The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-31 00:00:00

JONATHANISMS

Dr. B. informs us that he has a patient so dreadfully irri.
table on the subject of water, that he wo' n't wear his watch
because there is a wring in it.

From the Brownsville. Pa. Galaxv—verbatim et literatum.
—[Advertisement.]—" Whereas Fanny Marton, alias Kerr,
has without cause left my habitation, and is floating on the
ocean of tyrannical extravagance, prone to prodigality, taking
a wild goose chase, and kindling her pipe with the coal of
curiosity, to abscond and abash such insiduous, clandestine,
noxious, pernicious, diabolical and notorious deportment, JE
therefore caution all persons from harbouring pr trusting her
on my account, as I will pay no debts of her contracting
from this date, unless compelled by Iaw.—JAMES KERR.
RATHER CUTTING.—At the ladies' celebration at Barre,
Massachusets, there were nine hundred of the fairest por.
tions of creation present. Among the toasts were—" Old
bachelors ! may they lie alone in a bed of nettles, sit alone on
a wooden stool, eat alone On a wooden trencher, and be their
ow❑ kitchen maids !"

LAST CASE.—A bill sticker pasted a, board, and stuck him-
self on instead of the bill. He didn t discover his mistake
until the rain washed him off.

"
A Yankee paper says—" Our glass went clear forty degrees
below nothing; and would have gone much lower, but it
wasn't long enough." Another paper says, We have no
thermometer in this town, so it gets as cold as it pleases."
QUEER STORY.—The " Planters' Banner "—in the editor
of which paper we have entire confidence, as he has pro-
. mised us, per mail, a barrel of sugar, and other delicacies—
relates the following. How the alligator fed in the time we
are unable to guess t—" A gentleman of Lafayette parish,
some time since, harpooned a large alligator in the Teche,
which had committed depredation on his plantation, and w4s
cruel enough to nail up his jaws i He drove large spike nails
through his jaws, and clinched them so that there was no
possibility of his opening his mouth. He, was then set at
liberty, and eighteen months afterwards he was shot, with
his jaws still closed, and the nails rusted. He was identified
as the same alligator by the mark of the harpoon and the
manner in which the jaws were nailed ! We are assured it
is a positive fact."—Brother Jonathan—New York Paper.

T1*6.1-46's 144 ye recovered the tiepression of yesterday, anti
cl go 4 ilea I
of
4tts4tess has been transacted at the 'betl:o
prices, 1.113 e euefqf ring of the President's Message, and
the sati§faiticory teppur of the Speech of the King of France,
caused this reaction. Consols for the account closed 82k;
Three per Cents. Reduced,.S9l- to 2- ; Three and a Half per
Cents. Reduced, 99 to k ; Exchequer-bills, 12s to lie pre-
mium ; Long Annuities (expiring- Jan. 5, 1860), 121; and
Bank Stock, 165 to 166.

Just before the close of the foreign market several buyers
of Mexican stock appeared, and the consequence was an ad-
vance of nearly one per cent. ;won the former price of the
day, it closing 27/ to 28. The other stocks were steady, but
few bargains were made in them. Spanish Actives left off
211 to ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 32/ to 33k; Ditto,
Three per Cents., 191- to 20; Dutch Two and a Half per
Cents., 51i to 52k ; Brazilian, 63 to 65 ; and Belgian, 100 i
to 1011.

The. Tea and Tallow markets are without material viten-
tionto-day.

'The commercial' accounts from New York, dated Dec. 3,
state there is-an increased quantity of produce going forward,,
and the rates of freights are a little improved. For Cotton
to Liverpool 5-16ths and 7-16ths is asked, though hardly ob-
tained; as yet the engagements for Flour have been chiefly at
2s brl; London 2s 6d brl for Flour. Ashes—the sales were
250 brls, Pots closing at 6 dols, and 100 brls Pearls closing
heavy at 5 dais 60c. The stock has increased to 5,152 brls—
viz., 2,757 brls Pots and 2.305 brls Pearls. The receipts of
the season are 32,143 brls. Coffee is dull and heavy, the stock
is not a large one. Sales, 1,000 bags Brazil at 94c a 10}c;
500 Laguayra at 91c a 104 c ; 400 Java at 11c a 12e ; 75 Sumatra
at 9,c, all four months; 500 St. Domingo at 81e a Sic cash;
200 bags Laguayra sold by auction at gic a 9ic, three months.
Molasses—the sales are small and at very low rates. Porto
Rico sold in lots at 23c a 25c, and Trinidad at 20 cents, four
months. Naval Stores—Tar is dull and sells only in small
parcels at 1 dol 75c. Washington soft Turpentine sold at
3 dols, and small-sized brls at 2 dols 874 c ; Southern Spirits
of Turpentine sold at 37c. Oils—Whale is very scarce; 100
brls sold for export at 36c. some sales were made for home•
use at 374 c, and for a small lot handsome 39c was given.
There has been a fair demand for Linseed, and at the close
of the week sales were made at 95c cash, and 974 c time.
Cotton—the transactions of the week have been very moderate,
scarcely 2,000 bales, at price 4c to 4c 16wer—viz., 9c to 11/c.
Flour has a tendency to decline. Prices range from 6 dols to
37c to 6 dols 624 c.

