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T. H. INGHAM, Esq., county Court Judge, is to deliver a lecture on "Capital
Punishment" on Tuesday evening next, in connection with the Whitehaven
Mechanics Institute.
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CARLISLE MARTINMAS HIRING.- Martinmas first hiring took place on Saturday
last.  The weather was fine and the number of servants for hire who
assembled in Lowther Street was unusually large.  Prices, however, having
gone down, a great many had to submit to lower wages than they had
anticipated, and others would not reduce the sum they asked, preferring to
leave the market without engagements.  The following is a list oif the
prices obtained:

First class men, £9  10s  to £11
Second class, £6 to £8
Third Class (Lads) £2  15s to £4
First class women £5 to £5  15s
Second class, £3 to £4
Third class, £1  10s to £2

The market was a slow one, as both masters and servants held back;  indeed
it was not until after dinner that any engagements to speak of took place.
The town was crowded all day, and of course the usual sounds saluted the
rustic ear.  The dancing rooms were resorted to by hundreds of merry-makers,
and there was the usual gathering of shows on the Sands.  MACOMO, the
lion-slayer, astonished the strangers by the cool manner in which he entered
the lion's den and made the kings of the forest to go through various
manoeuvres at his bidding.  The town did not resume its usual quietness
until a late hour.

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PENRITH HIRING. - The annual hiring for servants came off at Penrith on
Tuesday last.  The weather was remarkably fine;  and there was a large
number of servants in the market, more than have been known to be for some
time past.  Wages were down, and a very great number of servants went away
without getting engaged.  The servants asked more than the masters felt
inclined to give.  Good servant men were hired for £11 and £12, and lads in
proportion, £6 and £7.  Servant girls were engaged at from £4 to £6.  The
town was very full of people, but all went off quietly.  Great Dockray, as
usual, was full of shows.  No rows occurred, and not a single case was
brought before the magistrate ***** following morning.
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WIGTON HIRING. - The annual Martinmas hiring took place at Wigton on
Tuesday, November 16th.  There was not quite so large an attendance either
of masters or servants as usual, but the town was very full of people.  The
streets were much crowded with shooting-galleries, and stands of all sorts
of knick-knacks and sweetmeats for the attentive swain to treat his partner
of the day.  There appeared to be much less drinking going on than usual,
and the servants, both male and female, presented quite a smart and gay
appearance.  Wages were, on the whole, lower, and the hiring a slow one.
This is, of course, to be expected, when the state of markets is taken into
consideration.

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WORKINGTON. - Martinmas fair was held on Wednesday, and it was one of the
poorest affairs of the kind upon record.  There was not even the usual
caravan to occupy Portland Square.  No hiring worthy the name;  a few
additional gingerbread stalls and similar attractions to the juvenile
population, constituted the only distinction betwixt the half-yearly fair
and an ordinary market;  though the public houses benefited after the close
of the day.
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APPLEBY, SATURDAY, NOV. 13. - The town was well filled with servants of both
sexes in search of engagements, a greater number of changes taking place
than usual, owing to the desire on the part of the masters to reduce wages,
alleging that they were higher than times afforded.  Servants were firm in
standing out for their old wages, it being a long half-year, but were in the
end obliged to give way to some reduction, although not to the extent
anticipated by masters;  and the consequence was, a great number of good
servants preferred taking their chance at Penrith rather than submit to
present quotations, alleging that if they can but meet with half employment
until Candlemas, they can take as much for the remainder of the half-year as
if engaged at the present term.  First class men servants from £9 to £12;
second class do. and strong boys ranged from £6 to £8;  females from £4 10s
to £6;  young girls varied accordingly.  The town was unusally quiet.
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TWO NEW AND ORIGINAL TALES, ALSO LESSONS IN DRAWING, whereby any one may
teach himself this beautiful art, in CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED FAMILY PAPER. -
On Thursday, Nov. 25th, will be published, price One Penny, No. 53, being
the commencement of a New Volume (the third of the New Series) of this
increasingly popular Weekly Journal.  Its contents will be: -

I. Entertaining:  Chapters 1 and 2 of a new and powerfully written Tale by
J. F. SMITH, author of "Smiles and Tears," &c., entitled "The substance and
the Shadow" with Illustrations by Alfred CROWQUILL; also, Chapters 1, 2, and
3, of an original story of intense interest and pathos, by Felix STOWE,
entitled "Winnie"; also a short Tale, entitled "Robbery and Mystery", &c.

II. Instructive:  Consisting of Lessons in Drawing, so plain and simple,
that any one, by studying this Series, may instruct himself;  Lessons in the
French Language, in Natural Philosophy, and in Popular Chemistry.

III. Living Celebrities:  Authentic Biographies, with well engraved
Portraits.

IV.  The Matron:  Or, Articles upon Domestic Economy

V.  Miscellaneous:  Humorous, Chess, Poetry, Answers to Correspondents, &c.

London:  PETTER & GALPIN, La Belle Sauvage Yard.

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