North Wales Gazette

MOORLAND MARY, From Ifrs. Sterndale's Panorama of Youth. ."Nvi!h jet-black eyes, and sloe-black hair; With cheeks so red, and round arms bare; And teeth so white, and dimpled chin And bosom fair, and pure within; And small straw hat, so loosely tied, And rushy basket at her side Quite full with berries red and blue, And heather buds of many a hue, And steps as light as any fairy, 1 met the little Moorland Mary. If you sweet girl will go with me, My little serving maid to be, And those soft notes you sweetly sung Repeat them to my nursling yonug; And leave these hills, so bleak and wild To watch and tend my darling child To cherish her I fondly love, And tender, true, and faithful prove; And o'er her infant steps be wary l'It treasure you, sweet Moorlaud Mary.' Oh Lady, listen to my tale, And let my simple words prevail; My mother's old—slw's old and poor, And seairce can totter to the door; And me she loves* her only joy She has no other girl or boy. Ah! whilst she loves, with her I II stay, But think of yoM, when far away 8he says the grave will rest the weary, .fr&d then I'll be your Moorland Mary."

THE COW. J envy not the gererous steed Of merited applause his meed, Whatever Bard bestow it: And trust that candour will allow Not less deserving is the Cow. Of praises from the Poet. Tis true she wears a pair of horns, It badge that ranch her brow adMns, And for defence intended- And none, but those who act amiss, Will, at an ornament like this, Feel pointedly offended. The follies of the giddy calf, That always raise goodnature's laugh, May umbrage give som? others, Where sravrty, or spleen or pride, Can nought that's jownlar abide Among their youthful brothers. u When Spring unJocks the genial year, And blood runs brisk, and rivers clear, The Cow on slight pretences, Perhaps altar'd by greener food, Or haply, in a wanton monel. May break her neighbour's fences. Tngraitude itself must own, This noble Animal that, none, In usefulness, surpasses— The stream that from her udder flows, ,on., upon our lads bestows, V ° And beauty on our Lasses. What where Jons BULL, deprived of beef? Why, heariiess as a Highland Chief With a mess of porridge— Tis beef that nerves his arm for war, Tis beef inspires the British Tar, With more thau mortal courage. When frowning Winter flings his sleet, In arrow tempests, at our feet, Against, the hostile weather, (Whether we chance to walk, or ride) The Cow supplies us from her hide With trusty shields of leather. • The fragrance of her balmv breath Dispels 'he noxions airs of Death Diseases couch surrouriditig, When Physic's skill his friend in vain Consumption's progress to restrain, Sa(i Fritudship's hopes. conf(,Iuticling Fv'n now the peat, yelpt, Small-pox, From Vaccine Firtue gets such knocks, Well seconded by TIINNER- That CDII" tI we trust she 11 quit our sliore, Hor e'er deform the visage more Of any hapless siuner. MrUBCEUS. < It hoth been asserted, that individuals la- bouring uiider consumption, have been restored to lifcafth, r>y continuing, lor a considerable time, tG inhaif 'he air of aplace where Cows were-cou-

j ORIGINAL ANECDOTES. j The following anecdote*, although of an ancient date, have lately been published, for the first time, in a French work, from which we have translated them. During the reign of Lewis XIV. a rich fi- nancier's wife occupied a bench in a church on which a duchess thought proper to take a seat. Unable, however, to bear such a low neighbour, she ordered one of the King's guards, who was present, to turn her out.— Her commands were obeyed, but the triumph of pride was of short duration. The fitii-iicier complained of the insulting manner in which his wife had been treated to the State Minis- ter, to whose office he belonged, and the com- plaint soon readied the Monarch. Louis the XIV. ordered the Duchess's bus. band to be brought before liim, and after commanding his wife to beg the injured lady's forgiveness, added these remarkable words, fraught with sense, reason, and dignity Reflect, that a. single word from me can make a Duke, but that all my power cannot create as useful a servant of the State as the man whose wife has been insulted." It is not astonishing that so many great men should have sprung up under the reign of such a Monarch. l or it is thus that the chief of a great nation, always attentive to the claims of merit, learns the usual method of inspiring his subjects with emulation, and supplies talent and genius wilh favourable op- portunities of displayiflg themselves to his view. His successor, Louis XV. proved himself, on the following occasion, worthy of filling the same throne, and possessing the same au- thority as his great predecessor. Passing once through his apartments, lie perceived a lady in tears, and on enquiring into their cause, was informed that they had been occasioned by harsh language on the part of the Dau- phin. The Monarch instantly sought -hits son, made him feel how U¡¡just harshness-is in those who are vested with, superior power, and-con- cluded his energetic remonstrance with the following expressive