The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-18 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

NORGAN JONES AND THE D-L.

Some twenty years ago, when in retired parts of the country
the communication between one place and another was much
slower and less frequent that it is now, there was a great deal of
horse-stealing carried on in the English counties on the'borders
of \Vales. Those counties were and are very full of pretty
little towns and villages, in one or other of which there were
fairs for the sale of live stock almost every day in the year, and
it was easy to steal a horse from one parish, and carry away
and sell it at some one of these fairs, almost before the rightful
owner knew be had lost it. Well, it su happened that about that
time lived a lazy, careless, rollicking sort of fellow, by name
Morgan Jones, who contrived to make a living somehow or
other, but how it was n.obody well knew, though most people
suspected that it was not the most honest livelihood a person
might gain. In fact, everyone was sure that Morgan was deeply
implicated in horse-stealing, and mane a time had he been
brought before the justice on suspicion, but do what they could,
nobody could find sufficient evidence to convict him. People
woudered and talked about it for a long time, until at last they
came to the only natural- conclusion—namely, that Morgan
Jones must have dealings with the evil one.
Now, it once chanced that Morgan and some of his chosen
cronies were making themselves jolly over sundry pots of ale
and pipes of tobacco, at a round white deal table, in the clean
parlour of a very neat little ale-house, as all village ale-houses
are iu that part of the country. And they began to get very
happy and comfortable together, and were telling one another
their adventures, till at last one spoke plainly out and told
Morgan Jones that it was commonly reported he had to do with
the devil.

" -Why, yes," answered Morgan, "there's some truth in that
same, sure enough: I used to meet him now and then, but we
fell out, and I have not seen him these two months:"
" Ay !" exclaimed each of the party, " how's that Morgan."
" Why, then, be quiet, and I'll tell you it all." And there-
upon Morgan emptied his pot, and had it filled again, and took
a puff of his pipe, and began his story.
" Well then," says he, " you must know that I had not seen
his honour for a long time, and it was about two months agp
from this that I went one evening along the brook shooting
Wild fowl, and as I was going whistling along, who should I spy.
coming up but the devil himself ? But you must know he was
dressed mighty fine, like a grand gentleman, though I knew
the old one well by the bit of his tail which 'hung out at the
bottom of his trousers. Well, he came up,, and says he,' Mor-
gan, how are you ?' and, says I, touching my bat, pretty well,
your honour, I thank you.' And then says he, Morgan, what
are you looking a'ter, and what's that liing thing ye're carry-
ing with you ?' And says ' I'm only *fllkit..g het by the
brook this fine evening, and carrying my backy-pipe
to smoke.' Well, all of you know the devil was mighty fond
of the backy; so says he, Morgan, let's have a smoke, and
thank thee ?' And says I, t'ou'r mighty welcome.' So
I gave him the gun, and he put the muzzle in his mouth to
smoke, and thinks I, ' I have you now, old boy,' cause you see
I wanted to quarrel with him : so I pulled the trigger, and off
went the gun bang in his mouth. Puff !' says he, when he
pulled it out of his mouth, and be stopped a minute to think
about it,
.and says he, d—d strong backy that, Morgan !'
Then he gave me the gun, and looked huffed, and walked off,
and sure enough I've never seen him since. And that's the
way I got shut of -tbe old gentleman, my boys !"
Such is the ludicrous story of Morgan Jones, who had to do
with a proper Welsh devil without doubt.—Foreiyn Quarterly
Review.

MISCELLANEOUS.

We learn that the agriculturists in this district have deter-
mined to increase the wages of their farm labourers, to an ex-
tent commensurate with the advance which'has taken place in
the price of grain.—Salisbury Herald.
We learn the agriculturists in this district have determined
to increase the wages of their fatin labo'urers to an extent com-
mensurate with the advance which has taken place in the price
of grain.—Salisbury Herald.
The contemplated Marriage between Charles Townley, Esq.,
and Lady Mary Molyneux, daughter of the Earl of Sefton, is
understood to be fixed for Thursday next.
The field of barley, belonging to Mr. Richard Hall, near•
Thorp Mill, was cut last week, and carried on Monday ; what
is most extraordinary, the corn does not appear to be in bad
condition from the effects of this unpromising season.—Lincoln-
shire Chronicle.

