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T has just been proved in the Public Courts of justice, that this infamous traffic is still carried on in every corner of the Kingdom. From the CONVICTIONS that have lately taken place at GLASGOW, it appears that the Hedges do not afford a sufficient supply for tbe demand of this nefarious system, and that Moss is now used in vast quantities. In other parts at tbe country. CONVICTIONS have just, taken place, where it was PROVED, that POTATOE LEAVES have been made into Imitation Tea" most enormous quantities. When it is considered that Verdigrease ( rank poison) is the essence of ibis manufacture, tbe Public should be cautions to avoid becoming tbe victims of this dreadful system. Tbe unexampled sale of the " Canister Teas' the iast jive years iti every part of the kingdom ha; given rise to a host of "' Imitators" of this Establish- ment. One out of tbe hundreds who style themselves London Companies,'"'' and who began exactly SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THIS ESTABLISH MENT, note make a most pitiable complaint against the " Canister Teas," and tell the public ( what is not true), that lliey are charged for tbe Canisters: tbe fact is, that every pound of Tun packed in quarler- pounrl Lead Packages ( ihe Lead being use- less after il is used J, costs Ail. for Lead and Package ; thus a Tax of threepence is at otice fixed on every pound ot Tea: the Public will judge who pays for it.—' The " CANISTER TEAS" ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS TAX ; the Canisters are taken bock at the price charged, and there is not a Lady in the Kingdom who is not perfectly convinced, that a " Canister' is tbe only way possible to PRESERVE the STRENGTH and FLAVOUR of the Tea : thus it is, that the sale of tbe 11 Canister Teds" are fully established, and rapidly increasing in every part of the Kingdom whilst the hundreds of " Imitators" have ceased to exist. Upwards of one thousand Agents are now np pointed for the sale of these Teas, and it is now nime than ever necessary that every Town and Village in the Kingdom should be supplied. Only one Agent iu each town is appointed, which renders it a good living for any respectable person,— There is no risk, no expense, and profit certain, nor ANY CAPITAL REQUIRED; it is necessary to be thus explicit, in consequence of the strong prejudice ex- cited by the numerous petty dealers. Where tin Agent is not yet appointed, it will be done on application of any respectable Person, Post- paid. LONG, NICHOLSON & COMPANY, BOND- STREET, LONDON. TO DR. LAMERT. SIP.— It is with infinite pleasure and gratitude, tlliit 1 have to acquaint yon wilh tbe success of your truly invaluable Cordial Balm of Zura, in a case of extreme and confirmed debility. I had but little faith 1 must candidly confess in any thing, having tried far the space of three years almost every remedy that 1 h . ve seen advertised, and without the least i- ffect, but nothing cah exceed tbe delight, nay . rapture tlmt overwhelmed me, on experiencing such an instantaneous effect, as followed the very first dose of. your invaluable medicine; and long before I had finished two of the lis. bottles, I felt so coin pletelv renovated, as to excite the wonder and asto- nishment ol' all my friends. I absolutely appeared to them as one who rose front the grave by miracu- lous interposition. But tn attempt to paint the state of iny fee'iugs, would lie utterly impossible : words cannot convey an idea of thein, when 1 review Ihe dreadful past, tbe grateful present, and anticipate the blissful future prospects of my rescued life. Never, my dear Sir, can I hope to mnke any returns to you for tiie health ( through tbe blessing of Pro- vidence) conferred upon me, but if a living reporter of your estimable name, and transcendent skill ill the discoverv aud application of the Cordial Balm of Zura to cases of snch distressing and confirmed hility ns mine, can be of any service, vou are ot liberty to make use of my name and address, for the benefit of others, niid, " though last not lens accept, respected Sir, the humble tribute of u hem" deeply imbued with gratitude, and abounding with every good wish for vou here aud hereafter. J. B. COX, St. John's College, Cambridge Tbe COITDTAL BALM OF ZURA is prepared only by the sole Proprietor, Dr. LAMERT, and Sold, Wh, ' sale and Retail, al bis House, No. 5- 1, Queen- square Bristol; also, by EDDOWES, Walton, and Howell Shrewsbury; Partridge, Bridgnorth; Procter. 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At the Cross Keys Inn, in Oswestry, on Wednesday, the 29th Day of October instant, between the Hours of Four and Six o'Clock in the Evening, in such Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject to such Conditions as will be then and there produced : ALL that MESSUAGE or Tenement, ilL. with the ( Juildings^ Garden, and Appurte- nances thereunto belonging, together with the several Pieces of Parcels of LAND liereunder- mentioiied, situate in and near tbe Village of WESTFELTON, in the Comity of Salop, now in the Occupation of Saniuel Evans or his Under- tenants ; that is to say : % m$ bp Suction. FREEHOLD ESTATE, NEAR, WHITCHURCH. The Mill Lane..:... Aston Moor Bank Aston Moor.,,.,. Farther Hunger Ilifl • TIarlock Croft... Top of the Field Croft Lord's Meadow Ditto Ditto R. P. 3 28 3 17 0 4 0 28 2 32 0 36 3T31 3 29 20" 3 5 Alsoau ALLOTMENT of COMMON, belonging to the above, the Quantity of which will be stated in Handbills. The Tenant will shew the Premises; and further Particulars may be known on Application to Mr. YATES, Solicitor, Vyrnwy Bank, near Oswestry; or to Mr. RICHARD FRENCH, Solicitor, Liverpool. BY LAKIN AND SON, '. At the House of Mr. William Edwards, at tbe Red Lion Inn, Whitchurch, iu the County of Salop, on Friday, the 31st Day of October, 1823, at six o'Clock in the Afternoon, subject to " such Con- ditions as shall be then and there produced, and in tbe following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale : LOT I. A SUBSTANTIAL FARM- HOUSE and a Buildings, with the several Pieces of LAND thereto belonging, known by the Names, and containing- the Quantities following : The House, Garden, See ........ ......... . Barn Meadow Barn Field Boosy Pasture Warm Meadow Marlpit Field A. R 1 3 1 3 6 3 p. 1 34 3 37 3 8 0 15 3 8 1 15 Total Acres of Lot 1 17 Public Notice. Agents appointed in this District. Mr. SILVESTER, Bookseller, MARKET DRAYTON Mr. R0LL1NS0N, CHESTER; Mr. WALSH, WOLVERHAMPTON; Mrs. I. F. F., Ross; Miss WHITE, CMENCESTER ; Mr. BETT1SON, Library, CHELTENHAM ; Mr. HALL, Bookseller, MACCLESFIELD ; Mrs. WHITE, Draper, DERBY ; Mr. SPENCER, ASHBOURNE ; Mr. MINSTER, NOTTINGHAM ; Mr. WESTON, Watchmaker, NEWARK ; Mr. SHEPPARD, Druggist, MANSFIELD ; Mrs. KILBY, Milliner, LEICESTER; Mr. CONNOP, Druggist, COVENTRY ; Mrs. COOPER, WARWICK ; Miss OWEN, LEAMINGTON ; MR. READ, WILI. ENHALL ; Mr. HOLM ES, Watchmaker, CHEADI. E ; Mr. ALLBUTT, Bookseller, HANLEY ; Mr. AGG, Bookseller, EVESHAM ; Mr. HEATH, Bookseller, MONMOUTH; Mr. STUCLEY, Bookseller, ABERGAVENNY ; Mr. BONNER, GLOUCESTER ; & c. & c. & c. VACANT.— SHREWSBURY, BRIDCNORTH, LUD- LOW, NEWPORT, SHIFFNAL, WELLINGTON, WEM, WENLOCK, WHITCHURCH, OSWESTRY, BISHOP'S CAS- TLE, ELLESMERE, BILSTON, aud a few other Places; which will now be supplied on the Application of any respectable Person, Post- paid. OBERT WARREN, Blacking Manufacturer, 30, STRAND, begs to caution the Public against a spu-* rious Composition being sold under his Name, by Means of Imitation Labels. These may easily be detected by observing that the genuine has / '/ rtfe^ r vyirih/ iJMn, signed on each Label,— all others are Counterfeit; many of which are interlined, in very small Characters with a different Address between the " No. 30," and the Word " Strand." ROBERT WARREN also begs to add, lhat his sole Manufactory is at 30, STP. AND ; nor has he any Connexion with those pretended Warehouses professing to be Branch Establishments of his. All Persons giving Orders for WARREN'S BLACKING are particularly requested to take Notice that the real Manufacturer is ROBERT WARREN, 30, STRAND. It is strongly recommended to Shop- keepers and others who are deceived bi/ sxtch vile impostors to return ihe Trash to the Parlies from whom, it came, as being a Punishment suitable to base Fabricators of an Article so essentially necessary to the fashionable World. This. genuine and surpassingly brilliant Blacking stands unrivalled for its- peculiar Excellence in keeping the Feet perfectly free from Damp iu Wet Weather, pre- serving the Leather soft and pliable, and producing" the most elegant Polish ever beheld, retaining its pristine Virtues in any Climate. Is sold by every respectable Vender in Town and Country, in Bottles, at Cd. 1 Od. 12d. and 18d. each. SOLO AT TO- MORROW, frc. CHIRK, NEAR OSWESTRY. Live Stock, Wheat, Barley, Hay, Imple- ments, Brewing and Dairy Vessels, mode'rn Household Furnitures CHINA, GLASS, & c. BY RICHARD MADDOX, On the Premises at CHIRK, in tbe Conntv of Den- bigh, 011 Thursday, the 30th of October, 1823, and following Days; NPHE Whole of the LIVE STOCK, .1- GRAIN and HAY, IMPLEM ENTS, Brew- ing and Dairy Vessels, genteel FURNITURE, and Effects, of the late WM. DAVIES, Esq. LIVE STOCK Comprises 8 capital Milch Cows ; 2 Mares and Colt, 1 two- year old Fillv ; ami 8 Store Pigs. IMPLEMENTS. Two Carts and Gearing, Wheel Plough, Hand Ditto, Pair of Harrows, 3 Sets of Gearing, Turnip Drill, Seuffle Plough, Cranks nnd Chains, Win- nowing Fan, Straw Engine, Rakes, Pikels) Sieves and Riddles, in Lois, & e. 4tc. GRAIN, & c. Five Acres cf Wheat, and three Acres of Barley iu the Straw. Also, a Quantity of well- liarvestell HAY', the Growth of the Years 1822 and 1823. FURNITURE, & c Fourpos: and other Bedsteads and Hangmgs, Mattrasses, excellent Feather Beds, Bolsters, Pil- lows, and Counterpanes, Mahogany Dining, Card, and other Tables, Mahogany, Cherry- tree, aud other Chairs with Hair and Rush Seats, Window Curtains, Blinds, aud Cornices, Chests of Drawers, Pier and Swing Looking Glasses, Mahogany Bed Steps, Carpets, several Sets of Fire Irons, Wire Fenders, Chandelier; an Assortment of Glass, in Decanters, Wine, Ale, and Castor Glasses ; Sets of China; with all the Kitchen and Culinary Requi- sites, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, and other Effects. The Live Stock, Grain, and Implements will be sold the first Dav, commencing* each Morning at Half past Ten. " Catalogues are prepare.!, and may be had at. all tlie Inns in tbe Neighbourhood ; of THE AUCTION- EER, and T, EDWAP. DS. Printer, Oswestry. LOT II. Two Pieces of Land, called the Middle Field, containing Wheat Field Total Acres of Lot 2 LOT III. Two Pieces of Land, called the Iron Rails, containing Mowing Meadow Total Acres of Lot 3 - LOT IV. Three Pieces of Land, called the House Meadow, containing Clover Field Barley Field Total Acres of Lot 4 1 29 4- 1 30 4 1 26 8 3 16 4 2 34 5 1) 21 9 2 35 0 2 31 3 0 IS 4 0 23 • 7 3 32 All tlie above Premises are situated at ALKING- TON, iu tiie Parish of Whitchurch, iu the County of Salop, and in the Possession of Mr. John Dowries; they are free from all Incumbrances, anu Freehold of Inheritance ; the Buildings are in very good Repair, and ti e Land is in good Hear and Condition ; there is Marl in all the Pieces, and Sand in tbe Barlev Field ( Part of Lot 4) ; are w ithin Half a Mile of the Ellesniere Canal, and Lime- Kilns, about a Mile and Half from the Town of Whitchurch, aud in a Ring Fence ; all the Pieces are ad joining a good Road,,, out of which every Gate opens, and consequently no Loss on Account of Roads through the several Fields. Mr. DOWSES, on the Premises, will shew the Property ; and further Particulars known on Application to Messrs. WATSON and HARPER, Solicitors, Whitchurch, Salop. LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23. SPAIN.— A writer, under the signature of A VE « AX," has addressed a letter to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, in which he makes the following statement, and dares a contradiction. Should his representation he correct, the friends of ational liberty will have little to hope for in the ( Iteration of circumstances !> y recent occurrences:— 44 The- Spanish peasants have always appeared to me to he the freest " people, best Hothrd, best lodged, of any I have ever seen, and I have been a great traveller. The peasants lost inunensflv hy the Con- stitution— it was the death. blow to their liberties: taxes were never raised but in towns- ytbe people lived in a Patriarchal'.. primitive mode; there were no country houses— no aristocracy 1 Certain Grandees, who were courtiers in Madrid, and had a mere tithe from their laud- as well as the titular or titled oen. llemen who lived in the country towns; hut the. people were left entirely to themselves— the alcalde, attorney, rind curate being theou'iy governors in the country. No police— in short Spanish liberty Was the absence of all restraint, but f^ atViarehal and religious authority. The immense property of the Church gave support to thousands; Spain w « s a Theocratic- Democracy, with an Absolute King, whose authority could only reach the towns.- I grant, that when a man rose out of the degree of peasant or yeoman, he was an object of suspicion to the Church or Government, and a stop was put to all literature and free conversation—- aspiring people were crushed in Spain— hut the tfpe- ncean system w in full force, every countryman having much more land than he could cultivate. In one word, there are no people on earth so free, and more comfortable than lhe Spanish countrymen, no people on earih so enslaved as ihe better sort, of Spanish townsmen.. The Nobles were the'slaves and servants of the Court. Tins' ace » > uu,; s for Ferdinand's popularity. Believe me, Mr. Editor, no demagogue ever had, in feverish times, such drunken popularity as Ferdinand lias at this moment. With, regard to the Inquisition, i will put. a case— suppose the races of York aud Daucaster were abolished for three years, and then restored ; the joy of Vorkshiremen would not equal the joy of ihe muss of Spaniards at tiie restoration of the Inquisition." accompanies Sir Mr. Winter, the barrister, Christopher Puller to India. In addition to the appointment of Mr. Lionel Harvey, at the head of a Commission to investigate, in all its bearings, the situation of Mexico, Mr; Ward ( the sou of Ihe late Clerk of the Ordnance) is appointed second Commissioner on the same mission. These gentlemen left town last week for their destination j and the mercantile i. iterest may expect every benefit to result from their mission. VALUABLE Freehold Estates, in Denbighshire. SHROPSHIRE. At the Talbot Inn, in Drayton, in the County of Salop, on Wednesday, the 5th Day of November next, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon, either together, or in Lots, as shall be agreed upon at the Time'of Sal'^ and subject to such Conditions as will be theii and there produced : - L that BARN and other OUT- BUILDINGS, and several Pieces or Parcels of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, thereunto belonging, and occupied therewith, containing together 56A. 2R. 19P. or thereabouts, situate at SMACKERFORD, and in the several Parishes of Drayton- in- Hales and Stoke- upon- Tern, in the County of Salop, and now in the Occupation of Mr. George Booth. The Estate is Freehold of Inheritance ; is well situated for Markets, being within four Miles of Drayton and seven- of Newport • and adjoins the great Turnpike Road leading from'the latter Place to Chester. The Tenant will shew tlie Premises ; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. BENJAMIN THO- MASON, of Stockton, near Shiffnal ; or to Messrs. 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AND PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE KINFI. rflHESE very justly celebrated PILLS M. have experienced, through private Recom- mendation and Use, during a very long period, tl flattering Commendation of Families of the fir Distinction, as a Medicine superior to ail others i removing Complaints of the Stomach, arising from Bile, Indigestion, Flatulency, and habitual Costive- ness.— The beneficial Effects produced in all Cases' for which they are here recommended, render them worthy the Notice of the Public and to Travellers in particular, to whose Attention they are strongly pointed out as the most portable, safe, and mild Aperient Medicine that can possibly be made use of. These Pills are extremely well calculated for those Habits of Body that are subject to be Costive, a continued use of them does not injure but invigorates the Constitution, and will he found to possess those Qualities that will remove a long Series of Diseases resulting from a confined State of the Bowels, strengthen Digestion, create Appetite, and he of distinguished Excellence in removing Giddiness, Head- aches, & e. & c, occasioned by the Bile in the Stomach, or the ill Eftecls arising from impure or too great a quantity of Wine, Spirits, or Malt Liquor. Persons of the most delicate Constitution mav take them with S^ fiPtv in all Seasons of the Year ; and in ail Cases of Obstruction arising from Cold or other Cause's, whei'e " an opening Medicine is warned, they will be found the. best cordial Stimulant in Use. Prepared and sold, Wholesale and Retail, in Boxes at Is. 6d. and 3s. ( id. eaeh Box, by W. RIDGWAY, Druggist, Market Dray ton.- r^ Solil Retail by Mr. HUMPHREYS, Shrewsbury Wellington ; Parker, Whitchurch; Stevens, Newport:^:, Painter, Wrexham; Baugh, Ellesmere; Morgan, Stafford ; and by Poule aud Harding, Chester^ BY W. CHURTON, At tlie Wynnstay Arms, iu Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, on Wednesday, the 5th Day of November, i823, at Three o'Clock in the After- noon, subject to Conditions then to be produced, and in the following, or such other Lots as may be agreed upon : IN THE Parishes of Holt, Wrexham, and Gresford. LOT I. 4 COMPACT FARM, called CACCA DTTTON, consisting of a substantial and con- venient House and Outbuildings .. in good Repair with Fold Yard, Garden, Orchard, and several Pieces of Land in a Ring Fence, containing 48A. ! R. 3; P. or thereabouts, and now in the Holding of Mr. Pearson. In the Borough of Holt. LOT II, TWO COTTAGES and Gardens, with several Pieces of LAND adjoining, now Part of Cacca Dutton Farm, containing 37A. 0R. 26P. or thereabouts, and now also held by Mr. Pearson and his Undertenants. In the Parish of Wrexham. LOT III. A desirable Property, called PENVHRYN, commanding a very beautiful Prospect, and con sisting of a commodious HOUSE, with excel lent Outbuildings, Yard, Garden, and several Pieces of good Land adjoining., lying in a Ring; Fence, containing 74A. 2R. 33P. and now in the Holding of Mr. Daniel Poole. LOT IV. A substantial Brick 8c Slated Messuao- e, in FOUR DWELLINGS, with Gardens to each of them, containing about a Quarter of an Acre, adjoining the last Lot, and now occupied by Mr. Daniel Poole and his Undertenants. In the Parish of Holt. LOT V. A very valuable MEADOW, adjoinin= the River Dee, containing 6A. IR. 10P. or there" ahduts, and held by Mr. Daniel Poole. All the above Property, except Lot 5, is situated about Three Miles from Wrexham. Lot's 1 and 2 are iu Lease to Mr. Pearson, who is now aged about 62 Years, for bis Life, at tbe yearly Rent of £ 100. The Timber is to be taken nf a Valuation, which will be produced at tbe Auction. The Tenants will shew the Lots; and further Particulars may be known on Application to Messrs LEE nnd SoN, Redbrook, nnd at the Office ofMessrs. BBOOICES and LEE, Solicitors, Whitchurch, Salop, where Maps descriptive of the Lots may be seen. The Arabian Vegetable Pills, \ NEVER- FAILING Remedy for Bilious / 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 iu Boxes at Is. l-| d. and 2s. 9d. eaeh, by J. V. SIMP- SON ( acting Proprietor), No. 28, Henrietta- Street, Covent- Garden, London ; by W. Eddowes, Journa Office, Shrewsbury; W. Price, Oswestry; E{ Parker, Whitchurch ; VV. Felton, Ludlow ; beigh ton, Stamp- Office, and F. H. Wheeler, Worcester Gower and Pennell, Kidderminster ; T. G. Loniax Lichfield ; , L. Morgan, Stafford ; Poole and Hard ing, Chester; Thomas Dean, Macclesfield; A Fox, Nantwich ; and by most of the respectablt Medicine Venders throughout the Kingdom.— Where may also be obtained, in Boxes at 2s. 9d each, Duty included, The Antiseptic Botanical Tooth Powder This most elegant and higlily fashionable Dentifrice was first prepared for the late Queen of France ; cleanses, whitens, and preserves the Teeth in Manner that cannot he surpassed, and fastens them even when loosened by Mercury. It requires not the Aid or any Lotion. Neither of the above Articles arc genuine, unless signed on the Stamp by J. V. Srarsosj, A correspondent sends us liie following extract of a letter brought by lite hist Jamaica packet : With regard lo the condition of our slaves, I can ily repeat what lias been so frequently, and by « o many, already affirmed— that no labouring- classes ! people al home are so comfortably provided for as they are. They are besides well treated ; and I can say that Ihey not only have liie necessaries of life, but that they have the means of indulging even in luxury. This fact is manifested by the manner in which Ihey entertain al funerals. Upon these occasions il is very common to see wine, and malt and spirilcms liquors, offered lo Ihe com- pany; and they purchase these articles out of the money arising from the sabs m' provisions, plg. s, arid poultry of ( heir own raising. They also appear in dresses which would not disgrace English farming people. I do not see that we can ilu much more fur ihem lo add lo their happiness." Letters from Trinidad lo the 26th Alio-, shew how generally the Colonists have taken the alarm it Ihe discussion on Slavery in Parliament during liie last Session. Oue Idler says, " The sentiment if benevolence which existed amongst > begenerality of tbe slaves towards their masters, has entirely ceased, and made room for distrust and hatred. The slaves are told that their King is determined lo give them freedom, but that their mastcis resist him, and lhat but for iliem they uonid all be free, and they are determined to put the counterpoise ill Ihe balance al an early period; therefrom come that distrust and hatred: each master, seeing in his slaves his probable murderers, secretly prepares ' for a defensive war." CONSPIRACY IM ST. LUCIA.