The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-06 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Poulett Thomson will shortly leave town to assume
the governorship of the Canadas.—Courier.
It is computed that there are now about 100,000 placed
tee-totallers in-Scotland.—British Temperance Advocate.
Three persons died last week at St. Breock, Cornwall,
from eating poisonous fungi for mushrooms.
The " American diver," who is at Portreath, announces
his intention of jumping into the sea from a cliff 200 feet
high.

The Cornwall pilchard fishery promises to be very suc-
cessful ; some thousand hogsheads have been already caught.
It is currently reported, and with some degree of authority,
that the Dowager Queen Adelaide, will make Torquay her
winter residence.— Western Luminary.
On Saturday, the weather proved unfavourable, and Lord
Eglinton's promise of a third day's tilting could not be car-
ried into effect.
The last eclipse of this year will be
.a central and annular
eclipse of the sun at noon, on Saturday the 7th of this month,
but it will be invisible in this country.
CHATSWORTH. - The grand conservatory is now being
glazed. It is supposed it will be finished this month. The
Duke of Devonshire is expected here at the close of this
week.

" Bolam, the Chartist," says the Courrier Francais, " has
been condemned for assassination !" We have many ex-
aggerations of the poor chartists in our country. This from
France bangs them all.
REPRESENTATION OF ABERDEEN.—We have much plea-
sure in stating that Sir George Murray, K.C.8., has ac-
cepted the requisition, signed by upwards of 600 conserva-
tive electors, and will be a candidate for the representation
of this city and the next opportunity.—Aberdeen Constitu-
tional.

DONNYBROOK FAlR.—This annual scene of vice termi-
nated on Saturday. During the continuance of this satur-
nalia, the number of prisoner brought before the magistrates
amounted to 502 ! out of which there were 399 convictions ! !
—Dublin Evening Mail.
THE CONVENTION.—The stupid farce called " The Na-
tional Convention" is about to be put an end to ; a person
calling himself Dr. John Taylor, a member of the meeting,
having given notice for its immediate dissolution. —Globe.
The Lords of the Treasury have determined to place the
port of Stockton among the second-class ports, which eleva-
tion of rank will entitle that rapidly improving town to a
considerable accession of strength in its Customs establish-
ment.—Nerceastle Journal.
GAME.—We hear various reports of the game; in some
situations the partridges and pheasants are very plentiful and
strong on the wing, whilst in others it is said that there are
more old birds than young ones. Hares are tolerably plen-
tiful.—Merthyr Guardian.
The Frankfort Journal states that Prince Puckler Muskau
has sold his magnificent domain of Muskau to Count Renard,
one of his richest landowners of the state, for 3,000,000 francs.
He is to form a princedom in Egypt.
The story of the Five Powers having sent to demand the
restoration of the Ottoman fleet, turns out to be a mere in-
vention of the French papers. No such mission had been
despatched. M. Anselme appeitrs to have been merely the
bearer of despatches to the Consuls of the respective Powers
at Alexandria.

STORMS IN THE CASPIAN SEA.—The Caspian Sea, which
is generally so tranquil, was violently agitated by storms in
the early part of July. Eighteen Russian and Persian vessels,
valued with their cargoes at three millions of roubles, were
wrecked, and 95 lives were lost.
Lowell, the Manchester of the United States, has at the
present time 7,650,000 dollars invested in its manufactures.
There are 27 mills, besides print-works, comprising 129,823
spindles, 4,197 looms, employing 5,416 females, and 1,377
males.

We understand that the rectory of Bath has been acctptecl
by the Rev. Wm. John Brodrick, son of the late Archbishop
of Cashel, and nephew of Lord Viscount Middleton, and that
he will enter upon his rectorial duties the first week in Oc-
tober.—Bath Journal.
It appears by the last census of Naples that tke population
of that capital amounted, in January last, to 336,567, which,
in comparisoh with the preceding year, gives an augmenta-
tion of 225.. There were 22 suicides in the year, of which 40
were by Neapolitans and 12 by foreigners.
THE THAMES TUNNEL.—On Thursday the workmen
employed in this undertaking succeeded in reaching low
water mark, the accomplishment of which task takes away
all fear of another eruption. The length of the tunnel is now
920 feet, being little short of three quarters of the whole dis-
tance, the being about 380 feet more to complet3 the entire
length. The average distance which the workmen weekly
accomplish is nine feet ; it is therefore expected, that the
tunnel will be opened for passengers towards the latter end of
next year.