Among the many indications of a severe winter may be men-
tioned the circumstance of that interesting bird, the stormy
petrel, being found in afield in the occupation of Mr. Henry
Thurnall, of Whittlesford. It was quite exhausted when dis-
covered.-;-Cumbridge Chronicle.
In the parish of Syde, in this county, there is but one rate
payer, (Mr. William Bennett,) who, like the "three single
gentlemen rolled into one," serves the officers of 01:erseer,
Churchwarden, and Guardian of the Poor, to which offices he is
the only elector, or eligible person in the parish.--Cheltenham
Gazette.

A BAD HAND.--It is said of a certain Irish Peer, that he
writes so bad a hand that his franks, being generally illegible,
are generally mis-sent ; and that if they happen to be legible,
they. are deemed to.be forgeries, and charged in double or treble
postage, as the case may be.
_ The Hon. T. Barnewall and his bride, the niece of Lord
Dunsany, is gone on a wedding-visit to Turvev House, county
of Dublin.: the seat of his father, Lord Trinalestown. Mr.
Barnewall is his Lordship's only son. From Turvey House
the bridal visitors will proceed to Dansany Castle, Meath, the
residence of Lord Dunsany.
LONGEVITY.—There died, on the 3lst of last month, in the
city of Zwolle in Holland, a man named Isaac Heyudervk, who
was born in the same month, in 1736, so that he was just a cen-
tury old. He was a tradesman in a small way, and was always
deemed a man of good character.
There is to be a great Conservative dinner of the nobility,
clergy, gentry, yeomanry, tradesmen, and others of the Wes-
tern Division of Somerset, at Itininster, on the first of Decem-
ber.
The diet-table exhibited for the future inhabitanta of the
Union poor houses of Yorkshire is of the most sickening de-
scription. There is to be no meat, except on Sundays, and
then meat pudding. Six ounces of bread and one of cheese is
the allowance at each meal, and no other beverage than water.
She Iris.
Among the spoiling characters of the day we find Lady
H—t—gs, who daily kills from two to four brace of birds; and
in Leicestershire, Miss M—n—rs has attained the same un-
enviable sort of skill. We must .regret hearing of females
pursuing such amusements, for which' nature never intended
their comparatively delicate frames.
As Mrs. L. Wilson, of Corn Holme Mill, was drawing some
spirit varnish for the use of her husband's workmen, accom-
panied by her maid servant, on Tuesday evening, the liquid
came by some means in contact with the candle, which ignited
the whole mass, and enveloped both in the flames. They are
so much burnt that no hopes are entertained of their recovery.
Halifax Express.
In consequence of the late heavy rains, the Rhone, in France,
has risen to a height which has not been witnessed since 1812.
A very considerable injury has been done to houses and pro-
perty lying upon some parts of its banks, at Lyons and other
places, by the overflow. At Paris, too, the Seine had over-
flowed its banks, but by the last accounts the waters were rece-
ding in both streams.
Late on Monday night the servants of a house in Chelten-
ham informed the Rev. J. Williams, of Aberpergwni, who was
lodging there, that two men were secreted in the out house.
Mr. Williams went out unarmed, and seized one of the felloWs,
when the other fell upon him and struck him to the ground;
bOth of the ruffians then brutally ill-used the rev. gentleman,
and the servants of the house, through fear, did not come to his
assistance ; both escaped.
RECEIPT FOR SPEAKING ENGLISH.—A servant girl in Edin-
burgh, who spoke Scotch so broadly as at times hardly to be
comprehended even by her mistress, though a native of Burns's
Ayrshire, on being asked how she contrived to make herself
uuderstood when in service in England, 'where she had previ-
ously been, replied,—"Ou, its quite easy ; ye've naething to
do but leave out a' the R's, and gs'e the words a bit chaW in the
middle !"—Laird of Logan.
A FEMALE HIGHWAY ROBBER.—lnformation has been re-
ceived at the different police-offices and stations, that a woman
named Ann Smith, alias Crusty Poll, was apprehended on the
sth instant, by the constable of Bithrop, near Banbury, on a
charge of highway robbery. There was a second charge against
here and two men (not in custody), of having, some time ago,
robbed a person of his money and apparel, and left him quite
naked Ur the field.—London paper.
LIBRARY AT ST. -PETERSBURGH.—The imperial library at
St. Petersburg has been giVen up to public use, and ranks as
third among the libraries of Europe; it contains 396,155 printed
volumes, and 16,914 manuscripts. It is very rich in the litera-
ture of central Asia, and the works formerly belonging to Baron
Schilling are there; also seventy-three manuscripts of Colonel
Stuart's, relating to all the most important parts of Sanscrit
literature. It contains forty-three Mongolian and Thibetian
works, collected at Pekin ; altogether, forming the finest col-
lection of oriental works in the world.

