This Paper is circulated in the most expeditious Manner through the adjoining Counties of ENGLAND and WALES, Advertisements not exceeding Ten Lines, inserted at Six Shillings each WEDNESDAY, JANUARY MON TGOM ERYSH IRE Film HOU) PROPERTY VALE OF LLANGOLLEN. TO BE LET, And entered njioa on the 2tl Day of February* and the 1st Day of May, 1824 ; ^ jHnE MANSION HOUSE of DINBtlEN, JL suitable for. the Residence of a Family of Distinction, situate in the beautiful Vale. of Llan- gollen, in the County of Denbigh, with commodious and convenient attached and detached Offices, a Walled Garden, and upwards of One Hundred Acres of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, upon which are Three Cottages. The House comprises an elegant Drawing Room, 28 Feet by lfti Feet, opening into an Anti- Room, Feet by 14 ; a spacious Dining Room, 3( 1 Feet by 20 Feet, and 15 Feet high ; Entrance Hall,; ha udsome Staircase; Breakfast Room, 16 Feet j square; and Library, 15 Feet by The attached Offices consist of a Kitchen, Scul- lery, Servants' Hall, Housekeeper's Room, Butler's Pa try, nnd two Larders, with Back Staircase ; and detached is a Dairy, Brewhouse, Bakehouse, and Laundry. The Chamber Stqty contains three spacious Bed Rooms, and two Dressing Rooms over the principal Rooms, each 12 Feet high ; Family Bed Room, with two Dressing Rooms; three Bed Rooms, and one Dressing Room ; a Bath Room, and two Water Closets ; aiid there are seven Servants' Rooms in the Attics. The Outbuildings are situated at a convenient Distance from the House, and consist of a double Coach- House, and Harness Room, two capital Stables containing seven Stalls, two Barns, a Cart Stable, Cow- Houses for26 Cows, Granary, Poultry House, and Piggery, with several other convenient Buildings. The Scenery of the Vale of Llangollen is so generally known, that any Description would he useless. The House commands the most romantic and picturesque Views of this. much- admired Vale, and is well sheltered with extensive and thriving Plantations. It is distant one Mile from Llangollen, through which Town the London and Holyhead Mail and two London Coaches pass daily. For further Particulars apply to Mr. JOHN JONES, Brook- Street, Oswestry ; or Mr. RICHARD JONES, Draper, Lta. igolle'n, who wijf appoint a Person to shew the Premises. ' AT OSMAET'S ORSSJJ, In the Parish of Hanmer, and County of Flint. © o be Uet, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, A Desirable FARM, containing 250 IM. Acres of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, called TRELYDAN, iu the Parish of GUILPSPIELII, within two Miles of Welshpool, and nearly adjoining the Montgomeryshire Caual. For Particulars enquire of Mr. R. GRIFFITHES, Bishop's Castle.— A Person at Trelydau Hall will shew the Premises. 29TII DECEMBER, 1S23. TO BE LET, And entered upon at Lady- Day next, AMOST ELIGIBLE FARM, called BODYNFOL, containing 412A. 3R. ISP. or thereabouts, situate in the Parish of LLANPBCUAN, in ttie Couuty of Montgomery, 8 Miles from Os- westry, and four from Llaufyllin, late ill the Occu- pation of Mr. Morris Davies. Also, an excellent DAIRY FARM, called VARCHWELI. HALL, containing 213 Acres or thereabouts, situate iu the Parish of GCILDSFIELP, in the said County of Montgomery, 3 Miles from Welsh Pool, now in the Occupation of Mr. Richard Bebb. N. li. The Possession of the Tillage Lands of Bodynfol Farm inay be had immediately.— The respective Tenants will shew the Premises ; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. LONCUEVILLE, Solicitor, Oswestry. Oswestry, Dec. 13Hi, 1823. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY Mil. ADAMS, At the Hand Inn, in Hanmer aforesaid, on Wednes- day, the 14th Day of January, 1824,- at Three VClock in the Afternoon precisely ; FOU R several Pieces of L A N D, here- Wore called PALIN'S GROUNDS or FIELDS, and now known hy the several Names, and contain- ing the several Quantities following-. LOT I. The Barn Field, now a Wheat Stubble, Containing- Eight *< Veres or thereabouts. LOT II. Tkie Well Field, now also a Wheat Stub- ble, containing Seven Acres or thereabouts. LOT III. The Mill Meadow, now in Pasture, containing Three Acres or thereabouts. * LOT IV. The Mill Field, now in Pasture, con- taining Eight and a Half Acres or thereabouts. This Property abounds with good Marl2 is free from all Incumbrances, the Land Tax is Redeemed, and a Modus is paid for Tythe Hay .— Two- thirds ' of the Purchase- Money may remain secured on the Premises, at Four and a Half per Cent. { j^ Further Particulars may be had on Applica- tion at the Office of Messrs. WATSON and HARPER, Solicitors, Whitchurch. PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE. LONDON, 1797. THE COMPANY continue to effect INSURANCES on LIVES at equitable Rates, without Entrance Money or any additional Premium for Sea- risk in decked Vessels to or from the British Isles, or to or from the opposite Line of Coast be- tween the Texel and Havre- de- grace included— and to grant und purchase ANNUITIES under, a special Act of Parliament. Agents are appointed in all Ihe Cities and princi- pal Towns in tiie United Kingdom. THOMAS PARKE, Secretary. COMPANY'S AGENTS AT Shrewsbury - - - Mr. Thomas Howell; Shiffnal ... - Mr. Gilbert Brown ; Ludlow- - - - - Mr. E. Jones, Solicitor; Bridgnorth - - - Mr. Benj. Partridge; Worcester - ... Messrs. Smith & Parker; Macclesfield - - - Mr. D. Hall. This Day is Published, BY W. EBBOWSS, PRINTER OF THIS PAPER, And may be had of the Booksellers in the County, and of the Newsmen, fPtHCK TWO SHILLINGSJ, THE SHROPSHIRE, Cheshire, § North Wales ^ tjrclusimri? Entelligqmr, FOR THE YEAR XS24, ( PRINTED IN RED AND BLACK), CONTAINING A general List of Mail and other Coaches, Water Conveyances, and Carriers, to aud from ^ Shrewsbury, the neighbouring- Towns, aud North Waies; INDIA. COMPANY'S TKAS, Secured in sealed " TIN CANISTERS," the only way possible to preserve the strength and flavour of thq Tea, AND TIIE ONLY ESTABLISHMENT IN THE KINGDOM FOR DICEY & CO.' S TRUE DAFFY's ELIXIR, SUPERIOR to every other Medicine for giving immediate Relief io the most painful Attacks of the Cholic, and in all Complaints of the Stomach and Bowels. As a General Family Medicine, DICEY's DAFFY has long become so jtlstjy celebrated, from its supe- rior Quality to all other Preparations sold under the Name of Duffv's Elixir, that no Family, particularly in the Country, ought to he without it-— but, as effectual Relief is only to be expected by those who use the GENUINE MEDICINE, Purchasers are cau- tioned not to rely merely' upon the Giass Bottle hearing the Name of Dicey & Co. as there are unprincipled People who buy up the empty Botties for the Purpose of tilling them with their own coun- terfeit' Preparations, aud which are thus imposed upon t( ie Public us the True Daffy's Elixir— the only certain Criterion is to examine whether the Stamp Label which is affixed over theCork, has Ihe Words'* DICEY St Co" primed therein; and to observe that the Bill of Directions is signed 11 IV. Sutton S; Co. late Dicey and Sutton." Sold nt the Original Warehouse, No. 10, Bow Church Yard, Loudon, in Bottles at 2s. attd 2s. 9d. met! ; and by « ti tlir prmcrijat Omirlry statin, icl'S and Venders of Medicines. Of whom may also be had, DICEY's Anderson's, or the TRUE SCOTS PILLS ; C" SR Ask particularly for " DICEY'S Anderson's Scots Pitts."— Price Is. l* d. the Box. BETTON'n BRITISH OIL ( the only Genuine), Is. 9d. the Bottle., Turnpike Tails— Shiffnal District, NOTICE is hereby given, That the TOLLS arising at the toll Gates erected on the Shiffnal Division of the Watling Street Turnpike Road, commonly called bv the Names of the Prior's Lee and Red llill Gates, will be LET ( separately) BY AUCTION, to the best Bidder, at the Ho use of William Morris, known by the Sign of the Jeruing- lialn Arms Inn, in Shifi'uai, in the County of Salop, on Tuesday, the 20th Day of January next, between the Hours of Eleven in the Forenoon and one in the Afternoon, for oiie Year from the 2d Day of Febru- ary next, in Manner directed by an Act passed'in the 48th Year of ihe Reign of his late Majesty, " For the more effect . ally repairing a certain Koad " called The Watling Street Road, and other Roads " therein mentioned, in tlie Counties of Sitlop and " Stafford ;" by another Act passed in the l » t and 2d Years of the present Reign, intituled " An Act for further improving the Roads between London " aud Holyhead, by Coventry, Birmingham, and " Shrewsbury ;" and also by the General Turnpike Act passed in the 3d Year of the present tleigu, The Bidders for the Tolls arising at the Prior's I. ee Gate must ' make two distinct Biddings for the said Toils, viz. one Kidding tor the Tolls collected under Authority of the first- mentioned Act, and another Bidding for the additional Tolls collected under Authoi iiy of the second- mentioned Act ( of which a separate Account is to be kept). The best. Bidder must give Security, with suffi- cient Sureties . to the Satisfaction ol'the Trustees, for Payment of tiie Rent agreed for at such Times as they shall direct ; and no Person will be allowed to bid who does not produce his. Sureties at the Auction. The Tolls produced, the last Year, Prior's Lee Gate i 0I< 1 Tol! « :. £ N) 0 ^ f Additional Tolls 150 >, ' Red llill Gate.., .'. fioo 11. FISHER, Clerk to the Trustees. NEWPORT, DEC. 17,1823. THE FAIRS In Shropshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Hereford- shire, Worcestershire, Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire^ - Radnorshire, Denbighshire., and Flintshire; Tns IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY. MEETINGS ; The Bankers in Shropshire aud Montgomeryshire a Table of Stamps, Table of Terms, This ESTABLISHMENT was formed in April, 1858, in con- sequence of the discovery of the baneful traffic in roisq- sous Verdi grease Tea. W. EDDOVVES has also on Sale TIIE ROYAJ. ENGAGEMENT POCKET ATLAS, SOUVENIR ( or Pocke? Tablet), POLITE REPOSITORY, ROYAL REPOSITORY, & c. in a Variety of Cases ; COURT KALKNDARS ;' LADIES'and GENTLEMEN'S POCKET BOOKS of all Kinds; WHITE'S BPHEMERIS ; and an extensive Assortment of Moore's, Partridge's, Clerical, and every other Almanack published by the Company of Stationers. ALSO, BOOKS FOR REGISTERING BANNS OF MARRIAGE, Agreeably to the late Act of Parliament: AND The Supplement to the fate General Turnpike Act, WITH NOTES, BY BATEMAN. IT has just been proved in the Public ' Courts of Justice, that this infamous traffic is ' still carried on in every corner of ihe Kingdom. ' From ihe CONVICTIONS that have lately taken place at GLASGOW, it appears that ( he Hedges do not. uifWd a - sufficient supply for. tbe,; t- hrnrmid oft- his nefarious system, and that Moss is now use\ jf in rust ' j quantities. In other parts of ilie counfri/, CONVICTIONS have just taken. place, where it was PROVED, that POTATOE LEAVES have been made into Imitation Tea'''' in most enormous quantities. When it is considered that Verdigrease ( rank poison) is the essence of this manufacture, the Public should be cautious to avoid becoming the victims of this dreadful system. The unexampled sale of the Canister Teas" the last jive years iu every part of the kingdom has given rise to a host of " Imitators" of this Establish- ment. One out of the hundreds who style themselves u London Companies,'"'' and who began exactly SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THIS ESTABLISH- MENT, noiv make a most pitiable complaint against the " Canister Teas," and tell the public ( what is not true), that they are charged for the Canisters: the fact is, that every pound of Tea. packed in quarter- pound Lead Packages ( the Lead being use- less after it is used), co9ts 3d. for Lead and Package. <? thus a Tax of threepence is at once fixed on every pound of Tea : the Public will judge who pays for it:— The " CANISTER TEAS" ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS TAX ; the Canisters are taken back at the price charged, and. there is not a Lady in the Kingdom who is not perfectly convinced, that a " Canister' 1'' is the only way possible to PIJESEKVB the STRENGTH and FLAVOUR of the* Tea : thus it is, that the sale of the u Canister Teas" are fully established, and rapidly increasing in every part of the Kingdom, whilst the hundreds of " Imii^ tors" have ceased to exist'. Upwards of one thousand Agents qre now ap- pointed for the sale of these Teas, and it'is now more than ever necessary that every .7•' own aiid Village in the Kingdom should be supplied. Only one Agent in each town is appointed, which renders it a good living for any respectable person.— There is no Hsk, no expense, and profit certain, nor ANJF CAPITAL REQUIRED it is necessary to be thus explicit, in. cynseqWhce of the strong prejudice ex- cited by the numerous petty dealers, Where an Agent is not yet appointed, it will be done on application of any respectable Person, Post- paid. LONG, NICHOLSON & COMPANY, BOND- STREET, LONDON. Agents appointed in this District. Mr. SILVESTER, Bookseller, MARKET DRAYTON; Mr. ROLL1NSON, CHESTER; Mr. WALSH, WOLVERHAMPTON; Mrs. LF. E, Ross; ' Miss WHITE, CIRENCESTER ; Mr. BBTTISON, Library, CHELTENHAM ; Mr. H ALL, Bo , kscller, MACCLESFIELD • Mrs. WHITE, Draper, [ JERRY ; Mr. SPENCER, ASHBOURNE; Mr. MINSTEU, NOTTINGHAM ; Mr. WESTON, Watchmaker, NEWARK ; Mr. SHEPPARD, Druggist, MANSFIELD; Mrs. K. ILBY, Milliner, LEICESTER ; Mr. CONNOP, Druggist, COVENTRY ; Mrs. COOPER, WARWICK ; ' ' ' Miss O'. VES, LEAMINGTON ; Mr. READ, WILLENIIALL; Mr. HOLMKS, Watchmaker, CURABLE ; Mr. ALLIJUTT, Bookseller, IIANLEY ; Mr. A( iO, Bookseller, EVESHAM ; Mr. HEATH, Bookseller, MONMOUTH ; Mr. S'n s l. l.'. V, Bookseller, ABERGAVENNY ; Mr. BONNER, GLOucesTEa; & c. & c. & c. VAC INT.— SHREWSBUKV, BRIDCNORTH, LED. LOW, NEWPORT, SHIFFNAL, WELLINGTON, WKIJ WENLOCK, WHITCHURCH, OSWESTRY, BISHOP'S CA^ TLB, ELLESMGRE, BILSTON, and a few other Places • which vi ill now he supplied 011 the Application « any respcctab'e Person, Past- paid. For Weakness x f the Stomach, Indl gestion, Bilious Irregularities, Cos- tiveuess. Loss of Jippqthe, &,- c. WOUNDS, SPRAINS, cj- c. DREDGE'S HEAL- ALL, SO long celebrated throughout the West of England, as the most efficacious Remedy for Green Wounds, Sprains, Bruises, Aches, Pains, Rheumatism, Burns, or Scalds; likewise for Chil- blains ( before they are broke), Quitisev, Sore Throats, Whitlows, Cramp, SEE. WIUJIII and Euos Dredge, Executors of their late Fiither. VVILI. IAM DREDGE; the Inventor of tiie above well. known Remedy, beg to inform their Friends and the Public, that they have disposed of the original Recipe mid entire Property therein to BARCLAY and SONS, Fleet Market, London ; whose Name an Addres. will iu future appear on the Government Stamp affixed to each Bottle of the Genuine Preparation, and hy whom Venders will he supplied on the most liberal Terms. Retail Price Is. l| d. and 2s. Oil. per Bottle. Sold bv W. EODOWES, Morris, Palin, Newling, Davits, Powell, Rowdier, Shaker, and Piitehard, Shrewsbury; Procter, Green, Drayton; IJoulston and Smith, Wellington ; Smith, Ironbridge and Wenloelj ; Gittott, Bridgnorth; Searrott, Sh ffual; Stevenson, Newport; Roberts, R, Griffiths, P.. well, J. and"' R'; Griffiths, O:" Jones, nod Roberts, Welsh- pool; Price, Edwards, Btckertbn, Mrs. Edwards, and ' Roberts, Oswestry; Griffiths, Bisliop's Castle; Griffith's, Ludlow; Baugh, Ellesntere; Parker, and Evunsoit, Whitchurch ; Franklin, Onslow, Went. TOWERS'S TONIC PILLS STOMACHIC APERIENT PILLIS, Prepared from a Prescription of ihe late Sir Richard Jebb, M. I). ANN PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE KING. CH ILBLJ1LYS. FOR the CURE of WOUNDS, Ulcerated Legs, Burns, Scalds, Scorbutic Humours, Sore Nipples, Eruptions, and Pimples in the Face,' Breakings- out about the Mouth and Nose, Ringworms, and Eruptions of everv Denomination, MARSHALL'S UNIVERSAL CERATE will he found the most certain aud effectual Remedy.-- This Cerate also is much superior to every other Prepara- tion in removing those troublesome and painful Visitant's, CHILBLAINS, which has ever yet been offered to the Public ; ir removes them, whether in a broken or unbroken State, allays the Itching and liiflammiiiion on the first Application, and when broken', heals lit a uD? ch shorter ' Time than can be credited but by Experience. * CAUTION.— Mrs. Marshall, Widow of the late John Marshall, begs to inforiji the Public, that an Oint- ment, in Imitation of her valuable Cerate, has lately made its Appearance, by which many Persons have been deceived. The Colour of the Ointment is nearly'similar to her pirate .( very generally known by the Name o, f MARSHALL'S UNIVERSAL. CERATE), and the Directions copied nearly Word for " Word : there ian be no " Doubt therefore of the Attempt to impose' by' Deception, as the i^ in- M'tjons. to her Cerate have hot'be en altered for Forty Years, during which Time the superior Exceileiicy of this Cerate has produced so. huge and exifh. sive a Sule, as to induCe some Persons to send forth Preparations ; for similar. CothpiaintsPurchasers are therefore parti- cularly requested to observe that Mrs. Marshall's genuine . Cerate will have her Name al.:> ne, on the Label: " E. Marshall, Executrix of John lUars. hall," and 18 Shaw and" Edwards, 66, St. Paul's," on the Stamp. Sold by W. EDDOWES, Nhrevvshury, and by all respectable Medicine Venders, Booksellers, * and Druggists, Price only Is. l| d. and 2s. 9d. per B. » x. Chilblains, Rheumatisms, Palsies, Sec, rpil^ SR very justly celebrated PILLS M. have experienced, through private Recom- metidatiou and Use, during a very l< uig period, the flattering Commendation of Families of the. first Distinction,}^ a Medic me. superior to all others in removing Complaints of the Stomach, ' arising from Bile, Indigestion, Flatulency, and habitual Costive- ness.— The beneficial Effects produced in all Cases for , which ihey are here recommended, render them worthy thf* Notice of the Public aud to Travellers i. j particular, to whose- Attention they are strongly pointed out ns the most portable, safe, and nilld Aperient Medicine that can possibly be made use of. Tv.< se Pills are. extremely well calculated for those Habi's, of Body that are'subject to" be Costive, as a continued use of the'ip ' does not injure but invigorates the Constitution, and will be found to possess those ; Qualities that will remove a long Series of Diseases resulting from a confined Stale of the Bowels, strengthen Digestion, create Appetite, and be of distinguished Excellence in removing Giddiness, Heat! aches, & c. occasioned by the Bile iii the SlOmach, or the IH Etl'ects arising from impure or too great1 a quantiiy of Wine, Spirits, or Malt Liquor. Persous of the most dejicale Coustitntion may take them \ yith'jSnfeiy in ail Seasons of the Year; and in all Cases of Obstruction aqsiKg from (' old or other Causes,. where 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 3*: fid. each Box, by W. RiOGWAY, Druggist, Market Drayton.— Sold Retail by Mr. HUMPHREYS, Shrewsbury ; • Bradbury,, Wellington ; Parker,' Whitchurch-, Stevens, Newport; ' Paii/ te'r, Wrex. ham ; Baugh, Kllesmere \ Morgan, S la'for il and hy Poole and Harding, Cheater. CHILBLAINS are prevented from breaking, and their tonjienving Itching in- stantly removed by WHITEHEAD'S ESSENCE OF MUSTARD, universally, esteemed for its extraor- dinary Efficacy in Rheumatism, Palsies, ' Gouty Affections, and Complaints of the gtoumch ; but where this • certain Remedy has been unknown, or neglected, and ihe Chilblains have actually broke,: WHITEHEAD'S FAMILY CERATE WIN EASE the Pain, ji. ud very speedily heal them, This Cernfeis equally efficacious for all ill- conditioned Sores, Sore I> gs, Seorhjitic Eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, King- ^ vorins. Shingles, Breakings- out on the Face, Nose, Ears, and Eyelids, Sore nnd Inflamed Eves, Sore Heads, and other Scorbutic Hum, ours. The ES- SENCE OF MUSTARD is perhaps the most active, penetrating, and efficacious Remedy jo the World, curing ihe^ severest STRAINS AND BRUISES in le § s than Half t he Time usually taken by any other Liniment or Embrocation, it aNo heals Cuts, Punctures from ."> harp Instruments, Nails, Thorns, Splinters, 8$ c. with incredible Facility, without Smart or Pain, preventing Inflammation and Festering, and is equally pjseful in the various Accidents of Animals-- in short it is a domestip Remedy of such unconimon Excellence and Utility, that no Family sensible to lis own Comfort should ever he wifhonJ it. Prepared only, and sold by R. JOHNSTON, Apothecary, 15, (. ireek- Street, So. bo, London. The Essence and Pills at 2s. 9d. each the Cerate at Is. 1^ 1, and 2s. 9d. They are also sold by W. EnDOWiis, Shrewsbury, and may be had of every Medicine Vender in the United Kingdom. The Genuine has a Black Ink Stamp, ivith the Name of H. JOHNSTON, inserted on it. CAPITAL WINDMILL, & c. * t 3Let> AND ENTERED UPON AT LADY- DAY NEXT, ANewly- erected HOUSE, WIND- MILL, and MALTHOUSE, with Walled Garden, and about Fifteen Acres of LAND, called HARLEY TOWER, situate at Harley, near Wen- lock, and nov: iu the Occupation of Mr. Richard Cross. , The Premises are excellently situated for Busi- ness, and iu complete Repair. Application for further Particulars ta he made to Mr. CROSS, ou the Premises; or Mr. COOPER, Solicitor, Shrewsbury. « saiesf oy auction. FREEHOLD COTTAGES & GARDENS, And also TIMBER, NEAH FONTESFOKQ HILL. BY MR. MATTHEW GRIFFITHS, At the Red Lion Inn, iu Pqntesburv, in the County of Salop, on Friday, the 9th Day of January, 1824, at four o'Clock in tiie Afternoon ( unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will be given), ill the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale: LOT I. rrwvo COTTAGES, witli the GAR- J. DENS and LAND thereto adjoining, con. taiuing hy Estimation 2A. 2R. 0P. or thereabouts, more or less, situate near Pontesford Ilill, iu the Parish of Pontesbury, now in the Occupation of Thomas Maddox and his Undertenants. LOT II. TWO COTTAGES aud GARDENS, near Pontesford Hill aforesaid, in the several Occu- pations of Joseph Williams aud William Little- hales. TIMBER. LOT III. 40 OAK Trees, marked with White Paint No. 1 to 40 inclusive. LOT IV. 40 Ditto, ditto No. 41 to 80 ditto. LOT V. 40 Ditto, ditto No. 81 to 120 ditto. LOT VI. 26 ASH Trees, ditto No. 1 to 2( 5 ditto. LOT VII. 14 LIMETtees, ditto No. 1 to 14ditto. LOT VIII. 10 WYCH ELMS, ditto No. 1 to 10 ditto. The above Timber is growing on Lands adjoining the Lvde Hole, near the Foot of Pontesford Hill, in ( lie several Occupations of the Reverend John , lopes and John Raudle, and is of a very superior Quality, of large Dimensions, and worthy the Attention of Builders. For further Particulars, and to treat for the same by Private Contract, apply to WILLIAM JACKSON, Esq. Pulverbatch, as to the Timber; and to Mr. COOPER. Solicitor, Shrewsbury, as to the Cottages. VALUABLE UNDERWOOD. BY THOMAS JONES, ( Unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of whi : h due Notice will be given), at the White Hart Inn, in Much Wenlock. on Thursday, the loth Day of January next, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon precisely, 1N TWO LOTS, subject to such Conditions as will be there then produced : LOT I. T BOUT L> 1 Acres of UNDERWOOD i\ ( he the some more or less), of 22 Years' / Growth, of various Sorts and excelleut Quality, principally consisting of Ash Poles of great Size and Length, well worthy the Attention of Coopers and others for the manufacture of Hoops, situate on WENLOCK EDGE, in the Parish of Hughley. LOT II. About 19? Acres of UNDERWOOD, of 21 Years' Growth, also situate iu the said Parish of Hughley, growing in Three separate Coppices palled FINNALS. The above Lots are distant about 3 Miles from Much Wenlock, 10 from Shrewsbury, 10 from Bridg- north, and 4 from the River Severn at Cressage. Philip Evans, of Hughley. will shew the Wood ; and furthei Particulars may he known hy applying to PETER POTTER, Esq. at Bettoa House, near Shrewsbury, who will treat for the same by Private Contract. CAPITAL Beech, Ash, and other White Woods. BY MR. JAMES JONES, At the White Lion Inn, iu Oswestry, in the County ' of Salop, on Thursday, the 15th Day of January, 1824, precisely al 3 o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject to Conditions then to he produced : "\ 7 " LOT 1. jVlNE BEECH and 3 ELM Trees. LOT II. 9 BEECII Trees, commencing' No. 10 and ending No. 18; 14 ASH; 3 ELM; and 5 SYCAMORE Trees. LOT III. 19 BEECH, commencing No. 19 a. nd ending No. 37 ; 2 ASH ; and 1 ELM Tree?. LOT IV. 39 BEECH, commencing No. 38 ana ending No. 7( I; nnd 3 ELM Trees. LOT V. 19 BEECH, commencing No. 77 and ending No. 9.'); 3 ELM ; & 1 SYCAMORE Trees. LOT VI. 10 BEECH, commencing No. 9FI and ending No. 105 ; 3 ASH ; & 4 SYCAMORE Trees. LOT VII. 5 BEECH, commencing No. 108 and ending No. 110; 20 ASH; 2 SYCAMORE; and 4 LIME Trees, The Trses in l, ot 1 are growing on a Field called Tie Town Meadow, adjoining the Turnpike Road leidiug from Oswestry to Syllattyn, near to Mount Sion. Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, on Porkington Demesne. Lot <) on Lands at The Fron iu the Holding of Nr. Bentlev and Mr. Richardson. Lot 7 upo'n Lands called The Eagles, Pautglass, uid Skvbor Issa. N. 11.' The Whole of the above Timber are Scribe- marked; of large Dimensions, and within 2 Miles nf Oswestry, adjoining a good Turnpike Road. MI'. RICHARDHCGHES, Timber- Valuer, Oswestry, will appoint n Person to shew the different Lots; tin< 1 further Particulars may be known upon Appli- cation ( if bv Letter, Post- paid) to him, or at the Office of Mr. E. EDWARDS, Solicitor, Oswestry. CAPITAL OAI£ COPPICE TIMBER. BY MR. WYLEY, At the Elephant aud Castle Inn, Shawbury, in the County of Salop, on Thursday, the 15tli Day of January, 1821, at five o'Clock in the Afternoon ; P* S\ R\ OAK TREES, growing in ACTON LEA OUU COPPICE, in the Parish of Shawbury aforesaid, iu the following Lots : viz. LOT I. 70 Oak Trees, commencing No. 1, ajid ending No. 70. LOT II. 130 Ditto Ditto, No. 71, and ending No. 201). LOT III. 150 Ditto Ditto, No. 201, and ending No. 350. LOT IV. 150 Ditto Ditto, No. 351, and ending- No. 500. The above Timber is of good Dimensions, and excellent Quality ; situate near to Turnpike Roads, about 7 Miles from Shrewsbury, 5 from Wem, G from Hodnet, nnd 10 from Wellington. THOMAS SNAPE, of Besford Wood, will shew the same ; and further Particulars may be had of Mr. WiLEV, AdtnasLon, near Wellington, Salop. >? alc, 3 bp auction. KEONTGOMEH YSHIHE. At the Lion Inn, in Llanidloes, on Saturday, the 10th Day of January, 1824, at four o'clock'in the Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale : LOT I. A DESIRABLE FllEEHOLD ESTATE, fl consisting of a substantial and convenient Farm House with suitable Outiiuii, lings, & Eighty- six Acres of excellent Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, called THE VILLAGE FARM, situate in tiie Village and Parish of TREI'BGLWVS, in the County of Montgotnery? now in the Occupation of Mrs. Savage, the Proprietor. Lor II. AU those TWO DWELLING HOUSES and Garden, caiiei) STONE BRIDGE, situate in the said Village of Trefeglwys. Lor III. FOUR ALLOTMENTS of COMMON LAND, containing together 55A. 1R. 36P. lately allotted under the Arustlev Inclosure Act? and situate in the said Parish ef Trefeglwys. For Particulars apply to tlie said Mrs. SAVAGE; or Mr. T. E. MARSH, Solicitor, Llanid- loes, at whose Office a Plan of the Estate may be seen. j/ refljoia ISetatt, WITH DBSmABLERBSID'SNCB. BY W. CHURTON, At the Corbet Arms, Drayton- in- Httles, in the County of Salop, on Wednesday, the 14th of January, 1824, between the Hours of four and six in the Afternoon ( unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will he given), and subject to Conditions : ALL that handsome and suhstantial- bui'. t Messuage or DWELLING HOUSE, with Sashed Front, consisting of good- sized Dining and Drawing Rooms, commodious Kitchen, Brew- house, Pantries, and Cellaring, good Bed Rooms and Atticks ; together witli excellent Outbuildings, consisting of Barus, Stables, Cowhouses, Piggeries, kc. a spacious Fold Yard, good Garden tastefully laid out, and planted with a Variety of Fruit Troes in a choice Aspect, and Seventy Acres, or there- abouts, of excellent Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, situate and being at WISTANSWICK, in the Parish of Stoke- upon- Tern, in the said Comity of Salop, aud now iu the Occupation of the Pro- prietor, and his Undertenant Mr. Lester. The above Estate is most eligibly situated in a beautiful and tine Sporting Country, within Half- a- Miie of the Great Road from Chester to Birming- ham, to which Places a Coach passes daily. It is also situate within four Miles of Drayton, and eight of Newport, aud a convenient Distance from Lime and Coal. The House and the whole of the Outbuildings are good Brick and Tile, most substantially built, and in complete Repair. The Lands are of an excellent Quality, chiefly calculated for the Barley and Turnip System, but Part capable of growing excel- lent Wheat. Upon the Whole, the Estate is as desirable to a Person wishing to realize as any that has been offered for maiiy Years. For a View of the House, Outbuildings, and Laud surrounding the House, apply to the ProT prietor on the Premises ; and ot the remaining Lands to the Tenant, Mr. LESTER, at Wistanswick aforesaid; attd for any further Particulars, to Mr. BELL, Cbetwynd, near Newport, or at the OfHef of Messrs. WARREN & SON, Solicitors, Draytou- iu- llales aforesaid. VJILUADLL FREEHOLD PROPERTY, IN THE SCoimi of © siijeatr??. —. 00 ~ TT-: BY MR. HOWELL; At the Wynnstay 4rujs Inn, in the Town of Oswes- try in the County of Salop, on Wednesday, the 28th Day of January, 1824, between the Hours of four and seven in the Afternoon, subject to Con- ditions, and . ill one or more Lot or Lots, as shall he determined upon by the Vendor at the Time of Sale : 8EVEJUI DWELLING MOUSES, \ yifh the Outbuildings, Barn, Yards, Gardens, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging or adjoin- ing, situate in LOWER BSOOK- STREET, in the Town pf OSWESTRY aforesaid, and now in the several Occupations of William Howell, Miss Bather, Joseph Smith, Richard Clayton, Edward Hayes, M; s. Hanier, William Lawrence, aitd William Leigh, or their Undertenants. For Particulars apply at the Office of Mr. GRIF- nriiBS, Solicitor, or to' Mr. HOWELL, the Auction- eer, in Welshpool. HIGHLY- DESIRABLE AND VALUABLE FREEH, QLPJPRQPERTY. BY MR. R. . JONES, At the Harp Inn, in Corwen, in the County of ' Merioneth, ou Thursday, the 29th of January, 1824, between the Hours of four and five o'clock iu the Afternoon, in one or more Lots as shall lie then agreed upon, and subject to such Conditions as shall be there and then produced ; ALL that desirable and commodious INN above- mentioned, called ' the HARP INN, late the Property aud iu the Possession of Mr. Ed ward Edwards, deceased, with a Yard ( in which is a Pump that supplies excellent filter for Brewing and all other Purposes), Garden, Brew- house, Stabling for 40 Horses; a capital* MALT- KILN, with its Appurtenances, calculated to Malt 28 Measures; together with 14 Acres of NJEADOW LAND contiguous thereto. SEVEN DWELLING HOUSES, adjoining the above Premises, iri the several Occupations of Hugh Jones, Henry Jones ( Saddler), John Peters, John Hugties, Hugh Roberts, Elizabeth Evans, and Daniel Davies. Also, an ALLOTMENT of COMMON LAND, within Half- a- Mile of the Town of Corweu, con- taining by Admeasurement ' 21 Acres, more or less. The above Property offers a most eligible Oppor- tunity to any Person desirous nf investing Money to great Advantage. There is only one other Inn iu the Town of CORVVKN, which Place is, in every Respect, particularly well situated for that Line of Business, it being on the great Irish Road from London to Holyhead, and many Coaches are daily passing through, one of which stops at the above Inn. It is only 10 Miles from Llangollen, and 13 from Cernioge. The whole Line of Road present- ing such beautiful and attractive Scenery, that it is the constant Resott of Travellers, and there is no Question that, will,- some few Alterations, the HARP INN inig- ht be put iu Competition with any Inn upon the Road. *** Mr. ERASMUS JONES, of Corwen, will shew the Premises ; and further Particulars may be had of him, or bv applying at thw Office of Mr. CLOOGH, Solicitor, Ruthin. HTV1E contimial and rapidly increasing Demand fot this excellent Reinedv, is the best Proof of the high Estimation in which it is held ; in- deed, it may be saiil to tie the iihly public Medicine which is exactly suitable to lliose numerous Cases where the Stomach being already weakened, aud the digestive Powers deranged, any active and violent Ptirgnlives are highly prejndieiil, and productive of serious Injury to the Constitution. These Pills are peculiarly mild, safe, and effectual t as a gentle apfnent Tonic, they cleanse, ' and vet strengthen the Stdinaeh, restore the Appetite, promote Digestion, and ti due Secretion of Bile, and keep the Bowels in a regular and comfortable State, free from Costive- ness, hut by no Mean's too relnxed. The Tonic Pills mar behaii ( nt 2s. 9d. 4s. ( id. 1 Is and 22s per Box) of W. EUDOVVES, Shrewsbury ; Gilton, Bridgnorth ; Proctor and Jones, Ludlow; Procter, Diavton; Smith, li- onbridge ; Silvester, Newport; Price, Os- westry; lloulstoii, Wellington; Porker, Whit- church ; Baugh, Ellesmere; Franklin, Wem; Pointer, Wrexham ; and Owen, Welsh, Pool; and of all the WHOLESALE Medicine Venders in London. Also, TOWERS'* STOMACHIC ESSENCE, justly os. teemed the most certain known Remedy for Flatulent or Spasmodic Pains in the Stomach, Nervous Palpi- tations, Chills, Tremors, and Difficulty of Breathing : Price 4s. 6d. and 10s. Gd. per Bottle." *#* Observes the Signature of" JOHN TOWERS" on the Labels,' anil his Name round the Royal Anns on the Seal. NO i ICE IS hereby given, that the TOLLS arising at the Toll Gates upon the Turnpike Road leading from Shrewsbury to Much Wenlock, called or known by the Naules of Weep- ing Cross, Cressage-, and ftai- ley Gates, will lie LET BY AUCTION to the best Bidder, at the House of Robert Thomas, at Cound Lane Inn, on Friday, the 30th Day of January, 1824, between the Hours of Eleven aud One o'Clock, in the Manner directed by the Act passed in the Third Year of his Majesty King George the Fourth, for regulating Turnpike Roads; which Tolls produced last Year Ihe Sums hereafter mentioned'', Whoever happens to be the best Bidder, must at the same Time give Security, with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees, for Payment of the same as they shall direct. WM. WHALLEY, Clerk to the Trustees. Shrewsbury, Dec. SO, 1823. Weeping Cross £ 202 10 Cressage 121 o Harley. 1- 21 0 CARDIGANSHIRE. TO BE LET, " IT'RONFRAITH HOUSE, Walled JL GARDES, and FARM,, with Coach- House, Stables, Kc. for a Term of Years, or at Will — The Farm consists of 139 Acres of Land, within Three Miles of Aberystwith ; or the House, & c. may bo Let with any less Quantity of Laud. Apply to I. S. BONSALL, Esq. Crynfryn House, Aberystwith ; or Mr. WILLIAM DAVIS", Maestyfrwd. TOLM TO WE JL3ST. NOTICE is hereby given, That the TOLLS arising and to lie collected at the several Toll Gates and Side Bars hereinafter men- tioned, namely, at Buttington and Leighion Gates, Pool Upper ( iate, Llanl'air. Lower Gate, aud Ceu- nant Gate, Trefuant Gate, Pool Church Gate, Tyddyn Bar, and Groes Pluan Gate, and Llany- mynech Gates, aud at the several Side Bars and Side Gates attached thereto, will be LET BY AUCTION, for One Year, to commence from the 1st Day of May next, to the best Bidder, ot the Town Hall, in Pool, oil Friday, the Ninth Dav of January next, between tile Honrs of Eleven iiud Twelve iu the Forenoon, in the. Manner directed by the Act passed iu the third Year of the Reign of his Majesty George the Fourth, " For regulating- Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls produced the last Year the following Sums, viz.: Buttiiigtou and ieightou Gates £ 501 Pool Upper Gate, Ceunant Gate, and Llanfair Lower Gate 312 Trefuant Gate ..." oo Pool Church Gate, Tyddyn Bar, and Groes Pluan Gate 51 Llanymynech and Newbridge Gates, with tiie several Side Bars and Side Gates attached thereto 280 above the Expenses, of collecting them, and will be put up at those Sums. Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must, at the same Time, pay one Month in Advance ( if required) of the Rent at which such Tolls may be Let; and g- ive Security, with suffi- cient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees nf the said Turnpike Roads, for Payment of ihe Rest of the Money Monthly. R. GRIFFITHES, Clerk to the Trustees of the said Roads. POOL, DEC. 8, 1823. POSTSCRIPT* LONDOK, Monday J\' ighl% Jan. 5, 1824. PRICE OF FUNDS AT THE CLOSE. Bank Stock 231? Long- Attn* 21J India Stock — India Bonds — Ex. Bills (£ 1000) 55 Cons, for Ace. V7 § " Thomas Chambers, late CASTLE STREET, SHREWSBURY, JANUARY 6th, 1824. DPARKES vesp^^ tt ui. lv iuiorms his « Friends and tjie Public, that his SCHOOL will open again on Mon- day, the. 19th Instant. ^ Red. 3 per Cts. 87 3 per Ct. Cons.— Imperial 3 Jier Cts. - per Cents. — 4 per Cent. Cons. 101 New 4 per Cents.— BANKRUPTS, JANUARY 3.- of Liverpool,' grocer-— John Wyhergh Shaw and Ad; im Wallace Elmslie, of Fenchnrch- b. uil. dings, London, - merchants.— Jonathan Sip wart, of'Man-. Chester, tailor and draper. — Thomas Dawson, of llonndxditeb, London, whalehone- en tte » *.— Andrew Springw erjer, of Duke- street, West SmithfWld, Middlesex, cabinet- maker — William Merrick, Of Bristol, dresser.—-- John I. owe and William . -- — Lowe, of Bridgford Mills, Staffordshire, and of I also begs L^ ave to assure those friends who mar I honour her with the Care of their Children, that I ..... a ...: Vi l ;, i Ub « ltl. WATLING STREET. rpilE MISSES DITCHER resj- ect- • J*. fully inform their Friends and the Public, |. that their SCHOOL wiH be re- opened on Tuesday, the 20th fns- tant. ~ euxsmERET- MISS B1 HCH respectfully bej> s Leave to inform her Friends atwl the Public, that she nas taken a Pou. se in an airy Part of the Town, where she intends opening an ESTABLISHMENT | for the EDUCATION of YOUNG LADIES. She iJIandWgter, mijjers ami corn factors; MUILDER.— Another very singular murder has T. een committed in Hertfordshire, which has excited a most extraordinary sensation, A gentleman of the. name of ConoUy vvas at Kahley House, near South M. imins, the mansion of his friend, Captain Nestor, in consequence of his desire to avoid a writ issued against him. The Sheriff ' s officer endea- voured to get admission on Wednesday evening last, 1 but was resisted forcibly by the inmates, and found it necessary to call in the aid of peace officers and constables; one of the special constables, James Grainge, while endeavouring- to force a door, was shot, by Mr. Conolly, and expired on Thursday. Mrs. Brown, the housekeeper, and a female and male servant, were taken up as assisting in the mur- der, aud Mr. Conolly as the principal ; and all of them uave bi-' en committed for trial. Mr. Conolly formerly practised as a surgeon at Brighton. Grainge has left a wife and four children to bemoan their loss. — Captain Nestor was from home at tbe time. ftt? 3 An ample outline- of the Trial ofThuitell and Hunt— a report of the Fight between Spring* and Langan,— with other articles of interest— iu our next. the strictest Attention will be paid to their Health, Moials, and Comfort. January 3,1824. M1 NEW INN. ISS JOHNSON feels trillv grateful to her Friends and tlie Public, for tiie very liberal Support she lias hitherto received, and begs to inform tliein that her SEMINARY will re- open January 19th. January 3f/, 18* 24. WREXHAM. RS. CORLET's SCHOOL will re- open on Monday, January 19,.. 1- 824. MONTFORD SCHOOL ESS RS. C A RTW RIGHT respect- fully inform their Friends, tliat the above School will open again on Monday, the 19th Inst. bth January, 1824. , & mn ct ^ rctteSutp^ To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR, The very general interest excited throughout this County in regard to the projected Improvements of the Road through Shrewsbury, will, I trust, be accepted as my apology for wishing to address myself to the Public through the medium of your widely- circulated Paper. As a sincere well- wisher to the prosperity of the town, I cannot but feel deeply the importance of giving* the subject calm, mature, and dispassionate consideration— equally avoiding, on the one hand, the extravaganciesAof visionary projectors, and on the other, that con- tracted policy which would regard local improve- ments as solely of local advantage, Or would discard a fscheme of public and general utiliti-, bepause inimical to the present and pat* tin I iftftTeSt^ of a few. The generally avowed object, fof-' Whibh our exertions, personal and'peouukiryj arfrMp be;<* alled into action, and towards the accomplishment of which the various schemes sent, forth tothe public have been directed, is— the preservation of the Great Irish Mail Road through this Town*. I' may,, perhaps, startle my fellow^ townsmen when I as- sert, and with' confidence,, tliat this is ail object in the pursuit of which it is: not worth our while to make any considerable sacrifice; and f^ r this* — ' THB AFTO. MIMONT , whose death is numerous relatives and SHREWSBURY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1824. BIRTHS. Ou the, 25th ult. atSwinfen House, Staffordshire, the Lady of J. Clifton Jnckes, Esq. of Trelydan Hall, Montgomeryshire, of a daughter. '.•-"'-. ] On Tuesday, the 30th December at The Holt, Hants, the Lady of Captain Close, of a daughter. Yesterday, . at Acton Burnell, Lady Smythe,, of. a son. MARRIED. On the" 31st ult by the Rev. C. Simeon, M. A. the Rev. Samuel Lee, M. A.. of Queen's College, Cambridge, Professor of Arabic in that University,, to Mrs. Palmer, of itegent- street. DIED. On Wednesday last, at Worthing*, in the fourth year of her age, Caroline Gertrude, second daughter of the Honourable Henry Gre\ Bennet, M. P. 0, n Sunday last, after a short illness, Mr. William Samuel Hill, of this town, distiller; ' " J ; - sincerely lamented by bis uumeroi; friends. . Ou Monday, the 5th inst. at Mr. Clement's, Clarenioot Hill', in tKjs town, after a long illness-, Miss Price, late of Trefnanuy, Montgomeryshire. On Sunday last, suddenly, Lloy, only son of Mr. G w y n 1brazie r, Osw estry. On Saturday last, aged 75, Mrs. Brocas,. widow of the 1 . te Mr. Brocas, Of this town : as her life, was the life of the christian, so Was ber . death the death of the righteous. . On the * 25th ult. in the 50th year of his ag? e, Mr. John Upton, of Wroxeter, in this county, whose worthy, and benevolent character obtained the esteem, and whose death excites the regret,, of all who were acquainted with him. On the28th ult. in this town, deeply lamented by her afflicted family and friends, Mrs. Colley, relict of the late Mr. Archibald Colley, of The Lower Down, near Bishop's Castle. On the 31st ult. tiie Rev. Theophilus Houlbrooke, of Barnes, Surrey. On Tuesday, after a. lingering illness, Eliza, second daughter of Mr. John Sandford, of Moyne's^ Court, near Chepstow. The Rev T. Salwev, M. A. has been presented lo Ihe Vicarage of Oswestry, void by the death of the Rev, J. W. Bourke.— Patron,. Lord Clive. IM PROV EM 1/ N T O F R O A O T H R OU © - H 8HUEWS- BURY — It having been suggested to us, that we had, in our Report of what was said by the Hon. T. KENYON, at the Meeting* on the 23d ult. made him apparently contradict, himself, by at one time objecting, to any application being made to Govern- ment for money, and subsequently recommending it; we think it right to state, that, at the first period, the Hon Gentleman objected to application being made to Government in theirs* instance, and assigned such reasons as completely satisfied nearly every individual present ^ and that, afterwards, he did not recommend application to be made to Government until the preliminary steps had been adopted, as mentioned by him in our Report. CAUTION.— A woman of the name of Oliver is soliciting charity by means of a petition, which has the signature of the Minister of St. Chad's, which signature, weare requested to state, is forged. The Lord Chancellor has been pleased to ap- point Mr. S. P. Southam, Solicitor, Cleobury Mor- timer, a Master Extraordinary in Chancery. Sir B. Graham s Hounds will meet Thursday, Jan. 8th Fox at Albrightftn Friday, 9th... Atcham Bridge Sir Richard Pa/ est on s Hounds will meet Friday, Jan. 9th .. Ducking- ton Tuesday, 13th /. Mill Brook thursday, lf> th Gallantry Bank MARKET HERAIiD. SHREWSBURY. In our Market, on Saturday last, the price of Hides was 4ji<! per lb— Call Skins 5d— Tallow 3d. In our Marker, on Saturday last, Old Wheat sold i » t from 9s. 9d. to 10s. Od. ; and New Wheat at from 8s. fid. to 9s. 3d, per bushel of 38 quarts — Barle- v from 5s. 6d. to ( is. Od. per bushel of 38 qts. Old Oats sold at from ( is. 8d. to 7s. 2d. ; New Oats from 5s. 4d. to 6s. 2d. per bushel of 57 quarts.— Peas 5s. 6d. to6s. Od. CORN EXCHANGE, JANUARY 5, The dt'iiseuess of the weather having preveuted the arrival of anv of the detained vessels, we hnd an unusually small supply of ull kind jpf Grain this morning, when the millers purchased freely fine samples of Wheat at an advance of 5s. per quarter on the prices of this day se'nnighl, and no doubt is en tertained that a rise of 5s per sack will take place in the . price of Flour. Barley is ls. per quarter higher; and fine Kentish sold as high as 37s, per quarter.' Beans are Is per quarter dearer ; and Oats, owing to the small supply, sold freely at an improvement of ls. per qnarier for fine corn. In Peas, and other articles, there is no alteration, RUSHBURY ACADEMY.. VIr c. FEWTRELL, having been • v • appointed Master o. f the above Free Establishment, Begs to inform the Public at Inrge, that he intends opening School on the24th Instant; and having: an excellent Room aud spacious House for the Accommodation of Boarders, will continue to take them on; the following, very reasonable Terms. Board and Instruction per- Annum, under 12 Years of Age.. £ 13 13 0 Above 12 Years 14 14 0 Washing* 10 0 RUSHBURY is in a pleasant healthy Situation, 5 Miles from Church Stretton ( where Coitches pass daily)", 9 from Wenlock, and » 11 from Ludlow. L L PERSONS havino* any against the Estate of WILLIAM PRISS1CK, of SHREWSBURY, in the County. of Salop, Esquire, deceased, are required forthwith to send an Account thereof to Mr. . BURLEY, Solicitor, Shrewsbury ; and all Persons who stood indebted tothe said WILLIAM PRISSICK, are requested to pay the same to the said Mr. BURLEY, who is authorized to receive the same, Shrewsbury, Dec. 30/ A, 1823. J. WHlJI^ Yl^ cbr Chemists, V/ yle Copr Shrewsbury, ( Late of the Medical llaJJ, Dublin.), ESPECTFULLY offer to the Altfntion of the Public the following select Articles : WHITNEY'S COUGH LOZENGES, pre. pared with Black Currants and Ipecacuanha.