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For further Particulars apply to Mr. CHaKi. es HOLBERT, Auctioneer, Sworn Appraiser, and General Agent, Shrewsbury. All Letters Post- paid. TO- MORROW. FREEHOLDPROPSRTT. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. PENSON, At tlie Wynnstay Arms, in Wrexham, 011 Thursday, the 9th Day of October next, at 5 o'Clock ( and not 011 the 7th, as before advertised), in tbe following, or such other Lots as shall be then agreed upon, aud subject to Conditions that will be then produced : LOT I. ALL that Piece or Parcel of excellent Pasture LAND, situate within less than Half a Mile of Wrexham aforesaid, upon tbe Road leading to Ilhos Du, and adjoining a Field called Dol- y- Gion, containing nearly Three Statute Acres, and now iii the Holding of Sir. John Humphreys, as Tenant at Will. LOT II. AH that other Piece or Parcel of capital LAND, called TWMPBTH Y- GRIDION, containing upwards Of Six Acres Of ricli Meadow and Pasture Land, pleasantly situate near Brynyft'ynnon, in Wrexham aforesaid, together with the beautiful GARDEN} therewith held, through which runs the Brook called Tbe Weonfrow, and, from the local Advantages peculiar to the Situation, as well as the very tasteful Manner in which it is laid out and planted, being a most delightful Spot for building an Ornamental Cottage upon, now beld by Mr. James Owens or his Undertenant, from Year to Year. LOT III. All those TWO Messuap- es or DWELL- ING HOfcSES, with tlie Yards and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate on the South Side of Abbot Street, in Wrexham aforesaid, and now in the Holding of Widow Thomas, or her Undertenants, as Tenant from Year to Year. LOT IV. All tliat HOUSE, Shop, Yard, Garden, and Appurtenances, situate upon the South Side of Abbot Street, in Wrexham aforesaid, and now held by Mr. W. 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HAYMAN'S GENUINE ORIGI- NAL MAREDANT'S ANTISCORBUTIC DROPS have always held the highest Reputation in the Class of Antiscorbutics; insomuch that they have, during Half a Century, been an Article of extensive Commerce; the Scorbutic Diseases ofall Climates yielding to their alterative Virtues. This Medicine enters the Circulation in a deliberative and congenial Manner, blending itself with the Fluids without occasioning the least Excitement injurious to the animal System. The Scnfvy, Evil, Leprosy, Piles, Rheumatism, Contracted Joints, White Swellings, Hard Tumours, and Carious Bones, give Way to its Influence. Its Operation is so exceedingly easy, regular and progressive, thai the PatienJ at- tending to the Directions can never be at a Loss how- to manage or proceed ; and from the Examples given with each Bottle, the afflicted may judge how far their Diseases will yield to its Use. BARCLAY & SONS, Fleet- Market, London, having purchased the original Recipe and entire Property iu this valuable Medicine, do hereby give Notice, that, as a certain Criterion of Authenticity, a Label, with their Name and Address, superadded to the Stanij with, the Nanre of 44 J. HAYMAN, Golden Square will in future be affixed to each Bottle. Price. 4s... 6d lis. and 22s. each, Duty included. *** Upwards of One Hundred Instances of Cures may be seen at the Proprietors. Sold by W. EDDOYVES, Morris, Pal in, New ling, Davies, Powell, Bowdler, Shuker, and Pritchard, Shrewsbury; Procter, Green, Drayton; HonlstoU and Smith, Wellington ; Smith, I roil bridge. and Wenlock ; Gitton, Bridgnorth ; Scarrott, Shiffnal Stevenson, Newport; Roberts, R. Griffiths* Powel . Laud R. Griffiths, O. 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Stockport, Mr. Thomas Owen. Conglelon, Mr. John Lockett. N. B. Fire Policies will be allowed, fre^ of Ex- pense, where the annual Premium amounts to 6s. or upwards. Fanning Stock insured al 2s. per Cent, per Annum. This Company have invariably made good osses tyr P're,. occasioned by Lightning.— Proposals may be lltld of t ie different Agents. ASSURANCES ON LIVES being found to be advantageous to Persons having Offices, Employ- ments, Estates, or other Incomes, determinable on the Life or Lives of themselves or others ; Tables of . lie Rates for such Assurances, and for the Granting Annuities on Li » rs, may he bad nf the said Agents. Persons assured bv this Corporation do not depend upon any uncertain Fund or Contribution; nor are they subject to any Covenants or Calls to make good Losses which may happen In themselves or others, tbe Capital Stock being an unquestionable Security to tbe Assured in Case of Loss.— SEPT. 15,1823. From an ancient Imperial Recipe. THE CORDIAL BALM OF ZUB. A; OR, PIKENIX OF LIFE, And Grand Rcanimator nf Nature: Prepared and Sold, Wholesale atitl Retail, at Dr. LAMERT's London Medical Establishiiient, Queen- squure, Bristol. INTRODUCTION. DR. LAMER. T, in recommending; the celebrated Cordial Babn of Znra ; or, Phcenix of Life, to a discriminating Public, disdains the Idea of following tbe Steps of those. Precursors, who, by a vain Display of a little Learning, and a great ileal of Ingenuity, mislead the Public ; a Truth too frequently exemplified hy Pretenders to Science in the present Dav. The King's Evil of Twelve Years' Standing cured by Dr. Smith's Ploughman's Drops. ( WAN THOMAS, of Oswestry, in the J County of Salop, was afflicted with the Kin Evil, and had wounds round his neck and chin, and on different parts of tbe body; It's lights and liv were seen through bis side. lie bad twelve holes in his leg ; he was lanced three tinies close to tbe wind pipe, and the whole Faculty in tbe neighbourhood could do him no good, but wanted to take oft' his leg, and now he can walk 40 miles per day. One Doctor bled him for a mouth every other day, on each arm, nnd threw him each morning into a pit and he was under another gentleman's blinds for ( i vears, but to no use. He took a great number of bottles of various Medicines, but all lo no use; was at the salt water (> weeks, and received lint little relief, bis disorder having returned; they all gave hiin up; and by taking a few bottles of PLOUGH MAN's DROPS his blood lias been cleansed, his wounds healed, and be has received a safe cure Witness my hand, this 26th day of December, 1818 EVAN THOMAS. Witness— WM. MINSIICLL. These Drops are to be hod in square Bottles with these words moulded on each, " Mr. Smith\ Ploughman's Drops," ( all others are spurious), £ I. 2s. tbe large, and lis. the small, Duty in- cluded, at PLOUGHMAN'S HALL, Upton Magna, near Shrewsbury ; also of W. EDDOWES, and Waidson, Shrewsbury ; Capsey, Wellington ; Ycates, Salt Warehouse, Iron Bridge; Partridge, Bridgnorth ; Griffiths, Ludlow ; Waidson, Welsh, pool; Price, Oswestry; Baugh, Ellesmere; Jones, Parker, Whitchurch; Procter, Drayton; Silves- er, Newport ; Holmes, No. 1, Royal Exchange, London ; and all other Medicine Venders. 3 bna tr£ 0itaMe jFann. TO BE I/ ET, FOE A TEEM OF EIGHTEEN YF. AKS [ OR FOB A SHORTER PEEIOD), BEING THE RESIDUE OF A LEASED TERM, IP, AMP iris © Kfim Situate in flic Parish of Li„ ijycon'En, MERIONETHSHIRE : CONSISTING of a large, commodi- ous, and modern- built House, and about 300 Acres of good Arable, Meadow, aud Pasture Land, with a very extensive SHEEP WALK oil the ad. joining llills. Public Notice. OBERT WARREN, Blacking Manufacturer, 30, ST RAN I), bejjs to caution the Public against a spu- ious Composition being sold under his Name, by Means of Imitation Labels. These may easily be detected by observing that the genuine has signed on each Label,— all others are Counterfeit.; many of which are interlined, in very small Character?, with a different Address between the " No. 30," and the Word " Strand." ROBERT WARREN also begs to add, that his sole Manufactory is at 30, STRAND ; nor has he any Connexion with those pretended Warehouses professing to be Brand) Establishments of his. All Persons giving Orders for WARREN'S BLACKING are particularly requested to take Notice that the real Manufacturer is ROBERT WARREN, 30, STRAN L). It is strongly recommended to Shop- keepers and. others who are deceived by such vile impostors to return the Trash to the Parties from whom it came, as being a Punishment suitable to base Fabricators of an Article so essentially necessary to the fjsh ion a hie Wo rid. This genuine and surpassingly brilliant Blacking stands unrivalled for its peculiar Excellence in keeping the Feet perfectly free from Damp in Wet Weather, pre- serving the Leather soft and pliable, and producing the most elegant Polish ever beheld, retaining its pristine Virtues in anj' Climate. Is sold by every respectable Vender in Town and Country, in Bottles, at 6d. lOci. l id. and ISd. each. SOLD AT Drayton Shreivsbitry,\ tY EDDOWES,' —— — R'OGEKS & CO. • BRATTON, —— STATHAM, DRURY, — MORGAN and ASTER LEY, JONES, •.———— DAVIES, —: 1—— NF. VETT, — — HUMPHREYS. Wem,........ ICYNASTON, OswestryEDWARDS. El/ esmerev. BAUGH, EURMSTOZ', Shiffnal,.... Wellington.' RIDGVVAY. Newport... JONES, LOWE. HARDING. IIoUI, STON Si SMITH. fronb ridge, G LA ZKB n OOK . Hang or HUGHES, - GRIFFITH. Bala,,. DAVIES. Carnarvon, OWEN, WILLIAMS. H elshpool, EVA NS, — — OWEN, • JONES, - GRIFFITHS. WenlqcJc ,. CLIVELY. Hodnet PACE, —>—-— HUGHES. DolgellyJV ILLIAMS^ ON Holyhead,.. JONES, , ••';.'••''- RICHARDS, H. Asaph., OWEN. Abeigely,.. DAVIES. Atnlwch,... ROBERTS. Conwoi/ y... ROBERTS. BarmouthGRIFFITHS, BevumanS) AJ. LEN . Actuated by a spirit of genuine Philanthropy, he feels it his highest Gratification to announce, that in the Balm of Zura, or Phcenix of Life, he possesses the means of alleviating, and by due Perseverance, of completely annihilating those insidious Disorders, which not only deprive Life of its every Enjoyment, but sap the very Foundation of our Existence, and involve the Patient in a Vortex of premature, but unavoidable Destruction. Governed solely by such Motives, so humane, genuine, and disinterested, Dr. L. cannot but ensure fhe Gratitude of the afflicted, the Approbation of tbe good, and the sincere Benediction of Mankind. On that Assurance he takes his stand, and invites the Suffering to come and be healed. ITS VIRTUES. " Like one condemn'd to leap a precipiee, 44 And sees before his eyes the depths below, 44 Stops short, and looks about for one kind shrub 41 To break his dreadful fall ; so I look here 44 For friendly aid against the fears of death. 1' The CORDIAL BALM OF ZURA, or Phamix of Life, forms the most powerful, stimulating, and highly flavoured Medicine in the whole Materia Medica. It is prepared from an Asiatic Berry, strongly resemb- ling that of the English Whitethorn ; and was tlie Result of the Labours of the renowned Remhert Dodoeus, Physician to the Turkish Emperor and his Harem. In 1578, a most splendid Case of this in- Valuable Cordial was sent by the Sultan to Queen Elizabeth, and was taken by her Majesty as a noble Renovator of the whole System. It has been found by a most extensive and respectable private Practice, to be the most efficacious Medicine extaut, for strengthening the Nerves, removing all Obstructions in the Stomach and Lungs, cherishing the Heart, reviving the Spirits, strengthenino- the Memory, promoting Digestion, dispelling Flatulencies, dis- persing the Heartburn and Choleric Affections, pre- vents Apoplexy, purifies the Blood, removes Scorbutic Eruptions as well as Scrofula, and is of the highest Distinction in Gouty and Rheumatic Disorders. It vivifies the Spinal Marrow, and restores the Frame to Health and pristine Vigour. NERVOUS DISORDERS. Injhe tremendous catalogue of Diseases incidental to Mankind, those of- rhe Nervous Description are the most complicate and difficult to cure. They resetnnle almost every Disease, and scarcely two Persons are affected in a similar Manner; they are continually changing their Action, Shape, and Con- dition, while, under every fresh Attack, the Patient feels some Symptoms he never before experienced. Thus the Mini! often becomes a Prey to the most fatal Apprehensions, while the diseased Imagination forges those wild Chimeras, which perpetually baunt and distress the Brain. 44 The Sun as it were goes down on the Heart, and the Shadows of the Evening close in on the Soul! 1' Such are the sad Thoughts and distressing Feelings which agitate lhat real Object of Commiseration, a Nervous Patient. To « nch, « - hat. si. Treasure will he found in the Cordial Balm of Zura ; or, Phoenix of Life! The vital Prin- ciple, urfder its divine Operation, like the fabled Phcenix, springs from the Embers of a decayed Con- stitution, and rises to Happiness and Life, Reani- mated, Renovated., nod RthereaUsed. GENERAL SYMPTOMS. The Symptoms which precede, accompany, and follow this distressing Complaint are very numerous. The following are the most prominent:— Great. De- pression of Spirits, Timidity, Starlings, Melancholy, Fickleness of Temper, Restlessness, Anxiety, and a painful Presentiment of Death. With its Increase, frequent Attacks; of the Cramp, Head Ache, settled Pains in different Parts of the Body, the Eves are clouded, a continual Ringing in the Ears, Dullness of Hearing, alternate Chills and Flushes of Heat, Weariness, Nausea, Loss of the Appetite, Decay of Strength, Burning Heat iu the Palms of the Hands and Soles of the Feet, a Sensation like that of cold Water running down the Back, the Pnlse quick, weak, and irregular, parched Tongue, violent Pal- pitations of the Heart, Difficulty of Breathing, and Convulsions. It is not difficult to point out the Means of relieving the Patient, but none have ever proved so powerful, so efficacious, as the Cordial Balm of Zura; or, Phoenix of Life : as a Restorer of Strength to internal Decay, it stands unequalled, and may be relied on in producing immediate Relief in every Stage of Nervous Complaints. The immense Numbers re- stored to the full Blessings of Health within the last eighteen Months, from the very Confines of the Grave, will best vouch for its surprising Qualities, and a single Trial urge more in its Behalf, than all the Powers of Rhetoric combined ! FEMALE COMPLAINTS. The nutritive and cleansing Powers of the Balm of Zura, or Phcenix of Life, are peculiarly adapted to the Delicacy of the Female Habit and Constitution, under those necessary Operations, designed by the Great Creator, for the Preservation of Health, the Continuation of the Human Species, and the Felicity of Domestic Existence. It removes those Obstruc- tions, which too often nip in the Bud the Promise of the future Blossom. It promotes the Secretions, and preserves the Course of Nature from Impediment; comforts, exhilarates, and supports in those import- ant and peculiar Periods, Puberty, Maturity, and the Change of Life : for the want of which, many of those lovely, interesting, and valuable Ornaments of Creation sink into an untimely Grave. The most sovereign Remedy yet found, is in the exalted and inestimable Virtues of the Cordial Balm of Zura, or Phoenix of Life; the greatest Restorative of ex- hausted Nature ; by a due Perseverance in which, the whole Mnscnlar Fibres become invigorated, all the Solids which were relaxed, are braced, every Office of Nature is properly performed. Seize then the Opportunity which offers, for the Cordial Balm of Zura, or Phcenix of Life, possesses Powers which almost exceed Credibility, in restoring languid Na- ture, and invigorating the whole Constitution. COLD BATHING. Nothing is more conducive to Health than the frequent Use of the Cold Bath, when not. taken to Excess ; a single Immersion will answer every Pur- pose ; for remaining too long in the Water is very injurious. Judiciously pursued, it braces the Fibres, and in every Period of Life gives Tone and Vigour to the Body, it enables the vital Organs to perform their Functions, it hardens the Frame against Cold, Damp, and changeable Weather, and restrains ex- cessive Perspirations. Sea Water, for stimulating, cleansino. and bracing the Nerves, is far preferable to River Water for any Debility. To prevent any ill Sensation after Bathing, such as Trembling, Pain in the Stomach, Cramp, Giddiness, or Head- Ache, take a Table- spoonful of the Cordial Balm of Zura, or Phcenix of Life, Half an Hour before Bathing, which will comfort the Intestines, throw a warm Glow over the whole Frame, and create an excellent Appetite with a good Digestion. The CORDIAL BALM OF ZURA is prepared only by the sole Proprietor, Dr. LAMERT, and Sold, Whole- sale and Retail, at his House, No; 54, Queen- square, Bristol ; also, by W. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury ; and by the principal Medicine Venders in this and the surrounding Counties, In Bottles at 4s. 6d.; lis.: and £' T: one lis. Bottle contains three at 4s. 6d. and that at a Pound six Times as much, whereby is a Saving of seven Shillings, Duty included. P » eware of Impositions, as none are genuine but where the sole Proprietors Name is blown on the Bottle; with the Initial of the Doctor's Name on the Cork, enveloped in the- Asiatic Arms and Directions, . This Farm is delightfully situated on the Banks oif Bala Lake, and within three Miles of fhe Market Tovvn of Bala ; and the House is well suited for the Residemre of'a Gentleman's Family .— Possession of the Lands may he had at laxly- Day next, and the House and Outbuildings at May following. The Premises are at present divided into two Farms, on each of which there is - a House. -*#* Further Particulars may be known of Mr. H. OWEN, Solicitor, iu Bala, who is authorised lo let the Estate^ and will direct a Person to shew the same. 18th September, 1823, NOTICE is hereby given, that the TOLLS arising at the'several Toll Gates erected upon the Turnpike Road leading fioiri Shrewsbury, through Ellcsmerey to Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, called by the Names of Overton and Hanmer Gates with Maesgwaylod Bar, and Wynnstay Gate, will be LET BY AUC- TION, to tlie best Bidder,' at the Bowling Green, in Overton, on Friday, the 10th Day of October next, between the Honrs of twelve and one o'Clock. And that the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gate called Cotton Hill, with Harlescott Side Gate, erected upon or near to the said Turnpike Road' will be LET BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the Town Hall, in Ellesmeve, on Saturday, the 25th Day of October next, between the Hours of twelve and one o'Clock, iu the Manner directed by the Act passed in the third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, 44 For regu- lating Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls produced the last Year the Sums undermentioned, above the Expenses of collecting them. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must at the same Time pay One Month in Advance ( if requiredJy of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road, for Pavment of the Rest of the Money Monthly. NOTICE is also hefebv given, that the GE- NERAL ANNUAL M EE TING of the Trustees of the Ellesmere District of the said Turnpike Road, will be held at the Town Hall, iu Eliesmere, on Saturday, the 25th Day of October next, at one o'Clock in the Afternoon, • R. MORRALL, Clerk - to the said Trustees. Ellesmere, Sept. 22d, 1823. Overton and Hanmer Gates, with Maes- gwaylod Bar ; £ 775 0 0 Wynnstay Gate.... . v.. 181 0 0 Cotton Hill and Harlescott Gates ....... 621 0 0 MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Annual Meeting of Trustees of Turnpike Roads. ^ TOTICE is herebv <> iven, that THE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees or Commissioners acting under and by Virtue of two several Acts of Parliament, the one made and passed in the 53d Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, entitled 44 Au Act for repairing and improving- several Roads in the Counties of Montgomery, Merioneth and Salop, and other Roads therein' mentioned '' and the other made and passed in the first Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Fourth,' entitled 44 An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Road from the Town of Pool, in the County of Montgomery, throu< Hi Oswestry, in the County of Salop, to'Wrexham in the County of Denbigh, and several other Roads therein mentioned, in the said Counties, and in the County of Merioneth, and for making several new Branches of Roads to communicate with the said Roads in the Counties of Salop, Montgomery and Denbigh," will be held at the Town Hall, in the said Town of Pool, on Saturday, the 18th Day of October, 1823, at the Hour of twelve at Noon for the Purpose of auditing the respective Treal snrers' Accounts and reporting the State of the Roads under their Care and Management, agree- ably to the Provisions of an Act. made and passed in the third Year of the Reign of His said present Majesty, entitled 44 An Act to amend the General Laws now in being for regulating Turnpike Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England ;" at which Place the Commissioners are requested to attend accordingly. 