A singular circumstance took place at Newport, near
Barnstaple, a few days since. A person caught a wild rabbit,
and taking it home, he placed it in a box, which contained a
ferret and her family of young ones ; strange to say, not-
withstanding the natural antipathy of these animals towards
each other, the rabbit had been in the box but a very short
time, when the young ferrets began to sack her as their dam,
and continued to do so unmolested by the rabbit, which
seemed pleased with her foster family.—Plymouth journal.
SaORT COMMONS.—An advertisement appeared in the last
number of the Leeds Mercury, in which a druggist, residing
in the city of Ripon, announces that he is in want of " two
respectable youths as apprentices." The advertisement goes
on to state, by way of recommendation to the place, that
" they will be treated as one of the family." This may be
a witicism of the worthy druggist, but really semi-feeding
would be a bad practical joke for hungry apprentices.
When it was intimated that the Duke of Beaufort would
not attend the tournament at Eglington, the report reached
the ears of Theodore Hook at a dinner table, not 100 miles
from Kensington Gore. " How's that ?" inquired Theodore
hastily : " Beanfort`not go to the tournament—nonsense !
impossible ! " "Tardy podagra won't consent," was the
rejoinder; " steel boots are not very comfortable in the
gout." " Pooh, pooh," said the wit, " the gout needn't
baulk him ; can't he wear his list shoes."—Sporting Review.
A young European, as a Constantinople letter states, has
recently carried off the most beautiful of the slaves in the
harem of the Sul ana.Esme. The female fugitive took with
her jewels belonging to her mistress worth a million of
francs. They have not been traced, but if found will inevit-
ably be put to death.
A hint for H.B. (when in want of a new subject.) The
" British Association for the Advancement of Science," at
its final sitting on Saturday last, awarded, amongst others,
the following grant—viz., " For drawings end details of the
radical animals of the British Isles, and reports on such
animals, £so."—Morhiny Herald.
It is proposed in a Boston paper that every m^n should
constitute himself into a self-examining committee, to in-
quire into his own conduct. It is believed that the business
each committee would have to transact would keep it con-
stantly and usefully employed.
A company of mining speculators in America sent a speci-
men of coal to a geologist, for his opinion of its merits. His
answer was • " I do hereby certify, that I have tried the coal
sent me by the company at —; and it is my decided opi-
nion, that when the general conflagration of the world shall
take place, any man who will take his position on that coal
mine will certainly be the last man who will be burned."
DESPATCH.—A Louisville (U.S.) paper of a late date says
—" A gentleman of this city sent recently to England for
some shrubs, plants, and flower seeds : his letter was received
by his New York correspondent on the 20th of April. The
shrubs, plants, and seeds, were purchased in London on the
17th of May; and they are now set out, and actually growing
in a Louisville garden., '
Eating Money I—A Singular Circumstance.—While in the
act of signing a receipt, a few days since in Richmond, a per-
son laid upon a log a handful of Ashuelot bank bills (150
dollars worth), when a steer (there is no accounting for taste)
seized and swallowed the whole at a mouthful. All attempts
to force him to disgorge his ill-gotten wealth were fruitless.
Fortunately ample proof was con2eatable, and the directors
did not hesitate to make good his loss.—New Hampshire
Sentinel (American).
PREPARATIONS TO PRACTISE LAW IN MISSISSIPPI.—We
met a young eastern friend of ours a few days since in a shop
purchasing a brace of pistols, and lookinc, keenly at a large
Bowie knife. " What on earth are you about ?" said we to
our peaceful, demure acquaintance, who never before had
handled such a weapon.. " Why," he replied, " I have
finished Burlemagni, Coke, Kent, Blackstone, &c., in Maine,
and I am now about to emigrate to practise in Mississippi."
—New York Express.
•
CANINE SAGACITY.—On Wednesday last, two children
residing in Burley's-lane, Leicester, were left by their pa-
rents at hove to prepare the dinner, and while one of them
was arranging the pot-hooks—the other, a,t the same tithe
blowing the fire—its pinafore becameignited, and in moment
all its clothes were in a blaze. A bull-terrier dog— a great
farvorite with the child—seeinc, the imminent danger of its
pet, flew to its assistance, and at the hazard of burning its
mouth, succeeded in tearing the flaming clothes from the
child, who, though much injured, is we believe, out of danger.
—Globe.