— The intrinsic Value of these Lozenges must be evident from their Composition. Dr. BOTWELI-' S CAJ- UPUX EM^ BROCATION, a cer- tain Preventive to the Breaking of Chilblains. DUBOIS' VEGETABLE PRESERVATIVE TOOTH POWDER, warranted tocontain no Acid or Alkaline Earths, renders the Teeth pearly White, and at the same Time is one of the greatest Preservatives both of the Teeth and Gums ever discovered. AROMATIC FRENCH PAST. ILES ; and a Variety of PASTILB VASES. Instantaneous FIRE Box, on a new Principle, ; which will never be out of Order, if kept dry. ESSENCE OP SBICES fa Saving of 50 per Cent.) LAVENDER WATER, distilled from the Flowers LOZENGES of every description, wholesale and retail. Highly Concentrated ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GIN- GER, as recommended by Dr. Pearson. AGENT for the Patent SELF- ADJUSTING TItUSSES.— Several Cases in this immediate Neighbourhood have occurred in the last 12 Months where perfect Relief has been afforded, when the usual Description of Instruments had complete failed — Liberty has been freely offered of making* Referr ence to tbe relieved Parties. simple reason, that it is ail object, the attainment of which cannot be contemplated with any degree of certainty, aiid the posrse^ sion. of which, if now attained, may ( and in all probability will) be of very shopt duration. I am far from undervaluing the benefits derived by the town in general from the accession of trade, and its attendant wealth, to any, even the smallest,, number of individuals within its walls. Whatever contributes to the prosperity of the few^ must gradually tend to promote the welfare of the iriany ; and when it is asserted, that none but innkeepers derive profit from the transit of travel- lers through the town, I reply, that the same causes which enrich the innkeeper oblige him to consume, and enable, him to pay for, the numerous articles supplied by the farmer, the butcher, the miller, the grocer,* & c.. & c. kc. and these again are thus enabled to pay the tradesmen with whom they mutually deal, to enrich their rector with tythes, weddings, and christenings, and their law- yer with purchases of land and points of law arising out of their mutual dealings ; and many are the conies of the Salopian- JOumal, Mr. fid— Ed - Editor, that these parsons, lawyers, farmers, mil. lers, grocers, purchase out of their surplus profits Thus do wealth and prosperity, from" whatever source derived, diffuse and circulate. I ftm not capable of forming— there are few perhaps who can form — a very accurate calculation of the mea- sure of prosperity derived from any particular source; and I shall not enter into the question of the importance of the object which is held forth to us, as worthy of our strenuous exertions and of great pecuniary sacrifice. I am persfiaded that no exertions of ours, no sacrifice in the way of street- making* or street- destroying, will preserve that object to us long. If. was said by one of the gentle- men who addressed the meeting held at tbe Town- hall on the subject, that the saving of four miles would never induce Government to leave out of the line a town of so much importance as Shrewsbury. Be assured that the contrary will turn out to be the fact. However anxious the Government of this country may be to protect the rights and promote the welfare of every part of the empire individu- al! y. as well as of the whole collectively ( and I acknowledge that anxiety with pleasure and grati- tude), there is an object of great public advantage to be attained, for which Government is confessedly d/ reeling* its utmost endeavours. I mean tiie^ sav ihg:,) of a day ' s post in the eomumuieation between tbe capital of this country and of Ireland. Iji a political point of view, taking into consideration,. the un- happy state of our Sister Island, this is an object which every one must acknowledge as obtioij^ ly a most important one ; and as a measure of* economy, its importance is almost equally great, inasmuch as it will immediately diminish t\ u> expense of the Government cominunications between th£ two conn tries, and facilitate ' —"" expensive, and now no disrespect to the individuals employed7, but only in regard to the utility of the establishment it- self), the now unnecessary Viceroyal'ty of Ireland. Towards the accomplishment of this scheme, the saving of four miles ( and more, I believe, may be saved), together with the avoiding' of a town, will be of essential value ( I speak advisedly) ; and with an object of great national importance to be at tained, I would ask any so> er- minded man, wbethc Government can be expected to consider— whether, with all our partiality for QUI* g'ood old town, we. ought to wish Goveminent to considerr- as a serioqs obstacle, the lqsi? Shrewsbury would sustain' by being deprived of the vantage of a portion ( for it would be. but a paction) of the - Irish travelling ? My firm opinion being what I have stated it to be, i that for One pound advanced in the way of volun- tary subscription towards making a road for the Irish1 travellers, we shall have twenty cheerfully subscribed for the'improvement of the access to the interior of thf* town. Raise the bottom and lower, the top of the Wyie Cop, widen High Street, cut- away Mr. Cross, and round off Mrs.. Basnett, and you will benefit at once the Irish travellers, and. the far more important classes of the people whom I have enumerated above. An alteration ought also to take place in Ox- Lane— the ground should,, be gradually lowered from Mi:. Sutton's gates to the top of the Wyle Cop, so as to render the travelling along Ox- Lane ( soon to become an im- portant street) safe and commodious. These iuK provements must, beyond a dbubt, increase the internal traffic and consequent prosperity of the town. I have said, that the question of raising* funds is the most difficult question of all; and we all find it liMich more easy to point out objections to those plans which are suggested, than to suggest one whichshaii be free— comparatively free— from ob- jections. A voluntary subscription would be best; but have yon ever heard, Mr. Editor, of a cele- brated gentleman's forty- four rules for making* . good coffee ? The first is " Getthe best coffee that grows. N. B. Mocoa coffee is the best— but Mocoa coffee cannot be got." I fear a voluntary subscription, though supported witii even Salopian liberality, would prove quite inadequate to the accomplishment of our object. Of the comparative expediency of a rate on the inhabitants, or of a toll at the entrance of the town, I confess myself unable to form a judgment worth publishing: either plan would, in some degree, be disadvan- tageous to our trride and consequent prosperity. But would not the advantages gained in the im- proved convenience of the interior, and facility of access, greatly outweigh the burthen of this tax ? A writer in thejast Friday's Shrewsbury Chro- nicle ha « published a curious scheme for raising the money. To criticise this scheme in all its parts, is beyond my power; for there is much ot it that I cannot comprehend. The general nature of a Building Society I do somewhat understand ; and it could be easily shewn that a plan which at Preston or Stockport has succeeded in returning a fair profit t/ v » l> o Bnciilatni- s wnnld nttprl v fail at ShvewshnVv- bef6re considered as the ocipe of perfection. Willi all these difficulties, surely every man a well- wisher to the town, and: particularly to its future welfare ( I mean in after generations), will not decide hastilv, nor make up his mind too quickly, as to what should or can be done. 1 think, Sir, 1 have collected that every one thinks, that the present Wyle- Cop cannot be improved so as t, o be perfect. It is said, however, that the respectable inhabitants there are unwilling that the passing up and down the Cop should be taken away. I cannot think they are desirous of continuing it, when I consider the humanity that I know resides in the breasts ot the inhabitants there; whenl see, as I pass up and dow n the Cop ( which I very frequently do), the dreadful scenes of bar- barity by flogging of horses, some of them half- starved, and tlie difficulty mid danger of waggons, carts, coaches, and carriages, very heavily ( mostly too heavily) laden, ascending and descending the hill, accompanied by the most horrid and dreadful imprecations. I say, I cannot think for a moment but that the inhabitants there would hail as a jojous thing the removal of such a nuisance : unless, indeed, you can consider and reconcile it that, from seeing the thing so fiequently and constantly, they are inured to it, and view it with perfect indifference. There is another reason ( a very cogent one with me) inducing me to think that they would rejoice at the removal of it, which is, that their young children would not be so subject as at present to the dangers j attending on carriages going up and down the Cop, I particularly in the steepest and narrowest part of it I near the Lion. I find various plans have been suggested for get- ting the better of these difficulties, and that one or two are now under consideration. From the ability and integrity of the persons who are making the enquiries respecting them, there can be no doubt but that every thing that can be will he done, to preserve lo the inhabitants and proprietors Of property there that right which they have ( unfit, fately that the way by the Walls has been improved), for cen- turies so exclusively enjoyed of a ro& d short in comparison w ith the otlie. r to the principal parts of the town and to the inns. ' If it were admitted by any that it was possible to make'the Cop a perfe'et tions to ctme. The highly respectable and respected quarter from which the last- suggested plan proceeds, ought to have every attention ; and I hope and trust there will be a full developement of all its ad vantages, and the probable expense of carrying it into execu- tion, stating at the same lime what the difficulties are that may be iu the way of carrying it into effect. Tbe approach to the town this way, I fear, is farther about than the present; but it is fine beyond any other, and may at a future time he accomplished. Let the worthy proposer but lay the foundation stone, I may safely assert that it will be done in time. But one of the chief things we want now is to get the SHORTEST ( for distance seems much calculated on), and most convenient passage through the town for travellers from London and the South of England to Ireland and back again, in order to secure and keep . the travelling thatjwe have with labour and pains' established to Ireland, and which becomes more* important every day, and to be done as speedily, - fhfct in, with as. little delay as possible. I would'not lose sight of any of the other plans that havie"' Veeri pro- posed, but it appears to me that which is be § t caKm. lated for the purposes we want is going at the back of the Lion, across Milk Street, down Kiln Lane, widening it for the present in'the narrow part froin the Peacock SJiut, on th*: HijHi Street side of it, to Mrs. Ellis's, near the Market House, to proceed in a straight or nearly a straight l. ine, by the Fox and Talbot Inns, through or neai'' th. e house occupied hy Miss Hay ward's, in J*> hoplatctya thence through dila- pidated and property of Verv small vnlno th © centre of the Welsh Bridge. I should[ then continne the*' Tine across Itfrankwell Street, raising it out of flood's way, and not injuring but improving property there," through so( iie small bouses facing the bridge, and go tlie nearest and most eligible way under Dr." Darw in's Wall to the Mount, borrowing a few feet of land frpni that worthy man to make the road wider there than it otherwise would he, in case it should be found necessary ( I doubt much whether it will be necessary or not), lowering the rise at the Mount; and thus accomplishing the shortest,' straightest., most level, and most commodious passage for Ireland from Ihe English Bridge through the town to ] t. he .41* J N?:.- I • » - « • • * " ''"" to the speculators, would utterly fail at Shrewsbury. In those towns there are plenty of vacant sites for building upou ; there is a numerous and rapidly encreasing* manufacturing population, and conse- quently a great demand for and a facility in erect- ing numerous residences for the poorer classes, whose wag- es enable them to enter into the associa- tions alluded to. But here, in the centre of Shrews- bury, where shall w § find a tyne for our purpose, except such as is already occupied, in many parts of it, by valuable buildings? and where shall we find an adequate number of persons of the labouring classes anxious ty build, or to pay high rents for, small dwellings? * The writer in the Chronicle, ' it will be seen, has raised ( in his imagination) a fund of no less than £ 360,000: he says that by paying; 2s. fid. a week ( he does not. say for what length'of time), each member of his association is to he entitled to, £ 120 : and he is satisfied that 3,000 shares at least witl be taken ! Each shareholder of 2s. 6d. a week tiiay build himself a house : indeed, one pa, rt of his schenje would imply that the holder' of half a share— that is the payer of ls. 3d. a week, is to become the possessor of a house. Each house built with £ 1* 20 ( and which sumj be it remembered, is also to bear the expense of purchasing* the ground it is to stand upon— valuable groiirid we all kno\ y fy to be— as well as the costs of a purchase deed," and its concomitant investigation of title, a mortgage, and a reconveyance !) — is to produce a rent of £ 8 or £ 10 per annum— and, what is still more astonishing, although the money is t. o be expended as fast as it is received ( Rule 4), yet any member— by which we must understand every mem- ber, may ( Rule 7th) recei. vesl?, aek, when he chuses, nil the money he has paid, with 5 per cent, interest. •— ... farther end of Frankwell that can be. It would ope n approach to the town, it would. be most desirable to fine sitps for building all the way, would improve the preserve it; but that, L understand, isasserjed by interior of " the town, would obtain for yoit a* fine a « » ll cannot be done. I am sorry for it. And as the street as, in any town out of London, and which m inhabitants at large cannot be benefitted but by honour of lm preseut Majesty ( who, by the bve, vou seeking out some other way, let not the proprietors and inhabitants of houses on the Cop be displeased, but let them consider that . inasmuch as any . alteration which will he an improvement will tend to. bring more inhabitants to, and those in< haljita. yts, will un- justly boast, is a hurgess of t'he town)," may be clilled George Street," or " Great George Street " or ( I alteration |, ope this will not be called reckoning the chi'cken ' before it be hatched) " Rin^ Street." . ... v . . . It may be said, the localinterests in other streets . prove the general trade and wella. e of, the town. It would be aficcted by the alteration • so the* miv is hest aud rjiost fitting that the sooner this horrible ( I do not admit they will); but the general of nuisance arid disgrace ( for so I niust and will, call it) 1 J ' • • • - » h m 1,1 to the town is done away with ; independent of its being a means to preserve the Irish travelling through the town, the sooner will the inhabitants of the town and the county, wilh the numerous hosts of nobility, gentry, antl others that are passing through tbe town, an8on\ e, hay. many, remaining in it for pleasure, for n. iediCal advice, and various other rea- sons, as their- fancies, pursuits, and humours prompt them, be satisfied that the inhabitants of the present day 44 have done their duty.". Which other way can you effect a good passage through the town ?; is then tlie question. Mr. Tel- ford, now confessedly the ablest engineer in this kingdom ( probably in the world), was requested to view the town, and to give his opinion on this diffi- cult. question. He did go over various lines that [ were pointed. out to him, and., made plans, and sent in a reporfc. of them. The gentlemen to whose in- ^ spec! ion these pape, rs were submitted did determine ( and I: need not here state the reasons for such deter jmination) that if woiild be impossible to adopt, and Scarry into execiition the plan. for the approach to the ^ town on an inclined plane erected on arches, 011 the north side of the hohses 011 the right band side of, ^ and going up the Cop. Another plan of another line pointed out to Mr. an me mouev ne uas paiu, wnu- u mictrM. 1 . • . , e , • . e . This matruinceiit paper and parchment plan ( bv l?> lr" rri' « get rid of the inconvemence of go..^ up the by, snch a plan would make Terra time for the ie submitted by b„„ which wa. to go up attorneys all the year round)- this Pactolian plan I'I'e hill by the easiest ascent that could be obtained — iias forcibly reminded me of a story 1 lately heard and vou shall hear it too:— A poor maniac tffiTyS'a ia Bedlam, whose brain had been bewildered by an ti e uUw^ e aM, w flf the. 0-- er. gtu( li^] S a.> piication to mathematical problems, imUv^ uai^ li): it onlv J « ; V_ o_ saw l. im, injii, cmifine. , 7 ....... j genc.„. the town is not to be surrendered to or compro- mised by considerations of local interests. Those, are interests which should and must give way to, the general good and welfare of the town at large.' I should like to give a sketch of ihe ways and means for accomplishing this desirable project ; but until some probab'e estimate of the expenses shall be made, or ascertained, as in Mr. Harley's and Mr. Birch's estimates, set forth on a former occasion, and which I hope the Sub- Committee will speedily get done, I shall not trouble you with any; for the mods' I should suggest and recommend, would depend § o mncfo on the quantum of expense, that it would be taking up too much of your Paper, and too rnnch oft the time of your readers, to state what on a further consideration and elucidation of the business might be found unnecessary. I will therefore postpone this part of the business until a hetter opportunity, when I will submit a few thoughts 011 other Im- provements, as connected with the Cattle Fairs, the Markets, the different Eulrances into the Town,, I Streets, some of the Churches, the Castle, ihe Free I School, the Post Office, Theatre, See. & c. & c. I So, Sir, bidding you heartily farewell for the present, I subscribe myself, your obedient servant, A SINCERE WELL- WISHER TO THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY. Since writing the above, I bavf read an Address published in the last Chronicle, whicli § 6 Exactly merit, and enquired the meaning of a number of calculations, wliicH hehad crowded upon the walls of his cell: by means of a piece of chalk with which his keeper had indulged hit^ i, that he had jiist brought to perfection a scheme by which thip NationalDebt might be paid off .-- Be had Convputed, he said, the exac. t quantity of \ yater . contained' in the sea, and he had ascertained, that rf thp Chan- cellor of the Exchequer would give orders to iiave tiie whole of it bottled off, and the water sold for a shilling a bottle, the sum thus raised would be just Lufficieu't to discharge, the National Debt. The writer in the Chronicle very placidly pro._ poSes that his plan should be aided by the Holyhead o- nmi& sVon^ rs uirtTer, the. authority- of a Holyhead Uoad Act. There is no Holyhead Road Act in RICHARD SMITH, COOPER, HIGH STREET, BEGS Leave to offer his most grateful Acknowledgments to those Friends and Customers who have for a Period of upwards of 40 Years honoured hi. u with their Support; ana most respectfully informs them that he has disposed of his Business to his Son- in- Law, E. WOOF, for whom he solicits a Continuance of the Favours so liberally conferred upon himself. I^ DWAKD WOOF, having taken to JL the Business of his Father- in Law, Mr. | . SMITH, takes the Liberty of stating, that it is his Determination to do every Thing in his Power to merit the Confidence of his Friends and the Public, and hopes to be able, with tjie Assistance of Mr. SMITH ( who will still superintend the Business), and hy keeping on Hand a Stock of the best Mateiials, aud good Workmen? to give entire Satisfaction to those who might honour him with their Commands. Shrewsburyr, January \ st9 l.& li. 1 would earnestly entreat my fellow- townsmen to. existence whicV has any authority within'this Town, pause, ere th^ y undertake a wqrk of any magiilt. ude.. - n<) t. j there any prospect of such an Act being* or expense with an exclusive, or even a principal, 0ktaj„ ed. O' Wheat ........ B'H'it'V Malt ' 50s to 72 » • 28s lo « ls fcls to ( i'Js VVIiite Peas Bi- aus ( bits 34s to 36s 34s to 40s 24s to 31s Fine Flour 55s to ( iOs |, er sack ; Seconds 50s lo 05s S. W / I'll f'l BI- 1> ( lieS' xfiti sinking offal). lleef.... 3s Mottou 3s 4d lo 4s 4d 8d to 4 s Sd Veal Pork fid^ to tis Od to 5s Hop, Seed, Com, Sc Cheese Warehouse, ChaiiSMMJT STREET. PEP LOW, grateful for the liberal » and extensive PaTonap- e be lias received for the above Articles, most respectfully announces to his Friends and tbe Public, that he has this Day taken his Son, G. IS. I'UPI. OW, into PARTNERSHIP; a. id that lit.' Business will in future be carried on under tbe Finn of JOHN PEP LOW and SON, who will execute nil Orders entrusted to their Cure with Punctuality, strict Attention, and on such Terms as they trust will merit future Favours. Shrewsbury, January 1 st, 1824. TO THE FACULTY. 4 YOUNG M. 4N, fully competent to assist in tbe several Departments of Pliar ~ itu- may be made ( Post- paid) either to Mr. WVKB, Surgeon, Shrewsbury ; or to Mr. VVVKP, Surgeon, Broseley. January 5th, 1824. macy, Surgery, and' Midwifery, wishes for a Sit,, - ition with a Medical Gentleiuan.