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All the Spanish vessels of war on the Lake of Maraeaybo were given . tm lo the Patriots; the troops have liberty to go to Cuba, and Morales himself, with his Staff, tec. | tave Rlready sailed for the Havannah. Porto Cabello must now also surrender. I now begin to see a prospect of security for commercial men ou the Main." Sir Robert Wilson and Captain Eiskine arrived at Cadi* on. the 5th of September. The name of the English gentleman who was taken with Riego is Hasker. He was formerly an officer in the 23d Fusilcers, Colonel the Hon. Left- ester Stanhope left London last week for the Morca, to co- operate with Lord Byron aud other distinguished volunteers in the Greek cause, to aid that brave people in their noble struggle to emancipate themselves from Turkish thraldom. Colonel Stanhope has spent several years in India, as Aide- dc- Cainp to the Marquis of Hastings. He is bruther to the Duchess of Leiuster.— Dublin Morning Post. Up to the 30th June, according to advices from Antioch, shocks of earthquakes continue to be fell almost daily throughout Syria, which in some instances have done vast damage. This, however, was not the whole of the evil with which this un- happy country was visited. The rainy season generally begins in December, and continues, with some interruptions, till Ihe end of March; but from March to October it is very seldom that a drop fallf, During the last week of May and Ihe whole of June it rained without intermission, and torrents poured front the mountains. The. Orout had overflowed its banks, and swept away men and cattle, the harvest in the fields, and lhat already boused, trees, houses, & c.; Bbove 1000 persons have perished. To till up the misfortune; the plague had broken out at Beirut. ' POSTSCRIPT. LOKDOK, Moutlay jYight, Oct. 0, IS23. PitCE OF FTLNDS AT TttECi. OSE; tUd. 3 per Cts. — 3 per Ct Cons. I » 3£ Imperial 3 per Cts. — 3J per Cents. — 4 per Cent. Cons. — New 4 per Cents. 108$ Bank Stock — Long Ann. — India Stock — India Bonds fig 69 Ex. Bills (£ 1000) 40 41 Cons, for Acfc. 83| The following is an extract from a letter received by a Gentleman of Worcester, from an officer on board His Majesty's 6loop Buracouta, employed in the expedition for surveying the eastern coast of Africa. It is dated June 13, 1823 :— " Our losses ill deaths have heen exceedingly severe, and we are now about to return to, the theatre of the disease, sailing on Monday for the river Quijimaiii, which empties its wa'tifs 1' nto the Mozambique Channel. Cspt. Owen intends send- ing three of the officers with us who have volun- teered for exploring the interior of Africa The route to be pursued after arriving at Checova, about eight hondred miles up , the river, is as yet uncertain, depending, iu a gieat measure, upon the information they will receive upon their getting there; at present two plans have been farmed fir their return to the coast, one hy Grossing the Conti- nent to Angola, where they will be able to obtain a Sassage to Europe, and the other, which seems to e the most feasible, by the w ay of I. atukoo, to the Cape of Good Hope ; but, from the noxious exhala- tions, which we have found so destructive to En- glish Constitutions, I think there is scarcely a probability of their return ; how: ever they- are: san- guine in their hopes, and in high good spirits. The adventurers are Messrs Brown, Acting Lieu- tenant, Forbes, Botanist, and Killpatrick, Assistant Surgeon. After performing this service, we pro- ceed in our survey along the Eastern Coast, and Captain Owen proposes being at Bombay in No- vember, at the Isle of France in April, from whence' we shall proceed to surVey tiie Islands of Madagas- car, Seychelles, and ComoiTO, tbeu return to the Cape, aud call at the West ludies for a freight op our return to England." , DRIAHFUL MORTALITY IN AfRicA.- FFYNM ihe Baltimore Patriot. J— by the arrival of the brig (>< wego, at this port, we learo, that when she left Orpe Messoradn, the American Colonists at Monifi+ wa' ( Africa) were nearly all" sick of the fever. The Oswego took oirt 61 settlers from Baltimore, who were all landed in good health, but previous to her sailing had died and nearly all those re- maining were sick of Ihe fever, and it is not proba- ble 2ft will survive the present season.— It has been most lamentable that all Ihe American settlers; wbo have gone to Africa have chosen the most un- favourable season ; arming just at the commence- ment, or in the midst, of the rainy season, they are almost sute lo sicken and die. We also learn that the fort erected at Monrobia, Africa, for the protection <> f the American Colony, by Captain Spence, Officers, aud crew of tlie Cyanc, disap- peared ill a tornado; Ihe foundation being placed on round logs, the walls, although of considerable height, aud of great weight, gently rolled away before Ihe wind— scarcely a vestige of the fort re- pliants. THE NEW POPE.— It appears from the Frewh Papers of Saturday, that the Papacy was bestowid, the 27th of September, on Cardinal Delia Genga. Judging by the statements iu these Jour, mils, there is some reason to believe lhat he owes his elevation principally to French influence — He was horn in Ihe year 1760, at Genga, between the Duchy of Urbino and the March of Ancona. At Ihe e| ioch of the French restoration, he was scut Nuncio to Paris, to congratulate Lonis XVIII. not being then a Cardinal, which, however, he became in 1816. At the lime of his election he was Cardinal Vicar— lhat is lo say, Spiritual Ad ministrator to the Dioccse of Rome. He has assumed the name of Leo Xll. The Pilote of yesterday announces the arrival of an Aide- de- Camp of Ihe Duke of Angiu> lemc at Paris with important dispatches. A letter received by express from that capital this morning, hy a highly respectable house, expressly asserts that hostilities before Cadiz have ceased, and that such was Ihe news of which the aforesaid Officer was the bearer. This, however, requires confirmation The Etoile announces the submission of Lopes Banos, and the garrison of Badajos. Lopes Banus is said lo have demanded, and obtained, for himself aud his followers, the same terms gi anted to Mo- rillo and Ballasteros, and Iheir respective armies ; — that is to say, a perfect military independence. We are informed that Government has received express information of the final and complete settlement " f the differences between Russia and Turkey under the arrangement of Lord Strangford. It is added that the disputes between Greece and Turkey, are to be intrusted to the mediation of Russia, Austria, and Great Britain. We entertain some doubts of the accuracy of the last part of the statement; at least in the simple terms given.— GLOBE AND TRAVELLER Recent advices from Peru inform us that Lima has fallen into the hands of the Royalists, and, as the Bulletins stale, without firing a musket, the Independents withdrawing to the fortress of Callao as the Royalists approached. The Earl of Errol was on Friday unanimously elected by the Peers of Scotland, assembled at Holvrood House, to till the place in the represents tion of Ihe Scottish Peerage, vacant hy the death of the late Lord Napier. The Princess Augusta, attended by Miss Win- yard, & c. landed at Dover yesterday from Calais, aud soon afterwards proceeded towards town. The Gazette of Tuesday announces that the dignity of a Baronet of Ihe United Kingdom has been granted lo the following gentlemen:— Charles Forbes, of New and Edinglassi, Aberdeenshire, Esq.; Thomas Reid, of Ewell grove, Surrey, and Gruystone park, Dumfriesshire, Esq. ; Gejirgi Ahercrombie Robinson, of Ball's House, Somerset- shire, Esq ; and William Baillie, of Polliheinmet, Linlithgowshire, Esq. The King has been pleased to. appoint the Right Hon T. Wallace to he Master and Worker of the Mint.— Gazette. It is asserted in the ministerial circles, that it is in the contemplation of Government to cause a further reduction of taxation in the course of the ensuing spring; aud lhat the Chancellor of the Exchequer intends to pay off the old four pel cents, at the same time. INCREASE OF REVENUE.— A continued and very considerable increase, in the revenue of the country is what every person must expect from that prosperity, the frolt of a wisely preserved peace, which be witnesses every where around him it has, in tact, ceased In be, as formerly, a matte of news, that some million " or half million more have heen received, during a quarter, from increased consumption of articles that pay taxes and duties, than during the quarter preceding. It may, nevertheless, be agreeable to the public,, as confirming their grounds for satisfaction wil" things as they are, to know from time to time how the accounts actually stand. Those for the present quarter ( being the Michaelmas one) will not, w believe, be made up till the 10th of thi, s month but we are already enabled to slate, that so large the general improvement of the revenue, that iu the Customs alone there is an average increase from the 5th of Julv to the 27th of September, of out less than £ 352,848. RADICAL REFORMERS !— The dullness of the Radical Reformers has been recently cited as convincing proof of the restoration of content anion: the people; and Ihe humiliated condition of Ihe Radical press is equally decisive of the cheering fact. Shervvin, the founder of ihe Republican, ha absconded for forgery; Cahuac, the printer and publisher of Palmer's blasphemy, has received judgment of 14 yeais' transportation for being receiver of stolen goods j the Liberal of Hazlitt Hunt, and ' Byron, has expired; and th e- Edin- burgh Review endeavours to buttress its totterin, fabric with the rubbish afforded by the, ruin of its defunct coadjutor. BANKRUPTS, OCT. 4.— William Sutton, late of • Sunbury, Middlesex, brewer.- Daniel Drakes an George'Stnith, Reading, Berkshire, linen draper; — Robert Barton, of Willow, walk, Cambridge, coach- proprietor. — John Molleii. of Lower Thames- street, London, victualler,— William Cleaver, of llolb'irn, Middlesex, soap- manufacturer. John Lumley, of Foston, Yorkshire, factor and miller.— Abraham Sim- nous, of the Strand, Middlesex, tailor and draper.— John Ferguson, of Liverpool, snaster- marincr. and merchant, THE FRANKFORT FAIR. ( FROM THE COURIER FRANCAISE.) Frankfort, Sept. 21.— There is a. general com plaint in. this city about the little business that has been transacted at our autumn fair. There never was a worse one. The merchants who have done the most business have sold their goods ut such low- prices, that their profits, if they have any at a! must be very trifling. This . state of things, dis astrnns to manufacturers and trade in general, will continue, there can be uo doubt, while consumption shall remain so much below production, and the former will yet long feel the efforts of the distress ofthe farmers and small proprietors. Oppressed with an enormous- taxation, and without any initrkt for their wheat and other produce, except at the lowest prices, they are reduced to the greatest privations, and can hardly atl'ord to purchase any thing for ready money. The fairs are, besides, less frequented by buyers for some years than they were formerly,. Many retail dealers who used to supply themselves there, find it now more convenient and less expensive to remain at home, where they are furnished with all the goods they want by commer- cial travellers, whose number has latterly been surprisingly. augmented, and amongst whom the strongest spirit of competition prevails. The establishment of Custom- nouses in the interior of Germany, aud particularly those in Prussia, has also ' greatly contributed to injure the trade of Frankfort. The buyers from the Rhenish pt- o- nces, wbo used to come in such crowds, hove scarcely shown themselves this year. The enor- mous duties they have to pay on returning home for their purchases here would absorb much more than any profit they could reasonably hope to gain from them, and they, therefore, abstain from all, speeu- ion. Besides, money is wanting for iliese pur- poses. Capitalists employ their funds almost wliol- y in the loans, which so tn- lny necessitous Govern- ments are daily opening in every quarter. These ffer immediate and considerable profits, a quick circulation, thanks to the stock- jobbing, and all the attractions of this seductive species Of gambling, the ruling passion of the day, m which the least skilful hope to overcome the chances of fortune, up to the very moment when their ruin is completed. No credit was, therefore, given at our fair ; aud a multitude of buyers, unable to pay the arrears of the last fair, endeavoured iii vain to do some busi- ness at this, except for cash.— From 8 to 10,000 sacks of wool . were offered for sale, mostly from Bohemia, Moravia, and Hungary, aud a small purr ~ urn Saxony and Wirteniberg. Very little was sold, and that at the lowest price. Several clothiers have suspended both their factories and their payments. Amongst ilietiean eminent house in the Netherlands is mentioned, which employed more than 2," 00 wot kmeii. The silk merchants have ii'it had more reason to be satisfied with their success. The abundance of ilk produced in Italy has doubtless contributed to lower the price. The number of sellers was, besides, olisirferable, and they nil appeared very desirous to get rid of their goods. Plain articles went off' pretty well, but figured stuff's badly. Shawls, after ihe Oriental, and indeed every other fashion, found a better market than nt the last fair, when they were ill the lowest price. As to cotton goods, especially those of English manufacture, thi- v were given away for less than the workmanship cost All the English goods had the same fule. Our transmarine dealers have complained loudly. Those from Saxony and Switzerland succeeded a liltle better; however, ven they complain. The only article lhat sold well, specially towards the end of the fair, was sole leather, the consumption of which has been increas- ed by Ihe Spanish war. 6n tile ist inst. at St. Philip's, ^ Birmingham, Mr. John Mitrris, of Bridgnorth, to Miss Smith, ot Cherry- Street, Birmingham. On ' Sunday Inst, at Daw- ley, by the Rev. Roger Claytdh, Mr". John Asterley, painter, Wellington, to Miss Ann Jane Banks, of Old Park. DIED. On the 6th inst. at the house of his daughter, College Hill, in this town,, in, the 73d year of Ins age, the Rev. Francis Kiiichaut, of Eustou, Here- fordshire, for many years an aetive Magistrate of that county. Ou Wednesday last, at the house of her mistress, Mrs. Parry, iu Castle- Street, ill, this town, Mrs. Elizabeth ' Jones, aged 68 ye'frjj, many years house- keeper to tlifc late Rev. St> pfie4 Evans, of Llaii- fechan. .'• Ou the 30th ult ill her 7tli year, Eliza, daughter of Mr. Hicks, df this town. Suddenly, of apoplexy, on the 2& th ult,. aged 66, Ml-. John Bradley, of Dukmfield, inukeeper ( for- merly a well- kno'wu horse- dealer): ainau univers- ally known and as much respected. His funeral was attended by uearly two hundred gtetlemen in coaches, chaises, gig'i, and oh horseback, to Mot- tram, iu Longderidale, where lie was iuterred. It is calculated that the procession, livhich was well arranged, extended a quarter of a n/ ile.— Few men excelled the deceased in the powers of body or mind, and, although of large stature, he was uncommonly active. As a companion, lie was admired for his wit and cheerfulness-, and his death is much lamented by bis widow and a large circle of acquaintance. , On the 23d ult. at her house in Daniel- street, Bath, aged 72, Mrs. Baldwin, daughter, of the late C. Coxe, Esq. of Kemble, Gloucestershire ; who has bequeathed to the Casualty Hospital of Bath £ 500, to the Gloucester Infirmary £ 500, to the poor of the parish of ' Kemble £ 700, and to tbe poor of tlie parish of Miuchiahamptou £ 500. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, Ihe Rev. Archdeacon Owen :— House. Visitors, Mr. Maxou and Mr, Richard BfihkValer, Jrtin: On Sunday last, the Rev. Dr. Taft preached the annual sermons at St. John's Chapel, in aid of the Shrewsbury General Sunday School ; when the collections amounted to £ 22 0s, 2jd. On Friday last. Jonathan Perry, Esq. was sworn into the office of Mayor of this Town and Liberties for the ensuing year : on which occasion he enter- tained the Body Corporate, & c. with an elegant collation and choice wines, at his residence on Pride- Hill. On the 2.9th ult. John Rowe and John , Dyer, Esqrs. were sworn into office as Bailiff's of Bridg- north for the year ensuing ; after which they enter- tained VV. W. Whitmore, Esq. and a very numer- ous party of gentlemen, with a ^ sumptuous dinner, dessert, and wiues, in the Guild Hall. Committed to our County Gaol, Joseph Sadie charged with having, at Hales Owen, maliciously and unlawfully slabbed and cut John Meat- man with a sickle, with intent to murder, maim, dis able, or otherwise do him some grievous bodily harm. Cfjcrotet an& Srvggist, W Y L E- C O P, NH R E VV SJJIJRY. EDMUND TOMPKINS RE$ prcTFtjLl, Y informs liis Friends and tlit Public iti general, he has entered on the Premises lute in the Occupation of Mr. WoqDCOCK, Grocer, where lie purposes to eomiwence Business in a few Weeks ; and trusts, by the Introduction of Genuine Articles only, and constant personal Atten- tion, to be favoured with their Patronage aud Support. Soda Water, Bleaching Liquid, Epsoin and Haulier Salts, and Calcined Magnesia, manufac- tured on the Premises, with fcvery Practical Pre- paration prescribed in the Pharmacopoeia by the College of Physicians. Mercurial and AutimoniSl Preparations, from Howard's, Chemists, Essex. W^ te- Cop, Oct. 6th, 1823. W. WILLIAMS, DRAPER AND GROCER, Cross, Oswestry, rriAK F. S this Opportunity of returning « his grateful Thanks to his numerous Friends for their very liberal Support, and hopes, by un- remitting Attention, to merit a Continuance. A" Apprentice wanted. MontgomeryshireRaces") ON THE WELSHPOOL COURSE, On TUESDAY, the: 7th OCTOBER, THE UNION STAKES of Eight Guittea* each, for horse? not thorough- bred, iwnaJulethe property of Members ofthe Union Club o, i and from the Ist ofJauuary One mile aud a half heats. David Pugh ( LlanerchydolJ, Esq.' s b. g. Viscount, aged 4 William Owen, Esq.' s ch. m. by Pans, 5 yrs 1 Valentine Tilsley, Esq.' s ch. m. Vesta, 6 yrs • — 3 3 Wythen Jones, Esq.' s ch. m. Laura, 5 yrs. 5. 4 John Beck, Esq.' s ch. g. The Duke, aged 2 dr David Pugh ( Dolanog), Esq.' s b. g. Hob . Roy, by Pavilion, 4 yrs.. dr SAME DAV, a MATCH, for One Hundred and Forty Sovereigns. David Pugh ( Llanerchydol), Esq.' s hi. g. G rouse, aged John Beck, Esq.' s b. g. Tennis Bail. .-..,., ... 1 1 2 2 1 WdDiMiBj m& iPum^ Q R portrait of j ® r. ' leaner. . Just published, Price Five Shillings, • -. AN admirable LIK EN ESS of the late Dr. JENNER.— Sold by W. F. onowr. s, add the Booksellers ut Shrewsbury ; aud Wasbbourii and Sou, Gloucester. . ' Footman and House- Servant. VMrAN, TED, . i| i a retired Family near » » Bridgnorth,, a steady, active,- middle- aged Man, to wait at Table, clean Furniture, & c. & c. — No one need a. pply who is. hot Master of his Business, ' aud Cannot, bring an unexceptionable. Character for good Principles and Conduct. Particulars may be learnt from THE PRINTER. J. E. MEDLICOTT ESPiitTFDLl. Y informs his Friends | arid the Public, that, in Consequence of the Notices given by the Company of Drapers, and the Measures • which it is generally supposed will be adopted by them to prevent Mercers selling Din- pery Articles, it is his Intention to sell, AT COST PRICE, the Whole of his STOCK of WOOLLEN GOODS . consisting of superfine Saxony Blue and Black Cloths from 16s. upwards, Woollen Vel veteens, Corduroys, Kerseymeres, 8cc. of the best west of England Manufacture ; alsn, Narrow Cloths of all Colours ; Waistcoat Pieces, & c. Aic. N. B. An ASSISTANT wanted immediately. J. IT. MEDLICOTT.*'' Pride- Hilt, Shrewsbury, Oct. 7,1823. JAMES MILLKIi, SILVERSMITH AND JEWELLER, Stafford, RESPECTFULLY returns Thank* | to the Nobility and Gentry, for the very liberal Support he lias hitherto experienced; lie also begs Leave to acquaint them, that lie has taken the Stock- in- Trade of Mr. ROBERT HILL, Clock and Watch Maker ( a Bankrupt), which lie purposes offering to the Public AT VERY REDUCED PRICES; he has also advantageously selected, from the first Houses in the Kingdom, a new and very fashion- able Assortment of Silver Plate aud Jewellery, Cutlery, Plated and Japanned Goods, Ladies and Gentlemen's Dressing aud Work Boxei, with many other fancy Ornaments, too numerous for Insertion, which will be offered for Sale at the Loudon and Birmingham Prices, FOR READY MONEY ONLY.