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24/10/1823

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The Salopian Journal

Date of Article: 24/10/1823
Printer / Publisher: William Eddowes 
Address: Corn-Market, Shrewsbury
Volume Number: 30    Issue Number: 1560
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This Paper is circulated in the most expeditious Marnier through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALKS, Adwriis& timts not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shi Hi WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1823; PRICE SEVEN PENCE, MORTGAGE ON TOLLS. FARM WANTED. ANTED to Rent, from Lady- Day ¥ V next, a FARM about 200 Acres.— Letters addressed tq A. B. at THE PRINTER'S, will have immediate Attention. TURNPIKE TOLLS. TO BS LET, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, AMOST ELIGIBLE FARM, called BQDYNFOL, containing 412A. 3R. 18P. or thereabouts, situate in the Parish of LLANFECHAN in the Couiity of Montgomery, 8 Miies from Os! westry, and four from Llanfyliin, late in tbe Occu- pation of Mr. Morris Davies". Also, an excellent DAIRY FARM, called V ARCH WELL HALL, containing 213 Acres or ( hereabouts, situate in the Parish of GUILDSFIELD in the said County of Montgomery, 3 Miles from Welsh Pool, now iu the Occupation of Mr. Richard Bebb. ' • ' N. B. The Possession of the Tillage Lands of Bodynfb) Farm may be had immediately.— The respective Tenants will shew tbe Premises; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. LONGUEVILLE Solicitor, Oswestry. Oswestry, Dec. 13th, 1823. ht aet, AND ENTERED ON IMMEDIATELY, ADWELLING HOUSE, situate in CORVE STREET, in the healthful and greatly- admired Town of LUDLOW ; comprising, on tire Ground Floor, a Dining Room, Breakfest Parlour, Kitchen, Pantry, Dairy, Brewhouse, Scullery, and Laundry ; on the first Story, a Drawing Room and two good Bed Rooms; on the second Story, five Bed Rooms with convenient Closets ; and under- neath the Whole are excellent Wine aid Beer - Cellars, arched ; and adjoining is a good Stable, a Yard, and large fertile Garden, walled, and commanding pleasing Views over neighbouring Gardens and Lands. N. B. These Premises have lately undergone thorough Repair, and contain numerous useful Fixtures. ( J3> Application may be made to Mr. JOHN HUGHES, at Henley, near Ludlow; of fo Mr. W. HAND, in Ludlow, the latter of whom will shew the Premises. TO BE LET, FRONFRAITH HOUSE, Walled GARDEN, and FARM, with Coach- IIouse, Stables, & c. for aTerm of Years, or at Will.— The Farm consists of 139 Acres of Land, within Three Miles of Aberystwith ; or the House, & c. may be Let with anv less Quantity of Land. Apply to I. S. BONSALL, Esq. Crynfryn House, Aberystwith ; or Mr. WILLIAM DAVIS, M^ estyfrwd. ^ ales OP aucriom FREEHOLD COTTAGES & GABDEKTS, And also TIMBER, NEAR POWTESFORD HILL. BY MR. MATTHEW GRIFFITHS, At the Red Lion Inn, in Pontesbury, in the County of Salop, on Friday, the 9th Day of January, 1824, ut four o'Cluek in the Afternoon ( unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given), in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sa'e: LOT I. RPWO COTTAGES, with the GAR- IL DENS and LAND thereto adjoining", con- taining* by Estimation 2A. 2R. OP. or thereabouts, more or less, situate near Pontesford Hill, in the Parish of Pontesbury, now in the Occupation of Thomas Maddox and his Undertenants. LOT II. TWO COTTAGES and GARDENS, near Poutesford Hill aforesaid, in the several Occu- pations of Joseph Williams aud William Little- hales. TIMBER. LOT HI. 40 OAK Trees, marked with White Paint No. 1 to 40 inclusive. LOT IV. 40 Ditto, ditto No. 41 to 80 ditto. Lor V. 40 Ditto, ditto No. 81 to 120 ditto. LOT VI. 26 ASH Trees, ditto. No. 1 to ' 26 ditto. Lor VII. 14 LIME Trees, ditto No. 1 to 14' ditto.. LOT VIII. 10WYC1I ELMS, ditto No. 1 to 10 ditto. The above Timber is growing- on Lands adjoining the LydeHole, near the Foot of Pontesford Hill, in tbe several Occupations of the Reverend John Jones and John Randle, and is of a very superior Quality, of large Dimensions, and worthy the Attention of Bui ulers. For, further Particulars, aud to treat for the same by Private Contract, apply to WILLIAM JACKSON, Esq. Pulverb^ tuh, as to the Timber; and to Mr. COOPER, Solicitor, Shrewsbury , as to the Cottages. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. At the Lion Inn, in Llanidloes, on Saturday, the 10th D;> y of January, 1824, at four o'clock in tbe Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lot. as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale : I. OT I. A DESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, / JL consisting of a substantial and convenient Farm House with suitable Outbuildings, & Eighty- six Acres of excellent Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Laud, called THE VILLAGE FARM, situate in the Village and Parish of TRBFEGLWYS, in the County of Montgomery, now in tbe Occupation of Mrs. Savage, tbe Proprietor. LOT II. All those TWO DWELLING HOUSES and Garden, called STONE BRIDGE, situate in the said Village of Trefeglwys. Lor III. FOUR ALLOTMENTS of COMMON LAND, containing together 55A. 111. 36P. lately allotted under the Arustley Inclosure Act, aud situate in the said Parish of Trefeglwys. ( fj" For Particulars apply to the said Mrs. SAVAGE; or Mr. T. E. Miifsii, Solicitor, Llanid- loes, at whose Office a Plan of the Estate may be seen. TOTOTICE ' s hereby given, that at a' I N MEETING of the Trustees, to be hidden at the Guildhall, iu Shrewsbury, on Monday, the fifth Day of January next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, the TOLLS arising at the Gates and Weighing Machines undermentioned, will be LET BY AUCTION, for one or more Years commencing at Lady- Day next, as may be agreed upon, iu the Manner directed by tbe Act passed in the third Year of his Majesty King George the Fourth, " For regulating the Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls ( including tho Weighing Machines) now produce the following Sums, above the Expenses of collect- ing them, and will be put up at such Sums respect ively.— Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must at the same Time pay one Month's Rent in Advance ( if required) 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 Roads, for the Payment of the Rest of the Money Monthly. JOHN JONES, Clerk to the said Trustees. _ 8AXpgg ioiUTJSi MONTGOMERYSHIRE NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. THE PROPRIETORS of THE SALOP FIRE OFFICE, fully impressed with a Sense of tlie distinguished Patronage and Preference given them by their Friends and the Public at large, through this and the adjoining Counties, for 40 Years past, beg to return their grateful Acknowledgments; and trusl that the Liberality of theirTerms of Insurance, together with their prompt Manner of adjust- ing and paying the Amount of all Loss and Damages sustained on Property insured by them, will merit a Continuance thereof. Printed Receipts, for the Annual Premiums payable at CHRISTMAS, are ready ( or l) e- ivery at the Office, and by their respective Agents, of whom tile Proposals of this Office may be had. Farming Stock al the reduced Premium of 2s. per Cent. Nr. B, Policies insuring ^ 300 and upwards, are issued free of Expenee. The Proprietors of this Office have always pledged themselves to make good Loss or Damage on Property insured by them, which has been set on Fire bv Lightning, Corn- Market, Shrewsbury, Dec. 22, 1823. NOTICE is hereby given, That the TOLLS arising and to be collected at the I several Toll Gates and Side Bars hereinafter men- tioned, namely, at Buttington rind Leighton Gates, Pool Upper Gate, Llanfair Lower Gate, and Ceu- nant Gate, Trefnant Gate, Pool Churdh Gate, Tyddyn Bar, and Groes PI nan Gate, and Llany- mynech Gates, and at the several Side Bars and Side Gates attached' thereto, will be LET BY AUCTION, for One Year, to commence from the 1st Day of May next, to the best Bidder, at tbe Town Hall, in Pool, on Friday, the Ninth Day of January next, between the Hours of Eleven and Twelve in the Forenoon, in the Manner directed by tlie Act passed in the third Year of the Reign of his Majesty George the Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads ;" which Tolls produced the last Year the following Sums, viz.: Buttington and Leighton Gates £ 5!) 1 Pool Upper Gate, Ceunant Gate, and Llanfair Lower Gate 312 Trefoant Gate... 20 Pool Church Gate, Tyddyn Bar, and Groes Pluan Gate 51 Llanymyneeh and Newbridge Gates, with the several Side Bars and Side Gates attached thereto 286 above the Expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at those Sums. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must, at tbe same Time, pay one Month in Advance ( if required) of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let; and give Security, with suffi- cient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of tbe Rest of tbe Money Monthly. R. GR1FF1THES, Clerk | o the Trustees of the said Roads. POOL, DEC. 8, 1823. Tiie Tern and Emstrey Gates on the Shrewsbury District of the Watling Street Road, with the Bye Gates at Cronkhill Lane and Wroxeter 955 Frodesley Turnpike Gate, on the safd District 20 Tile Meole Gate and Weighing Machine on the Road loading to Church Stret- ton, and the Check Gates at the End of Sutton Lane ail i at Bayston Hill 475 The Noboid Gate Sc. Weighing Machine on the Read leading to Longdeu and Bishop's Castle, together with the Bye Gates belonging to tbe said Road...."... 225 The Gate and Weighing Machine at SHELTON, together with a Gate, near the eighth Mile Stone on the Road to Pool 630 The Trewern and Middletown Gates on the new Branch of Road to Pool, also the Rose and Crown Gates on the Old Road 294 The Copthoru Gate and Weighing Ma- chiueoa the Road leading to VVestbury 301 The Gates and Weighing Machine on the Road leading to Miiiste'rley 440 The Cotton Hill and Prescot Gates on the Road leading to Basehureh 266 SHRBWS'BPBY, DEC. 1, 1823. CORDIAL BALM OF ZURA mz$ t of CnglanU FIRE Sr LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, EXETER. ( BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT). CAPITAL £ 600,000. TRUSTEES. Right Hon. Ens! FORTESCUE, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon. Right Hon. Earl of > 1 OB I. FY. Right Hon. Lord CLIFFORD, Sir THOMAS DYKE ACI. AND, Bart. ( Members EDMUND POI. LEXFEN BASTARD, Esq. S for Devon. SAMUEL FREDERICK MILFORD, Esq. PRESIDENT. Sir ROBERT GIFFORD, Knt. His Majesty's Attorney- | General. VICE- PRESIDENTS. Sir T. D. ACLAND, Bart. M. P. SAMUEL FREDERICK MILFORD, Esq. EDMUND GRANGER, Esq. WEARMAN GIFFORD, Esq. PERSONS INSURED AGAINST FIRE in this Office, are entitled to ONE- FOURTH PART of tbe PROFITS of the Whole Establishment, to he ascertained and divided at the Expiration of EVERY FIFTH YEAR. The im- portant Advantages of this Plan have been already realized, two Divisions of Profit having been made to tbe Injured against Fire; and there is every Appearance of a progressive Augmentation of Dividend to a considerable Amount. LIPS INSURANCES are effected on Terms most favourable to the Insured, tlie Premiums required have been REDUCED TEN PER CENT, both on the FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT ANNUAL PAY- MENTS. The Directors can attribute the uniformly increas- ing Business of this Establishment ( as proved by the Returns to Government) to no other Cause but the strong and very extensive Conviction which is felt of the Advantages it holds out to the Public. ANNUITIES are granted and purchased upon liberal Trams. W. COOPER, Solicitor, Agent for Shrewsbury ; J. M. ROBINSON, Ditto, Leicester; W. P. FOSBROOK, Ditto, Loughborough. CHILBLAINS. FOR the CURE of WOUNDS, Ulcerated Legs, Burns, So » l) Js, Scorbutic Humours, Sore Nipples, Eruptions, t » i) d Pimples in the Face, Breakings- out about the Mouth and Nose, Itingworms, and Eruptions of every Deiinnjinotion', MARSHALL'S UNIVERSAL CERATE will be found the most certain and efl'ectual Remedy .— This Cerate also is much superior to every other Prepara- tion in removing those troublesome and painful Visitants, CHILBLAINS, which has ever yet been offered lo tbe Public ; it removes tliein, whether in a broken or unbroken State, allays the Itching and Inflaiiimation on the first Application, and when broken, heals in a much shorter Time thai) can be credited but bv Experience. CAUTION.— Mrs. Marshall, Widow of the late John Marshall' begs to inform Ibe Public, that mi Oint- ment, in Imitation of her valuable Cerate, lias lately made its Appearance, by which many Persons have been deceived. The Colour of the Ointment is nearly similar to her Cerate ( very generally known by the Name of MARSHALL'S UNIVERSAL CERATE), and the Directions copied nearly Word for Word : there can be no Doubt therefore of the Attempt to impose by Deception, as the Directions to her Cerate have not been altered for Forty Years, during which Time the superior Excellency of this Cerate has produced so large and extensive a Sale, as to induce some Persons to send forth Preparations for siihil'ar Complaints; Purchasers are therefore parti- cularly requested tn observe that Mrs. Marshall's genuine Cerate will have her Name alone on the Label: " E. Marshall, Executrix of John Marshall," and " Shaw and Edwards, 66, St. Paul's," on the Stamp. Sold by W. EDTIOWES, Shrewsbury, and by all , respectable Medicine Venders, Booksellers, aud Druggists, Price only Is. l^ d. and 2s. 9d. per Box. Phoenix Fire- Qffice Royal Exchange Assurance Office. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. Tbe Right Hon. tbe Lord Mayor, M. P. Matthias Attwood, Esq. M. P. James Bell, Esq. John Coope, Esq. William Curtis, Esq. William Davis, Esq. Crawford Davison, Esq. Emanuel Goodlnirt, Esq. John Hawes, Esq. Richard Henshaw Lawrence, Esq. William Samler, Esq. Sir Charles Flower, Bart. and Alderman John Petty Mnspratj, Esq. Major Roiide, Esq, Thomas Roweroft, Esq. George Stiuni Storey, Esq. Charles Hampden Turner, Esq, Matthew Whiting, Esq. Matthew Wilson, Esq. Thomas Wilson, Esq. M. P. § " OERSONS whose Jtt. annual Premiums fail I due on the 25th Instant, are I hereby informed that Re- r ceipfs are now ready to he j delivered by the Company's J Agents undermentioned, & I the Parties assured are re- | quested to apply for the I Renewal of their Policies | _ - on or before the 9th Day of j usual Fifteen Policy will then expire. SAMUEL FENNING, jnn. Secretary. SHROPSHIRE. Shrewsbury, Mr. WILLIAM II UILF. Y. I Wellington, Mr. James Oliver. Oswestryi Mr. Henry Hughe's. Bridgnorth, Mr. Goodwin Lloyd. . HEREFORDSHIRE. Hereford, Mr. J. W. R. Hall. Leominster, Mr. Samuel Linging. Ross, Mr. William Thomas. Kington and Presteigne, Mr. David Oliver. BRECKNOCKSHIRE. Brecon, Mr. William Evans. 1 Crickhowell, Mr. G. A. A. Davies. 1 CARMARTHENSHIRE. Carmarthen, Mr. Evan Rees. CARNARVONSHIRE. Bangor, Mr. John Rasbrook. Carnarvon, Mr. Robert Payne. PEMBROKESHIRE. Pembroke, Mr. James Barclay. DENBIGHSHIRE. Wrexham, Mr. James Kenrick. FLINTSHIRE. Holywell, Mr. Edward Games. GLAMORGANSHIRE. Swansea, Messrs. . L and W. Robert Grove. Cardiff, Mr. William Bird. MONMOUTHSHIRE. Abergavenny, Mr. William Morgan. Monmouth, Mr. Thomas Tudor. Newport, Mr. Philip Phillips. STAFFORDSHIRE. " Burton, Mr. Henry llodson. Hanley, Mr. James Aiuphlett. Lichfield, Mr. Edward Bond. Stafford, Messrs. Stevenson and Webb. Wolverhampton, Mr. James Brown. J Chenille, Mr. John Michael Blagg. Bursleni, Mr. William'Hording. Newcastle- under- Lvnie, Mr. James Hulse. Stoke- upon- Tient,' Mr.' William Wiiyte, jun. j WORCESTERSHIRE. Kidderminster, Mr. John Ward. Worcester, Messrs. Robert Gillam ant! Son. CHESHIRE. Chester, Mr. Henry Lord. j Macclesfield, Mr. David Brown. Nantwlch, Mr. William Tomlinson. N'orthwich, Mr. James Thomas. Stockport, Mr. Thomas Owen. Congleton, Mr. John Lnckett. N. B. Fire Policies '•• ill be allowed, free nf Ex- pense, w'liere the animal Premium amounts lo 6s. or upwards. Farming Stock insured at 2s. per Cent, per Anna ni. This Company have invariably made good Losses bv Fire, occasioned bv Lightning.— Proposals may be had of the different Agents. ASSURANCES ON LIVES being found to be advantageous to Persons having Olti'e'cs, Employ- ments,. Estates, or other Incomes, determinable mi the Life or Lives of themselves or others; Tables of > the Rates for'snch Assurances, and for the Granting ' Annuities on Lives, may be bad of the said Agents. Persons assured by tl'iis Corporation do not depend ! upon any uncertain" Fund or ' Contribution ; nor are they subject to any Coveuarits or Calls to make good I Losses which may happen to themselves or others, 1 tbe Capital Stock" being an unquestionable Se6nrity to the Assured in Case of Loss.— DEC. 15, 1- 823; Shrewsbury - . Mr. J. Birch. Welshpool - - . Mr. William Evans. Market Drayton - - Mr. William Furher. Oswestry - - - Mr. Edward Pugh. E. llesmere ... Mr. R, Waifo'rd; Lloyds and Shiffnal . Mr. W. Smith. Newport . . - Mr. James K- ke. Wellington - - . Mr. B. Smith. Whitchurch - - - Mr. Welsh. Bridgnorth ... Mr. Thomas Crnmn STOMACHIC APERIENT fmtliS, Prepared from a Prescription < f the late Sir Richard Jebb, M. D. AND PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE KING, mHESE very justly celebrated PILLS JL have experienced, through private Recom- mendation and Use, during a very long period, the flattering Commendation of Families of the first Distinction, as a Medicine superior to all others in removing Complaints of the Stomach, arising from Bile, Indigestion, Fhitulency, and habitual Costive- ness.— The beneficial Effects produced iu all Cases for which they are here recommended, render them ' worthy the Notice of the Public and to Travellers in particular, to whose Attention tliey are strongly pointed out as the most portable, safe, and mild Aperient Medicine that can possibly be made nSe of. TIKSC Pills are extremely well calculated for those Habits of Body tbat are subject to be Costive, as a continued use of them does not injure but invigorates the Constitution, and vyill he found to possess thqse Qualities that will remove a long Series of Diseases resulting from a confined State of the Bowels, strengthen Digestion, create Appetite, and be of distinguished Excellence in removing Giddjpesji,. Head- aches, & c. & c. occasioned by the Rile in die Stomach, or the ill Effects arising from iinpuie' or too great a quantity of Wine, Spirits, or Malt Liquor. Persons of the must delicate Constitution may take them with Safety in all Seasons of the Year j aud in all Cases of Obstruction arising from Cold or other Causes, where an ppening Medicine is wauled, they will be found the best cordial Stimulant in Use. Prepared aud sold, Wholesale and Retail, in Boxes at ls. 6d. and 3s. 6d. each Box, by W. RIDGWAY, Druggist, Market Dray ton.— Sold Retail by Mr. HUMPHREYS, Shrewsbury ; Bradbury, Wellington ; Parker, Whitchurch; Stevens, Newport; Painter, Wrexham; Baugh, Ellesmere; Morgan, Stafford ; and hy Poole and Harding, Chester. The Arabian Vegetable Pills, A NEITER- FAILING Remedy for Bilious XJL and Liver Complaints, Habitual Costiveness? Flatulence, Loss of Appetite, Head Ache, Giddi- ness, and all Cases of defective Energy in the Digestive Organs. These Pills contain not a Particle of Mercury or Antimony, require no peculiar Caution, and a single Box will establish their infinitely superior Efficacy over every other Description of Pills now- offered for similar Complaints. They are sold in Boxes at Is. l* d. and 2s. 9d. each, by J. V. SIMP- SON ( acting Proprietor), No. 28, Henrietta- Street. Covent- Gardeh, London ; by W. Eddowes, Journal Otfice, ShreVsbury ; W. Price, Oswestry ; R. Parker, Whitchurch; W. Felton, Ludlow; Deigh- ton, Stamp- Office, and F. H. Wrheeler, Worcester ; Gower and Penheil, Kidderminster; T. G. Lomax, Lichfield; L. Morgan, Stafford ; Poole and Hard- ing, Chester ; Tliomas Dean, Macclesfield; A. Fox, Nantwich ; and by most of the respectable Medicine Venders throughout the Kingdom.— Where may also bk obtained, in Boxes at 2s. 9d. each, Duty included, The Antiseptic Botanical Tooth Powder. This most eleg'ant and highly fashionable Dentifrice was first prepared for the late Queen of France; it cleanses, whitens, and preserves the Teeth in a Manner that cannot be surpassed, and fastens th^ m even when loosened by Mercury. It requires not the Aid of any Lotion. Neither of the aboVe Articles are genuine, unless signed on the Startip by J. V. SIMPSON. OENEWAL Receipts for JHL Policies falling due at iW'W^ S^ Wi P1 t'istraas, are now in the 8evera- The general Rates of the Phce. nix Company are as low and » moderate as the nature of the • ** « im djfj^- ent risks will adniit *, and the Company are enabled to appeal to the Expe- rience of the Public, in a Period of more than Forty Years, for the Promptitude and Liberality with which Claims of Loss to the Amount of upwards of Three Millions Sterling, have been adjusted and paid. Applications for Insurances may he made to the Agents of the Company, and all Persons having Claims are desired to send in the same to the Agents through whom they are insured, who will transmit them directly to the Board of Directors fftr Adjust- ment and Payment without Delay. The Agents for this Company for the County of Salop are Mr. William Morris - Shrewsbury. Mr. Gilbert Browne - - Shifi'nal. Messfs. Lakiti and Sons - - Whitchurch. Mr. Thomas Evans - Oswestry. Mr. Benjamin Partridge - - Bridgnorth. Mr. James Bach - Ludlow; Mr. Richard Price - Ellesmere. Cordial Balm of Rakasiri NOTICE is hereby given, That the Trustees of the Turnpike Road leading from Cleobury Mortimer, in the County of Salop, to Bewdley, do intend, at their next Meeting, to be held at the Talbot Inn, in Cleobury Mortimer, on Thursday, the first Day of January next, to Borrow and take up at Interest § n additional Sum, not ex- ceeding Six Hundred Pounds, to be secured by Mortgage of th,£ Tolls arising from a certain Turn- pike Gate called Weston's Gate, on the Cleobury Mortimer Division of the said Road. Bv Order of the Trustees, S. P. SOUTH AM, Clerk of the said Division. CLEOBURY MORTIMER, DEC. 5, 1823. NOTIC E is hereby given, tbat the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates hereunder- mentioned, upon Roads in the Second District of the Bishop's- Castle and Montgomery Roads, in the Counties of Salop and Montgomery, will be LET j B Y AUCTION, to the best " Bidder, at the Dragon Inn, in Montgomery, on Thursday, the 1st Day of January next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Foreaoon, for One Year from Ladv- Day, 1824. in the Manner | directed by the Act passed in the Third Year of the j Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, t£ For regulating Turnpike Roads :" which Tolls are now Let for the respective yearly Sums follow- ing, atid will be put up at those Sums, viz. Stalloe and Sarnybryncaled Gates on the Road to Pool * £ 250 | Montgomery Gate on the Road to Chirbury 93 ! Weston Gate on the Road to Bishop's Castle, \ and Cefnycoed Gate on the Road to Kerry £ * Green Lane Gate on the Road to Newtown.....