setilerice- soit, that the reproaches of Use great kiil iheit object. What an excellent lesson for those armed ovilh sovereign authority'! May this example lie followed for the happiness of nations, md the security of the great themselves. Benefits may be forgotten but an injury sei dom is. The following anecdote, though not found- ed on the savings or actions of Monarch*, will not be found destitute either of interest or iu- formation When M. de Chorseul was Minister in France, it happened that one day, as he was employed in some accounts wilh his ifrst clerk, in his closet, he was visited by a general offi- Z, cer, who had a request to make. The Mi- nister led him to the other end of the room, aud listened patiently to his representations. These turned chiefly on the inadequacy of Of- ficers' pay during peace. "Huwever," said the petitioner, H I have only twelve thousand livres a year, whilst you give eighteen thou- sand to yonder clerk!" It is 17-ue, answered the Minister, but only do what he does, and you shall have double his pay.'1 How mistaken many are with respect to their own talents'.

AGRICULTURE.—SPUING WHEAT. TO THE EDITOR SIR, Having just made a fair trial of the properties of Spring Wheat, in a part of the kingdom where its culture was not much know n, I have the pleasure of commu- nicating the result of the experiment, through the itiediui-n of your paper, to that part of the community, who will, in future, I trust, duly appreciate its merits. On the 30th Mircit last, eleven pecks of Wheat, dressed as Seed Wheat usnally ii were drilled on one acre and a quarter of tolerably good loam land, part of a layer that had been ploughed last Autumn, and sown with wheat, which came up a good plant, and continued healthy till the beginning of February, when it was totally taken by the wire and common worms; it was in the middle of March again ploughed and harrowed, previous to L, the Spring Wheat being drilled in rows at seven inches asunder on this one acre and a quarter, the remainder of the field was ploughed and drilled with oats. Oil the lst of April, tile same quantity of an adjoining field was drilled after once ploughing and harrowing, with the same proportion of seed—the quality of this land was much the same as the other, if any thing it was rather wetter, and had produced a good crop of turnips, which were carted off the land the remainder of the held was sowti with barley. In both pieces the wheat came up a good plant, and continued to look well during the summer, was ripe and cut with the sickle the 4th September: an egual and good crop on the ground, and free from mildew witilf- iii the next field some Winter Wheat was a good deal affected by it. On the 7th, it was carted into the barn, five good waggon loads. On the 20th, it was thrashed with a machine, and cleaned the day following, when it yielded of clean wheat twenty coombs and two bushels, of four bushels to the coomb. It weighed sixteen stone eight pounds neat, per coomb, was a handsome sample, and Worth, at Norwich-market, within 3s. or 4s. per coomb, of the best wheat in the market. This produce is greater than the average produce of the Winter Wheat, on the same farm its superior value to a good crop of any other Spring corn, and requiring no more cul- tivation than those crops, ought to place this grain high in the estimation of farmers; more particularly at a time when wheat is go much above the price which that part of the (Oln iuunity,_ whose living greatly depends on bread corn, can afford to give. I may be allowed to wonder at the useful- ness of this grain being so little kuuwn, after the anxious endeavours of Sir Joseph Banks to promote its introduction, and at a time when almost every farmer has been tempted, by the high price wheat has borne of late years, to grow the greatest possible quantity of that grain. I will not occupy the pages of jour very tisefili paper with the reasons which ought to influence us to extend our growth of wheat beyond what it is at present; they must be too obvious to every mail who they must be too obvious to every luau' who gives himself the trouble of thinking, to re- quire it. I have laid this experiment before your readers, with a desire that it may be useful, and, to the best of my knowledge, it is a fair trial; it will not, doubtless, always meet with so complete success, but it is my belief, that nine times out of ten, there will be no reason to complain of it. From Lin- colnshire, and other parts of the kingdom, the seed is easily procured, and I trust, that the following Spring its merits will be tried on a far larger scale-

