[list-cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 28 Feb 1824 - Local News (2)

[Petra Mitchinson]

Saturday 28 Feb 1824   (p. 3, col. 2-6)     [continued] 

 

The Carlisle Harriers cast off on Tuesday at Wrea, at eight o'clock in the morning. 

 

We understand that the Rt. Hon. T. WALLACE, M. P., Master of the Mint, has presented the Rev. Mr. BEWSHER, late curate of Penrith,
to a living at Knaresdale, in Northumberland, said to be of considerable value. 

 

Unfortunates that we are! we have drawn down upon our heads and upon the yellow cause (in consequence of the exquisite specimen of
orthography which appeared in our last) such castigation as none but the high-mettled author of it could inflict.-With all humility
we insert the following:- 

 

"Whearas on Saturday Last Being the 21 of Febuarey 1824, a Letter of my Hand Wrighting Stated Madam I Humbley Beg the faviour of you
as for to Be so good as for to Bestow your Charitey upon me this was at Christmas wheare I Recived Sixpence from the Ladey and for
that offence I was advertised in the Pattirott News Papers whear Great Numbers of Power People Recives a Prisent at Christmas from
the Gentelmen and Laidies of Carlisle as well as my Selfe I Have Being a Labourer 50 years and has Being Employed in most Parte of
the Gentelmens Houses in Carlisle and has Recived a small Present at Christmas this maney years for my Honostey and Industrey Sir
you Have stated in the Newes Paper that I send Letters for to gett a Grabe at the Purse and that I wright Letters to Both Dukes and
Lords for a Grabe at Purse theare is Nethear Lords nor Dukes in Carlisle which is a false Charge I Denie it Sir: I Have filled many
mans Belly and Boyes at the Skinners Guild that would Cutt my Throate If thay Had it in theare Power Sir you Have wroate a Liabell a
Gainst me you and your Confideritears you wish to Turn the world a Gainst me and Deprive me of a morsell of Bread and to Put me to
the Punishment of Jain Shore But I Defie you and all your yeallow Schemes Sir for your Active Parte this 2 Elections your Master has
upon Hand for you a Large Quantitey of all sorts of Pultrey feeding for your use of the Plumidge Kind of Everey Discription as will
full a Potters Creele to be Distributed to non But the Greatest Rogues that you Cann Pick ought of the Partey or Else thay will not
Be Entitled to aney of the a Bove Present Except thay are Compleate men for taiking the Long Oath or Great Black Guards that Cann
Raise a mobe and has a Good voice and a Strong voice to Sound your fame Sir you always Keepe Back of the Headge and Cannot gitt
ought Because your Blind in your Sins and Cannot See Neither Cann you See the arrour of your Sins which you Have Committed a Gainst
God and man Gentelmen and Inhabtants of Carlisle I Remain your most Humbell Sarvent Anthony NIXON Labourer.   Carlisle Febuarey the
27 1824." 

 

A word in earnest. We really had no intention of depriving 'honest, honest' Anthony of the least of the donations which he may
obtain from the charitable. We would much much rather at any time give him a shilling than deprive him of one, for we think him and
his wife deserving objects; nor should we have now mentioned his name had he not forced it upon us.-We advise him, however, not to
permit his happy talent for epistolary writing to betray him into a too exalted opinion of himself, and conjure him to have a little
mercy on those who are so unhappy as to incur his political disapprobation and opposition! 

 

>From the Kendal Gazette.-We have great pleasure in noticing the very flattering mannner [sic] in which the productions of that
distinguished artist, Mr. SEVILLE, have been received by the more elevated classes of society in this town, who have daily thronged
to his astonishing abilities in cutting Profiles, &c. in the execution of which he combines uncommon ingenuity with the most
surprising accuracy.-See Advert. 

 

Margaret WARD (a girl of the town) was on Saturday last committed to Carlisle gaol, for trial at the ensuing assizes, charged with
robbing James STOUP of a guinea, in the market-place, Whitehaven. The jail at this time contains five women of the above
description, who lately infested the streets of that town. 

 

The rebuilding of Borrowdale chapel is decided upon. The old structure will be pulled down immediately, and a handsome and more
commodious edifice (to be completed against the first of August next) is to be erected upon the site.-We should rejoice exceedingly
to hear of a similar fate awaiting several of the other hovels amongst the mountains in this county, in which Divine Service is
still performed. 

 

A fine four years old steer of the short-horned breed was lately killed at Schoose (Mr. CURWEN's farm), the carcase of which weighed
110st. 5lb. (of 14lbs.), and 15st. 12lb. of tallow, long weight. It was reared on the soiling system, and never had any other than
green food and straw. 

 

Prisoners to take their trial at the Westmorland Spring Assizes:- 

 

George RAWSTHORNE, aged 35; Thomas RICHARDSON, aged 19; John DENT, aged 18; and James WILKINSON, charged with burglary. Charlotte
CHRILLOW, aged 42, for receiving stolen goods. Dorcas ALLINSON, aged 27, for uttering counterfeit money. 

 

The body of a man named ARMER was found in the river Kent, near Levens, last week;-a watch and some other trifling property were in
the pockets of his clothes; a string was tied securely round his right leg, and fastened with a noose round the left arm, but it had
been broken by the rolling of the body in the water;-there was a cut behind the left ear to the bone; the face was much battered;
and several scars appeared on various parts of the body. Notwithstanding all this, no surgeon was called on the inquest to examine
the wounds. Verdict of the jury, "found drowned." It is probable that the man committed suicide, and that the injury to his person
might have been occasioned by the rough bed of the river: yet it was not very prudent to inter the corpse without a proper
investigation. 

 

 

[to be continued] 

 

 

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