* 32 Brynderwen Gate on the Road to Gunley 39 Aylesford Gate on the Road to Marton... 54 Churchstoke Gate on the Road from Bishop's ^ Castle to Forden, and Chirbury and Rhyd- v 200 y- groes Gates on the same Road .. 5 The best Bidder for the Tolls of anv or either of the Gates must at the same Tiriie give Security, with sufficient Sureties, to the Satisfaction of the Trustees, for the Payment of the Money monthly. FRANCIS ALLEN, Clerk. BELL'S WE- EMJmY- DISPATCH, SUJY£> A V EWS PA PISR. InptlE PUBLIC^ are respectfully in- X formed, that as the Trial of Thurtell,' Hunt, and Probert is fixed for the 6th of next Month, the DISPATCH of the following Sunday, January 11, will comprise Two Sheets, Price Fo'urteen- pencp; containing a correct Report of the Trial, with many Original Stateriients obtained from Sources to which I no other Journalist can have Access. The same Publication will contain an Account of the Great I Fight for Six Hundred So; vereig- ns between SPRING I and LANGAN, the Rival Champions of England and Ireland, which will take Place on the7th of January, written by the celebrated PIERCE EGAN, who has relinquished his Engagements With all Newspapers except the WEEKLY DISPATCH.— The DISPATCH is Published every Saturday Evening in Time to be sent by Post to all Parts o'f the Kingdom, containing Saturday Night's List of Bankrupts, and the Stock I Exchange Busi ness of that. Day up to 3 o'clock, j All Persons^ therefore, wishing" to be served with I the DISPATCH of that Day, or to become permanent I Subscribers lit the Commencement of the New Year, are particularly requested'to send their Orders in Time to the News- Venders, or to'the Publisher at otir Office. It is expected tbat all Letters with Orders shall be Postpaid, and bate a Reference for Payment to some House in Lryudon. N. B. Early in January, will be published, a Title and Index to the WEEKLY DISPATCH, Price.. I ls. The Frontispiece, exhibiting several Views of Old English Sports, Drawn and Etched by J.' R. j Cruikshank, alone is worth 5s. Weekly Dispatch Office, IVine- office Court. Fleet- street, London. CHARLES WRIGHT, Wifle Mer- chant to the Royal Family, next to the King's, and opposite'the Haymarket Theatre, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket, London, has now on SALE. tire finest OLD PORT, 36s. per Dozen; superior SHERRY, 36s. per Dozen ; and CAPE MADEIRA, 16s. per Dozen. Two dozen of each of the above Wines will be well packed in an excellent SHERRY Hogshead, Bottles included, fey a Remittance of £ 10, or Half that Quantity, in Hamper, for £ 5'. MADEIRA, V- tDONIA, CAR- CAVELLA, LISBON, MOUNTAIN, &' e. 42s. per Dozen. Just, landed ( G. Puis), CHAMPAGNE, Vintage 1818, first Quality, warranted, £ 4. 4s. per Dozen; MA RASCHINO, lbs. 6d. per Flask. Just imported, Florence Oil, Cases of Thirty Flasks £ 2. 2s. or Is. 6d. per Flask. Old C'OGNAC BRANDY, at 23s. 6d. per Gallon; Rum, 15s. 6d. CHARLES WRIGHT has contracted with G. PRIS, Grower of CHAMPAGNE; of Avize, near Eper- nay, France, for the whole Growth of his Wines, now landing ex Charming Molly; some of the esteemed Vintage of 1818, iu high fine Mantling Condition, at 84s. per Dozen, Price and Quality unequalled in England ; Claret, St. Julien et la Rose,' 63s. per Dozen; HERMITAGE, 84s.; BURGUNDY CLOS VOUGEOT, first Quality 105s.; BARSAC, SAUTERNE, and GRAVE, 63s. per Dozen ; i and all other Wines, & c. in Pro- portion. Letters, inclosing Remittances, Post- paid ( no unpaid Letters will, be received), will be j urmjlaiiately attended to. CKM'A H fc 1) U V I HI. eiCUI'KlKTUK, DR. LAMERT, rStm. of Br. I. l. AMEHx, or the Old Medical Estab lishment, 10, Church Slreet, f'pitqlfields, London, where he has resided above 60 Years J, CONDPpTOR OF THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT, 54, QUEEN- SQTJARS, BKISTOXI. ^{ PHE sa'ufary Ejects of the CORDIAL *- BALM OF ZURA, or, PHCENIX OF LIFE, cannot be better exemplified than by the number of persons from all .. parts of the country, who are restored to health, a ter every Other means proved ineffectual; many hundreds' who were lately Jalionring under infirmities, which rendered life insupportable, are now enjoying perfecf health and renewed vigour. The weak, the languid, the relaxed, the emaciated, and those who have impaired their constitution by excess or immoderate indulgence, or by long resid- ence in unhealthy climates, may rest assured of a perfect and effectual cure iii a short time, TO DR. LAMERT. DEAR SIR,— L am happy to inform you, that your Medicine is doing Wonders with my old Gouty Limbs. At first I was afraid I should ' be disap- pointed, as I had been before in tbe Trial, of innu- merable Medicines, but I was soon convinced I was " Reckoning without my Host," my Knees began to look less and less inflamed, and the Swejling greatly subsided ; but O! what a Relief did I experience in my Ancles: Sometimes they felt as though they were pressed together with Wedges; now, they swell but very little, and the Pain is a Heaven to tlie Tortures I used to feel. The Perspiration used to roll in Torrents from my Forehead, from the excessive Agonies J felt; but now, if I am afraid of a slight Return, 1 immediately have Recourse to your truly divine Zura! when, like the Angel of Mercy,' it immediately either wards off the detestable Enemy entirely, or mitigates its Attacks. \ 7ou know it is but " Young Days'' with us yet, and I cannot expect to get well all at once, but if I improve as I have these last three Weeks, t feel quite assured that the Monster of now nearly twenty- two Years standing, almost incessant in its Visitation, will be totally destroyed. So many Friends have be, en to visit me in Consequence of what we all call a won- derful Recovery, that I am sure you will not want for any Recommendation ; and believe me, my dear Sir, that the first Journey I make from my House, these last six Years, shall be to thank you for the Blessing you have conferred on, Dear Sir, yours, J. W. WILKINSON, Circus, Bath. Extract of a Letter, dated June 23, 1823. SIR,— Having sold all the Medicines you left me, I- will thank yon for an immediate Supply, Had you left me ten Times as much, I could have sold it all, the Demand is so great in our Neighbourhood. I have had an excellent Account of it from many very respectable Persons of the good it has done. A Woman came, the Dav before yesterday, to purchase another Bottle of it; and stated that } jer Husband had been confined' to his Bed for six Months, and was given over by the Faculty ; but, by taking a large Bottle, he is so recovered as to have been down Stairs three Times, and has no doubt but he will he a living Testimony to the Efficacy of the BALM OF ZURA. I could repeat many more In- stances, hut that I am pressed'for Time. 1 am, Sir, yours, & c. SAMUEL DREWE, Agent at Helstoue. The CORDIAL BALM OF ZURA is prepared onlv by the sole Proprietor; Dr. LAMERT, and Sold, Whole- sale and Retail, at his House, No. 54, Queen- Square, Bristol ; also, hy EDDOWES, Watton, and Howell, Shrewsbury; Partridge, Bridgnorth ; Procter, Dray- Jon ; paugb, Ellestfiere• Smith, Ironbridge; Felton, Ludlow; Price, Oswestry; Hoiilstob, Wellington ; Trevor, Wenlock ; ^ tevens, Newport; Scarrott, Shiff- nal • Parker, Whitchurch; Waidson, Welsh Pool; Painter, Wrexham ; Baugh, Leominster; Meachem, Ledbury; and by the principal Medicine Venders in this and the surrounding Counties. In Bottles at 4s. 6d.; lis.; andone 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. Beware of Impositions, as none are genuine but where the sole f> roprietorys Name is blown on the Bottle; with the Initial of the Doctor's Mime on the Cork, enveloped in the Asiatic Arms and Directions. IT is notorious that Various Disorders of the Human Frame are brought on by Dissipation in Youth, and a gross Violation of those'Rule's which Prudence dictates for the Preservation of Health, and laying a Foundation for a long ahd happy Life, with a firm amj strong Constitution. The Blessings of Health are no sooner lost than pninful Experience teaches the iuestimahle Value of it; and the unhappy Patient looks oroiind too often in Vain for, the Means of IH Recovery. Prepared only by. Drs. C. and J JOR DAif, of the Surrey and West London Medical Establishments No. 9, Great Surrey Street, Blackfriars Bridge', au< 28, Berwick Street, Soho, London." In Bottles, o lis. each, or tvyo Quantities in one for 20s. or foui Quantities in one F: » mily Bottle for & 3s. Duly in eluded, by which one lis, Bottle is saved.— This inestimable Medicine will' keep in aH Climates, ant may be had of Eddowes, Watton, Shrewsbury ; Mot gnu, lingers, Stafford ; Houlstou and Son, Welling ton; Stevens, Newport; Briscoe, Wrexham; Ro belts, Oswestry; Fox, Nantwich'; Folton, Ludlow Git ton, Bridgnorth";' Mort, Newcastle ; Smdit, W'ol veihampton; Moor, Stone; Lomax, , Lichfield ; Wool rich, Uttoxeier; Adderley,( IVliddlewich'; Scarroti Shiifnal; and by most respectable Medicine Vender in the Uuiicd Kingdom. Doctors Jordan expect, when consulted by Lette the usual Fee of a Ou « Pound Note, addressed M'one Letter, Doctors C. and J. Jordan, West Londo Medical Establishment. 28, Berwick Street, Solu LoudonPa id double I Vstage. CAPITAL £ 550,000. PATRONS. The Most Noble the Duke of BEAUFORT. The Most Noble the Duke of ARGYLE The Right Hon. the Earl CRAVEN. The Right Hon. the Earl of OR FORD. The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY. The Right Hon. Lord SALTOUN. TRUSTEES. Hon. Colonel WODEHOUSE, M P. Lieutenant of the Countv of Norfolk. Sir Jacob Astley, Bart. * R. H. Gurney, Esq. M. P. T. W. Coke, Esq. M. P. Henry H, Henley, Esq. J. C. Curwen, Esq. M. P. George Cubitt, Esq. DIRECTORS, JEREMIAH IVES, Esq. Norwich, Banker, President. J. BROWNE, Esq. Alderman, Norwich, Vice- President. E. T. Booth, Esq. Aid. j A. Hudson, Esq. Banker T. S. Day, Esq. Aid. J. S. Patteson, Esq.' Aid.' Hammond Fisk, Esq. | J. W. Robberds, Esq. Aid, John Harvey, Esq, Aid. I William Simpson, Esq. Win. Herring, Esq. Aid. | Samuel Stone, Esq. PERSONS insured with this Institu. tion are free from all Responsibility, and will receive Lack 60 per Cent on alt Profits at the End of every three Or five Years. The Rates are the same as at. other Offices. In Proof of tlie Public Confidence in the Principles and Conduct of this Establishment, it will suffice to state, that the Dhity paid for- one Year, ending tlie 24th. Day of December last, amounted to £ 63,06;). 10s. lid. and that the total Business of the'Society now exceeds 43 Millions. By Order of the Directors, SAM. BIGNOLD, Secretary. USION OFFICE, NORWICH, Dec. 19,1823. Chilblains, Rheumatisms, Palsies, fyc. C1MILBLA1NS are prevented from ^ breaking, and their tormenting lichitW ifJ„ stantly removed by WHITEHEAD'S ESSENCE OF MUSTARD, universally esteemed for its extraor- dinary Efficacy iu Rheumatism, Palsies, Gouty Affections, and Complaints of the Stomach ; but where this certain Remedy has been unknown or neglected, and the Chilblains have actually broke WHITEHEAD'S'FAMILY CERATE will ease the Pain, and very speedily heal them. This Cerateis equally efficacious for all ill- conditioned Sores1 Sore Legs, Scorbutic Eruptions, Blotches, Pimples; Riii'r- worms, Shingles, Breakings- out on tbe Face ' None Ears, and Eyelids, Sore and Inflamed Eves, Sore' Heads, and other Scorbutic Humours The FS SENCEOF MUSTARD is perhaps Ibe most active penetrating, and efficacious Remedy in the World' curing the severest SPRAINS AND BRUISES in less thai! Half the Time usually token by any other Liniment or Embrocation, it also heals Cuts, Punctures from Sharp Instruments, Nails, Thorns, Splinters & e wilh incredible Facility, without Smart or i5ain' preventing Inflammation and Festering, and is' equal Iy useful iu Ibe various Accidents nf Animals— in short it is a domestic Remedy of sucii uncommon Excel le nee and Utility, that no Family sensible to its own Comfort should ever be without it. Prepared only, and sold by R. JPHSSTTIN, Apothecary, ir> Greek- Street, Soho, Loivd'on. The Essence and'pillj at 2s, 9d, ench ; the Cerate al Is. lid. and 2s. fid. They are also sold by W. EDDOWES, Shrewsbury iimi may be bad of every Medicine Vender in the United Kingdom. *** The Genuine has a Black Ink Stamp with the Name of R. JOHNSTON, inserted on it. For Indigestion, Jaundice, Loss of Appe- tite, and other Disorders dependant on a deranged State of the Liver, and of the Bihar 1/ and Digestive Organs, OMIT'RRS GENUINE LEAMING- K7 TON SALTS are confidently offered lo tbe Public, under the Recommendation'of ' Dr. KERR, Northampton Dr. THACKERAY, Chester Dr. WAKE, Warwick Dr. IVJLDDL. ETON, Leamington Dr. THACKERAY, Cambridge Dr. LUARD, Warwick Dr. WEATHERHEAD, Henley, Oxon. The peculiar Efficacy of Ibe Leamington Waters in the Cure of the above- named and many oilier Disorders, having been'so generally ackituwledvi ,1 renders it almost unnecessary fesp'eeially " hen" of- fered under such Recmnmeiidaiimi) t. i adduce any thing in favour of these Salts; except that tbe'v have been satisfactorily proved, both by Chemical Analysis and' Medical Experience, t » possess all tbe Tonic, Aperient, and other native Properties of ihe Waters: so that those Persons who have been hiiherto prevented, by Distance or other Causes, from availing themselves of- lhe Curative Poucrs of these celebrated Springs, may now be supplied with a Substitute, possessing all their beneficial Qualities These Salts are prepared by evaporating IN Dryness tbe Waters at the # RIGIXAL BATHS, LEAMINGTON. Sold in Bottles. Price 2s. 9d. nisd 4s. 6d each Duty included, Wholesale and Retail, by Mr. SMITH' III.. Proprietor, at bis Pump Room; Mr. Gossau- e - it the Depot, Bath Sheet, Leamington'; and by Messrs BARCLAY and SONS, Fleet Market, Ltiti'dbii '' ( 3> Ask for SMITH'S LEAMINGTON SALTS. 1 <)!\ L) OiN SATI [ IDA Y. The Gazette announced the appointment of Major- General'Sir John Cameron to be Lieutenant. Governor of Plymouth, riee Sir Denis Pack, de- ceased. We are happy to learn that during the last two or three days, the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of York has considerably improved. We understand notice has been given to the Army Surgeons aud Assistant- Surgeons, on half- pay, that their services are likely to be soon required.— The new levy is to be raised by beat of drum, and orders have been issued, with a view to the more expeditions raising of the nten, for the officers employed to repair to those parts of the kingdom in which they may be supposed to pos- siss the most influence. The Cambridge is ordered lo he at Portsmouth by the 20tb ( Ihis day) to take on board all the remaining Consuls who are going out to Soulll America.' It is doubtful, however, whether she will have been able lo get round, itl consequence of the tvi ilicudous gale of Wednesday night. The Consuls- General for Buenos Avres, Chili, aud Peru viz. 51t ssrs Parish, Nugent, and llowcroft, bad an interview on Thursday witb Mr. Secretary Canning at Gloucester Lodge, preparatory lolheir departure. We are happy to be able to announce that the Revenue still continues largely ou the advance. On Saturday last there was a surplus in the de- partment of the Customs of no less than £ 7S0,006 During Ihe nitre, weeks, between the lOlli of Oct. 1823, and Saturday last, the surplus was £ 225,000. The Excise Revenue is also improving nearly in equal proportion. The intelligence bv the Countess of Chichester packet, from the Brazils, which sailed from Rio Janeiro on the 24th of October, is of more than usual interest. It appears by the advices that the Purlus » nese Commissioners, sent out from Lisbon for the purpose of negociatiug with the independ- ent Government, aud of reasoning it into submis- sion, bail been finally dismissed by the Emperor Don Pedro. Th* y bad not been allowed even to prtjeeed on shore, and at the time the packet sailed tliev were out of the river on their return to Europe. — Lord Cochrane has been raised lo the rank of a Brazilian Marquis, under the title of the Marquis of . Vlaraiiham, as a reward for bis services in the capture of that ( dace and at Rahin, where lie had made himself master of some valuable. property which bad been shipped on its way to Portugal Ladv Cochrane'was appointed to a high situation near the person of Ihe Empress of the Brazils,— Ail the Portuguese vessels taken by Lord Cochrane al Bahia anil elsewhere, ou the coast of Brazil, had been condemned by the Court of Admiralty there The consequence was, that a very lais> e sum amounting according to some accounts to £ 300,000, had been awarded to his Lordship as his share of the value. The shares of the sailors under his orders were iu proportion. DISTURBED DISTRICTS IN IRELAND— W are sorry lo understand, that Captain Rock's men are beginning to shew themselves in the South Within a mile of Tipperary, a respectable farmer named Calaghan, was deliberately aud brutally murdered; and a man named Mahony, who had canted bis nephew out of a farm, was beaten by the hitter on tlie head iu a ferocious manner until lie killed hint, io presence of his two young child ren — Dublin Journal. POACHERS—(' See also 4th page. J— On tin night of the 10th instant, a desperate encounter took place between the gamekeepers of Lord Cran ley and a numerous gang of poachers, who hav for some lime infested ibe preserves belonging to bis Lordship, near Guildford. After a most deter mined resistance five were captured, one of whom was shot through tiie neck, and another badly wounded. Ills Lordship personally bestowed ever humane attention on the wounded prisoners. Three more of the gang have been since apprehended, and one surrendered himself on Wednesday. TRIALS FOR MURDER.— Yesterday, at Maid stone Assizes, J rimes IVebster was indicted for the wilful murder of Mr. James Smith, of Lewisham, on 22d December, by shooting him with a loaded gun. The particulars of this case were nearly similar lo those of John Coleman, who was execute last Spring for tiie same murder. The prisoner was clearly proved to be one of tbe parties to the transaction. Two accomplices were examined I make out the case. The prisoner and his accom plices went to rob the house ; Mr. Smith beard i noise at a lower window, and on looking out of his room window to ascertain the cause, was shot, After a laborious and anxious trial, which did nol finish till eight o'clock, Ihe Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Joseph Bell, a youth of 19, was indicted for murdering his father, at Deal, on 16tb April last, by shooting him with a loaded gun. This case stood over from last Assizes, on account of the apparent imbecility of Ihe prisoner. He waB now put on his trial again. The evidence adduced on tbe former occasion was repeated. It was proved that, although the prisoner was a person of weak intellects, yet that be was perfectly sane, and knew right from wrong; he had had many disputes with bis father, and in consequence he diabolically shot him. Mr. Justice Park summed up tbe evidence for the Jury, who found tbe prisoner Guilty Both these prisoner? were ordered for execution on Monday next. BANKRUPTS, DECEMBER 20.— Thomas Glove of Derby, brush- manufacturer. — John Buchanan aud William Reid Euiug, late of Liverpool, insur ance. brokers.— William Eyre, late ot Cockspur street, Charing- cross, Middlesex, trunk- maker. Robert Taylor, of the Edgeware- road, Saint Marv le- Bone, Middlesex, stage- inasteraud horse- dealer, — Samuel Fox, of Mosbroiigh, Peking- ton, Derby, shire, scythe- manufacturer.— Robert Munday, of ~ ' " plumber and glazier.— John Ford, of Little Dartmouth, Towustall, Devon, lime- merchant.— George Alexander Wharton, of the King's Arms, Maidenhead; Berkshire, wine- mer- chant.— Abraham Pershouse Driver, now or late oi College- wharf, Lambeth, Surrey, flour- dealer aud wharfinger. — John Langdon Moody, of Clifton street, Worship- square, Middlesex, silk- manuf& c. tnrer.— Benjamin Wadhani, of Poole, cooper.— Thomas Mitchell, late of Sidney- place, Coininer cial- road, Mile- end, Old Town, but now of Oxford street, Caiinon- street- road, Middlesex, jjroeer and cheesemonger.— Robert Koby, late ot Radnor street, City- road, Middlesex, tailor.— William Thomas, of Regent- street, Piccadilly, Middlesex, stationer,— John Coats, of Fore- street, Cripplegate, late of Hatehett's- court, Little Trinity- lane, Upper Thames- street, London, dealer.— James Bauck and Mitchell Joseph Joseph, late of ' Fox Ordinary court, Nicholas. lane, Lombard- street, Loudon merchants. POSTSCRIPT. LOXDON, Monday JVight. tlec. 22, 1823 PRICE OF FUNDS AT THE CLOSE. Red. 3 per Cts. 85} 3 per Ct. Cons. — Imperial 3 per Cts. — per Cents. — 4 per Cent. Cons. 100} New 4 per Cents. Bank Stock 228* Long/ A u n. 21 lt- 16 India Stock — India Bonds SO Ex, Bills (,£ 1000) 53 52 Cons, for Acc. 86J By Cork and Glasgow Papers received ihi: morning, we learn that intelligence of a most serious nature had reached those places from Trini dad,— The substance of the information is, that . there was a plot among all the negroes of that Island to rise cn masse on All Saints Day, for the purpose of destroying the w hile inhabitants.