r MISCELLANIES. Abstemious AldeAt the commence- ment of a publicdinner atGuildhall, Mr. Cham- berlain Wilkes lisped out, Mr. Alderman B-II, shall I help you to a plate of turtle, or a slice of the hannch I am within reach of both ?•"—Neither one nor t'other, I thank you Sir," replied the Alderman, I think I shall dine on beans and bacon, which are at this end of the table." 11 Alr. Alderman A n, which would you chuse, Sir ?" con- tinued the Chamberlain. 11 Sir, I will not trouble you for either, for I believe I shall follow the example of my brother B 11, and dine on beans and bacon," was the reply. On this second refusal, the old Chamberlain rose from his seat, and with every mark of astonishment in his countenance, curled up the corners of his mouth, cast his eyes round the table, and in a voice as loud and articulate as he was able, called "silence;" which being obtamed, he then addressed the praetorian magistrate, who sat in the chair My Lord- Mayor, the wicked have accused us of intemperance, and branded us with the impu l ation of gluttony that they may be put to open shame, and their profane tongues be from this day utterly silenced, I humbly move I hut, your Lordship command the proper offi- cer to record in our amials—that two JI derm en of the city (f London prefer be tins and bacon lo either renison or turtle soup. Among the naval heroes lately advanced by his Majesty's Ministers to higher stations, are, two, to whose promotion there is certainly no other impediment than that they are both DEAD, and were DEAD at the time they were promoted, and HAD BEeN BEAD some time before. Charles Cobb, Esq. late Rear-Admi- ral of the Blue, has just been promoted to he Hear-Aomiral of the "White, he having been dead some months before such his promotion; and Jonathan Dove, Lieutenant, has, two years after his decease, been on his part most unconsciously advanced to the rank of Master and Commander BUMPING. —A. custom prevails through Eng- land at certain periods, of parishioners going in procession to ascertain the boundaries of their respective parishes; at which time the procession is generally composed of young people, and many of the respectable inhabi- tants, who are most c»;ivivially inclined and it has been a received opinion, that they had a right to stop all persons except the King, a niail coach, oi- a I at which time the party exercised a gentle mode by way of re- membrance, (but, perhaps, not very congeni al to the feelings of an irritable man) called bumping and not till of late was its origin or authority disputed. But to shew how this custom is by law established is the intention of this article The inhabitants of Caddingtou parish, near Luton, Bedfordshire, in their procession, after exercising their prescriptive right on a num- ber of persons in their way from Dunstable-to Luton, they met Mr. Hill, a celebrated aucti- oneer of the latter place they accosted him, told him of their intentions, and explained their custom; Mr. Hill violently resisted, and forwarned thm of the consequence, of stop- ping a man on the King's high-way however, the humourous and goodnalured folks, anxi- ous and determined to support a charter, so gratifying and familiar to John Bull, seized, and, in a trice, unhorsed the knight of the ivory hammer, and with a one, two, and three I a-going, a-going, a-going!" they made the same use of his seat of honour, vnl. garly termed bum, (and from whence, possi. bly, the term bumping is derived) as he did at times with the before-mentioned ivory ham- mer, or, in plain English, they bumped him, replaced him on his horse, bade him good speed, and proceeded to finish their task.— Mr. Hill brought an action against the parties and it was tried at the last spring assizes at Bedford, when he obtained five pounds da- mages and costs. SMUT IN WUEAT.- The following simple process for cleaning Wheat discoloured by the collar or smut, it is presumed will be deemed acceptable to every person in any respect in- terested:—Take a quantity of light loamy earth, aud bake the same in an oven till the moisture is evaporated, after which beat it fine, and sift it through a horse hair sieve over the discoloured wheat before it is thrashed, in the proportion of a half gallon to a layer Z, of corn. This method is practised by many in Sussex, and its effect is such that the same wheat has produced 12s, per quarter more when thrashed with this process, than when it has not been adopted. Working Or en.—The following important remark Oil the subject of working oxen and horses—a subject that has been much contro- verted-is contained in Mr. Arthur Young's View of the Agriculture of Sussex; drawn up for the Board of Agriculture. Mr. Pennington conceives the system of working, only to be profitable whilst the growth of the ox nearly pays for the keeping, and that it cannot do when the ox is hard worked. He thinks that in the nature of the ox, 'there are qualities opposite to quick or severe labour for when the ox is driven beyond his strength or wind, he is rendered unfit for work for a great length of time, and even frequently falls a sacri- fice to the exertions of a single hour. When he is brought low in llesh, no art or food will speed- ily put him into condition. He thinks also, that as the horse is otherwise formed, he will then bear the extreme of heat and cold, most frequent- ly without injury, and if brought low by labour, will in a short time, with attention and proper food, recover his flesh." Mr. Roscoe, of Liverpool, has been elected a corresponding member of the Royal Insti- tute of Amsterdam, instead of the late John de Muller, a distinguished Swiss wr;lter.