— Application ma JOHN JONES, Cooper and Back- Maker, WYLE COP, jEEPLY impressed with Gratitude for the liberal Support experienced while in Partnership with Mr. SMITH, and particularly since commencing* Business on his own Account, begs Leave to return his most giateful Thanks for the same ; assuring his Friends it shall always be his Study to merit their future Favours. Brewhouses, Cellars, fitted up, and Brewing- Materials carefully repaired,— Turnery Ware of every Description. | Shrewsbury, January 5th9 1824. WIL LI AM~ SE LIMAN, Brazier, Pewterer> Tin- Plate Worker, and Dealer in Old Metals, ( Late Foreman to Mr. and Miss BRYAN,) RETURNS his most grateful Thanks to his Friends and the Public, for the many Favours conferred on bin? sinc. e his commencing Business; and respectfully informs them, that he i is now REMOVED to the Shop and Premises lately occupied by Miss BRYA'N, where be intends carrying on the Business in all its Branches; and lie trusts that, by Attention, and Punctuality iu the Execution of all Orders confided to hiin, he vviil be able to give Satisfaction ;— as he is determined that no { Exertions shall be wanting* on his Part, to merit the Patronage of all those who favour bii. n with their Commands. Wyle Copy Shrewsbury, January 1 sty 18* 24. WI rXuH~ LACON7 IRONMONGER AND GROCER., OSWESTR R, N terminating the Labours of Six and __ and Forty Years, begs to express his most grateful Acknowledgments to bis; Friends and the Public, for their long- continued Patronage and Support, and respectfully and earnestly reeom. mends to their Notice his Son, JOHN LACGN, who having* b^ en his chief Assistant ( luring the last Fifteen Years, has taken to his Ironmongery and Grocery Business, which he will carry on in all its Branches. -- - xpensfc ...... .... view to the accommodation of the Irish Mail That iquch may be done to improve the approaches to the town, and to render the streets more commo- dious as well to the inhabitants, as to the country families who frequently, and the strangers who occasionally, favour us with their cheering and enriching visits, is undeniable: and THIS I con sider a rational and most laudable motive for per- sonal exertion and pecuniary contribution. Many plans have been promulgated on the subject. . The first, namely, that in which the destruction of half the Wyle Cop forms so conspicuous and awful a feature, having no serious advocate, may be finally I JJJ? in^ V'Vduais dismissed, with this one observation, that it Would " • J: L ,, be very unfair to attribute blame to Mr. Telford for 1 , n these nmes "" his Report on this subject, his business being simply to point out the most advantageous line of. road, and mode of constructing it, without reference to the ways and means, without calculating the value of the property destroyed, or the probability of raising funds for effecting the scheme. ' Another plan, that of preserving the great Irislr'rpad' through the town by making a Toad which shall; avoid the town altogether, may do very well * for a very Irish road, but will not answer our purpose : I allude to the line proposed from Shelton, by Kingsland, to the Column. Two other plans have been noticed by yon in your Paper of last week. I believe the . Committee, which was appointed by oibt^ ined. But, setting* aside, all the wild fnncies of the writer in the Chronicle, in regard to his 3000 little speculators, with their SOO. D little houses ( for little houses they must necessarily be), I would ask him to shew, by any rational mode of computation, in what way the purchasing* of valuable sites, and in mapy places ( as in Shoplatch and Princess Street for instance) valuable buildings al so, for the pur- pose of pulling down those buildings and erecting oither smaller and consequently less valuable pre- mises where they stood, can possibly be a profitable speculation. If this can be proved, we have spi- ! ds amongst us, with capitals which ... they would be glad thus tq turn to profit^ and we should want none of the complicated umi « machinery of committee- men, trustees, arid secre- ^ M1 L taries, to'set the work a going. But the contrary 110 is the truth : the improvement of the town is a t" m* n ", r work in which money must be sacrificed, in which present individual profit inust give place to the prospective though certain prosperity of the town in general. One word more, and I have done ( it is hig- h time, perhaps!) Why are we to be smothered twelve days in every year by an inundation of fleecy people? and vjhy are vye twelve other days in every year to have our streets filled with filth, our out- door comforts banished, and our ljmbs and our lights ( I mean both windows and eyes)?' not to say qur lives, throngs of horsedealers? The fairs bring wealth to the town it is certain; but jf a sufficient spot of ground were selected near the town for holding* them, those who frequent them would adjourn to the shops and taverns and spend as much money amongst us, as they now do, whilst we should g* et rid of a monstrous and dangerous nuisance. In- dividual tradesmen, resident in the districts where the fairs are held, might suffer; but the general trade of the town would not; and again I repeat, that partial and individual interests ought not to interfere with the genera! good of the community. Begging* your pardon for fh: s too tedious letter, lam, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Jan. 5,1824. A TOWNSMAN. COOK. WANTED, in a Gentleman's Family, where a Housekeeper and Diijry Maid are kept, a GOOD COOK, who thoroughly understands her Business, and can undertake Soups and made Dishes. — Apply to THE POINTER ; if . KY Letter, Post- paid. JOHN LACON, in succeeding t<? hjs Father's Trade, cannot but feel most sensibly the Obligations he is under to tljose Friends, by whose Kiiidliess he is enabled to commence business on his own Account, and hopes, by diligent Atten- tion and Care, to merit their continued Friendship, and also a liberal Share of Public Support. J. L. has tiiade Additions to his Father's Stock by recent Purchases in the best Markets, which will enable him to supply his Friends on the lowest Terms. ' the late meeting at the Town- hall, are* in genera! .} ,,? ca" ^ favourable to the line which skirts the town, passing j * ndaugered by the horns and tails of oxen, the along the Walls to Ciaremont, and thence to the i hoofs of , V). r?- es' hhidgeons of dro^ rs, a » d the Welsh Bridge. The advantages of this line are- first, the comparative smallness of expense ; se- condly, the practicability of making a good.. rpad, and freedom'from the casual obstructions occuri ing* in tlie streets of a populous town ; and, thirdly, the beauty of tj^ e scene it would present to t ravel- .. Now, t'. ie first of these advantages, which is essential onp for us, will, in my view of the case, be far more than counterbalanced by the sacrifice the town will make by giving the secoiid to the travellers who visit us in their transit. The third, ceteris paribus, I should hold as a'weighty one for the credit of the town, but if put in compa- rison, with a solid advantage, it woiild kick the beam I have said, that l am convinced we shall , yot retain the Irish Mail. If we were sure' of retaining it, it would still be a question whetherit would l^ e desirable to sacrifice the obvious advan- tage of an improved road thr^ ug- hHthe centre of. thd town, for the sake of making a new and good one along* the fiki^ ts of i. t, . and through unfrequented and unimportant parts of it ? Being*, however, uncertain of retaining it ( f think we are cehain of losing it), the question of comparative ^ dvantagi appears to me t « > be beyond a doubt. The pro jected new road ^ V the Walls will evidently be, of little or no use to the great bulk of the inhabitants of Shrewsbury— more especially to that important part of them employed in trade. To the tradesman, who journies forth on his avocations— To the com- mercial traveller, who brings his samples for the inspection of his customers- -' To the numerous aud important body of country gentlemen who visit, the town at our Assizes, Sessions, Hunt, and otfier public meiting- s— To their no less isgportantVand still more numerous body of wives and daughters, who bring wealth and gaiety and cheerfulness amongst us, by frequenting our shops and visiting their friends li. viug in the town— to the resident gentry, in their interchange of visits— a road by the Walls will be of little use, whilst an improve- ment or the present access to the centre of the .. town and of its trade, would be of essential comfort a, nd advantage. 1 do not now enter upon the question — decidedly the most difficult, question - of c& islng' funds for the improvements, whatever they M « iy The Committee contemplate the possession ti^ io/ n^ funds— I do not know from what source ; b. Mt propose to make a road by the Walls, they must have money for the purpose. I would argue, and urge-, that such money, from whatever sburce • arising*, would be expended to an infinitely greater public advantage in the improving of our existing approaches and thoroughfare; and as a further argument iu favour of this plan, I venture to assert, To the Editor of the Salopian Journal. SIR,— The Improvement of tlie Town of Shrews- bury is a subject now very universally . spoken of. [ t is one of gre^ it consequence, as if relates to the accommodation of the persons travelling through it to and from Ireland. It is also of great doysequence, as it relates to those travelling from Scotland and the North of England to Bath, Bristol, and the West of England, And. I consider ; t as one of vital . import ance, as it relates to tbe wealth- health, and welfare, not only of lite inhabitants now residing* iri it, hut of those who shall hereafter come to reside here, and future generations. • It ' u a subject of such magnitude, that I feel strongly . inclined to lay down my pen, and to decide that ! hati better not say any thing on it, unless I were equal to take it up on a wide and extended scale, and givt; such explanation of the whole as would lead and induce not only the inhabitants of the town, but all the. gentlemen of the county, and particularly those having landed property in it, to iend their aid, by their advice, iu maturing a Plan for the Improvement of ihe Town of Shrewsbury. I know that, in considering this subject, there are and w ilt be many interests to be considered ; 111> itt. nianv opinion's w ill be formed as ( o the best plan to he adopted ; and I am convinced that these opinions kxre so eouflkiiing in • the Uiiuds of men of the most upright iuteuiiou, of the soundest judgment, and of the strongest aitat'hinent to the town of Shrewsbury, that they are constantly doubting; whether they shall not alter their opinions and say, on further consideiv iug the subject, that what they thought best yester- day is noi so good as what ihey think best to- day and that they should not doubt bn: that to morrow may brn- g forth a bfette. r moite tlian that by them thought ! u- d » y as more perfect than what they had pn the back of the LiOn and Raven and Bell Inns, and into Milk Street at or near the dwelling house of Messrs. Birch and Son, painters. By this way it was apprehended that a very easy ascent up the hill Would be obtained, as well as a convenient access to both those excellent inns. This, however, was dis- missed by Mr. Telford, in his report, in what I con- sider rather a summary way, by his saying, that it Would involve the expense of not only a totally new street, but, crossing the connection to the Friars and Quarry Wails entrances, with au embankment of 15 feet in height, would either destroy or greatly inter- terfere with much property at the bottom of the Cop and in St. Julian's Friars. This certainly may be considered a very laconic and trite way of murdering ( by strangling in its birth) this best and seemingly only way of getting well into the town. I wish Mr. Telford had given his thoughts a little more lo tl* e consideration of the practicability of nPaking this a grn> « i rntrauce. to ihe'toivn. fiy tiie native energies of his mind, by his highlv- cultivated abilities, ma- tured hy the great experience he has had iu this country and abroad, I am confident he would have found out a way of making this a most excellent approach to the town, without crossing the' connec- tion to the Friars and the Wal^ s, without destroying . or greatly interfering with much property, but, by i improving the entrances to both Friars and Wstlls, by making the property there, which n^ w is con- stantly subject to be flooded, of greater value by raising it oi'it of ' flood's way, by haviug good houses erecte< l it^ lieu of those now there, which are a dis- grace to the town, and by obtaining ( if botli the sides of the bottom of the Cop cnn. be compassed to be rebuilt) an entrance into the town that will he handsome art entrance as to any town in the king- dom^ Had Mr. Telford Set aside the consideration of expipnse to |> e incurred, and the report to him of llis surveyors that a good approach could not be obtained i certain he would soon have found out not only how this could be made a con- venient', bur also a very handsome aud beautiful approach, without the great inconveniences that he has so shortly,* so inconclusively, and hitherto so unsatisfactorily set forth . Let not the gentlemen who form either the Com- mittee or the Sub- Committee give up [ he consider- ation of this important pass, under the idea that jbe approach hy the Walls would thereby become impracticable, or be materially interfered with, for the approach by the Walls would be materially improved by it; and that from the enormity of the expense it would be impossible to accomplish it. Let, at any rate, this expense be ascertained by an estimate of it, and then, if that expense he found to he so enormous that money cannot lie got for the purpose, the scheme must be given up ; and nothing short of such an expose will satisfy those who are favourers of- this plan and well- wishers of the town, as tliey think there is no other good way of making a good street and thoroughfare for the accommodation of passengeis going yyestvvatr(| Iy froiii London through the town. It was wished by many that Mr. Telford would | have surveyed the approaches to the town by the Walls; but for some reason or other, of which the public are not fully apprized, lie did not make such survey; concluding that good approaches to' the other parts of the town and to the iuns could not be had but by going from a quarter to half a mile about; at least he has made no report on ii A plaif, how- ever, has been suggested by one of the Sub Com- mittee, which is, to take down the Town Walls, rebuild them a few feet further out into the gardens below, aud make the road convenient from bridge to bridge. It was said, by the same gentleman, that the traveller might get very easily to the inns from this road, aud that it would be accomplished at a much less expense than any other; accordingly it has been considered worth while that a plan and estimate shonld he made, and the same, I presume, is in progress, to be ' laid before the Sub- Committee at their next meeting, preparatory to its being submitted to the General Committee at their meeting on the 19th January. I think, independently of other serious objections to this plan not necessary to mention at this time, that from the beginning to the en$ this plan will be found to'be as expensive, if not more so, aud much more inconvenient than the Wyle Cop itself. As a plan of this proposed alteration, however, is being made, it will be well to suspend judgment and criticism until it shall be done and laid before the Committee and the inhabitants. 1 could suggest a better mode of approach by the Walls than this, and will at a future time, which ought to be carried into execution, as well as that oil the back of the Lion and Haven and Bell Inns. Another plan has been suggested by an honour- able member of the Sub Committee, which deserves great attention, and that is, to make an entire new line of road from about the 2- mile- stone near Em strey in a straight line to the Boat- house opposite lb Mouse of Industry ; to have a new bridge over th river there, and to carry the road straight on to St John's Hill. This leads at first view to such a fearful expense, that I am afraid of contemplating it moment; but this plan, as well as all other plans should have full and mature consideration, for it not for the present day alone that we should calcula advantages, but we are or ought to calculate for the prosperity aud improvement of the town for gen en * a | corresponds with ftiy ideas on the practicability of ' s,.| going on the back of the Lion, except in the bend ot I by Messrs. Barnes and Carliire's ( vorkshops, that 00 I cannot help thinking that it would. be very wrong to compromise this very handsome approach, as it will he if ever done by a bend, that will preserve a great deal of the present deformity of the Wyle Cop, on account ( and it can he on no other account I con- ceive) of a very few hundred pounds. This, to mention a phrase often Uiade use of, would he " to lose the sheep for a penny- worth of tar." a . as To the Editpr of the Salopian Journal. SIR, In your last Journal I offered a few remarks on the scheme for'a n'dw road through Shrewsbury which was to extinguish one- half the trading part of the parish of St.. Julian : that scheme I charac- teris^ d as Quixotic ; aud I was not a little surprised, to find that, oil Friday last, with much solemn parole and circumstance, mixed up with the most bold premises and unjustifiable conclusions, a scheme' not oiie whit more practicable than, and at least four times as expensive ( let the money come from, vyh. ere it will) as/ the exploded Wyle Cop plan, was promulgated ". for public consideration' and discussion." The projectors ( I adopt this term at the outset to prevent circumlocution) of this new scheme, after a very solemn invocation to' the feeling- s of the inha- bitants^ state— what I believe no one will contro- vert— that the great cjiiestion, for general consi- 4t deration is, How can the great Thoroughfare be - V secured ^ o this County, and the Improvements of, u this/ Town be effected with the least sacrifice to u individuals?" They then notice the several' plans that have been offered ; and first, the Wyle Cop scheme, which they ( as every one else had done long* ago) abandon. Next? the plan for ltoad alous » * the Town Walls is noticed by them, follows-.— " The Second— To embank from the Welsh " Bridge to Clareniont, thence pass by St. Chadvsl " Church along the \ yalls tothe English Bridge.' " objections to1 this line a|* e, that it avoids the <{ chief Inns, which'would b^ deserted, and nevV li Inns erected on th j s line ;— that it tends'to no 4< general improvement in the centre or busy part " of the town ; and that it is not contiguous to any ^ building* lands calculated for trade, so as ulti- i( x mateiy to repay the expenses of the work." As this plan, though condemned by the " pro- jectors," was, on the sug- gestion'of a gentleman intimately connected aud acquainted with the town, taken up by a h( ii\ ourable gentleman at the lata meeting in the X0 ™ 11 Hall, and is now under the serioufe consideration of'the Sub- Committee ap- pointed to consider of improving the Road through ; Shrewsbury, I shall, before 1 conclude, trouble vou aud ybur readers with feome remarks upon it': * but at present I proceed " to'the1" scheme of the " projectors." "' Their scheme, then, is, to adopt the plan hinted in Mr. Telford's ^ amobs Report — namely, to cut through the town, from the Welsh Bridge, across tirnarvon Lane, Hill's Lane, and Ciaremont Street; t Shoplatch, and then again to. resume cutting; away at ihe top of Princess Street, through the rear of the Raven and Bell and Lion premises, to the bottom of Wyle Cop. Now what said Mr. Telford himself to this pjan I * Why, he said— This line " would involve the'ex- . pense of not only a totally new street, but," er6ss- ' ing the cbunection to the Friars and Quarry W'alls 4 entrances, > yjith an embankuventof about 15 feet ^ ft in height, would either destroy oi* greatly inter- <{ fere'with muph property in that quarter, as well 4 as oil both sides of the bottom' of Wyle Cop. u Through the whole extent of this'line new ar- rangements'would require to be made, and, if accomplished, the thoroughfare would not J> e 4 moi'e'commodious than the first described [ the 4 condemned Wy. le Cop line], which might be made at one- fourth of the expense." It will, perhaps, be said, that Mr. Telford in- cluded the alteration of Shoplatch and Princess- street in his estimate. Perhaps he did. The talents of Mr. Telford every one must admit : they will al^ o admit, too, that, in such an estimate as this ( only £ 160,000 !) he did not, probably, confine himself to a few thousands. I think it may fairly be presumed, therefore, that the estimate may stain] as it is, together with Shoplatch and Princess- street ! ! Aware that even Mr. Telford's opinion and estimate is against their scheme, the 44 projeclors" remark, 4 it has been objected that it would be necessary to embank at ihe Friars,' and they therefore propose to make 4 another way into the Friars, or turn on to the 4 Wyle Cop at Messrs. Barnes aud Carliiie's, the 4 descent from which place may be made sufficiently ' easy for the Mail Cojich to proceed at a trotting 4 pace I1 Before I 4 trot' any farther, I will particularly request the public attention to this part of the scheme. What a beautiful 4 turning' will it not be to the Wyle Cop at the point here specifiedAnd I ask any man who knows the ground, if, before a good road from Messrs. Barnes and Caiiine's to l! » e bridge can be made, the present shop and parlour story of the houses at tbe bottom of the Wyle Cop must not be completely buried? New or altered . NOTICE, approaches also would then be required to the Friars "* , ' ... aud the Town Walls. \ MT IJ E RE AS several . IJ ffls. on?., within The " projectors" next point out the " AHVAN- VT the last few Months,' have HAWKED and, • i- ACEs" ( mark the word!) of their line; and here VENDED SPIBITOUS f. lQUORSin the Name of their ideas seem not merely to have trotted Initio GEO. D. OWEN, Wine and " Spirit Merchant, Os- have gallopped on so fust, that I am afraid Ihe reader westry . This is to giv" e ' NOTICE, that the said '" " ' --->•-• - C ' » •' 1 GEO. D. OWEN has never'authorized any Person or Persons to hawk'Spirits in his Naitie, and that it has been done wholly without his Knowledge or Consent. Bailey Street, Osui^ try, 29th Dee. 1823. TO BE LET, AMOST convenient DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, situated in the Centre of the MARKET PLACE, in WELLINGTON, now in the Occupation of Mr. BRYAN, Surgeon.— For further Particulars apply to Mr. LAWLEY, Lse- g- oniery House, near Weill ng'ton or Mr. HQBTONJ Priors Lee House, oear Shiffnal. January 3c/, 1824. , . TO BE LET, And entered, upon immediately, ALL that capital Family MANSION, ready furnished, called COURT OF HILL, in the County of Salop: containing a spacious Entrance Hall, Dining Room, Drawing. Room, and Breakfast Parlour, Seven best Bed Rooms, together with Servants' Apartments and Offices complete, with Double Coach- House, and Stabling- for 14 Horses; also Two excellent Walled Gardens, . well stocked with Fruit trees ai( d, in good Condition. - COURT OP HILL stands upon a line Eminence, commanding most beautiful and extensive Prospects over a Part of the Counties of- Hereford and Wor- cester ; distant from Tenbury 3 Miles, Ludlow 8, and from Worcester 26 Miles. For further Particulars apply to THEOPIIII. DS RICHARD SAIAVEY, Esq. of The Lodge, near Lud- low; or to Mr. RICHARD WHITE, of Ercall Park, near Shrewsbury.