[list-cumbria] Carlisle Patriot, 18 Sep 1824 - Local News (1)

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Saturday 18 Sep 1824   (p. 3, col. 1-2)
 
Mr. CANNING set out from London on Sunday, on a visit to the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland. He returns about the latter end of next week, by way of
Liverpool, where the Right Hon. Gentleman will be joined by his lady and
daughter, and they will spend a few days with Mr. GLADSTONE, at
Seaforth-House. Thence, it is said, Mr. C. will proceed on a tour into
Scotland, calling, on his way, at Storrs Hall, Windermere, and, most
probably, at Lowther Castle. In that case, the Right. Hon. Gent. will pass
through Carlisle. 
 
We have now a return of fine weather, and the harvest goes forward with
great expedition. On Saturday night torrents of rain poured down; Tuesday
was a wet day; and frequent showers intervened up to Thursday morning, when
the favourable change of which we have spoken commenced. It is impossible
not to see that the farmers, in many places, might have been much more
forward with their harvest work, had they prudently employed a greater
number of the numerous labourers who offered their services at very low
wages. 
 
The Rev. Mr. WILKINSON, of Carlisle, is expected to be elected chaplain of
the new Carlisle Gaol, at the approaching general meeting of Magistracy, as
he has the recommendation of the Committee. Salary £100 per annum;—duty
heav[    ]-prayers twice daily, and divine service twice on Sundays. A son
of Mr. ORRIDGE, keeper of Bury St. Edmund's gaol, is intended to be proposed
as gaoler, and will probably succeed to the office. 
 
A very elegant Silver Tureen and Stand, value one hundred and twenty
guineas, were presented to Mr. HODGSON, at Auckland, on the 10th inst. by
Mr. PEAT of North Shields, who, being the senior postmaster of the northern
district of the general post-office, was deputed by his brother postmasters
to do so. The following is a copy of the inscription on the Tureen,
viz:—"This Tureen and Stand were presented by the Postmasters of the several
towns enumerated on the other side, (sixty-two in number), as a token of
regard and esteem for their late Surveyor, William HODGSON, Esq., of Bishop
Auckland, on his retirement from the surveyorship. 5th April, 1824." 
 
On Monday night, a box of soap was broken open at the Canal Basin (belonging
to Mr. WAUGH, grocer), and robbed of seven cakes or wedges, of considerable
value. The box had arrived late in the evening by the boats, and had not
been so promptly taken away as it should have been. 
 
The entry for the Lord Lieutenant's Silver Cup, to be run for at the ensuing
races, closes this evening. There is likely to be a sweepstakes, of three
guineas each, run for on the second day—several gentlemen having already put
down their names as subscribers. 
 
A fine specimen of the Sphinx Convolvuli, or Unicorn Hawk-Moth, was caught
last week, near Wigton, in this county. This is one of the rarest and
largest of British Lepidopterous insects, the expansion of its wings
measuring nearly five inches. Their general colour is gray, the upper pair
being clouded, and the lower pair barred with black. The body is elegantly
varied with red, black, and white spots. The eyes are strikingly large and
phosphorescent; the tongues spiral, and very long. Its larva is chiefly
found upon the Convolvulus Sepium, goes into the pupa state under ground,
and changes into the perfect insect in the month of September. It flies in
the evenings, and feeds upon the nectar of flowers, which it extracts with
its long tongue whilst upon the wing, after the manner of Humming Birds.
 
A driver in the employ of Mr. HARDEN, carrier between Stockton and Penrith,
was killed on Wednesday night, by the overturning of a waggon, laden with
timber, near Brough, on its way to Penrith. 
 
The King has granted Capt. James ROBERTSON, R. N. and Anne his wife (late
Miss WALKER of Gilgarron,) permission to use the surname of ROBERTSON
WALKER, out of respect to the remains of Mrs. R's late father and brother. 
 
A correspondent writes: "There is something new under the sun. On Saturday,
I heard a stage-coachman reprimand a passenger for swearing." 
 
Various improvements are on the tapis at Kendal: one of them is to light the
town with Gas. 
 
In the case of LOUGH against WARREN, tried at the late Westmorland Assizes,
the defendant must bear costs, not having paid the £7 3s. into Court. 
 
We understand that the next meeting of the Committee appointed to report on
the expediency of a Canal or Railway communication between Newcastle and
Carlisle, is fixed for the 6th of October, which, being in the week of the
musical festival, will afford an opportunity for a full attendance of the
committee. In the meantime, we hope the subscription will be considerably
increased, it being most desirable that the committee should be furnished
with the means of procuring the opinions of the ablest professional persons
who can be applied to for advice or information on the subject. Upon the
committee, a most important duty has been devolved, but a duty, we feel
assured, which they will endeavour to discharge by a full and impartial
investigation of the great question submitted to their consideration.—Tyne
Mer. 
 
 
[to be continued] 
 
 
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