- The Stock will be ready for Inspection on Tuesday, tbe: 14th of October Instant. J. M. begs Leave to assure his Friends that it will be liis chief Study to merit their Favour and Support. N. B. The Clock and Watch Business will be continued as usual. The utmost Value given for old Gold and Silver. Acquisition of the French Language in a few Weeks. Shropshire Lieutenancy, IVfOTICE is herebv given, That a .1 v GENERAL MEETING of His Majesty's Lieutenancy of the County of Salop will be held at the SHI& EHALL, iu SHREWSBURY, in the County of Salop, ou TUESDAY, the 28th Day of October, 1823, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon. LOXDAI. E, Clerk of tbe General Meetings. gale£ bp Auction, MANOR OF DEYTHEUR, IMgfct of Umientaticn, MANY ELIGIBLE FJRJlS. VALUABLE k EXTENSIVE jfreeftolft estates. BY TUDOR & LAWRENCE, In the Month of November next, in one or more Lots, as may he determined upon at the Time of Sale: RPHE MANOIL of DEYTHEUR, A in the County of Montgomery, eiitendin^ over nearly TEN THOUSAND ACRES, with the CHIEF RENTS and ROYALTIES appertaining. And also the RIGHT of PRESENTATION to the NEW CHAPEL and SCHOOL of DEYTHELR. And MANY VALUABLE FARMS, with sub- stantial Houses and Outbuildings in good Repair, containing TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ACRES, or thereabouts, of rich Arabic, Meadowr and Pasture Laud, bounded bv the benntifully winding Rivers tlie Severn aiid VirnieV, and intersected by the Montgomeryshire Canal, by which Supplies of Coal and I. inie are obtained at a moderate Expense, and great Facility is afforded for Conveyance of Goods to Chester, Liverpool, and o her Parts of the Kingdom. The Estate is situated in a fine picturesque- Country, midway between Oswestiy and Welsh- pool, and about twelve Miles from Shrewsbury, all excellent Market Towns. The Rivers Severn and Vfrniew abound with remarkably fine. Salmon, and the Estate is well SHROPSHIRE FINE: PARTIES wishing- to join in such Fine, aye requested to send " Instructions immediately to Messrs. FPJT and SOUTHAM, Soli citors, Cleobury. Mortimer; ' October 6, BY means of the following simplified I supplied with Game. Works any Person may Competent | Particulars will npptar in a future Paper; and Information in the mean Time may be obtained hy Application to JOHN Donson, Esq. Cressnge, near Salop; or at the Office of Mr. BURLEY, Solicitor* Shrewsbury, where a Map of the Estate may be seen. • RULING TH* pLAJjEffb!-— A short time since, it woman, about 45 years of. ag- e, um in |) er brown complexion,. » ith a long blue cloak oil, having, the appeitrjince of a gipsev, culled in the evening at ihe shop of Mr. Edward C— r—, a huck- ster, flour- dealer, & c. at Preston- in. the- Moors, near Wellington, Salop, and purchased a . few articles, such as sugar, cheese. See paid,' f*> r . thein, and re- tired. The next morning she called again at the shop, Accompanied' by a young woman of good figure, evidently one of the" same, tribe, and after short conversation informed Mr. C. that she had bee ruling the planets during the night, am! had . dis- covered thai he was born to become " very rich in ' deed," that a great property was concealed near h house, and she would inform. hiiii, w hcre. it was,' urn trow he'might povess. it, bu as no one but linn- el would be allowed'to touch or reiiiuve it from its con. cealllient, he must , first prepare £ 28, ; to be folded up in a particular tnannc, in his ju^ seiice, lis i ciinrin, before any proceedings could he underta ken Tilts sum lie promised to provide by,- die evening: he did accordingly select 22 one- pound . notes, five- pound note, and one sovereign,- uiak. ing in 11 £ 28, as required., About mink in the evening be Sorceress eniiie ; the m uiey wits pr. niuceii; she commenced folding: tbe ii'ile. s, placing Ihe stiver' igll w Iihin I hem, then w rapped llieni up in paper, placed them on the counter, and requested tie would, e ver them over with ffonr to coiijuieie Ihe charm: the nmti turned his head for a. iii.' inieilt while lie reached the flour, covered the parcel which be supposed con tained his money, the Sybil; idling him every thing would go on well, but he, innsi keep the parcel covered with flour' for 14 days, and not attempt to look at it, or the cliarnt woiild be broken, and uiis. fortune would attend him as htiig aS he lived. She then bade bim good night, proitjjfcing to. call again ai Ihe lime appointed. Suou after the woman disap- peared, Mr. C. began to feel sortie uneasiness lest nil was not right, and he ventured to open the charmed packet, when, lo his dismay, he discovered that Ins money wtts gone, but a roll of paper, similar to the roll of notes, was substituted ; and tho' immediate search was made for this ingenious professor of astrology, she was gone too, nnd tins not since been discovered. The poor dope was in Stafford tin* week, and related Ins disaster with artless gravity! Stafford Paper. LIVERPOOL MUSICAL FESTIVAL. This meeting has succeeded beyond the expectation, of its most sanguine friends. The first of the series of entertainments commenced on Moiidav night, the 29th olt, with a ball at the Wellington Rooms. The tickets issued for this splendid ball were, limited to 500, which were soon bought up, many families being greatly disappointed in not being able to procure sets. On Tuesday, n sermon was preached at St. Paul's church by the Bishop of Sodor and Man ( sou of the Duke of Athol), when tin- collection amounted to £ 281. Tbe collectors were ladies, among whom were the Countess of Grosvenor, Lady Stanley, Lady Jane Grey, the Mayoress, the two Miss Bolds, and Mrs. Leyland. — On Tuesday evening, there was a grand mis- cellaneous concert at the Music- hall, which, was crowded by a numerous and brilliant . anditoiy. Handel's Oratorio of the Messiah was, performed al St. Peter's church on Ihe morning, of Wednesday ; the church was completely filled with a genteel and interesting assemblage, On Thursday morn- ing, Beethoven's sacred Oratorio of the Mount of Olives, with a grand selection of ? acred music, attracted a most brilliant attendance; and on the evening of that ihiyi the Music- hall was crowded to excess at a grand miscellaneous concert. The Oratorio of the Creation on Friday morning was equally well attended j and on the evening of that day, » grand fapcy ball, at Ihe town hall, which concluded tile entertainments, was, beyond all precedent, marked with numbers and splendour — Among the lit her attractions we have to notice the ascent of Mr, Sadler, in his splendid balloon, which took place nn Tuesday, about 25 minutes before 5 o'clock. Nothing could exceed the magnificence and sublimity of Ihe spectacle . which this splendid machine presented to the gaze: of the delighted spectators when it had attained a small elevation, and when all its beauties were displayed in- the spleiiddurs of the sun. Mr. Sadler de sceuded at Risley Moss, 4 miles from Warrington and twenty - two from Liverpool, about twenty minutes' past five. ay acquire a competent Knowledge of French in a few Weeks; and in Education, the same Works will enable yery young Persons,: with greater Ease, to. acquire this Lan- guage in less than Half the usual Time : 1. BOSSUT'S WORD BOOK; or. Vocabulary of Three Thousand Words. Is 2. BOSSUT'S PHRASE Book-? or, Collection of Common and Idiomatic Phrases'. Is 3. BOsSUT'Si FIRST FRENCH GRAMMAR, containing every Thing essential, and Nothing superfluous. 2 » . 6d 4. BOSSUT'S EXERCISES on all. the RULES of SYNTAX, 3S 5. FIVE HUNDRED QUESTIONS on the GRAMMAR and EXERCISES, with Spaces for Answer, 28. 6: LECftNS FRANCAISF. S de Litlerntnre et de Morale. By M. M. NOEL and LAPLACE, Profess in the University of Paris. 7s. London : Printed for G. and W. B. WIIITTAKEB, Ave- Maria Lane, and sold hy all Booksellers. Of whom may also he had, BOSSUT'S ITALIAN WORD and PHRASE BOOKS. Is each. BOSSUT'S LATIN WORD and PHRASE BOOKS, Is. each Truly choice Herefordshire < utile, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. BROOME, In the Farm Yard at LLWYNREDITH, near Chirhury, in the County of Montgomery, about the Middle of October next, without any Sort of Reserve whatever : pi l I- entire STOCK, of Cows, Heifers, " Bulls, and Bull and Heifer Calves, belonging to Mr. GWIU. IAM, late of Purslow Hall, in the County of Salop, whose Stock is so well known throughout England and Ireland to have bad the Preference for l! i. last'Twenty Years. The Day of Sale and the Particulars ofthe Cuttle ivill appear in our next, T he only Comment the Auctioneer thinks neces- sary to make is, that Noblemen and Gentlemen never bad such an Opportunity to select out of pure a Stock as the one now intended to be offered j to the Public SHREWSBURY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1S23. O^ fp At the Re. opening of the Parish Church of WELLINGTON, SUNIIW, October 12th, 1823, the ANNUAL CHARITY SERMONS will be preached, iu Ihe Morning and Afternoon, by the Rev. RICHARU CORFIELD, A. M Rector of Pitchford and L'pton Parva. After each, a Collection will be made for the Support of ihe Free Schools ill that Parish. rf^ SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRIS77 AIV KNOiVt. HOC. E.— A General Anniversary Meeting of the Members of the Soviet if residing in the Salop District will be held at Shrewsbury, on N'. v/ l/! r, the nineteenth of October, at which the Attendance of the Members and, alt other Friends I Veil wishers to that excellent Institution is requested, in the ' I'owjv- H. l hr , al Half past, Ten o'clock, to accompany the Right Hon. Lord FORESTER. President of the Medina, to THE An KEY CHURCH, where a SERMON wilt be preached by the Rev. 7V> H'.. VSE VO FORESTER, D. D Prebendary of Worcester, and a Collection made towards defraying ihe enlarged Expenses o f the Society in the Supply of Books, a nd also for the more effectual Diffusion of Religion. Knowledge and Instruction among the Poor of the Salop District. MARRIED. On the 29th ult. Mr. John Peplow, veterinary surgeon, of London, to Eliza, fourth, daughter of tbe late Mr. Cooper, veterinary surgeon, of Man- chester. On the 7th iust. at Wroxeter, bv the Rev. John Shell, Mr. J. W. Willets, Master of the Free ^ Jraminar School, Abbot's Bromley, and son of the late Rev. Richard Wil lets, A. M.. of Stourbridge, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Benuctt, of Donniugton, in this county. On the 7th iust. at Wistanstow, by the Rev. C. Snaiuson, Mr. John Robinson, mercer, of Church Stretton, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Mr. Edward Amiss, of Woolston, in this county.' YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL — The following is given, on good nuthoi-' ty, as a brief calculation of the siipposed receipts at tlie- Minster and Assembly rooms :— At the first , concert there were 1,30: 1 people — at the second colleen 1,550. At the first ball. 1,40ft— at the second ball 809— making a total of' 5,050: tickets issued Jfor the " balls and concerts alone ; Which, at t5s,' eiich,' iun. innt to £ 3,7- 7. 10s. Ou the first day there were 3,000 people al, the Minster, and during the remaining three days, about 4,700 each day, making. a total number of 17,100 people. There were 400 sets of tickets for the gallery sold, which, at t8. 13s. 6d. amount lo £ 1,470. There were 200 sets f. ir the centre sold at. £ 2.15s. each, making a total of £ 550 In addition, there were in the gallery S'lO people on the first and last davs, and 800 on each of tbe other days, who paid £ I. Is. lu the centre tlie first day l,'/ 00, and on the three remaining days 1,600 per day, whose tickets were charged 15s. each. The side aisles, however, contained only ' 3;' 0 the first day, aud 1,600 per day afterwards, at 7s. each, making a g- raud total as follows £. s. Concerts and Balls .:„ 3,787 10 d. 0 0 0 Sets of Tickets sold for Minster... 2,020 0 Single ditto for ditto. 9,225 0 Collected at the doors of Minster the first day 60 0 0 Ditto second day, after which no more collections at the doors were attempted 120 0 0 It may be important to farmers, especially in the cider comities, to be informed, that by the 58th Geo. III. chap. 64 ( or 05), no person can make verjuice for sale, even from Crabs of their own growth, under a penalty of £ 100, except they take out an annual vinet/ ar maker's license, « liich costs £ 20. One Information has bee" heard, aud the party convicted. IMPORTANCE OF CULTIVATING FLAX.— A Dorsetshire farmer communicates os follows :'— In the vicinity of Weymouth, 120 Acres of land have been sown ibis year with flax. The renttothe original landlord, tilhe' taxes, and seed, tn. iy be computed al the gross amount of £ 320. Tbe'seed will probably yield from £ 250 to £ 300. The flax, when fii for a market for the spinner, is estimated as worth £ 12O0. The difference between tbe tvyo hist stuns, and the former will give tile amount pa d for labour, and il profit lo the farmer unit Capipiiis!.— Frinii 20 to 30 men who have inftwil the farilierVgr- ass, cut his corn, and harvested the flax , will find'employ in the fl work until llie spring, at wages . whereby they will be enabled lo consume those articles which otli' persons raise, manufacture,' or sell nt Ihe expense i. f llieir own hliioiir, instead of being; maintained by the parish ; in which latter case; ol' course, lliey would be barely supported. Oife spinner hint mati'ufactijrer of flax yarns in the North of England purchase, foreign flax to mi extent ' ivhich tyould ifcchpy 8000 aeres'of good land to raise ; anrl to manufacture into the raw state, would occupy 4000 hoys and 400 men. If 30 acres' of land were SOVVJI to ftiix ; e « erjl year in every parish ill this coiiiiiy, in addition to that so occupied at present, the folioi* iu-£ nKiy.' he staled ns shine of the results. I . The prVjoce of nearly 8000 acres of land ill corn would he'jiepl oy t ' of . lbe market — 2'. 4400 persons would become io ismpers of meat Bild bread, who now live principally,. oh potatoes — 3. A great pari of thi capital, now drained from tile farmer'as poor rales', would be employed to h i're more labour, and to improve the estate of,) he land- owner.— There are maily other and eveti Inure im- portant ' results, which'may . be slated hereafter. These, however, must furnish sufficient inducements to the land- owner and occupier, to look' with a favourable eye oil any " scheme" so well calculated to promote their interests. .-.".,' Total Receipts......£ 15,212 to The above calculation does not include the amount of cash received for the pamphlets. The uumber of performers, including amateurs, was four hundred and ninety- one. To render the grand organ of the Cathedral ( which, since the late additions that have been made to it, is one of the most perfect and most powerful instruments of the kind in Europe) duly effective, it was necessary that a movement should be so constructed, as to enable Dr. Camidge, who presided as Organist, to communicate with its keys, at the extraordinary distance of one hundred and twenty feet! Mr.' Ward undertook to overcome this difficulty, by the process which is usually adopted on similar occasions, but which has never, we believe, been carried to any thing like tbe extent required in ibis instance. Under the ma- nagement of Mr. W. an apparatus terminating in a set of keys, contained in a representation of a small organ, w- as so ingeniously constructed, as to enable the conductor to perforin, without any extraordinary weight of touch, on all, or any of the fifty two stops contained in the nave of the choir and the great- organ. The application- of this movement at the distance of 27 feet, is mentioned in the accounts of the commemoration of Handel, at Westminster Abbey, as an instance of utrcotn'nion ingenuity, so that to effect the same object one hundred and twenty feet from the original instrument, may safely he pronounced a chef d'eeuvre of mechanical skill. It is calculated that, after the payment of all expenses, there will be a surplus of at least £ 7000, to be divided between tile four Infirmaries of York, Leeds, Hull, nnd Sheffield. MARKET HERALD. SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was 4d per lb — Calf Skins 5< l— Tallow 3^' In our Markc ; on Saturday last. Old Wheat sold at from 7s. lOd. to 8s. 2d. ; New Wheat nt from 6s. 6d. to 7s. per bushel of 38 quarts. Old Barley was at 4s. 6d.; New Barley at 4s. per bushel of 38 quarts. Old Oats sold at from 5s. ltld. to 6s. bd. - per bilshel of 57 quarts. CORN EXCHANGE, OCT. 6. The shortness of our supplies last week, and those fresh in this morning from Essex and Kent being very scanty, have caused a great impro ment in the prices, of almost every article in our market. Fine old Wheat is in demand, and from Is. to 2s. per quarter higher than on this day se'unight; but there is no amendment nor demand for the ordinary sorts. Barley is ill good supply, yet good malting is full Is. per quarter dearer. Oats are brisk sale at an advance of Is. per quarter. Flour, although in short supply, is far from bein brisk at 5 « > s. per sack. In other articles there is alteration. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, as under: Wheat 34s to 60s 1 While Peas 36s to 38s Barley 26s to 3"< s Beans 32s to 36s Malt 50s to 60s I Oats 24s to 28s Fine Flour 45s lo 50s per sack ; Seconds 40s lo 45s SMITBFIF. L O ( per st. ofSlb sinking offal). Beef... 2, 10d : o 3s 6d I Veal 4s Od lii 5s Od. Mutton 3s Od lo 3s 8d | Pork 4s Oil to 5s Od. Lamb., 3s 8d to 4s 4d LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. Wheat 7s 9d. lo 8 » . 6d per701bs. Barley 0s. Od. to 0s. Oil. per60ihs Oats 2s. 9d. lo 3s. Od per45lhs. Malt 8s. Od. to 8s. Oil. per36qts Fine Flour 38s Od. to 44s. Oil. per240lbs I BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE. Spring price of Wheat, per sack s. d. s. of 33libs 00 0 lo 00 Foreign Wheal per bush, of 8 gall. 3 6 to 3 English Wheat, ditto. 5 6 to 7 Malting Barley, ditto .;. 3 0 to 3 Malt, ditto 5 3 to 6 Flour, Fine, per sac k of 2o. 2q. olbs 45 0 to 48 —— Secoudsdilfo..; 40 0 lu 43 Oats, Old, per 8 gall.... 2 6 to 4 We understand that the MORNING HERALD has had within the last four years, a singularly rapid rise in its daily circulation In fact, its rise has been in the proportion of four lo one, quadrupled. It is now decidedly the second Morning Paper in London, in point of daily circulation. What is also singular is," that it is a paper which is of no particular- party. This shows, Among other things, that the tone of the people has materially changed, and that party spirit is on the wane in England. FAIR.— There was a very abundant supply of Sheep at our fair yesterday, and prime fat wethers sold for 5d. per lb,; others from 4d. to4jd.— The long- woolled sheep did not by any means meet with so ready sale, nor fetch so good prices as the Southdown. There was also a pretty good supply if Pigs, and fresh ones were ill demand and sold well ; but large lean Pigs were almost unsaleable. At Gloucester Fair, on Monday week, there was an unusually large supply of cattle, principally of the . store kind, and the. number was greatly in- creased by a quantity of Irish beasts. Fat and meaty cows averaged about 5d. per lb. ; but the mart was very flat, and but little business done; nor were stores in much demand. The sheep fair was also well supplied, but there was not much call for fat sheep, which brought from' 4^ d. to 5d. per 111. Pigs were likewise numerous, and a great many from Ireland; good English porkers sold readily at about 5| d per lb. In the horse fai good animals fetched high prices, but the show altogether was indifferent. There was not any very considerable quantity of cheese pitched; anil the prices of liiis article were, best making, 50s. to 60s. per cwt. seconds, 35s. to 48s. Best onions lOd. per peek. FAIRS TO BF. IIOLDEN. Oct. 13, Piesteign, Northop, Hartford, Burslem, Belbroughtou — 14, Madeley, Rhayadr, Shipston, Actoubridge — 15, Runcorn, Leek— Id, St. Asaph, Llandderfel, Llanuwchllyu, Ross— 17, Wenlock, Llanrhaiadr- yn. Kinnierch— 18, Cannock, Cheadle, luce. SALE OF THE VALUABLE STOCK OF THOSOCOH- ERED HEREFORD CATTLE, ana Heicmer & c. kc.& c. . . TJie Property of the late Mr. ROC. ER JBVES. of PENT- REFFYNNON, near Mostyn, Flintshire, will commence on Friday, the 17th of October. 1823; ' ' CONSIST I \ G of 11 very fine Miik'mg Cattle of the pure Hereford Breed, 7 Calving | Heifers, 6 two- year old Ditto, ft Rearing Ditto, K 1 feeding: Bullocks, ntid 1 spayed Heifer ( very fresh). 4 two- year old Ditto, 10 ve fling- Ditto ( all reaC Hereford), 1 Welsh Barren'Cow, I ditto hree- year old Heifer ; the noted lleref . rd Bull for which" tlie- Premium was given by the Flintshire Agricultural Society ill 1810; 2 Bulls, rising two Years old, froth. the above Stock ; 45 yearling Wethers, in two Lots, 48 Ewes, in Lots of six each, 30 yearling Ditto, 46 Lambs, in l. ots, 3 Top. Lambs, in Ditto,. 