— A letter from • St. Lucia, dated August 8, says,—" It is difficult to give you an exact idea of the horrible situation in which we are placed in this miserable island • accounts are hourly coming from ihe country of the insubordination of tbe negroes; Ihev arc all acquainted wilh what bar. taken place in Parliament concerning them, aud have consequently ' become quite sulky and arrogant, and will not work the crops will be reduced lo nothing— several; negroes have already left estates, and say they are free" A dreadful plot was discovered on liie- illi iust. that was lo have been carried into effect on Ihe 7th, by murdering five or six free coloured inhabitants- after that they were to have murdered every white man in the quarter. An Ordonnance for establish- ing a militia is at last published, bill we have few or no arms. The Managers and Overseers sleep with their fowling. guns by their side, apprehending every moment some movement of the negroes, auil every body is on the alarm and ou the alert." Glasgow Courier. It appears by the Probate of Ihc lale Mr. Ri- cardo's will, which was registered in the Prerogative Court in Doctors' Commons ou Ihe lltli insi. that Ibe amount of personal property administered t,- within tlie province of Canterbury, was sworn under five hundred thousand pounds. The stamp duly on this sum is six thousand pounds, independent of tbe per centage on legacies, which being almost entirely to near relatives is but small. The will is dated Ihe 4th nf April, 1820. The testator has left to his widow a legacy of four iboitsond pounds, and four thousand pounds per annum for life ( to be taken in lieu of dower). Tbe house in Upper Brook- street is amongst the property directed to be sold, but the furniture, with little exception, together with car- riages, horses, plate, library, wine, Sic. are also given tn Mrs. Ricardo. The unmarried daughters have £ 20,000 each, and tbe married ones £ 5000 - there is also, we believe, an additional five thousand pounds to the daughters by a codicil. The estate of Broniesbefrow, the White- leafed Ook estate with the furniture and effects, aud others in the counties of Worcester and Gloucester, are devised to the testator's sou, Osmnn ; and n clause relative to. this devise states, that whereas one van has left bv will directions to dispute the testator's title to the estate ot Bromesberrow, tbe validity of which he however, is well assured of; but to' indemnifv tiie legatee for such losses or expenses be may occur in defending imy suit at law, lie devises fifty thousand pounds to be set apart for that purpose..' GnU- onlb Park, willi all the furniture aud effects, mid other estates in the county of Gloucester, and the Mmiur of Brinsop Court, in Herefordshire, are left to bis son David ; and Hadlow Place and Bei- row, iu KMII lo bis sou Mortimer— these three sons are also - the Residuary Legatees. A silver vase, presented to the testator by tbe Members of the Stor!; Exchange is given lo Osiiinn. The said Osnian Ricnr'do, ,- Tmi the deceased's brother, Francis Kieardo, are two (, f the Executors, and have joined in probate, but power is reserved over to Mis. Uienrdo, who is also appointed to tbe same trust. BANKRUPTS, OCT. 21.— John Neale, of Liverpool, merchant.—- Joseph Myers, of Preston, l.; uir; i> vr' wine- merchant.— Samuel Bamfoid tinnier, of Fur- nival's Inn, Hol'born, bill- broker.— Robert Diivis of the City of London, ironmonger.— Joseph Ord of St. Paul's Chinch- yard, haberdasher. „ ,,. JLO- NDON.— SATURDAY. The Paris Papers of Thursday ailtoounce that the l) oke of AngoukTne was lu arrive al Madrid this day ( the 25fli), and that, after organizing llitf Army of Occupation, he is to return to France; that tlie King's arrival in the eapilal is to take place ( ill the 251 h of next month; aud that Ihe iate Constitutional Ministers, and several distin- guished Members of the Cortes, liave escaped from Cadiz to Gibraltar, The last accounts from Spain stale, that King Ferdinand, and bis- family mere to leave Seville by the TSlh.. The Duke d'Angoulerne arrived there oji the ,1 Qlly and left llie, same evening for Madrid. He was expected to proceed thence without delay Tor France. • The Governor of Cihtlad Rodrigo has entered into negocialions with O'Doiunl, for giving up ' thai fortress.— By lelteis from Catalonia, it ap- peals that the French were preparing to attack Barcelona Mina is said to have made a sortie from lhat city on the 9th iu considerable force. Ferdinand has ordered the body guard to Madrid, and to be purified of all. those who are attached to the Constitutional system. Advices from Bayoiine lo the 17th iust. state that the French Army of Occupation is to consist of 34,60.) men, hut it is not slated upon what authority ihe number and alleged distribution of the hoops are. founded. The ceremony of crowning the new Pope took place at Rome on Ihe 5th iust. with much pomp. ft Is said' that the Private Secretary of Mr. Canning left town a, few days since for Madrid, on an important mission. By letters' received from Marallham, dated ( In 201b of August, it appeals Lord Cochrane arrived at that port oil ihe 26th of July, from bis pursuit of the Portuguese squadron, and that ou. jlbe. 2HU) the Imperial flag was hoisted, and a complete change in the ' Government effected. Lord Coch . rane seized in the harbour of Marutiham 16 Portu guese vessels, and also detained several English vessels, which were suspected of having Portuguese property on board. His Majesty has directed that all the paintings, in the . several palaces, respecting naval . actions; & r. be forthwith presented to the Royal Hospital I at Greenwich., for the purpose of forming io- lliat | asylum a gallery, entirely devoted to the. records of I those proud achievements. BANKRUPTS, OCTOBER 25.— Denis M'Cheane, of F^ nch'urch- street, London, merchant.—. John White, of Princes street, Storey's- gate, Westminster, up- holder and undertaker.— Philip Chabert; of Penton- tiluee, Pentonviile, Middlesex,: add ; of . Lloyd' Coffee- house, London, merchant and underwriter. s~ F. ilward Bolton, of Mare- street, St. John nt Hackney, Middlesex, butcher.— Thomas Turner, now or late of Stoke Oold. ington, Bucks, baker.— James Longton the elder and James Long- ton the younger, of Liverpool, ironmongers. William James Gingell, formerly of Charles- street,. Soho- square, Middlesex, oilman, but now of Norton- street, St. Mary- le- Bone, and of Stepbeu- street, Totteniiairi- court- road, Middlesex, brush- maker.— Samuel Gigney, now or late of Latchingdon, Essex, farmer.— William Beale and James Henry Wrathall, of Union- street, Southwark, hat- makers. Some rumours of intended armaments on the part of Government having produced a degree of agitation among the lhortied interest scarcely ex- ceeded at any period sincl* the commencement of the war with Spain, . we have made enquiries re- specting the authority, on which they rest, and can declare them with much confidence to have little', other foundation than that strange perversion of facts, so frequently oflate produced by the spirit of stock- jobbing. The destination of the troops aboift. to be employ- ed is undoubtedly the West Indies, where they are required t « repress the symptoms of disaffection Which have appeared among tbe slaves, and Go- vernment have selected ships of war to convey them to that destination because the cost is not greater than that of transports, and that the presence of vessels of that class offers a better protection to the inhabitants in case of danger, and is considered a better check on the negroes, who regard them with more awe than a merchant ship or transport. Nei- ther is there any indication iu the contracts for stores on the part of Government of . extensive operations, for, as we have heen informed by com niercial houses who usually supply ' them, the quan- tity required of almost every article is less than it was last year. The number of additional troops to be sent to the West Indies does not, we understand, exceed 1000 ; it was originally fixed nt 1500, but not finding that force easily disposable without having- recourse to Ireland, the smaller force was fixed on. Consols opened at 82J, fell to 82$, and closed at 82|. These fluctuations are sufficiently accounted for in" the preceding articles, which will be read with considerable interest. The Thirteenth Anniversary of the Sick Man's Friend and Lying- in Charily, in this ( own, wasj1 held OIL Ihe 21st instant, in the School Room of Swan Hill Chapel. The Annual Report, while it afforded ample proof of the extending usefulness and beneficence of the Institution, announced a fact which must excite a lively feeling of anxiety in the miniV' of its numerous friends and sup- porters, it appearing that a balance of £ 15. 9s. 5d. is due to the Treasurer, During ihe - past year 218 sick and 71 lying- in casies have been relieved ; to the former the sum of £ 108. lis, was dislri- liuted, and to the latter £ 27. 0s, ftfl.' v. besitlfc Other requisite assistance: and ill live same . period 1313 visits were made to the. several parlies.' Tbt* Whole disbursements of the year amounted to £ 162. 5s. 5d.: which, added to the1 previous expenditure, makes a total of £ 1386. lis. 2d; bestowed in the I On the" l6th inst. at Llandigwydd, Dr. Rowlands, elief of 2478 cases, since the formation of the In- I of Chatham Dock- yard, to Mary, eldest daughter WALES. BIRTHS. Oil Sunday, the 19th inst. at Bodfach, Mont- gomeryshire^ the Lady of J, II. Lethbridge, Esq. of a daughter. Ou Wednesday last, the Lady of the Rev. R. Myddelton, of Gwaynynog, Denbighshire, of a son and heir. MARRIED. Lately, at Wrexham, Mr. John Jones, of Llan- uwchllyn, to Miss Edwards, of the former place. On the 14th iust. Mr. R. Williams, nurseryman, Newtown, to Belinda,, eldest daughter of Mr. John Dai'ies, of Deytbeur, Montgomeryshire. Ou the. 15th inst. at Llandihol, Cardiganshire, the licv. William Herbert, of Llanbadarnfawr, to Elizabeth, third daughter of James Morrice, Esq. of Carrog, both in the said county. PRICE OF FUNDS AT THE CLOSE. Red. 3 per. Cts. 81 g • 3 per Ct, Coils.. 82^ Imperial 3 per. Cts. — 3^ per Cents. — 4 per Cent. Cons. 99 New 4 per Cents. 102J Bank Stock— Long Ann. 2lig India Stock — India Bonds 69 Ex. Bills (£ 1000) 37 Cons, for Ace. 82 SHREWSBURY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1823. POSTSCRIPT. I ON DOS, Monday JYight, Oi t. il, 1823. Wc learn, from good authority, that it is settled point that France is to continue the military occupation of Spain to a certain extent, and for a definite object .- — namely, until the Government of, Ferdinand is entirely and firmly re- established. In pursuance of this plan, Cadiz will be [ occupied by 10,000 troops ; Madrid, by 5,000 ; and 15,000 will take up positions along the line of the Ebro. One great point which it is intended to accomplish, if possible, is, the entire disbanding of the Spanish army, as now constituted, and to remodel ii upon a totally different system. Il is hoped that this will materially accelerate the restoration of internal tranquillity.— Courier. [ From our Private Correspondent.] Letters dated the 241b ult. were received to day from Constantinople, by way of Odessa, which stale the long- pending differences between Turkey and Russia had at length been finally and amicably adjusted. It is said that the basis of this adjust- ment is that laid down at the Congress of Verona, nnd that all the points for which, in the letter of Count Nessclrode, Lord Strangford was requested to contend, have been conceded by the Turkish Government. The navigation of the Black Sea is rendered free, not only for Russian ships hut for those of all European Countries; and the Porte is also understood to have given way on the ques- tion respecting the interchange of shipments at Constantinople. This arrangement between the two Countries had obtained implicit credit at Odessa, and had given increased confidence to commercial operations. Intelligence was received to- day by an Express from Paris, ifhiob, at, the present juncture, is of great importance. It is stated that a Council of French Ministers was held on Saturday, at which it was determioed to interpose, in the most positive manner, to prevent Ferdinand from continuing that violent conduct aud disposition to violate public faith, which have marked all his proceedings since liis liberation. This measure has been adopted, we understand, in perfect concurrence with the English Government, who have stepped forward ill support of the claims of British subjects, the greater of which depend on decrees passed during ihe exist- ence of the Cortes. As the Council of French Ministers held on Saturday did not break up till four o'clock, their determination did not generally transpire till after the operation of the money market had closed, and no ell'ect resulting from it i therefore apparent on the Paris quotations, but several capitalists who obtained information of what had passed, sent to their Correspondents here to make purchases of Spanish Stock, which rose in consequence' 2 per cent. Whatever temporary ef- fect may be produced by the itew hope this expected interference has given rise to, it is certain that a shock has been given to Spanish credit, by the I decree issued by . Ferdinand at Port St. Mary's, ] from which it will not speedily recover; and even if the decree is partially rescinded, future money lenders will in prudence ask themselves the ques- tion, What safety for the employment of capital is offered by a Country so impoverished and so desti- tute of future resources as Spain ? Another curious topic is brought forward, though not spoken of with so much confidence as that just mentioned, in the last letters from Paris. We mean the course likely to he pursued with regnrd to the late transatlantic possessions of Spain. It is as- serted that after much deliberation, tbe project of reconquering them by force of arms is finally abandoned. That suggestion has certainly, we understand, been made, and discussed at great length, but was found lo present too many dangers and difficulties to be persisted in.— What depends on human resolution is of course liable to change, and this scheme may therefore, under more en- couraging prospects, be reviewed, but that the present has been the decision of tbe powers con- cerned, we are led to conclude with a considerable degree of confidence.— It has not, however, been abandoned without proposing some expedient to satisfy the wounded pride of Ferdinand, who is to he allowed, with the general consent of Europe ( a lit consolation for such a mind), to retain the title of King of " Spain and the Indies.'' An attempt will also be made, through the medium of iiegociatinn, to induce the Colonies to pay a large annual sum t » Spain, as a return for abstaining from all political attacks. Some com- mercial privileges are also to be secured for Spanish subjects, among which are mentioned an exemption from tonnage duty on shipping. It is also said it will he stipulated for ill the general arrangement with the fate transatlantic possessions of Spain, that no commercial advantages shall be conceded except to the mother country, and that all other nations shall be on a perfectly eqtial footing. All the resolutions, however, except that for abstaining from invasion, inasmuch as they depend 011 the consent of the Colonies, are plainly nugatory, MARRIED. On the 21st inst. at Donnington, in this county by the Rev. Bowyer Adderley, Capt. Adderley, R. N. nephew of Charles Bowyer Adderley, Esq. of Hums Hall, in the county of Warwick, to Ann, only daughter of the late W. R. Bishtou, Esq. of Shakerley House. On Monday last, nt Old Radnor, by the Rev. John Bissell, B. D. Henry, son of the late Rev. Richard , Wilding, of All Stretton, in this county, to Sophia, third daughter of Samuel Lewiu, Esq. of Womaston, in the county of Radnor. • On Thursday, at Hales Owen, by the Rev. G. Sproston, Mr. E. B. Walker, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Mr. John Green, of Dixon's Green, near Dudley. DIED. On Tuesday, the 21st inst. at six o'clock in the morning, at his seat, Asbridge, Herts, the Right Hon. John William Egerton, F. arl of Bridgewafer, Viscount Brackley, Barou Ellesniere, a General in the Army, Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Dra. goons, Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall Estates in Hertfordshire, and Master of Greathiuu Hospital, Durham. Ilis Lordship was iu the 71st year of his age, and there are few persons whose decease will . be more severely felt. He was a most excellent landlord; and lie gave employment to every labourer in the vicinity of liis residence who wa's disposed to work, thus dispensing his bounty with an unsparing band, in tbe best of all modes of administering it, by promoting industry. The effect of his benevolence was to make all around hini contented and- happy. He is succeeded in hi: titles, as also in his Shropshire and part of his other estates, by his only brother, the, Hon. and Rev. Francis Egerton, Rector of Whitchurch and of Middle, in this county, and one of the Prebendaries of Durham. On Wednesday last, at Rowton, universally beloved and lamented, Mary, daughter of tbe late Mr. Thomas Lloyd. On Friday last, at Wem, a" ed 67, Mrs. Martha Ratclifi', widow of Mr. Rate! iff, formerly of Cruck ton, in this county. Yesterday, at Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Mr. Edward Foulkes, surgeon. His professional skill, mildness of manners, and benevolent disposition, have rendered his decease a real loss to his friends and to the neighbourhood. Visiting Clergyman this week at Ihe Infirmary, the Rev. Richard Scott:— House- Visitors, Jonathan Perry, Esq. and Mr. William Scoltock. HUNT WEEK.— A Correspondent informs us, I hat Mr. Sadler is expected I11 visit this town, for Ihe purpose of making arrangements for an ascent in his Balloon during the approaching limit. Mr. Alderman Morris was, 011 Saturday, elected Mayor of Chester, after a poll of I wo days ; the contest for the office of Sheriff, between Mr. G; Walker and Mr. T. Whittakfis was not terminated 011 Monday. 1 . oni Kelburn's horse Jock the Laird's brother f six years old, 9st) is matched against Colonel Yates's Mendax ( four years old, Sst.) at the next York Spring Meeting, for 200 sovereigns. stitutioil; and in the same period the number of visits made has been 11,157 SALOP QUARTER SESSIONS.— Three appeal cases were brought before the hrst Sessions for this county, in which the parties were— the Commis- sioners of the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Road and the following persons, Mr. John Goolden, his man Evans, and Mr. Edward Davies. These persons had severally been convicted before H. P. T. Aubrey, Esq. in the penally of-£ 5, fur having illegally aud forcibly passed through the Turnpike Gateat Gallows Tree Bank,- on the Knockin Road, without payment of the toll; each of these persons appealed against the conviction, but the only case tried was that of Mr. Goolden, mi the result of which the others depended— Willi regard to the chief ground of appeal, the rjirlit to t( ike loll al the Gate in question, Ihe Magistrates had'no hesitation in over- riding it, observing; lhat the Act of Par- liament had decidedly vested tbc. Gate in the Holy head. Road Commissioners,, with- full powers to take certain tolls at the same,, as. clearly; as words could express it. Other points- wero jrrged, but they were also over- ruled, so that, the convictions were completely established. Considerable pains had heen taken to support the appeals, and the various grounds were, ably contested by Counsel; but the references which were made to the Act of Parliament by llie Counsel for ihe Commissioners. Messrs. Pearson and Bather, at once satisfied the Magistrates' of the right of the Commissioners to levy the lolls in question. As these are the first cases that have occurred, in which proceedings have been had recourse to for enforcing the penalties for evading the payment of tolls, the decision of the Magistrates upon them is of considerable im- portance, as going generally to sustain the rights and powers conferred by the Act upon the Holy- head Road Commissioners. Committed to nut- County Gaol, Thomas Graham, charged with stealing, at Hanwood, IfiOlbs. of lead, ihe property of Messrs. Marsha. ll and Co.; John Di'lsnn, charged ivilh . stealing, at Hardwick, an axe and a saw, the property of the Right Hon. Lord Hill ; and Sarah Owen, charged wilb stealing a pair of shoes, the pvopcrty ntVJane Sbanatt, of Wem. ' " 1 of the late Rev. Thomas Griffith, A. M. of Llwyn- diris, Cardiganshire. On Thursday last, at St. Martin's, Birmingham, Mr. William Hollins, jun. of Bristol- street, in that town, to Miss Evans, of Wrexhaih. DIED. O11 the 2d inst. at Dol- y- garn, Radnorshire, in his 86th year, Mr. John Joues, who never bail a day's serious illness until within three days of his death. He Was universally respected and beloved, and bis relatives will long cherish bis memory. To do justice to liis character would far exceed our limits: suffice it to say, there is not an individual in existence more worthy of the character of ail honest and upright man. His father was born in August, 1700, and died in March, 1791, in the 91st year of his age. His father's mother was Jane, William Stephens, of Cefn, and of MRS. ELLIS RESPECTFULLY informs her Friends that she is in LONDON selecting an Assort-! ment of MILLINERY, DRESSES, and BABY LINEN, suitable for the present Season. Oct. 27th, 1823. SHROPSHIRE C. & R. WHITFORD ETURN their sincere Thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general, who have so liberally supported them in the Plastering Business; but finding themselves incapable of superintending the Work, beg to inform their Friends, that they have RESIGNED BUSINESS in Favour of Messrs. BRATTON and PARRY, Plas- terers, Shrewsbury, for whom they humbly solicit a Continuance of the Support e> " " | late Husbands and themselves. Salop, October 23, 1823. General Agricultural Society. experienced hy their j^ OTJCF.