— One of the slaves quarrelled with tbe rest, and disclosed the plot; ill consequence many ot the ringleaders were taken into custody, and martial law was lo be proclaimed; at the date of the advices all alar bad subsided. ANOTHER MURDER.— On Saturday, the 13th instant, John Smith, a farmer's servant, at Sailby, near Alford, was committed to Lincoln Gaol, charged on the verdict of a Coroner's Jury with the wilful murder " f Sarah Arrowsmith, a young woman aged 25.— It appeared that the' deceased who was about to be married lo the prisoner, was pregnant by him: he had taken a quantity of flour for her use ; part of this she baked into cakes, ate of them, and died in consequence : six other women who partook of the cakes arc very itl.— On examination the flour was found to be strongly dmmmtibMtiuiMmm^—^ SHREWSBURY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1823. BIRTH. On the 12th instant, at Aqilalate Ilall, Lady Boughey, of a sou. MARRIED. On the 16th inst. at Huyton Church, Edward Peiiihyn, Esq. son of the Rev. Oswald Leycester, of Sto'ke- iipou- Tern, in this county, to the Hon. Charlotte Elizabeth, eldest daughter of tbe Lord Stanley, of Knowsley, in the comity of Lancaster. On the 20th inst. at Christ Church, Bristol, hy the Rev. Samuel Emery Day, the liev. George Edmund Oatley, M. A. second son of Thomas Oat- ley, of Bishton Hall, in this county, Esq. . to Helen ICinoail'd, only daughter of Major- General Daua, of Wintcrboiirue House, Gloucesiershire. On the 16th inst. at Myfod, by the Rev. Rowland Williams, William Roberts, Esq. solicitor, of Oswestry, to Eliza, only daughter of Mr. John T. Mansell, of Ystymcolwyu, Montgomeryshire. On Monday last, at St. Mary's, Mr. Peveral, of the Royal Oak Inn, Cotton Hill, in this town, to Miss Sarah Evans, of Oswestry. On Monday last, at Ilanwood, Mr. David Pugh, to Miss Dyke, both of this town. Yesterday, at St. Mary's, by the Rev. J. Watkins, Mr. Thomas Birch, of Walford, to Ann, second daughter of the late Mr. George tjare, of Wollascot. Ou the Uth inst. at Market Dray ton, Mr. Thomas Salmon, of Bowsey Wood, Staffordshire, to Hannah, only daughter of Mr. C. Rhead, of Betton, in this couiity. DIED. On the 13th inst. at Cheltenham, in the 66th year of his age, Richard Rocke, Esq. late of tjie Hon East India Company's Civil Service in Bengal, and son of the Rev. Thomas Rocke, formerly Rector of Ludlow. On Wednesday last, after a lingering illness, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Edward llarley, of Bristol. On Thursday last, Theodosia Eleanor, the wife of the Rev. Henry James Hastings, of Martley, iu the county of Worcester, and second daughter of the late John Parsons, of the Inner Temple, Esq. On the 19th inst. John Moultrie, Esq. of Aston Hall, in this County. On the 19th inst. at All Stretton, after a lingering illness endured with christian patience, in the 21st year of her age, Maria, only daughter of Mr. Benjamin Bowdler, of the Wyle Cop, in this town. The cheerfulness of her disposition, aud her amiable manners, bad endeared her to a numerous circle of relatives and acquaintance, hy whom her decease will be long and deeply deplored. On tbe 16th inst. at Ryton, much respected, aged 76, Mary, relict ofthe late Mr William Oakley, of Condover Grove, iu this county. Oil Thursday last, at College Hill, in this town, William Prissick, Esq. barrister- at- law ; a gentle- man whose professional talent and benevolence of heart were extensively known and duly appreciated. On Sunday last, at Belle Vue Cottage, near this town, Mr, Richard Lee, late of Walcot. Lately, Mr. Jatues Harris, of Castle Colton, near Ludlow. We understand it to be the intention of the Young Ladies who are invited to the Ball to be given by the Gentlemen of the Shropshire Hunt, on the 8lh of January, to wear Fancy Presses. Visiting Clergyman this week at the Infirmary, the Rev. William Thomas : House- Visitors Messrs. Richard and Nathaniel Betton. Additional Subscription to the Sick Man's friend and Lying- in Charity. Mr. Cook, St. Alkmond's Square £ 0 8 0 Donations, Three Friends ( 5s. each), by Mrs. Lewin 0 15 0 A Friend, by Miss Weaver ( I 10 0 Mrs. E. Yardley 0 10 0 The Committee of the Gas- Light Company of this town have announced a Dividend of 6 per cent on Old Shares, and of 2 per cent, oil New Shares.. The Committee, in their Report, pay a handsome tribute lo the memory ofthe late CHARLES BAGE Esq. of this town, expressive of their sense of his " distinguished services, not only in the formation and establishment ofthe Gas- Light Company, but on many other public occasions— the grateful re- collection of which will not soon pass awav.' ACCIDENT.— On Saturday morning last, in con sequence of medical assistance being hastily re quired on behalf of several persons, who had been overpowered and temporarily suffocated by coming in contact with a powerful stream of gas, at the Old Factory, the most alarming rumours of an ex plosion of gas, and consequent loss of lives, were circulated in this town. We are happy to say thai no fatal result took place; and tbe following accurate particulars of the occurrence, with which we have been politely favoured, will be very satis factory.— The main pipe by which the gas is con veyed to the various works of the Factory from the gas holder has to pass through the water and the foundation walls of the gas pit, and thence to an opening at the outside of the building. At the lowest part of the main pipe, where it has passed through the water and the said foundation wall, a smaller pipe is inserted, for the purpose of letting out any water that might get into the main pipe- It being apparent, last week, that some obstruc- tion had taken place at this point, the earth was dug away and a kind of pit made down to the smaller pipe, so as to admit a gas- man to examine it and rectify the defect, which was found to arise from tbe smaller pipe having become choked with dirt at the point of junction wilh tile main pipe Ou Saturday morning, the gas- man, having pre- pared a plug to put in the hole in the main pipe, look away the smaller pipe to cleanse it. He after wards took out the plug to probe the main pipe, to ascertain if any obstruction remained " there ; the, gas then issuing freely, he Suddenly became in sensible, and left the plug out. The bricklayer who had dugout the earth was at this time stand- ing on the ladder over the gas- man, and seeing his head droop, the bricklayer raised the gas- man'i body, threw him backwards, and gave an alarm Several persons ran down the ladder to raise the gas- man, who is very lusty, and as his body filled the only place by which access could be obtained so as to thrust tbe plug again into the pipe, they were soon overpowered by the effluvia of the gas, but, happily, they were drawn out before they were quite insensible. A large rope was then got ready, and two active men were desired to descend and to place quickly the rope round the gas- man's body, w hich they did immediately, and he was drawn out carried upon the bank, and freely exposed to the air; he began to breathe, some diluted brandy was administered to him, and in about nil hour he was able to walk home, but he was unconscious of any Ihing that had happened, and talked wildly, A few hours' sleep restored him to his right feelings and understanding ; and the only things he coin plained of on Monday morning were— a soreness where the rope was applied, and a slight head- ache — A proof is thus afforded that a strong mixture of carburelted hydrogen does not destroy animal life, except when kept too long in it. It is stated that the Marquess of Stafford's floal Agent in Lane End, Staffordshire, has discovered a method of effectually extracting hydrogen or in flammable gas, generated in coal- mines, by means of rarefaction on the surface of the ground. The model has been examined and approved of by gentlemen of respectability and science, and though simple, is ingenious. It will doubtless meet and overcome all dangers the miners may be exposed to from iguitable matter, and will ultimately be found an equivalent to the Proprietors for the ex pense employed. Committed to our County Gaol, John Lang ley, charged with stealing a quantity of oats, the property of Mr. W. Smith, of Bridgnorth; Edward Edwards, charged with stealing a blue cloth coat, the property of THwaasMoreton, of the parish of Much Wenlbck; Richard Smith, charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling- house of the Rev. Robert Dean, at Sheriffhales, and stealing thereOut a quantity of plate and other articles, also with breaking and entering the dwelling- house of MV. Robert Faulder, at Prior Lee, and stealing thereout a quantity of plate and other articles; and Edward iloon, charged, on the oath of the aforesaid Richard Smith, with having procured, counselled, and abetted the said Richard Smith, John Capper, and others, to com- mit divers felonies and burglaries at Priors Lee, and more particularly the aforesaid burglary in the dwelling- house of Mr. Robert Faultier, Improvement of ihe Town, and Holyhead Road. Yesterday, a Meeting- of Gentlemen interested ri the improvement of the Town, as connected with the preservation of the Holyhead Road through Shrewsbury, was held at the Town- hall ; and the & ight Hon" Viscount CLIVE, M. P. on the proposi- tion of the Hon. CECIL JENKINSON, M. P. took the Chair. . ." The Noble Chairman commenced the business of the meeting-, by stating' that last year there was a meeting- of several gentlemen to considerthe , ropriety of making alterations and improvements in the town of Shrewsbury as connected with the mmunication with Ireland ; and,. in consequence, of certain comnHinicattons from tlw? " Commissioners: for the Improvement of the Irish Road, several meetings of Gentlemen representing-^ he County, and Boroughs within the County of Salop, took place in London.— In pursuance of the result of these meetings, Mr. Telford was requested to come over and survey the town, for the purpose, of point- ing- out the best line of communication for the Irish Road through Shrewsbury that could be made with the least possible infringement of private property. — This Mr. Telford had done, and the plan pro- duced was t. he resul t of such survey.— His Lordship then read the Report sent by Mr. Telford, with the PUto, tiie general substance of which we inserted in our Journal of the 3d instant, but which, by particular ' request, vve give at length, as follow r—• TOWN OF SHREWSBURY.; In reporting upon the present state of the public thoroughfare through the Town of Shrewsbury, and the must advisable mode of improving it, the pecu- ; liarity of its site must, of course, be attended to. The peninsular form, which, being well adapted for defence, was its original recommendation j and, which still constitutes miieh of its picturesque beauty;, is rather inconvenient as regardIQ jts ap- proaches, and this inconvenience is still further increased by the shape of the ground, whivh^ con- sisting* of. a ridge of eonsitfeaj^ e <* lev& fa) iry with bold and steep banks facing- the river, l'enders it singularly difficult to acquire a. commodwus tho- roughfare for wheel carriag- es, without destroying much valuable property, and otherwise incurring a very heavy expense. Iu order to ascertain the least objectionable mode of accomplishing- the object in view, I have Caused Ipvels to be carriecl across, the town iii sundry directions, and had these, delineated upon the annexed map. I shall, therefore, now proceed to explain the nature of each, at the same time endea- vouring to state their comparative merits. 1. . Commencing at the western ' approach to tlie town at the. top of Fraukwell, by referring to the corresponding section it may be seen that, with regard to the inclination, it may with a very triflh'ig- alteration be made at the rate of 1 in 23, which, being- easier than some parts of Mardol, would, when put into a regular state, be not at ail ob- jectionable. ' • The bottom of the, street is too steep, and is liable to be flooded ; these inconveniences may be removed by cutting away a few houses, of little value, at the south- west wing of the Welsh Bridge, embankihg about 4, and cutting away about 2 § feet. The space acquired by the reniovul of tbe before- meh{ ftOned houses would afford an opportunity of making a sufficiently wide approach to the Welsh Bridge, and leaving commodious access to the wharfage above it; and this without encroaching on the houses on the north side of the street. By referring to the corresponding part of the map or section, it will be seen that, by cutting . off two other small portions of awkward bends, the whole of this Fraukwell Street would form a sufficiently easy direction, and that at a very mo- derate expense. 2. The direction of a totally new line was sur- veyed, which is delineated on the map and section by a bine colour. But it will be seen that in order to acquire the same inclinatio* as the present Frankwell Street, it would be necessary to embank 7-| feet at the bottom. This not being sufficiently high to admit of , having an archway under, and being- too much for crossing over, it would Interfere with the connection with the wharfage aild; iproper- ties on each side the Bridge ; it would, besides, encroach upon much property on the northern side of the Street, and not. being of easier inclination than the present, there does not seem any good reason for incurring the expense. . : 3. After crossing the river, the whole of- Mardol Street seems, as a thoroughfare, to require Only to be kept in good order. At the turning into Lee Stalls, it would be an improvement to round off the angle, but this I do not consider to be absolutely necessary. 4. The turning from Lee Stalls into the High Street requires a considerable alteration : more of the angle should be rounded off, and the front of all the houses, as far as the Old Bauk, should be set back : this would make a fair entrance as far as the. Market Place. 5. From the extremity of the County Hall, the front . of all the houses should be taken off in a line with the front of the Chapel, and so as to correspond i with the new houses at the top of this Street. s 6. From the top of the High Street a line should be drawn from the front ofthe aforesaid houses j on'? the south side, to the Gateway at the entrance fo the Lion Inn : this would afford room for a sufti-: eiently wide street, when cut down feet, and still leave a convenient terrace along the front Of the houses on the upper side. The access from Dog- pole would remain in its present state ; that to the Lion and Raven and Bell Inns would be much improved, also the descent towards the High Street and Milk Street. 7. From opposite the Lion Inn Ehtranco^ J^ re- commend constructing a street with a regular inclination, and in nearly a straight direction to the west end ofthe English Bridge. To accomplish! this, it will he necessaiy to purchase and take down the whole of the buildings which form the north-' east side of the Wyle Cop. With the materials of these buildings, arcades might be constructed to support the roadway. These and the vacant space might be afterwards converted to valuable purposes, and yet prove ornamental to this new and verv novel approach ; the connection with the ground oeyond the road might be preserved through the arcades. The present Wyle Cop Street remaining unaltered, none of the buildings on the south- west side would be interfered With. Between the Lion Inn entrance and the English Bridge.* I propose the inclination to be at the rate of 1 in 20, which is very little steeper than a part of Mardol, it being 1 in 21; the greatest depth of embankment would be about 20 feet. 8. After crossing the river, by the English Bridge, an evident improvement requires a new entrance to be made' on the southern side of the Abbey Church and Garden. r 0. The whole of this proposed thoroughfare is coloured red in the map and section, aud, -. with the exception of Lee - directiou will be sufficiently good. : V ... j 10. Auother direction has_ been Tevelled and laid down in the map, distinguished by a daI: k- brown line. " It proceeds in nearly a direct line from the east- ern end of the Welsh Bridge to Clarem'out Street, from thenoeit bends towards and passes up Princess Street, crosses Milk Street, passes along the Back Yards of the Raven and Bell and Lion Iiins,' tkence descending to the bottom ofthe VVyle Cop, and terminating- at the west end of the English Bridge. This line would involve the expense, of not only a totally new street, but, Crossing the connection to the Friars and Quarry Walls entrances, with, an embankment of about 15 feet in height, would either destroy or greatly interfere with much property in that quarter, as well as on both sides of the bottom of the Wyle Cop. Through the ... whole extent of this line new; ar- rangements wou) d require to be iinade, and, if accomplished, the thoroughfare would hot be more commodious than the first- described, " Whit'lflHight be made at one- fourth of the expense. 11. In the mode by which it has been proposed to improve the approach from the English Biidge tb the Hi^ b Street, and thence; doW'h Mardol, that quarter of the Town and one of tbe principal Inks would be . greatly benefitted ; - but' tl> e ' gehefal improvement, as regards the Town and the Travel- ling- Thoroughfare, requires tbe following alter- ations also fo be made : — At the top of Mardolit will be necessary to wideu Shoplatch aud the short Street leading from it by the Talbot Inti to the Market Place ; also the southern side of Princess Street and northern end of Milk Street, all as. shewn by a. red colour in the map:' This would then forni a counter- part to the High Street, and render the central part of the tovvn very per fect, and rel ieve it from the reflection thai its interior is unworthy the singularly line situation and the beauty of its exterior. This new access* by Milk Street would prevent the communication with the Talbot from incommoding the Market Place and the High Street, which, at present, is frequently a serious inconvenience. 12. With regard to the amount of expense which would be incurred by the improvements here pro- posed ( aSj. with the exception of the arcades unicler the road from the English Bridge, it would consist nearly wholly of the value of the houses and . their sites), this ' requires the exercise of more local information than 1 a in possessed of, but which the Architects and Builders of the place are fully equal to. They will, no doubt, take into consideration not only the first purchase, but the appropriation of the remaining space, according to its situation. The width of the new streets I recommend to be 45 feet, j; that is, 30 feet of carriage way, and 7\ feet of foot- path on each side. ' THOS.. TELFORD Shrewsbury, 29M Nov, 1823. Viscount CLIVE!. having read the tie port, asked if any Estimate had been made of the. expenses necessary to carry the same into execution ; when ! Mr. Harley and Mi'. Birch ( who had most hand- somely' volunteered their services for the purpose of making such estimates), presented the estimates respectively made by them lo the meeting. These estimates did not include the whole of Mr. Telford's plan, but merely so much as related to the direct passage in the old line of road through the town ; and it was certainly very satisfactory to perceive, that though there was no communication between the parties, and their estimates were made in dif- ferent ways, the approximation as, to the final expensje was, considering the amount, remarkably near. The estimate of the first purchase of the property necessary to be made on the line above mentioned was by each stated to be between 53 and £ 54,000 ; and the net expense, after re- selling-, siles, materials, and parts ot property that would not be wanted, was, according- to Mr. Birch's estimate, exclusive of making the road, £ 26,572; and between his and Mr. Harley's there was only a difference of a few hundred pounds. r Mr. Telford was then asked for the probable expense of making the roadj and other contingent expenses attending the same. The expense of filling up and making- the road Mr, T. estimated at £ 6,000, and other, contingent and casual expenses would increase the same to nearly £ 37,000, or, as Mr. Telford observed, the total might be put down at £ 40,000. The next question to be considered, the Noble Chairman observed, was, how this expenditure was to he met, and what means were possessed by the Town itself. No regular estimate appeared to have been made relative to this point; but Mr. HARLEY stated, that by a roug- h sketch which he had made, the Town could, without much difficulty, raise by rate £ 500 per annum ; that he had been sanguine enough to think the Town and County could by subscription raise £ 7000 ; and that a third part of a Turnpike Toll at the different avenues of the town would produce about £ 1500 a year. Mr, Justice SMITH wished to know where the interest is to come from ? Mr. HARLEY asked the Noble Chairman, if it would not be possible to obtain from Government a loan of money at 3 per cent. ? Viscount CLIVE said, he could mention what Government had done upon another line of road namely, the Glasgow. A few years ago it was . Considered requisite to improve- the road between Carlisle and Glasgow; the state of the Country ithrough which the road passed was such as to render it impossible to raise the money from thence : application was therefore made to Government, ant. Government assisted the parties very materially.