-It is pleasing to observe, that the hostility which divides the nations of Europe, has not yet in- vaded the domains of science. An erroneous statement having appeared on the subject of the Assessed Taxes, we insert, for the satisfaction of the public, the follow- ing notice required to be given by the Collec- tors, to all persons whose payments may be in arrear, and from which it will be found, thai instead qf their being returnedimmediately to the Treasury, the space of forty days is al- lowed, in order that every defaulter may have an opportunity of discharging any arrear of faxes to which he may be so subject, before I any farther proceedings take place. To of in pursuance of the directions of the act of -411h Geo. 111. chap. 141. I do hereby give you notice that you are returned to the fle- ceiver-General of this District as a Defaulter for Non-payment after demand made of a moiety of the within mentioned duties, due the and that the Schedule in which your name is included will remain with the Coniiiiissiotiet-s of this district for the space <J'forty days from the during which period the laid may be paid by you to me, and my re- ceipt being delivered by you to the said Com missioners, will be a sufficient authority to them to discharge the arrear so paid from the said Schedule. But in default of payment of the Duties within that period, and obtaining such discharge, the Schedule will be certified by the Heceiver General to hisMajesty's Court of Exchequer, and process will issue against you for the recovery of the said Duties, with all costs and expences attending the same." A remarkable instance of the interposition of Providence occured on Saturday, the 21st. ult. in the parish of Wrenlham, in Suffolk a little boy, only two years and a half old, son of Mr. Geo. ftewbery, by some unknown ac cident, fell into a well upwards of 30 feet deep and to the wonder and astonishment of those who were present, was taken up without received any sort of injury. He was found supporting himself by a broomstick, which laid across the well, just above the snrface of the water: what is very remark- able, he himself threw it into the well some months before, and had it not been there, he must inevitably have been drowned. Great praise is due to a person of the name of Fore- man, tor his intrepidity and humanity. He descended in the bucket, fastened only to a smail rone, used for the purpose of drawing water, and succeeded in rescuing the child from his perilous situation. A few days ago a curious wedding took place in Loudon, which was attended with serious consequences. The young man who officiated as father, claimed the privilege of a father to embrace his child. The bridegroom (an Irishman) not relishing the warmth of his embraces, threw him into the street from a first floor window. The bride, who had a greater attachment for the father than her husband, took the opportunity of his situa- tion, and of pushing him through after, by which both are so much injured that no hopes are entertained of their recovery. On the 25th October, 1694-A bowl of punch was made at the Hight Hon. Edward Russel's House, when he was Captain General and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's forces in the Mediterranean. It was made in a fountain in the garden, in the middle of tour walks, all covered over head with lemon and orange trees, and in every walk was a table the whole length of it, covered with cold collations, &c. In the said foui-taiii were the following ingredients, viz, four hogshead of brandy, eight hogsheads of water, twenty-five thousand lemons, tweuty gallons of lime juice, thirteen hundred weight of fine Lisbon sugar, five pounds of grated nutmegs, three hundred toasted buiscuits, and lastly, a pipe of dry mountain malaga. Over the fountain was a large canopy to keep off the rain and there was built on purpose a little boat, where- in was a little boy belonging to the fleet, who rowed rouud the fountain and filled the cups of the company; and in all probability more than six thousand men drank thereof. Unpleasant Bedfellows.On the night of the 22d ult. Thomas Branagian, a soldier at Bexhill Barracks, was awoke by an unusual motion in his bed to discover the cause of which he turned on his right side, and caught with his left hand, a very large rat! setting himself upright, he felt another on his left side, and caught that with his right hand, but not till the latter animal had bitten him through the thumb In this situation, with a large rat struggling in each hand, he called to his comrades, and with their assistance con- trived to destroy them. An Officer of the Guards, who was made prisoner at the battle of Talavera, and who has been exchanged, has rejoined the British army—and he reports, that so far is the French army from being reduced to the small number we heard, that it actually amounts to 80,000 men; and they expect forthwith to receive a reinforcement of 15,000 men and that then, after leaving garrisons in the places they have recovered, they