AFFRAY WITH POACHERS

From the Times

At a late hour on Monday night last, two gamekeepers in
the employ of Mr. Wilton Harlingstone. of Fellwood-hall,
near Strunfield, were returning to their homes from the hall,
where they had been partaking of their worthy master's hos-
pitality, on arriving at a secluded lot of plantations called the
" Dells," they came suddenly upon a party of four men,
three of whoni had guns, whilst the fourth carried a large
and apparently well-filled sack. On perceiving the game-
keepers the three men presented their guns, and warned the
others to keep off, at the same time calling to the man who
carried the sack to run, upon which he immediately made off
with his burden. One of the keePers then called out, as though
they had assistance at hand, " Here they are, come on, my
lads," when the poachers, thinking, doubtless, that a strong
party was upon them, turned and retreated with all possible
expedition, closely followed by the keepers, who being strong
active fellows, and moreover somewhat elevated by the libe-
ral quantity of old Christmas ale they had been imbibing,
dashed after the poachers, shouting at the top of their voices,
and having no other weapons save a couple of stout cudgels.
After a chase of several hundred yards the keepers succeeded
its overtaking the man who carried the sack, whom they
seized, upon which the man shouted to his companions for
assistance, calling out that there were but two of them,
meaning the keepers, and one of the poachers returned to the
spot, and presenting his gun swore that he would blow the
keepers' brains out if they did not instantly quit their hold
of the captured man, but the keepers thrusting the fellow
they held before them so as to cover themselves from the effects
of the poacher's fire, told him to fire away and shoot his con-
federate. The man then dropped the muzzle of his piece,
and clubbing the firearm, dealt the keeper nearest him a
heavy blow with the but-end, which lighting on the back of
the other's'neck, brought him to the ground. Upon this the
other keeper quitted the grasp on the man he held, and
springing on the poacher with the gun,. seized him round the
waist whilst in the act of aiming a blow at him (the keeper),
and threw him down. The gun exploded in the fall, and
part of the contents lodged in the poacher's back, upon which
the wounded man calling out that he was shot, his companion
immediately took to flight. The keeper who bad been struck
down recovered, and as no further attempt at attack or rescue
was made, the two keepers carried the wounded man between
them to the nearest habitation, and sent off for medical ad-
vice, the man complaining of great pain from his wound.
It was nearly two hours before a surgeon could be pro-
cured, and it was then ascertained that the spine was severely
shattered by the shot. He remains in a very precarious
state. The poachers were probably aware of the " merry-
making " at the hall, and calculated on the absence of the
keepers. Upwards of thirty head of game were found in the
sack.

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UNDLII Till AIANAGEMENT oe MR. gc;citToN

MR. EGERTON begs leave most respectfully to intimate
to the Nobility. and Gentry of Liverpool, that he has
entered into an arranvement with
MR. DUCROW,
for a limited number of Representations, with the whole of
his splendid and talented London Establish►nent (being on
its last provincial tour), including his peerless and pre-emi-
nent Stud of Beautiful Horses, Fairy Ponies, British and
Foreign Riders, Acrobat Professors, &c. kYc., forming an
extensive treble company—Dramatic and Gymnastic.