— The Merchants of Glasgow were. anxious that the road should be improved, and were ready to sub- scribe handsomely, which they afterwards did do, — The Government and the Glasgow Merchants agreed to advance half the sum required, with the understanding that interestshould be paid, provided the funds raised on the line of road would afford it< i— first, to the Glasgow Merchants, and if there was any surplus, the same was to be applied to pay the interest of the money advanced by Government If there was any surplus after that had been done, it was to be applied in the first place in paying off the money advanced by the Glasgow Merchants, and secondly in paying off that advanced by Go. vernment,. Oil these terms sufficient money was raised, and the tolls ou that line now paid 5 per cent. The Hon. CECIL JENKINSON thought it was a qifes. tiori whether Government would advance any money unless there was some ulterior object in view : in the present case, certainly, it might be said that object was the improvement of the Holyhead Road. But hi should like to know from Mr. Telford, how far tin Town of Shrewsbury will be held to an improve- ment ofthe passage through it, under the fear, sup- posing it not to be effected to suit the Commissioners, of having the road diverted quite away from Shrews, bury. If the Commissioners on the Irish Road art determined to get a new way through Shrewsbury,, Or divert it altogether, a better one than that pointec out on the plan might be made. Viscount CLIVE said, no threat whatever nud been held out; the plan originated with the Gentlemen of the neighbourhood who requested the Representa- tives or the County, and of the different Borough; within tin? same, to at tend the operations of Sir Henry Parneir antf the Irish Commissioners during the passing of the' Holyhead Road Bill in Parliament. Several meetings* took place, and Sir Henry Parnell did not disguise his sentiment that he considered another a better line than through Shrewsbury, but that he thought the then time not a good one for proposing any alteration, and expressed his readiness to do any thing in his power to improve the ap- proaches into the Town of Shrewsbury, at the same time maintaining his own opinion as to another line being better.— His Lordship further thought, that if they could get the Government money, which I considered possible, invested in tfie liife through Shrewsbury, Government would not grant any money for the improvement of another line of the same road. The Hon. CECIL JENKINSON understood the rateable properly in Shrewsbury to be about £ 20,000 a year",' and it would therefore be absurd to suppose the town able to support the payment of the interest of the sum required. Government, they might rest assured, would not advance money in a concern without hav- ing the interest paid, and it ought to be borne in mind with reference to the Glasgow road, that what Government did there was at a period when there were a great number of people out of employment., Tolls could not be raised at the avenues of the Town, without the consent of the Trustees and Mortgagees upon the various Trusts of such road, it being con- trary to a standing order of the House of Commons. Mr. Justice SMITH said the Town was burdened with taxes enough already. Mr. PEMBERTON said, it was clear Sir Henry Parne. il had taken a different view of the Irish Road tothat which they had.— The Hon. CECIL JBNKINSON then asked Mr. Telford, whether all grants of money for the Improvement of the Irish Road did not exclude Towns? to which Mr. TELFORD replied, f No : there have been several," and mentioned Corwen and Llangollen.— The same question was then repeated as to Boroughs, and Mr, TELFORD said he knew nothing of Boroughs. The Rev. J. B. BLAKEWAY was extremely anxious that every thing possible should be done both to improve the town, and to accommodate the Irish Gentry passing through the same, so as to preserve the line oftoad through Shrewsbury ; but, in doing these things, he considered it requisite that, with the best mode of accommodating the Irish Gentry, they Ought to. combine the greatest economy, which appeared to have beeti completely lost sight of in the plan then submitted to them. He admifited and pointed out; those parts which absolutely required hnprovement, and hoped such improvements would be effected with a due regard to economy and to the interests of the Town. Viscount CLIVE said the plan presented to the meeting- was not made with a regard to its exclusive adoption. The Meeting would be happy for any gentleman to suggest any plan that might be though t feasible. The grand object of the meeting was to adopt such an one as would keep the Irish Road through Shrewsbury. The Government, he, thought, would advance money on security. The first thing, he thought, wouid be to ascertain that for certain, and if Government would, then what sum Govern- nient would be willing, to advance, and, at what rate of ^ interest. The Hort: CECIL JENKINSON said, the rn^ st proper line, as well as the cheapest and best for the traffic and accommodation of the Irish travellers, would be to go round by the Town Walls. The object ought to be to make such a road as would prevent the Irish gentry from saying that Shrewsbury was an impediment to their traffic. The Hon. T. KENYON objected to any application hekjg- made to Government for money., Mr. CRESSETT PELIIAM, M. P said an additional bridge might be erected over the river near what . was called the Can Office, which would bring tra- vellers at once into the centre of th$ town without any intervening hill to ascend ; and that there they would find a fine tract of land not built upon at present, but which would then iu all probability be so, and the sites would sell to great advantage. Mr. PIIMBERTON thought they ought to have some guarantee, that if the Town went to the expense contemplated, the Irish Rotid would not afterwards be diverted. The Hon. CECIL JENKINSON said, Mr. Telford was the only person that could tell the intentions of the Irish Commissioners, of whom Sir Henry Parnell was the most active and indefatigable ; and Parlia- ment lent itself to every thing he and Mr. Telford suggested. The present plan he considered totally impracticable. The objections to ; it were innumer- able. One Reverend Gentleman said heshouldlose half his parish by the alteration ; others would lose some half, and some the whole, of . their dwellings, and their feelings on these occasions were not to be disregarded. He theu alluded to the enormity of the expense, and desired them to bear in mind that Government would not give the money— it Would expect security and interest ; lie again alluded to the way round by the Walls, which he had before mentioned, he said, on the suggestion of Mr. Lloyd ( Stone House), aud said that he certainly should wish to keep the line of road, if possible, and for that purpose would become a subscriber to the greatest extent he could afford. The Hon. T. KENYON said the best plan was to go through the town, because it would thereby be of more service, and consequently more pleasing- to the inhabitants, who ought to. be consulted. As to going round by the Walls he thought they may ^ well leave out the town altogether. The first ' thing to be done, lie considered, was to get a gua- rantee as to preserving the present line, provided the improvements made were satisfactory, for when all the contemplated alterations between Welling- ton through Shrewsbury to Chirk were completed, the making a new line from Wellington direct to Chirk would not save above fotir miles ; and he felt confident that Government would never consent to leave out the metropolis of a county like this for the sake of saving so short a distance, particularly when it would be evident that every advantage to he obtained by the inhabitants of Dublin, as to the conveyance of correspondence between London and that city, would be equally obtained on the Title through Shrewsbury. He, therefore, recommended that, they should first apply to the Irish Commis sioners for a guarantee as to the line of road secondly, call a meeting for voluntary subscrip- tions; and thirdly, apply to Government. Col. Goocn asked, If the. rising ground beyond Dr. Darwin's were taken down ; if the lower* part pf Frankwell were made free from floods; if the corner of the High Street, opposite Mr. Wynne's, were eased ; if the High Street were widened ; if the high ground from St. Julian's Church to the Lion Inn were lowered, and the bottom ofthe Cop raised ( say 6 or 8 feet) ; and if the road in the Abbey Foregate were put on the south side of the Abbey Church— could the Irish Travellers with any degree of reason complain ?— and would Mr. Telford say what expense would then he incurred ? Mr. SALT said, some allusions having been made as to what could be done by the Committee of management, in a finance point of view, he begged lo state, and he had ( he sanction of the other members ofthe Committee present for it, that by the time the improvements in Dog pole were completed, the Com- mittee would have no money available ; they Would, in fact, be about £ 800 in debt. Mr. POTTER suggested raising the lower part of Wylp Cop, lowering the top ; and for the purpose of widening the streets,' instead of pulling down the property, to throw the whole width of the streets as they now are into the driving road, and taking from the ground- floor of each house as much of the front- age next the street as would make a convenient way for a foot- path, similar to the Rows at Chester ; also to widen the English Bridge, by making the carriage way extend the whole ofthe present width, and having foot- ways erected on brackets, & c. and protected by railing, to project on the outside, as has been done in other places.— He also cautioned the meeting in entering into an estimate for £ 40,000, to take care before they had finished that it did not amount to £ 70,000, Mr. PANTON CORBETT, M. P. Mr. J. BATHER, and several other Gentlemen, made a few observations. Mr. PEUIAM observed, that partly through a want of funds, and partly through the want of a feasible plan, there seemed a luke warm ness to prevail on the subject, which was one that was deserving of at. tention, and ooght to be attended to. Forty years ago, when money was of a different value to what it now is, it was thought a worthy consideration in this County to layout the sum of £ 11,000 to make the approaches to the town more substantial, more commodious, and better than they were ; aud it was worthy of enquiry whether it was not equally im- portant to do it at the present day,— We live by good neighbourhood, and much the world has said of the merits of Country Gentlemen. It has been said this is a respectable town ; it was so then ; it is. so now and I trust therefore the Country Gentlemen will keep up the connexion that has always subsisted between the Town and County.- » - if the improvements are essential to theTown, they are equally important to the County, and in any plan lo he given in, an eye should be kept not only to the Town, but to that part of the County which would derive the greatest interest from any alterations intended. He sincerely trusted they should not dissolve the meeting without fixing a future day for the subject to be discussed agL* in, and he therefore proposed that a Committee be appointed for that purpose. It was then regularly proposed and carried una- nimously : First, That a Committee be appointed to prepare a Plan and Estimate of the Expense for Improving the Road through Shrewsbury. The Committee to consist of the following Gentlemen, with liberty to add to their numbers, and five to forma Quorum:— The Viscount Clive, M. P. the Hon. Cecil Jenkinson, M. P. the Hon. T. Kenyon, the Hon* CaptainBridgeman, JohnCressett Pelhatn, Esq. M. P. Rowland Hill, Esq. M. P. Panton Corbett, Esq. M. P. Rev. J. B. Blakeway, Mr. E. Burton, Mr. Birch, William Cludde, Esq. Colonel Gooch, Mr. Harley, Mr. Haycock, T. Kynnersley, Esq. Rev. Archdeacon Owen, E. W. Smythe Owen, Esq. John Arthur LLoyd, Esq. Mr. Lloyd ( Stone Bouse J, Mr. Loxdale, Thomas Pemberton, Esq Mr. Perry, Mr. Salt, and Mr. Sutton. Second, That a Meeting take place at the Town Hall, on Mouday, the 19th of January, 18^ 4, at 12 o'clock, to take such plan and estimate into con sideration. On the motion of the Hon. CECIL JENKINSON, M. P. the thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Noble Chairman, Viscount Clive, M. P. for his kind attention to the interests of the town, and for his undeviating- impartiality and handsome conduct in the chair. It was then fixed that the Committee should meet on Saturday next, at 12 o'clock, at the Guild hall, preparatory to the Meeting* on the 19th of January. WAMS. BIRTHS. On Thursday last, the Right Honourable Lady Caroline Pennant, of a daughter. On the 16th iust. the Lady of James Wvatt, Esq, of Lime Grove, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th inst. by the Rev. W. Thomas, at Llanddyfuan Church, in the county of Anglesey, Jones Panton, jun. of Plasgwvn, Esq. to Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the iate John Griffith Lewis, of Llanddyfnan, Esq.— The- neighbourhood around, with merry hearts, gave many enlivening- tokens of their kindest wishes for the prosperity of the happy couple. To convey to the habitation- of the bumble cottager an opportunity of participating in the joy of the occasion, a donation of £ 20 was, made to the poor of the united parishes of l- lan- ddyfnan and Peiitraeth, by liiin v. hose feelings were most interested in the event. On Saturday last, at Hampton, in the county of Middlesex, William Owen, of Lincoln's Inn, and of Glansevern, in the couuty of Montgomery, Esq. one of His Majesty's Counsel, to Anne WarbUrton, widow of the Rev. Thomas Coupland, of The Priory, Chester.— Tbe bride was given - away by General Grosvenor. ,, The statement of the marriage of the Rev. Mr. Edwards, to Miss Edwards, of Towyn, circu- lated from a Chester Paper, is, we are informed, premature. DIED. At Penrhos, on the 18th inst. aged - 83, John Owen, of Penrhos, in the county of Montgomery,' and of Movnes Court, in the county of Monmouth, Esquire.— This gentleman was the last surviving male of the family of Owen, of Porkington, in Shropshire. On the 8th instant, aged 61, Mr. Edwards, of Cadwgan, near Wrexham, deservedly esteemed and regretted. On the 9th inst. deservediv lamented, aged 76, William Pritchard, who had faithfully served three generations of the Gwerclas Family for the space of 68 years. A copy of the admired " Essay on the Utility of" holding Eisteddvodan," by J. H. PARRY, Esq. to which the Premium was awarded at the late Eisteddvod at Mold, will be found ill our 4th page. It is stated that a striking instance of the superiority of the Hereford breed of cattle over the Durham or short- horned kind, was exhibited at Sir Charles Morgan's cattle shew at Tredegar, on Friday last, when a two- year old heifer of the former sort, bred by Mr. J. White, of Upleadon," was produced against a Durham heifer of the same age, belonging to ihe Rev. Mr. Bury. The weight of the first was 17 cwt. w hile that of the latter was only 15 cwt. although at. the shew of the preceding year Mr. Bury's heifer exceeded Mr. White's by- several pounds. PUBLIC STREETS.— At a Meeting of the Police Commissioners of Manchester, on Wednesday last a short conversation took place upon tbe scavenging of the town, in the course of which several Com missioners complained of the dirty state in which certain streets, which they named, had been for some months past.— Mr. Rolhwell, an active Member of the Scavenging Committee, stated that new arrangements had beeu made within tbe last few days to keep the streets ill a more cleanly con- dition than thai in which they bad recently been, and that in a very short period, lie had no doubt, the good effects of the new system would be observable.. During the last week upwards of 100 cart- loads of soil had been removed from Ihe streets; aud the most active exertions were si ill makin. and would continue to be made, unlit the evil complained of was entirely removed.— We , trust we may miw congratulate our townsmen on the pro. spcct of similar good effects from tlie adoption of the same remedy. Among the animals exhibited for shew Birmingham Christinas Market, on Thursday last, were three remarkably fine 3- years old Durham oxen, bred and fed by Earl Bradford, weighing upwards of 17 score per quarter; also two sur prisingly fat two- shear sheep, bred by Earl CraVen ; these animals were slaughtered by Messrs. W. and T. Allday.— Mr. Brookes, of Coligreve. sjrecl, slaughtered two heifers of extraordinary fatness, bred and fed by Mr. Turner, near Ludlow, which were much admired by judges.— A beautiful ox, bred and fed by Earl Talbot, was shewn at Mr. Beardswortli's Repository, and was admitted by all judges who saw it to be an extraordinary animal. Among the Premiums awarded by the Bath and West of England Sociely, at their meeting last week, were— To'Mr. John Black, Kersoe Farm, near Evesham, for four fat wethers, Leices- ter breed £ 6 0 0 To Stephen Payne, shepherd to the Earl of Bridgewater, for rearing £ 61 healthy lainhs from 436 ewes, of the Southdown breed 5 5 0 HUNTING, Sir Richard Pules ton's Hounds will meet This day, Wednesday, Dec. 24th Oteley Park Friday, 26th Overt., n Cross Monday, 29th Carden Wednesday, 31st .... Emral . At Eleven. The Ludlow Subscription Fox Hounds WILL MEET AT Bitterley Village Friday, Dec. 26 ( at 8) Tern Hall Tuesday, Dec. 30 ( at 10} Ky re wood .. Friday*, Jan. 2 ( at 10) ' Powksmore Tuesday, Jan. 6 ( at 10) Munslow Common Friday, Jan. 9 ( at 10) Sir B. Graham's Hounds will meet Saturday, Dec. 27 ( at 11) Coton, Mr. Haifs Fox Hmnds will meet Friday, Dec, 26th Oakley Cat* At half past ten. The Cheshire Hounds will meet Saturday, Dec. 27tb, .. Toft Monday, 29th Fox and Barrel Wednesday, 31st ....... Kinderton Guide- post Thursday, Jan. lst Hartford Bridge Saturday, 3d Barr Bridge At half past ten. The Ilalston Confederate Harriers will meet Saturday, Dec. 27... ( A Fox)..., . Halstoiv At half past ten. HORSE- RACING IN FRANCE, Is precisely what opera- dancing is in England* or opera- singing in America. None of them are indigenous to the soil; the natives are not cut out for such exercises of the arm, the leg, or the voice. The performers must be imported ; for the liome- hreed, in their various ways, are too much or too, little refined for the several accomplishments. It will ever be thus in countries so remote in manners and institutions. The social soil can never be. ploughed, nor the national feelings harrowed up, so as to bring forth the fruits, which are looked on as the productions of a barbarous or a degenerate clime. For my part. I am always happy to see a people gazing with pleasure, in the heart of their capital, on an exhibition of foreign skill, which they nevertheless most heartily despise. It is a proof of independence of feeling ; of a notion of' self- superiority in matters of importance, without which no people can be great; and, above all. things, it satisfies me that, in my time at least, there is no danger of those distinctive features being rubbed off, which keep all countries from becoming- ( fhe most abhorrent ot improvements, to my mind) one great, undistinguishable, monstrous family. 3; love toghear an Englishman allow the French to be the best dancers, and a Frenchman acknowledge us to be the best boxers in the world. Vestris and Paul, kicking their heels against the fly scenes. of the. opera- house, are objects of high delight and deep contempt to the applauding- English audience — while Tom Cribb or Randall, making their best display in the Champs Elysees, would amuse the Parisians, while they pronounced the pugilists to be barbarians. These national incongruities are all aa they should be ; what we are proud- of, the French despise, and vice versa.— As to horse- racing-, in, which we excel, it is a matter of course that the French should botch it. To succeed in such a pursuit, men must, of all things, love the country, and havte a relish for rural pleasures. Of them, the French gentry know little or nothing, beyond transplanting their natural production to the towns ; and probably the greatest burlesque existing is the annual exhibition of horse- racing in the capital of" France,— for the simple reason, that the actors and spectators have no sympathy in common. The place, too, appropriated, but not adapted, for the race, is enough to destroy all enjoyment in it; and has been chosen only from a stupid revolutionary imitation of the ancient. Romans, who held their Fasta Equiriap in the Campus Martins. Instead of a smooth and level turf, against which, with ws, the noble animals strike their elastic limbs, and bound along- ip grace and beauty fo the goal, here the- y plough through, an immense bed of sana, labouring md panting, and covered with a coat of dust and weaf, jaded and disheartened, and looking any thino-, in short, but what one expects in a " high- mettled racer." Such as the thing is, it is almost wholly in the hands of Englishmen. A French jockey rarely appears; and the only gratifying object, to my eyes, in the display, was the knowing" air with which the ridei; s mounted their steeds, and gave them their preparatory canter through the ranks of gaping SPOONEYS about them It was amusing, too ( though somewhat humiliating from its anti- English look), to see the winners of the prizes, two thorough- bred horse- dealers, with all the blunt and rather slangish air of t| ieir profession, leading their respective horses up to the foot of the balcony ( from which the Duchess of Berry super- intended the scene), preceded by a band of piusic, and escorted by a troop of horseTgrenadiers. I did not much like to see my two countrymen twirling their hats in one hand, stuffing the otlier in their breeches pockets, and looking altogether so con- foundedly GAUCHE in the presence of " les angustes personages." I could not help smiling, however, when they took the silver coffee- pot and ewer away in triumph under their arms ; and as they gave their several scrapes of the foot, and bobbed their bows up to the balcony, and turned oft' upon their heels, 1 thought I distinguished on each of their countenances an expression that seemed to say, il all my eye, Betty Martin."