make no secret that they are to resume offensive operations against the English. A reduction has taken place in the price of white rags and from the stock in hand, and the considerable import of rags into London a further reduction is expected. The late accounts of the reduced numbers of our troops in Walcheren have been much exaggerated. It has been stated, that those capable of actual service did not exceed two thousand. We are assured, by several of the Officers who returned from Walcheren last Friday, with Sir Eyre Coote, that the troops in health and fit for duty exceeded seven thousand. The receipts of the Customs for the present year will, it is said, exceed by one million six hundred thousand pounds those of the last. On Wednesday last, a cat extricated herself from one of the towers of the castle of Cardiff, after having been there a fortnight without the smallest sustenance. She was so high up the ivy that no person could get at her. A foreign Gentleman,- who has spent the last two years in France and Spain, during which he had access to the best sources of it'- formation, has communicated some particu- lars relating to the state of public opinion in these countries. In the higher classes of Frenchmen, with whom he chiefly associated, he discovered that the ambitious projects of Buonaparte were held in general detestation. 111 Societies, where the persons who compose them had sufficient confidence in each other to deliver their sentiments freely, his invasion of Spain, and perfidy towards his Ally, Charles IV. were spoken of in terms of abhorrence. This Gentleman confirms the reports that reached this country some time back of Tal- leyrand's dis,,r;ice which is known to have been produced by the warm and repeated re- monstrances he made to Buonaparte on the subject of his designs on the Peninsula. This Ex-Minister does not hesitate to pi-octaiiin in every company the ungrateful and unmerited treatment he has experienced. The temper of Buonaparte he describes as most irritable and over-bearing. The follow. ing instance of its violence occurred a few days after his arrival at M adrid An Alcads having, from his connivance or negligence, suffered a prisoner of some consideration to escape, the enraged Emperor ordered him in- to his presence. The instant the offender was ushered in, he sprang from his seat and actu- ally knocked down the poor Spaniard with his fist, and after discharging a rapid volley of invectives, threats, and imprecations, or- dered him to be dragged off by the attendants. The presence of several French Officers of rank did not seem in the smallest degree to make him feel the indecorousness of this sally. The character of Joseph Buonaparte is not of this boisterous nature. He is generally considered as a man of a meek and humane disposition, and far from being under the in- fluence of that restless ambition which actuates the founder of this family. He has never been very desirous of establishing himself on the throne of Spain He was aware that he never could reach that bold and bad eminence with. out wading through rivers of blood. This Gentleman t' was assured at Madrid, by some French Officers of the first distinction, that Joseph had repeatedly urged his brother to abandon the idea of subjugating Spaiu, but that the latter was deaf to his entreaties. Hamburgh, Oct. 21.—" Mr. Reinhard, who who formerly was the Minister here, is arriv- ed. Since his arrival, it iJ confidently report- ed, that he comes to advise, that the Senate of Hamburgh, by thcmselves, or jointly with the other Hanscatic towns, should entreat the Emperor of the French to be incorporated with the Confederation of the Rhine. In case of their not complying with this advice, he has intimated to them that the fate of these towns would he very likely decided in a more unfavourable manner; as they would either he given away as a present, or incorporated into some other State. The town, therefore, to maintain, in some degree, its independence, will have no other choice than to attach itself to the Confederatiun, ?md, in fact, this may be considered as actually done." Jamaica, 2. Oh Wednesday came on to be heard by Counsel before George Kill- horn, James Inglis, John Campbell, Joseph Barnes, and Edward Evans, Esqrs. at the Quarter Sessions, the petition of certain Me- thodist Preachers, praying to be licensed to preach in this cily, agreeably to the Tolera- tion Act, when after a long and patient hear- ing of Couusel on both sides, the Court una- nimously refused the prayer of their petition. -it is worthy of remark, that in their peti- tion they admitted the indecorous conduct of former Preechers.—Application was also made by Counsel on behalf of George Liele, lllt: t, elder, to sanction the re-opening of his Meet- ing-house on the Rock Fort road, which met I with a similar fate. I qawt-

(Conlimletlfrom our last.) Cofia Grist ddidrist Dduw tri—y Bore "Vn barod vvrtb godi Dod ddiolch dywed weddi i ddaw drwg yn d'olwy ili. Cofi a'r Joncyfion Dduw cu-o'th fynwes )'lTrfh fyned i srysgu 1\ Duw a fydd Llywydd llu t'tb hwyl io'r i nos ith wely.