^ is hereby given, That a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of this Society will be held at the COUNTY HALL, Shrewsbury, ou THURSDAY, the 13th Day of j November next, at Three- o'clock in the Afternoon, to take into Consideration the Propriety of conti- nuing or of dissolving the said Society, and on other Business ; when all the Members are parti- cularly requested to attend. By Order of the Committee, W. EGERTON JEFFREYS, Secretary. Shrewsbury, Oct. 29, 1823.' daughter of LlanamtO, in the ELLESMERE RACES, 1823. On Monday, Oct, 27th, a Silver £ up,- value £'> Qy for Ponies not Receding^ ; 2- niile heats.;- . ' .,„- . . '" . ••' Mr. Morgan's b. m. E'nterprize... ( E. BATE) I I Mr. Paddock's bl, g. Li I tie Bob................ 3 2 Mr. T. Pritchard's h. m. Hanmer.. 2 3 Mr. Shuker's gr. f. Presle...........,........;... bolt. Mr. Haycock's ch. tn. P h ce be... ....,... ..... „. bolt; Mr. Jones's bl. g-. jj; itror- Miss..,........ dr Hanmer the favomite.— Won easy. A, Sweepstakes of 5gs. each, with ,25^ 8. g- iven by , the town, for 3- year, olds ,2- piile beats. Mr. J. Lea's b. m-. Speculator ( Jv.. CHARLES) 1 1 Mr. Sandland's s> r. f. by Giwcrack2 0 Mr. Hampson's br. ^ sculapnis. 3 dr Mr. J. Sandland'sb, f. Miss Fox. dr Mr. Hughes was a subscribei;, but did not name. The Gimcrack filly the favourite; after the first heat » 6 to 1 agai. n$ t Speculator. The rider of the filly was thrown in Jhe second heat.. A Match for 50 s6vere% fls \ g- uiHe heats. Mr. ' RhQdtfs^ vch. - 1 .. 1 Mr. P. Pritchard's I- Q. Last Thursday week ( tbe l6tli Inst.; was the Third day of Drawing of the State . M . Lottery, when No. 18,564 Was the first of j prpn'jum of £ 1, for the best Psalm- tune. On the 14th instant, at Aberystwith, aged 17* Harriet, eldest daughter of F. J . Burl ton, Esq, of Leominster. ' •- '" ' '-"• • -•• •:- On Tuesday, aged 89, Mr. Edward Morgan, of Chirk, Denbiglishire. The Ninth Anniveiisary of the South Wales Auxiliary Missionary Society was held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last, at Swansea ; when upwards of £ 70 was cbllected at the different services. The Annual Meeting of the Flintshire Agricul- tural Society took place at the Leeswood Arms, in Mold, ou Wednesday last, Hope Wynne Eyton, Esq. in the chair. The greater part of the forenoon was occupied in the contest for the Ploughing Match in a field adjoining the town, in the show of stock, and other agricultural matters. In the afternoon a large party sat down to dinner. Among those present were— The President ( H. W. Eyton, Esq.) Sir E. P. Lloyd, Bart. Philip Davies Cooke, Esq. ( Gwasauey), E. Lloyd, Esq. ( Rhaggatt), Messrs. Mostyn Lloyd, Jones Hughes, Boydell, Briltain, Potter, Smallev, & c. & c.-* P. D. Cooke, Esq. was elected President, and Mr. Jones Hughes Vice- president, for the ensuing year. FLINTSHIRE EISTEDDFOD.— On Thursday, this interesting meeting took place in the. Comity Hall, Mold ; Sir Edward Price Lloyd, Bart. Presi- dent;— The attendance of the rank and fashion of the county was very numerous, and rendered the town a scene of the utmost gaiety.*— The compositions for prizes bad previously been sent ; and the various vocal : » » id instrumental competitors having taken their places, the business of the day was commenced. The Premium of £ 5, for the best Ode on the Field f Gannon ( Maesgarmon), where the Welsh defeated the Picts and Scots, and whose victory was ascribed to the shout of Hallelujah, was awarded to Mr. John Black well, of Mold.— Four competitors. The Premium of £ 3, for the best Essay, in English, on the utility of holding Eisteddfods, and for which there were four competitors, was awarded to John HumffVeys Parry, Esq. 19, Wellington- street, Pen- tonviile, London. The production. Which was pr « eminently excellent, was read, and elicited from the assembly the strongest marks of approbation. The Premium of £ 5, for the best Essay, in Welsh, oil the Antiquity of the Ancient British Language, was awarded to the Rev. Evan Jones, of Treuddyn, — Two competitors. The Premium of £ 2, for the best extemporaneous Oration, inWelsh, on Unity and Brotherly Love, was. after being contested hy six individuals present, awarded to Mr. John Black well, of Mold. Five candidates appeared ftH*^' the Premium of for the best Harper • and after anitable trials of skill, Jhe. Prize was awarded by the Judge ( Mr. Cijnnah, of Ruabon,) to Oweu Davies, of Wrexham ; and John Roherts, of Llanbedr, received £ 1, as second- best performer. David Williams, of Denbigh, obtained the A T a MEETING of the COMM1S- - OL SIONERS of the BRIDGE at BftlDG. NORTH, held the 17th Instant, the following Resolutions were unaniinbusly passed. RESOLVED, That the Thanks of this Meeting be presented to THOMAS WHITMORE, Esquire, M. P for the Generosity and Promptness evinced by him in assigning to the Commissioners a Portion of Land required for Widening the Avenue from the Lower Town to the Bridge, in Bridgnorth, by which handsome Gratuity the Commissioners will be enabled, without much further Delay, to commence the projected Improvements which have so long been anxiously looked for by the Public. RESOLVED, That the above Resolution be once published in each of the Shrewsbury Newspapers. SALOP INFIRMARY, OCTOBER 25, 1823. rpu ESDA Y, the 4th Day of November JL next, being the General Half yearly Board, the Trustees are desired to attend at the Infirmary, at Eleven o'Clock. JOHN JONES. Secretary To ballot for Six new Directors, in Lieu of Six | ofthe present Directors, who go out by Rotation. LOST, roin Mr. RODEN'S, of SUTTON MAJ1DOCK, near Shiffnal, on Tuesday, the 14th of Oetobei 1823; ALiver- coloured POINTER DOG, with a little White on his Chest, and the Tip f his Ears cut across aud cankered : he answers to tbe Name of Tirroo.— Whoever has taken up the said Dog, and will bring him to Mr. J. D. PRYCE, Attorney, at Bettws Vicarage, near- Newtown, or the aforesaid Mr. RODEN, shall he handsomely rewarded, and have all reasonable F- xpenses paid. the Three £-> 0,000 Prizes, and the only one yet drawn, and was sold in Shares by Btsn. One quarter was sold to a gentle- man at Market Street,. Hertfordshire, near Dunstable; one quarter was sent to Bristol; one eighth to Bath; one eighth to Chester; the remainder in London. Two other £ 20,000 Prizes, & the £ 10,000, are yet in the Wheel; besides several of £ 2000, £ 1000, £ 500,& c.& e. Warranted undrawn Tickets and Shares are selling I 50gs. each for Colts and Fillies.— Once round and Six candidates appeared for the Premium of £ 2, for the best Singer of Peniltion with tbe Harp, and after a trial of skill, Mr. Cutlnah awarded the prize to Joseph Williams, of Bagillt. Mr. Ctinnah gratified the company by performin_ nn tbe harp; and the business ofthe day being con- • lnded, " God save the King," was sung in the first style, Ihe company joining in the anthem, and then the assembly dispersed.— The Gentlemen afterwards dinetl together al the Leeswood Arms. PROPOSED SWEEPSTAKES FOR WREXHAM RACES 1824— FIRST DAYA Sweepstakes of by BISH, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing Cross, Loudon, and by his Agents in THIS and every other principal Town.-^- N EXT FRIDAY, the 31st Iustant, is; the Next I Half a mile, to close " on the Ist of May next.- a distance.— 3 Subscribers, A Sweepstakes of 15gs. each for all ages.— Three times round the course, to close the first of June next. A Sweepstakes of 25gs. each for two- yrs.- old Colts and Fillies. HUNTING. Sir Richard Puleston\ i Hounds will meet Thursday, Oct. 30th.... : Galiowtry Bauk Monday, Nov. 3d....... Shocklach Green Wednesday, 5th.. ..... Lightwood Green Friday, 7th . Oteley Park Tuesday, lltli Fox at Albrighton Weduesday, 12th ..... Shawbuvy Park Each Day at Eleven. Friday, 14th Atcham Bridge At Twelve. The Halston Confederate Hurriers will meet This day, Wednesday, Oct. 29th... Osbaston Saturday, Nov. 1st..,! ..... Low Bank At half past ten. The Ludlow Subscription Fox Hounds wm, MEET ST Stokes Wood Friday, Oct, 31st .. Romers Wood Tuesday, 4th Nov , Seifton Forest.,.... Friday, 7th Tar Grove .... Tuesday, lltli...... .... II o'clock. .... 9 o'clock. ... 9 o'clock. .... 9 o'clock. Mr. Hay's Fox Hounds will meet Thursday, Oct. 30th Crewe Hall Saturday, Nov. 1st Mayer Tuesday, 4th Adderley Thursday, 6th Boar's Head, Walgherton At half past ten. The Cheshire Houndsmeet on Wednesday, Oct. it Chnluiondeley, Friday, 31st at Wilmington Bridge, Saturday, Nov. 1 . at Sutton Pinfold, To ineet until November at ten o'clock. We understand the proprietor of the Panorama now exhibiting at our Town Hall has kindly offered to give one day to the benefit of that excellent Institution, tbe Infirmary, as the best way of evincing his gratitude for tbe liberal support he has received from the inhabitants of Shrewsbury and its vicinity, which will take place on Friday next, and the Panorama will finally close on Satur- day. It is almost needless to inform our readers this Panorama has been highly approved of by al! its numerous and intelligent visitors and the public in general, whose high encomiums sufficiently pro- claim its merits. We are convinced that the proprietor ( who is a most intelligent traveller and' clever artist) is what he states himself to be, as we have seen documents which prove the reality ; and as the Paintings in the Panorama and Costnorama were painted by himself during his residence in different parts of Russia, we hope his indefatigable industry will be rewarded." -'•' Day of Drawing, and the Last but One; and ns the Capitals are twit fix& h all may be drawn Next Day. " Mr. R. JONES, Cheesemonger, of this Town, has a supply of Tickets and Shares on sale; and so have BISH's other Agents in this and the adjoining Counties; and we hope parts of the THREE great Capitals are amongst them. The Hereford Pitt Club held its Anniversary on Wednesday last, when several new Members were admilied ; Earl Somers, chairman.— The Birming- ham Pitt Club met on the same day, William Hamper, Esq. in the chair. CAUTION TO PERSONS FINDINGPARCELS. At the Berkshire Sessions, last week, a man named William Westle, of Boxford, was sentenced to three months' hard labour, for detaining a parcel he found on the road between Hungerford and Chilton, in August last. Scarcity of Martins and Swallows.— All the four species of British Hirundines have been de. creasing in number ever since. 1809. Last year their decrease was prodigious in simw places, - so as lo excite the attention of the most indifferent observer of nature. The Chimney Swallow has been particularly deficient in numbers, more so than any other species, and this not only in Eng land, but nearly all over the Continent; iu France, Switzerland, and Germany, this species, as well as Ihe Martlet, hiruntlo urbica, were particularly scarce. Both the above species arrived late and in small numbers this as well as last year, and there can be little doubt but that the observation of Mr. White, of Selborne, is true, that these birds iu certain blowing and unfavourable seasons, undergo great devastation dnriug their aerial voyages. Edinburgh, so long notorious for its filthiness, through w ant of sewers, is about to be sweetened by the formation of drains, & c. The case of hydrocephalus, lately quoted in this paper front the Salisbury Journal, goes on favour- ably. The water abstracted from the head by the different operations* amounts to fifteen pints'five ounces, and diminishes materially iii the rapidity with which it is formed, t| ie head is consequently much less in. size, and is assuumig a. uioiH natural shape. The health of the littlie sufferer continues generally good ; the i fant grOWS; and the prospect of final recovery is very flattering. KILI, MYSELF.— Ill this county it'is ust'ial, at Chiistmas, for the farmers to kill each a sheep for their own use; on which occasion, when . the butchers inquire if they want any , meat against Christmas, the usual reply is, " Nay I think net, 1 think o' killing myself." Last Christmas, a butcher called on a farmer of his acquaintance, in the usual manner, saying, " Will ye want a bit a meat, or ye'll kill iterself, this Christmas?" " I, kna net," replied the farmer, " whether Ise kill myself or taken side o' me father."— Westmore- land Gazette. SECOND DAY.— A Gold Cup, value lOOgs. by a Subscription of lOgs. each, all ages..— Four times • ottnd the course, 10 subscribers, or no race, to close on the first of June next; at present 5 sub. scribers.— A Sweepstakes of 25gs. each, for Colts and Fillies then three. yrs.- old.— Twice round, lo close the 1st of May next. THIRD DAY.— A Handicap Stakes, of lOgs. each with 20 added by the Fund, to close and name the day preceding the race.— Two- mile Heats, at present 6 subscribers. How to choose a Carpet.— Persons who are disposed to study durability more than ornament, should always select a carpet the figures of which are small; for in this case, the two webs of which the carpetting consists are always much closer interwoven than ill carpets where large figures, upon ample grounds, are represented. Anno Quarto Georgii IV. Regis. rl^ HIS Day is published, Price 19s. in I Boards, or 22s. handsomely hound, the NINTH EDITION, greatly improved, of GIFFORD'S ENGLISH LAWYER Or, Every Man hit own Lawyer: Containing a Summary of theConstitution of England ITS # Statute*, PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATIVE TO Arrests Bankruptcy Benefit Societies Bills of Exchange The Clergy Distresses The Game Laws Executors and Ad mi nistrators ( juardian and Ward Husband and Wife Also, THE CRIMINAL LAW OF ENGLAND, embracing every Species4of' Ptibltij Offences, with their Punishments. To which is added, an APPENDIX, containing the most approved Forms of Agreements, Leases, Willi and Testaments, Notices between Landlord arid Tenant, Cont racts, Articles of Copartnership,& c. & c, Also, a SUPPLEM ENT, containing Insolvent Debtors Landlord and Tenant Libel Master and Servant Nuisances Parent and Child Parish Officers Saving Banks Tithes Wills, & c. & c. The TnsurauCe Laws, The Excise Laws The/ Cust'ttijatf'*' Laws, The Assessed Taxes, Stamp Duties, & C. & C, The whole carefully digested from the best Autho. rifies; and the Statutes and Term Reports brought down to the4th Geo. IV. THE NINTH EDITION. Br JOHN GIFFORD, ESQ. London : Printed for A. WHELLIER, Mitre Court, Ely Place, Holhorn ; and sold by all Booksellers " the United Kingdom. Of whom mat/ be had9 .. GIFFORD'S ABSTRACTS of the ACTS of and 2d GEO. IV. ( 182V), Price 3s. ; of 3d GF. O. IV ( 1822), Price 3s.; and of 4th GEO. IV. ( 1833), Price 3s, ( 3d BRATTON AND PARRY, Plasterers, Shrewsbury. BEG Leave to return their sincere Thanks to the Nobility and Public, for the distinguished Patronage they have for many Years been favoured with. B. and P. take this opportunity of announcing to the Public, that they have taken to the Business of C. and R. WHITFORO, and hope hy Assiduity and Attention to insure to themselves a Continuance of the Support so long enjoyed by both Parties. October 23, 1823. Profitable Concern to be disvosed of IN SHROPSHIRE. AN Opportunity now offers for a Yountj Man to embark in a very safe and profitable Branch ofthe WOOLLEN MANUFACTORY, and to enter upon a Concern which has been carried ou to great Advantage for more than Half a Century. Sleam Engine, Machinery, Fixtures, and Good Will, to betaken at a fair Valuation, the Whole of which will not exceed £ 2000, the principal Part of which may remain unpaid for Years, if properly secured. Apply to Mr. CHARLE& IIULBERT, Auctioneer and General Agent, Shrewsbury .- All Letters Post- paid. SUPERIOR DRY COKES A Y be had at the GAS' WORKS, at'Fourteen Pence per Hundred Weight The Coke is particularly sweet and well burnt and will be . weighed to Purchasers, with Scales irl Quantities not less than One Hundred weight. ' SHREWSBURY GAS WORKS, OCT. 18,1823. MARKET HERALD. SHREWSBURY, n our Market, ou Saturdav last, the price of Hides was 4d. per lh,— Calf Skins 5d— Tallow a^ d. In our Market, on Saturday last, Old Wheat sold at from 8s. 6d. to 9s. 2d. ; New Wheat at from 7s Od. to 8s. Od. per bushel of 38 qts. Barley 4s. 2d to 4s. Sd. per bushel of38 quarts. Old Oats sold at from 5s. 9d. to 6s. 4d.; New Oats from 4s. 2d. to 5s. 2d. per bushel of 57 quarts. CORN EXCHANGE, OCT. 27. Ithotigh we had n large quantity of Wheat re- maining unsold from last week s arrivals, yet, as our supply fresh in this morning was but moderate, the Mealing trade was extremely brisk, and fine samples of both Old and New Wheat obtained full as high prices as on this day se'nnight; hut we have no de- mand for Ihe inferior qualities, which continue a drug- on the market. Barley is foil ts. per quarter dearer, and what appeared of fine quality this morning was soon cleared away. Grey Peas are also Is. per quarter, higher. Oats fully maintain their price, the supply bedtig rather small. Flour continues the same, but is notso brisk as was expected. In Bean , White Peas,, and other articles, there is no alteration; Current Price of Grain per Quarter, a., under Wheat . Barley Malt,. 30s to 33s 3* 2s lo 3fis 25s to 28s Fine Flour 45s to 50s per sack ; Seconds 40s to 45s SMITHFIF. LI) f per st. of'Hlb sinking offal). Beef..,. 2s 8d to 3s 6< l I Veal 4s Od to 5s Od. Mutton 3s 4d to 4s 0,1 | Pork 4s Od to 5s Od. Lamb 0s Od to 0s Od LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. Wheat... ,8s. 9d. to 9s. ( id. per 701 lis. Barley 4s. Od. to 4s. 6d. per60lhs Oats.... 2s. lOd. to 3s. 2d. per45lbs. I Malt 8s. Od. to 8s. 9< l. per36qts. Fine Flour 38s. Od. lo 44s. Oil. per240lbs ! BRISTOL CORN EXCHANGE. Spring price of Wheat, per sack s. d, s, d. of 3311 lis 33 0 lo 40 0 Foreign Wheat per bush, of 8 gall. 3 6 to 3 English Wheat, ditto. 5 6 to 7 0 Malting Barley, ditto 3 0 to 3 6 Malt, ditto 5 6 to 6 Flour, Fine, per sack of 2c. 2q. 5lbs 46 0 to 50 0 —— Secondsditto ,..- 42 0 to 45 0 Oats, Old, per 8 gall.:... 2 6 to 3 0 FAIRS TO BE HOLDEN. Nov. 3, St. Asaph, Newcastle— 4, Peover— 5, Llanbrynmair, Cacrwys, Lynime— 6, Knighton, Clear Head, Leintwardine— 7, Lichfield— 8, Bala, Llanrhaiadr- yn. Mochnant, Howey, Leominster, Knutsford. At. Hereford Fair, on Monday, there was a very large and remarkably fine show of cattle, and they sold much better than was generally anticipated, the prime animals being soon disposed of, about 15 percent, higher than they brought last year, but something lower than at the Candlemas fair: stores were not in such request, but many were disposed of. Sheep and pigs were abundant, hut the sales were dull, many were driven home unsold. The horse fair was badly supplied, anil all kinds sold very low. In the hop market there were only two parcels of this year's growth, of 71b. and 91b. weight, and these scarcely saleable at any price. Several pockets of old bops were brought for sale^ and 149 were weighed: those of 1822 sold from £ 8 to £ 10; inferior samples from £ 5. 5s. to £ 6.- Salt Butter in tubs sold from 10s. to 12s. per stone, and in lumps from 9s. 6d. to lis; 6d.; large quantity was disposed of. Best Cheese sold from 58s. to 60s. ; Seconds from' 50s. to 56s. and family from 35s. to 42s. per cwt. Onions lOd. to Is. pei- peck.