— New Monthly Ma- gazine. MUTILATED COIN.— It is a fact not known, perhaps, to the public generally, that any part of the current coin may be refused, if at all mutilated, j This is now the uniform practice with the Bank of England, and" the clerks of that Bank constantly return all Coin that is in the least degree defaced. '' TOHN JOBSON begs to return his most grateful Thanks to those Gentlemen who honoured him with their Company at his HOUSE- WARMING, on Tuesday, the 16th, as well as to those who were pleased so kindly to patronise him' on that Occasion. TALBOT HOTEL, SHREWSBURY, Dec. 23, 1823. MR. LLOYD, DENTIST, grateful for the distinguished Patronage conferred upon him during the Term of the Partnership between like late Mr. BLAIR and himself ( the said Term having now legally expired), begs most respect- fully to inform his Friends that he has REMOVED to fro. 59, BOLD- STREET, opposite Mr. Willan's Public Library, where be hopes to merit a Continu- ance of their Kindness and Support. *** Mr. LLOYD will continue his Visits to Shrewsbury and Chester at the usual Seasons. 59, BOLD- STREET, LIVERPOOL, 16TH DEC. 1823. " ISS H. YATES gratefully requests her Friends and the Public to accept her cordial Thanks for their kind Attentions in her Favour, upon the Evening of the Eighteenth. OSWESTRY; DEC, 20, 1823. OSWESTRY. TtyfRS. YATES's SCHOOL will re- IVJL open January 21st, 1824. DEC. 20TH, 1823. BRYMYFFYNMOW, WREXHAM. MISS KEN RICKS' SEMINARY , will re- open, after the present Vacation, January 15th., 1S" 24. CANN HALL, BRIDGNORTH, SALOP. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Justices of the Peace for the County of Salop, assembled at the last General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, pursuant to the Statute, have proceeded, with the Consent of the Sheriff to carry into FJ'ect the CLASSIFICATION and SEPARATION of the GAOL and HOUSE OF CORRECTION for the said County, and have divided the Whole into the following- Compartments j. GAOL DIVISION. No. MALE SIDE. 1. Debtors and Persons confined for Contempt of Court on Civil Process. 2. Convict Felons- r- These are again subdivided as far as Circumstances will allow, the Felons of the worst Description being kept apart from those whose Crimes and Characters are of a less aggravated Description. 3. Prisoners convicted of aggravated Misdemean- ors, as Receivers, Utterers, & c. 4. Prisoners committed on Charge of Felony. 5. Prisoners committed on Charge of aggravated Misdemeanor. 6. Prisoners committed as King's Evidence". FEMALE SIDE. 7. Debtors and Persons confined for Contempt of Court on Civil Process. 8. Conviet Felons. 9. Prisoners committed on Charge of Felony. 10. Prisoners committed on Charge of Misdemeanor. HOUSE OF CORRECTION. NO. MALE SIDE. 1. Prisoners committed for lighter Misdemeanors^ and for Want of Sureties,. 2. Prisoners convicted of such lighter Misde- meanors— Of these, Poachers are kept se- parate from the others. 3. Vagrants and others of this Description com- mitted in Execution. FEMALE SIDE. Cla& sed in the same Manner. THOS. PEMBERTON, Chairman. Shrewsbury, 23d December, 1823. uu ALIMITED Number of Young Gen, tlemen are genteelly Boarded, and carefully instructed, by the Rev. S. BARBER. Mr. BLUNT, Wyle Cop, Mr, WARD, High Street, Mr. COOKE, Mardol, Shrewsbury ; Mr. EDWARDS, Ilarlescott, near Shrewsbury ; Mr. GRIERSON, Bridgnorth; k Mr, NEWALL, Manchester, kindly engage to furnish Cards stating Terms, Plan of Tuition, & c. N. B. Studies re- commence ( D. V.) Jan. 20th, 1824. rpHE SALOPIAN LODGE of Free J. and Accepted Masons, No. 498, will ce'lebrate the* Festival of Saint John the Evangelist, on MONDAY, the 29th Instant, at Brother Jones's, CROWN INN, Shrewsbury, where the Company of Visiting Brothers will be esteemed a Favour. By Order of the W. M. T. LAWRENCE, Secretary. Dinner on the Table at 4 o'Clock precisely. DEC. 24th, 1823. TO IRONMONGERS. WANTED, ^ SHOPMAN in an Ironmonger's Shop, a Young Man who understands his Business, and can be well recom- mended from his last Situation.— Apply by Letter ( Post- paid) to THE PRINTER. TO JOURNEYMEN TAILORS. SIX goorl Workmen may meet with constant Employ by applying to Mr. RICHARD JONES, Newtown, Montgomeryshire. MARKET HERALD. SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hide* was 4| d. per lb.-— Calf Skins 5d—-' fpUffw 3d. IU our Market, 011 Saturday last., Old Wheat sold at from 9s. 2d; to 9s. 6d. ; and New Wheat; at from 8s. Od. to 9s. Od. per bushel of 38 quarts- Barley from 4s. 8d. to 5s. 3d. per bushel of 38 qt?. Old Oats sold at from 6s. 8d. to 7s. 2d.; New Oats from 5s. 4d. to 6s. Od. per bushel of 57 quarts.— Peas 5s. fid. to 6s. Od, CO UN EXCHANGE, DEC. 22 The demand for fine Wheat is exceedingly brisk this morning, and sis our supply of that article is very limited, apd the Millers running principally upon it, in the expectation of a rise in the price of flour, its price is full 2s. per quarter higher than on this- day se'nnight, but for the inferior qualities there appears no demand. Fine Kentish Barley is also 2s. per quarter dearer, the Maltsters having cleared away all that appeared of this quality. Beans sell rather briskly, but without any improvement in price. Oats and Peas are each of them Is. per quarter dearer. Flour is in an unsettled state, owing to the advance, in the price of Wheat, and a rise of 5s. per sack is expected, should the latter article support the present advance. Current Price of Grain per Quarter, as under Wheat'.: 50a to 70s j White Peas 34s to Barley..... ... 26s to 36s Beans..,.*... 34s to 36s Malt 52s to 60s I Oats 24s to 28s Fine Flour 50s fo 55s per sack ; Seconds 45s to 50s SMITH FIELD ( per st. of% lb. sinking offal). Beef.... 3s 4d to 4s 2d 1 Veal 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Mutton 3s 8d to 4s Od | Fork 4s 4d to 5s 4d. Lamb 0s Od to 0s Od LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE Wheat Barley .,.. Oats Malt Fine Flour... to 9s. Od. per 701 lis to 5s. 6d. per 601 lis, to 3s, 4( 1. per 451 bs, to 8s. 9d. per36qts to 50s. Od. per2401 bs 8s. Od. 4s. 6d. 3s. 3d. 8s. Od. 40s. Od. BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE. Spring price of Wheat, per sack of 331lbs Foreign Wheat per bush, of 8 gall. English Wheat, ditto Malting Barley, ditto Malt, ditto............... Flour, Fine, per sack of 2c. 2q. 5lbi Oats,, Old, per 8 gall s. d. s. d 39 0 to 44 0 3 3 to 4 0 6 ( 3 Hi 8 3 3 9 to 4 3 5 9 to 7 0 48 0 to 50 0 44 0 lo 48 0 2 6 to 3 0 THE MARKETS.— An examination of the Lon- don and various Country Markets shews that the Corn, Cattle, Butter, and Cheese Markets, have for Some time past been gradually advancing.— We are enabled to state, from the enquiries and ob- servation of Gentlemen whose knowledge of the qiiesfibn cahnot be doubted, that the general pro. ductiou of Grain of the last harvest has been de- ficient, Barley excepted— and tfye latter article, in many instances, malts very indifferently. The Stocks of Grain in hulk, both under bond and in free warehouse, as well QS in the hands of the agriculturists, is certainly much less throughout the kingdom than at this period of last year.- great delivery from the Shrewsbury market has been made at Ellesmere, where, as well as at Oswestry, the prices are higher than at Shrewsbury hence, iu our market, Grain to be cjeliyercd on that side the country obtains a better price. The stocks in our own neighbourhood have had ai) ad ditional cause of diminution from the unfortunate circumstance of much of the grain in the adjacent Principality having heen harvested in a bad and deficient state; consequently, another great drain has taken place on the Shropshire market.— The ad vance in Live Stock has not been so considerable as in Grain, but there has certainly been a marked , improvement; as aiso in Butter and Cheese,— Salt Butter at the late Fairs has approximated nearly to lOd. per lb.; and in our last Fair, while tlie better sorts of Cheese went at from ' 50s. to 56s. per cwt, some more prime dairies sold at frOai 58s. to 60s, — To account decisively for all these advances in price is, perhaps, not an easy task5 but weare inclined to believe, that much of their production may be attributed to the great improvement which has taken place 111 the situation of the inhabitants of those very populous districts of Ihe kingdom which are especially termed manufacturing trading, and Use prosperity of which probably lias heen at no period so great as at the present moment all circumstances considered— the consequence is, a greatly increased consumption of provisions, and an advance in the markets from which that con sumption is supplied. BROSELEY ANNUAL ffiarO antr Saucing asssemfclp, WILL take Place at the TOWN HALL: on WEDNESDAY, December 31st Instant. Mr. ROSE, > Stewards Mr. PRITCHARD, S stLVV'mls- LUDLOW ASSEMBLIES. NSNRIE THIRD ASSEMBLY win be & held at the TOWN IIAI, L, on THURSDAY, the First Day of January. Lady HARRIET CLIVE, Patroness. JOHN SALWEY, Esq. Steward. Dancing to commence at9 o'Clock. Tickets of Admission to be had at Mr. HOD- SON'S Library. FOREST TREES, See. & c. AT CHESTER. l^ RANCIS and JAMES DICKSON ii have, at their Nursery Grounds, BACHEPOOL and HOOLE, near Chester," a very extensive Stock of all Kinds of Seedling and Transplanted Forest Trees, Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Stc. & c. which, upon Inspection, will be found of SUPERIOR Quality.— As they are the GROWERS of the SEED- LINGS themselves on a very extended Scale, they are enabled to offer their Stock on the most mode- rate Terms. I". & J. D. beg to return their sincere Thanks to the Noblemen and Gentlemen in the County of SALOP, for the very liberal Share of Patronage they have hitherto received, and now assure them that no Exertion will be spared to merit a Conti- nuance. rgy' All Sorts of Agricultural and Garden Seeds ; GOBSB and BROOM Seeds for Cover ; and every Article in tbe Seed and Nursery Line, at low Prices. ro ta* ' MX, And entered upon at Lady- Day next? ADESIRABLFJ and compact FARM, . containing 256 Acres, or thereabouts, with a substantial House and Outbuildings thereon. The above Premises are situate within two Miles of Coals, and four from Lime, at a convenient Distance from good Markets. For Particulars apply to THE PRINTER ; if by Letter, Post- paid. Office of the, Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, No. 33, LINCOLN'S- INN FIELDS. 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THE HIGHLANDERS, a Tale by the cele- brated Author of the Hermit in London, Hermit Abroad, See. & c. 15. GEORGE THE THIRD, HIS COURT AND FAMILY. A New Edition, with important Additions, and 18 Portraits, including those of the whole Royal Family of England, 2 Vols. Svo. 16. PRACTICAL VVISLJOM, or the MANUAL of LIFE, being the WRITTEN COUNSEL^ of EMINENT MEN to their CHILDREN, 5s.' 6d. This Work wi| l be found aa excellcut Present for Youth. £> fftce of Coroner. E, the undersigned Magistrates, act- ing in the Hundreds of MUNSLOW, STOTES- DON, and OVERS, are of Opinion that the Situation of Coroner for the above District would be most eligible in the Town of CLEOBURY MORTIMER, where he will be residing within four Miles of Iron Works, and within six of the Coal and Lime Works and of Stotesdon ; and we also are of Opinion that the above Office should be held by a LEGAL Profes- sional Man. Dated this ? 2d Day of November, 1823. THOMAS WHITMORE, W. DAVENPORT, E. S. DAVENPORT, JOHN M. WOOD, THOS. MYTTON, CHARLES POWELL, TIIOS. II. LOWE, WM. OTTER, JOHN WALCOT, GEO. RUSHOUT BOWLES. To the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP. MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, RS^ HE Situation of one of the CORONERS of this County being about to become vacant by the Resignation of Mr. WIIITCOMBE, I beg Leave most respectfully to ofl'or myself as a Candi- date for the important Office, and to solicit the Honour of your ATTENDANCE AT THE POLL. Since the Division was made of the Hales Owen District, the whnle of the Inquests have been held within 22 Miles of this Town, and which has been the Residence of the Coroner ( or within eight Miles of tlie Place) for upwards of 60 Years last past. If you appoint your Coroner at Bridguorth ( which has already got one for the Liberties), it will be at- tended with a great and serious Expense to the County, as 1 find that, out of the whole Seventy- five Inquests that have been held by Mr. WHITCOSIBE during bis Coronership, only Seven have been held on the other Side of Bridgnorth, and which were in the Parishes of Kudge, Claverley, aud Morville. It will be needless to point out the Impropriety of appointing the Coroner resident at Shitfnal, in which Case the Hundreds of Stotesdon, Overs, and Munslow, must apply to Mr. WOLLASTON, of Bishop's Castle, which is 27 Miles from this Place. These and various other Reasons point out the Necessity of having one of the Coroners resident iu the Town of CLEOBURY MORTIMER, and have in- duced me to offer myself as a Candidate for tbe Situation ; and should 1 obtain the Honour of your Support on the present Occasion, and be so for- tunate as to succeed, I shall endeavour to discharge the Duty of the Office with all that Attention which its Importance tothe. County demands. I have the Honour toremaiu, MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, Your very obedient humble Servant, S. P. SOUT1IAM, DEC. 10,1823. Solicitor, Cleobury Mortimer. In the Trust Affairs of Thomas Corbett, of Cleobury Mortimer, Millwright. rinHE Outstanding Creditors of the JL above- named THOMAS CORBETT are re- quired to come in under the Trust Deed executed by him, for the Benefit of his Creditors, ou or before the 6th of January next, and to signify their Deter- mination to us ou or before that Day, in Order that the Trust Affairs may be brought to a Conclusion ; and all Creditors outstanding after that Time will lose the Benefit of the said Trust Deed. ROBINSON and COWBURN, Attornics for the Representative bf the Deceased Trustee. TENBURY, DEC. 16, 1823. Turnpike Tolls— Shiffnal District, NOTICE is hereby given, That the TOLLS arising at theToll Gates erected on the Shiffnal Division of the Watling Street Turnpike Road, commonly called by the Names of the Prior's Lee and Red Hill Gates, will be LET ( separately) BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the House of William Morris, known by the Sign of the Jerniug- harn Arms Inn, in Shiffnal, in the County of Salop, on Tuesday, the 20tb Day of January next, between the Hours of Eleven in the Forenoon and oue in the Afternoon, for one Year from the 2d . Day of Febru- ary next, iu Manner directed by an Act passed in the 48th Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, " For the more effectually repairing a certain Road " called The Watlijig Street Road, and other Roads " therein mentioned, in tbe Counties of Salop and " Stafford ;" by another Act passed in the 1st and 2d Years of the present Reign, intituled " An Act " for further improving the Roads between London " and Holyhead, by Coventry, Birmingham, and " Shrewsbury:" and also by the General Turnpike Act passed iu the 3d Year of the present Reign.— The Bidders for the Tolls arising at the Prior's Lee Gate must make two distinct Biddings for the said Tolls, viz, one Bidding for the Tolls collected under' Authority of the first- mentioned Act, and another Bidding for the additional Tolls collected under Authority of the second- mentioned Act ( of which a separate Account is to he kept). The best Bidder must give Security, with. suffi- cient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees, for Payment of the Rent agreed for at such Times as they shall direct; and no Person will be allowed toi bid who does not produce his Sureties at the. Auction, , " The Tolls produced, the last Year, , r „, \ Old Tolls £ 550 > „„„„ Pnor's Lee Gate ? Additio„ al To|| s 130 < £ 700 Red liill Gate... £ 100 R. FISHER, Clerk to Ihe Trustees. NEWPORT, DEC. 17,1823, HOPE Fire and Life Assurance Company. OFFICES, No, 6, BKIDGE- STREET, BLACKFKIARS, And 225, Oxford- Street, London ; 10, Prince's- Street, Edinburgh ; aud 18, Westmore- laud- Street, Dublin. ' B^ il EDI R ECTO RS of this Company Jl. respectfully inform the Public, that . Policies of Assurance are granted by them on the; Lives of Per- sons in the Army, Militia, or Yeomanry, within the United Kingdom, whether on Half- pay, or in actual Service, without EXTRA Premium:.; Life Assurers with this Company are permitted to pass by Sea from one Part of the United Kingdom to another, in decked Vessels, or Steam Boats; and are also allowed, during Peace, to pass from British tp any Foreign Port between the Tex el and Brest, both inclusive, in Vessels as above described, without additional Charge. LIFE OFFICE.— CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. Persons assuring in tbisOffiee participate in Profits septennially;, without incurring the Liability of Loss, the Proprietors having undertaken all Responsibility; upon which Principle numerous are the Instances of ten, twenty, and thirty per Cent, being, paid in Addition to jhe Amount assured; and Case* have occurred where the Payment has been more, than double the Sum assured. A BONUS, amounting, in most Instances, to TWENTY FIVE per Cent, and in some to upwards of THIRTY per Cent, on thp Premium paid, within the seven Years, ending at Michaelmas, 1818, has heert added to all Policies of Assurance effected in this Office, for the whole Perjod of Life. FIRE OFFICE.— CACiTAr. i ONE MILLION. Policies effected upon every Description of Property within the United Kingdon}, i} j) oij! reasonable Terms. L035. es are uniformly paid by this Company, with Liberality ainl Proihptitijdf. Poijcies, which expire at Christmas, shutfld he renewed within fifteen Days thereafter, or the same will become void. No> Entrance Moneys Admission Fee, or other official Charge exacted. WILLIAM BURY, Secretary. The Public are particularly request etl lo take Notice, that the Business of this Office removed lo No. 6, BR/ DGE- XTRRET, BL^ VKFRIARS9 From their Iqte Office, Ludgate Uilt. The following Agents are appointed by this Com- n:> ny in the County- of Salop, of whonj Proposals may lie had Gratis, and every Information obtained : ~ r THOMAS NEWLING, SHREWSBURY; JOSEPH WALFORD, WniTcmfcu. To the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders OP THE COUNTY OF SALOP. MY.' WITI)!, A, N. J) GENTLEMEN, 4 CCEPT my warmest Acknowledg- la. ments. for the very flattering Assurances of Support Lhave already met with in my Canvass for the Office of CORONER through different Parts of this County, which induces me to anticipate ( should a Poll be demanded on the Day of Election, and a Contest ensue) I shall ultimately be placed in that Situation, for which I, now hav^ the Honour to stand forward as a Candidate. My Opponent, MI;. SOUTHAM, in his. Address to yon, la£ s ngncat' Stress^ upon, thg advantageous S ituation of vCleob ury M ov tinier, for the':, Residenee of a Coroner. The o. nly Ad vantage that the Situai tion can boast ofUs,-. I: suhinit, that it is, within the lpistrict of the - late Coroner ; but you must all hg aware that it is on the Con fines of the County , ap « ! at a greater Distance from' several Parts of the differ- ent Hundreds allotted to th^ t District than Shi final . ; Mr. Sot'THAM ( has., I perceive, inserted in his former Addresses a Notification from. Mr. DICK EN ( one ofsthe Coroners) to the Magistrates of the County, of his Intention of removing his Residence to tbe'Neighbourhood of Wellington, but wh- ch lie1 has, omlt! ted in his last Address.. I heg to ask Mr SOUTH AM the Reason of this Omission ;,. and, IF TRUE,: why he has omitted it; and whether a Com- munication has not beeu made to him by Mr. DICK EN on the Subject? If it shall appear that Mr. DICKFN did not authorise Mr . SOUTH AM tu insert that Notification, I leave the Freeholders of the County to appreciate the Mis- statemep. t in the Manner it deserves. My other Opponent, Mr. JONES, in his Address to you, ' brings forward, as he conceives, VERY COGENT REASONS why a Surgeon is the more eligible Person to fill the Office of Coroner. From the Reasons he lias adduced I am led to believe that he is totally ( unacquainted with the Duties of that Office for which he is a Candidate. Those Duties are, not wholly confined to the holding of Inquests on the Bodie^; 0; f/ Persons found dead, but the returning- and e^ ec^ i^ ng; jof^ C^^ t^ in Writs and Processes issuing out'; of His Majesty's Superior Courts, and to certain other Judicial Acts of which a Medical Man can have no Knowledge, I do contend, that ifthe Opinion of a Medical Man be necessary for the Satisfaction of a Jury upon an Inquest, that Qpiniou coipes with more Weight, and is entitled to more Credit, from a Witness qn his Oath, than from a Person who sits to judge the Case of which lie. is himself an Evidence.