FORM OF MARRIAGE OATH ORDERED BY BAREBONZ'S PAR-
LIAMENT, 1653.—" I, A. B. do here, in the presence of God,
take thee, C. D., for my wedded wife ; and do also, in the pre-
sence of God, and before these witnesses, promise to be unto
thee a loving and faithful husband."—Thus we see that Crom-
well's parliament did require an acknowledgment of the Deity :
and a (either dignity was imparted to the proceeding by the
presence of a Justice of the Peace being necessary for its valid-
ity. But still we read, in " Baker's Chronicle," "The new
way of marrying so frightened the people, that to enjoy the be-
nefits of the old way, before the time of the act, multitudes ran
headlong into the noose; it was seen by the number of bridal
garters in hats in every part of the town."—lt remains to be
proved whether the religious feeling of the country has dege-
nerated since the time of the rebellion.

PRINCELY BEQUESTS.-Mr. Thomas Naters, a native of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who died at Goldenburg, in Switzerland,
on the 24th ult., has bequeathed to Mr. Mather, a builder at
Newcastle, the immense sum of £200,000. About 20 years
since, a rich citizen at Newcastle bequeathed all his property
to his only child, a natural son, who was at that time in India
practising as a physician. Dr. Adams, then in ill health, de-
spaired of ever reaching England, made his will in Calcutta,
bequeathing the great bulk of his wealth to a cousin on his
mother's side—this identical Mr. Nater—at whose demise Mr.
Mather came into possession of the enormous sum above
named. Mr. Naters has also left two handsome legacies of
£20,000 each to Mr. Thorp, of Alnwick, Clerk of the Peace,
and George Thomas Dunn, Esq., Alderman, of Newcastle,
both of whom formerly promoted the interests of the late Dr.
Adams and himself.

On of the New York papers says : " Curses not loud, but
deep," are uttered against the road managers every day, by
tourists and travellers in every part of the union, and no won-
der, for the system of some parts now is for every passenger
per stage coach, to walk on foot by the side of the vehicle, so as
to be in rediness to assist in relieving it from any accident which
happens to it on account of the deep holes and ruts which it has
to encounter continually. This was borne good-humouredly
enough for some time, there appearing to be no alternative;
until at length the stage-coach agents, emboldened by success,
insisted that the passengers should not only walk on foot, as
occasion or the driver might require, but that each passenger
should carry a rail to ply the coach out of the mud whenever it
stuck therein.

ABDUCTION.—On Saturday Captain Verner, brother to the
honourable member for Armagh, applied to the Chester magis-
trates under the following circumstances :—His only daughter,
a young lady 14 years of age, had eloped from his house at
Newry, in Irelaud, with a young man named Mitchell, an at-
torney!ii clerk, the son of a Unitarian minister of that town.
He traced them to Chester, and on Friday evening applied for
the assistance of Mr. Hill, superintendent of police, who found
them residing in a house in Foregate-street, and took the young
man into custody. The magistrates, finding that they had no
jurisdiction over him on the charge of abduction, remanded him
for further examination on a charge of stealing two towels, the
property of the captain, which were found in his trunk. On
being sent back to prison, the young lady was very urgent in
her entreaties to be allowed to accompany him, and refused to
take any consolation unless her friends would consent to their
union, .and her father was at last induced partially to give his
consent, when the prisoner absolutely refused, and said he never
had intended .to marry her. Her friends, therefore, took her
home to Newry, and Mitchell will be taken, as soon as a war-
rant can be procured from a magistrase at Newry, and indicted
for the misdemeanour.
STRANGE AFFAII:.—An 'application was made to one of the
Police-officers" at the west end of the town, a short time since,
under the following extraordinary circumstances:—The wife of
,a tradesman, cal r7ing'on an extensive business at the west end
of the town, had, it appeared, while at a watering place, impru-
dently suffered the attentions of a young man of fashionable
exterior to be paid to her for some time; but she, at length,
broke off the connection, and returned to town. She had not
been 'Tong returned before she received a visit from the indi-
vidual whom she had seen at the watering place, and, upon her
requesting him to leave the'house, he told her in plain terms
that be should-not leave it until some money was given to him.
The lady, horror struck a•t-the occurrence, and fearing lest the
affair should come to her husband's kmowledge, consented to
give him £lO, and he then retired. She had, however, but a
short respite. In a-few days the individual again threw himself
in her way, and insisted upon having £2O. This sum she also
gave him. From this time the demands of the individual be-
came so exorbitant (he, on one occasion, demanded no less a
sum than £100) that the lady, finding it impossible any longer
to comply with them, resolved to communicate the whole affair
to tier husband, and, in consequence, arrangements were made
for the apprehension of the individual in question, and he was
secured upon his next appearance. Finding his proceedings
had been made known, he was induced to declare that he would
desist from further persecution of the lady in question, and as
the parties were unwilling to come forward as prosecutors, the
matter was thus suffered to drop.—London Paper.

