The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-09-22 00:00:00

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The sale of the presowes belonging to Mr. Talley
fool( lace on the I nth June two ; mud, after it was
*eve. which wiwiint until the evening, lie proceeded
to Glove's. and his wish to sleep Malty room
of the lonnwth might he assagued to him. A good
'd. al ot .oliposition ea.' wade to thiSi, under the Ke-
tt nce. that he would he sure to pass is trouille-
game ouch, ; &to tall-y, persisting in his oli-
ject, and tiherrVl!l4 that he hid never experenceil
during the two years in
Nvltieh he o=-anneal the house, at last obtsi.ieri
Chnsr's ennveut In sleep in the room in st (nth of
all other, the Itoockingt were most frequent. Mr.
T. how• yet, sii;itilateil, that none of the servants
should truism in the preowtes.; mid this was also,
wit.. tone's rcluctance, complied with.
About veil ki'eloek. Mr. T. went to the house,;
and on reachmx the •he observed is twin
leaning oa the vomiter, mod Mrs. Cheer, on the
oppo.ite aid.. in apparent earliest conversation
with him. Mr. Malted • few moments ou his
rontrance, and distinctly heard Mrs. Chive sly to
tot man with whom she Was convetaing—, Nov, be
sore you collie when we seed for you." The man
promised obeilieoce, and retired by the dour at
whit b Mr. T. was then entering. This Man's name
was Dodge (a toot alarming personage hir the.
"boat!) a mope,. 'who lives at Sampford.
Mr. Talley,, advancing to Mrs. Chive, told her
be came to take poiseasiou of his raom ; sod she m-
inted him, (bal. in compliance with herber engage-
anent. all the servants were .tent awry, and that no
one would remain in the house. except herself, her
boyhood, and an apprentice lid, about 11 yarn of.
age. Mr. T. then said, as 1w hue+ bm way, he
Would go up stains at mice. 114 e erwOongly pro.
eye AA to the anti-chamber which Taylor trtually
eeetteses. sod which minimunicites by g dour in a
thin Berl potation. to the adjoinktig roots wherein
Sittly sleeps. his this room that she Ghost selected
for the principal sense of his v.v., nee.
On Mr. T.'s arriving at the aforesaid anti•ehatn.
her, he was much ourpeded to observe a mon sat-
tine on the-halmintie. half concealed by the curtain.
Advanciott toward. and drawing hack th.
certain, he found biro to b• the identical Dodge.
the eolorwr, who appeared to leave the whets
Mr. Talley mitered. This fellow co.itrited to get
tip stairs by owe of the three entrances which lead
Irmo other parts of the premises to the room in
which he Men was. The fact of there b.iie.; these
emend mitettaces has always been studiously con.
ogled by Chase from the numberless visitors who
Lase bees draws by esnimity front all parts of the
sentry to attend the Ghastly Lectures.

On recognizing. Dodge (for Mr. Talley timid
not be mistaken in hint; hoing known him for
years). he exclaimed, " Why, cooper, how Came
Ito" here?" He reollet—that hr ratite to sleep
with the append*, lay, who, hiving seen an old
ereinai descend throttles the cieling reit nights
ego. was afraid to sleep alone. Mr. Talley then
begged hien to undress himself, god get into bed ;
grhieli the other declined, saving. he wodhl rattur
Lie dnwn with his clothe' en. Sir. Tslfey then :Soli
dierecention loth all the doors and. hiking
ON key. with hie, went into the bed prepared
for hiss in flaliy's roam. Haring kept awake nine
bouts, and/41dt* the ghost not so cometaisunt to
him's* it id tlo his (image, dt giber, the he
vent asleep, perfectly unmolested either by slops
M Mantis Oft ray thieripttoe.
When Mr. Talley arena back the curtsin thk pee-
iodine night.- on discovering Dodge. he obteived
ignition the wall I inopistink, which he itolneclialelY
iteepeeted was to heroine the instrument of the
illutuls to be pr. diced underneath Silly's room.
On tinittiim his apartment in the inoroing, Mr. T.
"ern into the chevalier where Dodge was (oho
Mold. nut quit his rune until Mr. T. rose to let
Ifint out of it. he having taken the key), and on
lenkf', .Irftir the reap stick. found it he been re.
Wired unto soother part bribe stoat. Our reader:
pey attention's tlsis. and to the ensuing pinto
Of ibis narrative, at the knavery matt now rapidi,
untold i TONG

Taking dp the nalu.stielt, Mr. T. kid to Dedge
is How came this stick here?" The other answered,
that We supposed it was slap there. and knew
fustian, about it. "That," replied Mr. T "is int-
Ile, for this is the third liituntioti in which I
site own this stick since I cattle to there plmtii.es
rit
ant 't•ttoiAg. I elm it standing.by tilt pump trough
in the Court when I first entered. I saw it a se-
cond time, but night, behind the curtain where
you was titling t and now fee the third time I find
it reamed to 'loather part of thii 'chamber.
You mini certainly have used it, or intruded to
have ased it, had I not prevented yod by locking
thedoers tart night." The fellow merle no reply
--sad Mr. I'. on examitsin; the end of the stick,
found it bettered into smell splinters, arid covered
with whitewash. "Nun,' says Mr. T. "1 plink
1 can play the Ghost with any person in the house."
And hiving left the premises, he returned some
time eller, and begging Mrs. Chairs to go into the
pantry with him, laying. if she was ignorant bow the
roguery was managed. he would explain it. They
acconflogly went into the pantry, where Mr. T.
trend the eilling in a owe of contisletable tau ti las
tiorr (rain the ghostly thumps it had received. Mr.
T. then shewed, by !striking on the battered walls,
mid on the joists of the dour, bow the sounds wete
produced.
At the very time that Mr. T. wam tends rneath,
explaining the roguery. as we have just mentioned,
Chive himself was in Tsjally's room, exhibiting to •
maul who reside* at ,Sampford, named Kerslake
(formerly a serjeant in the South Devon Militia),
the place where the knockings were chiefly heard.
At this place, two planks of the floor had been re-
moved ; and when Mr. Talley, who was underneath,
was bestowing him explanatory thumps on the ciel-
inc. Chive, who did not know that any one was
below. told the serjeaut that the Ghost was some
again, and that that was the exact spot where it
*Ns chiefly heard. Serjeant Kerslake instantly
seized the enchanted sword (which once, with ti-
ger-like ferocitg, flew at Mr. Colton's head, and
which. for one reason, it is mtrpruzing it made no
impression on). and excleinaing--4, By 1(1--il, I'll
find thee now,"—he plunged the sword throng's
the cieline. Mr. Talley vociferated his name,
mei we'lt instantly up stairs to give the necessary
elnessisnion of the mystery. The Serjemsst then
went below with Mr. T. who explained how and

Wisere The hlowi were and chewed hint LOW
eitactly 'the end of the inop-suck corresponded with
the marks it had made in the'cieling.
On examining a narrow chimney, a stout willow
bludgeon was fonnu, forked at one end for the con-
v.-nieticr or holding perpendicularly, which, like
the mop-stick talisman, was likewise jagged and
beaten at the extremity, and ems also covered with
plaster and whitewash. The Se►jeaut placed the
stick under his foot, and, by a violent effort, broke
it, saying, he was determined that no more knavery
should he practised with that iostrutueut.—
(Torture% Carrier)