— There is also anqther very important Reason why a Person conversant with . the Laws . of his Country by Profession ought to fill tlie Situation of Coroner, for iij Cases of Murder there is great Difficulty and Nicety required in drawing upNinquisitions, upon which Prisoners may be safely put upon their Trials, instead of the County being at the Expense of preparing and passing Bills of Indictment against them before the Grand Jury. i't is a well- known Fact, that NINE- TENTHS of the Inquisitions which are taken are unfit to be exhibited in. a Court of Justice, and are so imperfectly drawn that a Prisoner ' s seldom or ever tried upoi} them. I have only to add, that I shall now look forward to the Day of Election ; and should I then be the pbjeet ^ f your Choice, 1 will discharge the import- ant Duties of the jOffice to the best of my Ability. xwiV'u I have the Honour to remain, LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, Your most obedient and very humble Servant, GILBERT BKOWN. SHIFFNAL, 11th December, 1823. This Day is Published, BY W. EDDOWES, PRINTER OF THIS PAPER, And may be had of the Booksellers iu the County, and of the Newsmeu, ( PRICE IWO SHILLINGSJ, THE SHROPSHIRE, Cheshire, Sf North Wales ALMANAC K, OR, gljiEtosIita'!,) EnteUigcnrfr, FOR THE YEAH 1824, ( PRINTED IN RED AN D BLACK), en\ T. iiM. t « A general List of Mail and other Coaches, Water Conveyances, aud Carriers, to aud from Shrewsbury, the neighbouring Towns, and North Wales ; THE FAIRS In Shropshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Hereford- shire-; Worcestershire, Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, Radnorshire, Denbighshire, and Flintshire ; THE IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS ; The Bankers in Shropshire and Montgomeryshire ; a Table of Stamps, Table of Terms, & c. W. EODOWES bus also on Sale THE ROYAL ENGAGEMENT POCKET ATLAS, SOUVENIR ( or Pocket Tablet), POLI RE REPOSITORY, ROYAL REPOSITORY, & c. in a Variety of Cases ; COURT KALENDARS ; LADIES'and GENTLEMEN'S POCKET BOOKS of all Kinds; WHITE'S EPHEMERIS; and au extensive Assortment of Moore's, Partridge's, Clerical, and every other/ Almanack published by the Company of Stationers, ALSO, BOOKS FOR REGISTERING BANNS OF MARRIAGE, Agreeably to the late Act of Parliament: AND The Supplement to tlie late General Turnpike Act, WITH NOTES, BY BATEMAN. TUHNPIKE_ TOLLS. TVTOTICE is hereby given, that the L TOLLS arising at tiie Gates erected on the Turnpike Roads leading from Oswestry through Selattvn to Corwen, called Craignant and Llan- saintfl'raid Gates ; the TOLLS arising at the Gate on the Road from Oswestry to Kiiockul, called the Maesbury Gate, with Weston Chain ; the TOLLS arising at Church Street Gate, in Oswestry, Coed- y- goe Gate, and Wood- hill Bar; the TOLLS arising- atTyrawr, and Pont- y- cysyljte Gates ; the TOLLS arising at Croeshir aad Bryii- y- gro^ s Gates; the TOLLS arising at Rbyd- y- croestiu Gate and Lauut Chain ; the TOLLS arising at Llanfoi'da Gate and Chains ; and also the TOLLS arising at Feruhill Gate, wjll. be LET by AUC- TIQNyto the best Bidders, at the House of Mr. Thomas Hunt, known by tlie Sign of the Cross Keys Inn, in. Oswestry, on Friday, tbe 30th of Jauuify next, at twelve o'Cloek at Noon, for one or three'Years, as shall be then aad there agreed upon, | n the Manner directed by the Act passed iu the third Year, of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, ( t For regulating Turnpike Roads ;" which Tolls respectively produced iu the current Year the following Sums, namely : To the No I ilihju ( fen t ry, Ctere/ t,', a n11 Ereeeholdet , v OF THE COUNTY OF SALOF. MY LORPS, AND GENTH'SIES, Pg^ HE great Success 1 have met with in A. canvassing for the Situation of Coroner for this County, vacant by flit; Abdication of Mr. WHITCOMBE, has impressed me with a deep Sense of the most heartfelt Gratitude ; aud 1 beg vou all to accept niy unfeigned Thanks for the kind Liberality' and Support I have experienced, and which fully authorizes me to conclude that a triumphant Success awaits my Cause at the Day of Poll. I am aware that a public Ueelaration of several Magistrates has appeared, that they consider (,' leo- bury Mortimer ( being on the Confines, of the County) the most eligible Residence ( or a. Coroner, and that they are likewise of Opinion th; u. t( i. e Office Of Coroner should be held by a Legal I'ro/ essional Man; it must obviously imply that they consider my Opponent, Mr, Sot'THAM, ' should he elected in Preference to myself; but, with due Deference to the Opinions of those Gentlemen, and in Vindica- tion of the Pretensions I have for the Attainment of that •• Appointment, I must beg Leave to appeal to your, impartial Judgment, w hether my PROFESSION and RESIDENCE do not both constitute my Eligi- bility and Qualification to fulfil and discharge the Duty of Coroner as accurately, and with ( at least) equal Advantage to this populous County in gene- ral ; aud I bgg to submit, that 1 may, with the same Craignant and Llansaiutffraid Gates 5.4 0 Maesbury* Gate, aud Weston Chain. Church- street Gate 311. 0 Coed- y- goe Gate, and Bar to Wood- hill 6: j 0 Tyrawr and Pont- y- cvsyllte Gate 62 0 Rhyd- y - croesau Gate, and Lauut Chain 80 0 Croeshir and Bryn- y- groes Gates 52 10 Lltiuforda Gate............ 151 0 Fern hi! I Gate 90 0 Above the . Expense of collecting them, and they will be put Op iit those Sums respectively. Whpever happens to he the best Bidders, must, at the same. Time, pay one Mouth in Advance ( if required} of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let, and give Security, with sufficient Sureties ( who shall personally attend), to the Satisfaction of the " frustees of the said Turnpike Roads, for Pay.' mei^ t= of t( ie ilest of the Money Monthly, or the Kent agreed for,, at such Times as they . shall direct. And \ ntice is al* $ also hereby rjiven, That tl) e Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads will, at tiie Tune and Place aforesaid, consult about erecting a Toll Gate on the intended New Line of Road, leading out of the Holyhead Road, from or near a Bridge ( called the irishman's Bridge) to New Bridge, in the Parish of Chirk, in tbe County of Denbigh; aud that the same will be Let by Auction, conformable to the a Hire- mentioned Re- gulations, at the Time and Place above- named. Dated the 16th Dav of December, 1S23. LEWIS JONES, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Roads. . .. irv I the able Discharge of their Public Duty iu adminis- tering Justice founded upon Law. As regards my Residence, I beg to remark that BRIDGNORTH, as you well know, is the most Central Part of the District, besides which it is locally much more populous than Cleobury, and consequently would be attended with less Expense to the County. My Opponent, Mr. BROWN, too ( resident on the Borders of Staffordshire), urges his ADROITNESS as a Lawyer* as ft paramount Qualification for the Office of Coi ' oner ; hut I beg to propound to you, whether there is any Thing so abstruse or intricate in the Duty of Coroner, which may not lie with the greatest Facility acquired without possessing the Sagacity which the Practice of the Law may require ? and if either the Profession of a Lawyer or a Surgeon bg. necessary for the Qualification of Coroner, I must beg your Consideration in deter- mining which you think should preponderate, as 1 presume that generally throughout the Kingdom the Number of C oroners. ot the latter Profession much exceeds the former, and that they are in numberless Instances of much greater Utility. I am now certainly entitled to augur a favourable Issue in the Contest in which I am engaged, and I do confidently look forward to ultimate Success, in my Appointment; and should Ibe the Object of your Choice, I shall endeavour to prove myself worthy of so honourable a Distinction, by a faithful and d'iligent Discharge of the Duties of that im- portant Office. I have the Honour to remain, MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, Your very obedient humble Servant, c; JONES, Bridgnorth, Dec. 16, 1823. Surgeon. He speaks of the numerous Writs and Processes to be executed herein,. He must have adduced this from reading some old Law Books ( of Waste Paper Value) rather than from Practical Information. Is there a Writ returned by the Coroner iu 20 Years ? " BE JUST, AND FEAR NOT." On the 1st of January will be published, PART I. Price 2s. 6d. 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FARMS ilNB MILL, Co it? iLti, i^ OME very desirable FARMS, situate ill the Neighbourhood of CHIRBURY con- taining from 50 to 500 Acres ; and a MILL, wliiel. may be taken separate, or with the adjoining Farm . - Apply ( if by Letter, Post- paid) to Mr. JONES, I en bryn, near Montgomery. £' 0 fee ? i£ t, AND MAY BE ENTERED UPON IM 31E DI AT E I, Y, Or at Lady- day next, HpHE House eotikist. s of a spacious Eo- il trance Hull, a Dini - g, siad Drawing Room, Small Sitting Room, Study, Housekeeper's Room, Butler's Pantry ; also Kitchens and Servants' Apartments, and ten lied Rooms. The Outbuildings are Coach House, two Stables Bar n, Cow- houses, Pigeon house, &, c. is- c. Au excellent Garden and Orchard abundantly stocked with choice Fruit Trees, Lawn aud Shrub- be ries, about tour Statute . teres; and, if required Forty Acres of Pasture and Arable LAND, of the finest Quality, surrounding the Premises. EYTON HAM. is a most desirable Residence for a genteel Family, pleasantly situated within 50 Yards of the River Dee, near the Turnpike Road between Chester and Shrewsbury ; distant five Miles from Wrexham and seven from Ellesmere. Further Particulars, and Terms of Letting, may be known on Application to Mr. LAWTON, Overton Lodge, Flintshire. hy auction. VALUABLE ILIE) IBSWinBSp NEAR BRIDGNORTH. I1Y MESSRS. TUDOR AND LAWRENCE, On Saturday, the 3d Day of January, 1824, at the Talbot Inn, in Shrewsbury, precisely at four o'Clock in the Afternoon, ' in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the. Time of Sale, subject to Conditions then to be produced: . LOT I. TH E LYE Ml LL and LAN DS, con- taining about 27 Acres of rich Grazing Land, 111 the Holding of Mr. William Humphreys, as Tenant at Will. LOT II. The LYE MILL FARM, with House and convenient Oiithuildiugs. containing 88 Acres of rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, iu the Holding of Mr. William Corser, as Tenant at Will LOT HI. UNDERTON FARM, with capital Farm House and Outbuildings, tog- ether with about 112 Acres of rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, in the Holding of Mr. William Corser.— Also, TWO COTTAGES, iu the Possession of John Wall and William Bowdler. Tbe above Lots of valuable Land lie near to Morville, within, three Miles of Bridgnorth, five of Wenlock, six of Ironbridge, and about four of Broseley, all capital Markets, in the Neighbourhood of Lime and Coal, which are to be had at moderate Prices. The respective Tenants will shew the Lots ; and further Particulars may he known ou Applica- tion to V VICKERS, Esq'. Cranmere Hall, near Bridgnorth ; Mr. COOPER, Solicitor, or of THB AUCTIONEERS, Shrewsbury, where Maps of the Estates may besgen. RICH PASTURE LAMB, in Melverley. BY MiiTsMlTn, ( Under a Commission of Bankrupt), at the Talbot Hotel, Shrewsbury, 011 Saturday, the 27th Dav of December, IS23, between the Hours of four and six o'clock iu the Afternoon, subject t. o Condi- tions then to be produced, aud in tbe following, or such other Lois as may be agreed upon at tiie Time of Sale ; LOT I. A LL those Two Pieces of excellent s\ Pasture LAND, called The Meadows and The Bryn, containing I9A. 1R. 0P. or thereabouts. LOT II Piece of rich Pasture LAND, adjoining the above Lot, called The Hill Piece, confainin" 8A. 3R. 161'. or thereabouts; and also The Long* Leasow, 3A. 2R. 1< » P. LOT III. All those Three Pieces or Parcels of Land, called The Garden, Stackyard, and Cuckoo Croft, containing I A. OR. 4P. or thereabouts. Lor IV. House, Garden, Orchard, and Three Pieces of excellent Pasture Laud adjoining, con- taining IIA 1 R. f> P. or ( hereabouts. LOT V. Piece of Pasture Land, called The Wern Llydan, containing 3A. 1R. SOP. or thereabouts. LOT VI. Piece of rich Pasture Land, adjoining the Virniew, called The Shores, containing : JA. 3R. 38P. or thereabouts ; together with the Waste adjoining the River, 1A. 1R. 34P. LOT VII. Piece of Pasture Land, adjoining the Virniew, called The Llanercb Hir, containing 1A. 1R. 35P. and the Plantation adjoining, OA. OS. 38P. or thereabouts. Mr. ROGERS, Innkeeper, Melverley, will shew the Lots ; and for further Particulars enquire of THE AUCTIONEER, or at the Office of Mr. J. BI. CK- ERTOS{ WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Swan- Hill, Shrews bury, where a Map of the Premises may be seen. ~ LIVE STOCK, " Grain, 1] ay, Implements, and Furniture. BY MlTsMlTH, Early in the next Month ( bv Order of the Sheriff), on the Premises atWEBSCOT, in the Parish of Middle, in tbe County of Salop : ' THHE entire excellent DAIRY COWS. I and other LIVE STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, Grain, Hay, FURNITURE, and Effects, belonging to: Mr. HENRY KENT. ' Particulars in due Time. CAPITAL OAK COPPICE TIMBER. BY MR. WYLEY, At the Elephant and Castle Inn, Sliawbnry, in the County of Salop, on Thursday, the 15th Day of January, 1824,; at/ five o'Clock in the. Afternoon ; OAK TREES, growing in ACTON LEA Jt/ vJ COPPICE, iu the Parish of Shawbury aforesaid, in the following Lots: viz. LOT I. 70 Oak Trees, cqn) ii) euciug No. 1, and ending No. 70. LOT II. 130 Ditto Ditto, No. 71, and ending No. 200. LOT 111. 15;) Ditto Ditto, No. 201 ' and ending No. 350. ' ' LOT IV. 150 Qitta DIM", No. 351. and ending No 500. The above Timber is of good Dimensions; and excellent Quality ; situate near toTurnpike Roads, about 7 Miles fniii) Shrevysbliry, 5 from Wem, 6 from Ilodnet, and 10 from Wellington. THOMAS SNABB, of Bedford Wood, will shew tbe saipe ; and further Particulars may be had of Mr. WYLEY, Ad'maston, near Wellington, Salop. VALUABLE * FREEH 3LD PROPERTY,' IN THE ® pl!) Ji of ( © e& estry. B Y ,' MRT HOWE I. L, At the Wynijstay Arms Inn, in tbe Town of Oswes try, iu the County of Salop, oil Wednesday, the 28th Day of January, 1821, between the ILiars of four and seven in the Aftern- ion, subject to Con- ditions, and in Wiie or more Lot nr Lots, as shall he determined upon by the Vendor at the Time of Sale : ^ everal DWELLING HOUSES, with the Outbuildings, Barn, Yards, Gardens, and Appnrtenances thereunto belonging or ailinin- ing, situate in LO> VB « BROOK- STREET, in the Town of OSWESTRY aforesaid, and now in the several Occupations of William Howell, Miss' ' laifi'er, Joseph Smith, Richard Clayton, F. dwai', 1 . lluves, Mrs. Hauler, William Lawrence, aud William Lei^ fh, or their Undertenants. For. Particulars apply at the OHreo of^ Jr. Gtrr- FtTHF. s, Solicitor, or ( J Mr. UO V ULL, Ibe Auction, per, itj Welshpool. msrii Parody, on SPENCER'S Christmas " Be merry all, be merry all" Carol, BE merry Low, be merry high, With clean straw litter down tbe sty ; Bat thou, ob! boar, prepare to die, To welcome merry Christmas. And oh ! remember, gimirters gay,, For you who wallow in the clay t The present is a holiday— The boar must die at Christmas. While you, with straw all cover'd O'er-,. Defy December's tempests frore, Oli ! spare a portion of your store, To clothe the hoar till Christmas. Ivom piled heaps of litter, while Your sties with in- door summer smile,, Oh ! spare a small part of your pile,. To' warm the boar till Christinas. While you the COSTLY banquet deal To pigs who never famine feel, Oh ! spare one morsel from your mealy To feed the boar- till Christmas. When gen'rous wash your care controuls,. And gives new joy to happiest souls, Oh ! spare one pail- full from your bowls,,, To cheer the boar till Christinas. So, while his grunts of joy appear To you the best of thanks or prayer,. Your master with his gen'rous care Shall feed you well at Christmas. Be merry low, be merry high, With clean straw litter down the sty,. But thou, oh ! boar, prepare to die, To welcome merry Christmas. M. W& LES. [ The following" is the Composition adjudged to be tlie best Essay ou the subject to which it refers submitted to tiie late. Eisteddvod at. Mold. — It was written by J. H. PARRY, Esq. late Editor of the CAMBRO- BRITON .]• mm^ i ON THE UTILITY OF HOLDING EISTEDDVOD AU. < c Jus eximium nostrce eivitatis."— CICERO. the institution of its primitive importance j and | from this period, there is no doubt that it gradually departed, more and more, from its genuine character. The Gorsedd in its earliest stage, we have thus seen, was of a very different nature from what it has since become. * Ju its next gradation it appears I to have been devoted to the more particular eneou- ' ragement of the musical and poetical talents of the I country, as well as to tiie preservation of the an- | cient ordinances and traditions of the Bards. The I- earliest congresses of this character, of which we j' have any precise memorials, are those which were I held in the eleventh century, under the auspices of Gruffydd ab Cynan, and Bleddyn ah Cynvyn, when the original designation seems to have been first exchauged for that now in use, of Eisteddvod or Session.* At the Eisteddvodau holden during the reign of Gruffydd ab Cynan, many alterations or amendments were made in the Bardic laws ; and the national music and poetry were subjected to a variety of important regulations,, which have been in operation, more or less, ever since. In the early part of the 12th ceqtuiy, Cadwgan, son of Bleddy u ab Cynvyn, followed the example of his father in. the encouragement he gave to these national con- • ventionsif and he was followed bv Rhys ab Gruffydd, generally called Lord Rhys, in South Wales, during the latter part of the same era. J From; the period now mentioned, for nearly three centuries, we have no particular records of tlie Eisteddvod. But the conquest of Wales by Ed ward I. in the thirteenth century, arid the sanguinary events, preceding arid attending that epoch, rir<& sufficient to account for the temporary suspension of the practice. The ascendancy which the Bards had acquired over their countrymen, could not fail, besides, in rendering them objects of jealousy to so politic and ambitious a monarch as Edward. lie accordingly deprived them of the public privileges they had before enjoyed, and it was only after a long interval that they recovered any semblance of their aiicient rights. § The first instance of. the revival of the national usage under consideration, after the conq. uest of Wales, of which any memorial has reached us, occurred about the year 1450, when Gruffydd ab Nicholas, a distinguished patron of the Bards', obtained the sanction of JSdward IV. for holding au Eisteddvod at Carmarthen, which has been called, by way of eminence, " The great Eisteddvod of' Carmarthen." To this succeeded another, in the reign of Henry VII. convoked also under the royal patronage, but of which no particu- lar details are now extant. The next in order appears to have been an Eisteddvod that took place at Caerwys, in Flintshire, in the year 1523, under the immediate auspices of Richard ab Hywel ah leuan Vychan, Esq., Sir William Gruffydd, and Sir Robert Salusbury ; and at which Tudor Aled, and THE national spirit which has of late years been many other distinguished Poets were present, cited iu the Principality, may be considered as After this, another was convened at the same place, excited forming a remarkable epoch in the literary annals of the country.— About four years have now elapsed since the establishment of the first Society for the purpose of cultivating the- ancient language of the Cvuiry, with all the variety of its interesting cha- racteristics, whether relating to mushr, poetry, or on the 26th May, 1567, by virtue of a commission granted by Queen Elizabeth to several gentlemen of North Wales and the Marches, most of whom attended on the occasion.|| Other congresses also assembled duping* the same century in South Wales under the patronage of Sir Richard Neville an general literature. Since that period, three other I William Herbert Earl of Pembroke, for the express provincial institutions, as well as one in the metro- polis, have been founded, for the purpose of pro- moting the same patriotic views ; and, if we look around us, we cannot deny the favourable influence which these Societies have already had. on the literary taste and spirit of Wales. Her native Awen, bursting, as it were, from the slumber of ages, has arisen, in new pride, and majesty, to eet the arrival of the auspicious era. The national Harp has been re- strung, to combine its melodious gratulations with the voice of the Poet; and a spirit of enquiry has gone abroad, which promises to reveal, for the admiration of modern times,, the valuable stores of antiquity. Such, in a few words, has been the result of the praiseworthy zeal with which all ranks of the Cymry have recently uuited in the vindication of their venerable language, in the illustration of its many excellencies, aud in diffusing a general knowledge of those literary treasures, which have made it tne vehicle of so much delight and instruc- tion. The native genius of Wales has thus been allured from her r « ti'eat, and the acquirements of learning have been added to the endowments of nature, in the support of the general cause. It ^.' impossible to contemplate this event without regarding it as a sort of phenomenon in the regions of- literature. Other countries, we know, abound in institutions, formed for the patronage of genius, and the cultivation of literary and scientific pur- suits ; and great have been the benefits which their labours . have conferred upon the intellectual world. But in no instance have these associations become, like those of Wales, the foundation of a national spirit, the source of those sympathetic emotions which, radiating from one common centre, diffuse their influence through the whole community, blending, in a happy union, the glow of patriotism with the light of genius and talent. A peculiarity of character, interwoven, as we may say, with the very hahits and prepossessions of the people, has thus been communicated to the Welsh Eisteddvodau. Although avowedly formed for the promotion of literary objects, they have served, at the same time, to foster those patriotic sentiments, which a recol- lection of the former fame of the Cymry, of their hards and their sages, of their ancient and- immortal tongue* and all its venerable remains, is so well purpose of collecting and consolidating what yet remained of the ancient Bardic institutes and tradi- tions. In the year 1580, an Eisteddvod also took place in the same division of the Principality, under the presidence of Sir Edward Lewis, at which the collections just alluded to were considerably aug- mented, and these were again thoroughly revised and arranged at a congress which took place at Bewpyr Castle, iu Glamorganshire, in 1681, under the auspices of Sir Richard Basset . Thus appears to have terminated the second stage of the Bardie Congress, in which, for more than six centuries, even according to our imperfect records, it had continued as the means of rescuing from oblivion the ancient ordinances and traditions of the Bards.. Since the period alluded to, it has been regarded more as a festival for the encourag- e- ment of the national music, poetry, and general literature. From the time of Sir Richard Basset, until the year 1819, when first meeting of the " Cambrian Society in Dyved"' was held, the only efforts to revive this national custom appear to have been those that were made under the patronage of the Gwyneddigiori, at different places in North Wales, where appropriate prizes were awarded to the successful ea'ndidates in music and poetry. Such is an outline of the history of the Eisteddvod from its earliest dawn until its late auspicious revival. Originally, as already observed, the de- 1 sign of this national meeting*, when existing- under a different uaine,^[ and under the auspices of the ! Druidical Institution, was of a higher nature than at present. It had, for its various objects, in its primitive character, the reformation of manners and customs, the support of ancient privileges, the commemoration of remarkable occurrences, the maintenance of public tranquillity, and, finally, the general promotion of science, morality, and reli- gion.