4 Rams, in Ditto, 4 Ditto ( cut), iu- Ditto, all of the pure lo cester Breed; tr Brood Mare ivufoiil to Teniers; Ditto in- foal to the Mostyn Cart Horse, with a Foal at her Heels bv Heresies ; a beautiful Colt, rising two Tears otdj by Hert; ules ; 2 Ditto, by Ditto; 2 Cart Horses, and au excellent Pony ; a Number of Pigs, of approved Breeds'; lmpie.' ments of Husbandry ; Wool,' of the present Year's' Growth ( about 200 " Fleeces), & c. & c. The most unremitting Exertions, combined with the maturest Judgment, it is very generally under- stood, characterized Mr ROGER JONES'S Efforts in selecting and materially improving the Breed of Cattle, Sheep, and Pig's; Efforts that have been so frequently and highly appreciated by a discern- ing Public, and especially by the Flintshire Agri- cultural Society, from whom he ' received the distinguished Premium for occupying the best cultivated Farm in their District, as well as those for the best Bull, Sheep, and Pigs, for the Venn 1819, 1821, and 1822. These Reasons, the Auc- tioneer presumes, cannot fail to produce a' full Attendance of Gentlemen and Agriculturists, as a. Stock selected under such highly favourable Au- spices does not come before the Public frequently. Catalogues, descriptive of the Order of the Sale,- are distributed, aud to be hud of Mr. PEWSON. Auctioneer, Wrexham ; who is likewise authorized to inform the Public that he shall sell, nt Peutre- ffvnnon aforesaid, upon the said 17th of October, 3 beautiful three- years old Guernsey COWS, and 1. HEIFER. ' " WEM. At tiie Bull's Head Inn, in Weni, in the County of Salop, Oil Thursday, the 16th Day of October, 1823, at the Hour of' Six o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions : I'• WO substantial- built FREEHOLD < 8 MESSUAGES or DWELLING HOUSES, situate iu tbe High Street, in Wem aforesaid, very near the Market Place, with the MALTHOUSE, Cabinetmaker's Shop, Stable, Yard, and other the Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereto.! ^ long- ing and a ' milling, and now in the respective Oc u- pations of Miss Sandland, Miss Clayton, and Mr. Burton, who are under Notice to quit at Lady- Day next. The above Premises are particularly eligible for any Person w ishing to engage in Trade. For further Information apply to Mr. WALFORD, Solicitor, Wem. An,- 1 to be Sold by Auction, On the Morning of the same Day, at or near the Market Place, in Wem aforesaid, A Waggon Mare and Colt, two Carts, a Set at Shafters' Gears ; several Lots of Mahogany, Oak, Deal, Birch, and other Timber; Manure ; a general Assortment of Rrassand Iron Furniture, arid Joiner and Cabinetmaker's Tools, & c„ See. & e. And also, on the following Da'j, A choice Assortment of new HOUSEHOLD GOODS, consisting of a Mahogany Secretary and Bookcase, Oak Secretary, Mahogany Oakand Dfat Chests of Drawers, Library Table, Dressing Tables, Bason Stands, Mahogany, Oak, aud Walnut Chairs, a great Variety of oval and square Swing Looking Glasses, & c. & c. Catalogues will be prepared; and may be had at the White Lion Inn, Whitchurch; Bridgewatel Arms, Ellesinere; and of the Auctioneer, Wem. [ ONR PROPERTY.] « wit HODNET. At the'Bear Inn, in Hodnet, in the County of Salop on Monday, the 20th Day of October, 1823, a the Hour, of Two o'Clock in the Afternoon subject to Conditions : LOT I. ANEWLY- ERECTED MESSUAGE Dwelling IJOUSQ, iu Hodnet aforesaid, the Yard, Garden, and Appurtenances there: belonging, and all that Shop, in Hoduet aforesaii now used as a Saddler's Shop, aud in theOccupi tion of Mrs: Elizabeth Morris. LOT II. A MESSUAGE or Dwelling House, Hodnet aforesaid, iu a Lane there called Rosemai Laue, with the Garden, Hereditaments, and A| lpu tenances thereto belonging, now in the Occupatii of Samuel Parsonage. LOT III. All that large and commodious WARI HOUSE, lately erected, and adjoining the sa last- mentioned Lot, now in the Occupation of M Pace. Lo r IV. A Pifeco of excellent LAND, lying nf to Hodnet aforesaid, in the Township of Wollertu containing by Admeasurement 5 Acres and Perches ( more or less), now in the Occupation John Simons. The respective Tenants, who have had Notice quit at Lady- Day next, will shew the differ! Lots, and for further Information enquire of J JOHN MINOR, Shawbury ; Mr. WILLIAM BUM Eytou, near Wellington; or Mr, WAIFORD, St citor, Wem, t T To Nurserymen Seedsmen. SHROPSHIRE CANAL. a > t of i. rc of lie to b- lid by i a. ed ol. ue ih. all itb elf lid by • ar or* be of' kc kr, !> g in g , 6' b), fchi ear the- iral lid, in, iug tto,. the rse, libit tto, tiy; ple- ur's' vith tier- ' s ill V lieu prn. I.",'-, the best hose ears \ uc-' full as a. Au. dy. Sale, SON. tized ntre- er, 3 ind t ity of ober, boon, LD 8ES, - very USE, rt the jlong- Dc u- d Mr. t- Doy igible rone, ir the Set of , Oak, eiientl JO 10LI) ry and i Deal ' allies, lliairs, inking- had at ftwater ' em. Salop, 823, at ruoon, E or , with inereto restaid, ccn pa- use, in ternary \ ppur- ipation ' ARE- te said of Mr, iff near llerton, and 26 ation of ' otjee to liffereut of Mr. IRM. ISS, D, Soli- THE Proprietors of the said Canal are hereby informed, that the. V may receive, on the First Day of December next, a Dividend of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per Share, by apply- _ _ N old- established and well- accustomed I ing to the Treasurers, Messrs. BBTBOIM, CIIARL- Franner. BUSINESS in the NURSERY and SEED | and Co. WAX. ES. MARRIED. TO BE DISPOSED OF By Private Contract, TRADES.— For Particulars apply ( if bj I. ette Post- paid) to Mr. GRANT, Nursery and Seedsman, High. Street, Shrewsbury, OTICE is hereby given, that the I ill SALE of LIVE STOCK, advertised to be Sold by Auction, by E. JENKINS, at the CROSS I LANES, near Diidleston, the Property of Mr. HofcGS, IS NOT TO TAKE PLACE. ^ alejj bp auction. TO MORROW AND FRIDAY. HERMITAGE, NEAR IIAWKSTONE. By Order of the General Assembly, VCILLIAM NOCK, , Clerk to the Company. Wellington, 6th October, 1823. Shrewsbury District of the Waiting Street Road. OTICE is herebv sjiven, that the _ . GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees of the said District will be held at the Talbot Inn, Atcham, on Wednesday, lhe22d Day of October next, at eleven o'Clock in the Foienoon, pursuant to the Provisions of the General Turnpike EDWARD BURTON, WILLIAM GOOC1I, JOHN WILLIAMS. Shrewsbury, Sept. 29,1823, On the 16th ult. at Nunwich, Ro6ert Grainger, [ prevail, yet it was hisopin Esq. Chamberlaiu to His Majestv the King of pt » ' h^. ntv Bavaria, and second son of E. Grainger, Esq. ofTy'wysog, Denbighshire, to the Countess Julia DIED. On the 19th nit. Georgiana, wife of William Jones, Esq. Llanerchrigog Hall, Wrexham. On the 19th ult. aged 51, the Rev. G. Herbert, to either being annihilated, they should he left to . presented with a fine treat, similar to that of the themselves to fight their owii battle; and whatever preceding day; and th6 company, which coin- ideas some had that the English would ultimately pletely tilled life Hall, separated, . highly delighted vTlllPirnil not tt uitia nic AV\ IIIIAH tllol ilio ' W oloh toniv. I •„ « tt. ll,^ „ .1. ... 1 i ion that the Welsh, from | its inherent beauty, would be immortal ; and wheu if was countenanced by such assemblages as the present, when persons coming from the North and the East, from the South and the West, to sanction its Cultivation, when the Meetings for the encou- ragement of its Literature were graced with so much elegance and beauty as he was then with the rich feast of entertainment" they had received, ,,,--,,,-., Tile business of the Eisteddfod on Thursday was opened by the President declaring, that the Rev. J, Jones ( loan Tegyd) and Mr. James James, of Car- marthen, were the successful Candidates on the subjects proposed the preceding evening. - The several Bards in attendance then addressed the Meeting, by rcciting various poetical pieces, writ- ten for the occasion ; after which, the Rev. M N< sur- _ _ . , rounded with, it would not remain in its present for upwards of 25 years Curate of the populous pa- I state,- hut the children of the A wen , the votaries of risb of Amlwch, Anglesea, leaving a widow and vei'y the Muse, would be stimulated to greater exertion to i p • , . __„,,- m ' „. i, „„ „„„ ' i' i- T. V V numerous offspJing? ^ t^ ersallyrespecti | P•- tf^^^^ f^"^^ r^^^ "'^ « PP'' « baUon on EWiV- S' opus grelt excellence. ' Mr'. Evans a » 4> }* » well- timed address, re- having ciucluded his address, the noble President I ?] e-', e • » '• « » « !• » on. the f « ly history called on tlie Rev. M ~ numerous ottspring. ne was universally respeeieo i outing " oi uie. ci by his parishioners, by whom his memory will lie hand it du. wA t$ j Idas' cherished. some respects of long WELSH POOL.- - On Michaelmas- Day, Richard I Griffithes and Edward Pugh, Esqrs. were appointedthe Report . of tiie p Bailiffs of this ancient and respectable Borough.— " W'ff111 d ™ -. . .- - After the business of the Court Was oVer, the ^ stelli^ l^' " P"". C, PI « 8 "" whlcl> " Bailiffs elect gave a sumptuous dinner to the „., ... . Aldermen, Burgesses, and I . habitants- of lite town, • • 1 l) 08e Pfts, ® > 8 >>*> composed verses ,?, , ' " . „. .„.., . „, I occasion of. the Meeting were, then requested to The dinner was set out with Mrs. W hitehall s ac- ^ f0F„ 8rd to recite them ; and Mr. John Howell.,- knowleilged taste and liberality, and upwards of 70 panl) jall) „ f Llandovery, arose and delivered the sat down.— The evening was spent with great mirth, I Welsh<, Staitzas„\ e, had qomposed on the occasion, and hilarity, and aftiongst the numerous toasts and j. which werft very much admired by those who Live Slock, Grain, Hay, Implements, I Minsterley, Westbury, Shelton, Pool, Dairy, of Cheese, neat Furniture, Linen, unl[ Baschurch Districts. Plate, Dairy and brewing Utensils, i Sfc. | ~ '•'..,'" NOTICE is herebv given, that THE BY MP. SMITH, [> GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the I sentiment's was the health of that highly respected | Nobleman, " Lord C'li^ e, with t'hauks, for the >> ry fine venison." A few days ago, a large mass of rock, consisting understood the- language, and he yvas declared the successful . Candidate-, The Rev. John Williams, Vicar o! Inmpeter, came forward, and with g- reat energy aud effect, recited, an English Poeip writ- ten for the same interesting occasion, by John the earliest dawn of their history to the 12th cen- tury, including the probability and improbability of Madog ab Owain Gwynedd, and bis followers, settling in any part of the Western'Hemisphere,'' and " On the ancient National Manners and Cus- toms of the Britons now existing in the Principality, to be authenticated from ancient records, poetical or historical," were awarded to John Hlnnffreys Parry, F. sq. who, uot being present, was invested by proxy in the person of Mr. Johes ( Bardd Cloff^, amidst the usual gratulations. The competition foi; the Silver llarp then followed, which was won by Mr. William Williams, of Car- marthen, aud a medal wiif Awarded to Mr. William ; AnriiNCI: MENT— The venerable Bishop of Diirliiim lim expei( iled I; 7'> 0N, in the establishment of schools, chapels, ( fee. in the, i) istriot. of Wearilale — The lnnuifieenl legacy of £ 6840,' left bv the late Rev FI aueis Gistiorue, i- f S; aeley, lias been ild'ded to the funds of the Derby Geuerai. IiiSi- flTOiy.— Mr. Keau issaid to have neited i'loOO during his'lale few nights' performance at Cork,— Mr- Wiiiihniau has hee; n elected Lord May, ir.- and. Messrs. Laurje and U hit tat A; Sheriffs, of Loaili> ii,' for Ihe. ensiiiii"- year: MriCaening titid Mr. Hnskissdir ai. ieii. dn! ifTe'New Sheriff's' Dinner olr T| lesdiiv.--, Tlie Miircliioiless of l. onilonderry wore je » el. s " worlir.- itasfl. tHIO al Ihe Donciisler Race Asaembty.— Great rejoieiiigs took place al Windsor oil- WedhVuluy, W hen- IW, S Majesty took formal possession of, ltip-< Jns-| ie aiitl' - Royid demesne, i, f his ; inces* o! s -. , b, is Miijeidy vH- iis received with uuboiiiided, eiithi; M; i3ni, ainf the ^ uqnitace were bounlifulty itijialed.— ford . CaihfaO.- w h » f( « - some lime hud been deprived of-( lis'< ive- » , igtii, 1, aV COIII- pletelv recovered t| jis iiiestiniaiii'e'lifessiiig liy the operation of couching. ' On the Premises at TUB HERMITAGE, in the Parish . - -— - . , „. . D of Hod net, in the Countv of Salop, on Thursday Shrewsbury to Minsterley, Westbury, and Bas and Friday, the 9th and 10th Days of October, church, in the County of Salop, and from S tie I ton, . I in iliA colli Trustees of ' the Turnpike Roads leading from down ( owing, as it is supposed, to the late rains), - ' " - ' into a slate quarry, belonging 10 the Diumerch Company, calledCliwarely Clogwyn y Gigfran, uear of several hundred tons of slate and ... I^ isl,; . VI. "^ fMS^ i; { ll^ S^: » ^ thanks. of rpiIE Entire ot the of valuable LIVE „ STOCK, GRAIN, IMPLEMENTS, genteel FURNITURE, and Effects, belonging to the late Mr. THOMAS BAYLEY. LIVE STOCK r Comprising 14 capital voung Cows, throe- years old Bull; ' 4 useful Draught Mares, 1 Ditto Gelding, capital yearling Draught Filly ; 2 Sows, 5 large Store Pigs, 15 small Ditto; aud a Quantity of Geese and Poultrv. IMPLEMENTS. Good narrow- wheel Waggon, Harvest Cart Body and Tumbril Ditto; Double Plough, Rand and Water furrow Ditto, Tumbrel, Land Roller, Pair of Twins, 3 Pair of Harrows, Stack Frame the said County, to or near to Buttington Hall, in the County of Montgomery, is appointed to be held at the Guildhall, in Shrewsbury, on Wednes- day, the 29th Day of this Month, al Eleven o'Clock J in the Forenoon. JOHN JONES, Clerk to the said Trustees. Shrewsbury, 0clnber 6th, \ Wi. . Stretton and Longden Turnpike Roads. that THE Llahberres, a few miles from Carnarvon. A short time before the rock gave way, the men who were eating their dinner in the huts in the Quarry, heard a very loud report, not unlike a clap of thunder which, preceding the fall, gave them timely nonce • opo This Poeiq. see- med to have great merit, and was lomlty'a[ iphtnilei! in the delivery, and particularly in those passages to which reference was made to the Right. Rev. . Patron, . aad Right Honourable President { if the Society.. The Rev Thomas Price, of Llaugeuey, Biecoiisliire, afterwards ' ose ami stated that he highly approved of the objects and views of the Institution, as they had beensoably de. of their ' danger, Ll fortunately no person received | bj> tte^^ estd^ aud o^ ers, He then NOTICE is hereby given, GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees of the Roads leading from Shrewsbury to - , „ , . Church Stretton and to Condover, and from Stone Caps and Pillars), Winnowing Machine, I Shrewsbury to Longden and Castle Pulverbatch, in 4S Sets of Horses' Gears, Straw Engine, Pikels, I f|) C Ounty of Salop, is appointed to be held at the Rakes, Sieves, Lot of Bags, Malt Mill, Stone I OnilditaiL Shrewsbury, on Thursday, the 30th Pigtrough and Cisterns, with a Variety of small-' ~ • <••• • » • --• * » t£-— Implements. GRAIN, & c. - - Prod lice- of <? 0 Acres'of Wheat, T2 Acres wf Rye, 1.3 Acres. of Barlev, 9 Acres of Oats, 4 Acres of ' Peas, 14 Acres.. of Turnips, and a Stack of Hay ( the Straw, Hay, and Turnips to, be consumed on . the Premises); about 30 Hundred Weight of Cheese; 131 Bushels of Mait; aud about 1 Acre of Potatoes. FURNITURE Comprises Foilrpost and other Bedsteads,. Mat- tresses, Feather Beds, Blankets, Counterpanes, and Quills, Linen Chests, Dressing Tables, Swing Glasses and Pier Ditto, Chests of Drawers, and other Chamber Articles; Silver Tankard, Half- pint, Cream Ewer, S Table Spoons, 17 Tea Ditto, tnid Sugar Tongs ; 12 Pair of Sheets, 12 Table Cloths, II Napkins, 6 Pillow Coats, and a Quantity of Coarse Linen; Assortment of Glass, in Decanters, Wine, Ale, and Castor Glasses; ,2 Sets of Tea China; Mahogany aud Oak Dining, Card, and Pill'ir ')'•• I- 1"' I -.,„,..,> W. niL. tu P. nrt-. ijn f> Sifts of the least injury. 3. Hampton, Esq. of Henllys, is nominated Mayor, aud R. Lewis and W. Hughes, Esq, Bailiff of Beaumaris, for the year ensuing. Joseph Goddard and John Price, Esqrs. were oil the 29th ult. sworn in Bailiffs of Carnarvon for the year ensuing. The Marquis of Anglesea after- wards entertained the Bailiffs and a large party at a sumptuous dinner at the Hotel, the Noble Marquis himself presiding. WREXHAMTTACES, 182.3. ,,, . L„ u,,: u aluminous manner on the Bardie System, aiitl ileclgied that mneli greater advantages had been derived from it to tlie British nation ihaii was generally apprehended, as from it, he consi- dered, we;. had received the justly boasted Consti- tution of out country. He said that some assigned its merits to fh^ ljaws of the Saxons- who had brought them fiom the " woods of Germanv, but if we go to ancieiit ceremonies observed on such occasions. the Meeting were then voted to, the Lord Bishop of St. David's, the Right Hon. Lord Dynevor, and the Acting Committee,' for their- services in behalf of the Society. The Bishop, in, a short speech, thanked the company for tile, flattering manner iu which his exertions were received,— wished the Society every success,- and assured tliem, that his support should always be exfeiirled' towards so laudable an undertaking. After sinking the Na- tional Anthem, ' God save the King,' the . company dispersed highly delighted with the interesting proceedings. Ou Saturday morning the ceremony of grififinf, degrees of proficiency in Rardism took place. Several young Bards ' were initiated, and others raised . to the degree of Druidisin, with the usual those woods' fir information ou tile subject, our [ journey is in vain. Previous to the fime o: llfre these laws had no exce'lence ; this luoiiarch new modeller! those he found, and communicated to them great improvements, but who: was he'to thank for assistance oit, the., iinportaiit. occasion, but a native The ordinaries at the Inns were fully attended, and mirth and hilarity enlivened the board at each house; the ball at the Bush- Ion, on Friday evening was graced with a numerous assemblage of rank and beauty. Indeed, the flattering support which the Eisteddfod received was most gratifying, and n „ R. i I. U--. L „, Viii* n OTINEK iotlie Fore On TOSSDAY, Sept. 30, the Gentlemen's Suhscrip- of Cambria,— AsserJKeney. eiisjs, oneof thosc. B. inls the' pleasure the proceedings aud arrangements Day of this Month, at Eleven o Clock in tiie Mire- tion Purse of f 50. who anciently, graced Minevia. He said that afforded the company, were manifested in the noon- 1 Lord Grosvendr's br. f. Lady- Day ....... Mo Race - • ' '" ....... - . . JOHN JONES, Clerk tothe Trustees. Shrewsbury, October 6th, 1823. \ rOTlCE is hereby given, that THE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees of the Turnpike Road leading from Wem to the Lime Rocks at Bronygarth, in the fouuty of Salop, will be held at the Bowling Graeir, in Dudlestou, near Ellesmci'e, on Thursday, the 30th Day of October instant, at Twelve o'clock. R. MORRALL, Clerk to the Trustees. Ellesmere, 6th October, 1823. NOTICE is hereby given, that THE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees or Commissioners, acting under an Act ntuc., 1 In tl. o TtiirA Year of the Reiii- n of his nresent Chairs with Hair and Rush Seats, Tea and Coffee Urn, Weather Glass, 2 Eight- day Clocks, Dresser, Shelves, and Pewter, Kitchen Grate, Parlour Dit- to, Fender and Fire Irons, with all the Kitchen and Culinary Requisites, Iron Furnace and Boiler, 2 Stone Cheese Presses, together with numerous Dairy and Brewing Utensils, Casks, and other Effects. » - 5 » The Live Stock, Grain, and Implements the first Day— commencing each Morning at Half past Teii o'Clotek. LITTLE NESS. lHajesty King George the Fourth^ intituled " An Act for amending and maintaining the Road from Whitchurch to Terohill, in the County of Salop," will be held at the Dwelling House of Honor Jones, the White. Lion Inii, ill Wliitehurch aforesaid, on Thursday, the 30th Day of October Instant, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon. WM. GREGORY, ; Clerk to the said Trustees. Whitchurch, 6th October, 1823. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Trustees of the Turnpike Road, acting under aud hy Virtue of an Act of Parliament made and passed ill the 53d Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, entitled " An Act for repairing and improving several Roads in the Counties of Montgomery, Merioneth, and Salop, and other Roads therein mentioned," will meet at the White Li# n Inn, in the Town of Mach- ynlleth, in the County of Montgomery, on Tuesday, the 28th Day of October next, at the Hour of Twelve at Noon, for the Purpose of holding " THE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Trustees or Commissioners," and also in order to audit the Treasurer's Accounts, and reporting the State of I the Roads under his Care and Superintendance. JNO. HUGH, Clerk to the said Trustees. Machynlleth, 30lh September, 1823. On WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1, A Silver Cup, the gift of Sir W. W. Wynii, Bart, value 1150, for horses, fkc. the property of Noil. Commissioned Officers and Privates of the North Wales Yeomanry Cft valry ; 2- mile heats. Mr. Hughes's b. h. Luck's- All, by Pavilion, aged * 1 1 Mr. Bennion's b. m. by Young Sorcerer, 5 yrs. 2 2 Mr. E. Jones's bl. ill. Fox- huntress, aged 3 3 Mr. Pngh's ch. rti. Mautura, 4 yrs dr Oil THCASDAY, Oct. 2, the Town Subscription Purse of £ 5' 1; 2- mile heats. Mr. Benson's lir. c. Picton,'- t yrs. ( LARLINQ) 1 I SirT. Stanley's b. c. by Coriolaiius, 4 yrs 2 dr Mr. Rogers's gr. c. Sir Edward, 4 yrs .'