POINT OF HONOUR WITH A BEAR.—While On this theme, I
will add another anecdote of an adventure with a grizzly bear,
told of John Day, the Kentucky hunter, but which happenedat
a different period of the expedition. Day was hunting in com-
pany with one of the clerks of the company, a lively youngster,
who was a great favourite with the veteran, whose vivacity he
had continually to keep in check. They were in search of deer,
when suddenly a huge grizly bear emerged from a thicket,
abont thirty yards distant, rearing himself upon his hind legs
with a terrific growl, and displaying a hideous array of teeth and
claws. The rifle of the young man was levelled in an instant ;
but John Day's iron hand was quickly upon his arm "Be
quiet,
boy, be quiet!" exclaimed the hunter, between his
clenched teeth, and without turning his eyes from the bear.
They remained motionless. The monster regarded them for a
time, then, lowering himself on his forepaws, slowly withdrew.
He had not gone many paces before he again turned, reared
himself on his hind legs, and repeated his menace. Day's hand
was still on the arm of his young companion; he again pressed
it hard, and kept repeating between his teeth, " Quiet boy !
keep quiet! keep quiet !" though the latter had not made a
move since his first prohibition. The bear again lowered him-
self on alt fours, retreated some twenty yards farther, and again
turned, reared, showed his teeth, and growled. This third
menace was too much for the game*spiiit of John Day. "By
Jove !" exclaimed he, "I can stand this no longer ;" and in
an instant a ball from his rifle whizzed into the foe. The
wound was not mortal; but; luckily, it dismayed instead of
enraging the animal, and he retreated into the thicket. Day's
young
companion
reproached him for not practising the caution
Which he enjoined upon others. "Why, boy," replied the
veteran, " caution is caution ; but one must not put up with
too much, even from a bear. Would you have me suffer myself
to be bullied all day by a varmint ?"—Asturia.

Emports.

CHINA

Ellen, (2-15) Wilson, fin Canton, .with 2683 chts congou, 36 chts 400
bxs souchong, 30 chts pekoe, 120 chts 117 hf chts twankay 281 chts
hyson, 18 chts 39 hf chts imperial tea, For a Market-99 elits 510 ten
catty bxs souchong, Dudgeon, Balleny and co-4 es tea, Finlay and
Alston-3 cs do, J Robertson-25 bales L Schutter, Esq-40 do,
Taylor, Pottei and co-10 do, I and S Garnett L-1 bx do, Ibx dates, T
Ripley-5 bxs tea, said Master-1 do, J Garnett-1 bx contents unkn,
Rawson and co-25 bls silk, 18 pkgs china ware, 1 bdle grain, Ibx tea
W Thompson and co-1 cse tea, 28 Ms ri* Silk, Order-13 Dk
AFRICA.
- -

Kingston, (268) Allsop, fin Africa, with 1200 casks palm oil, C
Horsfall—P Dk
St Lucia, (219) Rawling, fm Africa, with 233 casks palm oil, 100 t
camwood, 426 ivory, Order-1 cse bugles, 2cs 2 cks 1 bdle B goods
8 hills shooks retd—Q Dk '
Freeland', (215) Jones, fm Africa, with 489 cks palm oil, 1 box 6 es
81 cks shakes retd, H Laffer—K Dk
Thomas Parsons, (324) Tasker, fm Africa, with 1600 cks palm oil,
a Cinty shakes retd, Hcirsfall and Tobin-=P Dk