— The pickpockets were but too suc- cessful, one person was robbed of more than £ 100, another of £ 40, and another of £ 25, and several of smaller sums. In fact, the success and extent of depredations by sharpers and professed thieves at this fair were beyond exanlple; there were pro- bably more than 50 persons of this description in attendance; and notwithstanding the exertions of the Police, the whole eluded detection. WORCESTER SESSIONS,— Sarah Gunned and Ann Creswell, were charged'with- stealing a quantity of wheat in the straw, the property of Joseph Lord, of Longdon. This offence occurred during the last harvest, and arose out of the erroneous idea which prevails very generally,, that persons have a right to gleaii corn from tbe field of the farmer, even though he should deny them permission so to do. In tbe present case the prosecutor forbid the prisoners* gleaning in his fields, but to which, however, they paid no attention, being found by him the following day in the act of leasing. He again desired thein to quit his premises, and put down the corn, Or he would take it from them; this, however, they resisted, and one of them said if he meddled with their corn, " they would swear a robbery against him!" upon which he caused them lo be taken into custody. The worthy Chairman, in passing the judgment of the Court, observed to the prisoners, that as it was evident the offence of which they were convicted was com- mitted by them under the mistaken supposition of a right, common to persons of their class, he should fine them only one shilling, and set them at liberty; but it was important that it should be generally known, that no person whatever has the . slightest right to enter the grounds of a farmer for the purpose of gleaning and removing corn, without first having his consent; and in Ihe event of their doing so, they subject themselves to a charge offeloHy » n& the consequences thereof. COUNTRY MALTHOUSE. STo fee act, AND ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY, ACAPITAL MALTHOUSE, with the Whole or Part of the HOUSE near adjoining a Garden, Orchard, and Outbuildings, with about four Acres of LAND, situate in the Village of CLONTOS, a fine Barley Country.— The Malthouse is in good Repair, and wets fit) Bushels. For Particulars apply to Mr. JAMES BACH, Auc- tioneer, Bromfield, near Ludlow. Notice to Creditors, Y ® 7" HF. ITE, VS THOMAS PUR- LOW, • V ofthe Town of SHREWSRURV, in the County of Salop, Perfumer, hath, by Indenture bearing Date the 25th Day of this Instant October, assigned overall his Personal Estate to WIUUM MAXSRU of the same Place, Victualler, INTRUST, for the equal Benefit of his Creditors : NOTICE is hereby given, that the said Indenture of Assignment is. deposited at my Office in Shrewsbury aforesaid for the Inspection nnd Signatures of such Creditors who shall execute the same on on before the 24th Day of December next; and such Creditors w bo do not execute the same on or before the said 24th Day of December next, will be excluded from all Benefit arising therefrom. J. W. WATSON, Solicitor to the Assignee. Shrewsbury, 28th October, 1823. £? ale3 by Auction. MANURE. BY MESSRS. TUDOR AND LAWRENCE, ( Without the least Reserve), on SATURDAY NEXT, the 1st of November, 1823, precisely at four o'clock i « the Afternoon.; A LL the MANUE E on FRASKWELI. L\- QUAY.— For Particulars apply- to Mr LEE at the Street- Act Office. ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Kingsland, near Shrewsbury. — 00—— BY MESSRS. TUDOR AND LAWRENCE, On the Premises lately occupie I bv the Rev. Mr Laugley, KINGSLAND, near ' Shrewsbury, 0i » Wednesday and Thursday, tbe 5th and 6th Dav « of November, 1823; rpi- 1 E entire genuine HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE: comprising elegant. Fonrpost, Canopy, arid Calash Bedsteads, with Chintz, Dimity, and other Hangings, prime Goose- feather Beds, Witney Blankets, Marseilles? Quilts, and Counterpanes. J'he Mahogany Furniture consists of fine Spanish- wood Telescope, Dining, Pem- broke, and other Tables, Spanish- wood Wardrobe and Chests of Drawers, Mahogany Grecian and Painted Chairs ; a fine- toned Piano Forte, nearly new ( by Tomkinson) ; with China, Glass, Culinary Articles, Brewing and Dairy Requisites. Also, a Milch Cow, Store. Pig, small Quantity of Hay, and other Articles ; allot which will be enumerated iu Catalogues, which may he had of Ihe Auctioneers. N. B. May be viewed on Tuesday preceding the Sale, from Eleven till Two ;' and tiie Sale to com- mence each Morning at Eleven o'Clock. MANOR OF DEYTHEUR, Hijjljt of IPrcoentation, AND MANY ELIGIBLE Fsi RMS. VALUABLE & EXTENSIVE jfreet) olb^ 6states. BY TUDOR & LAWRENCE, In the Month of November next, in one or more Lots, as may be determined upon at the Time of Sale.: " VIE MANOR of DEYTHEUR, in the Gaiuiiy of Montgomery, extending over nearly TEN THOUSAND ACRES, with the CHIEF RENTS and ROYALTIES appertaining. And also the RIGHT of PRESENTATION to the NEW CHATEL and SCHOOL of DEYTHBOR And MANY VALUABLE FARMS, with sub- stantial Houses and Outbuildings in good Repair containing TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED' ACRES, or thereabouts, of rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, bounded by the beautifully winding Rivers the Severn nnd Virniew, and intersected by the Montgomeryshire Canal, by which Supplies of Coal and Lime are obtained at a moderate Expense, and great Facility is afforded for Conveyance of Goods to Chester, Liverpool, and olher Parts of the Kingdom. The Estate is situated in a fine picturesque Country, midway between Oswestry aud Welsh- pool, and about twelve Miles from Shrewsbury, all excellent Market Towns. The Rivers Severn and Virniew abound with remarkably fine Salmon, and the Estate is well supplied with Game. Particulars will appear in a future Paper; and Information in the mean Time may be obtained bv Application to JOHN DODSOK, Esq. Cressage, nea'r Salop; or at the Office of Mr, BCHLEY, Solicitor, Shrewsbury, where a Map of the Estate may ba seen. FREEHOLD PROPERTY. T Early in next Month, AN ESTATE, situate at BROCKTOW, in the Parish of I. ydbury North, iu the County of Salop, in the Occupation of Mr. Daniel Edwards.— For further Particulars enquire of Mr. BROOME, Church Stretton; or of Mr. DANIIL EDWARDS, on the Premises — particulars of Sal. will appear in a future Paper. October 21, 1823. CIRCULATING LIBRARY Of general Science, FIVE DOORS FROM THE TOWN HALL, High Street, Shrewsbury. MR. HULBERT raost respectfully announces that his LIBRARY IS NOW OPEN for Subscribers, and those who may prefer the occasional Hire of Books. Varying from Libraries of usual Establishment, it contains upwards of Two THOUSAND Volumes of valuable and popular Treatises in every Depart, ment of Literature and Science, classed under the following' Heads : Agriculture, Architecture, Anecdotes and Literary Selections, Bibliography, Criticism, and Belles Lettres, Biography and Original Letters, Divinity; Ethics, and Religious Sects, Dictionaries and Lexicons, Essays and Mis- cellaneous Publications, Fine and Mechanical Arts, Gardening, Geography, Topography, Voyages and Travels, History general and particular, Law and Political Philosophy, Metaphysics, Moral Philoso- phy and Education, Medicine, Chemistry, and Farriery, Natural History and Surveys of Nature and Art, Natural and Experimental Philosophy, and Miscellaneous Sciences, select Novels, Works of Fiction and Amusement, Periodical Publications, & c. Catalogues are published, Price One Shilling. TERMS: Annual Subscriptions.... One Guinea. Half- yearly Twelve Shillings. Quarterly.. ...... Six Shillings & Sixpence. Books, or Sets of Books, according to Value. Valuable Freehold Property, BUTTER MARKET, PRIDE- HILL, SHREWSBURY. m Sola ftribate ® reatp, AND ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY, ALL those excellent and commodious PREMISES, situate on PRIDE- HILL, only two Doors from the Butter Market: comprising a very excellent and commodious Shop, Parlour, Kitchen, Cellaring, Dining Room, and six Bed Rooms, four good Closets, & c.; two capital Ware- houses or Workshops adjoining the Premises, with good Entrance thereto. The Whole may be con- verted into two Houses, as was lately the Case, or together will be found most eligible for any Trade or Business requiring Room and Publicity. The Neighbourhood is decidedly the most flourishing of any in the Town of Shrewsbury, and, from tbe Improvements commenced and now carrying ou, I the Property will every Day increase in Value. * There is excellent Room for housing Butter and Cheese at the Fairs, which annually produces a considerable Sum. The only Reason why the Property is disposed of is to enable the Proprietor to fulfil an Engagement to complete the Purchase of more extensive Pre- mises: Apply I" Mr. IIOLBEKT, at his Auction and Printing Offices, aud Circulating Library of General Science, Uigh. Street, Slnewsbury. ^ aies b? auction. Household Furniture, Stock of Toys, Sfc. !'. Y MR. HULBERT, On FRIDAY NEXT, October 31st, 1823, on the Premises, WYLE COP, opposite the Lion Inn, Shrewsbury : riiilE Household FURNITURE and JL STOCK IN TRADE of Mr. PURSLOW : consisting of Feather Beds, Bedsteads, & c. Clock, Tables, Chairs, Kitchen and' Culinary Utensils, & c.; Shop Fixtures, Glass Cases, Stock of modern Toys, & c. Ste.— Sale to commence at Ten o'Clock. Fox I w ROOM, MARKET- PLACE. Valuable Library and Rare Collection of Books, Paintings, Prints, Napolton Me- dals, capital Double- barrelled lowting Piece, Machine for Copying Letters, < 5fc. BY MICWLBERT, At the Fox Iun, Shrewsbury, on Tuesday, Novem- | her 4th, 1823, and three following Days ; rg^ I I R well- selected aotj^ INTKREsriNG H LIBRARY of a Gentleman leaving Shrews- bury $ including also some valuable New Publica- tions, Collections of Books, Oil Paintings, Draw- ings, Prints, Napoleon Medals, Marine Shells, a Copying Machine with Cast- iron Rollers, & c. ( nearly new); a double- barrelled Fowling Piece ( by Clemsnn), and a single Ditto ; German Flute, & c. kc. Among the Books will be found ( in very handsome f- enuine Editions) the Historical Works of Rollin, lobertson, Hume and Smollett, Goldsmith, Wil- kinson, Winterbnthani; Mosheim, Josephus, See. : the Theological Works of Dwiglit, Hervey, Newton ( ofoiney), & e. & c ; the Sermons of Blair, Dod- dridge, Gordon, Orton, Wesley, & c; & c.; the Poetical Works of Burns, Byron, Cowper, Milton, Thomson, Young, & c. See. ; the Dictionaries of Johnson, Walker, & c.; Walking's Cyclopaidia; Brookes's Gazetteer of the World ; Crosby's Ditto of England; Guthrie's Geography ; Slialiespear's Plays, ill 1J vols. I) vols, and 1 vol. Editions ; Pot- tei's jfeschylus -, Boccacio's Decameron ; Boswell's Life of Johnson; Johnson's Lives of the Poets; Hogg's Jacobite Relics; the Spectator, Guardian, Rambler, Lounger, & e.; the Journals of eminent Travellers Park, Sic & e.; Cnrr'an of the Peace; Blackstone's Commentaries ; a line Edition of Gil Bias, Royal 8vo. ( French); Sibly's Astrology, and other rare and curious Books; Button's Natural History; Hodgson's Tutor's As- sistant ; Bnchan's Domestic Medicine ; the very valuuble Commentaries of Brown, 2 vol. 4to.; Job Orton, 4 vol. Svo.; Macknight, 4 vol. 8vo.; New- ton on the Prophecies ; Gordon's Lectures on the Church Catechism; Blair's Lectures ou Rhetoric, and Belles Lettres ; Locke on the Understanding ; Campbell's Lives of the Admirals ; Riley's Travels in Africa; Guthrie's Taurida ; aud upwards of500 Volumes of Miscellaneous Books of very great Utility and Interest. Among tbe Paintings are Landscapes hy Old Barker, Le Peletiere, & c.; Cattle, and Figures, by I, e Cave, Richardson, & c.; two Paintings, by Farmer— Shooting Subjects ( very fine); a Magda- len, School of Rubens ; two beautiful Drawings, by Paul Sand by, framed and glazed ; several scarce Prists, framed ; the Scales of Mountains & Rivers framed and varnished ; Views of London, & c. and a Number of loose Prints, 111 Lots. The Paintings and framed Prints, Napoleon Meilals, Copying Machine, Fowling Pieces, and various Sets of valuable Books, will be sold on the first Day, . commencingat Eleven o'Cloek, till Two. Tbe Sale will commence again nt Seveu the same Evening, nnd continue nt the same Hour tbe three following Evenings. Old- Established Inn, IN THE CENTRE OF SHREWSBURY. BY MR. HULBERT, At the Talbot. Inn, in Shrewsbury, on Monday, tbe first Day of December, 1823, at five o'Clock iu the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to be produced : A1.1. those capital PREMISES, known as the MERMAID INN, situate in SHOP, I. ATCII, not far distant from the Corn and other Markets. The Mermaid Inn is one of the oldest established of any in the Town of Shrewsbury, well known and accustomed by Gentlemen Farmers and Travellers, and has a good Town Trade. The House and Offices are commodious, and the Stabling is excellent: from 30 to 40 Horses may have occasional Standing. There is a good Car- riage Road to the Stables; Part of which front Barker- Street, and, if required, with little Expense may be converted into Dwelling Houses. The Mermaid is situated iu a Trading and very improving Part of the Town, and where Property must necessarily daily increase in Value, and where Business to any Extent may be carried 011. Part of the Purchase Money may remain secured on Mortgage. The Premises are at present under Lease, at the annual Rent of £ 60, to the present Occupant, Mr. Samuel Griffiths, which Lease expires at Christmas, 1824. ( J^ The Land- Tax is redeemed. For further Particulars apply to Mr. WACE, Solicitor, Dogpole; or ta AUCTIONEER, High 1 Street. J CURACY WANTED. ACLERGYMAN in full Orders, and with most satisfactory Testimonials, & c. is desirous of a Curacy in Shropshire. Letters addressed to the Rev. E. W. at Messrs. Rivingtons, St. Paul's, London, will be duly attended to. ^ ales bv auctton. LILTTIIE NESS. Corn, Barley, Oat, # Pea Stacks, Turnips, Hay, < Sfc. BY MR. SMITH, On Friday, the 31st Day of October, 1823, on the Farm at Little Ness, in the County of Salop, in the Occupation of the Assignee of Mr. RICHARD BROUGHALL, precisely at Eleven o'Clock ; FIVE Stacks of Com, Six Ditto of Barley, Two DittoofPeas, One Ditto of Oats, large Stack' of Hay, Ditto of Rye- Grass aud Clover, Fourteen Acres of Turnips, long Stack Frame, and other Effects. The Straw, Hay, and Turnips to be consumed oil the Premises. {£ 5" A Deposit of Ten perCent. in Part of the Purchase Money, must be paid down at tbe Time of Sale, and Four Months' Credit will be given for the Remainder upon approved Securities. THE NORTHERN EXPEDITION. •, Lounger, tie. ; the journals ot eminent : rs, as Williams, Crutwell, Waruer, Mungo c.; Cocry's Bristol, O'Reilly's Greenland, irran's Speeches and Life ; Burn's Justice LiveSlock, Grain, Hay, Implements, Dairy and Brewing Utensils, neat Household Furniture, fyc. BY MR. SMITH, On the Premises at HARCOURT PARK, iu the Parish of Staunton, in the County of Salop, on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, the 10th, 11th, and 13th Days of November, 1823 ; rrMIE Whole, of the LIVE STOCK, I GRAIN. HAY, IMPLEMENTS, and genteel HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, together with all tbe Dairy and Brewing Utensils, & c. & c. belonging to Mr. THOMAS WOOD.— Particulars iu onr next. FREEHOLDPROPERTY. BY MR. S. SMITH, By Order, of the Assignee of John Wilcox, a Bank- rupt, at Stepheu Davies's, the Oak Inn, Madeley Wood, in the Parish of Madeley, in the County of Salop, on Friday, the 7th Day of November, 1823, between the Hours of four and six in tbe Afternoon, ill the following, or such other Lots as shall he agreed upon, and subject to Condi- tions that will then he produced : LOT I. ADWELLING HOUSE, Grocer's Shop, Warehouse, Bakehouse, and other Out- Offices, large Garden, with the Appurtenances, situate in Madeley Wood aforesaid, in the Occupa- tion of the said John Wilcox. Also two Tenements, Butcher's Shop, Stable recently built, and a good Garden adjoining thereto, in the Occupation of Henry Wilcox and John Wilcox. LOT II. Two DWELLING HOUSES, with the Garden nnd Appurtenances, in Madeley Wood aforesaid, near Lot 1, in the several Occupations of Edward Jones and Thomas Haywood. LOT III. Two DWELLING HOUSES, with the Brewhouse, Garden, and Appurtenances, in Made- ley Wood aforesaid, near the above Lois, in tbe several Occupations of Edward Hughes Js Leonard Wood. LOT IV. A DWELLING HOUSE, with the Garden and Appurteuances, situate in Madeley Town, in the Occupation of John Barker. LOT V. Three DWELLING HOUSES, with the Gardens anil Appurtenances, iu Madeley Wood aforesaid, in the Occupations of Thomas Ilodgkis, Win. Wright, and another. LOT VI. The LIFE INTEREST of the said John Wilcox ( aged 72) of and in Two DWELLING HOUSES ' ' ~ ' thereto EParticulars' may be had of Mr. RIDDING, tor, Coalbrookdale, in the said County. ~ TIMBSBT. ~ BY T. WYCHERLEY, At tbe Castle Inn, in We m, in the County of S- alop, on Thursday, the 13th Day of November, 1823, I between the Hours of Four and Five o'Clock in the Afternoon : rr » HE following TREES : viz. 12 Oak, * L ltj Ash, 16 Poplar, 5 Alder, 2 Beech, 2 Willow, 1 Fir, 1 Larch, and 1 Crab. Tbe above are growing on The Wear Farm, in the Parish of Weill, and on Two Pieces of Land, near the Town of Wem, and are all scribe- marked and numbered. Mr. PRICE, the Tenant at The Wear, will, on Application, shew the same. This Advertisement will not be continued, BY LAKIN & SON, At the Red Lion Inn, iu Whitchurch, iu the County of Salop, on Friday, November 14th, 1823, at Six o'Clock in the' Afternoon, by Order of the Assignee nf RICHARD GROOME, late of Sleap, in the County of Salop, an Insolvent Debtor, dis- charged from the Gaol of Shrewsbury, in the said County, the 22d Day of August, 1820 : [ IH E Life- Interest and Benefit of Sur- vivorship, in the INTEREST of the Sum of SEVEN HUNDRED POUNDS, which was be- 3ueathed to the said Insolvent aud hjs Brothers, ohn Grooine, of Sleap, aud William Groome, of and the Survivor of tliein, in equal Shares, and which is well secured by Documents in the Hands of the said John Groome. Further Particulars may be had upon Application at the Office of Messrs'. WATSON and HARPER, Solicitors, Whitchurch. At BUBNEY, near Whitchurch. [ FROM THE LITERARY GAZETTE.} On the 10th inst. the Fury and Hecla arrived at Lerwick, in Shetland, and were received with demonstrations of such welcome as was due to our gallant countrymen on their safe arrival from so perilous an undertaking-, and after so long- an absence, during- which no true tidings concerning- them had reached their native land. The town was illuminated, and the navig- ators were enter-, tained in the most hospitable manner. Leaving Lerwick, the vessels made the northern coast of England on Thursday, the 16th, where Captaii?. Parry, Lieutenant Hoppner, and the Rev. Mr. Fisher ( the chaplain and astronomer to the expedU ticm) were lauded, and immediately set ott' foit London, which they reached On Saturday morning;. Meanwhile the ships sailed for the River, and on Tuesday afternoon anchored in the Galleons,' about three miles below Woolwich. On Wednesday, at noon, { they again sailed, and in a couple of hours were moored off the dock- yard at Deptford, amid the cheers of hundreds, who lined the shore as they passed along to their destination. On their way up the river, they were boarded by several persons of note, and by many kind and anxious friends, whose meetings with their re- spective relations and persons dear to them, formed a scene al tog- ether of the most interesting descrip- tion. Here was Sweethearts and Wives far better acted than even at the Hay market,, aud the repre- sentation produced a much more striking effect.. The recognitions^ the inquiries, the groupings, and the various expressions of voice, countenance, and gesture, were at once highly entertaining and affecting, and we can truly say that we never In this last hope they were again quite disappoint- i ed; and on the 19th of September, the sea having .! begun to freeze, they left these straits, and' laid the ships up in winter quarters, near the small island alluded to^ and called 4> y the Esquimaux Iglooli'k. From these data it is evident that the Expedition has failed in its leading objects. In short, any annual whale ship might do as mnch as it has been able, with all its perseverance, to accoip^ Hsh ; and we apprehend that , few or no new lights can- be thrown by it upon the gFeat questions of science which were raised hy the former voyag- es. The magnetic pole vva>< not crossed ; and it is curious to state, that all the electrical appearances ( lights, fialost? iVfetedrS', & e;) were seen to the south ^ In hatfftfai history the acquisitions are very scanty. We have on oitr taMe twen ty- eight botanical speci- mens^— dwarf ' willow, saxifrage, grasses,, mosses,- which nearly comprehend the stunted vegetable work! of these northern latitudes. One hew gull has,, , we believe, been added to that class ; but generally speaking, hardly any novelty has been ascertained, or,'. remarkable discovery made, in ornithology, piscology, botany, or other branch of science. In the second winter a more numerous tribe of tlie Esquimaux, about 150, and including the visi- tors df the preceding year, settled near the ships* and were in. daily intercourse with them. Having already stated the longitudes, latitudes, and periods of sailing and wintering, we shall not deem it necessary to go much into the details of the Expedition j which has, in fact, neither added much to geography,- nor been able to explore farther than was done by Middleton and preceding • navigators. The last year seems to have been so unproductive, that the ships might as well have natives strike sparks among' dry moss, to light tlieir fires. We have also on our desk a part of the yolk of a's'e'a bird'si eg; g, as preparfed'hy the Esquimaux', to keep for food': . It is as- hard and transparent as amber, ( 91- w hich it might readily be mistaken. A model or avC^ noe iiigeniohsly made by a nati ve, and only