. dr Same day, a Handicap Stakes of 1',) sov. each, with 20 sov. added ; 2. mile heats. Mr. E. LI. L'oyd names gr. c. Sir Edward ( DAHLINC) 1 1 Mr. Fitzhugh names br. f. Lady- Day, 3 yrs,.. 2 2 Two paid. MONMOUTH RACES— Commenced on Wed ins day last, and were remarkably well attended, notwithstanding the morning, from the rain which had fallen during the early part, was very un- favourable to those who came from a distance ; bit it fortunately cleared up during tiie day. Eleven horses ran for the Sweepstakes of 5gs. each, w ith 20 added, and the start from the distance- post with the run up the flat was highly interesting. These were won at two heats by Mr. C. k. Tyiite's . Capital'tjiie Stock, Implemeitts, genteel Furniture. Plate, Linen, Datry of ( heetie. Brewing Vessels, Dairy Utensils, $ c: Sfc. BY . MR.~ S. MITfI, On the Premises at LITTLE NESS, in the County of Salop, on Wednesday, the' 15' li of October, 1823, and two following Days, and not on Mon- day, the 13th, ike. as before advertised ( under a Commission of Bankruptcy) : f|" Vrl K Entire of the valuable and well- I selected LIVE STOCK, and other Effects, belonging to Mri RICHARD BROUGHALL. LIVE STOCK: Comprising 18 capital young Cows in- calf, 2 three- year old Heifers, 12 two- year olds, 11 Yearlings, 11 rearing Calves, capital three year old short- horned Bull, two- year old Montgomeryshire Djtto; 42 Store Ewes, 75 Lambs, 1 Rain ; 4 Sows and Pigs, 2 Ditto in- pig, and 26 Stores; 10 very useful Draught Mares and Geldings ( Blacks and Bays), Grey Mare and Colt, clever five- year old Chesnut Gelding, three- year old Draught. Colt, 3 yearling Colts, and 2 Weanlings ; also a Dairy of Cheese. IMPLEMENTS: Five Waggons, 4 Tumbrils, Market Cart, double riough, 4 Wheel Ditto, 5 Pair of Harrows, 2 Land Rollers, Spike Ditto, Water- furrow Plough, Pair nf Twins, 7 ' Jozen of Hurdles, Quantity of Implement Timber, Scales and Weights, Winnowing Machine, Heaving Ditto, •> Dozen of Bags, In Sets of Horses' Gears, long Slack Frame, Drag Rnkes, Foddering Cribs, Sheep Cratch, Ladders, Cranks and Chains, Pikels, Rakes, Ropes, Cisterns, Pigtronghs, and various small Implements; Gig aud Harness, 2 Saddles, Bridles; Malt Mill, & e. FURNITURE, kc. Handsome Fourpost and other Bedsteads with Furniture, Mattrass, excellent Feather Beds, Blan- kets, Bed Linen; Painted Wardro e, Mahogany Bureau, Chests of Drawers, Night and Dressing Tables, Bason Stands, Swing Glasses, Bedside Carpets, Painted. Chairs, and other Chamber Arti- cles, neat Set of Mahogany Dining Tables and Card Ditto, So'a, 8 Mahogany Chairs, Carpet ( new), Sou, Yards Square, Pier Glass, Wheel Baronieter, Painted Desk & Bookcase, Portable Desk; Bangh's Map of Salop, several Prints anil Books ; Globular Tea and Coffee Urn ; China and Glass ; Tabje iineu ; Silver Plate ; 2 Eight- day Clocks, Dresser and Shelves, with all the Kitchen Articles ; nu- merous aud excellent Dairy Utensils, Brewing Vessels, Hogsheads, Casks, kc.; also, a capital Mangle. N. B. The public are respectfully informed that the Stock will be foitud highly deserving of their Notice, and will he Suld the first Day, with the Cheese and the principal Implements.— Second Day, the Remainder of the Implements, and the Whole of the numerous Dairy and Brewing Uten- sils, ISic. kc. 53=- Each Morning's Sale at Eleven o'Clock ; ' and, from the great Number of Lots, THE AUC- tioneer pledges himself lo be punctual to Time. CORN MIIiIi, HJalthouse, Land, and Dwelling House. BY MiTiMITH, At the Britannia Inn, Shrewsbury, oil Saturday, the 2 th Day of October, 1823, at five o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be prod lined : ALL that new & substantial Dwelling HOUSE, and excellent MALT- HOUSE, together with all that capital CORN MILL, which is supplied by a copious Stream from the River Perry, working three Pair of French Stones and two Dressing Mills; with convenient Outbuildings, excellent Qardeii and Orchard ( well stocked with choice Fruit Trees), and three Pieces of rich Past. ire LAND adjoining, containing 4A. 2R, OP. or thereabouts. The Premises arc situate at YEATON, in the j Parish of Baschurch, in the County of Salop, The Mill, from its Situation, may command au extensive Trade, being about 6 Miles from Shrews- bury, 10 from Ellesmere, and 12 from Oswestry. Part of the Purchase Money may remain secured j upon the Premises. Mr. BENJAMIN MINTON, of Y'caton, will shew ! tl] e Property ; and for Particulars apply to Mr. | ROGERS, Solicitor, Qsbastou, near Oswestry; TAG AUCTIONSEB. kc. See . ... . much the favourite as to leave her mistress of the field. The County Members' Plate of £ 50 Was afterwards won as cleverly by the saine filly, at two heats, beating Mr. Friend's Evergreen, and Mr. Molony's Luss ancient historians' were under great obligations to general approbation every one expressed on the the Bards, and ; particularly, mentioned Geirion | occasion. Bardrl ( jtris, R": t'( i;', darn, sometimes called llesus, and Tydaiii Tjj,^ A'vili'i, whose- name proves that he v, iis tlie'foiffieWit' Of the Bardic System, all of - wlionl'ifdere celebrated characters, and are men- tioned with greiit, respect in ti e ancient traditions of, the eon.-, try-.. The Greek.- aud Roman historians beheld with great admiration, the morality and patriotism which were obs, rved to prevail among the Britons : and atlength, when the light of the golpel iillJtnii^ tiid. dlir shores, the system of Bardr ism, , bec: tuse ® foimaed on. the primitive religion, contributed, IUALI eminent manner IO t;, e spread of Christianity : Pada^ n wa - celebrated as a preacher, and Tliliesin agd other. Bards assisted in promoting the same sapj- ed. . cause. -- ' Vheu the, Principality emerged ,1' j'Oin the . gloom of the dark ages, the votary o? the Mu, e. Mr. Archdeiieoii Prvs,* was eminent in contributing to the edification of his country up- ii by sujiptying- them with a metrical translation of the Psalins ; the Rev Rees Pr'itchard, Vieitr. of Llandovery, was nl> o . of great benefit to his country by means of his religion S'ongs and CafoSs," as,' , Fi « y„. wei- e' written as plain as possible, Hie" lifi> iatui* c'of the IVe'sh'being at that period ail'a low ebb, and many able to comprehend bin little besides the language of common conver- sation. lie: observed that the intruding of St David's College was a pledge of the hap gress which would be made in promoting Literature « > f the country, aiirf inestimable be, i Were to be expected from the Institution. With respect to. Cambria, he, observed that a handful of seed was now sown, which he hoped wot. Id iadntil time become flourishing likethe Cedars of Lebanon. In the delivery of hotn this and the preceding speech by the Rev, Mr. Eyans, the speakers were frequent lnter.-, ip'ed bv, the plaudits of tl; e com pauy, and whei they concluded, such was the satisfaction'wliich was given, lhafthey were p longed for a considerable iiiue. It was then announced by the Noble President, Urcbmtial anU iStisjcjUflnjoua. STAFFORDTACES, 1823. On Monday, Oct. 6, the Oold Cup ( in specie), by subs, of logs, each, with 20gs. added. Lord Grosvenor's br. c. Uymetttts ( SPRING) ..,'.. , Mr. Benson's br c. Picton, 4 yrs ..'..... Mr. Beardsworth's ch. c. Rossini, 4yrs..-;......:.., , ir. Painter's Coxcomb fell Three paid.— Won cleverly. Same day, tlieMenibers' Plate of 60gs. foraltages Ilea ts ; twice round the course and a distance, Mr. M. Iton's b. c. Whittingtou ( SPRING) ^ ir W Wynne's b. c. Belmont, 4 yrs Mr, Beardsworth's Fearnought ..." Mr. Williams's Leah A good race. 3 1 4 3 2 d ASSURANCK COMPANY, OF LONDON, Instituted 1S08, and empowered hy an Act of . Parlia- ment of the 54 Geo. III. Capital, £ 1,200,000. FIRE D E P"\ RTMENT. RETURNS TO THE ASSURED. PERSONS assured with this Company from Loss by Fire, whose Policies for £ 300 arid upwards have been in Fo'ce for five Years ending at Christinas, 1822, may receive at Ihe Office ill Chcaoside on the London Policies, and © armartljen ISisttfJOfoiJ. of the several Agents in the Country ou tlie Polici, effected in their respective Agencies, a Return of 25 pei Cent, on the Amount of llie Premiums paid for . neb Period of live Years, agreeably to the System of i e. isteunrou nan orougnr rogemer, auu aeeoroiiig 1,1 this Office, as '' nlly explained in the Office Proposals. I the prescribed arrangement, the public business RENEWALS.— Receipts for the Renewal of Poli- | began with the performance of Divine Service at cies due al. Michaelmas Day are now ready for 1 St. Peter's church. Long', however, hefore the Delivery ai the Office in London and by the Country I commencement of the service, the building, large Agents,' and should be taken up within fifteen Days thereafter. NEW POLICIES.— New. Assurances may be ef- fected at any Time according, to the printed Pro- posals of the Company, and no Charge is made for | Policies when the Sum assured amounts to £ 300. as it, is, was so completely filled that many persons could not procure seats, a,- id were glad to get standing places.-- The performance ofPublic Prayer being concluded, a very excellent and appropriate Sermon was preached bv the Rev. J. Davies, Vicar of l. latuiin/ at, in aid of a Collection' for the new RENT.— An Allowance is made for ihe Loss of. I College at Lampeter, who took for his text, Isaiah Rent of Buildings rendered untenantable by Fire. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ADDITIONS TO POLICIES.— Persons assured for Ihe Whole Term of Life, will have an Addition made to their Policies every seventh Year, on the Principle so beneficially practised lill hltely at the Equitable Assurance Office ; or the Atuodiil thereof may . be applied in Redaction of the future Pay- ments of Premium. /> Policies may also be effected, for'the whole Term of Life, by a limited Niiiiih(, f/ of yearly Payments Tallies applicable lo this Mode of Assurance may be obtained at the Office. SEA RISK.— This Company allows certain Pas- sages by Sea in decked Vessels, without extra Premium, as set forth in the Conditions of the Office Proposals. Proposals fully explanatory of the Principles and Rates of Ihe Company, may be had at the principal Office in Cheapside, London, and of the several Agents in the Country, who are'authorized to take the appearance of Lives proposed for Assurance. HENRY DESBOROUGH. Jiiu. SECRETARY. Ch mpside, London, September, 1823. AGENTS: Mr. John Watton. Shrewsbury Bangor Carnarvon Llailrw. V Newport Oswestry Pwllheli' Ruthin Shiffnal - Welshpool Whitchurch Beaumaris Bridgnorth Ellesmere Holyhead Holywell Ludlow Market Drayton Wellington Wenlock Wrexbnin Mr. Hubert Hughes. Mr. R. Gordon Roberts. Mr John Griffith. Mr. William Masefield. Mr. Edward F. dwards. Mr. John Ellis. Mr. Robert Jones, Mr. Edward Harper. Mr. Eilw. Jones Roberts. Mr. George Harper. VACANT. xxxiii. 6. <£ And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation : the fear of the LORD is bis treasure."— The collec- tion at the doors amounted to upwards of £ 55.— Ill the con rse of the service, several select pieces of Sacred Music were performed iii the most beautiful inaunerliy tho professional singers, kc. from Bath, , who were also engaged for the Concerts, . during ;, the Eisteddfod. The Concert in the evening, at the Hall, was at- tended by nearly 400 persons eminent for rank, beauty, and consideration. The selection of Pieces was made by the Rev. J. Bowen, of Bath. The company began to assemble at the Hall, on Thursday,. as early as ten o'clock, and nt the co n- mencement of ihe business, it was quite full. The Noble and highly respected President ( Lord Dy- nevor) opened the proceedings by a very judicious and appropriate address in favour of the language which they were met to promote, and apologised lor the unavoidable absence of Sir W. VV. Wynii, Bart, and Col. Parry. His Lordship having eon eluded, stated that such persons as might, be dis- posed to utter their sentiments on the subjects for which they were assembled, might then - deliver them, which would doubtless b - heard with ntten tinn. The Rev, Daniel Evans, of Maesmynach, Cardiganshire, and Fellow of Jesus College, Ox- ford, theu rose, and said that he congratulated his country oil the encouragement which had been given to the cultivation of Welsh Literature, and stated that he considered that the several subjects which had been appointed for the compositions to be put. into competition for the Premiums, had been most judiciously chosen to excite the genius of the Candidates to exertion. He observed that the object of the Society to preserve the literary MSS of Cambria, was very laudable and important, and that those who wished to annihilate the language might be justly deemed enemies to their country, for a knowledge ofit was useful to persons in almost every station, and particularly to Magistrates, to whom the poor were to look up for advice ; and if they could nit understand them, they would look up to them iu vain. He said that the Welsh Literati were misrepresented, when it was said that they wished that the English language should give way to the Welsh, which was by no means the case; , i was their desire that both tiie languages should be cultivated where they might be of service, and as nr. iv in. Williams, riarper, iregiu, inr. i- ors- , and Itolle, were appointed Judges of the rits of the. Dadgeiniaid ; and the Candidates for , Society's Medal, to he given to the best per- tbe Rev." Daniel Ev^ ns, who had succeeded in the former instance, modestly arose, aud declared that he had made us, e. of the. signature, and written the composition, lm| bis feelings were so affeete i on the occasion, lloit he was scarcely able to express himself. Tne A, w. dl was then given to hiin to read, several passage's, of which lie delivered with great • animation and effect, and frequently received the applause of the audience. When he had completed his recitation, lie went to receive a second . Medal from the Noble President, and while he was in- vested therewith, applause of the loudest kind was given- by, the company. Mr. Wm. Williams, Harper, Tregih, Mr. Fors ter, and_ Mr. Jtoll merit! the ormer, were Evan ,1 ones, resident near Cornell. Owen Griffiths, and Richard Williams, of Merthvr, the latter of W- hoili was blind. After displaying their powers for some time, which afforded milch satisfaction to the company, the judges declared that Evan- Jones was the best performer, who was accordingly invested . with the Medal. The Noble Presiden! then announced that it gave him pleasure to. have it in Ills power to invest the Rev. Daniel Evans with a, THIRD Me. dal for the successful coin- position which he had written at Brecon, to the memory of Ivor Hael, and his descendants of the House of Tredegar, the presenting of which had been deferred for want of its being ready whoa first wanted. Mr. Evans then wearing his THREE Medals, was loudly greeted, and received the prolonged plaudits of the company. It was then announced that, the subject tube, given to the Bards to employ'their genius daring the Eisteddfod was, t( Griffith ab Nicholas, the celebrated Patron of the Bards, who presided at the great. Eisteddfod held at. Carmarthen iu 1451, and his descendants of Dyiievor.. Caspe, particularly the President of the Cambrian Society in Dyfeil." In addition to which, if was thought fit to propose another: — " The Right Rev. the Lord- Bishop of St. David's, tie original Projector of the Cambr an Societies, and Patron of the, Cambrian Society in Dyfed ;" the compositions uot to exceed six Englynioo, and to be sent to the, Secretary by eight o'clock on the next morning, ; a; id the writers of the best composi- tions to receive each a premium of one guinea. The Noble ' President next announced that th poetical ciiniposition with the signature of I. I. Y- W. VRCH, although unsuccessful iu gaining the Medal, yet, in the opinion of the Judges, possessed great merit, and deserved public honourable men- tion. Thanks vere then voted to the Right Rev. Patron and Right Hun. President, and to the Committee for their exertions in promoting th, objects of the E'steddlod ; after which t| ie com pally separated, having been greatly delighted with the proceedings of the morning. Tlie Concert in the Evening commenced soon after seven o'clock, wheu the lovers of music were STOURBRIDGE RAGES. '" DESDAY, Sept. 3", A Soeepstakes of 10sov. each, -. yith 2 i sov. added, for all ages ; two- mile heats Viscount Ansou's br. c. by Sir Oliver, 3 yrs. ( ArthVB) t: p. v J » rii- Mr. Pidcock's Birmingham, a...:.. 2 : ing the Mr F. Hoinfray's br. c. Tartar., , w'lL I A Maiden Stake of 5 sov. each, with 20 sov- added for horses that never won'Plate or Stakes. Two- mile heats, - J - ." Mr. Smith's br. c. Little Driver, 3 yrs 1' Mr. •>'. Williams's Tripoli, by Poiil'ton, 8' y r's. 2 2 Mr Tomes's b. m. Fair Phillis,. 4 yrs....-..,.. I.:. 4 3 Mr. Simrnis's b. ill. Gratitude, 5yrs 5 4 Slf.' Griffiths"* b f. Fyldener, 3 yrs ". V.'" 3 5" R. Brettel names' h. f. Concordia, 3 yrs.. 6 dr A Hunters' Stakes of 5 sov. each, with 25 sov. • added; three- mile heats-; rode by Gentlemen. Mr. Beubnw's ch. g. Trooper, 4 vrs. ( Mr. W VEVERS) 5 1 1 1 Mr, Bradley names ch. h. Canute, aged ' ( Mr. PHILLIPS)- 1 3 3 2 Mr. Hinchliffe's b. g. Shropshire, aged '"" ( Mr. HILL) 3 4 13 Mr Webb's h. g. Lottery, 5 , vrs 2 2 —• Mr. Hornyold's ch. m. Reticule, 4yrs... 7 5 - dr. Mr. F. Homfray's b. in. Madame Vestris, 4 yrs ( Mr. TONG) 4 6 dr Mr. T. G. F'vans's b. f. Melona, 4 vrs... 6 dr Mr. Hordern's b. g. Spring, aged". ..... dis. The third heat of this race, Canute and Trboper, the leading horses, ran'ont of the course, and Lot- tery came in first; but. a charge of crossing being proved, the Stewards adjudged the bent to Shrop- shire ; the fourth beat was most severely contested, and won onlv by a neck. W eDNFTSDAY, Oct. 1, The Stourbridge Subscription Plate of Fifty Sovereigns, for all ages; 3- mile heats. Mr. Massey's cli. f. Ynysymaengvvyn 2 1 1 Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. Hero * 12 2 The Worcestershire Stakes of Ten Sovereigns. each, with Twenty Sovereigns added by the County Members, for horses not thorough- bred. Mr. G Grazebrook names Mr, Webb's h. g. Tipple Cider, by Deceiver 3 1 1 Viscount Anson's br. m Lampedo, by Don Cossack .'. , ' | 3 Mr. Benson's cli. g. Fencer, by Zodiac,... 4 2 Mr. Milner's br. ni. by Lutwyche 2 4 Aston's b. g. Shiver O ' 5 5 The Marqhis of Hastings parsed throoghf rank, fort last week . oil, his way U, Italy, w he intends to remain some yeai s. His Lordship was previously ai Paris, where jf is said he made some personal claims for very large sums due to him by great personages. The impaired slate'of Ins Lordship's foiluue is Assigned'as the reason of his etiremcnt to Italy. Insecurity of Properly iv Fianci—. T\ ie en- ormous . power exercised by the Council ot; Slate over the property of the French, has long been a just subject of complaint to the most intelligent Frenchmen. Au instance of this hasjust occurned, which shews Ihat the French are mil unreasonably jealous . of the growing, nsiii paiioiis of: Ibis iibdy-. Some titoe ago, a: company tinder the finti of Pauifclls— probably POMPI, as the name is evidently English— was formed to light Paris by means of gas. Application was made to the Prefect of Police for permission. Tiie inhabitants' iif the place where H was intended to carry 011 the'works; petitioned againsr gVa'ntii- g the permission ; and after both sides were fully heard, the permission, was granted. Eighteen months after this, when, tbte Company had executed a great part of the necessary works, and expended a great deal of money, some of the Mlha- bitanls. of the Fauxbburgh Peissotiiere appiied to the Council of Stale, which annulled the per mission, because if had been granted without sufficient authority. Thus all the labour of this Company for eighteen months, and aH the money it has expended, have been wasted, because a Prefect did not know, the, bounds of his authbrftyj arid it pleased ihe Council of State fa listen to " such sensitive people as a few Countesses and Masters of Requests. OS THEUTII, ITY OF BOTA. VY.— Bufawyjis one of those collateral sciences, » iiich are not « nly use. fill' but ornamental to ( be medical' chafac'ter.