[list-cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 25 Oct 1823 - Local News

[Petra Mitchinson]

Saturday 25 Oct 1823   (p. 2, col. 5-6)

 

Throughout the whole of the past week, the weather has been of the most delightful kind, and the harvest, in consequence, has
proceeded with a rapidity that has brought it near a close. The barometer was higher on Tuesday last, it is said, than it had been
during the preceding ten months. 

 

A paragraph, similar to that which appeared in our last, relative to the operations of the Select Vestry for the parish of St. Mary,
has been appended to the annual parochial statement. This was encompassed, we are told, by a wag, who handed it to the printer after
the MS. had been put into his hands; so that, of course, its appearance was without the knowledge or consent of the
assistant-overseer or the select-vestry. 

 

There has been for some time a forgery on the notes of the Royal Bank, Sir Wm. FPRBES and Co., the Commercial Bank of Scotland, and
others; and we understand there is one more recent on the pound note of the last mentioned bank, which is very well executed. The
public would do well to be cautious in receiving the said notes, and also in endeavouring to trace the circulation of them, as we
understand there was a large quantity paid at Brough Hill fair on the 1st inst. 

 

On narrowly looking over the contents of the great chest in the Town-Hall, which for many ages has been the depositary of the
corporate insignia of office, two small bells were found in it, on one of which was the following inscription:— 

 

               "The Swiftis Horse 

               Thees Bel to Tak 

               For Mi Ladi Daker Sake." 

 

On the other—"1599. H. B. M. C." 

 

Mr. James HENDERSON (a native of Westmorland) author of the History of Brazil, is appointed English Consul-General for Colombia, and
departed for his important station on Wednesday last. 

 

The Annual Meeting of the Knights of King Arthur's Round Table took place at Eamont Bridge yesterday week. A numerous company of
young men from Cumberland and Westmorland contended for the different prizes given to be wrestled for. A handsome silver cup was the
first prize, and was won by a Westmorland yeoman, Joseph ABBOT, of Thornthwaite Hall. The second prize, of two guineas, for men of
11 stone and under, was won by Wm. SLEE, of Dacre. The weather was favourable; and better wrestling has seldom been witnessed either
in Cumberland or Westmorland. King Arthur's Knights dined together in a spacious barn fitted up for the occasion, belonging to Mr.
ELLWOOD, of Eamont Bridge, who provided an excellent dinner; roast beef old England being the prevailing dish. Several new knights
were created by Thomas WYBERGH, Esq. who presided as grand master of the order. The first toast after dinner, was the King, followed
by that of the Lord Lieutenant, and the hereditary High Sheriff; after which a new song, composed for the occasion, called "King
Arthur's true Knights," was sung with eclat. 

 

On Sunday morning last, some villains broke into the shop of Mr. SEALBY, of Maryport, by taking out a number of bricks from a wall
at the back of the house, through which they effected an entrance; but fortunately having been over-heard by two shopmen who slept
on the premises, an alarm was given, and the rogues ran off without their intended booty. 

 

A gentleman writes to the Cumberland Pacquet, that he recently saw near Dearham, a flock of fieldfares, intermingled with a number
of swallows; a very unusual combination, as they generally migrate at different periods. But more singular still, he and others
heard the cuckoo on the afternoon of Sunday last. This 'bird of June,' as the poet calls it, has also been heard lately in
Northumberland. 

 

During the last four weeks, there have been three vessels on the Iron Railway belonging to Messrs. K. WOOD and Son, Maryport, one of
which, after receiving the necessary repairs, was launched on Saturday last. 

 

A correspondent in the neighbourhood of Annan writes, that though the harvest has gone on with great rapidity during the past week,
there is still much grain unfit for the sickle in the back and hilly parts of Dumfries-shire. 

 

T. W. BEAUMONT, Esq. M. P. for Northumberland, is about to pay a visit to Naples for the benefit of his health. 

 

His Grace the Duke of Atholl, family, and suite, sailed from Greenock for the Isle of Man, on Tuesday last, in the Majestic
steam-packet, Captain OMAN. His Grace, it is said, intends passing the winter on the island. 

