York, May 13.
_Carling Sunday._--Carling Sunday, occurring nowabouts, is observed on
the north coast of England by the custom of frying dry peas; and much
augury attends the process, as indicated by the different effect of the
bounding peas on the hot plate. Is any solution to be given? The writer
has heard that the practice originated in the loss of a ship (freighted
with peas) on the coast of Northumberland. Carling is the foundation
beam of a ship, or the main beam on the keel.