fourteen inches long, is also; among oiir stores. It does Credit to their skill; but riot so much as a female's reticule ( if we may call it) made of ducks' feet curiously disposed in a neat circular shape, and the toes hanging out like tags or tassels. This is a very singular piece of workmanship, ^ rid looks well. Small bottles of matting woven closely, and of an elegant form, are among their manufactures*; & the stringing, on threads of fish fibres, of the teeth of foxes^ VVolv6s, ' Sic. for female ornttiinentSj' does not alway s hetra. y a bad taste, howe ver common the materials are. ; . images of b'on « ( an inch or an inch and aluvlf long, afford no high notion of the native talents for carving- in ivory— they just so far re- semble the human shap^ as to show'they were meant to represent it. One petrifaction of : the back- bone of a fish is in our collection, and extremely curious. The course pursued by Captain Parry on the late voyage, as our readers are probably aware, was to coast northwards from Hudson's Bay into the Great icy Sea* while Captain? Franklin was: to endeavour to reach the same sea overland, taking the Copper- mine River, which falls into it, as; his guide. The point to which Captain Parry penetrated, on this occasion, was hot, we understand, nearly so far to the north as tlie spot where he formerly wintered, nor much farther indeed thau Captain Franklin was- able to reach by land. witnessed a sight which aftVvrdod us greater plea, fll<'""' | « ot' 1822; but it is not "•• - . . I . I the character of Btitish seamen to desist while the slightest prospect of success can be entertained. Our owitopinion isy that there may be many, open sure. The sides were ascended and the decks almost crowded by the curious who were fortunate enough to have the privilege of visiting^ the, ships' nl ^ ,. - •/ • and by those connected with the crews. In one that probably the best, part might be seen an honest tar embracing his Som^, 5uid wh^ e Captain partner with a heartiness which did credit to tedious absence, and was certainly without example in the whole history of Esquimaux fellowship— the only human intercourse enjoyed ( if it may be so called) during two years and a half. In another direction the cooking, apparatus was soon put in requisition, and fresh provisions and vegetables had justice done to them,, as luxuries of nO common cast. Here were.' strangers.. examining;- the canoes, large animal specimens, and other rarities brought from the Arctic regions ; and in the long boats, slung- upon the deck of each vessel, were six or eight of those wolf- looking dogs which are so important to the natives, howiing and fighting like wild beasts of themost savage nature. We mention these circumstances, not as of any consequence to the voyage, but as forming a spectacle of so singular and interesting a character that we only wish our graphic powers were move adequate to its descrip- tion. On arriving at Deptford, most of the officers hastened ashore, and from an intimacy with some of them we have collected the following digest, for whose irregularities and want of proper order the. ; haste in which it is thrown together must be our apology. The outward voyage in 1821 was fair aud pro- sperous. Passing up Hudson's Straits, the havi- gators kept near the land ou their South, and explored the coast towards Repulse Bay. The farthest West which they attained was 86 degrees of longitude, and the highest latitude only 69, dei 48 ni. N.; and they finally brought up for winter quarters at a small isle which they named Winter Island, in 82 ( leg, 53 min. W. longitude, and lati>. tude 66 < leg, 11 min. N„ By inspecting the common maps, it will be seen that they are vei- y faulty in laying down both land and water in this direction ; though the later and best Charts are somewhat more correct. The globe and chart- makers, how- ever, will have very little trouble in laying down the discoveries made in the present voyage. The chief part of the summer of 1821 was occupied in examining Repulse Bay, and some inlets to the eastward of it, through some one or other of which they hoped to find a passage into the Polar Sea. In this they were disappointed, for all the openings Catalogue Raisonne of the Ancient! Masters, n v IS AS EPFSTLE TO A PRIEND. YOC ask me, Dear Sir, all the names to proclaim Of the Painters of old why entitled, tb fame ? First SAL VATOR, you know, was at home at band it t^ Or describing, an army white sacking avcity ;. lUhis style he was h road, never feeble lot tame Up sought ts> siirprise, and accomplished his arm,. ZfCCAKELLI was clever, bui ever alik^, And the work of a mannerist nevei; caii strike j His women Were dropsical— too fat by half, And his cows in the distance, were always with caVf.- Plirr;. WOCVKUMAIVS shone in a skirmish or battle, And BERG HUM was famous for all kinds of cattle : But unlike the artist first named, Zuecarelii; For Berghem's lean cows were much shrunk in the. belly , And though I dVnt wish to excite any laughter, His cows seemed . to give us Jess warm milk that • Water But still so like Natur^, that critics have said He was born in a cowlnmse aad irved in a shed. Old MIERIS', for finishing turnips or carrots, Fowls, lobsters, pluekYd turki. e » , Tmee, monkres, w ' ' parrots,' - 4 Was never © xeellM ; and to see his dead game, You would swear, not to dress it were almost ft shame. . • • ' , SN- YOEit, too, painted game, and Ifoar- hunts witli great ski II, And exeelPd his compeers, let them say what the* will. RKMBRANDT painted portraits, nor caii we detect Any faults in his works as to breadth Or effect. © tofofnctal a no fHieceUantot!^ ES, with the Garden and Appurtenances [ proved to be only deep mets which ran into the belonging, near Lot3. continent of America. While thus occupied, earlv PARTIFMDARA MNV he had of Mr. RIDOINO. 111 October the_ sea began to freeze ; and on the 8th T BY W. eilURTON, Without Reserve, on Monday, the 17th November, 1823, at Ten o'Clock: VVERY superior STOCK of upwards of 5 » Head of pureTlolderness and Cross- bred Dairy Cows, Heifers and Calves, Feeding Cattle, Stc. tbe Property of Mr. PRISSICK, who is leaving the Farin.— Catalogues may be had from THE AUCTIONEER, Whitchurch. THE CRISIS OF FORTUNE. Only Tvto Days more! NEXT FRIDAY, ( OCTOBER 31), The Lust Day of Drawing but One. mmm TO P ISIBM. TWO.......... OF........ ..£ 20,000 ONE.......... OF. .£ 10,000 ONE .. OF. £ 2,000 TWO OF £ 1,000 SIX OF £"> 00 SIX.......... OK £ 300 SIX OF..... £ 200 & c. & c. Alili STERLING MONEY' A few Tickets and Shares, warranted undrawn, have been forwarded from the London Licensed Lottery Offices, to their Agents in this the other principal Towns, And are on Sale at the following Prices: Whole Ticket - - £ 20 5 O Half - - - - - 10 18 0 6 £ of that month the ships were laid up for the winter, in the situation noted above. Here at Winter Island, the Expedition was frozen up from the Stir of October 1821 to the 2d of July 1822. The vessel* were wisthin two or, jthree hundred paccs of each other ; and occupations and amusements, similar to those practised in the preceding voyage, were resorted to. We are informed^ however, that the ] Plays did not go off so well ; nor Were the ships' companies altogether so harmoniously social as on the former occasion. The necessity for main- taining discipline, and other causes, to which we need not allude, stood in the way of this perfect accord and satisfaction. f One of the principal events which we have to notice ih this period was the beneficial effects produced by the system of heating the ships with currents of warm air. These were directed to every requisite part by means of metallic tubes, and so well did the contrivance answer its purpose, that the lowest temperature experienced during the winter was 35 degrees below zero. In the second " inter it was ten degrees lower, viz. 45 degrees below Zero-; but this was not near so difficult to endure, nor so inconvenient as the cold in Captain Parry's first voyage, nor indeed, if- we are rightly instructed, as that felt in the northern' stations of the Hudson Bay traders on the American Continent The provision cases, we understand, did' not thru out so well; for, though the meats were preserved fresh, they were found to he very insipid oiV! con- stant u » e, and the men got as tired , of them as4hey generally do of salt provision*. From the quantiihi of boiling needed in these preparations, the nutri- tive juices sire extracted, and thk tafcte so reduced that it is not easy to tell veal front beef. Tlicy, however, ( 1 i ke Fretich cookery doite toirags), ui; ide a change, and were so far acceptable Fish were caiigbt, and formed anothet more welcome variety.— These were chiefly a small salmon of about 7 or- 8lbs. weight, of which about 300 were taken ; the CoaUfishy and jtlie Aipiue Trout, which latter was, found in a fresh- water stream on an island to the westward; of Winter Island. This river, according to the native ac. counts, flowed from a lake vyhence also another river ran into the sea on the other side ; that is to say, one stream flowed in a soutli- easierly direction towards Hudson's Bay. and the other in a south- westerly course towards ( perhaps) the Polar Sea. The small fish known by the, name of iIre Miller's Thumb was also in great abundance; and the sea swarmed With MoluSCa; but we shall1 enumerate the natural productions more particularly hereafter. Nothing occurred, during the first part of the winter, deserving of any pai ticular hotice ; but one j morning, in the beginning of February, our people:, were surprised bv the. appearance of strange forms upon the snow- plain in their vicinity, and of per- sons ruhning to and fro. This was a tribe of aooKt fifty Esquimaux, who were erecting i'heir sn. o\ Vr huts, and taking up their residence a, t a short distance from tlie vessels., At first it Nyas hoped , that tljis might be Captain Franklin's Expedition, but the hope quickly vanished; and the settlers' were found to be one of those wandering hordes . which roffm along, the shore iu search of food, aiid make their habitations wherever. it can be obtained in sufficient quantity,— The great depentlenee of these people upon the produce of,, the sea for their sustenance, necessarily, con fines their; migrations to. the coasts, and, except hastily travelling across land in any journey occasionally,, it may fee pre- sumed from their habits that they never establish themselves ten in Ies from ill. e water's edge; Thus we infer, that all the interior parts are totally uninhabited. The intercouse of the voyagers with their new and singular neighbours, afforded then) much, aud mu^ h wanted, amusement during the remainder of the winter ; as, never having seen TEuropeans before, their manners and customs were quijte original, The snow began to melt about the beginning of May^ and put an end to their intimacy. In the season of 1822, the vessels, having steered along the coast to the North, penetrated oiil^ fb th longitude of 82 deg. 50 min. and hit; 69 deg. 40 fel Quarter Eighth Sixteenth 11 16 8 The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced, in the House of Commons, his Intention to discontinue, Lotteries; the present may, there- fore? be the last Opportunity of adventuring, with so rtcl}% Vyheel^ at such unoilerate Pripes. mill. ; and, after exploring several inlets, & c. in their brief cruise, they were finally moored for their second winter, about a mile apart, in 81 deg 44 min, W. long, and latitude 60 deg. 21 min. N Hei'e, close to another small isle, they remained from the 21th of September, 1822, to' the 8th of last August. They had latterly eutereil a strait leading to the westward. From the: accounts of the Esquimaux and their own observations, they had eyery reason to believe that this'strait se<> a. rated all the land to the northward from the eon tinent of America. After getting about fiftee miles within the entrance of it, however, they wer stoppedilby the ice ; but, from the persuasion that they were in the right, channel for getting to the westward, they remained there for nearly a month in daily expectation that the ice W9 i. ld bre^ k up Ktjss! sfeowCd the^ ay, but did not pi/ rsife it. Cer tairiiy" tii'e cdurse taken upon the pieseht occasion does n^' tAppear to have answered the expectations fotm^ d,' or to promise any advantageous results for future attempts, should such be persevered in. The Inlet where the second winter was spent, presented a solid mass of everlasting ice. It is about ten miles in breadth : its length ( of course, not: having been traversed) - uncertain. The ebb tide is from the South West, and the floods from S(> uth East ; small channels ran through it, but riot wide enough to work a ship. While they lay here, and indeed during- the voyage, the vessels do not seem to have encountered much danger from the ice ; at any rate, they have pitched and painted them in Coming home, so as to make them look fresh and well in the Thames. About the bows, we noticed some rather harsh grazing, and the bolt- heads sticking out a few inches from the wood. In one instance^ we were informed, a field of ice com- ing down at the rate of about two miles an hour, almost lifted the Hecla out of the watery and snap- ped' five of tjie strougest cables and ropes by which she Was moored. The absence of the sun was experienced for about a month; In June (. the 9th) the first flower was seen t a small but richly coloured blue of Saxifrage genlislis^ _ , To beguile the tedious time, our countrymen oc- casionally liyed . in tents, on shore, and hunted, shot, and fished for the general consumption^ Rein- deer were sometimes killed ; the carcass of the largest weighed ( without oflal) 150lbs, These were Very acceptable to the ships' companies ; but their fresh provisions were not always so dainty as veni- son. The hearts, livers, and kidneys of w'biVles and walrnsses ( brought by the Esquimaux) were not irreconcileable to European palates ; and many a hearty meal was made on these, not very delicate dishes. According to the report of the native*, there were rein- deer on the large island towards the north. No musk oxen were seen in any ] iart and from the same, authority it was gathered that they only appeared to the westward of the longi- tude to which the Expedition penetrated. Of birds there were prpdigious numbers ; but their flesh was of a fishy and unpleasant taste ; it was made, nevertheless, to serve at times, IO vary the Arctic cuisine. Gardening was another expedient for occupying the time, and supplying the table. Mustard and cress were grown as on the preceding- voyage, and seined out to the. men in considerable quantities, to the great^ beuefit of their heal th , ft does not appear that any far excursions were Attempted from theslups, overland, ill any direction. Thecni^' jViurney was performed by Lieut. iVbpp- nefy- and a party under his command, inconsequence of news brought by the Esquimaux that two ships had been wrecked last year ( 1822) fi ve days'' journey to the north- east, where the wrecks still remained . The truth of this report was confirmed by the staves,, cask- heads, and iron, in their possession. They represented that the crews had gone away in boats ; whither, no one could fell. To ascertain who the sufferers were, Lieut. Hoppner and his party set out, accompanied by the natives as guides ; but, aftersti'avelling a few days, the latter declared they would proceed no farther. They pointed to the line in which they said the ships would be found, and told their associates they might go without them ; but the risk of following this, counsel was too great, and the Europeans returned, after ^ fruitless march. In these journeys, and their continual migrations, the yaiue of the Esquimaux dog is witnessed. These strong and hardy animals draw the. country sledges at the rate of five miles, and more, an hour. Nor is this performed with a light weight attached to them, Eigjit of them will draw three or four persons • witf£: ifi6^^?, and'' 0peed;'; in' this manner. On one oc-. ; Casion ali aiiclior and stockv weighing about a ton, tOj its destination by - fifteen or sixteeii pt i- feem ; an4 generally speaking, they are fully equal to aJo'ad of one linndred weight per dog, * •! They aire also bold and vigorous in the chace. With them^ th^^ squimau^ hunts the great white Polar bear .;, and § ome of those brought to . England cafi- y tile scars of their prowess in this way. They seize their ad versary by his. long shaggy hair, and worry; and detain him iill their masters, come up with their spears to end the conflict. On their native soil, however, these ferocious animals afe^'" often destroyed by the still more fero- ct « > us W'olves. The latter hunt in packs, ^ hd even Ira^ the dogs from tlie htits to devour theui. \ ttractefl by the sCent, they were always pro wi i ng aboutiour vessels, and daringly carrie'd off whatever came in their way. Thirteen of theui were seen in one pack ; all of which were trapped and slain. It was, of these the hungry Esquimaux ' made their dinners. At one time. they, bore away: a dog from the Fury, in spite of tlije pursuit of the i'nen. The animals which i'nay be enunieiated besiil are bears,' foxes, rein- de^ r, hares, lemmings, the white ermine, and the hiarmpt; The birds are tlie swan, the beautiful king duck, the; eider': di^ ck, the » lohg^ tailed duck j the si l ver A ret i c td^ ic k, & c. Gulls of every kind, the Arctic diver, th § .- loomr the redtbroat, guillemots, the llri^ ltS} ir ' fhe « frtaTinigair ; : ra^ e'ns, snowy ;> jv: is, and' hawks'; birds of song, with a short low i; I lii- p i n g note, the Siberian lark, an d t be Lap I a n d finch. •.. The iusect creation ig very . limited. There are about six species of jtjies; the mosquito, very troublesome, but existing only about one month the wild bee, i. e. the large black and not our hive bee ; the spider ; the" butter- fly, a small kind of the golden and the white ihoth. The wateteems % ith molusca," tire food of the enormous whale, and other species of fish. There is also another minute creature in extraordinary abundance; we irtean the small shrimp, which is known by the name of the sea- louse. These per- formed a very curious office to the naturalist iu the Expedition, " and their . Usefulness was ' very drollj discovered-. x\ n officer one day was desirous of | » re paring a Solan goose for cooking-, and in order to reduce its saltness, he plunged it through an ice- hole i uto the water but alas J next nsorni ng, when the goose was to be drawn up for spitting, nothing but the skeleton appeared. The se. aJj. ee had picked^ his bones as clean as any anatomist could have Scraped th^ m, aiid thus finally prepared it for an collection bf" natural history which might want such a specimen \ The hint was not lost, for, after this Whatever skeletons or bones- required polisb- ing, ^^ re submitted to the lice operators, and so diligent \ yere they in executing, the t^ sk confided to them,' they would eat a sea, horse's head in a couple of nights. On leaving the Esquimaux, some m uskets of smal l worth were given them fand one native and his wife were wilting to have; come to EngiahdJ but the trouble and uncertainty of restoring them to their own country prevented their yoy;> ge. An axe, and still better a saw, vvouid console them for any dis appointment. Since " riling this account, and on looking over our brief memoranda, & c. we were reminded of eight or ten specimens of fossils and minerals. A dark Of'jrpjj pyrites is that with which the We were last night favoured with the sight of a letter dated- Dcnieiara, Gth Sept. hy which it ap- pears that the ramifications of the insurrection were deeply laid, and- UWSt extensive— that the discovery was highly providential and Opportune —- only tour hours before the signal would have been given ( 12 o'clock at night) for rnassacreing the white male population. Two hundred persons still remain for trial— 8 or 10 have been hung-— and 13 are under sentence of death. Smith, a preacher, is decidedly proved, by every negro examined, to have been the prime mover and planner of the whole ; he is in custody and is to take his trial.— Bristol Journal. , The Bristol Banks have followed the example of the Bank of England, in discounting at four per cent. .'.:•/•- • The New Turnpike Act subjects any person letting ' off squibs, crackers, or other fire- works, to a penalty of 40s. for every offence. The increase in the Hevenne of the Customs at Liverpool, for the quarter ending the 10th inst. over the corresponding quarter in 1822, amounts to £ 96,400!! - : DRF. AOFUI, FIRK.— Wednesday morning, aiw> ut five o'clock, a five was discovered in the lofty range of warehouses opposite to the King's old Tobacco Warehouse, Wapping, Liverpool. An alarm was instantly given, and the fire engines arrived on the, spot as sOon as possible ; but all exertions to extinguish the flames-^ were . unavailing, and in two hours three warehouses were a heap of ruins. The buildings were the loftiest in Liver- pool. being not less than 13 stories high. They contained neaily 240,001) bushels of corn, princi- pally tWeigo, under, the King's lock, avid valued at about £ 60,000; besides a great quantity of Col ton and other goods. The total loss, in hnildings and commodities^ by this awful conflagration, is esti- mated al £ 150,000. The premises being contigu- ous to a great number " of duelling houses, the neighbourhood presented a most distressing scene. The inhabitants were seen running in every direc- tion, conveying their furniture to places of safety. Much loss of property was thus sustained; but through the exertions of the engines, the ravages* of the fire were confined to the range of Ware houses, the centre wall of which fell, at two o'clock in the afternoon, with a tremendous crash .