IR TOBACCO. Dan duon crinion nid cryuo-eu dull, lie o rlwll i'w sugno Ifei oi Anadl a'u fTroenio Mwg un gwrs a megin go.

EPITAPH ON POOR OLD PEGGY, The. tafe Bathing-woman at Tenby, who was drown- ed Sept. 29, 1809, in the 82d year of her age. To Peggy, now entombed beneath, Did Neptune many years Full oft present bis sedgy wreath, And wooe with hriny tears ;— So lov'd was poor old i'cggy I But aH the brine in Tenby bay Could never win her love One drop from Bacchus, 'sooth to say, More potent was to move;— s) od(I was pool, olti -Pe,gy Whence Bacchus being overkind, Bestow'(.! a drop too much And Peggy's head her heart corisigu'd bb, I To Neptune's fatal touch; So weak- was poor old Peggy • Let every Triton sound his shell Along the Cambrian shore; Alas i* is her funeral knell* I For Peggy is no more So farewell, poor old Peggy! --Mflt

ACCIDENTS, OFPE,ltfCES c. On Saturday se'unight, a boat with five men put ashore near the signal post at Sutton, on the coast of Lincoln. The story connected with the circumstance is as follows William Fitzgerald, carpenter's mate of his Majesty's ship the Magnificent, cast away on the coast of France, on the 26th March, 1804, was with 75 of the crew, put into a French prison and on the 6th of July, 1809, this man with several others got away from the prison and on his arrival at Amsterdam, requested protection from the American Con- sul, who refused his request: he then, rather than be again immured in a prison, entered on board a French privateer, in the hope of being captured by some British cruizer. The privateer was at anchor at Shelling, when a. boat was sent out to capture a vessel in the offing in this boat went Fitzgerald, Peter Doyle, an Irishman, and Thomas Green, a Prussian, with ten Frenchmen and an Ameri- can blqck. Filzgerald and his two friends watched their opportunity, seized upon the arms, and forced all the Frenchmen to jump overhead, excepting one, who, with the American black, composed the number that have landed on the coast. Captain LloJd, of the Royal Navy, at Boston, has sent thcin to Great Grimsby, there to wait for their dis- posal by the Admiralty, and he has, we un- derstand, expressed strongly his hopes to the Admiralty, ,that the brave Fitzgerald may be made a carpenter of some King's ship. Sunday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, as a young man, of respectable con- nections in the city, was coming from Ken-* nington, Surrey, he was decoyed by a well- dressed female into a house of ill-fame in t he neighbourhood of Tower-street, St. George'9 fields, when after stopping a »hovt time, she absconded, taking with her his pocket-book, containing between thirty and forty pounds in Bank notes; immediate search was made after her, but to no purpose. On Tuesday forenoon a shocking accident happened in Wych-street, Strand. A poor woman, with a child in her arms, was dashed, by the shock of a waggon which came on the ?16 pavement, through the window of the New Inn Coffee-house. Her arm was nearly tortl from her body, but the child escaped. The woman was taken to the Hospital. Yesterday morning, as an elderly man was crossing High-street, in the Borough, he slip- ped down, when a loaded waggon, which was, unfortunately going by at the instant, passed over his body he was taken to St. Thomas' Hospital in a dying state. No blame was in)- putabic to the driver of the waggon. Last week three French officers on parole at Brecon decamped from thence; one of them speaks the English language ftucuUy" and the oilier two arc well acquainted with the Southern coast of the kingdom, whither it is supposed they arc gone, with the viviv of escaping to I rauce.