—. Among the many advantages which She profession has derived from the labours of Botanists,, aJ- e the re- in tiioduct ion of Ihe Fox- glnv<' by D11. WilhVriiig, as a remedy for dropsies, and the recent extension to this country of the Pyrola uinhellala, aud the gnm Acaioides. " Tlie niilitv of Botany to many of th-? other arts is not less obvi'otis Vault we are indehled to fl for » variety of our couiforts, both as to,, C lid. , a » d ibe luxuries of life. The grains so ihdispensab'le'l. or our existence, tlie greater niimher of llie fritiis, and ihe most beautiful flowers thai enrich our orchards and ornament our gardens, are of foreign origin; and many of them h ive been brought to 11a bv Tiikf- anists, whose inqiiirif* had led them to visit remote ciiitniries. The Hoise Chesnut. for example, now so i- onmnnl in Olfr pfaiitutioiis, vviVs conveyed lo Europe ffoln the not 1 ti of Asia, by Olnsiiis," iv botanist, in the vear 1550, Till- Kidney. Beaii, Phaseoius rulgaru," » at brought from the East Indies: and the Nol- kol, the root of which afliirils a large supply of wholesome nutriment, has ju » t been iniruiliu- ed from the same place. The Crown Imperiii!, Friiillaria impirialis. was transported from Co'iistiiiilindple; the Camellia, ' ruin • jHjiiin ; many of tlii-' RMSIV from China; the • Nasturtium, from" Soltyb Anu'ficli ; and Slip pi'- largo, ilium, Or Geonri 11' m, an il is- irlljiVo| ierly eal( ed, from the coas^ ' of Caffraria. The Polaioe, lb* chief sou. port of a grear mill,'. riti of our'poor, wiis first d*. ta ane ieut Mr. Mr. Dowuing's bl 111. Luck's - all, iiy Lis- mahago ...,..,... 6 dr . The Stakes for two and three- year old colts, and a forced handicap, did not fill. DOJJCASTER, OCT 3.— Ashton and Halt on — The match between these determined opponents was run over our course on Wednesday, and was decided ill favour of Ihe former. The distance was three times round, starling al the Steward's Stand, being live miles 1171 yards, for 100 guineas, and was done in 30 minutes, 50 seconds. We believe ihat 110 foot race in the annals of spirting ever interested it,. lovers more the contest betwixt these known nod ones." I till ti 111, though " 1111 out and outer, it 11111st be confessed, has met willi Ins match, aud ifter the race he declared thai, though he was not listressed, Asliton went too fast for him, The men started at a pace which required all the condition they hail to maintain— and condition it was, we have no doubt, that won the race, as Hiiilnn evidently ap peaied in running not to be so much " up to tlie mark" as bis opponent; they kept at this rakiug but Steady pace for tlie fiist round, which they did To 10 minutes 10 seconds— the odds being in favour of Hal Ion, at 2 to 1, to anv amount. Thesecond round was run in ! 0 minutes 2ti seconds, anil in a style not to he equalled ; no better running .. as ever seen, ami during the whole of ii the contest for the lead w'a » severe, the men passing each other a number limes, nothing like distress appearing; bets were still in favour of the Yorkshireiiiuii. On leaving Ih, Slew- aid's Stand for the In si time, and at no great distance fr; m it, Halinri was passed with apparent ease, and lost ground the whole way to the Red House, the Lancashireiiinn being at thai time from 80 to 100 yards a- bend ; this di- slailcp was howev gradually lessened, and the race, was won by about 20 yards. This was done hy the victor in 111 minutes and 29 seconds. Hall, 111 showed want ol condition, mill though he run stout,' he had not torjhe last iw< miles llie least chance. Considerable sums were hisl, as ihe friends of Halton hacked liiul freely at 2 to I. The day was very rainy, but llie numbers 011 the ground were beyond precedent: To deci le bets we stale, that Halton had the lead, on passing the ending post llie first and second time round Ashtoo ( do" ciliated witli ribbons) left Doin- aster 111 a chaise ; his friends loudly cheered liitn as he drove off'. Now Marriage Act.— Bv statute 4 George IV. c. 73, the late obnoxious Marriage Act is repealed f. om ' lie 1st day of November neyt. Anil it is pro- vided in such Act Ihat the bond heretofore necessary shall be no longer used, by which tile sum of £ 1 wiii in future be saved in ' the expense of the licence. The 28 days' residence formerly required by one or both of tiie parties previous to the grant of the licence is reduced to 15 days. scribed bj Caspar Eauiiiii, iit" l5il0: and afterwards f'Tolight into this country, wbeiicp'- ft was dispersed ver E11 rOjie - In oiir oWft t'ubes w- p have seen ihe - We « - 1^ 5t' » " enricbed ' Ivili, rteiBVeird- fiuirby ihe scientific, jkjl. l of . Sir Joseph Banks; aiid ev.' ry day ew'plaiifs lire brought, home Iind.' notumlized. lo 011V litiiate, "< Vf great iiiiportaiife boih in., an economical and political point'of view ."- f ' ffiomson^ sUoiany. ProfaN t. SWEArii M o.— A remarkable instance of signal ^ linbhijSe^ t fall jug upon swearers occurred infliisilWghbouVhoiid ( Coventry) some inonthssince. A man ' named William Hodsoii, of Beilwoitb, was eliii- niiig triiin this cijy'ii| a state of intoxication, driving A cart. The horse hei| ig blind, rail , upon a ballkj which so eiirageil the driver, that he. began In the most brntal mai. iuer to beat ihe horse, at the same'time vociferating the most horrid oaths. A person passing by. hearing him lijs. own eyes, and beating the horse, spoke to himj and desired hint to lead the horse, which the driver attemplcd to do, but found that he couhl not see. lie immediately swore that he believed he had he. come as blind as the horse which was literally ihe case, he having dining the time be was using such dreadful imprecations, and calling down curses upon himself, been deprived of sight; and which up lo this time, a [ apse uf several months, he has not had restored, though various means have been resorted to for that purpose. He now cousidors that it was a just puui . httient inflicted upon him. — forenlry Herald. \ In the American papers is a decision hy a Judge elf that country, of some importance ( u an inter, national point < if,: view, 011 the propriety of. sur- rendering a person who has find fur. refuge into a foreign stale, on the perjie( ralioiii. o. f an offence in Ills native land. The case is' that of Edward Shoi- t, an Irishman, accused of a . ifluriiei; . cniiiqiilteil 111 the county of Tyrone, and thrown into pfisiMi on ' the ajiplicatioo of a private jifoseculor in the territories of the United Mates. The Judge determines that Ihe accused shall be set at . l » i'ge; there pervades the w hole speech which flume to this conclusion, much legal knowledge and good sense: he esteems the surrender of a prisoner whenever it lakes place, as matter of comity, in this agreeing with the opinion of Ihe most respectable of our own Judges. The founder of the FitzufHHavn FamHv.— The founder of the present noble family , iif. Fitz- william was an Alderman of Bread- street, in Ihe year 1506. Before his death lie forgave all his debtors, anil wiolc upon the erased accounts of each " A more He' remittal" Cardinal Wolsey was the chief mean of Ibis worthy citizi- n acquiring his large fortunes. After the disgrace of the Cardinal, Mr. Fitzwilliain very hospitably enter- tained him at Milton, Northamptonshire, one nf the fine seats of the present Earl Henry VIJI. was so enraged at this, that he sent for Mr. f to court, and said " How, ha! how conies it, ha! that you dare entertain a traitor?" Fitzwil| iaui modestly replied, « I did it not from disloyalty hut gratitude." The angry monarch here interrupted lum by " How, ha!" ( the usual exclamations qf his rage). Mr. F. wilh the tear of gratitude in bis eye, and the burst of loyally in Ins bosom, con- tinued " from gratitude, as be was niy old niasler, and the mean of my greatest foi luiles-" Impetu- ous Harry was so much pleased wilh Ihe an's. ver, that he shook him heartily by the hand, and said, ' « Kuril gratitude, ha! shall never want a master. Conic into iny service. Worthy man, ami teach my other servants qruf'tude, for few of them have » , iy " He then knighted lliiu ou the sp, 1. Mr. F. was immediately sw ., 111 in a Privy Cn. oti. st Hiu-. Spirits are niaiiufactnred eitlier fi- iitn iiiall, or fniill a illlxluiv of- lll ilt no 1 raw grain ; the inati rial, when groun. l, is mashed in tint wai- r, an, i uie eslract ( called " ' tVurtr') js drawn off fjom the gi- aiti, and set to cool; hy the adililuin ut veast, this extract is made to fi riiienl, ami is ioe: rcn| ieil " W ish ;" from this wnsh. imperfect S|> iitls, called ill Ireland « Mn » li, igs," a , d in Englaiul ami s.-., t- lu ml •> Low Wines." Ill- - first pnniiiced. -' f'|, is product is again disiiUrd, and alivr the s.- conil distillation, liie spirits are sold in liie c, 11s 11 mi r iq li- elaml anil Scotland, without further prepai- aJi. m. 1 « Killflaiid, they jiass- from Ihe disii| lee into | jle - hail, is. of the rectifier; who, by a process nf'il s- tillation nod componpdiug, pi- cpitres. ihfnii' fur consunjption. OUR LADY'S WELL. 4 I'oi'N'jp of'the Woods ! thou art liid 110 more From tleaveu's clear eye, as in time of yore! For tl, e roof hath sunk f'. oin thy mossy walls, And the Sun's free, glance on thy slumber falls, And the dim tree- shadows across thee pass, As tilt; boughs are sway'd o'er thy silvery glass, Aud the reddening leaves to thy breast are blovtn, When the Autumn- wiud hath a stormy lone, And thy bubbles rise to the flashing rain- Bright Fount! thou art Nature's own again ! Fount of the Vale ! thou art sought 110 more By the Pilgrim's foot, as in time of yore, When he came from afar, his beads to tell, And to chaunt his by inn at our Lady's well. There is heard no Are through thy bowers, Thou art gleaming lone ' midst thy water- flowers ; But the herd may drink from thy gushing wave, And there may the reaper his forehead lave, And the woodman seeks thee not in vain- Bright Fount! thou art Nature's own again ! Fount of the Virgin's ruin'd shrine ! A voice that speaks of the past is thine 1 It mingles the tone of a thoughtful sigh With the notes tbat ring through the laughing sky ; ' Midst the mirthful Song of the summer- bird, And the sound of the breeze, it will vet be heard ! — Why is it that thus we may look on thee, To the festal sunshine sparkling free? "' Tis that all on earth is of Time's domain — Ue hath made thee Nature's own again ! Fount of the Chapel with ag- es grey '. Thou art springing freshly amidst decay ! Thy rites are past, and thy Cross lies low, And tbe changeful hours breathe o'er thee now ! Yet if at thine altar one holy thought In man's deep spirit of old bath wrought, If peace to the mourner hath here been given, Or prayer from a chasten'd heart to Heaven, Be the spot still hallow'd while Time shall reig- n, Who hath made thee Nature's own again ! * A beautiful spring in North Wales, formerly dedicated to the Virgin, and much frequented by Pilgrims. THE CHARTERED COMPANIES OF SHREWSBURY. To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIB, The recent trial, hy which the " Mercers' Com- pany" have established their right as a chartered association to tine all persons carrying on trade as Mercers, & c. in this town without being freemen of their body, having excited the other Companies to a rigid enforcement of their similar claims, and having g- iven rise to some warm and rather de- clamatory public discussion of the subject, it may not be out of place, if, taking the advantage of the' offer made iu your last Journal, I attempt, through the medium of your Paper, to give an outline of the history aud present composition of the several Companies as now existing-, as vvell as of some that have quietly passed into a state of dissolution iu consequence of the change of times and circum- stances; to which I shall add some remarks ori- ginating in recent occurrences, ' It appears, by the most ancient records now ex- tani in the archives of this town, that a Guild of Merchants or Traders existed within it in the year J- J09; a record of the names of tne individuals of which that Guild was then composed is still in being, and from its language there can be no doubt the Guild had previously subsisted. Ii does not, I believe, appear from this record that the members of the Guild were then associated iu separate com- pa lies, nor is it now, perhaps, accurately known when any of the companies were first, formed : the dates of their compositions or confirmations of com- position, are 110 criteria on this head, as it appeared on the late, trial of the Mercers' Company, that the date of their composition or charter as granted by Prince F. dwaril to the " Mercers, Ironmongers, and Goldsmiths," was the 20th of Edward IV. whereas a grant of property to the " Company" as of " Mercers and Ironmongers" was then also pro- duced bearing dale the 7th of the same King's reigu, or thirteen years before the date of their present, charter, if charter it may be called j it may also be observed, that in the Exchequer records there is a copy of the - directions given to the <£ wardens of every ciaft" in 1473 ( 18tli of Edward IV.) It would appear from the Record of the Guild already mentioned ( a more particular description of which may. he found in the valuable. History of Shrewsbury, Part 2, now publishing' by Messrs. Owen aiid Blake way), that all the members of the Guild then existing were . burgesses ; and in the Charter granted to the town by King Henry III. in 1.227, tiie Guild'is refeired to, and the Charter directs that no person, unless he is a member of the Guild, shall carry on trade in the town without the consent of the burgesses. The record before- men- tioned gives an account of the lines paid on ad- mission to the Guild, which were from half a mark to 10s. for a foreigner, and Is. lOd. for one whose father had before been a member of the association ; sums as near as may be equivalent ( the relative value of money considered) to the tines imposed by the companies in the present day. Before the Reformation, the various companies assembled under their respective banners, and walked with the Corporation in the procession that attended the Host ou the Feast of Corpus Christi ; at that period, as well as down to the present time, the wardens or heads of the companies were and have been occasionally summoned to attend the Corporate Body iu the Exchequer ( where they are still annually sworn into office) to receive directions as to the conduct aud assembling of their several companies on particular occasions ; and there are documents now iu existence which shew that the wardens or masters of companies had, in ancient times, considerable authority over the bodies at the head of which they were respectively placed.— Whether by being admitted a freeman of any of the Companies a person anciently became in all cases entitled to claim the privilege of a burgess of the town, I do not know ; at present such is not the case, although a person having served seven years within the borough to any of the trades recognized as a parcel of those included in the Guilds mentioned in the Charter of the Town, is thereby enabled to claim the right of burgess- ship. One thing is, however, clear, that in the feudal times the members of the Guild and of the trading companies of Shrewsbury were taxed to all imposts and charges along with the burgesses, and that, in consequence, thev were very tenacious of the privileges which their own compositions and the general charters of the town secured to them. This is proved by supplementary charters having been occasionally obtained, in order to prevent persons who were not freemen carrying on various branches of manufacture within the. Town and Liberties, and by the fines which the respective companies have at various times levied on those who ha've infringed upon the rights which they have exclusively claimed. As, before the Reformation, the Companies were assembled to walk in procession on the feast, of Corpus Christi, so, in after times, it was the custom for several of them to assemble and go in procession once a year to Kiugsland on what has in consequence been termed Show Monday. How many companies or guilds there were in the town at former periods is now, I believe, scarcely known. An engraving of Shrewsbury, published by " Ben- jamin Cole, in Oxford," and which, from its being dedicated to " Richard Earl of Bradford, Baron Newport of High Ercal," must be more than a century old, gives the arms and enumerates the names of 22 companies, as then existing* in the town, the first el/.' ven of which, the author says, go to Kingsland, and the remainder do not, and he classes them as follows : — 1. Drapers. ' .' . 2.' Merce- rs, IrOSlmoKgei's, Goldsmiths-, Grocers, Upholsterers, Druggists, and Apothecaries. 3. Barber- Chirnrgeons, Perfumers,. Chandlers, Soap- makers, aud Apothecaries ( if the person practising as an Apothecary should not have taken up his freedom in the Mercers' Company). 4. Cloth workers. 5 Shoemakers. 6. Skinners, Breeches- makers, and Glovers. 7 . Weavers and Dyers. 8. Tailors, Staymakers, and Furriers. 9. Bakers. It). Butchers. 11. Smiths, Braziers, Cullers, Clock and Watch Makers, Armourers, Gunsmiths, and Nailors. 12. Saddlers, Curriers, Painters, Plumbers, Glaziers, Stationers, Bookbinders, and Tin- plate- workers. 13. Bricklayers, Masons, Carpenters, Joiners ( properly so called), Plasterers, & Brickmakers. 14. Hatters, Fletchers aud Bowvers, Cabinet and Furniture Makers ( improperly sometimes termed Joiners), Turners, and Coopers. Of the above Companies, those numbered 1 and 2 never went in procession to. Kingsland. The others have, or had, Arbours there. The Fletchers and Bowyers, latterly incorporated with the Hatters, were themselves once a flourish- ing company in the town, but their occupation has long ceased to exist, and their separate guild became of course defunct; the Weavers, & c. Com- pany, and the Company of Hatters, & c. have for in any. years been accounted as non- existent; the Butchers, since the abandonment of an action brought by them against an individual, in 1809, and which* though entered for trial, was not taken into Court, on account of a variation in their title between the documentary evidence and the plead- ings, appear to have given up all idea of enforcing- their claims against non- freemen; the Bakers have recently failed ( for want of sufficient docu- mentary evidence to prove their title) in an attempt to prevent non- freemen exercising that trade; and the Company of Cloth workers or Shearmen, once a flourishing trade iu the town ( and whose Hall is now the Tea Warehouse of Messrs. Keate and Clarke, at top of Iligh- slreet), is reduced to four or five individuals, most of them nearly past work, and not one of whom carries on the clothworking business on his own account. Of the 14 Guilds above- mentioned, those num- bered 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, and 13, still enforce their claims against non- freemen within the Town or Liberties of Shrewsbury ; and, with your permission, I shall make a few remarks on this, poiu't. Leaving the Guild of Drapers out of view at present, it may, I believe, be asserted, that the failure of the Bakers' Company on their trial in 1818, had removed much of that attention which persons commencing business in Various trades were wont to pay to the summonses of the several companies ; and if the Mercers had miscarried in their late trial, it is much doubted whether any of the Companies would have been enabled to compel lion- freemen to pay the fine of admission without tiie verdict of a Jury on a trial first demur 1. Mercers • 2. Grocers 3. Drapers 4. Goldsmiths 5. Ironmongers 6. Barber- Surgeons 7., Apothecaries 8. Upholsterers 1). Masons 10. Dyers 11. Chandlers But the classification of 12. Cloth workers 13. Shoemakers 14. Glovers 15. Weavers 16. Tailors 17. Bakers 18. Butchers 19. Smiths 2D. Saddlers 21. Bricklayers 22. Hatters. MPv B. Cole is very incorrect, nor does he ( as he himself admits) give the names of all the trades which form component parts of several of the Companies that he enumer- ates. Without pledging' myself to a thorough knowledge of the composition of the several com- panies or guilds, and therefore trusting to the allowance of the candid reader for any unintentional error or omission, I shall endeavour to place that part of the subject iu a clearer point of view. The number of Companies or Guilds latterly recognised is, I believe 14, aud may probably be thus enumer- ated : iinded and obtained. And here a question arises, which must tend to illustrate any argument as to the propriety and utility of either keeping the establishment of such Companies or of enforcing- their asserted claims. It has been urged by one writer in your . Journal, who styled himself a Corn- brother of the Mercers' Com- pany, that the imposition of fines by, and the pre- servation of, that Company was very useful, inas- much as the enforcing such fines prevented persons who were not respectable ( i. e. according to his argument, not having a certain portion of property) from commencing' business, and because- the funds were applied to certain patriotic purposes, and in aid of the decayed members of the guild. Some few instances of the two last mentioned facts,' to a trifling amount, have been quoted ; but the extent of the Company's ability and probable utility may be better understood, perhaps, if the rumoured statement be true, that, if they had lost the trial, their funds would have little more than sufficed to pay tfie Lawyers ! Still exce'pting the Guild of Drapers, it is, I believe, a fact, tliat the Mercers have a larger fund than any of the other Companies; and if so, for what purpose can the'fnnds of such other Companies be available, unless, indeed, so far as they may affect any sceptical intruders who may be inclined to dispute their claims?