A BIT OF TRUTH.—The liberalism which in the aristocrat
forms the whig, in the working man forms the radical, and in
the idle man of the same rank forms the chartist. The liberal
gentleman is a whig, the liberal labourer a radical, the liberal
idler a chartist. Each a branch springing from the same root,
and the fruit only varied by the varied mosphere by which
each is surrounded. It is in vain for the whig to reprove the
chartist : he will reply, "It is a mere question of degree
you are a whig limited, I a whig absolute. The same princi-
ples in you restrained, are in me only carried fully out. You
contend for ' the people, the source of all power.' Ido no
more. You will drink ' the majesty of the people.' What
you boast as desirable, I only endeavour to prove practicable.'
—Doncaster Chronicle.

RECRUITING FOR THE NAVY.—WP perceive by the Cork
shipping list that her Majesty's ship Revenge, 74 guns, has
arrived in that harbour for the purpose of entering men to
complete her complement, and that Captain Waldegrave
means to open rendezvous houses in the neighbouring coast
towns for the reception of seamen. When her Majesty's
ship Powerful, Captain Napier, was in Cork harbour, a few
weeks back, she was under orders for Dublin, for the'
pur-
pose of allowing her captain to try the effect of plan he had
proposed to the Admiralty ; namely, that of allowing him to
take his ship to different ports, for the purpose of getting
men. We have no doubt but that the suggestion was a good
one, for we take it that in a port like Dublin, which has not
been visited by a man-of-war larger than a frigate for a great
many years, a very considerable number of volunteers would
he had. The novelty of a three-decker lying in the harbour
the gay dresses of the officers, their occasional passage in uni-
form along the quays, the clean, seamanlike appearance of
the man-of-war's men, the novel attraction of a ship of the
line in full sea-going trim, would give a great impetus to a
number of young seamen who are constantly in Dublin har-
bour, and whose voyages are merely confined to the coasting
trade between the two countries. We know what an effect
a dashing recruing party has in a provincial town or rural
district, and is it not fair to suppose that the like effect would
be produced in such a harbour as Dublin by the appearance
of a ship of the line ? If the Admiralty are wise they will
order the Revenge round to Dublin.—Dublin Post.

NEWS FOR THE CHARTISTS.—How TO ESCAPE HANG-
ING.—In the course of an inquest held before Mr. Wakley,
at the Bromley Arms, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, on
Monday evening, on the body of a man who, after cutting
his throat in a shocking manner, had sat up and caught the
blood in two separate vessels, a juror, who felt disposed to
think that a man who would take such precaution in cut-
ting his throat could not at the time be insane, also expressed
his surprise, in which many other jurors joined, that the
blood had not suffocated him the instant after committing the
act. The coroner said that when persons cut their throats,
and severed the windpipe, the wind scarcely ever went down
the latter. On the contrary, the windpipe being open,
caused a person to breathe freely until nearly all the blood
had gone froth his body. It was a common practice, where
persons were affected with stoppages in the throat, to open
the windpipe below the seat of the disease, to enable them to
breathe freely. In fact it has been known, both in this and
other countries, that men who had been condemned to be
hanged had been cunning enough to open their own throats
below the place where the rope was adjusted. The conse-
quence had been, that, after hanging upwards of an hour,
they were delivered over to their friends, who, by attention
frequently recovered them. He conceived the knowledge of
this circumstance would be useful in case any of the jurors,
mixing themselves up in the political dissensions of the times,
should he unfortunate enough to be prosecuted by her ma-
jesty's most learned and lenient attorney-general.

