During all this time
it gradually increased in breadth, but its brightness had considerably diminished: at 20 minutes past eight it seemed nearly of the
same brightness as the milky way, and still approaching nearer to the horizon; at 35 minutes past eight it could scarcely be
distinguished in the sky. All the time of its continuance it retained very nearly the figure of a great circle of the heavens, and
its curvature was perfectly regular. A little before it disappeared, a number of white pellucid clouds had formed in the N. W.; the
larger stars were seen through them almost as in other parts of the heavens, although the clouds seemed to be pretty dense; they
soon appeared as if darting across the heavens, and it was now evident that the phenomenon was a very remarkable Aurora Borealis. In
a short time the Aurora assumed the form of several concentric zones, whose centre was situated in the northern magnetic pole,
which, alternately enlarging and contracting, generally moved to the S. E. in the same direction as that first observed. At 30
minutes past ten the whole formed one large zone, extending from N. E. to S. W. the breadth equal to the distance between Vega and
Altair, the western part was all along the most remarkable. At eleven o'clock the N. W. edge of this zone became wonderfully bright,
and a great number of corruscations darted towards the northern magnetic pole: it was now at the most brilliant stage of its
appearance; the vivid flashes which ran across the heavens assumed all the colours of the rainbow, and the firmament seemed as in a
blaze of fire.-At this time the crackling noise with which this phenomenon is accompanied could be distinctly heard; and the
quantity of light which the Aurora afforded was very considerable.--The same phenomenon was observed at Chester and other places at
the same time, and to observers pointing to the same direction in the heavens. 

 

Since our last has been committed to Carlisle gaol, Elizabeth DRAKE, on suspicion of vending base money. 

 

On Saturday forenoon, the 10th inst. as some boys were playing on the castle bank, they found at the bottom of one of the butments,
concealed among the nettles, a bag containing upwards of a hundred counterfeit sixpences, several pieces of sheet copper, and a tea
cup half full of a whitish coloured substance, a file, and a small bag with a quantity of shot in it. Some of the counterfeits were
nearly ready for circulation, and some were only roughly cut out. 

 

On Thursday, a detachment of the cavalry lying here set out for Appleby, to attend the execution of Thomas NICHOLSON, convicted of a
rape upon Elizabeth HALL, of this city. 

 

A Roman inscription was this week found amongst the rubbish on the line of road now making from the Irish-gate to the
Court-Houses:-Several other stones, bearing Roman inscriptions, were disposed of by the workmen before we could have an opportunity
of examining them. 

 

A pea, of the brown Dunstable kind, was lately pulled in a field belonging to Mr. R. WILSON, of Rockliff, which produced not less
than 65 pods, or about 380 separate peas.-In the same field, a bean was pulled, which proved nearly equally productive. 

 

The Bishop of Carlisle has presented the Rev. James LYNN, minor canon of Rochester Cathedral, to the rectory of Caldbeck in this
county. 

 

The anniversary meeting of the Kendal Auxiliary Bible Society was held on Tuesday se'nnight: and we are glad to observe, that this
institution, and the Branch Societies connected with it, are in a very prosperous state. 

 

ACCIDENTS.-Yesterday week, the following accident occurred to two women and a man, who were travelling in a cart from Blackport to
Bacup. Near Houghton Tower, on the Blackburn road, the horse took flight, and in endeavouring to stop it, the man was thrown on his
back, and the wheel of the cart passed over his body. The horse still continued to gallop, till they arrived at the turnpike-gate
near Brindle, when the cart coming in contact with the gate-post, it was overturned with great violence, and one of the women killed
on the spot. We have since heard that the man is also dead, and the other woman now lies in a very dangerous state.-On Saturday
se'nnight, a child of Mr. Miles DOWKER, of Kendal, unfortunately lost its life by swallowing a quantity of oil of vitriol, which had
been left the preceding evening from making blacking.-On Wednesday se'nnight, in Derwent Lake, three persons were drowned by the
upsetting of a boat.-On Monday se'nnight, on the Kenton waggon-way, near Newcastle, a young woman had her head separated from her
body by the sharp metal wheels of a waggon which ran amain, and under which she had fallen in endeavouring to escape. 

 

The Vittoria, TWENTYMAN, of Whitehaven, has arrived safe at London, from Jamaica. 

 

On the 2d inst. a beautiful vessel, called the PARAGON, intended for the fishery, was launched at Parton, in this county. 

 

On Thursday, a fine new brig was launched from the building-yard of Mr. THOMSON, at Glencaple, near Dumfries, called the William and
Mary. 

 

Lloyd's List of Tuesday contains several fresh captures by American privateers on the Irish coast.

 

 

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