— In ancient times, when, in a fortified town,- as this was, and in a part of the country- which was continually suffering- by civil feuds, and by arbitrary taxation and impost, the admission into a guild was a protection in some cases, and in others afforded privileges that balanced if they did not exceed exactions which its members occasionally sustained,— the assertion of such privileges against intruders was reasonable and necessary ; but now, when taxation and pro- tection are dealt with an e^ en hand, and civil feuds are utterly extinct, the propriety of continuing such claims may very properly be brought in ques- tion. I do not here mean to question the right, of the several companies to their claims — the Law alone can decide that, and, in some cases, it has decided in their favour ; I question their utility ; for, unless the institution of a company is necessary at this time to protect the public from injury by spurious articles, or to prevent an art falling into decay— it can be of no real value, if its formation is not such as ( like a benefit society) to secure to its. constituents a refuge in distress and an asylum to which the aged may fly for assistance. I am afraitl that ( with the exception of the Drapers), there is not one Company that dare uifdertake to g'ive the security last- mentioned ; nor is there one whose preservation is necessary to the public g- ood ; their funds have principally been frittered away as they have been received; admission into their society affords no further additional privilege ; and the only possible effect which as an united body they can with certainty produce, is that of making other persons pay a fine that they may be sharers in the barren and profitless power of inflicting the same penalty on a further number of individuals. When, in pursuance of long'- established custom, a multitude of persons have paid their money for admission to the freedom of such Companies, it is not, I grant, to be wondered at that they should ( having the power) enforce a demand for a similar payment from others ; but I trust, that the matter will be duly weighed by the parties concerned, aud that a more rational line of conduct will, eventually be adopted. Another argument, and a powerful one, against the claims of some of the Companies, is their ab- surdity, when brought into consideration with reference to the present state of society. Will it be believed, by those unacquainted with the fact, that the Company of Barbers, or Barber- Chirur- geons, of Shrewsbury, claim the right, of demanding aii admission fine from even a first- rate practitioner of the surgical art ? when it is notorious that, of the whole fraternity of Barbers, there are but few who ought to be trusted to bleed any thing- but their blocks, or to splice any thing unless it were their poles. The same company also enforce their claims against Chandlers and Soap- makers, when there can be no other connection between them than that which arises from the soap- lather employed, or the candle they may use to prevent the running of their razors or scissors an unwarrantable depth in the hide of their customers. The Grocers, I believe, have beeii added to the Mercers', See. Company by a by- law— they are certainly not. mentioned in the charter; but why Druggists, aud even Apothecaries ( if not Barbers !), should be also drawn in, is ( as Mr. Jervis on the late trial observed)' altogether inexplicable. Upholsterers too, are a part of the Mercers', & c. Company, so that, though a Cabinet- Maker is happily free from admission fine by the extinction of his company, yet as Upholstery now forms an almost inseparable branch of his trade, he is caught in the more expensive t « .;! of another set. of Corn- Brethren. A Tin- plate- worker, whose business, in almost every instance, obiig- es him to deal in Braziery, must in such case pay a fine of admission into two companies; and the Smiths though they are not, in a general way, dealers ii nails, claim a right of fining the Ironmonger for selling nails, which his trade, as now carried on, obliges him to do, aud which article scarcely any of tiie parties claiming the sole right of selling ever keep in sort or quantity sufficient to meet the public demand. I might extend this branch of discussion much further, but enough has, I think, been said, to show that the infliction of fines is only the means of galling and irritating tradesmen ; though, while I assert their absurdity, and deny their utility, I cannot, looking at their amount, view them as the means of creating a host of evils and breeding a race of vampyres which, notwithstanding the thing- has been alleged, I think they are utterly incapable of producing. The fine generally paid in the Mercers', & c. Company is about £ 26for foreigners, and but a trifling sum to those who claim by apprenticeship; in all the other Companies the foreigners' fine is about £ 13, and that of appren- tices about £ 2. Hie vexation of such unnecessary illiposts 1 admit, and decidedly condemn, but cer- tainly I cannot believe that the imposition of such fines can be the sole means of producing ( as . has been urged) all the miserable realities whose phantoms have, with, in my opinion, much bad tastej been made to take the place of more rational description in the discussion of this question. I eome now, Mr. Editor, tothe Guild of Drapers : and here, I must confess;, there is scarcely one of the arguments that I have before used that can be applicable. They possess two Royal Charters, giving them unqualified powers as regards their trade, purchased, no doubt, by valuable consider- ations ; they possess large revenues, whereby they are enabled to assist their meihl^ ers in distress and in advanced age; they have frequently made their funds available to the public good ; and admission into their body also confirms a Claim to burgess- ship, being confined, according to their charter ( except in the especial 6ase of an honorary freeman ), to their apprentices legally serving for seven years. But the Drapers' Company luive either greatly erred, and are about to inflict a still greater evil by their present proceedings, or they must adopt a course which, while it must convince every one of their gentlemanly and honourable conduct, will, at. the same time, preserve their rights in future. It is, I believe, beyond dispute, that the Drapers' Company possess the sole legal right of dealing, either by wholesale or retail, in any woollen goods in the Town or Libert ies of Shrewsbury. Formerly they exercised this right exclusively ; but for the last thirty years at least they have allowed, with- out interference, the Mercers and ' others to deal in woollen cloths and other articles of the Drapery trade ; in consequence, many tradesmen have laid in extensive stocks of woollen drapery. Immedi- ately subsequent to the late trial bv the Mercers' Company, the Drapers issued notices to a great number of tradesmen, prohibiting them, after the 29th ult. from selling- any woollen goods ; there- fore, if these notices should be peremptorily enforced, the result must in some cases be almost ruinous. I shall not adopt the practice of calling names, as that is but a lame substitute for argument; but certainly every honest and honourable feeling must rise in an appeal to the Guild of Drapers ou this momentous question. It may be fairly put to them, as men and as tradesmen, whether, -.. fter having suffered their exclusi ve privileges to remain a dead letter for so long a period, they ought now to be rigorously and immediately insisted upon ? When many individuals, who never, perhaps, till within these few months, even heard of such powers being in existence, have, without let or hindrance, taken to the large stocks of retiring tradesmen, or com- menced with an expensive outfit of woollen drapery of thei r own selection,— in' some eases, too, pay ing large sums for what is termed a good- will, and in others also leasing premises at. heavy rents,— and in all which cases the just presumption was that they might continue to sell woollen drapery. unmo- lested, as their predecessors had been allowed to do;— would it, it may be asked, when such persons have embarked all, nay, some of them more than all, their capital, and staked their own and their families' welfare oh the issue of what they were led to consider a safe outset, be equitable or reason- able in the Guild of Drapers peremptorily to force them out of an established trade and connection, and oblige them to commence on the uncertain line of a narrowed business and cohsequently increased competition ? The matter surely must yet. be duly and candidly. considered by the Guild of Drapers ; and then it may be hoped tliat their liberality will, in this instance, entitle them to the good opinion, as it has on many occasions to the thanks anclgrati- tu >' e of their fellow- townsmen. AN INHABITANT. October 3,1823. Scientific atib j& tot* Uanim! 8 « It is stated hi the Journal of Science and Art, that on examining some cartridges taken ( probably) from a damp magazine, some warty excrescences ( consisting of carbonate of lead, which readily dissolve with effervescence iu weak nitric acid, leaving the bullet in a corroded state), had been caused on the surface of the bullet, by the mutual action of the gunpowder on its own elements and on the lead.— It has also been, proved by ex peri ments that on slaking lime, the heat frequently rose so high as lo inflame gunpowder thrown upon it; and that, even. when inclosed in a glass tube, and the tube put in among the lime, thy. heal, wai sufficient to fire the gunpowder. Evolution of Gas during Metallic Precipi- tation.— M. Rivero has remarked, that inflammable gas is developed when zinc is made , to act on chloride of silver io reduce it. M. Despretz has since remarked, that in the precipitation of one metal by another, gas is always liberated when the wo metals form- an energetic voltaic combination thus it will happen with any two of the three metals, silver, copper, and zinc. Its source, therefore, is voltaic electricity. A mos t extraordinary experiment has been made by M. Dobereiner. It consists in passing a stream of hydrogen against the finely divided platina obtained by heating the muriate of ammonia and platina. In consequence of the contact, the hydrogen inflames. Even when the hydrogen does not inflame, it ignites the platina in places; and when the hydrogen is passed over the platinum in a tube, no air being admitted, still Ihe platinum heats in the same manner. Extraordinary Formation of Hornsfone. Professor Jameson, in some speculations iu regard'to the formation of opal, wood stone, and diamond, gives the following statements ^ Like. Opal, hortistone seems sometimes to be a product of vegetable origin, for the specimen which I now exhibit to the Society is a variety of woodstone. This remarkable speci- men, which is eighteen inches long, five inches thick, and eight broad, was torn from the interior of a log of teak wood ( tectona grdndis,) in one of the dock- yards at Calcutta. The carpenters, on sawing the log of teak wood, were arrested in their progress by a hard body, which they found to be interlaced with the fibres of the wood ; and, on cutting round, extracted the specimen now on the table. This fact naturally led me to conjecture, that the mass of woodstone had been secreted by the tree, and that, in this particular case, a greater quantity of silica than usual had been deposited ; in short, that this portion of the trunk of the tree had become silicified, thus offering to our observation - in vegetables, a case analogous to the ossifications that take place in the animal system. I was. further led to suppose that tli^ wood might contain silica in considerable quan- tity as one of its constituent parts, a conjecture which was confirmed by- some experiments made by Dr. Wollaston. Other: - woods appear also to contain silica, and these, in all probability, will occasionally have portions of their structure highly impregnated with silica, forming masses which will present the principal characters of petrified wood. Indeed, I think it probable that some of the petrified woods in cabinets are portions of trees that have been silicified by the living powers of vegetables, $ nd not trunks or branches which have been petrified or silicified by a mere mineral process."— F. dinh. Journal, ix. 165. ASTONISHING OCCURRENCE.—( From the Bel fast. News Letter).— We have inquired into the circumstances related in the following letteiy and find them to be correct: — ' Sir,— I send you for publication the following re markalile circumstance which took place in this town on th. e) 0th of the present month :— A young man, a weaver, had been, for the last six mouths, dreadfully afflicted with an excruciating pain in his ear, from which blood frequently issued. He was occasionally in a state bordering on frenzy from want of rest, and at times called on his friends to chop off his head to put an end to his sufferings. All attempts to give him ease were fruitless, until the fibove date, when he had a most severe attack. He describes his sensations as resembling acute pains produced by a sharp in- st rumept running into the head. Thus circumstanced, he put his finger into his ear, and found something moving in it, hut in an instant it returned to its 44 dark abode." In a few minules he again found it moving, and having pulled it out, to his astouish ment, found it was a living animal, upwards of an inch and a half in length, and the' thickness of the tube of a tobacco pipe. It discharged a consider able quantity of blood, and died in a few hours. On examination, it was found to be a Hirudo Sanguis wga, or horse- Jeech, which must have been in his ear for a length of time. The young man cannot account for the phenomenon, but thinks the crea- ture might have got there in consequence of an idle boy hitting him in the face with some wet clay, a part « « f which entered his ear, and remained in it all night. He is now perfectly well, and able to follow his em- ployment. The leech is preserved in spirits, and may be seen in Dr. Bell's shop in Lurgan. 44 I am, Sir, Your's, & c, " Lurgan, Sept. 17, 1823. P. T." NF\ V PATENTS.— W. Wigstoi, of Derby, for certain improvements on steam- engines.— H. C. Jennings, Esq, of DevOnshire- Itreet, Mary- le- bone, Middlesex, for an instrument or machine for pre- venting the improper escape of gas, and the danger; and nuisance consequent thereon.— R. Rogers, of Liverpool, for his improved lanyard for the shrouds and rigging of ships, & c. and an apparatus for setting up the same.— J. Malam, of Wakefield, for his mode Of applying- certain materials hitherto unused for that purpose, to the constructing of retorts, and im- Erovements ill other parts of gas apparatus.— T. each, of Lichfield, for bis improvements in certain parts of the machinery for roving-, spinning, and doubling wool, cotton, silk, flax, and all other fibrous substances— R. Higgins, of Norwich, for his improved method of consuming or destroying smoke. G. Diggles, of College- street, Westminster, for his improved hit for riding horses, and in single and double harness.— E? Elwell, of Wednesbury Forge, for improvements in the manufacture of spades and shovels.— M. A. Robinson, of Red Lion- street, Mid- dlesex, for improvements in the mode of preparing pearl barley and oat grits or groats.— J. Goode, of " offenham, for improvements iu machinery, tools, or apparatus, for boring the earth for the purpose of obtaining and raising water.-— B. Rotch, Esq. of Furnivai's Inn, London, for his improved lid for the upper masts of ships and other vessels.— J. Surrey, of Battersea, for his method of applying heat for producing steam and for various other purposes.— W. Woodman, of York Barracks,' veterinary surgeon of the DragOon Guards, for his improved horse's shoe, which he denominates the beveled heeled ex panding shoe.— B. Dorikin, of Great Surrey- street, Surrey, engineer, for his discovery or invention on the meafis or process of destroying or removing the fibres from the thread, whether of flax, cotton, silk, or any other fibrous substance composing the fabrics usually termed lace net, or any other denomination of fabric, where holes or interstices are formed by such, thread iti any of the aforesaid fabrics. A few days since, Mr. Daniel W. Wing, of Fort Edward, Washington county, stopped at this village with his raft, which measured 855 feet long, and 121 feet wide, containing about 130,000 feet of square timber, besides a quantity of hoards, estimated to be worth from 25,000 to 30,000 dollars. At Albany the enterprising owner had sold a considerable quantity of timber, to be used in building the basin, and had landed a large quantity of timber, boards, and shingles, at Poughkeepsie, and was then on his way to New York to dispose of the remainder. The raft was navigated by ten men, and had on board a house well furnished for their comfort, and a barn, with a cow, horse, and carriage. This timber had all been cut to the east of Onion River, in the estate of Vern\ onfi, floated down the Champlain Canal, and embodied at Fort Edward into the great mass above stated. American Paper. The largest and finest log of mahogany ever imported into this country has been recently sold by auction at the docks in Liverpool. It was pur- chased by James Hodgson, Esq. for £ 378, and after- wards sold by him for £ 525, and if it open well, is supposed to be worth £ 1,000. It is 17 feet in length, five feet in width, and 14 thick, and con- tains more than 3,000 superficial feet. If sawn into veneers, it is computed that the cost of labour in the process will be £ 750. The weight at the King's beam was 6 tons 13 cwt. Macclcsfield Courier. AGE OF TREES.— In Major Rooke's " Sketch of the Forest, of SherxcoorV are some very curious particulars concerning' the manner of marking- the age of the oak. In Clipstone Park, in Nottingham shire, is an oak called the Parliament Oak, from a tradition of a Parliament having been held there by King Edward the First. Near Blidwortb, there is a large and ancient elm, called Langton Arbour, which even some centuries ago was sufficiently remarkabl to give a name to one of the forest walks, and to have a keeper appointed to it.— Major Rooke tells us that in cutting down some timber in Birkland and Bijhaugli, letters have been found cut or staftiped in the body of the trees, denoting the King's reign in which they were thus marked. It seems that the bark was cut off and the letters cut in, after which the next year's wood grew over it, but without adhering where the bark had been cut. The eyphers are of King James the First, of William and Mary,, and one of King John! One of these with James's cypher, was about one foot within the tree, and one foot from the centre ; it was cut down in 1786. This tree mil** h& vf been two feet in diameter, or two yards in circumference, when the mark was cut. tree of this size is generally estimated at one hundred nd twenty years' growth, which number subtracted from the middle year of James's reign, would make 1492 the date of the planting of the tree. The tree with William and Mary had the mark about nine inches within the tree, and three feet three inches from the centre ; cut down also in 1789. The mark of John was eighteen inches within the tree, and something more than a foot from the centre, it was cut down in 1791 ; hut the middle year of John's reign was 1205, from which if we subtract 120, the number of years requisite for a tree of two feet in diameter to arrive at that growth, it will make the date of its planting 1085, or about twenty years after the Conquest. The tree, therefore, when cut down in 1791, must have been706 years old, a fact scarcely credible ; for il appears from the trees whose marks are better authenticated that those exactly of the same size when marked, had increased twelve inches in diameter in 173 years, whilst this tree had increas- ed no more than eighteen inches in 584 years. Major Rooke says, that several trees with this mark had been cut down, so that deception or mistake is scarcely possible. This accurate delineator accounts for these phenomena, by supposing ( as the increasing wood never adheres where the bark had heen taken off), that the sap which rises from the roots through the capillary tubes of the wood, to the branches, returns in its circulation between the blea and the hark. 44 I have often ( says he) examined many of the ancient and hollow trees in Birkland and Bilhaugh, and always found that where the bark re- mained, even on their mutilated trunks, there they frequently put out small branches with leaves; but where that necessary covering of the returning sap was wanting, there was no appearance of vegeta- tion." The Moors frequently amuse themselves by rid- ing with the utmost apparent violence against a wall, and a stranger would conceive it impossible for them to avoid being dashed to pieces, when just as the horse's head touches the wall, they stop him with the utmost accuracy. To strangers on horseback or on foot, it is a common species of compliment to ride violently up to them, as if intending to trample them to pieces, aud then to stop their horses short, and fire a musket in their faces Upon these occasions they are very proud in dis- playing their dexterity in horsemanship, by ma" k- ing the animal rear up, so as nearly to throw him on his back, putting him immediately after to the full speed for a few yards, and stopping him in- stantaneously ; and all this is accompanied by loud and hollow cries. There is another favourite amuse- ment, which displays perhaps superior agility. A number of persons on horseback start at the same moment, accompanied with loud shouts, allop at full speed to an appointed spot, when they stand up strait in the stirrups, put the reins, which are very long, in their mouths, level their pieces, and fire them off : throw their firelocks immediately over their shoulders, and stop their horses nearly at the same instant. This also is their manner of engaging in an action.