[list-cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 27 Mar 1824 - Local News (1)

[Petra Mitchinson]

Saturday 27 Mar 1824   (p. 2, col. 5-6 and p. 3, col. 1)

 

Our readers who are interested in the local Salmon Fisheries will be glad to hear that Mr. IRVING's obnoxious bill is withdrawn,
Government being about to give the Salmon Fisheries generally the benefit of their attention. A good general act, on liberal
principles, would be of great service. 

 

The detachment of Scotch Greys, for some months quartered here under Captain GAPE, marched on Thursday morning, for Newcastle, and
will be replaced by a similar detachment of the same regiment, which is expected to arrive this day. 

 

LEAP YEAR.-A very ingenious and useful discourse has lately proceeded from the pen of the Rev. Edward ANDERSON. The subject is Leap
Year, and appears to have been suggested by the unusual occurrence of five Sundays in the month of February. The text is from
Deuteronomy viii. 2. "And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness." "It
is this day, forty years ago" says the preacher, "since the 29th of February fell upon a Sunday; and it will be eight-and-twenty
years from this time, before the like shall happen again." He considers the periodical return of such a day as one of the eminences
in the journey of life, on which a man may pause and survey the country through which he has passed, or which lies before him. The
author gets upon this eminence himself, and takes "a survey of the past and of the future." He marks the changes which 40 years have
produced in kingdoms, in families, in individuals, in congregations,-and contemplates the changes which it is reasonable to expect
that the 28 to come may produce; and infers the wisdom of seeking a portion in that heavenly Canaan, to which, through the
wilderness of the world, the Christian must bend his course. He very powerfully, and with much interesting variety of illustration,
calls on his hearers to remark the singular providence of Almighty God-their providential comforts-their providential
visitations-their providential religious advantages. He then directs them to a survey of their conduct and expectations; reminds
them of their state by nature-of the invitation of the gospel- of their own religious advantages and engagements-and of the voice of
God speaking to them in his providence, or calling to them by his ministers, or the stirrings of his spirit. And concludes with
suitably exhorting those who are yet in their sins, and those who have repented and believed the Gospel. 

 

An "intestine war" has sprung up in our (not always) peaceful city. The possessors of property on each side of Ferguson's, or the
Post-office Lane, Messrs. J. R. & J. FERGUSON, wishing for a ready communication, commenced erecting an arch across on Wednesday,
but at a height sufficient to admit the passage of a cart laden with hay or any other light material. The arch, however, Messrs.
PORTER, of the adjoining foundery, look upon as an encroachment, and they sent their men to demolish what had been built up; but the
other side was on the alert, the cotton-manufacturers sallied forth in formidable force, and the men-of-iron were obliged to make an
inglorious retreat. A sharp look-out was kept throughout the remainder of the day, and, we believe, the whole of the succeeding
night. On Thursday morning, Mr. R. PORTER resorted to a new system of tactics. He assembled his forces in an upstairs room, opposite
the obnoxious arch (about 15 or 16 feet distance), and they commenced a sudden assault upon the devoted pile, with iron rods, from
the window. Here again they were foiled by their active opponents, who pelted them with stones and brickbats, to the utter
destruction of glass and sash-frame, and (it is said) the no small inconvenience of the heads of certain of the belligerents. What
was to be done? Where mere numbers have failed, skill has often succeeded. The commander of the beleaguering troops racked his
invention, and produced an engine-a sort of battering ram-and erected it in the room before spoken of: on the other hand, the
arch-defenders were not idle; they, too, displayed their skill in the erection of sturdy wooden defences; they also obtained
reinforcements, procured hooks and chains, laid in a plentiful supply of missiles in the shape of cobble-stones and brickbats, and
awaited the assault with all the confidence inspired by former victory. Soon after six on Thursday evening, the aforesaid ram, ('a
most rare monster,' as Trinculo says,) peeped out at the window, and stretched its long wooden neck across the street, with an
apparent determination of making sad desolation with its iron caput; but oh! the slips to which engineering is liable! one of the
enemy stationed below, rudely seized it with his crook, and broke the neck in twain, amidst the shouts and laughter of a vast crowd,
and the pelting of a pitiless storm of stones and brickbats, by which some damage was done to the fortress of the attacking party,
and the window of the contiguous post-office experienced partial demolition. Thus ended active hostilities for the night. A guard
was again set: and Messrs FERGUSON erected a huge covering, or screen, of strong planks, nailed to posts let into the earth,
compared to which the 'mast of some stout admiral were but a wand.' Mr. PORTER next employed himself (report asserts) in
constructing a more effective engine, and at the time of penning this paragraph a new assault is momentarily expected. Now all this
would be very diverting were it not very dangerous. Crowds of idle persons are naturally attracted to the spot, besides the scores
employed by the contending parties, and the game, as may be expected, is greatly relished.--Friday evening, six o'clock. The
important contest, we understand, is over! There is still nothing like iron. Mr. FERGUSON has, for the present, suspended the
operations of his bricklayers, and it is probable that an accommodation will take place-that he will merely make a footway across
the lane, and not do that without obtaining the consent of those who claim an interest in the proceeding. 

 

 

[to be continued] 

 

 

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