Carlisle Patriot November 20, 1858 News Articles | News Articles |
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Page 1 of 2 BURNS AND LORD BROUGHAM. - The proceedings for the celebration of the Burns' Centenary are making satisfactory progress at home and abroad. Lord BROUGHAM was requested to be present at the festival at Alloway, and, in reply to a communication on the subject, he says that he feels as strongly as any one can the fitness of this and the other celebrations of BURNS' memory, but he regrets that he shall not be able to take part in any of them, as he has no prospect of returning from the south so early as the time proposed. The noble lord adds his very hearty good wishes for the celebration, so appropriately fixed at Alloway, the fittest spot, except the chief city of Scotland, and that, of course, for a general celebration. ____________________________________________ TALES FROM BLACKWOOD. - The eighth number of this popular series, issued in the present month, contains the story of 'La Petite Madelaine', by Mrs. SOUTHEY, and Dr. MAGINN's laughable account of 'Bob Burke's Duel with Ensign Brady'. ____________________________________________ An astonishing act of vandalism is recorded. In the Church of All Souls, Langham-place, was a very fine picture of great value, "Jesus Crowned with Thorns." Some weak-minded person, secreted himself in the Church, and during the night cut up into shreds and completely destroyed the picture. The letters "I.H.S." were also cut out of the front of the cloth covering the communion table. ____________________________________________ The murderer of Mr. ELY, in Queen's County, Ireland, is still at large, the efforts of the police having as yet been ineffectual in securing him. The worst feature of the case is that he is suspected to be lurking about the neighbourhood, protected in his concealment by the sympathy of the peasantry, who, while they express great regret for the fate of so kind a gentleman as the deceased, manifest no anxiety for the bringing to justice of his assassin. This state of feeling argues the existence of a wide-spread conspiracy, which is exciting considerable alarm among the gentry in the district, particularly as one or two of them have received threatening notices. The government have not yet offered a reward for the apprehension of the murderer, but are expected to do so shortly, and a subscription to augment its amount is in progress. Of the bloodthirsty rascal now hiding himself under cover of a dark terrorism, the 'Leinster Express' says: - "He received but two years' imprisonment for a homicide in Roscrea, although he was known to have dogged his victim to the death scene, and to have boasted subsequently how he wrenched the knife in the wound to insure its being fatal. Nor is this the only case in which he attempted to take human life. ___________________________________________ Tokens of winter are coming. The navigation of the Neva is closed by ice. Deaths from frost have occurred in Switzerland. The telegraph has reported intense cold in Paris. At home this morning, "the winds whistle cold." There is no telling how soon we may have a snow storm, with the hospitalities and the asperities of Christmas time. As we wrap ourselves closely in great coat and muffler, let us think betimes of the indigent and the fireless. ____________________________________________ Some new buildings at Nottingham fell to the ground on Monday, killing two boys and frightfully injuring several others. It is a second time that the same premises have fallen within a month; and a mystery attaches to the cause, which investigation must clear up. ____________________________________________ A great dinner has been given in Spain to M. De LESSEPS. considering the number of these dinners, one would imagine that the Isthmus of Suez was *****ut with a knife and fork ! - 'Punch' ____________________________________________ LADY VISITORS TO A WORKHOUSE. - The Liverpool select vestry on Tuesday agreed to a resolution which will permit lady visitors to call and converse with the inmates of the workhouse. An ineffectual effort was made by the Roman Catholic members to extend the permission to Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of Charity. ____________________________________________ AN OWL'S LARDER. - A few days since an owl's nest was taken upon the farm of Mr. PARKER, Burnett's Farm, near this city, with three young ones in it. the luxurious and voracious habits of the owl may be imagined from the contents of this nest, which consisted of two leverets, one rabbit, three blackbirds, one thrush, and two large trout. They were all fresh, and had been apparently caught during the night. - 'Bath Journal' ____________________________________________ "HAIRLESS SAVAGES" IN AUSTRALIA. - Mr. ROBERTS, civil engineer, of Sydney, who has been for several months engaged in surveying the squatting districts of the Barwan, lately fell in with a party of the "hairless savages", whose existence has recently been made known. They comprised a family of six, a man and his wife and four children, all totally destitute of hair. Their complexion is of a copper colour, less dark than that of the North American Indians, and partaking more of the Mexican tint. It is supposed that this family is the produce of an intermixture of the Malays and the north-western black tribes of Australia, driven from the interior by continuous and incessant drought, or that they are the remnant of some extinct race. - 'Sydney correspondent of the Daily