The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-21 00:00:00

CAPTAIN RILEY AND THE RATTLESNAKEs.

[From the New York Spectator; Dec. ICI
The following is in very just " keeping" with the me.
mory of Capt. Riley, as a.bountiful contributor to the fund
of the marvellous in story-telling. We do not know what
right a man has to " cram, as Mr. Assemblyman F!
was wont to say, such a story as that of these Rate,.
snakes, " down the throat" (to quote Mr. Flagg again)
of public credulity ; unless indeed he has obtained sack
right from long practice. Captain Riley is a wonderful
story-teller, and reminds us of a kindred spirit of hie in a
much humbler walk in life; who sallying out of a windy
'
afternoon in the good city of Boston, to see his fair olio,
took with him an " Antbrilla " as he called it, which being
caught by the wind, served him for an air balloon, end
landed him, from over the tops of the houses, steeples, ;zei
at the door of his charmer! The same man was also ail
anchor-maker, and used always to light his forge fire by
hammering cold iron until it was red hot! In the mato-
facturing of anchors, this very Vulcan required seven reek
to throw water on him—then, he generally burnt up data
shirts a day ! Verily, we believe honest men may tell crer
strange and incredible stories so many times, that tley
alone, of all the world, will at length heartily &Ai:se
them.

As people at a distance may not be aware of the a!)
dance of these reptiles in some parts of Ohio, we can give
them some idea by the following fitct, as related by I slur,
Riley, whose book is familiar to the generality of reaciet,
The Captain happening to fall in with the Commissiorft
who were locating the Black Swamp road, the subjects of
surveying, &c. was naturally introduced, when he related
his experience. Ile said, when he had been surveying at
the neighbourhood of his new town, he was aware that
the country abounded with rattlesnakes, and he had tie
precaution to bandage his legs well with woollen legginm
after the Indian fashion. Sometimes, in the everwite
prairies through which he had to run straight lines, hewn
obliged to keep his eye on an object half a mile cr so
a-head, and he had always found himself tangled a' mit
the legs in the course of his progress, with brush or rub-
bish, as he at first supposed, but, to his utter astonishmrt,
on coining out, he found from fifty to a hundred weitht
of Rattlesnakes hanging to each legging!—:Vita
Gazette.

SPOR7'ING INTELLIGENCE.

lICTINO APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. Meynell'a hounds will inert on Monday at Egginton Pok,
Thursday at Shirley Park, and on the 29th imit. at Lion Work.
. Sir George Sitwell's fox-hounds on Tuesday at Barlow WoLs,
and on Friday at Woodhouse Al ill.

TATTERSALL'S, JAN. 20.

The betting to-lay was very trilling, and did not °cession my
material alteration in the odds, being principally one horse aprist
another. For the St. Leger, hientnon preserves his superiorly,
while Cleveland has gone back a trifle,

DECAY.
9 to 1 agst 31uletese (taken) 20 to 1 agst Diana
9 to 1 apt Rufus 20 to 1 apt Nigel (taken)
13 to 1 apt D. of York's soh 20 to 1 agst Sister to Seem!
17 to 1 agst Bolero (taken) 22 to I &gat Canvas
17 to 1 apt Webb 25 to I agst Spermaceti
18 to 1 apt Advance 23 to 1 apt !Buda
20 to 1 apt Legacy 23 to 1 apt Jenny

6 to 1 apt Aline
8 to 1 apt Sorcery
10 to 1 apt Attica
11 to 1 apt Walt:
11 to 1 apt Pastime

12 to 1 ago Tontine
16 to 1 agst First Fly
111 to 1 eget Pip,!ins
25 to 1 apt Shoveller
30 to 1 agst Zaleika
AGES.

IT.
11 to 1 apt Maranon
12i to 1 agst Cleveland
14 to 1 agst Redgauntlet
20 to 1 agst Homer
25 to 1 agst Cow Boy
26 to I agst His Grace
30 to 1 agst 3luletecr

30 to 1 agit Androgens
30 to 1 agit Crovreatehee
35 to 1 agit Mandan,
49 to 1 Brigand (taken)
45 to 1 Attica (taken)
45 to 1 Rosamond.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS
♦T TELE BANKRUPTS' COURT, sAstromu.L-sTatzr:

MOIIIoW.

THIRD MEETINGS. IL
.
Bond, C. Gravesend, victualler - . 12
Crossby, J. Holborn-bridge, checsemonger - - .10
Dousbery, R. Ball-lane, Spitalfields, mustard-manufacturer 10
Fuller, J. Bedford-place, Commercial-road, slater - .13
Linford, T. Sloane-street, Chelsea, draper - 12
Alamein, G. Northampton, carpenter . - . 12
May, N. Albion-terrace, Jtepney, builder (enlarged) . 10
Phillips, J. Bedford-street, Covent-garden, and Fiach-lane,
Cornhill, money-scrivener . - - . 10
Pickman, J. Shoreditch, grocer . - . 10
Powell, Won. Upper North-place, Gray's Inn-lane-road,
plumber . - - . 10
Radford, S. Chiswell-street, victualler . . . 12
Townend, J. IL Alinories, hat-manufacturer . 12
Welch, J. Prince's-street, Lambeth, japanned leather-mane.
facturer