--. No fewer than sixteen persons were taken rvvto cus- tody, for pilfering in the houses adjoining'the- ft re.— The premises are the property of Thomas Booth, Esq.; and about £ 120,000 is insured. itSritTilfi Lloyd Turner and Lot CaVtiidge, who were tried ancl aequitteil at the Mauchestcr Sum- mer Sessions, on a charge of -' stealing the parcels containing notes of the banks ' of Messrs. Taylors and Lloyds, and Gibbins; Sniith, aud Co. of Bir- mingham, from the BailOon co- jch in Oecember rist, weie <) ii Friday tried and convicted of having loniously received part of the said hotesg$ knowing hem to be stolen. This being the fu st convict ion which has taken place under the act of " parliament constituting it felony to receive^ stoleh nht^ s, the Court deferred passing Sentie^ e ojr-- thc until the ensuing January Sessions'.' On Friday last, Samuel Woodley., t'h, G driver o£ the Aurora StaNe Coach from Birmingham to Wolverhampton, was convicted before N. (*.- Clarke, Esq. in the penalty of 40s. and costs, for having, on Monday night last, wilfully interrupted the free passage of tbe " Tally, ho Coach," whilst ravelling alohg the Wolverhampton road. HV » > ROPHOSIA.— We feel it our duty to relate the detail of a chirurgical experiment just made in one of the great hospitals in Paris, whose success must be of the greatest importance in, the treatment of this most a^ ict ing ma lady ; to hu, toa ait y. - We speak of the Hydrophobia. Tlie rnan on whom the expi riment was tried expevienced that terror at liquids and that nervows agitation carried to excess, which manifested itself plainly by attempt to bite, whatever was within the reach of bis mouth Nevertheless they could not discover ahy trace of a bite on his body, if it were not for . some scratches one of his hands, which had no determined character.. It is known that at other times the man, had experienced the most violent chagrin to such excess as might have caused him a fever with symptoms of hydrophobia'. However it might be, they thought they ought to have applied to bini a remedy, the effect of which had beeu proved on animals ; that is to say, the introduction Of water i » . to the veins in the manner of au opening above the wrist. This operation has produced the most satisfactory results. At present the fever is almost entirely calmed, the patient feels no longer any disposition to bite, and can think liquids,. They do not despair of his recoveryEfoi/ e. of Fridui) fast.— r[ The patient is since dead.—- EDIT.] TheXiilowiiig'paragraph^^ cbnilriries the merits of the puff direct and puff collateral; we do not wish to defeat its object: let Cork aud LimCrKJvfglov. es have their fair trial. One thing at least is. almost certain,— tliey cannot easily be worse manufactured than those of France :— " IRISH GLOVES.— The c; jnalization of the duties between Ireland and Great Britain will lead to the more general introduction into use of this beautiful branch of Irish Manufacture^ which,,; in the estimation of many elegaof aikl accompiished females, is considered as preferable to the French and, therefore, it is thought, .. lvliu.' t," thro » igbo. ut;, the next season there will be a great ( h- ujand for Cork and Limerick gloves^ and a proportionable decrease; in the importation of foreign. It, however, will in a great measure depend on the tone which the woineu of rank in Great Britain will give to. their adoption and use; yet we never knew, an appc made in vain to our fair country- women, especially when ihey are informed that every stimuius which is given Jo, the industry of Ireland will prove national blessing!". EXPLOSION OF GAS.— Between one and two o'clock on Saturday morning, the people, near the end of the Rroomielaw- bridge, Glasgow; were alarmed, and roused from their. bedi,! by a crash and noise which shook tbe houses to the foundation The alarm was occasioned by an explosion of in th » cellar of Mrs. Goldie. The. Cellar door was driven oft', the hatch forced up, and coming u, stairs, the gas drove the lobby dour from its hinges* They hut wanted a touch fronr the Promethean Same, To, breathe, as, alive, & walk . forth from their frame. PoDssiN was, sublime in his plan and design, And the landscapes of RCVSBALE are thought very fine. Cl. A UDE was highly esteemed, aad deservedlv too, And tbe air thro' his works was exceeded by few.. WIERETTA for forms, was the.- hest in his day ; Tl"' for tempests and shipwrecks^ noue eijuall'd But VEBNET." COLJ. ET painted beggars, — ! need not say how ; Hilt for cabinet gems, you must see GERARD DOW. PABELI. E, for his forests, next add to- all these ; But prythee forget, not VAS HOURIMA'S trees. Sweet GCIDO, for Magdalens, vanquished the field, And his. fam'd Gleoputra made every school yield. His clearness of colour, expression, and touch, Bore the palm from his rivals, French, English, and Dutch. BOTH was clever at skies, hut not equal to CBVP ; Then for portraits and wigs you Should study VANDYKE. PAt'L POTTER, for cows was esteemed very much , But TESIERS, at a kettle, was King of the'Dutch. VA NDERV. ELT painted shipping, and very well too, But his water was always too- grey or too* b! ue. UKBBENS, shone in his women, so graceful & easy— Then for Ronje in its ruins, consult RIRANESI. RAPHAEL'S style was delicious, nor: could it be , purer— .... . , Then for still life, and broomsticks, behold ALBERT DS; RER. • • ' .; • CA. VALKTTI for buildings, obtained a great name, And his views throughout Venice established his fame. VA? I OS painted- flowers so sweet in their bloom, That laurels unfading still dwell round bis tomb. Tbeii to these I should add, OY jou'll blame the omission, The schools of CARACCI, CORREGIO, and TITIAN ; These all won their honours, some more, aud sonic less.' -: " : But after this praise I am free to confcss, Tbe idols I worship for brilliant display, Are BERGHEM, SALVATOR, PoossiN, and VERNET. T. G, Clerkenwell, Oct. 22. NO RESURRECTION FOR NATIONS. and at the same time burst open a door in the top flat. Tbe floor of a. back, room in Mr. William Wilsou'is ; house was forced up to the ceiling, th furniture was broken and destroyed, the doors we forced off their binges, and the window shutte w# re.< l riven . off into a back court. A strong, iron stauncheon ou astair head was brokey. by the . shoe T* yo yvin( l;> ws have been broken to fr. agmey,^ v and fourteeiv others, in dififerent flats, have f). eeu. more or less injured. Fortunately the^ O: was no person hurt by the accid « ut » , " . • " ; V(-(/' The fate of Spain, once the proudest and most independent nation in Europe, is consistent witli the principles ' whiifh controul the' growth and decline of society, and with the national revolutions which history records. In the first march of au individual or of a nation, every step iu advance redoubles the hope iahd ahticipatron of success, and partial retardation serves, but to animate to greater efforts: but when once the summit lias been at. taiiietlj- Wnd the inxH vidual or r| ie uation has again descended gradually to the original level, there iff friend for ever of effort and of hope. If short- hted patriotism, foreign or domestic, stir up nation thus fallen to attempt its, own renovation, the attempt can only excite derision, and must inevitably terminate in deeper degradation and mess. Such a people are not cheered and vi go rated by the prospect of new Alps unseen ore, and. of rising to. clearer skies and wider views, but they are oppressed bv the task of Sisyphus, and laboriously advance against the steep; assured that their defeat and fall are nevitable. In the case of an individual, the cause of this hopelessness is to be traced to the operation of years in placing the flights of the fancy, the flow of the spirits, the aVdour and confidence of the heart iii servile subjection to ah1 antiquated judg- ment r- . Frigidus. ohstiterit circum pratenrdia sanguis. In a nation , a similar source may " be detected— the ruling class of the community dries up all channels of commerce, restrains every movement of ambition or etiterpr\ ze in, tlj^ ^ active classes, and oyerlay$ all the energifi- people. So it has notoriously been, wSth Spain,. for; more than two centuries. Nought rema. ined of her greatness but tiie insolent, lazy, igj^ rant Grandees, the crafty, cruel, inquisitoiiaf pr\ es. thodd,.? aad. the dexterous aiul faithless mercenaries wlio, flourished by ob- sequiousness to the vices and prejudices of both. This is. a lesson of the utmost value to nations who have n, ot yet declined, but still possess the means of extending- their prosperity and con- solidating- the foundations of their wealth and treiig- th.— To no nation is the lesson more im- portant than to our o. wn. Not only is COMMERCE beet"- wry to our greatness, but it J; is the very essence of our independence and well- being as a ' state. By commerce, and not by arms, was our greatness founded, augmented, and progressively expanded ; and by commerce, not by arms, must our greatness he maintained. Commerce was the source of Spanish magnificence ; and when com* Uierce forsook her shores, her uiagnificen. ee became a dead weight, an object of insult, an encourage- inent to French invasion. Had she retained her commerce, the abundance which it . would have spread over the laud would have supplied motives of resistance sufficient to, have converted every peasant into a patriot, and every mechanic into an • invincible, assailant against the ruthless invader; au(( the weulth which ; t would have poured into, the treasury would, have, rendered Ab. isbal, Ballas- teros,' and other pruilient . fortune- hutiters in arms^ invulnerable against An gou I erne and French gold. France is a great, .. nation— or,' rather, has been great, in one limited sense, of the term. S'ee has se » t for ih her hundreds of thousands to fight and to conquer, under a skilful, ihtrepid,' and reckless. Cbinmahder, but she lias never possessed tbe abundance, the active, opulent population, aud the splCn'did public wealth which couimWce creates* Hence; perha ps, her sodden rise to Continental em- pire, 1 anci hence, certainly, her entire subjuga- tion. Russia neTer was and never will be a great nation, because Nature has removed her beyond the cheering-;, hlimanizing, ennoblitig competition of com uierce. Her hordes may over- riin the dreary lespotisms of the Continent, but, until she can uiel't her seas and ports'with the sun of London, she will aspire in vain to greatness. It is not unpleasant for an Eng'lish'mah who loves his country to indulge in this view of tlic'd^ stinf of nations. Let. your sage, and patriotic, and liberty- enamoured eon- tei npO r a ries frighte nil I » e ran s e I ves ndfheir disciples • with the strides, and the growfs, and the paws of the Bear of Russia ; let them- liail in poetry and poetic prose the ch i val ry of Napies and the in v i nci - hility of Spain— let them denounce and execrate the pacific neutrality of- England— be yours, be mine, 1) 6- everyjhonest Englishman's, the meaner yet not less^- atioual task to eon template the absolute security' of England, while she protects and pie^ serves her cMuntnerce. If Russia . should invade France, as France has invaded Spain, let England ciiltivat, e the ivrts of peace. But I run too fast wiih my subject. My intention is to trace through Toe yohiines, of history the inseparable connection be- tween comjnerceand iinh'peudenee, betvveen wealth prod. uced, by industry, trade, and navigation, aud patriot is . supported by true valour r- bet ween the sovereignty of the sea and the glory of genuine • liberty, U ,.-• • - HIST9RICUS. TO A GREAT COAT, IFTEE TRAVELLING'' 1N* IT TUB GREATER FART OF A VERY INCLEMENT DAY. Thanks,- gentle coat! whose sung grey fold Presei'. v'il'so vvaTiii the Poet's skin, And kept from, rains and killing cold The Minstrel- tiie that glow'd within. Thanks',' coat'. and thou, blue kerchief, too— Protectors kind ' gainst wind and weather, J pay in song my debt to you, And send you. down to fame together. Iii summer time, obliging pair 1 1 might have scoi'u'd your oti'er'd love, When life was iu the genial air, Aud joyous sunshine laugh'd. above. But now, when wintry blasts prevail'd, Aud snow eiinie feathering thro' the air, Ev'ii * « '***' s puns perchance had fail'd To cheer me badst not thou tieen there. Tis thus iujioyhood's witless hour, We mock at love's delightful tie, And . wonder what mysterious power Grave man can lind in woman's eye. But when our rising: passions move, When sickness smites, er cares invade us, We feel our want of woman's love, - And know for what our. nature made us. ETfje gtaflotSsjSjire € oUicrif » « [ From Knight's Quarterly Magazine.] Many of my readers must recollect crossing, in the route from London to Holyhead, a miserable tract of country commencing a few miles beyond Birmingham and continuing to Wolverhampton. If the volumes of sulphureous vapour, which 1 shall not compliment with the name of smoke, permitted them at intervals to " view the dismal situation waste and wild," they would observe the surface of the desert around them scarred and broken, as if it had just reposed from the heavings of an earth- quake.' Now and then they would shudder as they passed the mouth of a deserted mine left without any guard but the wariness nf the passenger. Sometimes tiiey would see a feeble and lambent flame ( called by the miners the mild fire) issue from chaps in ihe parched earth. It is self- kindled by a process familiar lo the chemists, and feeds on gas evolved by the refuse of tbe coal, Ihat has been left in immense caverns hollowed by the labours of ages, over which the carriage of the unconscious traveller rolls for many miles. They would be struck also with the sight of houses from which the treacherous foundations have gradually shrunk leaving tliem in a slate of obliquity with the liori. zou, as if they stood only to evince the contempt of themselves and their inhabitants for the laws of gravitation. If the traveller, in addition to these attacks on bis organs of smell and of vision, has nerve to inspect more closely the tremendous operations which are going ou around him as far as the eye can reach, he must learn to endure the grating- of harsh wheels, the roaring of the enormous bellows which, set in motion bv the power of steam, urge the tires of the snieltiiig'furnnce till thev glow with almost the white brilliance of the noon- day sun. He must learn to care little for tlie sparks which ily from the lialf- molteu iron, under the aetiou of the forge, in torrents of burning- rain, while the earth literally trembles beneath the strokes of a mightier hammer than Thor himself ever wielded against the giants. But my present business is with the human part of the spectacle. The miners, or, as they call themselves, the colliers, are a curious race of men and the study of their natural history would be replete with information and entertainment. No- thing can well lie niore uncouth than their appear mice. Their figures are tall and robust in no ordinary degree; but their faces, when, by any accident the coating of black dirt in which they are cased is partially rubbed off, show ghastly pale, and even at an early age they are ploughed iu tin deeptst furrows. Their working dress consists of a tunic, or short frock, and trowsers of coarse flannel. Their holiday clothes are generally of cotton velvet, or velveteen as I believe the drapers call it, decorated with a profusion of shining metal buttons ; but they seem principally to pique them- selves on their garters, which are made ol worsted, and very gay in colour : these they tie oil so that a great part, as if by accident, appears below the knee. Their labour is intense; They stand, sit, or crouch for hours, often in the most irksome posture, undermining rocks of coal with a pickaxe. Not ( infrequently they are crushed beneath the weight of the superincumbent miss, or suffocated by a deleterious exhalation, which they call hy the ex- pressive name of tlie choke damp,* and sometimes they are scorched by the explosion of the hydrogen which is generated iu the depths of the mine— a disaster from which the beautiful invention of Sir Humphrey Davy, the safety lump, does not always preserve them. ' This evil is not however attribut- able to anv imperfection in the instrument, but to the astonishing- recklessness of the men, who are with difficulty prevailed upon to observe the plainest and iiiost simple directions even in matters of life aud death. The high cheek- hones and the dialect of these people seem to argue them of northern descent. Perhaps iu some remote age they may have swarmed from the Northumbrian hive to seize on the riches of the less adventurous or intelligent Southrons. Be that1 as it may, they have clearly no similarity either in speech or feature with the peasantry of the neighbouring districts. They have also man- ners aud customs peculiar to themselves. One in particular is the non- observance, or at least the very irregular observance, of the common rule for the transmission of the surname. What rule they follow I cannot say, but it often happens that a son has a surname " very different from that of bis father: sometimes a man will have two sets of names, as John Smith and Thomas Jones, and that without any intention of concealment— but, except on high occasions, as a marriage or a christening, they rarely use any appellative except the cognomen or nickname. The Latin word is the best, because the English implies something inconsistent with the staid and regular usage of the epithet by all persons connected with the subject of it, his wife, liis children, and himself included. I knew an apothecary in the collieries, who, as a matter of decorum, always entered the real names of his patients in his books ; that is, when he could ascertain them. But thev stood there only for ornament: for use he found it necessary to append the soubriquet, which he did with true medical formality, as for instance, " Thomas Williams, vulgo diet. Old Puff." Serious inconvenience not ( infrequently arises on occasions where it is neces- sary to ascertain the true name and reduce it to writing, not. only from the utter ignorance displayed by the owner of all the mysteries of spelling, but from his incapacity to pronounce the word, so as to give the slightest idea of what its orthography ought to be. Clergymen have been known to send home a wedding party in despair, after a vain essay to gain from the vocal organs of the bride or bridegroom, or their friends, a sound by way of name which any known alphabet had the power of committing to paper. The habit of using the cog- nomen is so common, that the miners apply the custom to strangers with an unconsciousness of offence quite classic. If a traveller should be hailed by the epithet " nosey," he should recollect that Ovid endured the same treatment in the court of Augustus without dreaming of au affront, and lie may even flatter himself that lie bears some outward resemblance to the great. poet. Indeed, in all communications with persons of higher rank, the miners preserve a bold simplicity of manners far different, at least iu my mind, from insolence. I recollect passing through the little town of Bilston at the time of the first, abdication of Buonaparte, and being accosted by one of a group of colliers, who, witli black faces and folded arms, were discussing the events of the day, with an interrogation, which, imitated in print, might stand thus : " Oy say, what dost thee think o' the paice, beoots ?" ', which being rendered into our language is, " I say, what dost thou think of the peace, ' boots ?" My boots were, I suppose, that part of my dress bv which I was most conspicuously distinguished from the natives. This I understood as a friendly invitation to a conference on; the state of affairs, and iny feelings were - no more hurt by the designation bestowed on me, than those of Hercules e. ver were by the epithet Clariger. But I had made this race of people in some sort tny study. I remember once mounting rather hastily the outside of a stage- coach which was passing through the coal district, and setting my. self dowtl'in the first place tbaf offered itself, with- out taking time to reconnoitre. When I had opportunity for inspection, I found- at my right an old man with a rope coiled round him like a belt, by which my practised etfe iit once recognised him for a canalboatman, carrying home his towing- line. Ou my left w as a personage whose dress was not a littlp ecpiivqcal, consisting- of a man's hat and coat, with something like petticoats below. The mys- terious effect of this epicene costume was heightened by the wearer's complexion, which reminded the spiciator of dirty wash- leather. A short pipe adorned the mouth, with which it appeared. well acquainted; and the tout ensemble sat in deep, silence. These diagnostics, and especially the fast; might have imposed on a novice the belief that the' subject of my observation was of the worthiest gender, as the grammarians uncivilly term the masculine ; but I knew my t ompugnon de oi/ uge at a glance for one of the softer sex, and rented her with becoming attention. To all my politeness- she returned little more than a nod and : i whiff. At. length my fellow passengers began to converse, or rather, 1 suppose, to resume a con- versation which 1 had interrupted. The lady I found was of the same profession as the gentleman » n I he other side— a conductor of boats. They appeared not to have had much, if any, previous loqnaiutance, but seemed drawn together by com- munity of sentiment and pursuit. They were soon • ligaged in a conversation interesting alike to all anksof society : namely, an inquiry into the cha- acter of their common friends. As their con versa tion illustrates ill some degree the manners of thii people, I will give, a short specimen of it in the original; together with a glossary for the benefit of the mere English reader. l. aily. Dun yo know Soiden- mouth* Tommy ? Gentleman. Ees : an' a ' neation good feller he is tew.