News' ======================================= BURNS AND LORD BROUGHAM. - The proceedings for the celebration of the Burns' Centenary are making satisfactory progress at home and abroad. Lord BROUGHAM was requested to be present at the festival at Alloway, and, in reply to a communication on the subject, he says that he feels as strongly as any one can the fitness of this and the other celebrations of BURNS' memory, but he regrets that he shall not be able to take part in any of them, as he has no prospect of returning from the south so early as the time proposed. The noble lord adds his very hearty good wishes for the celebration, so appropriately fixed at Alloway, the fittest spot, except the chief city of Scotland, and that, of course, for a general celebration. ____________________________________________ TALES FROM BLACKWOOD. - The eighth number of this popular series, issued in the present month, contains the story of 'La Petite Madelaine', by Mrs. SOUTHEY, and Dr. MAGINN's laughable account of 'Bob Burke's Duel with Ensign Brady'. ____________________________________________ An astonishing act of vandalism is recorded. In the Church of All Souls, Langham-place, was a very fine picture of great value, "Jesus Crowned with Thorns." Some weak-minded person, secreted himself in the Church, and during the night cut up into shreds and completely destroyed the picture. The letters "I.H.S." were also cut out of the front of the cloth covering the communion table. ____________________________________________ The murderer of Mr. ELY, in Queen's County, Ireland, is still at large, the efforts of the police having as yet been ineffectual in securing him. The worst feature of the case is that he is suspected to be lurking about the neighbourhood, protected in his concealment by the sympathy of the peasantry, who, while they express great regret for the fate of so kind a gentleman as the deceased, manifest no anxiety for the bringing to justice of his assassin. This state of feeling argues the existence of a wide-spread conspiracy, which is exciting considerable alarm among the gentry in the district, particularly as one or two of them have received threatening notices. The government have not yet offered a reward for the apprehension of the murderer, but are expected to do so shortly, and a subscription to augment its amount is in progress. Of the bloodthirsty rascal now hiding himself under cover of a dark terrorism, the 'Leinster Express' says: - "He received but two years' imprisonment for a homicide in Roscrea, although he was known to have dogged his victim to the death scene, and to have boasted subsequently how he wrenched the knife in the wound to insure its being fatal. Nor is this the only case in which he attempted to take human life. ___________________________________________ Tokens of winter are coming. The navigation of the Neva is closed by ice. Deaths from frost have occurred in Switzerland. The telegraph has reported intense cold in Paris. At home this morning, "the winds whistle cold." There is no telling how soon we may have a snow storm, with the hospitalities and the asperities of Christmas time. As we wrap ourselves closely in great coat and muffler, let us think betimes of the indigent and the fireless. ____________________________________________ Some new buildings at Nottingham fell to the ground on Monday, killing two boys and frightfully injuring several others. It is a second time that the same premises have fallen within a month; and a mystery attaches to the cause, which investigation must clear up. ____________________________________________ A great dinner has been given in Spain to M. De LESSEPS. considering the number of these dinners, one would imagine that the Isthmus of Suez was *****ut with a knife and fork ! - 'Punch' ____________________________________________ LADY VISITORS TO A WORKHOUSE. - The Liverpool select vestry on Tuesday agreed to a resolution which will permit lady visitors to call and converse with the inmates of the workhouse. An ineffectual effort was made by the Roman Catholic members to extend the permission to Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of Charity. ____________________________________________ AN OWL'S LARDER. - A few days since an owl's nest was taken upon the farm of Mr. PARKER, Burnett's Farm, near this city, with three young ones in it. the luxurious and voracious habits of the owl may be imagined from the contents of this nest, which consisted of two leverets, one rabbit, three blackbirds, one thrush, and two large trout. They were all fresh, and had been apparently caught during the night. - 'Bath Journal' ____________________________________________ "HAIRLESS SAVAGES" IN AUSTRALIA. - Mr. ROBERTS, civil engineer, of Sydney, who has been for several months engaged in surveying the squatting districts of the Barwan, lately fell in with a party of the "hairless savages", whose existence has recently been made known. They comprised a family of six, a man and his wife and four children, all totally destitute of hair. Their complexion is of a copper colour, less dark than that of the North American Indians, and partaking more of the Mexican tint. It is supposed that this family is the produce of an intermixture of the Malays and the north-western black tribes of Australia, driven from the interior by continuous and incessant drought, or that they are the remnant of some extinct race. - 'Sydney correspondent of the Daily News' ======================================= |
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