** It was, accordingly, in the distant ages, to which this observation has reference, connected, in an integral manner, with the public welfare of the country. It was the great political engine, by which the general prosperity of the State, as well as the integrity of its several social relations, was upheld and secured. It cajnot, therefore, he ne- cessary to insist on the utility of this Institution, with reference to its original objects. In later times, however, when, for the reasons already more or less, to influence the manners of the people yen to this day.* " Brodir, gnawd ynddi brydydd, Heb ganu ni bu, ni bydd." These observations have reference, more particu- larly, to the national custom of playing upon the harp, which has prevailed in Wales from the earliest ages. It was formerly numbered among the ind ispensible qualifications of a gentleman ; and we find, from the Laws of Hywel Dda, that a harper was, at that period, an important officer in the royal household : and, in consequence of the encou- ragement which the art experienced under the Welsh Princes, it arrived at a very high degree of perfection. The minstrels, comprising the Telyn- wyr a i\ d Cantor ion ( now called I) adgeinia id}, were established as a distinct body, and invested with many privileges; and, when, in the time of Gruffydd ab Cynan, some abuses had insinuated themselves into the order, an express law was enacted for its future regulation, and the twenty- four canons of music, anciently known in Wales, underwent consi- derable improvement. It thus appears that the cultivation of the national minstrelsy, has ever formed an object of particular attention, among the Cymry, As far, therefore, as the encouragement of the* art, as well as of the national poetry, be a matter of utility, the benefits to be derived from the re- establishment of the Eisteddvod, are unquestion- able. But it is the object of this Essay to shew, that the advantages of this national assembly are even to be traced in other respects, and to a still greater extent. It must be sufficiently obvious to the most cursory observation, that the circumstances connected with the history of the Cymry, are of a very peculiar description : the acknowledged antiquity of their descent, and their secluded situation, for so many centuries, among the mountains of Wales, are cal- culated to communicate to their general features a remarkable singularity. Accordingly, we find that, in many instances, their national customs bear no resemblance with those of the Other inhabitants of this island, and that they aire not less distin- guished, ill this respect, than by the peculiarities of . their ancient language. Among' the customs of the Cymry most worthy of notice, whether wifh regard to its'national character or the antiquity of its- origin, the Eisteddvod, or Bardic Congress,. as wo- have already seen, holds the first place ; and, not- withstanding that it was formerly directed to the promotion of higher objects than those which are now contemplated, we must not forget that the changes of times, with their natural influence on the general frame of society, must necessarily have occasioned a material revolution in this respect. u Tempora mutarttur, nos et mutamur in illis." The Eisteddvod is no longer necessary for the promotion of the religious, moral, or political wel- fare of the Community ; nor is it now in our power, as in former times, to add any thing- tp those stores of Bardic memorials which our forefathers have preserved for us. Exclusive, then, of the cultivation of the national music and poetry, the legitimate objects of the modern Eisieddvod, considering the altered state of society, call only be the illustration of the language arid literature of Wales in all their interesting varie- ties, and the elucidation of the ancient history of the country, by a due attention to such literary relics of past times as have been saved from tke desolating career Of time. And who, that has any attendance of many members of the Bible Societies of Foreign States, amongst whom those of the " British and Foreign Bible Society" appear to have been by far the most numerous, and to have experienced from the leaders of their French associates a most kind and brotherly welcome.: It appears from the report, which was read by the Baron de Stael, that Bible Societies, springing originally from the old English root, have spread through every province of Europe ; to Turkey, to India, to> America, to Abyssinia, and to Chink; that the most remote and ignorant people of the earth have thus been visited by the light of the Gospel; and that nations, heretofore the most inveterate and hostile, have embraced and been identified in the prosecution of this pious work. Piedmontese Gazettes of the 8th inst. contain the details of the devastations committed at Mes- ' sina by a dreadful storm of thunder,, lightning, and rain, which was experienced there on the 14th ult. Tlie number of dead bodies found, siuce the subsiding of the tremendous inundation, conse- quent upon the storm, amounts to 331. Many- villages and towns have suffered great damage; and at Annunziala the church has been destroyed by the storm and floods. Cape Town Papers to the 26th September, were received on Tuesday. Tliey are chiefly filled with accounts of the tribe of savages who recently ad- vanced towards the British settlements, and were repulsed by the Bechuanas. The condition of those poor people seems to be most appalling, as they were forced by the calls of hunger to feed upon their comrades. Their numbers undet these cir cumstances vifere daily lessening, and were besides daily cut off by the other tribes of Cafljes, who hovered about them. To the honour of the British Government we are glad to. learn that notwithstand- ing the hostility with which they had advanced against our colony, measures were taking at Cape Town to forward them food and other support with a view of enabling them to regain their own country. By this arrival we learn that the com- menial prosperity of the colony was rapidly ad- vancing, and that the exports during the last year exceeded those of the former year by 909,191 dollars, notwithstanding the severe visitations of blight and tempest which had been experienced PARLIAMENT.-— We have heard from an au- thority on which we feel justified in placing the utmost reliance, that a dissolution of Parliament will certainly take place in the ensuing session — Cheltenham Chronicle. suiloius, & c.), shall fetch more money by from 7| to 10 per cent. Sheep are chosen by precisely the same points as beasts, only it is necessary to ex- amine their eye- veins with great circumspection, tp ascertain if they be free frorn the rot, which, last particular retires some practice to become proficient in." A letter signed An Old CJroom" has the following observations on the practice of casting horses:-—" I have for many years suffered much ! wlien by my vocation I have been called on to- 1 assist in casting horses, and holding them down when fired for spavins or ring bones, or other dis- eases of the limbs. Much as the wretched animal suffers tfhile scoring with seven or eight red hot irons passed sloicly and repeatedly over the same spot, during which time the farrier coolly refreshes himself with a drink of mild ale or a glass of gin ; yet this pain is not to be compared with the in- flammation that follows. I can with truth declare, that I have known horses when fired, as we term it, all fours, not able to lay down or sleep for six weeks or two months. But v< hat is more ma- terial, I declare that I never knew any horse to be cured or relieved by this barbarous invention that infiicts siich pain, and that, I believe, is only con- tinued for the profit of those torturers, who charge a guinea a leg for each limb thus blemished. I thank you, good1 Sir, for having procured a de- claration, as I hear, from the Veterinary College, condemning this practice, and this one act is of more use than all your other labours to protect that valuable animal- rrrt he horse."— London paper. Captains Irby and Mangles lately brought from Arabia a peculiar species of \ Vheat, which they have called Heshbon wheat, from Mount Heshbon ( mentioned in Scripture) where they obtained it. The ears are twice as large as those of ordinary wheat, of a more tapering shape, and bearded. The weight of one ear was found to be 103 grains Troy— the number of grains in the ear 84— and the length of the stalk 5 feet. 1 inch. The weight of an ear of common English wheat was found to be 42 grains— the length of the st3lk 4 feet 2 inches the number of grains in the ear 41. Mr. Leigh brought some ears of the Heshbon wheat to Eng- land before, which have succeeded very well. This plant is not entirely unknown to botanists. qualified to inspire. Other nations, indeed, may I assigned, the Druidical system had lost its political have advanced far beyond them in the general career of learning and science; but in an enthusi- astic attachment to those, intellectual pursuits, which may emphatically be styled national, no people have surpassed the Cymry. It is not the Jove of literature merely, hy which they are influ- enced on this occasion ; they are also animated by a patriotic regard for their native land, and by an anxiety to preserve unimpaired those remarkable peculiarities,. by which it has ever been signalized. Among these national characteristics, the predi lection of the Welsh for music and poetry, and especially for the singular association of the sister arts peculiar to Wales, must be accounted one of the most prominent. This singularity in the cha- racter of the Cymry, is to be traced to a period of very remote antiquity ; for the Greek and Roman writers, who supply any notices of the Bardic or Druidical institution, which, as Cassar tells us, had its origin in Britain, are express in their testi- mony to the ardour with which it encouraged the talents of the minstrel and poet. At first, indeed, it appears that these qualifications were only re- garded as auxiliary to the higher aims of the insti tution, and were adopted as the channel whereby its laws and precepts were promulgated to the people. Hence it is that, in the Institutional Triads of Bardism, " instruction by voice, song, and con- ventional usage," were declared to be the " three modes of instruction adopted by the Bards of the Isle of Britain."* And the Historical Triads com- memorate Tydain Tad Awen, or Tydain the Father of the Muse, as the first who reduced poetry to a system, and thus laid the foundation of the privi- leges and customs of Burdistn. f It is thus evident, that the first traces of this peculiarity in the national manners of the Cymry are to be found in the earliest ages. But the change of times necessarily produced a remarkable revolu- tion in this respect: the cultivation of the sister arts, just alluded to, which was originally consi- dered only as instrumental to the political or reli- gious views of the Bardic institution, became, in time, its sole or paramount object. But, in order to shew this in a clearer light, it may be proper here to take a cursory retrospect of the history of the Bardic Congress. To trace this national usage to its source, as well as through its various grada- tions, cannot fail materially to assist the present inquiry. The* Bardic Congress, or Gorsedd, as it was originally called, was of high antiquity, and owed its birth to the Bardic or Druidical institution. It was at first established for the promotion of objects connected with the moral and political welfare of the community, as well as for the minor or sub- erdin ite purposes of cultivating- the arts of music and p > etry. The most ancient notices of it, now extant, occur in the Triads of the Social State, which are ascribed to Dvvnwal Moelmud, w ho lived three or four centuries before our era. In J- hesc ancient records, the Gorsedd y Beirdd, or Congress of Bards, is numbered among the 41 national privileged meetings of the Cymry." It was held at stated times, in some central or exposed part of the countryor, according to the Bardic maxim, u in the face of the sun and in the eye of light."| J Such was the. primitive character of this ancient convention ; but how long it was retained, there are no means of ascertaining-, with any degree of precision . The long intestine wars consequent on the successive invasions of the Romans and Saxons, as well as the introduction of Christianity, by destroying the political and reli- gious ascendancy of the Druids, must have deprived * See the Canibro- Briton, vol. 2, p. 291, for a Translation of the original Triad./ f See the Archaiology of Wales, vol. 2, p. 67. % Bell. Gall. lib. 6, c. 13,14. }| " Yn wyneb Haul a llvgacl Goleuni." influence, the aim of the Bardic Congress was limited to the collection and preservation of the Bardic institutes and traditions, as well as to the encouragement of music and poetry; and it will scarcely be denied, that, even in this qualified character, itmust have been of considerable service in preserving unimpaired the interesting traces, which time had left of the ancient manners and customs of the people, in a point so essentially con- nected with their peculiar character. For it must not be forgotten, that, in elder times, the Bards were the public conservators of the laws, the litera- ture, and the religion of the country ; they were its legislators, its philosophers, and its priests. Whatever memorials they transmitted to after- ages were, therefore, associated, in an intimate manner, with the early history of the Cymry, which could not be thoroughly understood without the assistance of those interesting remains. It is not to be doubted, therefore, that the Bardic Congress, in the two earliest stages of its existence, was of a tendency more or less beneficial to the national interests. It now remains to enquire, whether the end proposed by the modern Eistedd vod, the cultivation of the music, poetry, arid lane guage of Wales, he not also productive of some degree of public utility. Ia a general point of view, and as it concerns other nations, it might perhaps be questionable, whether any great advantage could be derived from the establishment of such public assemblies as the Welsh Eisteddvodau. In England or France, for example, there not only exists no necessity for such an institution, owing to the encouragement given to literature from other causes, but there is nothing- in it. to harmonize with the peculiar pre- possessions and character of the people. In neither of these countries does there prevail a style of music, which may justly merit the name of national ; nor does it appear, that either nation, until in com- paratively modern times, has been remarkable, for the cultivation of this art; and, least of all, is an attachment to music, either in France or England, associated with a recollection of the aucient cha- racteristics of the nation. It excites no emotions beyond those transient ones, which the pleasure of the moment inspires : and its effects cease with the occasion that called them forth. The case in Wales, however, as we have already seen, is essentially different. Poetry and music have, from time imme morial, been cultivated not only for their own charms, but as having an intimate connection with the best interests of the country. Under the Druidical system, as before incidentally noticed, they were peculiarly cherished, and have continued, acquaintance with these subjects, does not at once perceive the wide field of enquiry which they-' eJpen ? With respect to the language of the Cymry, what other European tongue can vie with it in the remote antiquity of its origin, in its purely native and unmixed character, in its immutability, in its remarkable copiousness, and in its aptitude for poetical expression ? It is not, indeed, too much to' say, that in the singular combination which it exhibits of all these qualities, it has never been excelled hy any language, ancient or modern. To preserve, to cultivate, and to illustrate such a lan- guage, is surely an object to which its natural guardians cannot too zealously devote themselves; and if the Eisteddvod tend, as it undoubtedly does, to this patriotic result, its utility, on this ground alone, would be clear and indisputable. But the advantages of cultivating the Welsh tongue must not be regarded as merely of a philological nature : it abounds in many productions, both in prose and verse, especially those of ancient times, which are of a character peculiarly interesting, and that not merely for their literary merit, but for the light they throw upon the manners, customs, and general history of our ancestors. The ancient Welsh poetry in particular, and of- this more especially the works of the sixth and twelfth centuries, are not only distinguished by their poetical merit, but may be esteemed as valuable historical memorials of the ages to which they relate. In the earliest of these eras, indeed, the Welsh Bards ate to be regarded as almost the only lights from%; hich the history of that period derives any illumination. If, then, the Eisteddvod have the effect, as it appears naturally to have, of extending our acquaintance with these ancient remains, the policy of its re- establishment will only be questioned by those to whom the vestiges of past ages, and of the events with which they were pregnant, are a matter of no interest. The illustration of the ancient history of Wales is, therefore, as we have just seen, an object which the Eisteddvod seems peculiarly qualified to pro- mote. A spirit of inquiry has thus been awakened, which has tended, in an essential manner, to eluci- date the ancient remains of Welsh literature. For certainly, at no period of an equal duration have so many works of this nature emanated from the press as during the last four years; and there can be little doubt, that, as long as the present patriotic feeling- continues to animate the country, afresh impulse will still be given to the exertions of those, whose learning or talents may. enable them t( explore the treasures of past ages for the benefit of the present. In whatever point of view, therefore, we contem- plate the Eisteddvody whether as commemorating the usages of our ancestors, as enriching modern times with the wealth of antiqiiity, or as alluring the genius of the present day to rival the fame of the past, it. is impossible not to regard it as a great national benefit. Not only have we, through its operation, become more familiarly acquainted with the history of our country, and with our national literature in all its interesting diversities, but the latent spark of genius has been kindled into a new blaze, which promises to shed a deathless lig- hton the land of the Cymry. And, notwithstanding- that some apostates to their country's welfare have en- deavoured to depreciate this truly national festival, it is consolatory to know, that their unpatriotic aim has experiericed a signal defeat. The spirit of the country seems to have gained new force from the opposition it has experienced ; and every day affords some additional earnest of its increase hereafter. — All that appears to be left to us, then, is to express a hope that the events of the future may justify the promises of the present ;— that our native AWEN may for ever flourish in all the luxuriance of her mountain pride ; and that our venerable tongue, which has survived the desolation of so, many cen- turies, may experience that immortality which, twelve hundred years ago, was predicted1 by the gifted muse of Taliesin. In a word, let us with one voice exclaim of the Eisteddvod— ESTO PERPBTUA! Sporting. The Marquis of Sligo is now holder of tlic Northumberland Gold Cup, the Peel Cup, the Whip, the Sligo Whip, and the King's Whip ; the first time they have ever been in tbe possession of one person at the same time. The Northumberland Gold Cup was given by the Earl oT Northumberland when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and is a four mile weight for age race, challengeable each April nd September Meeting, to run 011 the next Meet but one after it has been challenged. It is challenged with 20l) gs. p. p. and accepted with tbe like sum and the Cup. The Peel Cup was pre senteil by the present Secretary of Slate for tlie Home Department, while he was at tbe head of the Irish Government: it is also a weight for age, but the distance is only about two miles, and the stake lOOgs. p. p. and the times of challenging June and October, to run the following October and June, The Whip was added many . ears ago by the Tur! Club of Ireland, to a sweepstakes of lOOgs p 8st. 71b. each, for all horses, as a mark of the best horse in Ireland. The Sligo Whip was presented by the Noble Marquis to the Society, to be run for with a smaller stake— namely, 25gs. each, p. p.