- Lnrly. A desput qiioieff mon ! But he loves sup o' drink. Dun yo know his woif? Gentleman. Know her! Ay. tier's the very devil when her sperit's up. Lady Her is. Her uses that uron sheameful — her ra'gsj him every neet|| of her loif. Gentleman. Her does. Give known heY iuto the public § , and call him all the beanies her could lay her tongue tew afore all the company. Her ongiits to stay till Iter's got. Iiini i'tlie boat, and then her mit say what lier'd a iiroind. Birt he- take niter her feythur. Lady. Hew was her. feythur ? Gentleman. Whoy, singing Jeniiri^.- Lady. Oi don't think as how Oi ever know i singing Jemmy. Was he ode Soaker's brother? Gentleman. Ees, be was. lie lived a top o'llell BonkSjJ. lie was'the wickedest., sweurinst nion** as ever I know'd. I should think as how- lie was the wickedest nton i' the wold, and say lie had the rheiimatiz so bad 1 Mirny anecdotes might be collected to show the great difficulty of discovering a person in the Col- lieries without being in possession of his nickname The following I received from a respectable at. torney. During bis clerkship he was sent to serve some* legal process on a man whose name aud address were given to him with legal accuracy 11c traversed the village to which lie had been directed from end to end without success; and, after spending many hours in the search, was about to abandon it in despair, when u young woman, who had witnessed his labours, kindly undertook to make inquiries for him, aud began to bail her friends for that purpose, Oi say, Bullyed, does thee know; a moil neaincd Adam Green ? The Bull- head was shaken in sign of ignorance. I. oy- a- bed, dost thee ? I. ie- a- bed's opportunities of making acquaintance had been rather limited, and she could not resolve the difficulty. Stumpy ( a man with a wooden leg), Cow- skin, Spindlestianks, Cock- eye, Pig- tai), and Yellow- belly, were severally invoked, but in vaiu, and tbe querist fell into a brown study, in which she remained for some time. At length, however, her eyes suddenly brightened, and slapping oue of her companions on the shoulder, sbe exclaimed, tri- umphantly, " Dash my wig ! wlioy be means uioy feythur!" and then turning to the gentleman, she added, " Yo should'n ax'd+ f fur Ode Blackbird !" Now and then, but not very frequently, troops of these children of nature may be seen wandering about the streets of Birmingham, with much the same sensations as the Indians experience at New York or Philadelphia. It was at Birmingham that the Roscio- mania, as Lord Byron calls it, first broke out,. and in a few weeks indistinct rumours of Young Betty's fame caught some ears even in the coal- mines. Oue man, more curious or more idle than his fellows, determined lo leave his work, and see the prodigy with his own eyes : and having so resolved, be proceeded, although in the middle of the week, to put on a clean shirt and a, clean face, and would even have anticipated the Saturday's shaving, but he was preserved from such extrava- » Often I belieye carbonic acid gas. ganee by the motive which prevented Mrs. Gilpin from allowing the chaise to draw up to her door on the eventful morning of the journey, iest all Should say that she was proud. But notwithstanding this moderation, he did not pass unobserved. The unwonted hue of the shirt and face were portents not to be disregarded ; and he had no sooner taken the road to Birmingham, than he was met by an astonished brother, whose amazement, when at last it found vent in words, produced the following dialogue : " Oi say, sirree, where be'st thee gwaintj ?"--" - O'iin gwain to Brnminajum." " What be'st agwain therefor?" —" O'i'tn agwain to see the Young Rocus," — " What?"—" Oi tell thee Oi'm ngwaiu to see the Young- Rocus,''—" Is it aloive.'" I ought to thank my readers ( if one by one they have not all dropped oil' before this time) for indulging me so long in niy garrulity. But I had a reason for it. I wished IO preserve some sketch, while tbe original is yet iu existence, of a race which refinement, that." fell destroyer of character, has hitherto spared. Soon will these be. tales of other times ! The primitive simplicity even of tbe Colliers is threatened. Already have the eyes of Bell and Lancaster searched . out even this spot of innocent seclusion ; and the voice of education will ere long be heard above tbe wild untutored sounds which have so long charmed the ears of the traveller. M. D. II. * With the month aside, f Desperately quiet. + Scolds outrageously. || Night. ^ Public house « [[ On Hell Bank. ' ** Most given toswearing. tt You should have asked. JJ Going. ^ ricntific an33 i^ ltsccUanrotis. Among modern improvements of Typography, the mode of printing that very superior School Book, MITCHELL'S UNIVERSAL CATE CH1ST, merits special notice. It treats in a luminous manner on the various Arls and Sciences, in Question and Answer; and to give effect to thi arrangement, the Questions are printed in red, and the Answers in black. To perform this economi cully, a new and very extraordinary mechanical Press has been invented, by which the red and black'are produced by the same pull, and with precision that is astonishing. The Universal Calechisl, therefore, besides being one of the best elementary books, is > ieof the most curious in the mode of its production. The press was constructed purposely for this work. IMPROVED DIVING MACHINE.— A very con. siderable improvement lias been made upon the diving bell of the old construction, in a machine, or rather apparatus, now in use for the submarine part of the new pier building at Port Patrick floating craft or vessel of about one hundred tons is provided with a strong crane, to the end of which is attached, by a chain, a square iron frame or inverted box of about seven feet cube, of sufficient weight to make it sink in a vertical direction to any required depth. The roof or top of the box is provided with what is termed 4 bull's eye' glasses, strongly cemented iu, to admit the light in suf. ficient quantity for the operations of the workmen. The interior of the box is also provided with seats and hooks'for the accommodation of the men. From the roof of the box a Strong hose Or pipe is connected with a powerful air- pump, fixed oil the deck of the vessel. The size of this machine will enable three men to descend at a time; and by a free use of the air- pump, they may be supplied with atmospheric air iu sufficient quantity to re- main below, in four or five fathoms water, for several hours together without inconvenience. Thus the operations of digging and blasting the rocks, and laying the foundations of piers, bridges, & c. will lie in future greatly facilitated by this valuable improvement. We understand tbe oper- ators are making rapid progress at the new pier of Port Patrick, which will prove highly advantageous to- this convenient place of embarkation for the • ister island. CRYSTALLISATION* OF ACETIC Acin BY PRESSURE.— Mr. Perkins, we understand, has succeeded in crystallising acetic acid by the pres- sure of 1( 100 atmospheres. The transparent crys- tals thus formed are pure acid ; and the residuum is acidulous water. Mr. Perkins has crystallised several other acids by the same means. BORING OF WELLS.— The French have given the name of Artesian to wells of a particular de- scription. The water is sought for at a great depth, and it is sometimes requisite to pierce through other waters not so deep, which are neglected. One part of the art is to find means, to pass by the intermediate waters, which arc commonly of a bad quality, while those of a lower strata are very good. M. Gamier, engineer in the Royal Corps of French Miners, who has got a prize of 3000 francs award- ed to him by the Society for the Encouragement of Industry, has lately ascertained and made known, by geological observations, the proper places where the labours of mining aud sounding may be exerted with almost a certainty of success. With the ex- ception of some provinces, there are few parts in France but where these wells may be obtained, M. Gamier calculates, that a spring, at the depth of two hundred feet, in earths the most difficult to penetrate, might be found at a cost not", exceeding 10,000 francs; and that, in ordinary earths, a! two thirds of that depth, the cost would not exceed 000 francs. The expense of aqueducts is much more considerable. Ct'miosrrfKS IN AMERICA.— Two of the greatest natural curiosities in Ihe United States are comparatively unknown, namely— a beautiful waterfall of the TW- coa, al Habersham, iu Franklin county, Georgia, and a stupendous precipice in Pendleton district, South Carolina, though both are slightly. mentioned in one of the late editions of ' Morse's Geography.' The Tuccoa- fall is much higlier than that of Niagara. The column of water is propelled beautifully ov< a perpendicular rock ; and, when the stream is full,- it passes dow n with- out being broken. All the prismatic effect, si* n at Niagara, illustrates Ibe spray of TttccOa, The Table- mountain, iu Pendleton district, South Carolina, is an awful precipice of 900 feet. Many persons reside within fjve, seven, or ten miles of this grand spectacle, who have never had the curiosity or taste enough to visit it. It is now, however, occasionally visited by curious travellers, and sometimes men of science. Very few persons : who have once cast a glimpse info the almost hou'ndleas abyss, can again exercise sufficient fortitude to approach the margin of tiie chasm. Almost' every one, in broking over, involuntarily falls to tbe ground senseless, nerveless, and help- less, aud would inevitably be precipitated and dashed to atoms, were it not for measures of caution and security that have always been deemed indispensable to a safe indulgence of the curiosity f the visitor or spectator. EXPANSIVE FORCE OF COAL- GAS— The hole mechanical ( lower of au explosion of 15,0( K) ubic feet of a mixture of coal- gas aud Common air, is equal to that of the explosion of six cubic feet, r four barrels of gunpowder; nod if we suppose - he eatcd gases in both cases to escape, and mix Willi be common air in a building containing 30,000 cubic et, so as to produce an effect commensurate to the temperature of the whole mixture, the explosion of bout 15 cubic feel, or 10 barrels of gunpowder, onIcl be required, iu order lo produce, like. the " as, force of about 10 atmospheres for the whole space. It must, however, be recollected that gunpowder, thus disposed, is very unfavourably situated for producing violent effects; and that a much smaller uiiulity, in ordinary cases, would be more fortnid- ble than the explosion of coal gas.— A more precise lea of tlie effects of such an explosion may be obiaiued from the calculation of its projectile effects, hicli would carry some part of the wall of the surroiitnling building toa height of nearly 150 yards, : nid others to a distance of nearly 300. If tbe walls were io immediate contact with the gasometer, the height and distance would be about twice as great But a roof of carpentry and tiles being lighter, would be carried higher, while ( he lateral force of tbe explosion would be diminished. Supposing the xplosion of the gas to be uncoiifiiied, Ibe shock would throw down a brick wall, 9 feet high, and 18 " riches thick, at the distance of about 50 feet from the centre; it would probably break glass windows at 150 \ u nU, and at 300 would produce au effect similar, io tbe instantaneous impulse of a very high w ind. THE MERMAID.— There appears in the last number of Constable's Edinburgh Magazine, a curious communication 011 this subject from Mr. Lawrence Edinonston, surgeon, Zetland. He says thai au animal answering to the following descrip- tion, so far as the account of tbe six fishermen who captured it can be depended upon, was actually in their possession for three hours, but unluckily, from some superstitious dread of injur- ing it, lliey returned it to its native element, and thus prevented Ihe scientific identification of an animal, which appears to have very nearly resem- bled what has been generally regarded as a merely fabulous creation. Length of the animal, three feet; body without scales or hair; silver grey above, whitish below, like ( he human skill; no gills were observed; no fins 011 the back or belly; tail like that of a dog- fish; body very thick over the breast; by the- eye, the girth might be between two and three feet,; the neck short, very distinct from the head and shoulders; the body rather depressed ; the anterior extremities very like the human hand, about Ihe length of a seal's paw, webbed to about au inch of the ends of the fingers; mam true as large as those of a woman ; mouth and lips very distinct, and resembling the human. About three weeks ago a gentleman of Manches ter deposited a £ 10 and a £ 6 note iu a drawer of the writing desk in his counting house, and was much astonished the next morning to find that they had disappeared. As there were no mark's of violence 011 the drawer, nor any traces of its having been opened, he fell a good deal puzzled to account for the circumstance. After the lapse of near three, weeks, he determined to make a thorough search; and began by pulling down the desk, when he. dis- covered a small hole in the floor. Oil taking up the hoard he found a heap as large as a mole- hi composed of straws and bits of paper, evidently conveyed thither by mice. On making strict search amongst the fragments of paper, lie dis- covered his two notes, which the mischievous quadrupeds had torn into at least a hundred pieces, to increase the warmth of their habitation. A sufficient number of the scraps were collected and pasted lipoti paper to enable him to recover the amount from the bank.— Manchester Guardian Now that the winter approaches, and the article may be in request, it may be worth while to kuo'w ( hat lllunkets look their name from Thomas Blanket, who established the first manufactory for this comfortable article al Bristol, about the year 1340. A correspondent writes, that " all earth, or pond mud, used for dressing, should have a portion of lime mixed with if.— Lime, thus mixed, not only makes an excellent compost, but destroys all slugs, snails, and grubs." FRENCH CLERGY.— In the French Budget for 1822— 1823, 20 millions 520,000 francs was set apart for the maintenance of the French Clergy. In addition to this the Communes voted six mil lions 407,727, and the General Councils of tbe Departments one million 102,611 francs, so that the funds appropriated to the Clergy, amount to 37 millions 89,745 francs, about oue million .483,519 pounds sterling. In bequests and legacies to ecclesiastical foundations from the year 1802 to 1823, there is a capital sum of 13 millions388,554 francs, of which the , greater part Was received between 1815 and 1822, the aggregate of the more early years amounting to only the sum of two millions 900,749 francs. In a population of 30 millions 415,191 souls— from which the non- Catholic Members must be deducted— there are 38,359 communes, to which are attached 34,393 Priests or Vicars. The aggregate number of the actual Clergy is 35,676. But, it is said, the Bishops deem il necessarvto augment the number * o 50,943. Iu the year 1821 the deaths among the Clergy were 1403 ; the number admitted the same year 1522; so that in this way there will be a gradual increase. The number of candidates for Holy Orders, in the great' and- little seminaries, and in lite Theological Colleges, amounts to 29,379. Lithography and engraving on wood are working great changes in the general features of literature. In regard to wood, in which Mr. Bewick, the reviver, was'a few years since the only artist, there are now in London 20 or 30 masters, and twice as many apprentices, in full work. Steel engraving, introduced by Messrs. Perkins ahd Heath, is also becoming general for school and popular books, which require tens of thousands of impressions; and we are indebted to Mr. Read for the introduction of a metal harder than copper, and not so sus- ceptible of the action of oil, from which 10 or 20,000 good impressions may be taken of delicate subjects; whereas copper will not afford above 2000. Hence we may get richly ornamented books 100 percent, cheaper than heretofore. Mr. Orten, surgeon, 34th Regiment, has ex. plained the cause of fowls dying so often 011 ship board. It is want of sharp cornered gravel to triturate corn in the gizzard. This he discovered by dissecting one of tbe dead fowls.—" The next step was to take advantage of the information thus gained; but the maxim, that ' knowledge is power,' seemed likely to meet with an exception iu this instance, for we were many hundred miles from land, add there appeared little chance of finding any substitute for proper gravel 011 board the ship. Inquiries were made for a stone, by which tlie experiment might be made with a few of tbe fowls ; and it was soon found that abundance of a lock, resembling granite, had been taken on board as ballast al St. Helena. A quantity of this was immediately broken up into pieces, about Ihe size of split peas, and given to the poultry. They swallowed it eagerly. The sick birds were col- lected, and a quantity of the specific placed before each ; and though most of them were unable to stand, they devoured it with eagerness, seveial in quantities of a table- spoonful each. " They all re- covered except one. In short, tbe mortality from that time entirely ceased, and the remaining poul- try ( by the principal part;, instead of dying be- come excessively fat. Fowls, when allowed to run about, are observed to be very nice in selecting the pieces of stone which they swallow. Ill many of those which I dissected I found pieces of broken earthenware, chosen doubtless ou account of their sharp edges. I would recommend hard stones to be laid in for fowls 011 board ship, and broken up, instead of natural gravel, which is commonly more or less rounded. River or sea sand, 01* gravel, is evidently useless."— Birds kept in cages should have constantly gravel lo peck at. On Tuesday last, a pike, weighing 50lbs. was taken out of the lake at Clumber ; its death was supposed to have heen occasioned by endeavouring to swallow carp, as oue was taken out of its throat weighing 141bs. The quantity of pike in the lake at present is so'great, and their voracity is carried to such an extent, that even a water rat scarce dare cross tbe stream ; one was observed a few days ago to leave ihe side, and before it had swam many yards, it was seized, and, with hitler lamentations, was conveyed immediately lo the ' egions below. How delightful, after dinner, is it to sit over a good bottle and some filberts, with one or two pleasant friends! lint this subject has been too well handled before for me to touch upon it. I am quite a bigot in matters of coffee ; it clears the intellect, hy completing the digestive process. Coffee is tbe. mother of wit, of humour, of sound logic, aiid brilliant rhetoric : but let it never be forgotten, that wine is the father— may they ever be united in bands of the firmest wedlock ? What sound sense hath joined together, let not folly put asunder. Your strong coffee, with a proper foundation of wine ( say two bottles) fits you for the society of the ladies. The wine and coffee unite by a kind of elective af- finity, and dovetail with the happiest effect; the one gives confidence, the other discretion— the one elevates the fancy, the other rectifies the judgment. Invention results from t* h § ; first, taste from the second — assurance to attempt a hit, tact and skill to direct it. Contrary to established notions, I dislike supper : I know all that has been said in its favour, and all that can be said. To me ( asan unfortunate garqonj, supper enfamille is always a melancholy meal; it is the prelude to parting, which usually u folfows hard upon." ] t is to me the knell of joy ; it toils us to the grave of an ungenial and solitary bed. To families it may be a pleasant, meal— to bachelors it is miserable, unless they are allowed to sit up all night after it— a custom against which, the prudent heads of families very wisely set their faces. Good night! gentle reader. p, © rofcttmal ario iWamiatuot!