NEW-MAGISTRATE.—The. Hon. Major Yorke Scarlett,
M.P. of Bank Hall, near Burnley, eldest son of Lord Abih
ger took the oaths at the sessions for the hundred of Salford,
at the New Bailey, on Tuesday last, and qualified as a magis-
trate for the county of Lancaster.
ALL RIGHT AT THE CORN EXCHANGE.—On the dissolu-
tion of the Precursor Association, Mr. Finn proposed a re-
solution to the following effect, which was cartieda—" That
the residue of the precursor funds be handed over to Daniel
O'Connell, Esq., as trustee, for public purposes, for which
he is to account to the present trustees and the public." Mr.
O'Connell said he would accept the office of trustee upon the
terms proposed in the resolution.
Among the 44 individuals who were sworn in as Her Ma-
jesty's Hop Excise Assistants, was John Newland, who al-
though in his ninetieth year, had that morning walked from
Leominster, his native place, and appeared more hale and
hearty than many of his brother officers who are his juniors
by scores of years. Newland is a striking illustration of the
power of temperance and industry in the preservation of
health and the prolongation of life. Our informant has
known him as a full grown
,man for upwards of 65 years.—
Hereford Times.
WHIG ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT.--When the to-
ries went out of office there was a surplus of upwards of
£2,000,000 of revenue above expenditure. After nine years
of whig economy the surplus has vanished. It is converted
into a deficiency of more than half a million of revenue com-
pared with the expenditure. This, too, under the circum-
stance of an increasing army, and the beginning of a system
of crushing public liberty by the extensive and odious machi-
nery of a vast gendarmerie, with a large deficiency in the re-
venue, and £4,000,000 added to the public debt.
THE MOORS.—The sportsmen continue very successful on
the Moors, and the number of boxes of game sent south is
greater than we ever recollect. We must give up all idea of
chronicling the memorabilia of the Moors, as success is uni-
versal. On the moors of Corrybrough there has been excel-
cellent sport, and Sir Francis Mackenzie in a few hours of
one afternoon bagged 25 brace there. The Castle Leod party
have forwarded a vast number of birds to the south. Lord
Cardigan has suddenly left Castle Leod for London, whence
he will proceed to Canterbury to join his regiment. Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence remains at Castle Leod. The game
is abundant and-well grown on the Ballindalloch moors. On
Friday last, the 23d, Mr. Macpherson Grant killed 431 brace
of grouse between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m, using only one gun,
which he loaded himself; and on the 20th, the same gentle-
man shot 23 brace on the same moors, after breakfast.—ln-
verness Courier.
THE SHIP AIDECAMP.—This vessel, which sailed from
this port on the Bth of May last, for St. John's, New
Brunswick; on the morning of the 19th of June, during a
thick fog, struck on Friar's Island, at the entrance of
,Kip-
,
pel harbour, Nova Scotia, and became a complete wreck.
Sixteen of the passengers—viz., five men, nine women, and
two children—unfortunately perished, owing, it is supposed,
to the circumstance of one of the passengers jumping sud-
denly into the first boat when leaving the ship, and by this
means upset it. The survivors, after remaining two days on
the island, were conveyed to Halifax, where they were fur-
nished with clothes and provisions by the Government, and
those who wished to proceed to St. John's were promptly
conveyed thither. The vessel, at the time of the fatal occur-
rence, was within 35 miles of Halifax, and only two days
sail of her intended destination.—Londonderry Sentinel.
BRANDING A DESERTER.—A few mornings since the
operation of branding a deserter was performed in the Tower
on a private belonging to the Fusilier Guards, who had been
sentenced by a court martial to be branded with the letter D,
and to undergo three months' imprisonment in the Peni-
tentiary, for desertion. The man was brought from the
place in which he had been confined about 10 o'clock. The
shape of the letter was first marked with some colouring
on his back, and afterwards traced with a sharp instrument
in longitudinal lines. When this was completed, the letter
was finished by means of a needle fixed in a cork, and finally
rubbed with a colouring mixture, which it is impossible to
eradicate. The man appeared to suffer a good deal of pain
while it was being performed, and the sweat ran rapidly down
his face. The punishment was inflicted by a drummer, in
the presence of Dr. Bowling the surgeon of the regiment.
The man was subsequently conveyed to t..e military hospital.
Morning Chronicle.
PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—WhiIe the
attention of the public is occupied by the claims of rival
artists, it may not be generally known that there is in North
Wales, formed by the hand of nature, a colossal portraiture
of the Duke of Wellington, which might call forth the ad-
miration of Chantrey himself. The rocky mountain of
Moel-y-Gest presents to the spectator from the immediate
neighbourhood of Criccieth, in Carnervonshire, from which
place it is about two miles distant, a distinct likeness of that
illustrious individual. It is no faint outline that is observa-
ble, which ingenuity or imagination twists into a resem-
blance, but a full, marked, and palpable representation of
every feature—a mountain bust. The scene from Criccieth
is strikingly impressive. There stands the ocean rock, where
for ages it has stood—and there the noble Duke. The rea
on the one hand, the blue hills of Cambria swelling proudly
on the other, in the midst, a warrior's monument, which
shall long outlive the sculptured marble and triumphal arch ;
aye, and until the fabric of the realm dissolve, it shall re..
main.—Correspondent of the Carnarvon Herald.
THE LATE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.—Lord
Monteagle was educated at Cambridge for the English bar,
and first entered public life as a member for the city of Lime-
rick. He is son of the late Stephen Edward Rice, Esq., of
Cappa, now denominated. Mount Trenchard, near Shans-
golden, by Catherine, sole heiress of Thomas Spring. Esq.,
of Ballycrispin, Kerry, whose property in that county he in-
herits. The new peer is in his 49th year, and married Lady
Theodosia Pery, eldest daughter of the Earl of Limerick, by
whom he has sons and daughters. His eldest son, late high
sheriff of this county, was recently appointed a commissioner
of customs, at £lOOO a year. The exchancellor, whose in-
come amounts to £lO,OOO a year, has a sister married to Sir
Aubery De Vere, Bert., of Curragh, in this county, nephew
to the Earl of Limerick. Mount Trenchard, the family seat,
is handsomely situated on the Lower Shannon, midway be-
tween Glen and Foyne's Island, which latter he has pur-
chased. Mount Trenchard House, where the family reside
three or four months in the year, is to undergo extensive
improvements. Lord Montgeagle has a son and daughter
married, the former to Miss Freer, of Cambridge—the latter
to Mr. Marshall, of Leeds.—Linzerick.paper.

EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF Two LANCASHIRE
VILLAGERS.—It is well known to be customary at Little-
borough, near Rochdale, and the neighbourhood, to desig-
nate persons not by their family names, but generally by
appellatives of their christian names, and other odd soubri-
quets of a local nature. A few days ago, two venerable
dames, by way of enjoying themselves, during Littleborough
wake, determined on visiting Manchester, in order to pur-
chase some choice gown pieces. They -went per railway,
and on reaching the commercial metropolis, strolled about,
gazing at the shop, windows, until they lost each other in
passing along Deansgate. The bewildered one, supposing
her companion to have gone into the next draper's shop,
forthwith entered it, and interrogated the shopman in the
following classical terms :—" As Sallee ut Jirns o' Davids,
fro' Littlebruff, bin eer." The draper's assistant totally
mystified by this rustic query, could not answer the inquiry.
The alarmed dame rambled about, and accosted numerous
Manchestrians, asked for the road to the " Littlebruff rail-
road." Her peculiar phraseology was understood to mean
the Liverpool railway, and she was therefore directed thither,
and with all possible haste wended her way to the station
clerks, where she again, in her provincial dialect, addressed
one of the clerks, who, being also confounded by her lan-
guage, supplied with a ticket for Liverpool. She was quickly
despatched to the great seaport, instead of the noted village
of the Lancashire Highlands ; and on beholding the docks,
she exclaimed in simple astonishment :—" Wot diff'runt
boats thees ar' fro' thoose uppo' Rachdow Canell !" The
sight of the noble river Mersey induced her to say :—Eh !
wot aw bigger waytur this is nur Hollinweth Rasurvy !"
The far-travelled female returned to her native dales the
following day, and her strange stories of her adventures
" by flood and field," have served to surprise many a group
of wondering youngsters on the heights of Blatchinworth.
—Bolton Chronicle.
SOUTH SEA EXPEDITION.—During the last fortnight the
visitors to the Chatham dockyard have been very numerous,
to inspect , a vessel, the Erebus, fitting out for a three years'
voyage to the South Pole and Pacific Ocean. The Erebus
has been in the dock several months. She was put out last
week and is rigging with all dispatch. The Terror bomb
will accompany her. Both these vessels are fitted by govern-
ment, but are only lent by the Admiralty to the Board of
Arts and Sciences for the expedition, by whom the whole
expense of stores, &c., is to be defrayed. The ships are
made exceedingly strong to encounter stress of weather. The
wales are doubled with 3-inch oak plank, and the bottom with
plank of 3-inches : the holds, the ceiling of which is doubled
with two thicknesses of 11 inch African teak, crossing each
other at right angles, the bulkheads in the holds are built in
like manner and made water tight, so that should the bottom
be stove in at any part by the sheets of ice, the safety of the
ships will not be endangered. The pumps fitted are those of
Massie's patent. The weather deck is also doubled with 3-
inch fir plank, with fearnought dipped in tallow laid between
them. It is stated the two ships will sail on Saturday, the
31st inst. Many persons, however, think the. Erebus can-
not be ready for a fortnight. The Erebus is commanded by
Captain Ross, nephew to Captain Ross, who attempted a
north-west passage. The Terror is commanded by Captain
Crozier.—Kentish Gazette.
PREPARING TO BE BURIED.—An "oddity" of the name
of Leigh, who for some years filled the honourable office of
master of a flat, navigating the river Mersey, and by industry,
and a rather more than an ordinary share of " good luck,"
has accumulated a small independence, is spending his latter
days in Warrington, in making preparations for his funeral,
which, to appearance, seems to occupy the whole of his
thoughts. 'Some years ago he procured a large oak chest,
fastening with secret. springs, in which his mortal remains
were, after death to be deposited ; but that idea has now been
abandoned, and a new coffin has been procured. In shape
it is a beautiful model of a pleasure yacht, And was built by
Mr. Clare, of Sankey, of old English oak plank, 14 inch
thick. It is provided with main sail, fore sail, gib, and gaft
topsail, and on the stern is inscribed the name of " Admiral
Nelson." In length it measures 8 feet 2 inches. Last week
it was brought into Warrington, mounted on wheels, and ac-
companied by its owner and a fidler, and followed by a crowd
of wondering spectators. Its final destination is at present
fixed to be the St. James's Cemetery, at Liverpool, to which
place, on its " bill of lading" being complete, it is to be drawn
by horses, and followed by a certain number of John Leigh's
fellow flatmen, fol. whose refreshment on the way a large
cask of ale is to be placed on the deck of the vessel. John
Leigh's tombstone is also provided. It is ornamented by the
picture of the flat " Victory," and a rather rude represen-
tation of the sun, moon, and stars. Underneath are some
twenty lines of poetry, of which the last four may be taken
as a specimen. They run as follows :