— All Letters must be Post- paid. The Lodge, 5th January, 1824- will find the enumeration of unexampled benefits ( in embryo) rather tedious • but to these I must entreat his attention:— First, then, say the " project- ors," it will pass tbe present Inns, where much individual property has been expended under the impression that Parliament had determined the line of ibe Holyhead Road should be Continued through Shrewsbury.' Next, it will pass through alleys afid dwellings'ol' the'lowest description, nearly worthless, and the frequent sources of moral and physical disease. But the principal advantage is, ' that the line keeps the connection with the Wharfs at tbe Welsh Bridge, that it is desirable for trade, aud that every habitation now of little value, will be converted into'a valuable site ; and ihe purchase of which property would be a profitable speculationTbev then assert'tbat the line " here recommended would I re- pay Itself," and. in order to insure ( be full benefit | of this t'lieir discovery, tliev point out, of all oilier modes, tbe establishment of a " Building Society !" — a Building Society, lo cut through, pull down, make street- room forj and re- build, along almost ihe whole diameter of an ancient and closely- built Oietropolitnil town!!! Tils gravity » iih which the fourteen leading re. gulalions of this Society are propounded is truly ludicrous, nnd could give rise to none but risible idea?, were it not. for ibe solemnity with which up. peals are made to tbe ' sober and economical' among the working classes— tbe temptation of 8 or 10 per cent, interest on tbe investments of their hard- earned savings in this hollow schem — nnd the knowledge that it too often happens, lliat the unwary though beif- ihlentioned of these classes are led to invest their inoncy in the hands of insolvents, or in schemes fo thein iiltle more profitable in the result. To shew that 1 bare not adopted this language without some grounds, I shall just remark, thai from the " regulations" nnd an accompanying note of tbe « protectors,". I learn that they expect 3000 shares will betaken. " if the design he fully understood ns welVas broadly founded and patronised ;" that each shareholder,. is to pay fur bis share £ 0. 10s; per annum ; and, that each share is to be estimated at £ 120, with which latter sum, say the " projectors," i „ . . . . , • i a vvorkimr man may build himself a house to live in, I l^ T , s I, ereh. V g, ven< lhat oMo let at £ 8or £ 10 per annum ! COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT for Now onlv examine this • let a sober working man Improving the Town of Shrewsbury have appointed pay iu bis money reo- ularlv, and he vvill he above 18 Mr. THOMAS HILIUTCH INSPECTOR OF NUI- yeurs in realising his share"; for if, in case of a ballot, SANCES in the said Town ; and to prevent any i lie should obtain possession of his share previously, Persons from incurring Penalties inadvertently, he is to put it in moct.. a « e and pav interest ( beside the Committee hereby also give NOTICE, that the all other contigeirt expenses) on il ( ill be has paid his said THOMAS HILPITCH is under peremptory Orders £ 120' and this last sum is to build a house, oo Ibis to Report all Persons neglecting to Sweep the to be main line through the town, worth £ 8 or £ 10 Footways before'their Houses op every MONDAY, per annum ! Was there ever such a " wild assertion ? WEDNESDAY, anil FRIDAY Mornings, . or obstructing I will suppose that they ate commencing ( as they the Footways by any of the Means enumerated propose) tbelt new street at Ihe Currier's Shop, near in the Act, or throwing any Ashes or Dirt, or the Wilsh Bridge— hilt before Ihey do this, the committing any other Nuisance in the said Streets ; Society ' tiinst* at a cost of several hundred pounds, and further, that Penalties will be enforced, to the obtain a pcrniissive'Act of Parliament. Instead of I utmost Extent allowed by the Act, against all finding ' " nearly worthless" premises, Ihey must I Persons offending against the above Provisions | expend several thousands of pounds in purchasing I thereof. ' ' By Order of the Committee, WILLIAM LEE, Clerk. | Street. Act Office, . tan. 6th, 1824. OF FORTY HOGSHEADS OF EARTHENWARE and Patent IRON- STONE CHINA, Being a select Part of the Stock of the Patentees ( declining Business) • mm mm im BY MR. PERRY, On Monday, the 10th of January, 1824, and Five following Days, in the Great Room at the Lion Inn, Shrewsbury. ' , rrWEabove STOCK consists of fine TABLE and DESSERT SETS, a large A Assortment of VASES and TRIPODS, with a. few choice JARS, exact Copies from I'ONTHILL Originals; together vvith a great Variety of antique JUGS,, . MUGS, hud STATE BED- ROOM SUITS, fee. 6tc. . , » .,,. . i. , , • •!...••• The EARTHEN- WARE Part of the Stock embraces fAfl& E SETS, DESSERT. SETS, Breakfast and Tea Ware, Jugs, Mugs, Bakers, Plates, Dishes, tiS'ttJu'sy Ewers and Basils, Soap Boxes, Brush Trays, Foot and Slop Pails, Basins of alt Sizes, Tea Pots, Sugar Boxes, itc.-& c. fce.;' aud every other Article usually made of that Body. . .. The three first Days' Sale will commence precisely at Eleven, and continue till the Articles inserted in the. Catalogues are disposed of,— The . three last Days' Sale will be from Eleven till Two, and from Fiye in the Afternoon till, Eight in the. Ev^ iiing'. :-' •' Mr. PERRY respectfully solicits. Attention to this'Sale; assuring- the Publick the Property is well deserving Notice, and is wholly for actual Sale without Exception, or Reserve of any Kind. A GENERAL ABSTRACT of the ACCO0NT of EDWARD PEARSON, 1%. treasurer of'the Public Stock of the CIO U NT Y of MERIONETH • ofthe Receipts arid Disburse- ments, as such Treasurer, for one Year ending 5th of April, 1823, conformable to an Act passed in the 55th Year of King George the Third, cap,, 51, intituled " Au Act to amend an Act of His late Majesty King George the Second, for the more easy assessing and levying of County Rates and allowed by the Magistrates present on the 29tli December, 1823. RECEIPTS. •£.. .,. d. To Balance of the lust Year's Account 643 11 To Amount of Assessments received... 2208 19 Received of tbe Inspector of Corwen, for Fines of defective Weights and Measures Received of the Guoler, fof Hose knit by the prisoners.!..;.....,. ....„,.. 0 1J 010 To the Inhabitants of Shrewsbury. W £ 2853 18 71 N. B. The greater Part of the Balance that appears against the Treasurer up to the 5fti April, 1823, was not paid to him until the two following Quarters. ., • t ' b the premises so far as to include only Ihe maltster's | pYemises. at the bottom of Hill's Lane'. Their street is to be 45' feet wide, and every atom of building, | from the Currier's Shop up Ibe left of Hill's Lane to ihe premises of Mr. Hill, distiller, and from Hill's Lane to the , Mardol premises ( excepting; perhaps, those of, I believe, Mr. Garden), most lie purchased and taken down before they can hare any sites to build upon : in crossing from fill's Lane and Cole Hall to Shoplutch they will find an enormous expense in purchasing merely street- room, lo say nothing of building sites; they will scarcely venture to meddle with ' Shoplalctl or Princess Street, though without alteration ihere their scheme will be incomplete in its most essential part: after tliev have cut through Mr. Birch's premises at the top - if Princess Street, Ihey cannot commence building till tbey are beyond ibe Lion premises : and from Ihere lo the bottom of Wyle Cop, thev must purchase and take down a continuant pile of old, it is true, but ( as Ihey will find) not nearly worthless" property. Some* misgivings as lo the enormous expense of their plan seem to have passed across ibe minds ofllie "' for they think it probable tbe Society To Road- Makers and Contractors. XT OTICE is hereby given, that the I Ll Trustees of Ibe Shrewsbury District of the Walling Street Road, commencing at the Pavement in the Abbey Toregale, and extending to near the Seventh Mile- Stone on the London Road, are de- sirous of CONTRACTING for keeping the said Line in Repair, lor a Period of not less than three Years, commencing on tbe 1st Day of February, 1824. The Contractor will be allowed the Benefit of the j Statute aud Composition Dulles ( to be. apportioned I by 1 be Magistrates-), and will be required to give | Security for the Performance of the Contract. Persons desirous of riiiderlaking the Repairs are I desired to send Proposals ( sealed up) to Mr, JOHN JONES, Clerk to the Trustees, al or before Eleven o'clock iii ibe Forenoon of MONDAY, Ihe NINETEENTH I tstaiit.-- Those sending Proposals- are desired to at- / SignedJ JO IIS EDWARDS, RICHARD HUGHES. DISBURSEMENTS. £. s. d. Paid for repairing County Bridges ..... 45( 9 1 6 Ditto for Repairs of the'County Gaol, Houses « f Correction, and County Halls...., '. 13 4 11 Ditfostownrds buildirtgf the New County Half, eDoli » elley....'. 968 13 0 Ditto for Maintenance of Prisoners 53 13 3 Ditto for apprehending and'Conveyance of Prisoners and Criminals.-.';; ,.-, 34 18 4 Ditto nod Relief of Vagrants 2 19 5 Ditto Coroner's Bills.:.. .„.-. 19 14 0 Ditto Attorneys' Bills, for Prosecution ofCijiiii- rlkrl'Prisoners. i 96 4 7 Ditto Ditto, for other Cbuufy Business.. 23 0 8 Ditto the Hundred of Mowd'dvvv, being ,:. a " Repayment of. Money/ for fie pairs of Bridges in said Hundred 27 16 10 Ditto fjir Coals, to the Prison 21 11 .8 Ditto a Year's Rent for the DepAt of the Arms ofthe Merionethshire Militia 10 0 0 Ditto for cleaning and repairing the County Hall Clock, Bala. < - 2 17 0 Exhibition te the Marshalsea and Fleet Prisons...., 4 0 0 paid Surgeon's Bill, for attending- Co- roner........;,,...., , 110 Stationers' Bills ... 12 11 4 Trumpeters and Praclaimers .. 2 5 6 Salaries.— Clerk of the Peace, and for attending Adjournments 44 14 Chaplain. .„...'...,. 20 0 Surgeon Keepers of Houses of Correction Surveyors of Bridges : Inspectors of Weights and Measures.... Gabler,.'., Treasurer . ' Paid for Returns of tbe Population -.. Mr. Hugh Owen's Bill of Expenses incurred as to a jViare stolen from wWii'shi Evans, Coedyfoel, near Bala 7.3 4 Lahipyftwd Posts for Corwen Bridge..., 2 0 6 ( Paid John Richards (" bei ng the A mount, of Damages, allowed by the Magis- trates,' at a Special Petty Sessions, ^ held at Peunal on tbe 28t'h October, 1822, for some malicious Persons kill- ing a Mace of tbe said John Richards) 7 0 0 V ft lit able': Fdrpi^' f Stock' Household. Liirnitme, Dairy $ Brewing Vessels. ( WHCLtY WITHOUT EXCEPTION OR'RESERVE.) BY MR " PERRY, On Monday and Tuesday, the l2tli and, 13th of January, 1824, 011 the Premises at R11ANDRE- GYNWEN, in the Parish of Llandisilio ( 6 Miles froinOswestrv and 9 from Pool) -. entire LIVE STOCK, GRAIN, S HAY, IMPLEMENTS of HUSBANDRY, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Dairv and Brewing Utensils, belonging to Mr. WILLIAM THOMAS ( about to. quit the Farm) : consisting of Twenty- six capital DAIRY COWS, Heifers, Bull, Bullock, &- Caives'; Team of excellent Draught HORSES, & ( JOLTS ; STORE PIGS; SHEEP; StACKS of GRAlrf and HAY; WAGGONS, TUMBRELS, Ploughs, Rollers, Winnowing Machine, and numerous other Implements; also Three Stone. Cheese. Presses; Tw o Furnaces, and Dairy Vessels of cVerv Descrip- tion ; together w| th the Whole of the ' Household Goods and Furniture. Particulars will he stated in Catalogues, and dispersed in the Neighbourhood. To Linen and Woollen Drapers. BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, RPN E STOCK of LINEN & WOOLLEN fl, DRAPERY, lately belonging to Mr THOMAS HARRINGTON, of the IRONBRlDGE, Shropshire - at whose House, the , same may br viewed nhk further Particulars bad. The Stock has'been recently purchased, and as the Premises are well situated in a flourishing and populous Neighbour hood, a favourable Opportunity is afforded to Persons desirous ol commencing the Mercery and Drapery Business. ' 1 st: January, 1824. £ Ye « r « illies 8st. NEXT WEEK. Library of" \ rah/ able Books. BY MR. HULBERT, At Six o'Clock 011 the Evenings of Monday, Tues- day, and Wednesday next, in the. Union Hoiiins, SWAN HILL, a little Distance from the Talbot Hotel : AYF. RY valuable and select LIBRARY of BOOKS, including a fine Copy of Bowles's Illustrated Recoi- d, Seholey's elegant Bible, Ala- Son's Polti-, Harding's Biographical Mirror, ( 1111. uierous- Portraits), Bover's French Dictionary, 2 Vols. 4to. Hakew, ell's Windsor, Parkyn's Monastic Remains, Woolnotb's - Canterbury," Hume and Smollet's England, Shakespear's Plays, Polehamp- toli's Gallery of Nature and Art, & c. & c. Mr. H-. also bejvs Leave to announce the Publico-, tion. of a SUPPLEMENT - to tlie CATALOGUE of his CIRCULATING LIBRARY of General Science, which includes St.- Ronan> Well, Dyers's History of Cambridge, Southey's King Arthur, Travels of Cosmo, Duke of Tuscany, Brocebridge Hall, Meluioth or the Wanderer, White's Farriery, & C. KC. : .'•. , The BEACON FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY have appointed Mr. HULBERT their Agent, for Shrewsbury and its Vicinity.— Prospectuses may now be had at his Office, High Street.— Tbe Ad- vantages, offered by . the Beacon Company to In- surers are- an. Abatement of 25 per Cent, on the Rate of Premium,:., besides a Reduction of 5 per Cent, on tbe Duty payable to Government.— and the Payment of 5 per Cent, on the Properly insured within one Week after the some has been destroyed or damaged bv Fire. $? jrcuj< 5fcMn> mtttine* On Timday, April 13th, 1824, WEEPST. AKES of 20 Sovereigns each, h ft. for- Colts and Fillies comino- Three - old ou the 1st of May; Colts- 8st. 41b.; Once round and a Distance. Untried Stallions br Mares allowed 31b one Allowance ontv SWEEPSTAKES of 10 Sovereigns each, to winch will be added the Innkeepers' Purse of- - Sovereigns ( expected to amount to - 50); three Years old 6st. 91b.; four 8st.: five 8st. 81b • sis Sst 131b.; and aged 9st. lib.; Mares and Gefd'ingg ' lowed 31b. Heats, Twice round and a Distance MACARONI STAKES of 10 Sovereigns each, for Horses not thoroughbred, that have been regularly hunted the preceding Season ; four Years old lOst 1011). ; five list/ 71b ; six and'aged list. Heats' Twice round and a Distance. 1 Present Subscribers, JOHN MYTTON- R. BENSON. HUNTERS' STAKES of 5 Sovereigns each for Ho rses not thorough- bred, and - ihat never started for Plate, Mutch, or Stake, previous to the Dav of Naming-( Cavalry Stakes excepted;. Heats, Once round aoq a Distance ; four Years old 10st 101b • five 11st. 71b.; six and aged P2st. , Yeoman Rider/ SHREWSJIURY HUNT STAGES of 10 Sovereioni each, by Members of the: Hunt, for Horses not thoroughbred, L2st. each ; Mares aud Gcldiu-. s allowed 51 b, Twice round and a Distance. . & ' - , ' Present Siibscri& ers, JOHN MYTTON^ R. BENSON. All the above Stakes . to close aud name to Mr WEATHERBY, qr the CL'ERK OF THE COURSE at Mr' HOWELL'S, Bookseller, Shrewsbury, on or before the 16th Day of . January, 1824. No Morse will ho allowed to start for either of the above Half- bred Stakes that has run with thorough- bred ones. 1 The Ag- es of the respective Horses to be consi- dered as if the Races occurred after the 1st of Mav 1824. • y At the above Meeting R. fieMon, Esq. challena€ i all England to Jig ht a Main of Cocks form) W- reigns, ot. any . other Sum that may be agreed upon Communications to be addressed to the Clerk of the Course as above. . ' • Balance due to. the County. ^ 2066 . ' . 787 9 10 8 .; £ 2853. 18', projectors ^ _ r ... s ^ . ... wili receive- enqouiaging eontrihutious from the I tend ; and no Person netd apply who' is not. praeti- HolyhCud Hoad Commissioners, from the Town Cor- I eally conversant in the Modern System of Forming poratiou, from the Incorporated Cootpauies, and from Country Gentlemen iu addition lo the shares for which they Will Subscribe! As a sprtr to the Country ( jentlpinen t( » come into theis Society, th'e 6k projectors", say it will exempt them and thi ir Tenants u fnnn Tolls which MUST otherwise he taken," 1 shall here at once deny this conclusion ; for ! will venture to assert, that neither ihtf ( J^ uoiry Gentlemen nor their Teonuts will evrr submit to tlie payment of Tolls for passing- throuoh the, To wo. To return to the rent of £ 8 or £ 10 for each £ 120 share. Some ( funhts, perjiaps, have already arisen ns to the warranty of this anticipation. It will borne in mind that Mr. Telford estimated tjhe ex- peftse of the - Wyle'Cnjj schelhe £- 40,000, and tliat he calculated the expense of the line adopted hy the u projectors" at four times th At su « n, or £. 160,600- no trifle, I apprehend: But what say the pro- jectors" themselves. They calculate their- Society to purchase and hold at least 3000 shares of £ M20 each, or £ 360,000 in the aggregate. Is this sum to be all expended on the line by them proposed ? If it is, what sober man would talk' of interest and repay inelit ? Mr. Telford's estimate of £ 160,00') had re- ference only to the clear expense, after purchasing- fakinjj down, re selling- sites, - road- making, and contingencies— not a half- penny for re- building- : and to he^ r of" a profitable speculation !" and of 8 or 10 per Cent, interest on each share !— why, are the men in their senses ? Look at Mardol, the most valuable and most wealthy trading- street of Shrewsbury.-- count the houses, back and front, from High Street to the Welsh Bridge— consider the rent and value to ofthe whole premises there, which amounts, 1 lieve, to about* £ 6000 pvr year. Where, on their hew lute, will th « ^ pi- ojeclOi'ft" place premises to return1 above the amount of tent just mentioned ? And vet they urge, with unparalleled ^ ssnranfcp,: that, by entering their Society, a working' man will have u ival security , for his money, aud larger in- terest than is given hv the. Savings Banks'.}" Truly we live in an age of etf rontery-; - The lateness of its arrival, and a pressure of other tn& tter, obliges us to post pone the remainder of OBSERVER'S letter until our next publication.~~ We must Entreat our Correspondents to favour us with their'future communications as eaily in the week as possible. ASSESSEDTAXES.- The surcharges for inhabited ^ jo\ iseDuty are suspended j but ihe notice to this effect does not prevent the necessity of appealing- ( where appeal is justifiable) against fhe surcharges for VViiidow Duty. " *•'' , and Keeping in Repair Turnpike Roads ..#. The BRIOOES of ATCHAM and TERN, and One - Hundred Yards at the End of each, are not included. * ; -". ft^ The Specification for performing- theWork may he s, e, en U| Wn Applicatioai to the CLERJS ? to the Trustees • or TO Mr. P'ENSON,^ in Oswestry.- S% rcwsbury,* January'bthy 1824. Tl KNplKf.: j'f) LLS. NOTICE" w' lierehy ' given, that the TOLLS arising- ajid to be collected at the under- mentioned Gatls, and flip Side Gales, Bars, and Machinfs thereunto l- espectively belonging, w'll be- LET BY AUCTION, for one or more Yrears, coimifencing at Lady- day'next, as may be agreed upon, at the Sign of the Raven, at Leo'Bridge, in tbe County Of Salop, on TUESDAY, tbe 27th Day of January, 1824, between the Hours of Eleven and Twelve in the Forenoon, iu the Manner directed by tbe Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, for regulating Turnpike Rn:. ds; . which Tolls ( including tbe Weighing Machines) produced last Year the fol lowing Sams, viz. '-£: « . d. Old Heath, Berwick, and Harleseott Gales... :....-..... 410 0 0 Cotwall and Crudging- ton Gates..... £ 35 0 0 Precs Gate;...:.... 19 6 0 Ilol lay ay Gate .. i 15 18 0 Above tiie Expenses of collecting them, and will he put up at thGse Sums. Whoever hap. peus'to be the best Bidder must, at tbe samp Time, pay one • ei'it I Mouth in Advance ( if required) of ' the Rent at I which such Tolls may be let, and give'Security, • " 1 with sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road's, for Payment of the Rest of the Money' monthly. — And at such Meeting other Business will be transacted.' JOHN WILLIAMS, Clerlf to tiie Trustees. Dfftce of Coronet. WE, the undersigned Magistrates, act- ing in the Hundreds of MUNSLOW, STOTBS- DON, and OVERS, are of Opinion that the Situation of Coroner for the above District would be most eligible in the Town of CLEOHURY MORTIMER, where he will be residing within four Miles. of Iron Works, and within six of the Coal arid Lime Works aud of Stotesdon ; and we also are of Opinion that tlie UBUVC OFLFUO CKAUI. l BO- lit. 1.1 BY a LEG- AL Profes- sional Man. Dated this 22d Day of Norembei, 1823. THOMAS WHITMORE, W. DAVENPORT, E. S. DAVENPORT, JOHN M. WOOD, THOS. MYTTON, CHARLES POWELL, THOS. 11. LOWE, WM. OTTER, JOHN WALCOt, GEO, RUSIIOUT BOWLES. lentioned, upon Roads in the Second District of I t] 1( 1 Bishop's Castle Coroner, he Bishop's Castle- and Montgomery Roads in xiiU would be attended with a great Expense to the Coitnties of Salop and Montgomery, will be • . . — . ...... LET BY AUCTION to the best Bidder, at the THE fi it F A T ST. LEGEII, 1824 — Previous to Thursday last, 79 horses bad eiilered ' for this SlataS; among which are Mr. Myllon's br. c. ' Oswestry, brother lo Wliittirigiorf; and Mr. J. ' Benton's l>. c. E'nville, by ' Ebpr, out of Quick- silver's dam. -.'• .. " i • • rpHE COMMISSIONERS for AF- A FAIRS of TAXE^' hereby give Notice, in Pursuance of Directions'to' that Effcct from the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, that the increased Charges made on the late ge- neral Survey to the Inhabited House Duty, on the Ground of the Houses having been undervalued in the Assessment of the present Year, ending tbe 5th April, 1824, will be suspended until further Notice. It will therefore lie unnecessary for the Parties upon whom increased Charges have been made, upon such Ground, to attend the Commissioners on the Days- fixed for bearing Appeals against such increased Charges. ' These Directions do not affect any increased Charges w hich may have been made to the Window Dutv, or liiiy Charges to the Inhab ted House Duty ou Houses f, ipf heretofore charged to that Tax.— By Ord^ r of the Board, ' ( Signed) ' EDWARD BATES, Secretary Office for Taxes, Somerset House, London, Dec.' 31, 1; 823. Dragon Inn, iu Montgomery, on THURSDAY, the 5th Day of I'ebruary ne* t, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for one Year from Lady Day 1821, in the Manner directed by tbe Act passed in tbe Third Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George ihe Fourth, " For regulating Turnpike Roads," which Tolls are now Let for the respect- ive yearly- Suuis folio- wing; viz.: Stalloe and Sarnvbrynealed Gates on the R. oad to Pool •...'£ 250 Montgomery Gate on the Road to Chirbury . ... 93 Weston Gate on the Road to Bishop's'Costie, / and Cefnyeoed Gate on the Road to Kerry § Green Lane Gate on tbe Road to Newtown.,.!. 32 Brynderweu Gate on the Road to Guniey ...... 39 Aylesford'Gate on the Road to Marlon.- i 6J The best Bidder for the Tolls of any or. either of the Gates, must at the same time give Security, with, sufficient Sureties to the" Satisfaction of the Trustees, for tbe Payment of the Money monthly. FRANCIS AI. LF. N, Clerk. LUDLOW ASSEMBLIES, rpriE FOURTH ASSEMBLY will EL be held at the TOWN HALL, on FRIDAY the 16th Day of January. Lady TRIMI. ESTONE, Patroness. JOHN MOLYNEUX, Esq. Steward. Dancing to commence at Nine o'Clock. Tickets of Admission to be had at Mr. Hoi) SON' Library. TURNPIKE TOLLS. 7^ 7 OTIC F. is hereby given, that Hereby tnar. the TOLLS arising at the TqM Gates hereiinder- To the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders OF TIM COUCTY OF SALOP. M V LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, riMI E Situation of one ofthe CORONERS a of this County . being abefut to become vacant by the Resignation of Mr. WHITOOMBE, I beg Leave most respectfully to offer myself as a Candi- date for the important Office, and to solicit the Honour of your ATTEND ANCE AT THE POLL: Since the division was made of the Hales Given District, the'whole of the Inquests have been held within 22 Miles of this Town, aud which has been tbe Residence of the Coroner ( or within eight Miles of the Place) for upwards uf 60 Years last past. If you appoint your Coroner at Bridgnorth, which lias already got one- for the Liberties —( another bein , likewise appointed for the extensive Franchise of Wenlock, and one also for Broseley)— then you will have Four Coroners within 8 Miles of ea'cb other, and tbe Hundreds' of Clun, Purslow, Ohirbnry, Ford, and Munslow, will be in the Jurisdiction of Wenlock Church Strelton Turnpike ' Roads.' NOTICE is herein" given, that at a MEETING of the Trustees, to be holden at tbe White Hart Inn,- in Much Wo'nlock, u* MONDAY, tbe 9th Day of February next, at 12" o'C! bck at Noon, the TOLLS arising'at .' the Gates under- mentioned will be LET BY AUCTION, for one or more Years csuimencing at Lady- Day next, as may be agreed upon, in the Mat) net- directed bv au Act of Parliament passed in the Third Year of the II . .. . J. I - . \\ - .. ... T/:.,— R^-, tl.