18 Apr 1829 Miscellaneous - Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions

18 Apr 1829 Miscellaneous

A young Scotch gentleman, desirous of learing to play on the violin, applied
to his parents for money to purchase the instrument, &c. "Aye, Sandy (quoth
the parent), had na ye better play the flute? ye'll save the expense o'
rosin, mon."

PEGWELL CLIFF. - A sort of avalanche having taken place at Pegwell, where
many thousands tons of the cliff have fallen into the sea, it is mentioned,
that not only pyrites, but considerable masses of gold have been found among
the debris.

LORD LAKE, on leaving Brighton to attend the debate in the Lords, declared
that Ministers might turn him out of his place, if they thought proper, but
he should vote against the Bill. We have great delight in recording such
instances (alas ! too rare) of patriotism, which are worthy to be ranked
with those of a LOWTHER, a BANKES, a BECKETT, and a WETHERELL. .... '
Brighton Gazette '

CONVERSION. - Last week, one KENNEDY, a soldier of the 4th Dragoon Guards,
was executed at Dorchester for shooting at the REV. MR. WILLOUGHBY. The
culprit, it appears, had led a profligate life, but after being in the jail
a little while, he became extremely penitent, and abundently repaid the kind
attention of the Rev. chaplain. The man having been bred a Roman Catholic,
a priest was sent for, but he would not see him, and eventually died a
Protestant.

SIR HUMPHREY DAVY. - We see the death of SIR H. DAVY announced (officially)
at a meeting of the French Institute; but have the satisfaction to state,
that later intelligence has reached us from his brother, DR. DAVY, (who is
with him at Rome), and who not only mentions his being still in the land of
the living, but adds that his health is improving so much as to afford fair
hopes of his recovery -
......' Literary Gazette '

EGYPT. - A MR. ROBERT HAY, of Linplum, who has already spent a considerable
time in Egypt, expresses a strong desire to return thither, in order to
persue the excavations about the magnificent temple of ABSEMBAL, or AB'OO
SIMBAL. To effect this object, he has written circular letters to various
scientific bodies, &c. for subscription to the amount of £700 (himself
furnishing £50); in return for which, he offers to each subscriber a report
of his operations and two large lithographic drawings of the temple.
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On the 30th ult., there was a meeting of weavers at Glasgow, at which about
12,000 attended. It appeared from the resolutions, that at least 40,000
persons in the district are in a state of starvation, from the want of
employment, or the low rate of wages. The magistrates and sheriff refused
to receive a deputation from the meeting, or acknowledge its legality, and
required its dispersion, which was quietly complied with. The magistrates
have since promised to provide out door work such as breaking stones for the
highways &c. at 1s. a day, for as many of the unemployed workmen as they
can.

INFANTILE COURAGE AND GENEROSITY. - Two bulls, of equal bravery, although by
no means equally matched in size and strength, happened to meet near the
front of a laird's house, in the Highlands of Scotland, began a fierce
battle,the noise of which soon drew to one of the windows the lady of the
mansion. To her infinte terror, she beheld her only son, a boy between five
and six years of age, belabouring with a stiff cudgel the stouter of the *
belligerents.*
        "Dugald ! Dugald ! what are you about?" exclaimed the affrighted
mother.

        "Helping the little bull," was the gallant young hero's reply.
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* Quaere - b'u'lligerents ? - 'Printer's Devil'