May God be our pilot, and steer us the right way,
And all our fleet anchor in heaven's bright bay ;
The seas I have seen, and the ships I have passed,
But the Lord will call us all down to our graves at last.
HORSE AUCTIONS.—In no place is confederacy more re-
sorted to than at horse-auctions. There, if you chance to
look at a dealer's horse, you will probably be entertained by
the discourse of two fAlows, directed at but not to you, re-
specting the wonderful qualities of the animal your attention
is drawn to. If worth ten pounds, you will probably hear
something of the following nature : S'help me God, Bill,
sound as a rock, an' only comin' six this grass. There—l
know'd him ven Tom Smith druv him in a four-v'll shay all
the vay down to St. Alban's in an hour and twenty minutes,
an' then rid .him with the fox-hounds all day, and he com'd
home in the evenin' as gay as a lark ! I dare say he von't
fetch much more nor a score, an' / means to have him if he
goes anything like that price. Ven he's in condition I think
he's the 'andsomest 'oss as you can see ; an' sick a-goer !
You need not cough him, Sir; Lor' bless you, his vind's as
clear as a vistle. He can go longer nor you'd like to ride him
without stoppin' !" At length the horse goes to the hammer.
Some friends, who are put up to the scheme, get about-him
and keep you at a respectful distance, while an animated bid-
ding goes on, until, thinking the horse must be eheap to at-
tract the admiration of so many good judges, you are perhaps
induced to nod your head to the auctioneer when the bidding
has reached eighteen guineas. You find you have just bid
the very money he must be exactly worth ; for, strange to
say, no one of all the numerous host so anxious to possess
him offers a penny above you. What is still more pleasant,
you are urged on by some low vagabond at your elbow to buy
the horse, who, when you have purchased him, hopes you
will " remember him for his recommendation :" or, which is
still more probable, he asks permission to bid for you, as-
suring you that his brother dealers will not bid against him,
and that you will thus get the horse cheap. This kind friend
eventually asks a guinea for buying him, and thus your ten-
pound horse costs you about twice as much as he is worth.—
Old Sporting Magazine for September.