-— Ziferar?/ Chronicle. that the. individuals charged to vvat;£ h the. con duct of thieves, must, from the very nature of their functions, be initiated in all the arcana of depravity, and cannot therefore furnish guarantees of their own morality. This objection appears to be well founded, and may be admitted so long, as these agents of the police avail themselves of their expe- rience no further than to baffle the designs of depraved characters and bring- them to justice; but the moment they suppose that it is their pro- vince to furnish the tribunals with as large a num- ber of criminals as possible, and act upon that principle, the end for which they are employed is wholly perverted. It. was supposed that their practical knowledge on their former connections, would give them means of investigation and of discovery, and wrou! d be a guarantee of security to the citizens ; but, far from this, we Have heard it declared before the Tribunal, that they made use of it to increase the number of crimes, to the injury of individuals who, perhaps, would have resisted the influence of temptation, if they had not been led on, and above all to the injury of individuals and merchants, whose property is the matter experimented on in these practical essays of some agents, anxious to make a display of their zeal and utility. We do not pretend to point out the remedy which ought to be applied to this state of things, for we are unacquainted with police matters; but there must be a remedy, and the superior authority will no doubt see that it is applied. Perhaps it would be better to employ individuals whose past conduct, not having pro- cured them so much experience and so much special knowledge, would be, both for the Magistrates and the public, a better • guarantee. It. is not because a high functionary has suffered from the dexterity of some robbers, but because the property and safety of the citizens is frequently compromised, that we may hope to see the Government employ energetic means to put an end to the manoeuvres brought to light before the Court of Assize. name infrequently fo be seen among the records of A! mack's. Unhappily for the peace of an amiable family, his visits at —, and ihe opportunities fatally given in a. secluded country life, soon pro- duced an unworthy attachment betvveen him and the unhappy wife of his friend. Suspicion was busy in - the neighbourhood for some months since, but the husband, as is always the case, was one of the last to be made acquainted with it. The dreadful truth has at last burst upon him by the lat elopement of the guilty pair; and by this act of madness the peace of mind of a noble- hearted young man is destroyed, the fair fame of a beautiful and accomplished youno- woman is blasted, four children are left to deplore their mother's guilt, anil the thoughtless author of nil this mischief has to encounter the vengeance of a deceived friend and injured husband.—— London Paper. FROM GALIGNANI'S MESSENGER OF SATUR- DAY LAST.— 44 Our readers will recollect, that about fortnight ago, we oopicd from the Exeter Gazette a paragraph to the following effect :— 4 A lovely and fascinating young lady of high connexions eloped from her family, who reside a short distance from Exeter, a few days since, with a married man, Captain of Dragoons.' We are now enabled to lay before our Readers a statement of ihe subsequent occurrences relating to this affair. As soon as the elopement was discovered, Mr. Robert M- of the young lady's brothers, immediately followed the parties to the Continent, and after proceeding to Paris, and thence as far south as Lyons, and then back again to Paris, he there met with Mr. De L s) e whom he immediately struck repeatedly with his stick, observing, 4 Now, Sir, you know vonr remedy * Mr. De L— sle feel ino- that this attack compelled him to call on the brother to answer for the insult offer- ed, he did so; and a meeting in consequence took place yesterday morning in tbe Bois de Boulogne- Mr. M — lis being attended by Mr. E. G. W—£- d • and Mr. De L— sle, by Lieutenant Arch— b— Id, of the Royal Navy. Il having been settled that both should fire al the same time, and the u « ual signal being given, Mr. M — lis instantly raised his arm, but perceiving that Mr. De L— sle had not done tbe some, be immediately lowered it, exclaiming, ' We are lo fire together, are we not?" To fills, the seconds replied, ' Yes, most certainly ;' and a fresh signal being given, both parties presented, and Mr M— lis fired, but missed. Mr. De L— sle then dis. charged his shot ill the air, declaring to his second, that ' although the measure resorted to by Mr. M — lis had compelled him to demand satisfaction, yet con- sidering himself the original aggressor, lie never intended to fire at him, nor ever would.' Here Ihe seconds interfered, and the matter necessarily ended." Sir John Cameron, K. C. B. is appointed Lieu I.- Governor of Plymouth, in Ihe room of the late Sir Denis Pack. Lieut.- General Martin Hunter is appointed Governor of Pendennis Castle, in the room of the late General Buckley. THE ST. LEGER.— Amongst the horses entered for this race was one named Brighton, the property of a dealer in this town. The odds against him were about one thousand guineas to eighteen, pence; and as, some days before the race, hi? was know to be very lame, many bets were laid that he did not start. A certain set look the long odds on this event, and having, in various instances, got i much as 50 to 1 bet, lltiiy contrived to get him sent over to Doncastcr, intending to take in the and divisions which often arise from a difference of I flats by starting him at all events. None of the religions sentiments: bin even tbat poor plea has jockeys, however, would condescend to ride him vanished since the diversity of opinion which it and he was bestrode bv a stable- boy in jack. boots, hoped .„ preclude, lias taken place to such a degree \ yet ;„ „, e fa| se > be actually beat the once as no force is now able to quell. I he only rational • • rr- , . ' . , , policy, at this moment, is that of dividing ihe inter- ^ vountc^ Tinker ; but when another start was' ests of the quiet speculative sceptic from ihose of \ ordered, from some cause or other, which we have the political adventurer. If both classes have rallied heard differently stated, he was not brought on the under the same colours, the Inquisition has to answer | course in time, and therefore did not start. Thus for the alliance. Many an honest and moderate ' the gentlemen who ha? d planned so neat a trick for Spaniard is still ready to meet poverty, exile, and death itself among, the remnants of the Constitution- alists, not because he has adopted all. the views of that party, hut for fear of tbe extremities to which lie sees the other inclined. He would submit to live tinder a government who allowed no other worship but the Catholic ; but cannot endure a system which places him under the espionage o'f'^ the Inquisition. He will not, day by day, and year by year, through life, be under the necessity of concealing his books, his thoughts, his feelings. He will work for his bread in a foreign land rather than purchase ease at the expense of the most abject hypocrisy. Let such love Christianity, not from party or political motives, consider, on the other hand, that far from stopping the progress of irreligion, the Inquisition has the power to change that, which, in another country, might be partial and modest doubt, into the most absolute and positive - rejection. Such is the nature of that inflexible and bloody curb which keeps the mind in a narrow path without allowing it to look to the right or left. 44 With regard to the political measures which might contribute to the re- establishment of peace in the Peninsula, without shutting the doOr to national proveuVent, we shall only suggest the necessity of miting the power of the ciown within clear arid definite laws, and securing to the Spaniards their nquestionable right of being taxed by their re- presentatives. The superior nobility and the lergy should be allowed a portion, at least, of that share in the legislature to which they have claims as ancient and as legal as the king to his prerog; live. If a legislative body, composed of these elements, should fail to please some friends of Spain in other countries, they would do well lo consider that that body is to frame laws for the Spaniards not as their wishes would make them, not as that people is often described from specimens nicely selected, but such as they appear at this moment out of the fortified places, which have been found ample enough to embrace all that is Liberal in Spain." SPAIN. We gave in our last Journal, from the Quar- terly Review, some extracts tending to shew the present state of Spain ; the following remarks by the Reviewer form the conclusion of that article: 44 We should not perform our duty to justice and humanity if we did not conclude this melancholy, but, to the utmost of our power, faithful picture of Spain, with an earnest entreaty to those whose influ- ence is adequate to the object, not fo allow full scope to the revulsion of feeling which, at this moment, is urging the bulk of the Spaniards towards the reverse of every thing which, in their vrew, has been disgraced with the name of Liberal. Our heart bleeds when we contemplate a noble, generous, and spirited nation, SK> long a prey to tiie grossest ignorance and superstition ; so weakened and lowered by the weight of chains worn for ages, now smarting from the unskilful hands of those who pretend to heal her, and ready to fly for relief tothe very source of, her sufferings— eager to drench herself with a slow poison because she has been convulsed by a quack medicine. Is common sense, are the feelings of the civilized world to he shocked again by the restoration of the Inquisition? Is fresh fuel thus to be cast 011 the still blazing embers of the civil war which has threatened that country with devastation ? There was a time when the mental tyranny exerted by that odious tribunal might be defended on the expediency of preventing the fends Demoralization of the French Police. [ FROM THE COURIER FRANCAIS.] A Journal announces, that on the night of the 18th or 19th of September, some thieves got into the house of M. the Count de Chabrol, Prefect of the Seine, and stole jewellery to the value of 8| 0,000 francs. This audacious robbery was preceded by a ; reat number of robberies, committed in private houses ; and it jvas remarked that these offences had of late been unusually frequent. The trial • which has just ended at the Court of Assize may account for this increase, at the same time that the disclosures which it has produced must lead to measures calculated to check it. Hitherto we have heard only of incitements to commit political offences, but now the accused declare that they have been excited to commit robberies by the very men who have afterwards denounced them ; and what is more important, agents of the police con- firm these depositions, and declare that they have fiven in their resignation from the horror they ave felt at these infamous proceedings. Such facts prove great demoralization ; but here at least they are confined to some subordinate agents, and there is reason to hope that it may be promptly and I effectually repressed. It will b ® said, no doubt © rotoituial & fflitittUmtoxw. CALEB QUOT'EM EXCELLED.— In the village of Harvington, between Evesham and Alcester, a sign- post exhibited by the side of a barber's pole, thus announces the multifarious occupations, avo- cations, and qualifications of the industrious and indefatigable inmate.— 4t James Tarrant, joiner, cabinet maker, and builder, bricklayer, and plas. terer, repairs all kinds of machinery, keeps journeyman carpenter to do all sorts of black- smiths* work, bangs church bells, pig- killer, rings pi » s and splays, bellows- mender, tooth- drawer and hair- dresser, well- sinker, and thatcher, jobbing gardener. N. B. Gamekeeper to the Manor of Norton and Linclnvick." THE LATE ELOPEMENT.— This affair has cx- eited a considerable sensation in Ireland, aud, from the rank of one of the parties, and his connexions here, it has become the subject of conversation at this side of the Channel. The mother of the lady, few years since, was reckoned one of the most beautiful women in Europe, and is now the wife of an Irish Honourable Member, well known for inde- pendent political principles. She has been resident for some years on the Continent, and during the last winter, the fascination of her manners, and the charms of her conversation, drew to her soirees in Paris all that was elegant in fashion, liberal in senti- ment, or distinguished in literature there. The Ultra spirit of the French Government intruded on her domestic circle, and, with another certain Noble Lady, she lately received a very unceremonious notice to quit Paris. One of her daughters, the lady whose errors we now ( Jeplore, WHS possessed of all the personal and mental accomplishments of her mother. She was more delicate in person, but her face was equally beautiful. On her introduction into fashionable life, she attracted much admiration, and, iu particular, the attention and deep attachment of the gentleman who is now the wronged and afflicted husband. He vvas a high- minded, ardent young man, whose family are well connected in ihe South of Ireland— not a mere country ' squire, but a man qualified by education and an honourable cha- racter to make an amiable woman happy. There was, on the part of his family, considerable opposi- tion to a marriage with Miss ^ hut he seemed to be so much affected by the disappointment, that it was at last agreed by them, that if he travelled on the Continent for a year, and continued his attach- ment, consent would then he given. He gladly em- braced these terms, and, after the year's probation, returned and was made happy in the possession of the object of his affections. He then resided at his seat in Ireland, and vvas respected and beloved by his neighbours « nd tenantry. llis wife, who was • accustomed to the gaiety of the great world, occa- sionally murmured at the retirement of a country life. One of the sporting companions of the hus- band was the Hon. Mr. . , Member of Parlia- ment for an Irish county, brother to a Noble Earl, and son to a deceased Nobleman who was high 111 legal dignity. This gentleman is well known in London as one of the most dashing young- men in the Park, and spirited characters in highlife. His their neighbours, were caught in their own trap, and have had to *< fork out the blnfit," instead of 44 pouching" it.— Manchester Guardian. Oh Saturday last, at this place, Mr. Thomas Whittal Water worth, of Doncaster, attorney at law, was committed to Wakefield House of Cor- rection, by Hugh Parker, Esq. Bernard John Wake, and Jos. Haywood, Gentlemen, for not satisfactorily answej'mg questions put to him by virtue of a commission of. bankrupt, recently issued against John Smith, of Doncaster, grocer and seedsman, Mr. Waterworth was solicitor to the petitioning creditor and assignees, under . a former commission, issued against Smith, in February, 1820; all proceedings under which have been impounded by the Lord Chancellor.— Leeds Mer- cury. That the solemn rite of Confirmation in the Established Church is not indiscriminately adminis- tered, an instance occurred last week in our Cathe- dral. One of the young persons who knelt at the altar for episcopal benediction, was observed by the Bishop to laugh just as his hands were extend- ed over him:— his Lordship paused— and after addressing a few words of admonition tothe in- different youth, on the impropriety of hypocritically presenting himself before the Peity with his lips", while his heart was far from God, passed him by without admitting the ratification of his baptismal vows.— Exeter Gazette. LAMBETH STREET.— Friday, an information, brought by the Parish Officers of St. Botolph, Aid- gate, came on to be heard against J. Harse, for re- fusing to support his father. The information was laid under a clause in the 43d Elizabeth, which it may be serviceable to lay before the public That the father and grandfather, and the mother and randmother, and the children, of every poor, old,' blind, lame, and impotent person, or other poor person, not able to work, being of a sufficient ability, shall, at their own charges, relieve and maintain' every such poor person, in that manner', and accord- ing to that, rate, as, by the Justices of the Peace of that, county where such sufficient person dwells, or the greater number of them, af their General Quarter Sessions, shall be assessed', upon pain that every one of them shall forfeit 20s.;&> r every month which" they shall fail therein."— This ArCt did not give the Magis- trate a power of decision1 in such cases, except at a General Quarter Sessions ; but the 59th Geo. IH. ce 12. s. 26, an Act passed to amend tbe Laws: for the Relief of the Poor, extends the power to Justices in? Petty Sessions. (), n enquiry, it appeared the s- env who- was a single man, held a situation of £ 100 a year in a Public Office, and his perqnisitfsai » ounted to about half that sum. The father had been an » inmate of the workhouse two years, had formerly been a free waterman, and had brought up a large' family in a respectable way, but who had forsaken? him in his old age, and even in the various indis- positions which he had experienced since being in the workhouse, had never condescended to pay ftiuv a visit. The sight of the poor old man, who'stood by bathed in tears, seemed to have no effect on the feelings of his son, who complained of the hardship of imposing the task on him, observing that he was £ 30 in debt, and at length munificently offered to allow hts father one shilling a week. This, the Magistrate observed, would not do, and ordered him to pay three ; but on his requesting the time not fo commence till Christmas, they fixed the sum at 2s. 6d. per week till that period, and 3s. afterwards. Origin of eating Goose on Michaelmas Day,-— Queen Elizabeth, on her way to Tilbury Fort, on the 29th of September, 1589, dined at ihe ancient seat of Sir Neville Umfreville, near that place, and as British Bess had much rather dine off a high seasoned and substantial dish than a simple ragout or fricasee, the Knight thought proper to provide a pair of fine geese, to suit the palate of his Royal guest. After the Queen had dined very heartily, she asked for a half- pint bumper of Bur- gundy, and drank, " Destruction to the Spanish Armada." She had but that moment returned the glass to the Knight, who had done the honours of the table, when the news came ( as if the Queen had been possessed of the spirit of prophecy) that the Spanish fleet had been destroyed by a storm. She immediately took another bumper, in order to digest the Goose and Good News; and was so pleased with the event, that every year after, on that day, she had the above excellent dish seryed up. The Court made it a custom, and the people " ever since. the fashion, BANKRUPT? SEPTEMBER 30 — Thomas Atkinson, of Ludgate- hill, cabinet- maker and upholsterer. Printed and published by IV, Eddowes, Corn Marke', Shrewsbury, to whom Advertisements or Articles of Intelligence are requested to be addressed. A dver- tisej)\ ents are also received by Messrs. Neivton and Co. Warwic/ c- Square, Neiogate Street, and Mr. Parker, No, 33, Fleet- Street, London ; likewise by Messrs. J. K. Johnston and Co. No, l Lower Sackville. Street, Dublin,