— weight for age, about one mile and three quarters It is run for 011 the Monday of each April and September Meeting. The King's Whip is also weight for age, wilh very heavy weights, and waa presented by his Majesty, together with lOOgs. annually lo be run for at each October Meeting. This prize has been three times run for, and won the first and third years by the Noble Marquis's chesnut horse Langan, who was amiss last year, and could not therefore start for it. THE CHAMPION'S CUP.— O11 Thursday se'n- night, a large party of gentlemen gave a dinner at the Wellington Anns, Hereford, to Mr. Thomas Winter, the Champion of England, for the purpose of presenting him with an elegant silver cup, as a testimony of esteem for his private character, and to express their approbation of ihe courage aud science he has displayed iu the severe pugilistic contests in which he has been engaged, under the name of Spring, aud which have justly gained him his distinctive appellation. The Silver Cup, value £ 60, was presented to the Champion by the Pre. sident, who remarked, at Ihe same time, how much trates in Quarter Sessions might do so, because they formed a Conrt of Record, but in a private capacity they possessed 110 such power.— The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for seven years. EXHUMATION.— The body of Mr. Weare was secretly disinterred ou the night of Tuesday se'n- night, in Elslree Church- yard. In consequence of the supposed defect in the chain of evidence, from, which it was apprehended that it could not be prov- ed that one of the parties accused had been seen ill company with Mr. Weare on the night of the mur- der, it was judged necessary lo open the grave in order to afford the ostler at the White Lion, Edge- ware, an opportunity of seeing the corpse, as two persons, one of them supposed to be Mr. Weare, bad called there in a gig on tbe evening of tbe 24tli of October, and the ostler Was of opinion that he should know the face of either of them again. The exhumation took place in ihe presence of Mr. Clulterbuck, the Magistrate, and several medical men. The grave was found lo contain much water, and it was wilh great difficulty the coffin was raised by eight or ten men. The lid was then unscrewed^ and tiie corpse once more submitted to inspection; but it was instantly obvious that recognition was ' impossible; the ostler approached the wasted rem- nant of mortality, but to rio purpose. Unusually rapid decomposition rendered all the toil which bad been undergone utterly useless. The lid of the coffin, was then replaced, and the body was again - lowered in the grave. Drobtttctal antr i& iefeUancoue. DESPERATE GA. NO or POACHERS.— For a long time past, the woods and preserves at Eaton, House, near Chester, the seat of Earl Grosvenor, have been infested by poachers, so that the game has been greatly thinned, particularly hares. Every endeavour, but with little effect, had been used to check this system of midnight plunder, and the bold- ness of these lavvless depredators had increased to an alarming degree. On the evening of Thursday se'n- night, some discharges of fire- arms were heard by the house, watchman, but he thought they had pro. ceeded from Hie keeper and his associates ou the watch. About two o'clock, however, on Friday morning, the family having long retired to rest, re- peated discharges of fire- arms, ut a seeming disiance of not more than 400 yards from lite house, induced Mr. Pitt ( one of the upper domestics), wilh two or three other servants, lo get up and proceed to the keeper's lodge^ where ihey got an accession of strength, their whole force amounting to eight men. J& eienttfic ana fiTigceUanfOtts. Breeding of Leeches.— An interesting memoir on this subject has been published by M. Noble, in which he states that these useful animals may be preserved and bred ill troughs, with a Utile care, I The parly went by a circuitous route to tbe middle of aud a few simple contrivances; the great mortality which occurs among them when crowded into small vessels, being owing lo the stronger devouring the weaker for the sake of nourishixient. M. Noble constructed a trough seven feet long, three wide, and as many deep, with sloping sides, lined wilh clay. It had a constant stream of water passing through it, and in oue of the corners rushes were planted. It was exposed to the sun, but sheltered from the north wind. In November he placed 200 grey and green leeches in it, where they passed the winter, buried in the mud. Towards the end of the following spring several young ones were seen sticking to the old ones, and swimming occasionally as if to try their strength. In August he observed conical holes hi the mud, each of which contained a little ova! cocoon, as big as that of a silk worm, and porous outwardly. Some of these were per- forated at each end and empty, some were filled wilh a transparent jelly, and the rest contained ftom nine to twelve young leeches, which in a few days pierced their envelope, and swam vigorously about. M. Noble could not observe the formation of any of the cocoons ; but the mode of producing them has been long known to the people in the de- partment of Finistene, who are thus enabled to supply Paris with leeches. The workmen dig them qp from Ihe bottom of tbe little muddy pools, and place them in small ponds prepared for that purpose. We have seen an ingenious, and we think an important, improvement in Sir Humphry Davy's lamp, just made by Mr. Thomas Cox, brass- founder, in Gateshead. I11 the original, a wire, called the picker, is introduced into the gauze tube from the bottom, for the purpose of regulating the wick, to increase or diminish the quantity of light, and to extinguish Ihe wick entirely on ihe approach of danger. Mr. Cox's improvement consists in the addition of q short tube, perforated wilh a number of small holes, closed at tbe top, and placed within Ihe tube of Ihe Davy, al Ihe upper pait of Ihe lamp, in such a manner as to prevent the elongation of the flame. To this tube a wire is likewise attached from the bottom, by which it is regulated. It differs, however, essen- tially from Ihe picker, as, by being drawn down, it not only extinguishes Ihe flame of the wick, but it also completely extinguishes the blue flame of all his friends esteemed him for his manly conduct Ihe inflammable gas, which always fills the lamf and demeanor 011 every occasion ; to which Spring replied to the following effect : u Mr. President and Gentlemen, I am at a loss foj words to express my feelings for the honour you have just conferred upon me, hy presenting tne with so valuable a Cup. The pride I feel in the acceptance of the same, ns coming from a body of Gentlemen of my Native County, will be remembered with the proudest gratitude to the latest period of my life..— Mr. President and Gentlemen, you are all aware I am matched the ensuing month to fight again ; and feeling, ns I do, that I shall continually be ha. rassed, if I survive the contest, it shall be the last battle I will ever light, being determined to retire from Ihe prize- ring altogether, with the sincerest thanks loall my friends in this county, and the king- dom at large, for tbe kindness they have at all times exhibited towards nie." The evening was spent ' with the greatest har- mony; and the company did not separate till a late hour.— Spring passed through Gloucester 011 Monday, on his return to London, and has now gone into training, to prepare for the match with Langan, which is fixed for the 7lh of January. * See the " Bardic Ordinances," at the end of D. Rhys's Grammar. f The account of on Eisteddvod, held by Ca- dwgan ab Bleddyn, at Cardigan, ill the year 1107, may be seen in the Brud y Ty wysogion, Archaiology of Wales, vol. 2, p. 437. X See the Archaiology of Wales, vol. 2, p. 437. ^ The indiscriminate massacre of the Welsh Bards, ascribed to Edward the First, seems to be a mere romance. At least, I am not aware of any authority for it in the Welsh writers, particularly the Poets, who would have been the first to record such a deed of atrocity, if there had been any foundation for it. The story is, in all probability, indebted to the muse of Gray for its origin. | 1 The original Commission, under which this Eisteddvod was held, is, I believe, still in existence, and in the possession of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart, one of whose ancestors was among the distinguished individuals to whom it was directed. * Cadair' was also a term anciently used synony- mously with ' Gorsedd,' but differing in its degree. ** See the " Triads of the Social State," by Dyvnwal Moeliriud, translated in the " Transactions of the Cyuitnrodorioji," p. 106. ** Ammianus Marcellinus bears testimony to the use of the Harp or Lyre by the ancient Druids ; and particularly to the custom of singing with it, still common in Wales. His words are—" Cum dulcibus lyree mndulis cantarunt." The proceedings at the late Eisteddvod at Mold have placed Welsh literature in such a favourable point of view, that three of the principal landed proprietors in that district have commenced the study of the language, and a Dignitary of the Church has applied for a tutor to teach it to his grandson, who is now at Westminster School. LANGUAGE.—- A Correspondent assures us, that a native of Morocco, who accompanied Mr. Lan caster to Ireland, found Ihe Irish language per feclly intelligible, and was himself understood by the people. The same person could converse with the Welsh, but not so readily.'— Literary Gazette © cmesstic att& foreign. We are happy to learn, that his Majesty's health continues in the best possible state. We are assured that he very recently declared to one of his illustrious relatives that for the last ten years he had not found himself in such good health as at the present moment. It is wilh regret, however, we add, that the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of York is far from satisfactory. A: t interesting publication has appeared in Paris, entitled " The Annual report of the Protestant Bible Society of Paris," presented on the 16th of April, 1823. The fourth general assembly of this French association look place as above mentioned on the 16th of April, and was distinguished by the & gricultu « . Agricultural Hints.— In fatting cattle, a herds- man should keep them well mucked out and clean, and should never give the animals more food at a time than they will eat, or let them stand and blow on food. The fatter an animal gets, the less it eats, A vast quantity of bay is wasted yearly, by carters, shepherds, dairymen, and herdsmen, giving the stock so much more at a time than ihey can pos sibly consume.— Sheep, attacked wilh dysentery or scouring, if taken up when seized, and put into a barn, and drenched every other morning wilh two or three spoonfuls of rhubarb, mixed in cold water, and fed with hay and oats, giving them to drink water that has been previously boiled, will recover. The following particulars relative to making choice of lean sheep and beasts may not be unser viceable to sonic of our readers :— u The first thing to be thought of, either in a sheep or a bullock, is its age— recollecting that a sheep grows consider ably more in its second, a heifer in her third, and a steer in bis fourth year, than in any other year of its life; and thai a sheep ceases to grow at three, a heifer al five, and an ox at seven years old. The points to choose an ox, a steer, or a heifer by are, in the first placc, the eve— as a full and ex pressive eye is, in either of these, as in every other animal, the index to all its good qualities. In the second, third, fourth, and fifth places, a good full taste or chog ( what is commonly a double chin in the human species) to Ihe tongue, a fine neck, well spread bosom, or as the butchers call it crap, aud a good free full- veined shoulder, in the sixth seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh places, a fine taper tail, two well spread hips, a good broad back and chine, round sides, a pair of high laid, long, and well- proportioned rumps, and full but not coarse fleshed thighs. In the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth places, kind in the under points, sleek of coat, thin and loose of hide, fine in Ibe string, and small and jnst before an explosion lakes place. It answers, in a moment of great danger, precisely Ihe same purpose as the extinguisher attached to an ordinary chamber candlcstick. From this, therefore, it will appear that considerable credit is due to Mr. Cox, as his addition is evidently calculated to make what was before considered a safety lamp, safer; and it certainly seems not a little remarkable, that Sir Humphry Davy should have rested satisfied with his picker, which only put out Ihe flame of the wick, while it left the dangerous flame of the inflammable gas burning, as it were, in triumph. But still we do not place implicit faith iu the Davy lamp, even with this improvement; nay, we conceive that the life of the poor miner is yet left in considerable jeopardy. The Davy lamp, it is perhaps not generally known, is suspended in the pit from a nail which is driven into the coal, near the place where the pitman is working. As the case at present stands, when the collier perceives the approach of danger, he is, according to the improvement, to draw down the new tube, by which all flame is extinguished, and he may then retreat in safety. But how is he to be aware of the approach of danger?— The flame in his lamp, it is true, becomes unsteady; but if he continue so intent upon his work as not to heed this intimation in time, and lhat should seem not improbable, then all such contrivances are helpless aud unavailing.— Tyne Mercury. the park, where, under some large trees, were the gang of poachers, five or six of them carrying fowling- pieces; M r. Pitt and his companions being armed only with cudgels and boot- jacks. The poachers cried " Keep oil'!" and two of liiem pre. settled their pieces at the servants, who immediately rushed oil Samuel Owen, one of those who presented the guns ; a scuffle ensued, and Owen's gun was taken. The fray now became general, and Mr. Pitt received a severe wound 011 his head from the butt, end of a fowling- piece ; but the poachers flinched, and speedily took to their heels, wilh the exception of William Pryddvn and Samuel Owen, who were made prisoners. The servants also captured a bag containing four pheasants recently killed, two fowling pieces ( one broken in Ihe slock), and a pocket- full of gins for ensnaring hares.— The gang consisted ot six poachers, of whom Pryddvn and Owen have been committed to Chester, Castle for trial; the other four are well known, viz. William Williams, John Roberts, Richard Maddock, and John Harewood alius John Ihe Miller, and a reward of £ 20 is offered far their apprehension. One of the captured fowling pieces was loaded eight fingers deep, and cocked, so that it is surprising some one was not wounded in the struggle. The whole gang are either from The Iiosstlt, or from Pulford, 011 Earl Grosvenor's estate,, and some of them were actually in ihe Noble Earl's employ ; and one of them had been working in the pleasure grounds, & c, at Eaton, upwards of nine years. On Thursday a young girl lost her life, by hav- ing a dose of laudanum given her instead of tinc- ture of rhubarb, for which il had been sold.— Edinburgh Observer. Wednesday morning a fire broke out in Crockle- ford Oil Mill, at Ardleigh, near Colchester, and in less than an hour it was in ruins. The mill had. been at work only three weeks, and was not insured. A SWINDLER.— An adept in dissimulation has; lately been levying contributions in Wilts. His practice, on a- rrriving. in a town, is to address most specious and well- written letter tp the Clergyman of the place, setting forth that he is the son of opulent parents; and lhat he has only recently returned from Koine, where, hy dissipation, he had exceeded a handsome allowance made him by his father, and had several timea become deeply embarrassed hy debts which his indulgent father had as often paid off, until his friends had actually shut tip any further sources of supply. Thus circumstanced, the sale of " a few idle but valuable trinkets" enabled him to leave I^ oine and to reach this country, where his funds becoming exhausted, before he could reach his home, he has been literally obliged to travel a considerable distance on foot, and in this his " incipient adverse hour" [ pretty phrase !] he, gentleman as he is, actually stoops personally to deliver a letter of application for a small pecuniary loan, which he pledges his honour shall be returned M within a week." This letter is; a rcady- cut- and- dried article which the " gentle- man" carries with him; yiily making a little variation " as the ease may be," and concluding with various signatures ! Two' of these letters aye respectively signed " Chambers Tisdall" and* W. B. Corbyne." PAWNBROKERS.— It is from the weekly and daily pledges that the pawnbrokers derive such immense profits. An anecdote has been related of a single fiat iron, which in a lodging- house' in London was allowed for the general use of its inmates, and was actually pawned and redeemed nine times within the week, arid some times twice a- day : the sum generally lent upon it was sixpence, and if the interest be calculated, it will be found that for the use of so small a sum, at a halfpenny each time, allowing it to be pawned four times per week, it will amount to 8s. 8d. per year. ANIMAL CURIOSITY.— The natural antipathy of the Dog towards Rats is proverbial. Mr. S. Moss, chymist of Cheltenham, has in his posses- sion a white rat, perfectly lame, and so familiarised as to come to him at his call ; and it is a singular and amusing sight to see the animal at play with a dog, without the least dread, although the latter destroys common or brown rats whenever he can catch them. Um intelligent*. By the third section of the late Vagrant 4ct, " all persons imposing, or endeavouring to impose, upon any private individual, by false representation, either verbally or in writing, with a view lo obtain money, or some other advantage or benefit, are lo he deemed rogues and vagabonds, and may be sent to hard labour in the House of Correction not ex- ceeding three months, nor less than one mouth." KING'SEVIDEN C E.— Essex Winter A ssizes.— S, Hubbard [ was indicted for breaking into the house of Mr. Partridge and stealing eight bushels of wheat, and for instigating Taylor and Kingate, prosecutor's servants, to commit the felony. They swore Hubbard induced them to coipmit the rob- bery, and the Magistrate admitted ( hep) as evidence against the prisoner, detaining thesp in prison until the Assizes.— Mr. Justice Park ( to Taylor) : Was it after you had been committed you were admitted as King's evidence! We had never been in gaol until that tipie. Mr. Justice Park: This is a strange proceeding. The course adopted with respect to these two witnesses was most Above half a century ago, Lord Browulow Bertie stood for Lincolnshire, and actually caur vassed it entirely on horscback ( Ihe roads then, iu many places, being impassable for wheels). When Duke of Ancaster, in his latter years, he was often heard to lell the following anecdote: after sleeping one night at a fell alehouse, whose landlord was a forty shilling voter, he had mounted bis horse, and was about to depart, when he was called upon by the host to finish his canvassing duty by descend- ing to thecellar to kiss his wife, w ho was then busy tapping a cask of ale. Wilh Ibis, then thought essential part of his duty, the Noble Lord instantly complied, and, wilh great good humour and due apology, descended to give a hearty smack to the malt and- hop lips of the round and rosy hostess. An Army of the Faith is not a new thing in Spain.— An army under the same name was raised in 1727, to rescuc Gibraltar from tbe hands of llie English heretics! The Spaniards had their arms consecrated. Count Las Torres, the Commander, and his staff, performed their devotions in the churches of Madrid, where thousands of Masses were read. The image of St. Jago was carried to the camp. The force of the army w as considerable — but, alas! the faith was not strong enough to move the rock of Gibraltar. irregular; ... a magistrate acting privately and ministerially in short in the legs and shins. So much difference enquiries into the case admitted two persons as is there in the quality of beasts, that two beasts King's evidence, which he had 110 power to do. of the same age and breed shall be brought The practice had prevailed for some time, but it together, made equally fat and to be of an equal 1 — A * ! ' " T . .. - weight, and one, by carrying a greater porportion wns most irregular. No persons but his Learned Brother and himself at this assize had the power of the weight in his or her prime pieces ( viz. rumps, of receiving persons as King's evidence. Mai BANISHOPTS, DEC. 16.— Joseph Bailey, of Liver- pool, merchant.— William Farrer, of Friday- street, Cheapside, victualler aiid wine- merchant.— Joseph Wagstaff, of Worcester, saddler nnd collar- maker. — John Holbrook, of Derby, grocer— John Spdncer, of Norwich, bombazine- manufacturer. Robert Reeves, of Stockport, Cheshire, shop- keeper. Printed and published by IV. Eddmces, Corn Mnrke', Shrewsbury, to vihom Advertisements or Articles of Intelligence are requested lo be addressed. Advet- tisermnts are also received by Messrs. Sewton and Co. Warwick- Square, Newgale- Street, and Mr. Parker, No. 33, Fleet- Street, London ; likewise by Metsrs. J. K. Johnston and Ce. No. 1 Lower Sacbiille- Street, Dublin.
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