„ To the Nobility, Gentry, - and Frepehplders OP THE COUNTS' OF SALOP. MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, npH- E great Success I have met with in iL canvassing for the Situation of Coroner for this County, vacant hv the,: Abdication of Mr, WaiTcqajDE, has impressed tee v. 11b a deep Sense of the most heartfelt ( ii'ititivlc ;• and I beg- you ail to accept iny uafeig ui'ij- ThaMk- S for the kind, Liberality aud Support I have experienced, and which fullv authorizes me to conclude that a triumpiiaiit Success awaits iiiy. Cause at the Day of Poll. . Montgomeryshire. © & MRTAIL TOUBiEIBa At the Goat Inn, iu Llanfyl. li. il, in the County of Montgomery, Oil Thurs'day, the 20th , Day of January, 1824, at 3 o'Clodk in the A. f, e. rnoon, subject to Conditions which, will he then, pro- duced, andin the following, or such Lots'as may be agreed upon at tbe Time of Sale : mtiE undermentioned Quantities of A OAKand ASH Timber Treps, Sen be- marked nmnhered, and growing upon the'BODFACK DEMESNE'and Lauds,, near LLANFYLL1N Lot I. 2S9 Oak Trees, Nos! from 1 tp - iCO . elusive ; and 3 Ash Trees, No's. 1, 2, 3; standing Cue Lloi, and other Ti elds at Bodfach, in th several Holdings of J. H. Letjibridge, Esq. Mr. Edward Lloyd, Mr. Robert Jones, aud fcr, Griffith Jones. , Lot II. 212 Oak Trees and 6 Cyphers, Nos'. from I to 242 inclusive ; and 23 Ash Tr^ es, Nos. frdrii 1 to23inclusi " ~ i-' ields and Ty Holding of Mr. Edward Lloyd. l. of 111. 173 Oak Trees; Nos. froni 1 to 173 inclusive; and 4 Ash Trees, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4; standing on B. u'vddon Farm, iii tlie Holding uf, Mr. William Williams. sive ; standing- in CaeMelyn, aad othe d Coppices on Tt'u- twll Farm, in til . $£> ate; 3 aucttoii. THIS DAY AND TO- MORROW. LITE STOCK. Grain, Hay, Implements,' and furniture. BY Ml?. SMITH, On Wednesday aud Thursday, the7th and 8th Days ol January,, IS- M ( by Order of the Sheriff)-, o„ tbe Premises ;( t WEBSC. OT, in the Parish of Middle, in the Comity of Salop : rpiiE entire excellent DAIRV COWS. JL - and other LIVE STOCK, IMPLEMENTS, Grain, Hay, FURNITURE, and Effects, k- lon-- in<* to Mr. HENRY KENT. The above Timber is of great- Lengths, large Dimensions, and of very superior Quality, suitable for the Navy, . or any Purpose where the best Timber is required. , , BODFAC 11 is situate about 9 Miles ( qf very g- ood Road) fronrthe"; Montgomeryshire Canal a't New Bridge, near Llanyuiynech, by which Timber may be conveyed to Chester, Liverpool, 6: c. t ... , ... p, . . - , i Mr, HUMPHREY HUMPHREYS, Llidiart- Worthing- , I. a. m aware, that a public Dec arat. on of several ton- neai. Bodfach, will shew the Timber.- For Magistrates lias. appeared, that they consider Gleo- fu„, te>. Particulars apply biiry . Mortimer {. being oil the Confines, of the County) the most eligible Residence for a Corone anil that they are likewise of Opinion that the Office of Coroner should be held by- a Legal Professional Man ; 1 it must obviously imply that they consider my Opponent, Mr. SOCTIIAM, should he elected in Preference to myself; but, with, due Deference to the Opinions of those Gentlemen, and in Vindica- tion ofthe Pretensions I have for the Attainment of that Appointment, I must beg Leave to appeal to your impartial Judgment, whether my PROFESSION and RESIDENCE do not both constitute my Eligi bility and Qualification to fulfil and discharge the Duty of Coroner as accurately, aad with ( at least) eqoal Advantage to this populous County in ge ral ? and I beg tasubmit, tliat I may, with the same ri* trates near St- Asaph. apply to Mr. SISSON, Plascoch, . . LIVESTOCK. • 20 capital Cows- and Heifers in- calf, f> two vears old Heifers, 2 Ditto Bullocks, 5 Yearlings,' g- qotj three- years old Bull, two- years old Ditto ; 7 useful Draught Mares and Geldings, capita' three- years old Draught Gelding, two- years old Ditto," and Yearling; 6 Sows and Gilts in- pig, 18 Stores, Fat Pig, and Brawn. - ,, IMPLEMENTS. Threshi ng Machine, 2 Waggons, new Waggon Chest. 3Tumbrels, 2 Land Rollers, Double Plough Wheel, and 2 Hand Ploughs, Pair of Tv. i,: s, o Pail- of Harrows, Winnowing Machine, Scales aud Weights, 24 Bags, Kibbling Mill, 8 Sets of Horses' Gears, 3 Stack Frames, aud tbe small Implements customary upon a Farm. GRAIN, 5< e. ^ Tbe Tenant's. 0 » < iug-. off Share of 40 Acres of Grooving- Corn, 3 Stacks of Corn in Slack Yard 2 Ditto of Barley, Ditto jif Oats, Slack of Seed Clover, 2 Ditto of Hnv : Quantity of Turnips and und ps Turnips to be Itc _ Four ign of his present Majesty King George the Ill- til, " For regulating the'Turnpike Roads;" which Tolls now produce the following Sums above the Expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at such Sums respectively .— Whoever happens to be the best Bidder must, at the same Time, pay one Mouth's Rent in Advance ( if required) of the Rent at which such Tolls may be let, and give Security, vvith sufficient Sureties to the Satisfaction of the Trustees of the said Roads, for the Payment of tbe Rest of the Money inoufhlv. Wenlock and Westwood Gates £ 130 0 0 Hazlar Gale 310 0 Rushburv Gate EDWARD JEFFREYS, Clerk'to the said Trustees. Wenloclr, hlh January, 1824. your Comity, us, out of t'. e 75 Iuquests held by Mr. WHITCQMEE during'bis Coronersliip of 5 Years onlv'., 7 have been held on the other Side of Bridg- ifortb, and which were in tbe Parishes of Radge, Cl'iverley, and Morvi. lle. - M r. JONES informs you that my Residence is upon Ihe Confines of tbe County ; tor which Reason I have come forward, and vvith what Success will be seen at the: Day of Poll. I f he will look to Batigh's Map of the Cpunty, he will find where the other three reside. For. what Purpose would it be to appoint your Coroner- iti the Centre of your County, or in' a Djstiict where othersfarealready exercising that Right within their Jurisdiction. I am sorry tb see that Mr. JONES, in bis Address, makes so light of the Office for which he is a Candidate.' If be will, for one Moment, consider tbe giieiit Importance and serious Duties of the Office, be will find that il is not attained . with tiiat Practical Knowledge whiqb be niay possess; but that the very ' Old Law Books ( of Waste Paper Value, as lie says) are tbe grand and Golvleo Laws for a Coroner, and if he does not. know and under- stand them, be must lie very unfit for such an Office. It'has not been in my Power, to personally can- vass tbe whole of the Freeholders throughout this County ; but I hope that ihose that I have not seen, vvill join Hand in ilaild with those that 1 have ; and I ass'oift the whole, that I shall feel myself highly honoured iu their meeting me at the Day of Poll; until'which Time, I have the Honour to remain, MY LORDS, AND GENTLEMEN, Your very obedient bumble Servant, S. P. SOUTHAM, JAN. 5, 1824. Solicitor, Cieobnry Mortimer. Quina Brook and Edstaston Lime Works. rglHE Pay- Dav for Lime, Coals, Slates, M & c. had from Messrs. JEBB and Co.' s Works, at the above Places, is fixed forMONDAY, the' 26th Day of January, 1824, at Mr. SANDS1, White, tion lun, Weiii, where Attendance will . be g- iven from Nine o^ Clock in the Morning- till Two in the Afternoon. Punctuality in the Payments being- indispensable, all Bills not paid on the above Day will be charged a Halfpenny per Bushel ejciiyi on the Lime, a Half- Consisteiicy^ nrg- e the Necessity of M being* Legal Practitioners, . as Coroners,- if every Day's Experience did. not evince, the contrary by theUbleOfscha rg* e of their Public Duty m adminis- t^ lnfc^ ee fpaud^" « l - HpoifLaw.' : s . » - As" reminds my Residence, 1 beg- ; t'o remark that BATDGSORTH, . as you well know,? is the- most Central Part of the District, besides which it is locally uiuch more populous than . Cieobnry, and consequently would be attended w. it'a ,- less Expense to the County. ; • ' 4 My Opponent, Mr. BROWN, too [ resident on the Borders of Staff< » rdshire), - nrg- es his ADROITNESS I a Lawyer* as a paratnoiint Qualification for the Oftii of'Cororjft? \ . but I heof to propound" to- you, whether there is any Thing* so abstruse or intricate in the Duty of; Coroner, which may not be with the g- reatesf. Faciility acquired without possessing- tin Sag- aciiv which the Practice, of the Law . may require .?' and ifeitte* the Profession of a Lawyer or a Surg- eou be necessary'for the Qualificatiou or Coroner, ) must: beg1: your Consideration Viii deter- mining- which you think should preponderate, as I presume .- that g- eiieraily, throng- bout the, Kitig- dom the Nninher of- Coroners' of the latter Profession much exceeds- the former,, and that they are numberless Instances of much g- reater TTtility . I am novy certain] y entitled to aug- ur favourable Is^ ue in the Contest in which I am eng- aji !, and I do. contidently look forward to ultimate Success, in my- Appoiutmenj ; and. should I be the Object of J your! Cnoic^ e, I shall endeavour to prove myself | worthy of so honourable a Distinction, by a faithful and diligent. Discharg'e of the. Duties of that im- portant Office. I have the Honour to remain, " MY LORD'S, AND GENTLEMEN, Your very obedient humble Servant, G. JONES, Bridgnorth, Dec. 1G, 1823. Stirg- eon. * He speaks of the numerous Writs and Processes,, to be executed herein, fie must have adduced this from reading- some old Law Books ( of Waste Paper , Value) rather than from Practical Information. Is there a^ Writ returned by the Coroner in 20 Year> Chirbury, Shropshire. MESIMMBMii wmm To be LET by Anchoi, At the Lion Inn, in Shrewsbury, ou Saturday, the 17th Day of January Instant, at 4 o'Cloek in the Aftei- lioqn, subject to such Conditions as wili be then produced : I ALL tliat MESSUAGE*: called MID- DLEKON. IIALL, with tbe Ruildings, Cottage, Garden^ and: Pieces or Parcels of Arable, Meadow and Pasture Land thereto belonging, situate in the Parish of CHrSBUft'Y, iu ihe County of Sale; , coiitaiuinrf ^ vgetber by Adnieasure. ineut 205A 1 h'. 71*. or tlie. rf!{$! uit » .- s-* nd now in tbe several Occupa- tions of llKljard Mcllings,: Thomas Harris, Richard Hughes, Wiyjani . Gougb,. George Beddoes, and Thomas Bovven. The above forms a very desirable Farm, and lies withia a Ring. Fence, the Common Right, uppui - tenant to the Premises on the adjoining Hills is unusually extensive, aad the Poor Rales are very moderate. Mr.. MBLLINGS, of Middleton TIMBER. At the Bowling Green Inn, in Overton, in the County of Flint, on Saturday, tbe 31st Day of January, 18' 2<}, at 3 » ' Clock" in the Afternoon subject to Conditions, which will be then pro dileed : : . fipHE undermentioned valuable OAK 1 and ASll Timber Trees growths- upon ARGOED atrd CLOY FARMS, near Overton. One Hundred and Sixty- nine Oak Trees, eleven Oak Cyphers, uud eight Ash Trees. From No. 1 to 113, inclusive, Oak ; 10 Cyphers ; and 3 Ash. Trees, Nos,. 1, 2, 3— stand upon' Argoed Farm", in the Holding of Mr. Rees. From 114, to 169, inclusive, Oak ; 1 Cypher; and 5 Ash. Trees, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8— Stand upon C; loy Farm, in the Holding of Mr. Beavas. * The above Timber is Scribe- marked, and num- bered ;. chiefly of g- ood Lengths aiid Sizes, well Worthy tbe Attention of. Tiraher Merchants; distant from Wrexham 7 Miles, Ellesmere6 Miles, Bangor 2 Miles, all good Roads ; froni the latter Place, at a small Expense, Timber may be floated down tbe River Dee to Chester, Sic. Tbe respective Tenants will shew the Timber,— For further Particulars apply to Mr. SISSON, Plas- eoeh, near St. Asiiph. FLINTS ( I IKE! Capital Oak and other Timber. To be Sold by Auction, at the Bowling Green Inn, Overton, in the County of Flint, on " Monday, the 9t| i- Day of February, 1824,. at 3 o'Clock in tbe Afternoon, in the following, or such other Lots as shall be agreed upon at the Time of Sale, and subject to such Conditions as shall be then produced: Lor I. ( Ji'O OAK. AS!),, ll ELM, 1 POPLAR, 1 FIH, and 3 BEECH Trees, Scribe- marked and numbered, standing on Lands Part of Gwernhayled Demesne. ' • LOT II. 41 OAK, 31 ASH,^ 40 EI M, 2 SYCA- MORE, 15 POPLA ft,, 15 At, DF. lt, aiid; i CH ERIIY PI'uao Ci. i'il... .....,.{,...: — j i i - 1- Furniture, Potatoes. The Hay,' Straw, eaten on the Premises. FURNITURE. 1 Foarpost and Tent Bedsteads with Servants' Ditto, excellent Feather Beds, Blankets' Coverlids, Bed apt) Table Linen, Dressiny Tables; Bason Stand, Night Chair, excellent Mahogany Bureau, Linen, Chest, Oak Beaufet, excellent Oak Dining Tables, Dresser and Shelves Eight- daV Clock, with a Variety of other good Furniture"- together with all the Dairy Utensils", Cheese Presses' Furnace and Boiler, Hogsheads, Casks, Brewin<' Uteusils, & e.; Particulars of which are published in Catalogues. Sale each Day at Eleven o'Clock to a Minute. Trees, Scrihe- inurked and'numbered, standing on Lands in tbe Parish o'f, Overton aforesaid, in the several Holdings, of William Davies, Joliu Wall Joh n Llovd, W'll Roberts, and Rebecca Roberts LOT III. J32OAK,- 208 ASII, 56 ELM, 3 SYCA- MORE,- 9 CHERRY, 9 FIR, and 1 CHERRY Trees, Serihe- uiarked and numbered, standing on tbe North Side of tbe Castle Wood, in the Parish of Overton, af6resaid. LOT IV . 41 OAK, 85 ASH, 56 ELM, 9 FIR, and 1 SYCAMORE Trees, Scribe marked and num- bered, standing- on tbe South Side of tbe Castle Wood aforesaid . LOT V. 42 OAK, 78 ASH, 50 ELM, 5 BEECII, 2 POPLAR, 2 WILLOW, 7 CHERRY, 3 BR, and 1 CHESNI T Trees, Scribe. marked and n nubered, standing m a Coppice adjoining South Side of the Castle Wood FARMING STOCK. BY MR. POOLE, On Monday and Tuesday, the 19< b and 20th Days of January, 1824; ALL tiie STOCK of Horses, Cows, Sheep, Pigs, Hav, Grain, Implements in Husbandry, and HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, of Mrs. HOUGHTON, of LONG LANE, near Welling- ton, in the County of Salop, who is leaving; her Farm.— Particulars iu our next. "" TIMBBB."." At the Wynustay Arms lun, in Oswestry, on Wed. nesday, the - 2] st of January, 1824, between the Hours. of Four and Six iu the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then aud there to be produced : * LOT I. IWENTY- THKEE OAK Trees. LOT II. 6- 1 ASH and 9 ELM Trees, LOT III. 14 SYCAMORE Trees. The above Timber is growing on a Farm called TREFONNEN, ill the Parish of Oswestry, in the Holding of Edward Suinhierfield. '•••'.< LOT IV. 105 OAK Trees, Growing on a Farm called THE MIRDY, in the Parish of I. landrinio, in the County of Montgomery, in the Holding- of Mr. Moses Evans. Lots 1,2, and 3, are close , ad joining a good Turn- pike Road, within 3 Miles of the Town of Osvvcstrv ; and Lot 4 is within Haifa Mile of the Canal at The Mardy Bridge. The Oak are clefty, or fit for Planks or other good Purposes ; and tbe Ash and Eiui are worthy the Attention of Wheelwrights. penny per Cwt. extra oa the Coals, and the Slates, ,. « '• MELLINGS, ot Midilleton Hall, will shew in like Proportion. • tl, fc Fi^ rm i anJ hirtber Particulars may be had of ' ' • I Messrs. PEITCH^ RD and Sons, Solicitors, Broselev. LOT VI. 60 OAK, f; 4 ASH, 68 ELM, 74 FIR, 15 WILLOW,: If AU> Sft, 7 - CIUiSNDT; 4 CHERRY, 3 SyCJMORE, ' and 3 POPLAR Trees, Scribe- niatked and numbered, standing in Coppices adjoining the Argoed Farm, io tbe Parish ot Overton aforesaid, in Ihe Comity of Flint. • . '.: The above Timber is growing oil GW ERNIIAY. LED. DEMESNE," and , oa: Lands adjoining the Village > of OVERTON, situate mi. lwity be?. veen Eliesinei- f. and Wrexlitlni, near to a good Turnpike Road, and dlose to the River Dee, bv which it may be conveyed to Chester at. a small Rxpense. The Oak appears sound and well adapted for Framio; Timber, Bea ins, and Planks ; the White Woods are likewise sound an,! clear, and well worth the Attention of Wheelwrights, Coopers, and Timber Merchants iu general. Mr. WILI " AIT DAVIES, of'the Bowling Green Inn, Overton, will shew the Timber; and for further Particulars apply to Mr. JOHN BROMLEY Timber- Merchant, Baschurch. near Shrewsbury O,- to Mr. LONGUEVILLE, Solicitor, Oswestry. ' Salop.— eicoimi-!) ittortimrr. VALUABLE Freehold and Leasehold Property. BY WILLIAM V5 ATKINS, At the Talbot Inn, Cleobury Mortimer, in ihe County of Salop, on Wediicsda'. v,. the 28th Day of January j. 1824, between the* Hours of three and six in the Afternoon, according lo Conditions of Sale to be then produced : . ., : lot i. ALL that PIECE of GARDEN GROUND, ill Part planted with Fruit Trees, situate at Pig- hill, close to the Town of Cieobnry Mortimer, and adjoining to Lands of Mr. Ilatt iiii, LOT II. All that convenient TENEMENT and GARDf. N, adjoining- to Lot I, now in the Occu- pation of t. - Danes, and Let at the low Rent of £ 4. 10s, per Annum. LOT III. All those Two valuable DWELLING HOUSES, situated iu the Centre of the Town of Cleobury Mortimer; consisting of Parlour, Kitchen, Front Shop, and spacious Bed Rooms over, with convenient Attics, capital Orchard, Vault, Cellars, large Yard, Garden, Back Shops, 1' revvboitse, and Stable, a Malthoiise, capable uf making from One to Two Thousand Bushels of Malt yearly, with Couching and D ying Floors, Cisterns a:' d Con- veniences for carrying on an extensive Business, where Room is required ; Let at the low tti- nt of .£ 22. 10s. per Annum. The first aud third Lots are Leasehold for a Term of 1009, Years, and the second Lot is Freehold of Inheritance. For a View of tbe Premises apply to the respec- tive Tenants, and for other Particulars to Mr. T. R. WATKINS, Solicitor, or THE AUCTIONEER, Eigu Gate, Hereford. SOMG. My Iieart was once a garden fair, As ever courted Spring's glad showers ; And many a bud, unfolding- there,' Gave promise of a world of flowers. Beneathft. be Summer's vivid blaze Those fibvv'rs their brig htest hues displayed But, ah ! the same too- ardent rays, Which bade them open, bade them fade! " Vet many a graceful tint, and soft, Mark'a their autumnal slow decline, And Memory from their relics oft A melancholy wreath would twine. Now, o'er those scenes of past delight, If aught of radiance seem to glow, * Tis but the snow, which, coldly bright,: Conceals the wintry waste below. SBORTH^ G. Riding to Hounds.— Mr. MYTTON. The following anecdotes and observations are extracted from an article entitled " HIDING TO HOUNDS," in the Sportin(/ Magazine for the present month. They are from the pen of the Gentleman, who, under the signature of " NlM- ROD," has. contributed many interesting sportin; communications T11 what way the sons of Adam were to have passed their lives, had not Paradise been too good for them, I leave others to decide; but to me a covert's side, iu a good country, is an Elysium. Solomon satiated himself with women, wine, and palaces ; tine horses, gold, and silver ; goodealin,^. drinking, and music, aud then grumbled at them all; hutlie never tried FOX- HUNTING,, or I think he would have been in better humour. It is among the scenes of nature that generous emotions are excited, and like the veteran Cochran, or tbe g- reat John Warde, if we live amongst them, we shall enjoy them to the last, and leave to others to indulge iu softness and effeminacy, which not only deprive them of all fence against discord or age, but leave them with shattered nerves and exhausted senses, and a pampered appetite for what they cannot enjoy. Of such men as these vve may justly exclaim — k< Non his juventis orta pareutibns!" It is uot from such sires that the race of English gentlemen is to be propagated. Though Solomon may never have tried it, hunt, ing has heen a favourite sport with Kings since the days of the-. princely Cyrus. Our second Henry— acknowledged to be one of our greatest Kings— was such a determined sportsman, that I shall give a little sketch of him in that character, in the words of one of his historians. " He neglected his hands," says this pleasing writer, '' never wearing gloves but in hawking. His clothes were short, calculated, for expedition ; his boots plain, and his bonnet unadorned. His feet and leg's were generally in a bruised and livid state, from the repeated blows of his horses, yet be never sat down unless when unavoidable. His chief amuse- ments were those of tbe field, which he pursued with immoderate ardour. He was oa horseback before the sun was up — often fatigued the most robust sportsman iu the chase ; and returning sometimes late, sat dow n to a frugal meal, which was soon dispatched, and he was agaiii ou his feet till an early hour called him to his conch. Thus, by exer- cise and abstemiousness, he opposed a disposition *.) corpulency, which indulgence would soon have rendered troublesome and unwieldy. His hawks were brought from Norway^ aud some from Wales ; but he was particularly curious in his hounds, that they should be tleet, well- tongned, and consonons. His vices were the vices of the man, and his virtues were the virtues of a Prince. He wished to make his people happy, by easing their burthens; and mitigated the severity of the forest laws, iu the eye of his ruling passion. Notwithstanding this," adds his biographer ( but perhaps his subjects were unreasonable!) " lie was little loved, and died nnregretted." The character I have now transcribed is tbe cha- racter of u man as well as that of a Prince ; and we might find some parallels to it in modern days. In one of my letters on this subject, I mentioned the opinion of a sporting Baronet in Northamptonshire, lhat it was the moral duty of every man to take care of his health, for the sake of riding to hounds— an opinion in which 1 heartily concur; and as to the bruised aud livid state of his Majesty's legs, we might also find a comparison here ; for it is said of Frederick Berkeley,* that at the end of one season in Leicestershire his body was " black and blue,'" as it is termed, from the bangs aud blows he had encountered in riding to hounds. These, however, are the men to breed from : tL for who," says a very old writer on hunting, " is so likely to g- ain a ram part, or mount an entrenchment, as he whose lon£ practice hath been, scaling the fortifications of meadows and iuclosures ? Who so proper to manage his horse with address and intrepidity, in time of action, as, he whose trade and occupation are leaping over five- bar gates, hedges, and stone- walls ; Habit and experience qualify the fox- hunter for the sap, or for the storm, to unkennel, or to pursue : long' custom hath tnade him acquaint- ed with all sorts of ground, with hills and vallies, morasses and deserts, streights and precipices; bath enabled him to excpl in march or forage, in ambush or surprise, in attack or retreat. How common was it for champions like these to. give terror to a squadron, or to make lanes among legions of Frenchmen 1 With what health and vigour did they then return home to the arms of their consorts ! What hopeful, rosy jolly branches were seen round their tables! What martial heroes, inheritors of their virtues aud their valour, did they leave to their country!" When n mail is in the act of riding to hounds, and determined to be w ith thcin, being hurt hy a fall is only a secondary consideration— the first being, whether be may not lose his horse. When we come to reflect, however, it is astonishing bow few per- sons out of the number that ride over a country, are hurt, by falls. There is a picture at Mr. Corbet's, of Suudorne, of the famous Tom Moody, when whipper- in to Mr. Childe. lie is represented iu the act ot falling over some high park- palings, and at the same time giving a view- halloo to a fox that was sinking before his hounds. If I were asked who it was that had shewn the greatest contempt for the consequence of a bad fall that ever came undertny observation, I should have 110 hesitation in saying, it was a gentleman by the name of Stanhope, who was on a visit to Sir Bel- lingham Graham, when he hunted the Atherstone country. On the Friday, bis horse fell with him, and hurt his shoulder, but nothing was broken or displaced. The consequence was, be came out on the following Monday, with his arm iu a sling. We found a fox in tbe finest part of Sir Bellingham's Leicestershire country, and killed him in fifteen minutes, durinij which Mr. Stanhope was in a very go » d place. Having had the pleasure of meeting him, a few evenings before, at Sir BeUingham's, I asked him if he did not. find it very awkward to ride with only one hand, when he assured uie he found little difficulty with the hor, se fie was then riding, as he was so very temperate, aud had never given him afall. " That, is dangerous to boast of " said I to him, and here the conversation ended We found another fox, and had a fine run of an hour and ten minutes with him, and killed him. Ahout. the middle of it, we came to a brook, which we all got well over, with the exception of Stanhope, who unfortunately pitching on a turn in the bank, ant disdaining to look, did not clear it, and his horse threw him with great violence on the opposite side I saw him lying on the ground, apparently as dead as if he had been shot at Waterloo ; but also observ ing a particular friend of his, as well as the hunts man, with him, and being aware that 1 could rende him no further assistance, I did not pull up my horse ; but I understood it was upwards of five minutes before lie shewed any signs of returning animation. On getting back to Sir Bellingham's house having been blooded at llosworth — all necessary measures were taken, and the doctor would fai have persuaded VU r. Stanhope that some ribs wer broken, llo had a short husky cough, and two or three other directing symptoms, which seldom mis lead a skilful apothecary ; but be resisted all such insinuations, and assured him be should be well i a few days ; and the Qnoni hounds coming wilhi reach on the following Thursday, he went to meet them, still having his arm in a sling. In the course of this day's sport, some of th party, among whom was Mr. Stanhope, got into corner of a field, and were pounded. What is not very usual in this country, one of the hardest riders in England had dismounted his horse, and was trying to pull down the top bar of'a flight of [* Mr. F. Berkeley is the gentleman who recent I v married Lady Charlotte Lennox, daughter of that illustrious sportsman, tbe late Duke of Richmond.] rails, which did not otherwise appear practicable. " Let me try," said Mr. Stanhope, " I am ou a good one." The sequel was, he rode at it, and go! tremendous fall. On seeing him lying ou the , round, Sir Bellibgham rode up to him, and said, ' Now I'll tell you what, Stanhope, you are a good one, hut you shall ride no more to- day ! Go to Leicester, and put yourself into your carnage, and get to town as quick as you can, and get cured !:" He took his friend's advice ; and when lie arrived there, Mr. Heaviside found out that lie hud two ribs broken, and his breast- bone beaten in !! This, we may also say, is not a bad sort of a man to breed from. llse is said to he next to nature ; aud no doubt there is a great deal in being used to tumbling. Mr. MYTTON assured me he had upwards of a hundred falls iii one season ; and when I was last at his house, he bad a gig iu his coach- house which had been over three five- barred gates. The history of his escapes out of carriages would make a most entertaining volume, and it is only astonishing that he is alive to relate them. A turnpike. gate will scarce stop him on the mud; and over a country, tbe man should have, a patent for the fence that will pound him— particularly after a French break- fast. The most difficult part of riding to bounds is facing a brook ;" but before 1 proceed to say any thing on that subject generally, 1 shall men- tion one which the gallant rider I have just been speaking of leaped oil his return from hunting with his own hounds in Shropshire. It measured a little more than seven yards in the clear; but the space covered in the leap was nine yards and a quarter, from one liiud footstep to the other. Being at his house at the time, 1 saw it measured tbe next morning, in the presence of several other sporting men. This extraordinary leap ( as I observed before, without the presence of hounds) was taken by that extraordinary horse Baronet, whose name must be familiar to your readers, from his exploits having been so often recorded in print. Some years since, Mr. Myttou backed him to clear nine yards over hurdles placed at same distance from each other; but he performed the task so often with him before the appointed time, that be refused it then, and lust bis muster's money. Mr. Mytton has, no doubt, put the powers of the horse to " the test, as much as any man in Englaud, or in any other coiiutry ; and it is a common answer to the question whether such a fence is practicable, that " it would do for Mr. Mytton.' In Lord Bradford's Park, when lie hunted the Shiffnal country, he cleared one of his Lordship's deer hurdles, upwards of six feet high ; and, what is more surprising', he covered the space of eight yards in length at the same time. This was accom- plished on a horse called " The Hero," which he purchased of me for 500 guineas, and was the same that leaped tlife gate with him in Mr. Jellicoe's grounds in Shropshire, the height of which was seven feet. 1 have possessed better brook- jumpers than " The Hero," " as he would always make a trifling stop at them ; but he was the highest leaper I ever was master of in my life. In inv experience of riding to hounds, I have observed, that nothing tends so much to make a field selept, as a good rasping brook. In the first place, many horses will not face it, and in the next, many men will not ride at it; aud to be good a I water, is one of tbe first and most essential qualifi cations in each. Several wagers have been made about leaping brooks in cold blood. One was between Lord Alvnnley and Mr. Maher, some years since, in Leicestershire, for 100 guineas. It was, that each did not ride over a brook that measured six yard in the clear, without disturbing the water. They both cleared it handsomely, but a bit of dirt being thrown back into it. by'Lord Alvatil. ey's horse, lifter he had landed, it was of course decided against, his Lordship. When we look at the riders of the present cen- tury, and contrast them with what they are repre- sented to have been in some part of the last, we cannot fail to be amused with the change. Iu oue of the earliest volumes of the Sporting Magazine are some directions for riding to hounds, ill which we are told to ride on the tine of them, and if we don't like the fence, to dismount. Were a man to obey these instructions in Leicestershire, he would be i'n no small danger of his life, for he would be ridden over to a certainty. There is no time for peeping and craning; but to leap first, and look afterwards, is the order of the day. HARES.— III the last number of the Register, Mr. Cobbctt, in an article on American Trees, bas the following passage:—" Let me ( while it is iu my head) observe, that those pretty little creatures, the hares, are most destructive devils amongst young trees; and that they are pariicularly fond of the locust, which they w ill bark after they get to be as big as your leg. To advise any mail who has hares to destroy them, I know to lie ill vain But he may keep them out of his plantations prelty well, aud if he cannot do this, be had better uot plant. This puis me in mind of a passage Thomson's . Seasons, in which the Poet calls upon Britain's youth not to be so cruel as to pursue the timid inoffensive hare; but to put forth their generous ardour, in order to destroy ti e nirfhtly robber of the fold !' What poor snivelling phi losophy ! Pope would not have said this. The fox very seldom, if ever, robs tbe fold, and very arely even the hen- roost. He lives chiefly upon wild animals, and amongst these you arc to count great quantities of field- mice that be destroys; while tbe hare is, indeed, the most tiinid, bul, except tbe rabbit, certainly flic most mischievous animal in existence. She will cut you off Iwo or three hundred young trees in a night, ont of" mere sport. She will stand up upon her bind legs, nip off the leading shoot of a tree more than three feet from the gruund, and this out of pure mischief, for she does not eat a bit of it. 1 once planted some small trees iu rows very close together. The hares did more mischief amongst these trees in one single night, than Ihe foxes had done in the h n roosts of the farm ill twenty years. When peap e write about Seasons, they should understand some, filing about country affairs, and not be littie sine care placemen, pent up iu London." POACHERS.— At the Surrey Winter Assizes, last week, eight labourers were found, guilty of poaching in a wood belonginglo Viscount Crawley iu Ihe night time ; three of them were sentenced to be transported for seven years, and the other five to be imprisoned 12 months to hard labour.— Four other labourers were found truillv of poaching it tbe grounds of Mr. Page, at Cobbani; one of the was sentenced to b'e transported for seven years, and the other three to be imprisoned. • - —- H".--- COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DKC. 24. ROBINSON V. TATTKRSALL. Mr. F. Pollock stated that this action was brought for money had and received by the defendant to the plaintiff's use, to which the general i* sue was pleaded. Mr. Scarlett stated the case on behalf of the plaintiff, a gentleman of fortune, who sought to; re. cover back a sum of between ,£ 70 and £ 80, which he had paid to Messrs. Tattersall, tiie well- known horse dealers, as the price of a horse. The horse in question was sold on a warranty of soundness, and proved unsound; but the plaintiff sought to recover th money which he had paid, not only on the failure o: a warranty, but on the ground of fraud. Some lime before the sale, an advertisement appeared in one of tbe newspapers, announcing that on a certain day four horses, 44 the property of a nobleman," ahd " ' excellent condition, and fit for immediate use would be sold at Messrs. TattersalPs, by auction The advertisement then prpceeded— 41 Lot 1, Lofty, a bay gelding"— the horse of which Mr. Robi was so unfortunate as to become the purchaser. 44 Li 2, Highflyer; these horses have been accustomed to go together in curn des, and have been much admired for their brilliant action." Mr. Robinson, wishing to purchase a pair of horses to drive in a carriage, w attracted by this description, and determined to at. tend the sale. On inquiry at the stables, he was re ferred to the coachman of Prince Esterhazy, who said the horses were the property of his master, an ' confirmed the description given in the newspape Mr. Robinson attended the sale, and bade for the first horse Lofty, which was knocke'ddown to him for 71 guineas. Highflyer was next put up ; but here h toijncJ, to his surprise, biddings advance upon him and anxious to possess this horse, without which th' other was of little use to him, he actually bade 17 guineas, but soon discovered the horse would not b sold at all, for it was bought in for 200 guineas. He would never have bought Lofty, had he not expected to have a fair opportunity of purchasing Highflyer ; and found fo his surprise, that there was no intention of selling the. pair, « nul that the advertisement of Highflyer was a mere trick to facilitate the sale of Lofty. This horse had been described as in - ex- cellent condition, and fit for immediate use and he tight be as fit for use at this time as at any other, st as a lawyer without a voice might he puffed off as in as good" condition as ever he was in his life ( a augh). Mr. Kobinson, then, had been induced to pas? with his money under false . expectations, and ad a right to recover it back in this form of action. The case was proved as stated. Tbe Lord Chief Justice held that Messrs. Tatfersall were responsible for all the statements made hy Vmce Esterhazy of his servants, and for the adver- tisement, to which reference had heen made, though they we i. e. not, proved to have authorized its insertion. The question for the jury would be, whether the sale of the horse Lofty was effected by trick and deceit. If they thought it was, then the plaintiff would be eniitied to recover the money which he had paid from he defendants, who still retained it in their hands. The Jury immediately found a verdict for the plaintiff—- Damages, £ 74. lis, ; ; <& gntu\ tuxt> MR COKE.— In Young'S 44 Survey of Norfolk, v page 19, we have the following account of the im- provements of this celebrated agriculturist:—* 4{ In the species of building properly appropri- ated to an agricultural report, greater exertions have, I believe, been made in Norfolk than in any other county in the kingdom. One landed pro- prietor, Mr, Coke, has expended ahove £ 100,000 in farm, houses and offices; very many of them erected iu a style much superior to the houses usu- ally assigned for the residence of tenants; and it gives me pleasure to find all that I viewed fur- nished by his farmers in a manner somewhat pro- portioned to the costliness of the edifices. When men can well afford such exertions, they ar ® certainly commendable,. 44 One of Mr. Coke's barns at Holkhatn is built in a superior style : 120 feet long, 30 broad, and 30 high ; and surrounded w ith sheds for sixty bead . of cattle; it is capitally executed^! white brick, and covered with fine blue slate. At Syderstone he has built another enormous Varn, with stables, cattle- sheds, hog- sties, shepherd's and bailiff's houses, surrounding a large quadrangular yard, likewise in a style of expense rarely met wilhjJke. In all Mr. Coke's new barns, and other offices^ be has substituted milled lead for. ridge- tiles to- the roofs, which is far more lasting, and the means of escaping the common accidents, in raising a heavy ladder on tiling, in order to replace a ridgevtile blown off. Ferall locks, particularly in stables, and other offices, Mr. Coke has found those with copper wards much more durable than any others. The front edge of his own mangers are rollers covered with tin, the mangers themselves are plated with iron ; and the bottoms of the stall fences are of slate. All these circumstances are found very economical in duration. 44 Mr. Coke has at Holkham a brick manufactory, which ranks very high among the first in tfie kingdom; bricks iu all sorts of forms are made, so that, in raising an edifice, there is never a neces- sity for breaking a whole brick to have a smaller of very imperfect shape, which takes time, and Creates waste : cornice, round column, corner, arch bricks, & c. are made in great perfection." AMERICAS LOCUST TREES. In our Journal of the 17th ult. we noticed that the celebrated Mr. Cobbett had recently been v<? ry diffuse in recommending the above trees tp the t tent ion of the English Planter— A writer, under the signature of 44 An Old Planter," makes th£ following observations on the Locust Tree :— Miller, in his 44 Gardener's Dictionary," 6th edit* fol. 1752, mentions it under the title of acacia'( for tfiat and the American locn » l tree are unquestionably synonymous) and speaks of it as having been first cultivated about the. year 1698* in the garden of the Bishop of London;, at Fulham ; but he does not. seem fo have bfren acquainted with its peculiar merit. Walter Harte, in his valuable 44 Essays on Hus- bandry," 8vo. second edit. 1770, invites the attention of the public to the subject of the acacia tree'.' Iu the7fh volume of14 Young's Annals of Agriculture," 1786, p. 192, an extract is given from the 45.2$ ylva of Evelyn," by Dr. Hunter, 2d edit, on the subject of the acacia or locust tree of America, in which, after stating that an ingenious shipwright, about the year 1733, first spoke of the locust tree as possessing ixtraordinarv qualities both as to strength and dura ion;* and that if a sufficient quantity could be obtained, it would Ire the best timber he had ever met with ( in America) for ship- build ing. Mention is then made of its being tried as trenails, and its superiority afterwards fully ascertained : but that it was hut little used till adopted by a builder of emi- nence, of late years, at New York : and that, were i; as plentiful as oak, it would be applied to the pur- poses of knees, floor timber, til ship- building, being much superior to it ( with reference to the American oak) both as to strength and duration; and, from its spreading branches, affords full as large proportion of crooks, or compass timber, as the oak. Dr. Hunter adds,, u Here, in England ( 1786) several gentlemen have propagated great quantities of it, particularly Sir George Savile, who has many thousands now growing in his plantations at liuf- ford." In the 8lh vol. of the above Annals, p. 158, there is an article on the acacia or locust tree, by Governor Pownall, recommending iis culture in England, and stating that several gentlemen in the Stafe of New York, had found, on repeated trials, that posts for rail- fenciug stood wet ana dry next the ground better than any other timber- posts in common use; and tha', if found to answer in like manner in England, a desideratum would he sup- plied in a matter of great importance in enclosures, The Governor proceeds to mention its use in ship building, but adds, 44 this timber, in America, grow^ wild in the woods, on a barren, sandy, or light soi and that being generally propagated in England on i rich soil, it outgrows its strength, and is ' apt to piit and iose its branches." Hence he infei$.- thsU there may be a difference iu the timber of the acacia or locust, between that run up in rich soil, and that of a slower growth in a podr soil. He concludes by saying, that a? Everton. he has acacias growing iu a dry sandy soil, and that thev^ have a rough hardy appearance, and that they are uyt inconsiderable timber.— July 1787. The former Duke of Richmond ( the Ordnance Duke) who was a great planter, and a contemporary, of Sir G. Savile's, and Governor Pennale, it is reported, planted many acacias or locusts at his seat at Goodwood, Sussex; and that many in his time were cut down, and converted to posts and other uses about Halnaker Park ; so that the question of their durability might possibly he ascertained as to their growth from the soil and climate of Britain. Other authorities might be adduced, but you will, I fear, think that I have already been too prolix. My own experience of the acacia, or locust, only proves its rapidity of growth, haying hitherto neg- lected to make trial as to its durability. I have nc wish to detract* from any merit of Mr. Cobbett, Information oyght always to be prized, from what- ever quarter it may proceed ; but you will probably, Mr. Editor, agree with me, that his claim to merit consists in recalling the public attention to an useful object, and not exclusively to the knowledge. of it. As an old planter, I would wish to caution young ones not to be too sanguine in their expectations of profit from the encouraging calculations of M Cobbett. It is not every situation that can command a sale for poles; aud where it may, I much question whether the most favourable soil could be mode to produce poles of six years' growth worth Is. each, at any* rale, in the proportion held out, as, eveu witL the utmost care, many underlings and failures will happen. * Duration. This property has been well ascer- tained by some pieces of locust- tree still continuing firm and sound, in some old houses in New England, that were built when the country was first settled. Dr. Hunter. The name Acacia belongs to a very compre- hensive Botanical class. The Locust Tree musrnot, however, be confounded with the common Acacia of our shrubberies. The following letter, on the same subject, has been addressed to the Editor of the Southampton Herald j— Slai_ You may judge what my feelings were, when, on surveying Cobbett's 44 locust trees" al Botley, I found them to be no oriier than t'se common or> false acacia ( robinia pseud- acacia of Liiinaus),, which that disinterested patriot advertises for sale ( under the fictions name of locust trees, and as coming from America), at 10s. per 100, when plants of the same size may be purchased for 2s; or 3s; pe hundred at any respectable nursery in the kingdom by, their proper name of common acacia. Never dii 1 quarrel with myself so much as when I reflected 1 had allowed myself to be made the dupe of this " 4 false prophet," having rode from hence to Botley on purpose to view fhese marvellous trees* They are ill- adapted'to supersede the oak or larch, being so very brittle that the least agitation of the winds in summer will dismember them. On the banks of the Thames and other sheltered spots, they may he remarked of considerable age and magnitude, but they will never attain in our climate the extra- ordinary size they are said to reach in America ; any more than will the grafts of the American apples,, introduced by Cobbett, produce fruit of the size of a 44 child* s head," or of the flavour of the 44 pine- apple." The acacia may be planted as underwood, in the absence or want of hazel, ash, sycamore, or birch, See.; but I know not what the English woodman will think of this exotic, when he comes to handle it, the whole plant being armed with numerons large thorns: it certainly stoles very freely, throwing up suckers both from " the stem and from the running roots, from which latter peculiarity it would be very improper to introduce it as underwood with other trees intended for timber. An ample description of this tree may be found? in Phillips's Sylva, vol. i. Caled, Mem. ii. 414. Robin, c. Cultivator. Observations en faveur de I'Acasia, Paris, 8vo.; from which Cobbett, no doubt, gleaned his wonderful description of it. The soil in which those trees are growing, at Botley, is a fine rich loaui, close to a river, and well heltered. The trees were carefully pruned, as Cob. be, It acknowledges, for many years during- the ime he was rusticating- there ; had oaks heen planted with them they would have been as large, and sycamores much larger. YourV,. R. W. " Southampton, Dec. 22,1823. IMPORTATION OF TIMBER.