^ MY OPINIONS ON MEALS. The great difficulty in writing on every stibject, is- the management of the introduction. Authors in' general are ceremonious gentlemen : they do not like to intrude then^ seives abruptly on the reader, but choose to' give him tihVely notice of their approach An introduction is a kind of intellectual how, which we of the scribbling tribe thi irk necessary to our debut in good company : but, Go\ l knows, we are often as awkvfrard at it atfwe always are at the corpo- real inflexion. For niy part, J generally disapprove of this ceremonious custom, and thiirk it " more honour- ed in the breach than in the observance." l am quite a disciple of Montaigne rh this particular, and per- fectly anti- Ciceronian in matter of preamble. I have however, as you see,- smuggled a sort of introduction on this occasion. So now to my subject which is Meals. " Brethren^ my text is malt." Next to a good introduction, commend tne toa good quotation.— Meals are threefold 4, breakfast, dinner, and supper; these form, » s it were, the three primary orbs of the culinary system, to which we may add those satellites, tea and lunch, and those eccentric luminaries denominated snaps, whose periodic re- j turns have hitherto baffled the calculation of gas- tronomers. First of the first, breakfast. Now I am by no means an unsocial character, yet (" I own the soft impeachment,")— I like my breakfast alone. I hate your family breakfasts: they are an abominable waste of time and spirits. As to your bachelors, who invite brother chips to breakfast, and accept of similar provocations, they ought, one and all, hosts and guests, to be thrust out of the pale of rational society. I am proud to say, Lhat I never breakfasted in company in my life, except when I could not help it; nor would I give a breakfast to St. Peter himself, not even if he were to allow me to take an impres- sion of his keys in return for the compliment. The morning hours are sacred to every man of mind. When sleep has removed the perturbations of the preceding day, and the current of your ideas flows on iu free yet placid streams, ere the tide is uffled by the oars of business, which come dashing up towards noon, or the horizon is darkened by the clouds of care, oh ! beware of interrupting the even Course of thought 1 The brightest conceptions of genius have started into existence, have grown, and have been matured in the sacred hours of morning; at the period when the body, newly bathed iu the dews of sleep, is vigorous and elastic, and the abso- lute dominion of the mind is yet debated between re- treating faitCy and invading' reason. But, Lord ! Iaoi getting quite serious and affect- ed. 1 find I can write finely sometimes, as well as y neighbours, hut let that pass. Breakfasting alone, surrounded:; hy^ books and papers— this is my notion of Paradile : I can form no better idea of heaven, than that of one eternal dijehni, accom- panied with never- ending files of some pleas? int paper. Yet no : I must retract : to the solitary breakfast, as a general rule, let me make one ex- ception. Now and then a taii: lea- maker, vvith a handsome frilled night- cap, and a pair of fine eyes peeping from beneath it; but none of the masculine gender, for the Lord's sake ! As to the material of breakfast, I, generally speaking, prefer tea; it is the lightestaud the most intellectual of all beverages. Your dejeunes d la fourchette are bad— they ban queroute the wits. Give me, for eating, a nice crusty loaf and some good butter ; confound your buttered toast and hard eggs. A slice of broiled ham is superb, if you have been up very early, or very late ; so is a red herring : a thousand pities that it should ever make you thirsty. As to time to be employed over breakfast, I caunot presume to determine so mighty a point; but perhaps it ought not to exceed four hours. Now, then, for dinner. As I am an advocate. for the solitary breakfast, so on the other hand, I am a zealot for the social dinner. Not but that I would make a few exceptions even here. A solitary dinner, now and then, is not bad. When you . are much fa- tigued. and in very low spirits, dine alone, and take a sleep after. Indeed, some people are so strangely constituted, that I think they ought always to dine alone. My good friend Tom Ogle is one of this cast: Tom, before dinner, is positively a pleasant fellow : but after—" duller than the fat mud that rots itself at ease on Let lie's wharf." I ad vise every man who cannot drink good wine after his dinner, to dine alone : human ingenuity could not invent a severer punishment for me, than to condemn me to dine heartily on roast pig, drink cold water, and then attempt to entertain a company of ladies. One might, as well attempt to deliver a lecture on llalinn litera- ture, after being well saturated with draught porter. If von mean to write or study, in the evening, dine alone, by all manner of means. But for pleasure! dine... in company— not in a large, formal stiff. com- pany— nor with more than two or three at the utmost. I do not go so far as the adage of the ancients on this topic. The Muses are too numerous, and I conceive that we may deduct one sometimes from the Graces. A We- a- tete dinner, with a pleasant friend and a good bottle, is the finest thing* in the universe. But, like other fine things, it is seldom enjoyed in purity ; for, for one man that is fit for a tete- a- tete, there are fifty- five millions that are unfit. My friend Dr. Makeweight is one of this fifty- five millions; and so conscious is he of his own in- capacity for a duet at knife and fork, that he would sooner undergo the martyrdom of St. Law- rence, than dine t& te- d- t& te with any body. I lik a duet— I like a trio— I don't dislike a quartetto — I can bear a quintetto; but if I am to go beyond this, plunge me, in God's name, into the densest crowd that ever exhausted the vital air of a banquetting- room. In a very large party, there is freedom and partial conversation; iaa small one, there is free- dom and general conversation; but in a middling sized company, there is neither one nor the other. " In medio non tutissiinus ibis." ARCHERY.— On Thursday week, the Bowmen of Walton- le- dale met for the last time this season. After a spirited contest, the Silver Arrow was bestowed upon Charles Swainson, Esq. for the first hit in the gold; the Rev. E, S. Radcliffe received the Golden Arrow, for tbe most central shot; and Mr. Fletcher became entitled to the Silver Bugle, as Captain of Numbers. Last week, at the Court of Requests, a straw- bonnet manufacturer, iu Great Newport. street, summoned a gentleman for 15s. the amount of square of plate glass, which had been demolished in her front shop. The defendant admitted that he broke the window, but contended, that it had already been decided at Common Law, ( liat wher it was an accident, the price of a common window- only should be allowed. The Court, thereupon, adjudged him to pay 7s. for the window, and 3s. costs. Friday morning as Messrs. W. and G. Farrant, sons of Mr. Farrant, surgeon, of Exeter, were on shooting excursion at Homton's Clist, George being upon a hedge was in ( he act of taking the gun ( which had a percussion lock) from his brother, when a bramble caught the hammer, and drawing it hack sufficiently to cause detonation, the whole charge entered Ihe right breast of the unfortunate youth, who instantly expired. ROBBERY OF THE ALCESTER BANK.— We are happy to inform our readers, that Messrs. Oldaker, Day, and Co. of the Evesham Old Bank, ( whose loss was mentioned iu our last Journal), have recovered ( he greater part of the property stolen from their clerk at Alcester fair, on Friday week, and that great hopes are entertained that the villains who committed the robbery will shortly be brought to justice.— The notes were recovered in a most miraculous manner, having been dropped 011 tbe road leading from Alcesler to Snitlerficld, in the county of Warwick, from Ihe pocket of one of the thieves, in his haste to escape, and imme- diately picked up by a labourer, who carried them to a neighbouring magistrate.— The properly stolen amounted to nearly two thousand pounds, but much of ihat now missing can be identified, and payment has been stopped. Committed to Warwick Gaol, J. Johnson, of Longmir, Staffordshire, for stealing three cows, the property of John Davenport, Esq. of Wcstvvood. This man,- with an accomplice named Limer, took the cattle from a lot which were feeding al Wal- bridge, about one mile from the town of Leek, on the night of Sunday or on Monday morning, and drove them without stopping to Warwick, a dis- tance of upwards of 70 miles, and had them in the fair at that place early oil Tuesday morning fol- lowing. Johnson had sold the cattle, and was about to receive the money for them, when the purchaser enquiring from whence he brought them, he replied from Nuneaton, A bye Slander overhearing this statement said he had passed the cattle on their way from Birmingham, which led lo an investigation and final discovery that they had been stolen. The accomplice l. imer lias not yet heen taken. Horse- stealing has become so prevalent Walsali and the neighbourhood, that we have heard of 110 less than seven having been stolen within Ih last few weeks.— A correspondent informs us that several gentlemen have adopted the plan of burn- marking their horses on the front part of Ihe hoof, near the shoe, with the initials of the name, or some oilier mark by which to identify the properly, and facilitate the discovery of depredators. At the Staffordshire Sessions, John Macrae was indicted for swindling, al Burton: though the evidence against this prisoner was not strong enough fully to substantiate the charge brought against him, which was that of obtaining unlaw- fully the sum of £ 10 from a young man, by bettin and cutting cards; yet from a quantity of deceptive notes, some stated to be value FIVF, halfpence, and others ONE POUND of cast metal, evidently in struments to defraud the unwary, having been found in his possession, the Court sentenced him to one month's imprisonment. On Tuesday, the 7th insl. an inquest was held at Heckiugton, ou a child named Esek Langford, who was poisoned by its mother administering a certain herb, commonly called bear's. foot, as an antidote for worms. It appeared that the father of this child having read in some low publication of the above medicine, had gathered, dried, and powdered it. His wife having mixed it iu treacle, took a certain quantity with a tea spoon, and gave a similar quantity to her child. The effect upon each was violent and instantaneous: tbe infant died, but the mother was restored through the skill and exertions of Mr. Gillies, surgeon, of Heckington. The following verdict was returned—" Died from Ihe effects of vegetable poison, imprudently and incautiously administered by Ann Langford, ils mother."— Stamford Mercury. There is now living in the neighbourhood ol, Wellington, Cheshire, a man of the name of John Jackson ; ibe following particulars of whose history, together with that of his wife, were relaied by him- self. He relates, that lie was married tbe first time, in tbe year 1763, lo one Betty Brown, by whom he, had twelve children, six boys and six girls. lit fifteen weeks after her death, he married his present, wife, who before their marriage was a widow, and had had five children, which were ihen all living; by her he had twenty- two children in twenty years' and forty- six weeks, Ihe time and circumstances of whose birth were equally singular, aud probably unprecedented. He hired a cow from a neighbour every year during that period ( in which he had but two different cows), and in three or four weeks after the cow bad calved, each time bis wife was delivered of a child ; but in the 21st year the cow bad two calves at the same time, and his wife was then preg- nant ; tbe people in tbe neighbourhood began to pre- dict that his wife also would have two children, which, in about three or four weeks, was realized in the birth of two boys. When betook them to the church, al Presthiiry, 10 he baptized, Ibe Minister smiled ( as he bad bad thjrty- twochildren baptized there before) and said," Well, John, have yon another?" " Yes, two, Sir," was the reply. " Well, what must they be called?" " Abraham and Isaac," said John. When the children . had been baptized, and the ceremony was over, tlie Minister said, " Well, John, we should have another, and call it Jacob ;" and faithful, as in times past, in about twelve months afterwards, John's wife blessed him with another boy, which was called Jacob; so that be had thirty- five children baptized in Prestbury church, twenty- three of them in ilie space of twenty- two years.— Stockport Advertiser. DREADFUL CATASTROPHE. WHITEHAVEN— A most melancholy accident bap pened fast Monday evening in the William Pit ( Colliery), near Whitehaven, occasioned by explosion of fire. damp ; in consequence of which thirty. two persons were unfortunately killed, viz. fourteen men, sixteen boys, and two girls Seven teen horses were also killed. It is impossible to ascertain the particulars of this terrible catastrophe. That tbe explosion was occasioned by an accumu- lation of fire- damp, is almost all that is certainly known. The sufferers were employed iu a division of the workings where the pillars are to be taken out; around these the ventilation was excellent, and regularly kept up, and there was not even the appearance of fire- damp, except in the fractured parts of the workings in those places where ill pillars had been removed, and into which ihere was no necessity for any of the workmen to enter. Every precaution on the part of tbe overmen was regularly taken. The colliers were strictly enjoined to use tl DAVY SAFETY- LAMP ; but alas! familiarity with danger commonly engenders a contempt for it; and it now appears that some individual had disregarded the injunctions which were repeatedly issued for tbe general benefit. The unfortunate sufferers had nearly completed their day's work, and in less than half an hour would have left the pit. In what man- ner, or by whose means the damp was ignited, must for ever remain a secret; not a single individual of those who were employed in that part of the work ings is left to tell the mournful tidings. It is already observed lhat a number of horses were killed, anil it may here be added that some of their drivers escaped in a manner almost miraculous.— In record- ing the abnve melancholy event, it may not be irrelative to mention a remarkable coincidence of names and circumstances which occurred some years since in the County of Durham. On the 25th May, 1812, a tremendous explosion took place in tbe William Pit, a coal mine at Felling Colliery, by which 92 persons out of 124 lost their lives, and 32 were saved ; being tbe exact number of those who have perished in the William Pit, at Whitehaven.' Carlisle Journal. GAS STOLEN.— A baker was charged before the Lord Mayor at Guildhall, with having employed a person to light bis house with gas by moans of a pipe which was joined to the main pipe without Ihe permission or knowledge of the Company.— The Secretary lo the Company stated, that if the frauduh ( it practice were not checked, the Company would lose immensely, as constant and immense quantities might be drained off the main pipes.— The baker, whose shop cut a brilliant figure, pleaded guilty, and the Company expressed them- selves, through their Secretary, satisfied upon tbe defendant's paying the price of Ihe gas consumed by him : the amount was £ 30— Had they pressed the penalties, the amount the defendant would have had to pay would have been upwards of £ 150. CITY PLACE- HUNTERS.- An active canvass has been for some days going forward for a place under the Corporation, which is neither vacant, nor, we are glad to say, now likely lo become vacant; and a ludicrous scene took place ihe other day at the Mansion- house, between Ihe Lord Mayor and a few of tbe candidates. Mr. Howell, the water- bailiff, having been for some time confined with illness to his house, the utmost anxiety was expressed by some of his most particular friends, about the state of his health. He was even advised by them lo expose himself no more to the rigorous winter duties, but to abandon the situation altogether. For some time he attributed this proposal to a friendly feeling, but their very close attention to him compelled him to think otherwise; and he soon found that his suspici- ons were well founded.. By accident, the shutters f the parlour windows were closed one morning in that fashion which shows that the king- of terrors is within. Two of the warmest friends of poor Howell , approached, but seeing that the " flag" was raised, they ran away in grief to inform the Lord Mayor that the time was at last arrived when his Lordship- would have an opportunity of proving his friend- ship ; that the water- bailiff had at length departed this life, and that his Lordship's influence would do' the business for any person who should offer himself as a candidate. It is unnecessary to observe, that those gentlemen visited his Lordship at different times,, and enumerated their claims in the most im- pressive manner. They even appeared in a printed form before several UH Uihers of the Court of Com- mon Con noil, soliciting their votes ami interest for the disposal of the place made vacant. by the lamented death of Mr. Howell, and it appeared that their printed letters bad actually been in their own posses . sion before they supposed he had drawn hisr lasfc breath.. The Lord Mayor, who . did not relish these rapid applications, told the Candidates that he should inquire into the truth of the report,. which he had very strong reason to doubt, for he had heard but a short time before that the water- bailiff was recover- ing. " Y0. V1 may depend on it," said one of the place . hunters, %( ihat he is dead, and those who say . therwise are interested in suppressing the truth, in order to prevent me from pursuing my canvass." The Lord Mayor immediately s^ nt to the Town Clerk's office to ascertain the fact, and was senl word that Mr, Howell was much improved in his health, and expected to be able to attend a com- mittee then about to sit. Still ihe candidates began to ponr in. So firmly had they fixed their hopes upon the place, that the authority of live Lord Mayor and of Alderman Wood was not credited by them. In fact nothjng could convince them of their error but the evidence of their own senses, which were at last gratified by the sight of t he water bailiff signing his accounts. In alluding. to this indecent hunting- fter place, the Lord Mayor on Friday said, he never heard of so shameful a practice ws that which not less than half a dozen of his fellow- citizens had do. pte. d. For his part, he should take care to keep y him the printed applications of those very delicate gentlemen, that he might refuse his vote to every one of them on any future occasion of any kind. BANK RODRERY IN AMERICA.— A most daring robbery was perpetrated on the 29th ult. on the Marietta and Susquehanna* Trading Company hy three villains, who seized the cashier ou the back porch of the Banking- house, and, presenting a pistol to his breast to enforce silence, dragged him into the Bank and coo^ pelled him to unlock the vault, from which they took out and carried away all the books and promissory notes, and other valuable papers belonging to the Bank, and a large quantity of Bank paper. Ovse of the villains held the cashier with a pistol to his breast^ until his two comrades had sufficient time to escape with their plunder, and then made his escape. The villains were well disguised and masked, and spoke only in Ihe German language. The Trustees of the Institution offer the reward of 1000 dollars for the apprehension and conviction of the villains and he restoration of the books and papers carried off by them, or 500 dollars for the restoration of the books and papers aforesaid. ( From the Bombay Gazette, May 14, 1823).— The friends of Captain Gambier, R. N. will peruse With interest the following account of a most mira- culous escape from immediate destruction :—" On a recent elephant shooting party at Ceylon, Captain Gambier and Mr. Hay, of the R. oyal Engineers, had separated from their companions, and were following a large female elephant; when pretty close to her, she suddenly and unexpectedly turned upon them; escape appearing impossible, they both fired but with little effect; the animal im- mediately charged, knocked Captain G. dovvn^ and pursued Mr. Hay, who fell; Captain G having re- covered, and observing the imminent danger of Mr. Hay, gallantly ran with another gun to his assistance. The elephant, on perceiving Captain G.' s approach, turned round, seized him with hei* trunk, and raised him from the ground with as much ease as if he ha( J been a straw; she then knelt down, and laid him on his hack, still re- taining her hold ; she now began gradually to lower herself, and he already felt the pressure which ap- peared the forerunner of certain destruction, when, most unaccountably, the animal suddenly rose and retreated, leaving him without other injury than severe bruise on one knee, which he probably received when she first knocked him down in pur- suing Mr. Hay. So providential a rescue from apparently certain death may perhaps be accounted for by the elephant having been confused by the firing, or by her alarm at becoming so far detached from the rest of the herd. It is a fact that three bulls ( Scots) were sold in the market on Thursday for nine hundred and fifty pounds, to a respectable cow- keeper of London.— Bury Post. Printed and published by f¥. 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