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &c

William Rodger, (496) Crawford, frn. Bombay, with 1410 males
hf bales cotton, 64 t deer horns, 153 hales wool, 130 bags pepper, 11
cuts Canton silk, 3 ps silks, Order-710 bales 20 hf bales cotton, 102
bags coffee, J Bibby and co-420 bales cottori 12 bales wool; Daniell
and Dickinson-394 bales 12 hf hales cotton, 'ortes and co-1 bx cnts
unkn, Barton, Irlam arid co—W Dk
May, (364) Syms, fm Bombay, with 1146 bales 108 hf bales cotton,
395 bgs nux vomica, Sir J Tobin-515 bales cotton, 113 bags pepper,
209 bags ginger, 69 bales safflower, 12 chts silk. 2 bxs chess men, tare,
53 chts green tea piculs, Coupland and Duncan-200 bales cotton,
Forbes,Forbes and co—P Dk
. Lady Stormont. (358) Main, fm Bombay, with 655 bales 40 hf bales
Cotton, Ferguson, Miller and co--500 bales do, C Fletcher and co-259
bags pepper, 30 cs gum arabic, 36 bales wool, 21 bales cotton; 9 0 bgs
ginger, 35 chts tea, Dirom, Richmond and co-565 bales 40 hf bales
cotton, Order7—W Dk

(223) Mairs, fm Calcutta, with 19 chts indigo, 972 bg,s salt-
petre, 1300 bags sugar, 553 bags ginger, 2171 bdls rattans, 3 boxes silk
pee goods, 12 bls raw silk, 200 bags turmeric, Thompson, Anderson
and co-53 cks rum, Rathbone Bros and co-270 bales jute, D E and
A Adranaan4 bls raw silk, Order—K Dk

Eleanor Laidinau, (300) Greve, fm Calcutta; with 1000 ,bags. rice,
2133 bags saltpetre, 200 bills rattans, 23 MS raw silk, 5 es torahs, 35 lids
tineal, 33 ehts lac dye, 45 chts shellac', 339 hgs 821 pkts dry ginger, 15
bls safflower, 1 box conts unku, 2 boxes seeds, 1800 bdls rattans, 62 hls
hides, 400 pkts turmeric, 165 bls jute, 102 bls munjeet, 300 hgs sugar,
Order-7 bls silk jute, W Eggington jan—l7 elephants' teeth;•Ogilvy,
Gillanders and co,-1 bg sugar, 4 bxs tea, D Laidman-8 bls raw'silk,
111 bgs sugar, Ferguson, Miller and co-4) Dk
Jane; (234) Fenwick, jun, fm Calcutta, with 1 cse samples. 1 bale
cotton, Taylor, Potter.and co-200 bags sugar, J Gladstone and co-
-18 chts inaigo, M'Leod, Houston and co-2821 bgs 81 chts saltpetre, 3
chts indigo, 300 bgs rice, 144 bls silk, 48 ligstincal, 467 ps redwood, 66
hgs 880 ps deer horns, 15 bxs lac dye, 1 hx silk pee goods, 63 bls cow
an 1 buffalo hides, 479 pckts linseed,- 84 WS SafflOwer, 60 bgs ginger, 1
cse merino, 1 prcl conts unkn, 1 ese wainscoting, 50 bales jute, 1 box
pickles, 1 prel musters, Order-1 box conts unkn, C Fletcher and co
—I cse samples., J H Syers—P Dk
Majestic, (344) Lawson, fm Bombay, with 76 bales cotton, .6 pkgs
sundries, Order-1668 bales 80 hf bales cotton, 48 bales wool, 350 bags
pepper; JO chts gum animi, 7 bags Mocha coffee, W Nicol and co—
Dk

Hindoo, (286) Askew, fin Calcutta, with 1 box conts unkn, Gol-
borne and Dobbs-2 do, Rawson and co-1 do, N Crooke-1 do, M
Joseph and co-1 do, Ogilvy, Gillanders and co-1 do, R Brocklebank
—1 prcl do. Heyworth and co-930 bgs sugar, 1288 bgs saltpetre, 528
bgs horn tips, 1348 pckts ginger, 585 pckts turmeric, 102 bgs 401 bskts
terra japonica, 20 bxs shellac, 5 bls raw silk, 100 bgs rice. 5 t sapan
wood, 88 bls hides, 2 hls sheep's wool, 1 bx sealing wax, T & J Brock-
lebank-23 bales cotton, W A and G Maxwell-6 cs silk pee goods,
Acraman and co-1 bx sealing wax, 24 his raw silk, Order-23 es silk
pee goods. 10 bls raw silk, M'Crackan, Jamieson and co-1 bx tippets
Couptand and Dunean-1 bx arrowroot, Sir J Franks-1 box sweet-
meats, C Robin-2 his tea, said Master llk