— The Glasgow Courier says— 44 We are informed that a gentleman of Port Glasgow has devised a method of importing timber, which, if successful, will tend to reduce ery materially the price of that important and useful article. The plan is simply to lay down a keel SUO feet in length, as for a ship of extra- ordinary dimensions. Upon this base a super- structure of solid logs is to be reared, and the cxternaksurface caulked and pitched over. Having prepared the lower part of the hull, it is then to be launched ( before that operation has, from its immense size, become impracticable).; the building is then to be proceeded in a- float ia the same manner as before, forming a solid mass of timber, with the exception of a space for the machinery of two very powerful steam- engines, by which it is intended to propel the huge raft. In this way, it is calculated that a single importation may extend not leas than fifteen thousand tons— a quantity of timber- which would require thirty vessels of 500 tons burthen to carry! This scheme, we are farther told, has been submitted to the Committee at Lloyd's, and received their approbation ; aud, it is added, that the underwriters have entered far into the views of the projector as to take the risk of the experimental cargo, now in preparation for the voyage, from one of our ports in Canada, at the ordinary rate of premium." g. timtific an& fWgcdlanwiia* ARTIFICIAL ANATOMY.— It is \ fell known that imitations of the human subject, for anatomi- cal study, have been made in wax hitherto, in con- sequence of its flexibility. These imitations, how- ever striking and correct, could only present' the surfaeeof objects ; they could not give the internal details, which are still1 more necessary lo the study they were fitter for the purposes of a museum than a theatre of anatomy, M. Auroux, a- young and clever French physician, has ' made au astonishing improvement iu these imitations. With a compo- sition resembling pasteboard^, he has been. enabled to construct complete bodies, in which all the organs, the minutest details of external and internal conformation, are accurately represented. The exterior parts are unshipped easily, and according to the rules generally observed iti dissection. They give place to the interior parts, which, in their turn, can be removed with similar facility. Thus the human body can be decomposed into a thou- sand different pieces, which, as they are regularly numbered, can be again re- united to each other Two advantages are thus obtained over the ordinary method : thedisgust inseparable from the dissection of dead bodies is avoided ; and the pupil, by composing the body, may give a more perfect knowledge of its individual points. The only objection to M. Auroux's invention is, that the shades of colour are more perfectly represented by the wax than by his composition. But this obsta cle may be surmounted; and, for the rest, his imitation is perfect- The smallest organs, tbe nerves, the muscles, the veins, and all the vessels, are represented with rigid accuracy. This inge- nious invention admits of being applied to many useful and interesting purposes of anatomical pathology.— Museum. AN AMERICAN HORSE FERRY- BOAT.— The ferry- boat at Troy, in Canada, is of most singular construction. A platform covers a wide flat boat Underneath the platform there is a large horizontal solid wheel, which extends to the side of the boat and there the platform on deck is cut through and removed, so as to afford sufficient room fur two horses to stand on the flat surface of the wheel, one horse on each side, and parallel to the gun. whale of the boat. The horses are harnessed in the usttal manner of teams, the whiffle- trees being attached to stout iron bars, fixed hovizontally, at a proper height, into posts, which are a part of th* fixed portion of the boat. The horses look in opposite directions, one to the bow and the other to the stern; their feet take hold of channels, or grooves, cut in the wheels, in the direction of radii; they press forward, and although they advance not, any ipore than a squirrel in a revolv ing cage, or than a spit- dog at his work, their feet cause tiie horizontal wheel to revolve in a direction opposite to that of their own apparent motion this, by a connexion of cogs, moves two vertical wheels, one on each wing of the boat; and these, being constructed like the paddle wheels of steam boats, produce the same effect, and propel the boat forward. The horses are covered by a roof, furnished with curtains, to protect them in bad weather, and do not appear to labour harder than common draught horses with a heavy load. The inventor of this boat is Mr. Langdon, of White hall: and it claims the important advantages of simplicity, cheapness, and effect. At first view, the labour appears like a hardship upoii the horses but probably this is an illusion, as it seems ver immaterial to their comfort, whether they advance with their load, or cause the basis on which they labour to recede.— Mechanics' Journal. Swiss COTTON MILLS.— At Saint Gall, Switzerland, they have an establishment „ for spin ning cotton in the English manner, with this difference— that instead of being moved by water in a steam- engine, the great wheel is turned by an ox walking on the inside of the rim, as the doi_ turns the wheel of the roastiug- spit. The diameter of the wheel is 35 feet, and on the inside of the wheel are fixed small pieces of vyood, like the rounds of a ladder, at convenient distances, on which the poor animal places his feet while he walks ; and walk he must, for if he stops, he carried round by the wheel or thrown down Three oxen work successively for two hours at time, that is, each four hours a day. This great wheel sets in motion 29 frames of 216 spindles and bobbins each. This manufactory occupies 130 persons, of which one- half are children, who earn 3 § d. a day— the men about half a dollar, or 2s. Id. a day, which is about half what they were paid a few years ago.— Mechanics' Journal. AMERICAN WATER- WORKS.—- New York now amply provided with water fron? the river Schuylkill; an expensive establishment having been just finished for that purpose at Mount Fair above the city at the falls of the Schuylkill; the expense of which is £ 426,330 sterling. At these falls the river is 900 feet broad, and its greatest depth is thirty feet. By means of eight wheels and the same number pf pumps, ten millions gallons of waler can be thrown into the reservoir every day. There are two reservoirs, one of which is 139 feet wide, 362 long, and 12 deep, and contains about 3,000,000 of gallons, communicat ing wi- th the second holding 4,000,000. The water is raised 56 feet above the highest ground of the city, and is distributed in cast- iron pipes a length of 35,200 feet. Theeje pipes were all cast Arn erica. INCUBATION BY STEAM. Mr. Barlow, of Lamb's Conduit- street, is now exhibiting a mechanical apparatus, which he states to be of his own invention, and to have been for several months under the examination of the Society of Arts, for hatching poultry and birds of every description, by a process of artificial incubation, in whicl^ he. describes his success as in the propor- tion of 16 to 20 eggs : of course it is essential that the eggs shall be fresh, and in the proper state. The apparatus consists of a small boiler of the common form for creating the steam, which is then passed through a Conductor into an oven constructed for the occasion, and where the baskets are arranged in which the eggs are depo- sited; the heat is regulated by thermometers, and the evaporation of the steam carried off and governed by hydrometers according to a simple and ingenious contrivance. But, of course, every inventor must have his secret; and what secret can there be without mystery? Therefore,' this part of the apparatus, which regulates the application of the heat, is dwelt upon by the artist, is uot deve- loped for every day inspection, but the effect is demonstrated. * Mr. Barlow's description of the process—- and every inventor has a right to speak for himself— is as follows :— w Scarce is the egg exposed to the heat in the ovens 12 hours, when some lineament of the em- bryo chick begins to appear. The heart begins to beat at the end of the second day ; at that time it has the form of a horse- slide. On the third day, two vesiclcs with blood, the pulsation of which is very evident— one is the left ventricle, the other is the root of the great artery : one auricle of the heart appears about the 50th hour, which resembles lace folded hack upon itself. The beating* of the heart may now be observed in the auricle, and afterwards in the ventricle. The fourth day, the wings may be distinguished, and on the head two knots for the brain, one for the bill, and two others for the fore part and hind part of the head ; tlie tvvo auricles visible already approach nearer the heart than they did before. On the fifth day, the first auricle that appears seems to have tvvo burns, but it afterwards appears to, be auricles. About the- sixth, day, the liver is seen. The first voluutary motion, is observed at the end of the 131st hour. At the end of 138 hours, the lungs and stomach become visible ; and at the seventh day, the intestines, the loins, and the upper jaw, two ventricles may be seen, and two drops of blood instead of one which was seen at first, and the brain acquires some con- sistence. At the eighth day of incubation, the bill opens and the flesh appears in the breast; at the end of the 194th hour, the sternum/?, e. the breast- bone) is seen ; and on the ninth day, the ribs come out of the back; the bile and tfie gall- bladder become visible : on the 10th day, the bile becomes g- reen, and if the chick be taken from its integu- ment, it can move itself insensibly. Eleventh day , the feathers begin to shoot, and the skull becomes grisly. At the 12th day, the eyes appear ; and the ribs are perfect at the 288th " hour. On the 13th day, tljiS spleen approaches the stomach ; and on the 14th and 15th days it increases in size au& bulk. On the 16th day, the beak opens and shuts; and about, the 18th day, the chick utters its first cry. Its strength then gradually increases, till it sets itself at liberty by breaking the shell in which it was confined." . The artificial process will be seen from this description, to accelerate by several days- the natural operation; and, as it might be carried on to any extent, by the size or multiplication of ovens, a great advantage in the acquisition of stock would necessarily be derived, provided the apparatus were found to work with the certainty and- economy ascribed to it. We did not; see enough of the mechanical parts of this invention to form any decided opinion upon the merit of their specific application; from a superficial glance at them,, they seemed to be imple and well applied. Whatever merit belon to this invention must be entirely confined to the mechanical construction— for the principle of artificial incubatipivis very ancient. The Egypti ans for ages practised it by the immersion of the eggs of birds in hat dung, and something similar has been often practised in the farm. yards of this country. It is about eighty years since the Royal Society of Paris were engaged by M. ( le Reaumm: in long discussions upon hatching a, nd rearing birds by au artificial process, which b£ carried on himself to a great extent, by depositing eggs i^ a warm soil, heated by artificial means, like ou common hot- houses The Jesuits who conducted the early missions into Asia, brought back to Paris, shortly before De Reaumur's time, a variety of plans for promoting the same object, which they had acquired in the East; but^ these, after becoming the topics of novelty for the day, appear to have sunk into disuse and neglect. . De Reaumur, in his process, pretended to have a secret, and as nobody followed up his plan, it probably died with him. Perhaps Mr. Barlo>. v will take better care for the preservation of his plan for posterity, as death spares neither patents nor inventors.— London Pqper. tbe explosion, in order that the house might n « f catch fite. The Doctor paused a moment, as if h&> had been digesting tha consequences of the apt- proaching catastrophe, when he suddenly addres* sed his patient in the following manner w My friend," said he, 44 I am now convinced that whatf you have said is true, but I think I have hit upon a remedy against so unhappy an accident." This was- received with a sigh and a shake of the head.—<< 44 But," continued the Doctor, 44 listen fo my plans and I am sure you will approve of it. I propose t<* have you taken into the court- yard a few minutes, before 12 o'clock, and on the instant that you expect the fire to burst out, a quantity of water shall be poured over you, so as completely to extinguish the fire— I have read of a case similar to yours, which was effectually cured by such means, and 1 have no doubt of success in yours." The hypochondriac seemed delighted with the proposal ; hope shot across his countenance, and he smiled for the first time in two years. The whole of that day and night his spirits were lighter than before, and another hour's, conversation with the Doctor next morning gave him full confidence. The friends of the patient being made acquainted with the remedy intended to be employed, all things were duly prepared, and at three ininntes before 12 he was led into the court- aid. As it was in the middle of summer, little bad effect could ensue front stripping the patient; so accordingly it was done, and he was placed upon a chair, the Doctor beside him. As he was. taking leave of his relations and the Doctor— which, he didj lest the cure should fail— h^ turned suddenly to the latter and said, 44 I see by your watch it is within half a minute— where's the water ?— haste !' I feel the fire rising !" Al this instant the Doctor gave the " glial, and from a window directly above, a large tub of cold water wag, showered upon his head. The column sunk him off his chair; but he still cried out to continue the xvater, which was done by four men. ith pails successively, until he nearly fainted. He was then removed to his bed- room, rubbed well with dry cloths, took, a cordial of hot wine, and was put to bedi. The good effect already began to show it- self; for he shook hands with the doctor, and called J in his saviour. Etoetor de Salle repeated the shower- bath every second day,, under the pretence of guarding against future attacks; and in six weeks he became quite, another man. HATCHING FISH.— The Chinese hr. vea method of hatching the spawn of fish, and thus protecting it from those accidents which ordinarily destroy so large a portion of it. The fishermen collect with care on the margin and surface of waters all those gelatinous masses which contain Ihe spawn of fish. After they hate found a sufficient quantity, they fill with it the shell of a fresh hen egg, which they have previously emptied, stop up the hole, and put it under a sitting fowl. At the expiration of a certain number of days, they break the shell in water warmed by the sun. The young fry are presently hatched, and are kept in pure fresh waler till they are large enough to be thrown into the pond vyith the old fish. The § ale of spawn for this purpose forms an important branch of trade in China. In this, as in some other matters, we may, perhaps, take some useful lessons from the Chinese. The destruction of the spawn of fish by troll- nets, & c. threatens the existence of the fishery iu many parts. While so much care is taken for the preservation of game, some care ought to be bestowed on the preservation of fish. CURIOUS HYPOCHONDRIAC CASE. [ From the Medical Adviser.'] The following case was communicated to us b a gentleman who is never so enthusiastic in his doctrines as to embellish them with that which does not belong to them -.— Doctor Eusahe de Salle, of whom we speak, treated the man himself, and he related it to us, in order to show the benefit of humouring the patient, as well as the probable use of the shower bath in hypochondriac cases. The patient was a Parisian gentleman, about 35 years of age, and had suffered mentally from the death of a dearly beloved young lady to whom he was to have been married. He was two years gradually grovyiug more and more melancholy and emaciated; and at last would lie in bed for three, four, or five day together, regardless of sustenance, which be toojt more by the persuasion of his friends than fron^ any call of nature. The doctor was sent for by his eldtfr brother^ on account of a paper which he wrote upon hypochondria having fallen into the latter's hands On visiting the patient, the doctor found him iij state pf deep despondency, although not of extreme debility. He said it would be impossible for any physician to cure him, unless he could extinguish the fire which he said was confined within him. At first it was thought that he spoke figuratively, mean ing tlje fire of his feelings, but on further explana tion, he proved to the doctor that he meant nothing figurative, but bona fide terrestrial fire. He de clared he could feel tbe flames beating internally against his ribs, and fancied that his breath was the smoke which asc, ended from it. He was perfectly rational on every other subject ; but always showed a wish- tp return to that of his disorder, on which he would reason ingeniously. The,, doctor passed an Ijour in conversation with him for the first time, and endeavoured to convince bin) tl^ t the fire couM not possibly exist within him : he once observed to the patient, that even admitting that fire could exist within him, it would soon consume him ; this th hypochondriac met by saying, that the reason why he was not burnt had been because there was no apertiire to admit the air into his breast below, which he said clearly accounted for the phenomenon. Thus would he argue, nor could all the doctor say con vince him of his error. Upon the second visit the patient was still more depressed than on tbe preced ing, and he informed the doctor, with a tone of sor- row, that he would burst at 12 o'clock the next day and be blown fo atoms : that he wished to make h will, and be brought into a coijrt- yard a little before. The author of that celebrated piece of Poetryj. " The Beggar's Petition," is stated ( in the Monthly Magazine) fo have heen Dr. Josiah Webster. THE FAMOUS LITTLE JOHN.— On a loose paper iri Mr. AshmoleV haad- writing, in the Mu- seum at Oxford, is the following anecdote:—" The famous Little John, Robin Hood's companion, lies buried' in Felhcrsedge Church- yard, in the Peak of Derbyshire, one stone at his head, another at his feet, and part of his bow hangs up in the chancel.— Anno 1625." So frail, so extremely fine is the thread pf life, that it not only bursts before the storm, but breaks even at a breeze. The most common occurrences, those from which we expect not the least harm, may prove the yyeapou of our destruction ; nay our very comforts may become killing. The air we breathe may be our bane; and the food we eat, the vehicle of death. Since then, we are so liable to be dispossessed of this earthly tabernacle, let us look upon ourselves only as tenaiits- at- will, and hold ourselves in perpctnal readiness to depart at a moment's warning.— Hervey,. Unless the acquisition of knowledge be accom- panied with a proportionate melioration of the heart, this boon, which, properly directed, is the greatest of earthly blessings,, becomes a social curse; and, like power in. the hand& of the evil- minded, but increases the ability to do mischief. The cultivation of the heart,, and its affections^ ought: ever to be considered as of sanch greater importance than ths developement of the faculties of the understanding,, and no system of education can realize our beat hope, that is not built upon a true regard to this alUimportant. pri nciple ; or, that is not commenced at a very early age.— Anli'Ivfidel, . dForeigit ana JBomt& tit. FOREIGN LOANS.— Above fifty millions sterling have been lent since 1818 to the different members of the Holy Alliance. Half this sum, at least, is, British capital^ advanced by rapacious money- lenders, in the prospect of getting 6 or 7 per cent. thouglj: On; the slender security of Sovereigns $ bove the controul of any law, but. their own convenience. Usage prevents their buying our ships of war, and raising troops rn Britain ; but if they are fhus to, be permitted ter withdraw our capital, obtain the sinews of war, and transfer the strength of the country to their own donjtiiVions—- arid if avarice has no principle or public spirit, tl^ en, felie Legis- lature ought to exert prudence enough to put an end to a system which, in every point of v^ ew, is- so anti- national, pernicious, and dangerous. Pri- tely considered, it is a species of South Sea bubble, and must end in like manner; thousands; have already been ruined by some of these loansfc and other thousands are committed on these rotten and uutangibie securities for all they are worthy and often for more. SIR G. P. TURNER.—- The judgments which have been obtained against the estate of this.. lunatic, within the last two years., are enormous. Severn! executions have been in progress since last Term— some for articles of necessity,, others for curiosities, such as minerals, china, <& c. of the writs, by virtue of which Sir Gregory is nO; vv detained, is for a debt contracted for a supply of while and brown flints. The judgments obtained- at the suit of Sir W. Rawlins alone, since Hilary Term, 1821, are vastly more than the annual produce of the estate, even united with the income arising from the money in the funds. In the year 1821 i he sued out judgments to an immense amount, all of which have been satisfied. At the suit of the same party, a judgment was obtained last Easte/ Term for no less than £ 22,000. There are other judgments to various persons, which amount to a vast sum. The present income of Sir Gregory is about £ 12,000 a year. During the life of his father the income amounted to £ 16-, 000 a- year. But a great part of the income was derived from money in the Funds, which was invested in landed securities by Sir Gregory, and reduced the income to about £ 12,000 a- year. On Monday, Mr. Phillimore applied to the Lord Chancellor—: first? to appoint a Committee to superintend the care of Sir G P. Turner's person; secondly, a receiver of his estates ; thirdly, to take measures for clearing by the ?> ale of certaiu curi- osities, paintings, and other property, certain executions at present encumberiug the estate of the lunatic.— Reference was grauted to the Master for these purposes. USURY.— In the Court of King's Bench, on Thursday week, an fiction was brought by the assignees of one Goulding, a bankrupt, against a Mr. Laing, a hop- dealer, to recover penalties for an usurious contract. The declaration alleged that the defendant lent £ 300 to poulding, on which he received £ 22. 10s. interest for six months, whereby he forfeited, treble the amount of the money lenf, or £ 900. The Jury found a verdict for plaintiff to the full amount of the penalty— uin « hundred pounds. CAUTION TO MILITIAMEN.— On Friday T. Morgan was committed to Gloucester City Gaol for two months imprisonment and hard labour, by Sir W. B. Guise, Bart. Mayor^ for fraudulently obtaining part of his Majesty's bounty to soldiers, by enlisting into the Marines, at the same time that he was enrolled in theJYIilitia. 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