The National Register.
London, England, 1819-08-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

ECCENTRIC HOCPirtudiy.

Darin x the late American oar, a soldier who had been
wounded and honourably discharged (hut, perhaps n • paid),
bring destitute and benighted, knocked at the door aim
Irish !center, wisest the following di-logue ensued 1—
Pat, ick—And st ha the devil are you now ?
Soldier—My name is John Wilson.
Patrick—And where tae devil ere yea going from, John

Soldier—From the American arm,/ nt Erie. Sir.
Paints k—And what iii the devil do you want here?
Soldier—l want shelter to-night; will rut permit me to
apt end my blanket ins your floor and a•rt p to-oisAltt
Patrick—Devil take me is' I do, dohs. Wilson—that's tat.
Soldier-0u 'nor kitrb.o 600 r. Sit?
Patrick —Nut I, by the 11111 o'ffowth—that's Bat.
So dier -In your ►ruble then ?
Patrick— d ii Ido that either—that's Lilt.
Soldier—l nsa dy Intl with hunger: give me but a bone
and a crust; I sok 110 mole.
Patrick—The devil Wow me if I d.r, Sir—that's nal.
Soldier—Give Inc sway water to quench my thirst, I beg
of •eu,

Patrick—Beg and be ban,;ed, do no such thing
that's dal.

Soldier—Sir, 1 have hero flahting to secure the blessings
you enjoy ; I, have assisted in comributinc to the glory mad
as Ware of the country which Is .s nosintahly ret.•tsed con,
and can yilli so in!tospitably reject me from yo ,r house
Penis k—Hs Jeri youl ash. in toe devil talked a word
about rejecting you / 11 is be lam out the scurvy s.-alpven
that you take me to be John %Idiom You ask me to let
you lie on stay done, my kitchen door, or in nay stable; nosy,
by the perm rss, d'ye think I'd let a perfect stranger du that,
when I have half a dozen soft feather beds all empty I
Nu, by the Hill John—dines Bat. In the second
place, you told me you were dying with hunger, and
wasted as bone Mild a crud to rata ,rum hones, d'ye think
l'.l feed at Immtry man oat bones and crust, whim my yard
is full of fast pullets, and turkeys, and trio by the
powers, unt I—that's d at. I.§ the third place, you asked
ma for some simple water to trench your thirst ; now, as
my water as none of the best, L cescr t•ive it lot a pour
tr.veller w ithout mitIII it with plenty of w Me, brandy,
whiskey, or something el.e w holesnme and cooling. Coin-
into my lionse, r•y honeys s,evii bow Mar, but you *bull
seep in the hest feather hurt I h,ve ; you shall have the hest
sapper and breakfast that my farm can ripply, which thank
the Lord, is noue of the ; you shall at auk as much
water as you choose, provided yna mit it with plenty of
good wage or spirits, and provided also you prefer it. Come
is. my hearty, come in, and feel y oormlf at manse. It shall
serer lie said. that Patrick I/Flaherty negated a man scut-
silly who h-ss beenfixlttinir fat ti.e dear cussutry whisk gave
him protection—that's flat.

EMIGRATIOII.—AL the period when the auxi!iall,
troops under the command of Colonel (now Genera!)
EitAlish sailed from this ecrantry to Margaretts, to join
the Patriot canto in Venezuela, two gentlemen of well-
known abilities for the undertaking. at the suggestion of
some British merchants, were Aii.iclied to the expedi-
tion, who were ins Cita to make application to the
Congressof Venezuela, tor a grant of land somewhere
nn the hanks of the ()roamers, and rot to distant from
the sea, to be approprtated to the reception of ao
Want colony. We understand that deivatehes were on
Wednesday received from Augustura relating .n this
stihject ; the Congress of V enezuel a have ferry con-
sented to the desired grant, and permis,ion is giren to
she applicants to select arty spot that may be desired for
the pin pose, entrvging at the same tone to the person@
entigrotim; ihe free enjoyment of cit il and religious li-
tter's, and with no otlitr cnnitexitm bascern tlit.lo and
the 'Government and proi inces Venerwla, than may
he telitired for thetr mutual security. They are so hi:
•per 'ally exempt from any s!KCirs of rtlii.taty racier,
Imo that which in.iy become necessary to their own pro-
tection against tl e Tian, es.
At the Derby Assizes, Nathaniel Hilton, Of New
Mills, in that county, was indicted for a most fero-
cious assault upon a game-leerer, whose nose !ba-
ton actually bit oil; besides other ill treatment of so
severe a kind as nearly to cause death. Hulton was
one of the worthies who suffered under the Sus-
pension Act, and being confined in Reading gaol,
attracted the notice and care of Lord Folkestone,
who indicted the gaoler for not permitting his Lord-
ship to visit flultun and his fellow prisoner. Hul-
ton, feeling so great an interest to be excited in his
welfare, upon his release returned to his calling as
a most active :adical refiwaner,andiesecessful speech-
maker. He has attended many of the public meet-
ings lately held in Cheshire and Lancashire. He
also came to the Smithfield meeting, andsia his re-
torn from thence was arrested upon a Illagistrate's
warrant tier killing game on a Sunday, The re.
former, fresh from the lectures on liberty which he
had heard in Smithfield, could not brook this re-
straint on his personal iiberty, and comtaitted the
assault above stated, et' which he was convicted.
tht behoved, during his trial, with great insolence,
and made a vehement speech in his defence. He
was sentenced to six mouths impiisonment, and to
be kept to hard labour.
Last week a fisherman picked up a bottle about
three miles off Initishowen.hcatl, Ireland, near to
Urris, in which was found 3 p,per containing the
following words, written in English, French, Ita-
lian, and Danish. The bottle was floating on the
surface of the water, and was covered with sea.
weed:—
H. M. Ship Alexsacler, this 59th day of May, 18111.
At I. tll. a. at.
Latitude Its. Pa. N. Lung rude as. no. W.
Temperature { itt 'alai:eV:ll 5455 Pareeheit.
Fresh beetle and has/ washes, with lain. sleet, and snow
alternately—Wind B.3.lL—Paseed a large lee•buts this fuietwon
—lsabella in ecinpary—all
w. rn ft nv. rionumnsio..
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Whoovne title Ilds.totrow it reyte.hd to torwur.l it to thy
tierretPary of th, Admindtv. London, •ttli a net. 111/1(
041,1 )11.1c. It t I.lt II It was toutiki.