THIS present FRIDAY, the 31st instant:and TO-MOR-
1. (Saturday,) the Ist January, Air. Ducrow's
London Grand Equestrian Romance, founded upon the
Crimean War of Independence, entitled the
CONQUEROR'S STEED KARABAGII ;

OR, THE PROPHET OF THE CATICASOS.
The Circle will present an extraordinary routine of novel-
ties and Grand Union of Equestrian Talent, with unequalled
feats of Horsemanship by Ducrow's extensive Foreign and.
British Establishment, commencing with, first time in Li-
verpool, one of the most varied, splendid, and effective
Equestrian Pageants of the olden time, executed by Twenty-
seven Horses„ Dames, and Cavaliers, called the

. ,
SUMMER'S MORN OF 1686;
OR, THE WHITE WREATH AND THE FLITCH OF BACON.
With Minuet, Gavotte, and the old Country Dance of
ROGER DE COVERLY.
Sir Roger De Cover Mr. Hillier.
• First appearance in Liverpool of
Sig. ALLARD as the VENETIAN RIDER.
Madame ALLARD, the great French Female Equestrian
from Franconi's, Paris, will make her first appearance.
Likewise, for the first time in Liverpool, Mr. Ducrow's
highly trained Cream Horse Palfrey, tutored by Sig. Hillier,
called

THE HORSE OF THE SUN;
OR, THE STEED OF MEXICO.
Mr. STICKNEY, tile American Rider, as the Youth of
Olympus.
To he succeeded by the Equestrian Prodigy Le Petit Ducitow.
Mr. HICKEN. the celebrated British Horseman, whose
performances excel all other competitors in the art, will make
his appearance.
For the first time in Liverpool, Mr. Ducrow's Classical
and Mythological Delineation, executed by him and the
Equestrian Prodigy, Le Petit Ducrow, entitled the
EVENING STAR ;
OR, CUPID AND THE MISCHIEVOUS SPRITE.
Zephyr Mr. Hicken.
Cupid..
Mischievous Sprite Le Petit Ducrow.
The Scenes in the Circle will conclude with the unequalled
act of Horsemanship, executed on two fleet steeds, by Signor
Hillier and Mr. Allard, as the
TWO lIERCULESES.
The peculiar and extraordinary exercises of this scene pre-
sents an entire new style of Equestrianism.
THE ANTIPODEAN PROFESSOR
Will occupy the intervals with his wonderful exercises of
flexibility, assisted by the drolleries of the grotesque Bufion
and Acrobats, Messrs. Cotrill, Bullock, and Frazer.
Riding Masters—Signor HILLIER, J.W W. WIDDICOMB,
and Mr. CHAPMAN.
To conclude with a New Melo Drama, entitled.
SELF-ACCUSATION.
Principal characters by Messrs. Beverly, Howard, &c., &c.,
and Mesdames Nunn, Emery, F. Carman, &c.

On TUESDAY next,—A GRAND EQUESTRIAN
SPECTACLE. DUCROW'S SCENES IN THE
CIRCLE, by the Artistes, including Signor Hillier, Mr.
Hicken, (the
_first British Horseman,) Mr. Stickney, (the
great American Rider,) Signor Allard, (the Venetian Eider,)
Madame Allard, (the great French Female Equestrian,) and
Le Petite Ducrow, (the Equestrian Prodigy.)—To conclude
with TURTLE HUNTING, in which will appear the whole
strength of the Comic Department of this extensive and
talented Establishment, by desire and under the patronage of
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF SEFTON,
who has kindly signified his intention of honouring the Am-
phitheatre with his presence on the occasion.

Tickets and places to be had of Mr. CARMAN, at the Box-
office, from Eleven till Three.—Boxes, 3s. ; Side Boxes,
2s. 6d. ; Pit, ls. 6d: ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, Gd.
Second Price, at Nine o'clock : Boxes, 2s. ; Side Boxes,
ls. Gd. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d.—For particulars., see future

The Manager has great pleasure in announcing to the No-
bility and Gentry, that he has, at a great expense, secured
the services of

MONS. JULLIEN
and the whole of his celebrated and unrivalled Band of Mu-
sicians, for the purpose of giving
THREE GRAND MORNING CONCERTS 1
at the Royal Amphitheatre. The Second of which wil
take place on WEDNESDAY next, the sth of January, 1842;
the Third and Last Morning Concert, on WEDNESDAY,• the
12th January. To commence at One o'clock.
Notwithstanding the great expense attendant on the en-
gagement of Mons. JULLIEN and his numerous Band, the
prices of Admission will bO—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gal-
lery, ls.