 

CROP OF OATS.—One hundred and forty acres of land sown down with seeds, on Stainburn Common, belonging to Mr. CURWEN, has produced a
very remarkable crop of oats, between sixty and seventy stooks per acre. One hundred Cumberland bushels were afterwards thrashed,
yielding at the rate of six pecks to five stooks, and weighing 8 stone 3 pounds. This common had previously produced four crops of
oats successively; and it therefore became a matter of difficulty to decide upon a method to bring it into grass; for it was too
distant from the Schoose to attempt leading manure, even if a sufficient quantity could have been commanded; and it was quite unfit
for fallow and wheat. The plan adopted was to winter plough it; in spring it was well harrowed; and all the roots and clots were
collected, with what sods could be obtained from parts not previously ploughed. These were burnt, and twenty-five single-horse carts
of ashes, and thirty Cumberland bushels of lime, per acre, were added. It was twice ploughed, and then sown with cole, the product
of which was abundant, and eaten off by sheep; it was afterwards sown with oats and seeds. The present crop has much exceeded in
quantity and quality any of the preceding ones. The produce of 20 acres was carted to the Schoose, and that the of remaining 120
acres, on account of the wetness of the season, stacked on the ground. The cost of producing this crop was as follows:—30 bushels of
lime, £1 10s.; 15 carts of ashes, £1 5s.; total per acre £2 15s.; and the crop is worth between £6 and £7 per acre! An adjoining
field of 130 acres was last year managed in the same manner, and has proved an excellent pasture for sheep. 

 

At the Kendal Borough Sessions, last week, two well-known dealers in base coin, David CHARLES and his Wife, were put to the bar
charged with one of their old offences. It appeared that they had been searched by CARRADUS, the police-officer, at their lodging in
Kendal, on the 17th September, but nothing was found. Confident that they possessed bad coin, he contrived to watch, leaving BRADLEY
on the lookout when compelled to quit the premises by other business. In the morning of the 18th the prisoner and his wife set off
towards Ambleside, and were intercepted by CARRADUS about two miles out of town. On the appearance of the police-officer, the wife
put a bag, containing 300 base shillings, and 34 base half-crowns, over a wall. They were taken into custody, and brought to Kendal.
Mr. AGLIONBY attempted to set aside the evidence, because it did not prove intent to pass the money in the parish of Kendal, or in
the county of Westmorland, and therefore did not come under the cognizance of the Court. The Jury, however, gave a verdict of
Guilty, and CHARLES was sentenced to a fine of 1s. and 11 months imprisonment.—Anthony ATKINSON pleaded guilty to an indictment for
assault upon his brother-in-law, James TURNER, being under recognizance at the same time to keep the peace to the said James TURNER.
The prosecutor deposed that the assault look place at Grasmere races, and that the Defendant struck him over the hat with a stick,
and hurt his head. Alter carefully examining the hat, Mr. AGLIONBY enquired if there was any mark upon it? The plaintiff pointed to
the place in the hat which was hurt.—A. "I was looking for a place where the nap was off."—P. "He did'nt knock no nap off."—"O, he
did not strike hard enough to bring the nap off?" "No; it hurt my head worse than my hat."—"You boasted over him, and abused his
character, and called him a d—d rascal?" "Nay, I did'nt, I nobbet call'd him a tagell."—"He only struck you with a switch." "Switch,
indeed! it was a monstrous thicken!"—"Was it as thick as your thigh?" "Nay, but it was as thick as my thoum."—"And this hat has
borne all the blow, without receiving any injury which can be found by any body but yourself?" "It was plain enough once, but it's
soft now."—"It is healed up perhaps!" Other evidence was called to prove the provocation given by the plaintiff. Sentence—the former
recognizance to be forfeited, and to enter into a new one for 12 months in £10. 

 

 

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