Carlisle Patriot 18 May 1844 Short News Items (1)

Short News Items (1)

Carlisle Patriot - 18 May 1844

Mr. ERLE, Q. C., has been appointed Standing Counsel to the Directors of the Bank of England, in place of Sir Frederick POLLOCK, now Lord Chief Baron. The statue of her Majesty, eight feet high, of white marble, intended to be placed in the centre of the area of the new London Exchange, is to be executed, we understand, by Mr. LOUGH. It is said that amongst the policemen of the Great Western Railway are eight members of the Royal College of Surgeons, and three solicitors. The bulletins of the state of the health of the Queen Dowager, have been discontinued, owing to the improvement in her Majesty's condition. One night last week, a lady who was travelling between Manchester and Birmingham had three sovereigns taken out of her pocket whilst asleep in a railway carriage. The thieves had got out before she discovered her loss. We learn, by a letter from Jerusalem, that "the Jews, induced by a sense of gratitude to the Queen of England, for her interference on their behalf in the late persecution at Damascus, have introduced in their prayer-book, printed at Jerusalem, a form of prayer for the queen and for the royal family, with explanatory reasons in the preface." - Voice of Israel. A child, aged five years, was poisoned in London last week, by swallowing a small piece of putty which had been incautiously given to it to play with. A post mortem examination of the body showed clearly that the child had been poisoned. To give an idea of the extent of the egg trade, it may be stated that the Princess Alice, from Dublin to Fleetwood, on Sunday week, brought thirty-eight tons, or about 70,000 eggs. The whole were dispatched by railway to Manchester, Birmingham, and London. A total eclipse of the moon will take place on the last day of the present month, Friday, the 31st inst. It will commence at 14 minutes after eight in the evening, and end at 26 minutes after one. The eclipse will be visible. The Journal de Villefranches states that the wine growers of the Beaujolais have no hope of a good vintage this year. The old vines have been frozen at the root, and cannot produce. The young vines look well, but the quantity of fruit from them will be comparatively small. The senate have offered the use of the Senate House, Public Schools, and Public Lecture-rooms to the British Association, should that body visit Cambridge next summer. Lord BROUGHAM, who has not presided at any public meeting in Exeter Hall since 1838, is to take the chair at the anniversary meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, on the 17th instant, Many well-known and old friends of the cause are likely to be present, and amongst the rest Daniel O'CONNELL, Esq., M.P., has signified his intention. A self-acting ventilator for theatres and other places of public resort, intended to admit precisely such a quantity of external air as will purify the internal atmosphere, and bring it down to a determined point, was submitted to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, by Mr. Thomas WROUGHTON last week. By command of the noble Postmaster General, a newly-invented obliterating stamp is now in use. The stamp is of a circular form, and bears in its centre the number of the post town whence the letter is despatched. To the public this stamp furnishes peculiar advantages, and the benefit of its use in the office is also equally apparent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

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